The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-03-06
FROM THE NORMAL.
Some Gossip Picked Up During a
Brief Visit.

A FREE PRESS reporter visited the
| big state institution at the head of
Jackson street Tuesday morning for a
short time, and jotted down few
items of fact and gossip which will be
of general interest to our readers.
Miss Carrie M. Robbins, who has
been most successful teacher in the
school for several years, has received
tempting offer from Lakefield, Conn.,,
where new private school is to be
started with the well known educa-
tor, Miss Lord as principal. Miss
Robbins position would be that of
assistant to the principal, and it is
said that the salary would be about
$1,000 year. While Miss Robbins
has this offer under consideration. her
many Mankato friends will hope that
she will decide to remain in the city.
Miss Earhart, who has won golden
opinions from all who have come in
contact with her and her work during
the short time that she has been con-
nected with the school, is seriously
thinking of severing her connection
with it at the close of the present
year. She has long had desire to
take three years. course of study in
German university, and may conclude
to cross the water for this purpose
next summer although her MankatO
friends hope she may yet change her
mind.
Miss Phillips has been in Minneapo-
lis for few days past, at the bedside
of her mother, who is very low. She
expects to return today and appear
before her classes again tomorrow.
Her friends earnestly hope that her
mother may be spared to her for many
years.
Prof Fred. L. Holtz, who is an en-
thusiastic young scientist and is
close to the front rank in educational
circles, has sent for CrookeS tube
and all other apparatus with which
to produce Cathode rays and photo
graph Opaque substances. These will
arrive in few days, and some inter-
esting experiments may be looked for.
The second of three terms into
which the school years is divided
closes today, and the examinations in
the Normal and Grammar depart
ments are under way.
The Normal department will have
holiday Friday.
A favOrite room for visitors is the
Kindergarten, where Miss Barr is
meeting with great success in starting
the little tots in their course through
the Normal. Miss Allie Williams and
and Miss Knights are able assistants,
and the charm hanging over the de-
partment is so strong that the visitor
regrets to depart.
The various departments of the
Model school are in thoroughly COM
petent hands, and visits to different
class rooms in the intermediate and
Primary departments showed that
the pupil teachers are enjoying I'M
surpassed advantages and are illus
trating the theory and methods of
teaching to a satisfactory degree. A
new force of pupil teachers will take
hold of the work next week, and
will be put through the course of
practice and criticisms which the
present corps is just emerging. from.
We just missed the opening exer-
cises of the intermediate department,
much to our regret. Miss Richards,
than whom there is no more cons
cientious and successful teacher, has
charge of this department., and;
found time to escort US to the differ
ent rooms.
We left with the promise to visit
the other grades and the Normal de.
partment later, promise which our
cordial reception today made it easy
to give.