Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-07-30

acted the same here rs out i'm the world.
On the third floor is room for teleg-
raphy. fine art room. band music
room. The display room and studio
Will be finely carpeted with brussels
carpet. and already there are enough
works OF art to decorate the walls pro-
fuSely. The light in this room is ex-
ceptionally fine.
\ short distance from the college
building is the
LADIES DORMIrORY AND BOARDING
HALL,
which is brick 3SxlOO feet stories and
basement beneath. with ceilings feet
high. The whole building will be heat
ed with steam, its sanitary arrange
mentS are as perfect as in the college
building. In the basement is located
the engine room. culinary department
and vegetable cellar. Ascending to the
first floor we find on one side of the
hall the steward ; Office and two parlors.
Back of the hall is splendid dining
room extending across the whole width
of the building at each end of this room
which is 3SXI4 feet. are large BAY win
dOWs. which will be filled with plants.
This dining room will accommodate l40
persons. at setting. On the second
and third floors are the sleeping rooms
arranged just alike. These rooms come
i'm suits. study room with bedroom off.
The halls extend through the centre of
the entire building on these floors and
there are four exits from each hall.
which is Il commendablc precaution in
case of floor The gcntlemen's hall and
dormitory will he located about 400 feet
away and will bee built on the same plan
with accommodation for 50 persons.
Between these two buildings there will
be a bakery and laundry building The
land is perfectly drained and the sew
aragc is complete. Lots are already
laid out. and four dwelling houses for
the Faculty will be built this year.
TIE COURSES OF STUDY
are as follows: Preparatory course.
Teachers course. Scientific course. Lit
crary course. Evolutionary course. Com
mcrcial course .Penmanship course Med
zeal course. Musical course. Fine Art
course. Telcgraphy course, Short Hand
and Type writing course.
THE FACULTY
is as follows; +. VI. Harding. Theory
OF accounts. Actual business. CONNER
cial law; Rev Theodore Nelson. Theory
and Art of teaching. Mental sciences.
Rhetoric. Literature: l. y. Brainerd.
Natural sciences and Geometry b. \.
WclStedd. Foreign languages: Orpha
Braiucrd. photography. ElocutiOn
OratoIY ". II. Davis. Civil Govern
mcut. Arithmetic. Algebra Gertrude
Fisher t. :. History. Geography. Eng
fish Grammar Carrie kimbell. Free
hand and Prospective Drawing. Paint
iug. ~kctchiug; {. W. Yerington. Pen
mdnship. Short hand. Cornet and Band
Music: Mrs. Agnes Sterling. III
structor in kindergarten department
Mrs. &. j. *. Stoncr. Piano. Organ
Voice Culture and Harmony: Minnie
Brittou, Assistant Instructor i'm In.
strumenta Music; II. \. Milliken
. Violin: +. NJ. Milliken. Western Union
and Commercial Telegraphy
Rev. Theodore Nelson is now state
superintendent of Public Instruction
Two years ago ne was President of the
Kalamazoo College, and recently Pro
fcssor of English Literature in the
state Normal school. He is acknowl
edged rs one of the most learned ant
thorough educators in Michigan, anC
Mr.. Harding is favored in securing hi,
valuable services.
TIE CORPS OF INSTRUCTORS
is composed of superior educational
talent who exert every effort 10 impair
To the students Il sound knowledge o.
the branches taken up some of tn,
: very best talent in the state is employ
ed. and an important fact which ha'
, made this institution noted. is its thor
ough discipline and the attention givei
to pupilS-especially those who ar,
. backward or timid. Its system differ
from other normal schools and college
! in management. arrangement of stud
les and methods of teaching and it /
based on those principles of learning
+, which enable the students to gras
, and understand more easily the studio
S pursued, and to acquire a practica
. education.
\ prominent feature is the strict al
, tentiOn given to fitting students TO
] actual business life. This department
! receives special attention and every ad
= vancement in practical bushes
r methods is taught.
e The collegiate, elocutiouary. civil Ell
f gineering. law. medical. mechanical
= scientific. telegraphic. musical and fin
f art departments are presided over b
. instructors of acknowledged ability.
5 The scientific department contain
n a completely equipped chemical lab,
N ratory. and the school is supplied wit
n a full equipment of anatomical an
"a geographical maps and charts, phi
e. osophicai astronomical and chemic;
J. apparatus. Making the training of
PENMANsIGIP
II and bookkeeping one of the specialize
e of the school, the principles worked q
Z are based upon fundamental rule
e The course embraces rapid whole arr
:, and muscular movements. business al
e artistic penmanShip. There is syn
is metry. proportion and beauty i'm Il
( work that at once attracts the attentio
e. and admiration of scholars. The
il COURSE OF HOUSEKEEPING
IS Possesses thorough drill. The teach
re works on intelligent principles viii
IS are convincing. and lac seems to posse
a faculty of making them so clear al
es plain to his pupils that they are enabl