Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-09-02

training couIse, several having ap.
piled for admission To the classes.
The course consists OF two years
work IN the various lines OF manual |
work and Industrial drawing. and
viii appeal to boys and girls who
find Il agreeable to acquire know.
ledge through physical activity The
manual training room Is being re. I,
novated and put In condition for
work next Tuesday.
Al the present rate 1t will take
only Il few days to reach the limit OF
the number that Will be received in
the kindergarten, The only change
In the management OF this depart
ment viii be that only one years
work will be offered. and 10 be nd.
mitted children must BE five years If
age Registration IN this department
will occur Friday, September .. and
the class work will begin the follow.
inv Monday Children on coming 70
be registered In this department Will
need to be accompanied by one u
the parents, In this. rs In other de.
Ipartments, registration VIII be made
at the Presidents office.
The elementary normal course has
begun To attract considerable atlen-
tlon and several have applied for en-
rolment III It. This course COVERS
two years work IN branches rcutiirs
cd for first grade teachers certi,
licate, and III THE first course of its.
kind 70 be offered by any institution
lin New Mexico Nv awaiting them.
selves OF the benefits of the home
latudy department and nf the summer
fshnol. students may Morton this
course one year, Since the law alss
flows county snperintendenta 10 On.
dorse first grade certificates With.
lout reloxamination, sneh d certificate
becomes practically life eertifi.
Icate hi this territory. On this ac.
count Il Is possible for a student 10
prepare Tor d HE certificate III one
Iyear Most Of the students who have
written thus far to President Vert
fagafrifss the matter, hnpe fitYt
fled their intcntlon 81 uaing fhis
course as q stepping stone 20 tho
completion Or the advanced normal
course,
Il Parents and students should Oh.
Iserye that several changes have been
made Iii the method uf registration
this year. These changes have been
made necessary on account Of the
preliminary tests which Will be CIV.
en- 70 aid IN classification. II ii i'm.
portant that registration In the sev.
eral departments ahould be made In
accordance with tho schedule given
below; otherwise. pupils and stud.
tents will be put to some lnconve-
nience. The following Ii the sched.
ule;
| September ., registration In the
Normal. Academic and A Junior De.
partments. Those who do not regis
ter on that date viii have no oppor,
tunity 10 register before the 1Sth.
September 8. registration Id the
Training School and Kindergarten.
Those who fail to regEter on thar
date will not have another opportu.
nifty % do SO before the 18th.
4 i will take most students Two
days or more 10 complete their reg.
| stration j. IL therefore important
that they should apply promptly FOL
their registration slips.
The Training School has been
completely reorgnnIzed IN The inter
cst not only of the student.tcachers
but OF the pupils enrolled In this de-
paftment. All pupils Will be enre-
fully graded so as 10 afford the hest
opportunity for progress. ana Tho
course Of instruction Will represent
the best work done In the largo city
schools Of the East All instruction
~ thiB department will be given BY
teachers who have had d full course
In tho science of teaching. The
number Of pupils enrolled in each
grade Will BE- limited 10 IL, and every
effort viii be made to conserve their
interests In addition 10 the regular
branches d full and Systematic
conrsc will DO carried out In draw.
Ing. constructive work. music and
physical culture.
EDMUND J. VERT.
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