The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-22

during the month of July, promises to be
far bigger thing than the promoters
dreamed of when the plans were first
laid At this early date the management
! is practically assured of an attendance
of more than one hundred, and the in
uuiries are pouring in from every section
| of the state. Several from other States
have declared their purpose to attend
and it is already certain that the at
tendance will be much larger than was
| expected The prospectus containing full
| information will be issued about the
middle of April. This will show the
| why" the what" and the wherefore.
The work as outlined will offer unusu-
| al advantages for teachers and students
| as will be shown hereafter where the
| plan and scope of the work are briefly
outlined. The plan seems TO be TO in
| troduce new ideas and subjects, to i'm
prove methods of teaching the old, and
to broaden the teacher along general
lines. Here is a brief outline of t12
work that will be done:
THE INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENTS.
Recognizing the Importance of indus
| trial instruction as a means of develop
ing our State and people, the following
lines of work will be given considerable
attention during the Summer School:
| Agriculture, including Gardening, Flori-
culture Fruit Growing, Budding and
Grating, Dairying, Poultry-raising,
Stock judging, and feeding, Soil Culture,
etc.
Manual Training, including work in
Wood, Iron. Leather, Cardboard, Bas-
kerry, Plating, Weaving, Drawing, De-
signing and characterization, Cutting,
Fitting and Making of Garments.
| Nature Study, including Soils, Plant
Growth, Plant Nutrition, Plant Diseases,
Insects and Birds in Relation to Agricul
| ture.
The boys and girls of the rural schools
are interested in agriculture and nature
study and those of the city schools in
manual training.
In fact the idea of present educational
systems is to train the hand as we'll as
the brain.
The industrial department will there
fore provide for instruction in
| /. Agriculture, involving the simple
laws and fundamental principles OF
husbandry, such as soil study, animals
and plants, etc. Agriculture is required
as a study to be taught in the public
schools. The Summer School will en-
able the teachers to prepare themselves
for this branch in a practical way. The
| plan OF the instruction will be such as
can be repeated in the public schools.
Simple experiments will be made by
| teachers and instructors, using such in
struments for the work as cigar boxes,
lamp chimneys, tin cans, etc. 1t is be-
leved every teacher will find this work
both interesting and practical.
2. NATURE STUDY.
Nature study is the tonic of the school,
| Nature appeals to the youth. With ma
ture study the teacher can awaken in
terest at all seasons and brighten per
haps otherwise monotonous routine. 1t
| is rest, not burden, for both teacher
and taught Besides acting as a stimu-
| liant and appetizer to aid in the acquisi-
| tion and digestion of the other school
topics, nature study has also an in
trinsic value as a trainer of the absefva-
ton, reason and judgment: 1t conduces
| to valuable habits of thought and action.
The teacher will learn by actual prac-
tice how to use nature study in his or
her school Hundreds of facts which
| have a great money value to the agri-
cultural interests can be easily taught
| in the public schools. A large list of the
most valuable and teachable of such will
be presented to the teacher in these
courses, enabling the teacher to go to his
| or her district and aid the farmer in in
crossing productiveness or protecting the
products of the soil.
8. MANUAL TRAINING.
| Much interest during recent years has
| been directed to this line of work in our
city schools. In nearly every important
city today, manual training is a part of
the school work. The instruction in
cludes wood, iron, leather, cardboard,
basketry, drawing, designing etc.
The splendid equipment and apparatus
at the A. and M. College offers unusual
opportunities for this kind of training.
LITERARY COURSE.
Instruction will be offered in the fol-
lowing studies English, English Litera-
ture, American Literature, Latin, Greek,
German, French, Algebra, Geometry,
| History.
The purpose of this course is to give
| teachers and students the benefit of ad-
vanced study under expert teachers in
| the A. and M. College. st. Mary's School,
Peace Institute. Baptist Female Univer-
sity and the Raleigh Male Academy.
COMMON SCHOOL COURSE.
Instruction will be offered in the fol-
lowing studies: Arithmetic, Geography,
| Grammar, North Carolina History,
| American History.
The purpose of this course is to offer
the teacher or the student thorough and
advanced work in the branches named.
MODEL SCHOOL
A model school will be organized at
the beginning of the Summer School and
will be in session several hours daily.
This school will be composed of not less
| than one hundred pupils, who will be
taught by teachers selected from the
faculty of the Raleigh graded schools
In this school will be illustrated every
phase of graded school work from the
beginner in the primer TO the student
completing the public school course.
Arrangements will be made whereby
| teachers who so desire may practice in