Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-05-17
Normal Institute.

we IAN III hne Win the majority OF the cOun-
ties in holding the Normal in June. We recog
nize the following advantages:
/. The Normal Institute is Q place where
earnest and studious work should be accom-
plished. A greater amount and a better de-
gree Of work can be accomplished in
June than in the later, warmer months.
2. Teachers receive certificates in July, and
can Immediately present applications with
certificates to District Boards and thus secure
nominalIy. positions for the coming school
year. This plan is the most desirable since the
teacher can take rest for two months and OBJ
tain the needed recreation from the school
years cares.
8. School boards have the opportu nifty tc
obtain the best teachers and the best tea cheers
may locate themselves in June or July in
stead of August or September.
4. Should teacher fail to obtain a certli.
cate he may go to another county and still an.
other county and apply for certificate. Thus he
has the advantage of two trials whereby If the
the Normal was held in August there is nc
chance for school work for said teacher.
o. This is the Worlds Fair summer. Many
desire TO go to Chicago. Having obtained Ger
tifcates, located positions for the fall, there
is no mental anxiety concerning the result OF
kind can be more fully enjoyed under these
circumstances.
We feel we have been very fortunate in Sc
curing the services of. NJ. Rhodes as our con.
ductor. AS we know of Prof. Rhodes valua.
bic worth in the school room we are reasona.
by sure OF the Normars success. Mr. Rhodes
is at present at Leland Stanford University,
California, but he is former Kansas teacher
NJ. 4
Having had years of experience in teaching
from the lowest to the highest gra6ca in
schoolw0rk, Mr.. Rhodes realizes the needs OF
the average school teacher.
Prof. L. f. Kelley. Of Chanutc. comes to us
recommended by the educators OF our state
Prof. Kelley is a specialist in Natural Phfloso-
ply, proposing to illustrate all experiments
found i'll any common text book. His work
in Mathematics is above the average Normal
instructor. Besides these special lines of
work Prof Kelley will give us two lectures
entitled Ideals" and IAN Evening with James
WhitcOmb Riley These lectures alone speak
for Mr.. Kelley.
The County superintendent will take com.
plete instructors position in the Normal, I'M
less the work in connection with official duties
is found to take too much time. However. this
is the present plan.
The object of the County Normal is to pre-
sent the latest and best methods of instruction,
to create interest along all lines of knowledge
and to inspire our schools to higher ideals and
to do more systematic work. We appreciate
the fact that all must not only possess knowl.
edge. but be the master of the method by
which such knowledge is impaired. The teach
er who has only book larnin" is by no means
teacher n m hos for lie
tanced that kind OF teacher and wisely substl
tuted men and women of live, active brains,
who at once adapt their work to the stations
they are called to fill.
The expense OF attending the Normal can be
kept within ones means. Good board in pri-
vRte families can be had for about 81 per
week Special rates are given by boarding
houses. Many have planned to rent rooms and
board themselves. This is a very economical
way and has proven quite satisfactory in the
past. There is a registration fee of IL required
by law. Those who take the examination are
required to pay 81. All this money goes to the
Normal Institute fund to defray the expenses
of the County Normal.
The County Superintendent has at the ONCE
a list of families who desire to keep boarders
during the Normal. Teachers who wish loca-
tons can write the County Superintendent.
Please do not hesitate to call on the Co. Supt.
for assistance in this line. No effort will be
spared to add to your convenience and comfort
A reunion Of the Barber county teachers will
be held toward the close Of session. A gener.
al good time is planned. All friends will be
cheerfully received.
The half day sessions, beginning Z 80 O'Clock.
seem to be most desirable to the majority of
teachers. An evening session will be held il
necessary.
We have four lectures planned, one each
week. These lectures will be interesting to
the citizens as well as the school teacher
The conductor and instructor will give free
lectures. Courses OF study may be obtained at
the Office until the Normal begins.
Our county teachers cannot afford to stay
from the Normal. The best teachers are in as
much demand to-day as they ever were. The
better class of teachers receive the better
wages, and never are found waiting for EN-.
ployment Even from this standpoint it will
pay to work up to the position of a first-cass
teacher. In the educational field worth is
recognized and recompensed. Our Normal
work should be of such character that it will
not bend to the poor and inexperienced teach
er but rather reach down and grasp said teach
er, inspire him with enthusiasm and place
within his comprehension the latest methods
and various systems. 1t is a good place to
revolutionize. Every teacher cannot afford to
attend Il State Normal School, but every teach
er can attend the County Normal. In this age
of reform and progress, when all mechanism
and scholasticism tends right onward, the pub
lie school teacher must upward still, and on.
ward, who would keep abreast of truth" The
mission of the teacher, to weave as fine fabric
as the human intellect, will not permit other
wise than standing in the foremost ranks of
advancement. keeping step in the march of
time and progress.
Encourage your older pupils to attend the
Normal. They can be helped to broaden their
views of knowledge already gained They will
hear social problems, educational problems
and current events discussed. Their ideas
will become inspired and linked with higher
ideals. They will be encouraged to push on to
broader fields of knowledge for It's education
forms the mind; just as the twig is bent. the
tree is inclined.
Sometimes teachers think school boards do
not recognize teachers who keep in touch with
time. Answer the following questions for
yourself:
]. Are you perfectly familiar with the lat
est methods now in use in the best schools?
:. Can you give complete biography OF
ten OF the leading educators of the time?
3; Have you made careful study of six
technical works on teaching? Have you stud-
led three works on Mental Philosophy?
4. Can you become an active member OF the
county Reading Circle and stay away from the
Normal while the other teachers organize?
D. If you stay away from the Normal will
you understand the course of study that il tn
be placed In the country schools this year? Or
the Teachers Association that will be formed
at the Normal?.
Weigh yourselves in the above scales and IL
"tound wanting"yOu better attend the Normal.
SUGGESTIONS.
J.. Let the 5th day of June find you enrolled
in the Normal. Do not wait until the Ard or
4th day after work has begun. Begin the first
2. All text books will be used for reference
but the instructor 8 have the privilege of scI
Getting the latest and best authorities.
3. You can not carry all subjects. Plan IN
take all in which you need the most help.
t. II you desire the very best help you are
expected to present all the time.
.. Ask questions until you understand the
subject at hand. Be brief. See that Won ts ke