The state herald., 1892-05-13

prise took shape Ne had the State University,
the State Agricultural College. the State
School Of Mines, tic State Industrial School
and the State School for the Deaf and Blind.
The State Norma school is not quite two
years old, having only begun operations Ocio-
Der 0, 1880. After careful examination into
It's present condition, and the character of
work that II is doing, can conscIcntlously
say Of II, ''iast, but, not least" It may, In.
deed, happen, that he stone so lardily ac-
cep'cd BY Tho hsl,es Aall pspre o. sAie9
stone Of ~ sofreN ~ - - rs = !.
. inpssA ~ Eindas. ~ Hps: J. W.sNs.
eEppx pesI1sas = ~ bossd q trustee, and
d. :. K. enSdef, tlessdcnt Of the faculty, /
have been afforded an opportunity TO inspect
every department Of the school and witness
recilations In most Of the classes. 1t affords
Inc pleasure to testify that II Is, Ia every re-
spect, IN hcalthful and prosperous condition.
The Normal School lsa practical Institution
that will benefit parents by providing trained
and efficient teachers for their children, and
the taxpayers Of the State by insuring them
against a waste Of the school funds in the
maintenance Of poor schools.
theoretically II Is the province Of normal
school 10 give instruction In the theory and
art Of teaching, reinforced, perhaps, by some
practice In model or training schools. This,
Of course, the school docs, but practically l,
is found necessary 10 do n good deal more. II
takes pupils from the district schools Of the
State, who have completed the ordinary gram
mar school course, and gives them such an
education as will cntitlc them to a irst-class
certificate under the provisions Of the State
law. In fac, the law provides that i,s Ill
ploma shall be a life certificate To teach In
the State Of Colorado. In addition the grad
ua,c receives the degree Of Bachelor Of Pedn.
gogy. Students whose attainments qualify
them to pass satisfactory examination In
other than the professional branches may
graduate In one year, but not In less than
that time, as the senior year |. almost cxclu.
siycly professional. In connection with the
Normal School Is n Model School, IN which
nrc enrolled pupils In the primary aud gram.
mar grades under the tuition Of expert teach.
crs. Students are required 10 observe this
work, and have an opportunity during the
senior year to do n certain amount Of praeti.
cal teaching.
In the ease of persons already engaged IN
teaching, who come here 10 graduate. the
length Of time required depends upon their
previous attalnments. But II Il not necessary
for teachers to rcllnquish their work IN order
IN la la ha lrau at tt...
Summer School OF Methods, Of four week. In
duration, Is held during the summer vacation
for the benef, Of teachers, principals and
supcrintcnicnts of schools who desire add
ilonal professional training. This school
opens May ~, and closes June %. Teachers
plcmcnt II by one Of the State Normal lns,l'
tu,cs will receive valuable preparation foi
their next years work,
Now let us take glance ut what the school
Is doing, We find the annual enrolment Of
the Normal School to be 9O5, and that of III,
Modcl School, i0-maklng total Of ai5
Considering the nge VI the School and the
population Of the State, this Il certainly nm
excellent showing. The fact that fourteen
states are represented In the attendance Indl.
cate, that the Institution has good standing
abroad. Out u lia Of the student. now IN
attendance, twenty-five nc graduates Of high
tchools, are graduates of colleges or unlvcr.
stiles aud Of other normal schools. Fifty
have been previously engaged In teaching. OF
these there are Is holding llrst grade ccrtih'
Gates, % second grade mud 10 third Crude, II
Is Interestingly To observe that. agriculture I.
y less Important occupation In Colorado than
IN many other slnica. 3, out Of l6a student.
nrc the children Of farmers. The majority OF
the students are between is aud - years Of
ngc. Naturally lhcm i,a considerable local
attendance, hut Il per cent, Of the students
are from outside Of Greeley, and almost every
section OF the State I, fuIrly represented.
The professional department gives ins,ruc,
tion In the theory md practice Of teaching.
II includes q thorough course In
psychology, showing the natural
processes VI mental action, aud teaching iht
hest method. " promoting mental
growth through the cultivation Of perception,
"'h''a wv" wv lNhN'llnN ih'Hll'Nt " 'hh'A
up the forces Involved Ia education iutcllcc.
iunl. physical, moral anil spiritual, tlcduclne
'hrrcfrom n philosophy Of education. II
teaches The science nnd art " education, oni.
brnclnf knowledge Of NATURE mud Of mind
mud the application of knowledge In the de-
,clopmcnt u individuals, A close study /.
made of the history of education, from the
days oi Moses ~ 10 the present time, showing
IA gradual cyoldllon irum primitive methods
10 the best -yrirms NJ today Careful nticni
ilou Ia given TO schoul management, mnd the
student learns l0N 10 organize nnd govern d
school AL this Ia supplemented by u series
NJ observations IN the modcl school mud kin.
dcfantcn, together win practice lessons,
aided hy cntcful crllitsm Tho graduate !.
,crci IN the pmclcpl rorAiura of the school
aud eau iakrcliagcOl Que With The coa1icncc
horn oI knowledge