The Rutland weekly globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-09-29
Normal Schools, etc.

Unframed fingers can never do finished
work. Unskilled hands may clip the mar
BILE, but when the work is done, we look
in vain for the mask of a master builder.
1t is the trained artist only Who -'.'--
the dull marble speak, or lend beauty to
the rough asher from the quarry. 1t is
not enough that the teacher understands the
subject matter to be taught, but correct
teaching power must be preceded by thor
ough preparation for the work The above
or similar words were spoken by Miss Fan
ME Bromley at a teachers institute held at
Fairhaven May 21st, 1874. Miss Bromley
was a thorough disciplnaran, finished
scholar, and one who believed that good
schools are national blessings. She was
then assistant principal of Castleton Nor
nal schools, and was the ablest educator
that school ever had; and is now teaching
at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N. y.
She has had an experience at teaching for
several years, and is a gradua of the nor
NAL school at Albany, where they make
teachers who honor themselves and the
cause of education. Webster says "a nor
NAL school is a school whose methods of
instruction are to serve asia model for i'm
itaton; an institution for the education of
teachers" This Is correct definition and
accords with the judgment of the best ed
ucators in the land. Then, a quasi nor
NAL school does not serve as a model for
imitation, and is not an institution tor the
proper education Of teachers, is not per Sc,
notwithstanding Its name, normal school,
and any institution, no matter what may be
| its name, which does serve as model for
imitation, and is an institution for the
the proper education ofteachers, is normal.
1t may be presumed that the normal school
at Castfeton ia as thorough, and as worthy
of patronage as it can be under the circum-
stances. When we consider the small
classes, its forced connection with the sem
mary and consequent decline Of the latter,
and the difficulty that principals Ihave had
in managing the combination so that ex-
penses could be made 1t is strange that it
has met with any degree of success. When
young lady of intelligence and education
marries coarse, uneducated man, she will
gradually lo,e that delicate idea of consist
eDcy which has always been ma ked
ctarac erstic of her life, and will relapse
unavoidably into the same condition of ex-
islence that surrounds her. From neceSsl-
ty she is compelled to relinquiSh her choice
of society, and must associate mosly with
those. who, like the husband of her choice,
are quite distimilar and far inferior to her.
Hence, she will,-it may be imperceptibly,
but none the less surely, deli ne to leve
with her associates, 1t is utterly imposs
BILE for her TO maintain that personal dig
nifty of character, that perfect department
, aad mental culture she once possessed. Sh'
. may not suspect it for long time indeed
e the change that will surely come over tb'
spirit of her life may be 20 gradual and 81
, involuntary tia. she perceivesiit not, unit
, she awakes to find 1t fixed fact or collrs
A l do not claim that such an union, fraugh
n with so many insurmountable obstacles !
n pr ecisely parallel to the wedding Of our be
q loved seminary to the normal school, bnt
II firmly believe that incompatibility of &C
ton. utility of purpose, and ultimate objeC
: of the two, are prominent objections Z
n such an unholy wedlock, and the actual re
d suits have proved the assertion true l.
}. every respect. About the time that FOOLS
a and unnecessary deed was done, there wa
|. perfect mania for simplifying, for leve
II ing, had almost said, Qualifying" the ed
IS vocational interests OF the state, 'il may b
i allowed the expression" as Dea. Boardma
used to say. Several catalogues of Tro