The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-22
UNIVERSITY SUMNER SCHOOL.
Term VIII Extend from june 18th to
July 18th-Unusual Advantages o.
fered.

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The University Summer School has
become an institution TO which a..
increasing number OF teachers look
forward ZACH yea with p~leasurabis
anticipations. Its long service, its low
rate of charges. its able corps Of in
structors. the number and variety OF
courses offered. its library facilities.
its chemical and physical laboratories,
its famous Society Halls. its spacious
buildings and grounds. its attractions
IS a summer resort. and its many his
toric associations combine TO give il
Unsurpassed advantages as q central
summer school. II has enrolled in the
past 1856 teacher IN the summer
classes. and the attendance this year
will probably go beyond that of any
preceding year.
GENERAL OUTLINE
A total Of forty-two courses will be
given. These include "a Common
Psychology and Pedagogy; and 90
High School and College Subjects.
There will also be a special course
Of free lectures by representative men
from different parts of the state, and
a series Of practical talks on educa-
ional topics by many we'll known SUI
p~erintendents Of schools. All the re-
sources OF The University Will be open
to those who attend. and it is conf
IDENTIFY believed hat no teacher need
leave the state in order to secure the
best instruction in both textbooks and
methods. The school Will be a genuine
school of methods, but the knowledge
of facts will not be s~ubordinaIed to
methods Of presenting facts. The Uni
versity stands for thorough scholar
ship and for ideals of culture as we'll
as for methods of teaching.
In arranging the courses of study the
following classes have been kept in
mind: % Those who are preparing 20
teach in either public or private
schools; (2) those teachers who wish to
study under experts the best methods
employed in modern Institutions; and
(3) those teachers in both public and
private schools who desire to broaden
their scholarship or to improve their
methods of instruction and discipline
by a careful study of the theories and
results of practical and successful
teachers
FACULTY.
The faculty Of the mime School in
cludes graduates from the following
Institutions: Goettingen, Halle. Har-
ward, Yale, Columbia, Princeton,
Johns Hopkins. Vanderbilt. Davidson.
Virginia Polytechnic, Franklin. Beloit.
Maryland Normal, st. Louis oNormal.
Mississippi Industrial, Emerson school
of Oratory, Teachers College of Co.
lumbia University. and the Univer-
stiles of North Carolina. Virginia and
California
In addition to the regular University
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been secured: In geography, Prof. J.
A. Bivins, principal of the Charlotte
Graded schools; in the history of the
United States, Rome. and the Middle
Ages, DR.. w. E. Dodd, of Randolph
Macon College; in North Carolina his
tory. Prof. Alexander Graham. super
intendent of the Charlotte Graded
Schools; in drawing. Miss M. V. Fort.
Of the North Carolina Normal and In
dustrial College: In mathematics, Prof.
]. I. Foust. of the North Carolina Nor
ma and Industrial College; in South
ern literature President H. n. Snyder.
Of Wofford College. S.. c.: in manual
training. Prof VIM. C. A. Hammel and
Miss Julia, RaineS. of the North Caro-
lima Normal and Industrial College; in
kindergarten, Miss Margaret A. John
Ston and Miss Aida F. Fales, of the
Greensboro Graded schools: in botany.
Mr.. Ivey F. Lewis. of the Johns Hop
kins University; in psychology and
education DR.. E.. N. Henderson. Pro
fessor of Education in Adelphi College.
Brooklyn
SPECIAL LECTURERS.
Public lectures will be given every
evening during the session. Among
those who have accepted invitations
to deliver one or more lectures may be
mentioned. Governor AycOck. DR.. Nc
Iver. Superintendent Joyner. DR.. Henry
Louis Smith. Prof. w. l. Poteat. Mt.
J~osephus Daniels. Prof. Edwin Minis.
Mr.. J. w. Bailey. and numbers of the
University faculty.
The following well known superin-
tendents of schools have been agreed to
give one or more practical talks on
educational problems: J. t. Alderman,
Henderson,; J. Davis, Mt. Airy; Alex
ander Graham. Charlotte: L. c. Griffin
Salisbury; 9. G.. Harden. Reidsviile;
J.. A Jones. Fayetteville: G. E. Mad
dry. Orange County; e P. Mangum.
Wilson; c.. w. Massey. Durham Coun-
ty; J. A. Mattheson. Durham; Walker
Thompson. Concord; r. J. Tighs. Asce-
Vile; G F. Tomlinson. Winston-Salem:
and C. W. Wilson. Scotland Neck.
COST.
The entire expense for registration
fee. furnished room in the dormitories.
with electric light and baths, includ-
ing board at Commons Hall, IS only
fifteen dollars. The cost of attending
any other Summe School Offering
equal advantages would be more than
three times this mount. There will
be reduced rates on all railroads.. For
additional information. address
FRANCIS P. VENABLE. Prest.,
Chapel Hill, n. C.