The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-06-05
THE SUMMER NORMAL
Is Organized - Daily Sessions
Held in the High School
Building.

According to announcement previously
made the summer normal was opened in the
High School building NJ onday morning.
Nearly all the seats in the school rooms
were occupied by the teachers and people
of the town. The members of the faculty,
Profs. Smith, Keeny, Trudeau and Miss
Lewis were present. Superintendent G. F.
Latiolais was also on hand and helped to
organize the school.
Prof. A. L. Smith, who may be called the
conductor of uth.: institute, is bright,
genial gentlemen, and it takes him but a
short time to get around and make every one
feel at home. Prof. Smith is native of ILL
nois and was educated in the public schools
of that State. He subsequently matricu-
lated at Knox College and after the compile
ton of his studies he went to Chicago and
attended a normal school in that city.
Eleven years ago he came South and was
employed to teach at the Natchitoches Nor
NAL School. He still is valuable member
of the faculty of that wellknown institution.
He was married to an estimable lady of the
historic old town some years ago and he is
now the proud father of a bright little girl.
Prof. Smith is one of the most successful in
stitute workers in the State and the teachers
of this parish were lucky to get him.
Prof. ]. E. Keeny is a hustler. He be-
lieves in hard work and when he is about
everything must be moving. Prof. keeny
was born Philadelphia in 1860. He
was educated in the public schools of the
Quaker City and at Junia ia Normal College
and the University of. Ohio. Prof. keeny
taught in the country ands city schools of
After
Pennsylvania he located in Kansas, remain
ing in the SunAower State four years. He
then came to Louisiana and took charge of
the Monroe High School. He stayed there
until he accepted position as principal of
the Lake Charles High School, which is one
Of the most Aourishing in tie State. Prof.
Keeny is thoroughly familiar with institutes
and normal schools, having pursued that
line Of educational work in Pennsylvania
and Kansas AID Lcuis:ana. During the
last two months he represented State 1nsti-
tute Conductor Zines in St. Charles,
Vernon, Caddo and Calcasieu parishes.
Miss HENRIETTA Lewis, who, with
Prof. T.rdeau, has charge Of the
model school, is native of New Orleans
where she graduated from the public
schools. Miss Lewis took a postgraduate
institution she has since been employed as
teacher. For the last three years she has
done normal work. Miss Lewis is the ideal
teacher for what is known as the model
school. Although this department has not
enrolled many pupils as was promised,
the work of classifying is about complete
and everything is going on in earnest. The
model school has for its mission the presen-
tation of certain principles of teaching.
There some forty children taken from
the first, second, third and fourth grades,
and, strange as it may seem, two teachers
do the whole work and no one is idle for
minute. A little republic, as it were, where
the youngest children absorb ideas of
citizenship, learn to be kind and polite,
and, at the same time learn IN a pleasing
way, to read, write, cipher, recite, drill, etc.
Good teachers are needed all along the line
of the profession, but skillful teachers are
becoming more and more in demand for this
primary work. Prof. Trudeau and Miss
Lewis have already made success of 1t,
and their efforts can not fail to be fruitful
of happy results. All progressive educators
are of the opinion that much of the diff
Guilty and unpleasantness of the teachers
work would be removed if children were
properly taught from the first. Hence the
desirability of the model school.
Monday morning the work of organizing
the institute concluded. The fol-
lowing persons registered and entered the
classes: Miss Mary RAIDER, Miss F. S. Greig,
Miss Lizzie Mudd, Miss Clye Mudd, Miss
Kate Rand, Miss NJ. L. Bagnal, Miss Ger
trucle Abbott, Miss Anna Campbell, Miss
Lila Olivier, Miss Emily Olivier, Miss
Agnes Guilbeau, Miss Stella Gcilbeau. Mrs.
Mary c. Boutte, Miss Anna Hopkins, Mrs.
R. NJ. Delany, Miss Mary Webb, Miss Lula
Kelly, Miss Maggie Bagnal, Miss Matte
Hunter, Miss Aimee Mouton, Miss a.
Martin, Miss Laura Martin, Miss Bertha
Richard, Miss Bessie Cunningham, Miss
Louisa Tolson, Miss Rosebud Farmer;
Philip Martin, &. A. Boudreaux, Ovey
Comeau. J. 4. Martin. F. Crepin, w. G..
Webb, III. c. Wallis, X. II. Broussard, T..
X. Simmons, Theo. J. Breaux, II. E. Gun
p;oha,n IT. F. Toll. Richard CharpOiS. A.