The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-13

Wonderful Work Being Accom-
p'ished for Education.
TRAINING OF THE TEACHERS
Rural High Schools to Be Greatly I'm
proved-Link Between the Public
Schools and the University
Strengthened.

novice visiting the University OF
Virginia at this season would suppose
that it was a. school for women: and
such for the time being it is Out of J, ,03C
| teachers who are now attending the
School of Methods. only about fifty are
men. This means that the children OF
| Virginia are being educated by women
| This is a. serious proposition. and it
must be seriou1y considered bv the peo-
| pie Of the State. If the children are
! to be taught by women we should be
sure that the women who teach them are
| qualified. What Is being dore in this
direction? It may be confidently assert
! ed that much is being done by this
School Of Methods under the intelligent
/ leadership of that wonderful Instructor
/ and executive officer. Edward c. Glass.
! of Lynchburg. When ;ae began this
4 "ork fourteen years ago only a handful
/ OF teachers attended. and the total num-
] her Of instructors was six. During that
! period. however. more than eight thou
] sand teachers have attended the SUM
] mer schools. and this year the number
! is much larger than ever before, and
i the teachers have had coaching from the
! finest instructors in the land.
DIVISION OBJ THE WORK
/ There are three departments of work
! the university course. the academic
4 course and the model school In the
! University course there are daily lee
tures in English literature and rhetoric
| by Professor Kent: in Latin. hy Professor
| Wright: in German and French, by Pro
fessor Faulkner; in mathematics. by Pro-
fessor Thornton; in chemistry by Pro
fessor Mailott; in physics, by Professors
Smith and Humphreys; and in English
+, history, by Professor Chandler, of Rich
| mond College.
The lectures are we'll attended and
the students have the fun benefit OF the
/ regular university course as far as it
goes.
In the academic course there is class
instruction in arithmetic. grammar his
tory, geography, civil government, ply
! siology, reading and music The at
| tendance in all these classes is excellent
! The Model School is conducted in the
! public school building of the city by
| Miss Holhrook, of the Forestville School,
1 Of Chicago. which is conceded to be
one of the best schools of the kind in the
world and hy Miss Clements. of Jer-
sey City, who has national reputa:
ton.
children from the city of Charlottes-
vile are in attendance. and these e,i
| pertS give practical demonstra tons day
by day in the art of teaching. Special
/ stress is laid upon reading. Miss Hohrook
! teaching the word and sehtence'' me-
! thcd and Miss Clements the Ward Ra
! tionaI" Method Instruction is not con-
1 fined to reading, but is given in all
| studies in the primary grades.
! In addition to all this. lectures arr
given by Professor Bird. of William and
Mary College. in pedagogy. and by Fro
fessor Kline in PHYSIOLOGY. From
time to time Mr.. Glass has brought in
experts from various parts of the coun-
try who have given lectures on the hest
methods OF teaching. and this is made a
central feature,
NANIrAL TRAINING
Special attention should be made Of
tho manual training school under the