The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-06-20
AT STATE NORMAL SCHOOL
GRADUATING EY-
 ERCISES HELD YESTERDAY.

Class Much Good Advics-DipIomas
 EPresented by Secretary cha,IesD Hine
 Reception Last Evening.
 The graduating exercises of the class
 of 1902 were held yesterday afternoon
 in the State Normal Training school at
 the corner of Howe and Oak streets.
 The spacious assembly hall was filled | to oVerfoWing with the members and l friends of the school. The platform, which was occupied by Principal Mor- Till, Secretary Hine, of the state board
 of education, and Professor George H. Palmer, of Harvard university, was | lavishly bedecked with palms, potted plants and carnations. The members of the graduating class, whose names | have previously appeared in these col | umns, were seated in the front rows. The young ladies were attractively gowned in white. One man, Robert G. Sherman, was numbered among the graduating members
 The programme opened with a few brief remarks by Principal Morrill,, af- ter which the graduating class sang "A Song at Sunrise" under the leadership of Professor Brown. Principal Morrill, introduced Professor George H. Palmer, of Harvard university, as the speaker of the day. Tn part Professor Palmer said:
 "The mind of a child must be ap- preached through methodical channels l A teacher must study the mind of her students, for teacher cannot impart to the scholar her mind and think that the | scholar will understand. A teacher | must live a life other than her own that is, she must live in the life, so to speak, of each of her pupils. Each | pupil must be studied, and the success ful teacher is the one who quickly and correctly discerns the characteristics of her pupils.
 "Often a teacher thinks she has dull and stupid class. When such thought occurs I would advise such a teacher to examine carefully herself and see if it is not within herself that the trouble lies. Leave your theories in the cloak-room when you take off your cloak. Be wholly and entirely yourself By all means be sympathetic. Learn to forget yourself and enter into the life and nature of your scholars. A no worse condition can come to a teacher than to find her class needy and desir- ous of learning and herself unable to impart the knowledge.
 ''To-day the teacher with the long, thin face, a serious expression and se- were mannerisms Is not the teacher de- sired by the school committees to inn part learning to the children. The teacher of the present time should be fat and ruddy. full of both life and and capable, physically as well asmentally to impart to her sehol- ars the knowledge she possesses, Hav ing chosen your subject become mis- -ress of it. and beside your own sub- ect, you should have a supplementary subject to which you may turn to rest md by means of which you will not for get that altruism is the commanding 'eature of the successful teacher. Knowledge comes to the child by piece neal, but the teacher must have full md complete knowledge of her subject. The period of learning is the period of l The scholars are happy lot. They are willing to forgive but the { eacher should not be the offender. The ' eacher owes it to herself, her scholars ( nd to the state to give her best to the ause of education, and this can only e done by the teacher first becoming cquainted with those to whom she is to npart her knowledge"
 The school sang "Hither Fairies C rip" after which the diplomas were ' resented by Secretary C. D. Hine. of Y he state board of education. The sing c lg of America" by the entire assem- a lage concluded the exercises. t Last evening reception was held by k 1e graduating class in the school build a lg.