The Lamar register., 1892-05-21

ne p,sa.u-c 10 ic.s-fy shat it ls, Ia every ~
spcct. To- . IrslulfaI aud pal-p-r5zs c0sfitsoa-
The Normal school lss rra-tlaI !HftiltisI
ihsi ulI! brHtlt TafrHts bE prur.liHg tnliBeI
E1G rEglruI I-sshrrs f17 ILeIT rhEir-1. znA
its tsEg5ysrs q tht state b. Ia.gEia. thra
ara'l-t 1.aastg q the -ehcoI faHds lh ;Lr
IaziateH-nos - poor school,
The0reuealIy &c O. thr rr0viugc q HCTrlzl
f.I11} IN give Ilstruegiun ia ne theag end
sgI n tsarhing, frinilTvcl, FeslaPs. by saHe
przeiiec in model or training t5ts55ls This,
Of cg4rze, the seho5i doe, hlt Practically ~
if faInl necessary 20 90 good deal more. II
take pupils from thc distF4gi sebol!s 'oi The
State, uho have completed the ordluary gram
mar school Coansc, and give, thsfn salh az
eJueati0H zs uiu satluc thea 70 ars;-elass
certificate under the rToyt.l0as 0f tte state
laT. IN fact The Law provides thai Iis d.
piuma shall be a life certificate 10 teach 80
the state Of Colorado. I1 zdliii0u the grsd,
uate receives the desrrc = Bsohclor of Posia-
gosy. STUDENTS whose aftziunl.uts guaiIfy
them 10 pass satisfactory examination 90
otEcr ttsH The professional LTanehc. may
graduate iH ono year hat uCt ID les thLn
taHi time as the scuirr year j. almost eIelu-
s4ve'y professional In connccllon with the
Normal School i Model school. 10 ublh
are eHrpIlei pupils 20 the prImary and gram.
mar .rsIes, under thc tuitlgn of rEpcrt teach
ers students gnr required to observe this
work and have an opportunity duria. The
senior gear TO DO certain amount Of pract!-
oal Iraohius
In tho case Of persons already engaged IN
teaching who come here 90 graduate. the
length of Tine required depends upon their
previous atiaiumcuts But Il ls not necessary
FOR teachers 10 rrlinquish their work ia order
TO share iu the advantages uf the school A
Summer School Of Methods, Of four weeks In
duration, Is held during the summer vacation
for the benefit Of teachers, principals and
srsperlutendeuts Of schools who desire addi.
tIonal professional training This school
opens May n, and closes June % Teachers
who can attend this courze and afterwari fuf,-
picmgnt Il BY one Of the state Normal Insil-
tuies viii receive a valuable preparation for
their next years work.
Now let Us take glance at what the school
Is doing. We ind the annual enroIimeut Of
the Normal School 10 be 205, and ihrt Of the
Model School 4O-makln- a total OF a45.
Considering the age Of the School and the
population Of the State, this Is certainly an
States are represented 10 the attendance lndl-
Gates that the Institution has good standing
abroad. Out Of l52 Of the students now in
attendance, twenty-five are graduates Of high
schools are graduates Of colleges or unlyer-
stiles and Of other normal schools. Fifty
have been previously engaged ia teaching. OF
these there are Is holding first grade certif-
Gates, % second grade and 10 third grade. 1t
is intercstingto observe that, agriculture is
a less Important occupation IN Colorado than
in many other States 81 out OF 152 students
are the children Of farmers. The majority Of
the students are between Is and 25 ycars OF
age. Naturally thcre q Considerable local
attendance, but = per cent. Of the students
arc ls.TH ouiside of Greeley, and almost every
section of tie state j. isfis reprf tented.
1he professional department gives snstrue-
tioa is tho theory and practice OF teaching.
j. iAci'iles thorough course in
Psychology, showing the natural
processes Of mental action, aad teaching the
best methods Of promoting mental
growth through the cultivation OF perception.
memory and the reasoning faculties. 1t takes
up the forces involved in education. intellec-
tual, physical, moral and spiritual, deaucinz
therefruin philosophy of education. It
teaches the science and art Of education, em..