Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-05-12
THE NORMAL SCHOOLS
FIVE WILL BE HELD FOR VIRGINIA
TEACHERS THIS YEAR.
1 FINE CORPS OF INSTRUCTORS.
some OF the hest Known Educators
Among Them-GepcraI Information
u.wsrssnr tho summer Normais-
Railroads Give Reduced Races.

ARRANGEMENTS have been pretty wen
perfected for the normal training schools
20 be held this summer for the beneht OF
tho public school teachers OF virginia
Five OF these schools will be held TINS
xear-three for white and two Tor Color
ed teachers.
The School OF Methods. which Is re-
earded as the crown and summit OF the
summer training schools OF the South
will be held az Roanoke. The corps OF
teachers is one Of the ablest selected for
such work, and indications point TO the
largest attendance In the history OF tnc
school. OF the two other schools Tor
white teachers, one will be held at fu-
lsski City and the other at Fredericks-
burg.
The summer schools for colored teach
ers will be held at the Virginia Norman
and Collegiate Institute, at petersburg q
and the Hampton Normal ana Agrlcul-
tural Institute. Superintendent Southaii
calls attention 20 the fact that the STATE
expends annually more than one ana d
half million dollars In sustaining the pup
lic-school system, and that about thiee
hundred thousand pupils are unoef lne
care and instruction OF the teachers III
the public schools. These children are
soon 10 assume the duties OF civic life,
and take a hand in shaping the desunles
OF the Commonwealth. AS the great
majority of them will get no other eau
cation than that afforded by the pubic
schools the teachers who are 10 tiaih
them have a work OF momentous mag
nitude and importance to perform
COURSE OF INSTRUCTION.
The course Of instruction at the vari-
Gus schools is indicated by the subjects
assigned TO the instructors. Manual
training will be taught at the School OF
Methods and. al the Hampton Institute,
and II is hoped by the State Superin-
tendent that this important branch OF
practical instruction will soon be intrO-
duced into all the schools.
Each school will be divided into Sec
lions. and regular class recitations made
a leading feature. Correct methOds Oh
teaching will be eXemplhed in the WORK
OF instructors. Ii is suggested that, rs
far as practicable, evening lectures on
educational topics be made feature OF
each school. These lectures Will AWAKEN
In the community an interest in PUBIC
education, and give teachers a glimpse
of that broader culture so essential 10 the
highest success in teaching. Teachers
should carry with them some textbook
on every subject i'm this outline. A GER
tificate will be issued 10 every teacher
who attends every class and earnestly
pursues the work for the full period of
any of the schools. superintendent are
authorized to renew for one year with
out re-examination) the license OF teach
ers who receive these certificates.
The summer schools for the white
teachers will all begin June 18th and close
July odd The Petersburg school Tor
colored teachers will begin June 18th and
close July It'll. The Hampton school will
open July 9TH and close July 18th.
The Department of Public instruction
has obtained reduced rates on all the
leading lines Of travel
Following are the names Of the IN
structors selected and the subjects as
signed them:
ROANOKE SCHOOL OF METHODS.
Conductor, T. c. Glass, Superintendent
OF Lynchburg Schools.
Department of Methods-Dr. Emerson
f. White. ex-Superintendent Schools, Gin
cinnati. Pedagogy: James l.. Hughes, In
spector of Schools. Toronto, Canada,
Talks on Teaching; Miss Celestia S. Par
IRISH. Woman's College, Lynchburg, Va,
Psychology; Superintendent Il. +. Moses.
Raleigh. n. c., Phonic Reading DR.. I.
w. Page. Professor of History, University
Of California, Berkeley, Cal, Methods In
History; Miss Celestia s. Parrish, Wo-
mans College, Lynchburg. Va, Methods
I'm Arithmetic; Miss NJ. Lizzie Harvey
l.ynchburg Public Schools. Methods in
Geography; Mrs. j. II. Phillips, Birming-
ham, Ala; Primary Methods, Mrs. Ida A.
Myers. Principal of the Training school,
Washington, d. c., Primary Methods;
Miss Lucy Lee Davis. Principal of Model
School, Lynchburg. Va, Model School
Academic Department-Dr. c. w. Kent,
Department Of Literature, University of
Virginia. Literature; Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Z. Southwick, Emerson School of Oratory
Boston. Mass. Elocution; Professor Leroy