The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-06-08

The Winchester Normal.

The local event OF the year--the
.omirotion exercises Of the Winchcs-
,or Normal--is now progressing. The
,o,,o hall is daily filled with intelli.
rcnt and critical audiences, among
1,lieb are numerous friends and patrons
srom abroad, and all are being well re-
,oiJ for their attendance. Everything
( passing off in the most satisfactory
monncr, showing that President TerrilI
and his able corps Of teachers have not
idIcdaway any time-good work being
tbe result in every department. While
Prof. Terrill is, as we have before stated
N ths Journal, natural born teacher,
and one of the best and most successful
ooos we ever knew, his assistants have
becu faithful to their trusts, self-sacrI-
fcing and conscientious in the perform
onrc Of their duties. We have attend
cd many examinations, but never
have we been more interested than at
,bc Normal. The teachers here do not
adhere to the old fogy plan Of teaching
words and formulas Of books, but they
teach things, principles, thoughts. The
,yorc;sps arc void Of the monotOny so
Characteristic with old-timc schools.
The recitations are short, but at the
same time thorough, and are SC richly
intcwpcrscd with calesthenic exercises,
readings, and vocal and instrumental
music, that the audience never tires.
Right here we would like to particular
lie Il little, but if we should par
tcularizc in one department we could
not help from feeling that We were not
doing Justice to the other departments,
for all deserve special mention.
Last year we said that this school
ranked with the best in the country, and
We say it again. "To ExceP is the
motto of every one in the school-pupils
as well as tcachers-and they are hew-
iNg to the line.
The Normal is now on Il firmer foun
lation than ever. Extensive additions
will be made to the already |
large but insufficient building ere the
opening of the next session, august
SOth,) and the good work inauguratcd
BY this school will be greatly increased
This school has already been II blessing
TO education in this as well as other
sections of the country, rs evidenced by
the great number of young ladies and
gentlemen it has prepared for the art
Of teaching, and who are now sue
ccssfulIy conducting schools ut various
points.
The system taught at the Normal
is the system. 1t is just the kind
kind of school we needed for years be-
fore its organization. The incompetent
cvof teachers has been Il great barrier
to popular education, and it is proven
that the normal training is the only
method by which to overcome this bar
rier.
The exercises will close Thursday,
in the afternoon of which day the an
nual address will be delivered by W.
/, Colyar, of Tracy City, Mr.. Colyar,
although young man, is possessed of a
mastery and highly cultivated intellect,
and We may expect from him rare treat
well suited to the occasion.
On Thursday night the Normal Lite
sary and Debating Society will hold
open exercises in the hall, and, judg-
ing from the programme (printcd at
this oficc,) the exercises will be very
entertaining.
As our paper is published in the
midst of these examination exercises, we
promise further and more detailed re-
port next week.