The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-03-21

.zS7t Mary Walker, age 56, 1616 STATE ot.
Gertrude Taylor, age 81, 3749 Ar
mour Ave.
SUMMER SCHOOL.
At Tuskegee, Alabama, tor Southern
School Teachers.
We are pleased to mention in these \
columns of the Tuskegee Summer
School for teachers that will be held
at the Tuskegee Normal and industrial
Institute at Tuskegee, Ala, during the
coming summer. The school will be
held under the auspices of the General
Educational Board, will be in session
six weeks, from June 20 to August Z,
and will furnish an excellent oppor-
tunity to teachers in the south for
studying the methods employed in tn
best primary, secondary and high
schools in the country, of presenting
subjects taught in these schools in the
most interesting and effective manner.
Friday, June Goth, is the day of en-
rollment and on this day it will be nee
essary for all teachers who have not
had experience in some good high
school or higher institution of learning
to satisfy the committee on enrolment
of their fitness to enter the school.
Persons who have had experience as
teachers in high schools or higher in
situations Of learning, may enter with
out being examined. ~ =
Especially important is it that eV-
cry teacher in the rural districts should
avail themselves of the instruction
given in some good summer normal
each summer, but every teacher wheth-
err he be the moulder of the child mind
| in the country district or whether he
| teaches more advanced pupils in
| graded school owes it to his profession
| to spend at least six weeks each year
in an earnest effort to become the most
efficient and successful teacher it is
| possible for him to become. 1t is not
possible for every person who teaches
to take a thorough and comprehensive
course in a. good normal school, but it
is. possible for all to spend six weeks
! during the summer in good summer
school where the work of the normal
! school is abbreviated and concentrated,
where professional enthusiasm is
brought home to all; with men and
women whose long experience, whose
force of character and whose scholar
|
cation in themselves. Besides afford
ing the opportunity of coming into
contact with teachers and students of
this type, the Tuskegee Summer School
will aim to teach teachers what to
study and how to study it,. what to
teach and how to teach it; to train
teachers to systematic their knoWl-
edge and how to present it in an at
tractive and effective manner to lead
teachers to adapt instruction to the ca
pacity of their pupils; to instruct and
train teachers in the art OF school
anagement; to lead teachers to study
child nature and the science of hui
man culture. In this school instruc-
ton will be given to suit the needs
OF each individual teacher as near as
possible Not only will the teacher
have the privilege of literary training
but much stress will be laid upon the
manual training and industrial work
as we'll. All of the shops of the school
will be open to the teacher-students.
It has been the aim Of those in
charge of the Tuskegee Summer Norm
al School to make the range of the
course so broad and varied, ana to Sc
lect such teachers for the particular
subjects that every teacher can find
place in the school. Among the class
room courses are Educational Reform
ers and their doctrines and the ele-
ments of Physiology by Prof. Lewis
B. Moore, Dean of Teachers College, of
Howard University, Washington, D. c.,
Ethics of the Bible by Rabbi Levy, OF
Pittsburg, Pa, Classroom Methods by
DR.. Lucy e, Moten, Principal of the
Normal. School for Americans,
Washington, D. c., the course of study
and fundamental principles in teach
ing by Prof. Chas. H. Albert, of the
Pennsylvania State Normal School, At
ro-American Education in the United
States by Prof. w. E. B. Dubois of At
lanta University, of Atlanta, Ca, Lam
guage, Grammar, Composition, Litera-
ture Public Speaking and Geography,
United States History, State History of
Alabama, Arithmetic, Algebra, Con-
crete Geometry, Physics, Chemistry,
Psychology and Hygiene, Nature Study,
Gardening, Agriculture -includ1ng
| Farming, Poultry Raising, Bee Keep
ing and Dairying Cooking, Sewing,
Basketry, Wood Working, Industrial
| Drawing, School, Architecture, Bust
ness Methods and Music.
! Especial mention should be mace OF
the Model Home School in which the
| teacher-students will have the privil-
eye of witnessing expert teaching
This school will consist of a kinder
garten and five grades and will be in
session during the whole six weeks
Miss Brown, teacher in the Afro-Am-
erican Normal School, Washington,
D. c., will be the principal of this
| school and will be assisted by two
other experienced and successful teach
! ers The cottage near the Model
School in which these three teachers
! will live will be open to the teacher
students and visitors for visitation and
will furnish valuable object lesson in
! domestic economy and home admins
! tration.