The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-01-29
WINCHESTER
N O r NAL
WINCHESTER, TENN.


the demand OF the times. The School Is
thorough. practical and economical.
.. The Curriculum IL arranged to rle-
yutc the standard of scholarship, and ut
tile same time to enable students to study
the branches preferred. Students can en-
ter here ut any time and lind classes suited
to their wnntj. The Common Branches,
Natural Sciences. Bookkeeping. Vocal
Music. Ppn,nanship, nc. are not neElertc
for Lat in and Greek. Weprcpure to meet
the work. duties and responsibilities OF
life.
8. The teachers IRE real tenchers--earn-
eat. enthusiastic, wile-awake men nhd wo-
men who strive ut mastery In tleir pro-
fession. The teacher up with the times
In his profession, is three hundred per
cent. abuve the .Ilnn contented to teach ~
did his predecessors.
1. The pupils possess a drive. u vim.
u selt-prOpelling enthusiasm that The
n,ouldy and niOss-grOwn recltAtiOns OF the
old system can not give. Here all the
powers OF the student are brought into
scyercst conflict with the minds of his
classmates. and thus I'LL that can be done
By him will be done. Hence too, the sat
is,uctOry character Of the work anu de-
pertinent OF our students.
8. The pupils-not the te0che.s-do the
reciting, and s0on come TO regard themselves
deIiduded i not allOtced to do it. This IN.
spires with a spirit of selt-reliance ana
investigation. with Il love OF work ant.
school. and gives habit Of self-contrOl
and systematic labor.
Teachers who prompt and help their
students in recitation IN any of the many
ways 40 common in schools teach dishOn-
esty. and destroy all independence In
thought. study and nc ton.
q. Clnss-tcaching here Is not merely the
hearing of individuals separated! IN II
clnss. Most class-trachina is no better
than by the individual method. for the
members are heard one ut II time with no
concentration OF the thought. attention
and interest of the GLASS en- the work OF
that one. There Is II power In numbers,
and the teacher that can unity and hggre'
gate this power 10 that he can bring 1t to
bear on each one. wields the most tremen-
dous pOuer for awakening and directing
thought and Effort known 10 the art Of
teaching.
Students are taught in class rs II class
only when fused INFO one mass. male
unit, living organism, and that, too.
without the destruction OF individuality.
Glass criticism and class sympathy. won
drOus elem .nts of power, nre not secured
by ordinary class-tearhing
Z. The School opens its doors to both
sexes, Offering to them equal studies. du-
ties and privileges. While the mission Of
the sexes Is different, neither can be di-
v0rced from the other, In all the work
and relations OF life the sexes are The nat
ural compliments OF each other. That
strength OF character and knowledge OF
men 30 valuable to young women can not
be given In al exclusive school. The mod
esty, the purity. The virtue Of either sex
that Ia the product u life OF isolation Is
but ~ whitcd sepulclre that within Is full
of rottenness and dead mems bones.'
A school not safe for both boys and
girls is unsafe for either Parents are be-
ginning to recognize the fact that they
are mutual helps in study and conduct.
8. The NORMAL is the best place in the
State to study the Common Branches and
Theory and Practice OF Teaching.
The freshest and best views, the newest
and most il improved methods arc constant
ly exhibited and used. Student teachers
can do the same work here in halt TIL,
time that it requires in most schools.
Nearly all the members Of last years
Normal Class have taught the present
year. or the many who were given good
positions and IRE doing good WORK. we
take pleasure in mentioning MesSrs
Baugli and Francis, Salem. Tenn /; Miss
Susie Hall. Oak Hill, Lincoln county.
Tenn; Miss Ellen Cowan. Centennial
Academy; Miss Celia Boucher Maple uill
Academy. Marshall county, Tenn; and
Miss Matte Estill, Primary Department.
Mary Sharp College.
When this enterprise was started the
business outlook was nnpromising; great
stringrncy in money matters prevailed;
interest in schools and education by no
means general or intense; the people dis
trustiui of experiments, and willing to
lend listening ear to those who cried
"innoyation." "novelty,"' hot bed sy STEM"
&c. lossjlizcd teachers ready and forward
to de-. ounce with great vehemence Of
speech, ulid to oppose with much show Of
" istom the "new tangled methods" about
to be toi.tc,l upon the good people; hence.
success WAS not expected In n day, nor In
a wear. Revolutions In teaching and
schools. as elsewhere. rrquir. time; and
only hy patiently. quietly and steadily EN-
blowing and pushing common sense. prac-
teal and progressive ideas did We hope for
success
Our reward is sooner than looked for.
The people begin to see there is II better
way. Friends are multiplying and words
of cheer come from many parts Of the
State.
Two hundred have Lecn enrolled the
present term. This too. when n Public
School with three well equipped teachers
under the management Of Prot. \. +. Dix.
was taught in Winchester ,chere tuition is
free. Prof. Dix taught last year In the
Normal, and is widely known rs the for
mrr professor OF Ancient Languages In
Mary Sharp College, where he taught
many years. Also. here Is located the ia
nous Mary Sharp College, over which the
no less famous logician, philosopher and
teacher, DR.. z. e. Graves. has presided
for ..nearly an entire generation"
That II school organized on an entirely
new plan and intensely progressive. and car
ryiny into effect the cO-educaliOn of
young ladies and gentlemen. should have
under sucll circumstances and with such
competition so large an attendance L. al
mort withou, II parallel In the history of
schools. With pride do we point to this
| tact ~ evidence Of the worth and supe .
riority OfoIr school.
We challenge comparison with any
school In the State now urging its claims
upon the public.
We ask that the truth OF our statements
be tested by AN examination and investi-
CATION Of those competent II Judge.
Our school endeavOrs to reach the white
masses. irrespective Of rank. wealth. party
or sect. ANY young man or woman. poor
or rich, high or low. possessed Of honest
purpose and good principles, will be re-
ce,vel and recognized here. Partisans.
neither political or religious, can Use us. or
control The school. Nothing Ia 80 Obsti-
nate US denOlninatiOnal vanity. nor so I'M
reasonable as sectariaii prejudice. Those
not free from the leading strings Ofchurch
srhOOls will be tile last tO see and rc.Og-
nize those principles chat are revolutions
ixing the science and art of teaching.