Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1890-07-28
INTERSTATE SCHOOL.
IT'S Session Formally Opened This
Morning.

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The Ashcvillc session of the interstate
summer school which met in the Orange
street school building this morning at 0
O'Clock will continue two weeks, closing
Friday, August 8. The daily session
will be from 8 o'clock to 1.3O.
The faculty OF the school consists of
the following well known educators, all
of whom have national reputation:
Alex. +. Frye, Hyde Park, Mass; DR..
Thomas M. Ballet, Springfield, Mass;
Miss Mary A. Spear, 0piurcv, Mass;
Supt. w. W. Spcer, Oakland, lChicago)
ILL.,; Supt. J. T. Hall, Boston, Mass, and
Supt. L. c. Branson, Athens, Ga.
Next week Miss Spear, Prof. Frye and
DR.. Ballet will lecture, each giving two
lectures a day, on the following sub
jccts:
Miss Spear-First day with the Little
Ones in School. kindergarten Principles
Applied to Primary Work. Busy Work
with an End in View. Object Study-its
Use and Abuse. First years in Ian.
guagc, Reading, Numbers, Spelling, Ma
turc Studies, etc.
DR.. Ballet will lecture on such subjects
as The Senses, and Laws that Govern
their rDcyclopmcnt(two lccturcs). Psyche
logical Basis for Manual Training,
Modelling, Drawing, etc. The Purpose
and Limits of Objective Teaching. Asso.
ciation, and the part it plays in Mental
Processes 1.-TWO lecturcs). How the Mind
Works in the Processes of Acquiring the
Power to Speak, Read, Write and Spell,
and in Gaining n knowledge of Numbers
two lccturcs). School Discipline and
Moral Training two lccturcs).
Mr.. Frye will lecture on Geography: :
the Queer Sciences. First steps. How
to Study n School District. From Dis
trict to Globe. How to Model the Con.
tinents. Map Drawing. Mathematical
Geography. Commerce of the World.
Political Geography. Geography in Ills
tory and Literature. His lectures will
bc fully illustrated by twelve colorcd
charts, and raised maps. Teachers will
be shown how to make raised maps of
of all the continents. Printed notes will
also contain plates showing what and
how to model. Opportunity will bc
given to all to copy Mr.. Frye's valuable
maps.
Next week Mcssrs. Branson, SEcr and
Hall will lecture, each giving two lectures
n day. Mr.. Hall will lecture on Ian
guagc, Reading and Literature; Mr..
Branson on School Discipline and Meth
DDS of Teaching Common School
Branches; Mr.. Spccr on Numbers and
Arithmetic. These lectures will be more
fully outlined early next week.
Eor teachers attending regularly tho
tuition charges will be So for one week
$12 for two weeks; in clubs of six or
more, So for the two weeks.
Since these lectures will be OF interest
not only to teachers but to the public as
well, arrangements will be made by
which any one not taking the full course
may have special lectures at any reason.
able rates, paying at the door. To-day
anyone will bc welcomed and admitted
free of charge.
The indications are that the school will
be largely attended by the teachers oI
this and other Southern States. Quite Il
number have already arrived.
Anyone wishing information in regard
to the school can obtain II by calling on
Supt. =. p. Claxton on Vance street.
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Princess Marie Lconidc Bonapartc
daughter of Prince Charles, has just mar
ricd lieutenant of infantry and brought
him a dowry of three millions.
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