Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-08-22
THE NORMAL WORK
The Various Departments Moving
Smoothly in Their Different
Lines Of Study.
The Model School an Interesting
Feature-Additienal Names
Enrolled.

The close Of the third day Of the
Marshall county normal finds the work
we'll in hand. with continuance Of the
interest on the part Of those in attend
Hance.
The model school, with number of
children in attendance, is a feature
that is attractive as well as ms tructive.
Mrs. Groves lectures on King Lear
are proving OF unusual interest, altho
this intensely warm weather has cur
evening series.
presenting the educational doctrine of
development. Growth is urged as the
essential and the activity of the pupil
as the chief means. Afew great prin-
sciples steadily adhered to will result in
better practice than experimenting
with devices. Sense training econo-
mics mental energy. The schools
should send out pupils trained to see
and to hear quickly and correctly and
with right habits of bodily and mental
activity. The business of the teacher
is to create an environment in which,
the child can and Will act rightly.
Nothing is practical which does not
tend toward growing power.
In arithmetic Miss Adelaide Jordan
us engaging teachers in the process Of
observing Imagining and comparing.
by which mathematical realities are
brought into the mind. The Speerz pres
sentation which has awakened such
Wide interest turnout the country, is
being followed.
Professor G. G. Carstens, in his in
*struction in American history, outlines
the following as the essential points:
History is a record Of events only as
the events reveal the life of which they
are the result This view of history is
superficial and harmful, since it leads.
TO verbal memory. assignment by ;,ara-
graphs and pages, and to recitation in
the same way. The story of the pill
grims landing at Plymouth has at
tached to it many facts that are nom
essentials. They might have i anded
five days earlier or later, ten miles fur
Sther north or south, without the course
of our nations history probably being
changed to any great extent. but set
of political and religious ideas which
had not given rise to the Maytioweri
compact. under whatever name it had
apperead. would have made our New
England essentially different Good
teaching discrminates closely between
the essentials and non-essentiala and
uses the latter to awaken interest, fix
facts and ideas that are essential
The vital thing in our history, or the.
history Of any people, is the idea which
actuates this people. The phenomena
of action, and thought, and feeling are
parallel. The first is the form; the lat
ter the content. The actions occur, the
thoughts or ideas endure, recur. The
thought is then vital. and history can
be considered as dealing with the life of
a people in the progress of growth. The
idea has continuity thruout the years,
but differentiates itself in its expression.
There are five lines of growth in the life
of a people, political. religious. aduca-
tional. Industrial and social. Each line
aims TO organize itself in an institution.
The Hebrews at the time OF Abraham.
had the germs of these developments,
the Puritans of 1920 were much fur
Their along. but the differentiation in.
these lines has been particularly
marked IN this century and we now find
each represented by institutional activ-.
lily Of a very complex nature.
The enrolment at heinstitute is now
234 the following names having been
added since the previous list was pub
lished:
Marshalltown-Alt Bentley. Edna
Fularton. Louise Miller. Mary ]. Miller,
Mabel Miller. l.. NJ. Kelley, Jessie c.
Liston, Della Winery. Grace Sullivan,
Grace Farrand. Minnie Ashbrook, Alma
Savage. Bessie p. knight, Zada White:
Lucille Malloy. Fannie Shaw. W.. c.
Merrynan and Carrie Mcconnell.
Capron-Nala Andrews
Montour-Nellie Wilcox.
Bangor-Minnie Early.
Morrison-Myra c. Jensen.
Marshalltown members of the lecture
course: Mrs. Kirby Mrs. Getz Miss
Getz, Mrs. J. L. Carney. Mrs. Fletcher
and Mrs. NJ. NJ Duffield.
Remedy For Poison.
It is said that raw eggs and milk are Z
sure remedy for poison Of any kind taken
into the stomach. This Is information
that may do q deal OF good if remembered