Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-03-29

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through all the common school grades
have amply fulfilled the testimonials
attestlng to their scholarship. profes.
sional ability, and high character. One
a e in their class rooms what this
combination of the three grandest nat.
urcs of the teacher has affected, both
upon Ia classes and upon the normal
students who are now actualizing what
the study of psychology, the knowl-
edge of the history and philosophy of
education and of educational systems,
theories. ideals. and forces-in fine,
the study Of all the phases of pedagogy
has impaired to them.
This model school is in itself a min
iature university, where every pupil re.
ceiyes as much individual supervision
as will not only tend to give him the
broadcast foundation for the building up
of intellect and character. but will also
bring out the individuality, the DISPOSE
ton towards specialization in the
student. For all these grades, in addi-
ton to the common branches, there
are especially prepared teachers in
psycho-nanuel training. physical cul-
ture. vocal music, and drawing.
For the use of the grammar school
grades the science teacher uses in the
winter term the laboratories and the
glass cases with which all the halls of
the second and third floors are lined
cases containing archaeological, geo.
logical, and biological specimens, Illus
trative of the natural history of New
Mexico. In the spring and fall months
these classes are taken out on expedi-
lions to study nature, thus going d.
rectly to the fountainhead for their
Information. No better field for study
and research in all branches of natural
history Is found anywhere in the world
than in the immediate vicinity of Las
Vegas. The field in original work for
the naturalist, with in a two or three
days wagon trip, is simply without an
equal.
The academic school has a two-fold
purpose. II completes the aims of rhe
| Normal school in that it develops a
model for the guidance OF the high
schools of New Mexico; and t affords
to the young people of the common
wealth an opportunity for a general
education. which they are unable to Sc
cure elsewhere. either as q preparation
for entrance into normal and technical
schools, or into a college or university:
or as q preparation to those who may
he unable to obtain a higher education.
The Normal school proper fulfills a
three-fold mission: 1t prepares the
teacher fer public school service; 1t
develops a model school system of pub
lie school education for tine direction
of the schools of the territory; it pro-
notes the vital relation that must exist
between the home and the school.
What is an ideal training for the teach
er Is. the same for the parent whom
the former should merely complement
in the work of education. The normal
course is the most direct and most eff
fectunl preparation for home making.
The course Of this school, the life
giving force and very heart of the pub
lie school system, presents a method
of training through the study of phy-
steal, mathematical, rational and social
sciences. of the classical and modern
li~teratures, classical and modern Ian
guages, of psychology and pedagogy.
and especially through. the actual
teaching in the practice school under
direction of expert training teachers.
(where the theoretical work Of the
| pedagogical course IS at once reduced
to practice, where the great education
al theories are subjected to practical
| tests, ard out of which forces alone
| grows hat power of personality and
love for the profession which Is the
final test Of fitness for the grave re-
sponsibilities of the teacher)-this
course. I repeat it, presents a method
OF training nowhere surpassed.
The manual training school is a de-
cided step in education, far in advance
of many older states in the union.
Courses are designed for pupils from
kindergarten grade on through all the
successive stages OF education, even
including the graduate school. Among
the subjects taught are whiting. chip
carving, joining, inlaying, modelling
and designing, tool and bench work,
high and low relief, paper folding, maj
and cloth weaving. clay modelling. bas-
| ket making, bent iron work, card board
reconstruction, free hand carving In ap-
plique. etc., etc.
The graduate school fills a demand
| on the part of our most progressive
and efficient teachers for training or q
higher professional character than can
be offered by the regular course. as
well as for work of a full collegiate
course in the sciences, mathematics
languages, literature. etc. This ourse
meets tie needs of critic teachers
high school teachers and principals. OF
superintendent Of schools. and OF spe'
cialists. The course leads to the de
gree of master of pedagogy and con
sists of advanced work In pedagogy,
psychology, anthropology. the social
political, biological, and physical sci
ences. mathematics, languages and lit
erature. This course added to the reg
ular normal course is equivalent to a
four years course of collegiate grade.
Special facilities are afforded for re-
search work in the natural sciences,
particularly in biology and anthropol-
ogy, in which. as has been already
stated, the museum facilities and op-
portunities for field work are unsur-
passed. Original work in history. so
GEOLOGY and psychology may be done
to good advantage. and all the work
outlined for these studies is conducted
by professors who have had training
at the best universities of America and
Europe. THESE are the departments Of
the normal university. and 1t Is a moi
,-oororaon raroarE IF uiCitorG that stf