The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1888-10-27
rnt n rcnigo cHEs NORMAL. SCHOOL.

Jeutaaes the edge of town on high
hllt 4Af s8S9Slpoks the old churches,
the Aagledt0rsReyards, the sweet rose
eAsd0nS Std she blue ribbon of rivers,
lhsfS .S94dl Tho nofmal school. state
insllInklNa oia which we may all well
10 bses0ss ia 10 fine, mellow old mat,.
sion Hftf y3sNp' porches and huge col,
umaSa Asrand old building not unlike
eur !i0leyydssll. 1T is old and shaky
In SdfAt6 the Joints, but perhaps some
day.la a.pxeess OF virtue some legisla-
tuFo aOay give dho money to repair and
boaax1lY1 IT.. II has now been in opera
tien ~ bout four years, and 1t Is one
Of onalbsntNres Into advanced methods
that A6s pald well 30 'fsr.I There are
no !CobWabe of old customs that ought
TO .hoshenorsd In i the breach, no old
methods prevail simply because of
f0adaess for the grandiather's way.
ThA aehOol is up to the latest notch
In educational; matters and barring the
thS Net thht IT. Is too economically
eq6inped lOI this great work of traiu-
iag teaches, Il might 10 all intents and
purposes exist in the progressive edu-
easlOnal center In the country. The
n6thod' as1d Is that known as the
Qatacvsmeth od, The same used in the
iailota Cook County Normal School OF
DR.. Parksr's neat Chicago, In Boston,
Indianapolis aud elsewhere. The spirit
of tho AaethOd, the moral of H., seems
to hess Teach the child to think. Then
plvs min something to think about.
reacNinE ~ NOT done here by plummet
AMI ,llss, but by, sheer force OF brain.
Each fsspn may go 70 any, sources or
booksa She pleases for her facts. She
must mako them hers understandingly
aud willie out her reasoning and her in-
fotAationst In tablets. She studies like
. scholar; not as a parrot. In the geog-
raPby iiroOm, for Instance, pupil
mouths = state,r a country, n continent
On saAd or Clay, 80 perfect that water
poeued upon Ii Will roll at once into its
rivethods, It's lakes aud ocean basins; or
stie Will paint It on a linen canvas, with
~, sratnb belts, It's races, its products,
seudylNk these; one after another. Life
atthiS NOR NAL school Is one big Why n
The practice classes for the normal pu
pills compose a primary and intermedi.
ate grade and these are filled by half {
bandred or more pupils of both sexes.
When, y Class Is to be taught the nor
npAi RNpils 60 into the room, note books
III haad, Ind rthe children are taught
one iesson by one young lady, another
by . second, and 30 on. The normal
papsls then csiticise each others meth
I'd, aud their comments are umpiretl
by their owe teachers. The best teach.
or is she Vh0arouses the liveliest in
terest ID a,ef. pupils, who asks them the
most thnu:htfnE questions and eltcits
the most ithou9htful replies. There is
no dreary teaching of, the alphabet, no
bioe-baek spsllers. Children in the
practice classes by The Quincy method
are put vat once at reading and |
script writtnga,ys No., ~
There are more than one hundred
pupils In tlse school and about forty are
young lAdtes. who attend the normal
Glasses. When they have graduated
md have become teachers in our state
,ckools they will 60 far to revolutionize
he cause OF education, provided they
,se their method with the lmodifica- ,
ions that time, circumstances and in !
Iivlduals may suggest or demand. The
aoincy method as 1t exists in this