Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-01-02

% thos2in need Of help, In this wa!
we IN c,nfylsncoarage progressive teach
rs'4as7 erect a uniform standard o.
qualifications throughout the STATE, Al
competent and experienced teachers
shcrii join these circles that they may
assist their weaker brothers. and thu,
contribute 70 the general welfare, and
all incompetent md incxrerienced teach
ers should embrace this unusual opp1r.
tunity 10 fit them foc the high calling 4
teaching
COURSE OF STUDY.
The course of study for first grade
county license includes spoilers, read
ers, arithmetics, tmental and practi-
cali, Biographies, grammars, compo-
sitions, histories, UNITED States and
Mississippi, natural PHILOSOPHERS, civil
governments and p~hysiologies.
A teacher should master at least two
or more text books on each subject, Sc
lected from lists adopted III various
counties OF the State. To know but
one book is not to know the subject OF
which it treats. \ knowledge of sew
eral text books on one subject augments
the power of illustration and e"xplars.
ton.
The county institute and its syllabus
VIII be 80 designed and planned as to lie
helpful TO teachers in the fall examina-
tions. Competent conductors will give
the instruction and assistance necessary
to enable teacher to overcome the diff
culties OF the common school curri-
culum.
The course Of study for the State IL
cense is somewhat higher and broader
than that for county license, although
ii embraces the same subjects, In ad
dition to the text books mastered to pro
cure a county license, candidates for
State license should gain a thorough
knowledge of one or more on each sub
ject in the following list:
Curry's Southern States in the American
Union.
Stevens War between the States,
Cages Principles Of Physics.
Appleton's Physics.
Peck " Ganot's Physics.
Brooks Mental Arithmetic.
Srnford's Higher Analytical Arithmetic.
Olney's Science Of Arithmetic.
Nicholson's Advanced Arithmetic.
Robirson's Higher Arithmetic.
Wentworth Il Ellis Higher Arithmetic,
Maury's Physical Geography.
Guyot's Physical Geography.
Greenwood's Principles of Education Prac-
tically Applied.
Whites Elements Of Pedagogy.
McMuiry's General Methods.
Martins The Human Body (Briefer
Course.
Whitney's Essentials of English.
Meikeljohn's English Grammar.
Sweets Historical English Grammar.
Harris Handbook of English Composition.
Shaw's Coinpositionrby Practice.
Mcad's Elementary Composition and Rhc-
toric.
All summer normals will give the
course leading to the State license and
at the close will hold examinations for
the same.
The course for professional license is
as follows;
Algebra: Olney's Complete. Wentworth's
College, Bowser's College, Robinson's Uni,
versity. Wells, Milnes.-At least two OF
these texts should be mastered.
Geometry: Bowser's, Olney's, Wcntworth's
Vcnahlc's, Wells. Robinson's.-Not less than
two of these texts will suffice.
Latin: Collar 6. Daniels, or Harkness's
book for beginners; Viri Romr, or Glider
sleeves Latin Reader; two books of Caesars
Gallo War, Cicero's Grafton against Casti
line, First and Fourth Books of Virgil's
Aeneid, Benefits Latin Grammar, and either
GiIdcrsleeve's, Harkncss's or Allen & Green,
ouyhis.
RHEroRIc-Genug's Outlines of Rhetoric
Genug's Practical Rhetoric and Rhetorical
Analysis, Hills Foundation of Rhetoric
Hills Principles of Rhetoric.-Of these, al
should be read and two mastered.
ENGLISH LITERAfuRg-PancoaSt's Intro
duction to English Literature, Watkins OF
Matthews American Literature, Swinton'.
Studies in Literature, american and En-
glish), Manly's Southern Literature. II
addition to these, Cleveland's Compendium.
might be read with profit.
PEDAGoGY-Eoark's Psychology in Educa
ton, De Carmo's Essentials of Method
Understands Method of Instruction O,
Princes Courses and Methods, Lange's Ap
perception, Painters or Companies History
of Education. Payne's OF Pickard's Schoo
Supervision, Bald wins or Tompkins' Schoo
Management, or Tompkins' Philosophy O
Teaching.
CusaIsTRy-The first ESQ pages of Rem
sens Introduction to Chemistry, or tn,
whole of Williams Elementary Chemistry
or Shepard's Elementary Chemistry.
ESERA HISTORY - Myers, Sheldon's
Barnes, Fishers Outlines.
CIVIL GovgRNMBHT-Fiskc's Civil Govern
ment in the United States. Andrews Manua
VI lHC Sonotitutiouf W oouTOW WILSON'S In
State.
N. B.-Botany and Photography are op
tional, in lieu of Greek. Greek, Botany AM
Chemistry are optional.
To hold professional license, a teacher
should be fully competent to prepar,
students to enter the Freshman class il
the State colleges. To gain the requisit,
qualifications, he should not be satisfied
with less than is indicated in the cours,
outlined above. 1t would be well fol
every teacher to do as much residen
work at these colleges as possible, A
few months spent in them during til,
progress Of the session would be Of grea
advantage to those who cannot remain
an entire session OF longer. Man,
schools in the State close in the EARL
spring and this will afford some teach
ers the opportunity to do more or les