The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-27
Leads al North Carolina Daies i'm News and Circulation

variation in temperature, etc. Much OF
this work will be out of doors, consisting
OF excursions and lessons from the yards
and farm. Myths legends, stories, poems
and pictures will be used in connection
with the lessons in this department. The
nature study work last year attracted
| large crowds which kept up their enthus-
iasm until the end of the session, in fact
no department seemed to be more inter
esting and instructive to both men and
women than these practical lessons and
observation tours in the agriculture and
nature study work.
MANUAL TRAINING
This department will be in charge of
PEof. Bragg, of the A. and M. College,
Miss Davis, of the Institution for the
Blind, and Miss Webster, of Baltimore.
1t will include lessons in paper folding,
cardboard construction, elementary and
advanced Sloyd, carpentry, bench work
and mechanical drawing. Plain and
farcy sewing, crocheting and knitting
Bead work and fancy articles. Indian
basketry and reed work, tWine, raphia,
basket weaving and typography.
Supt. Blair, of Wilmington, will offer
such instruction to teachers and super
viscrs as will enable them to form plans
for the practical teaching of this sub
ject in city and country schools. This
instruction will be individual as far as
possible, aiming to arrange definite plan
for future work. 1t VII include Free
Hand, Constructive and Decorative
Drawing with chalk and charcoal, pencil
anti water color. The studio will be
open the entire day for students who de-
siTe extra practice work. There will be
lessons and lectures in historic ornament
and design, architecture in literature and
art: relations of art to other studies,
practical value of chalk talk. Much time
will be spent by the class in outdoor
lsketching directly from the landscape.
KINDERGARTEN ELEMENTARY WORK
This will be conducted by Miss Fales,
a pupil of Harvard University and st.
Pauls kindergarten Training School. as
sisted by Miss Atwater of the Phebe
Hearst kindergarten School of Washing
ton, ID. C. 1t will embrace two distinct
features: Work with the children and
work with the teachers. The childrens
work will consist of a practice school
each day, including songs, stories, games,
number and form work, cutting, folding,
modelling, drawing and painting. The
teachers work will consist of giving such
lwcrk rs will be of use in the primary and
secondary grades, and will include all
the &uhjects taught in these grades
named above and in addition color work
and brush work.
LITERARY DEPARTMENT.
The work in all of this department is
very much enlarged over last years
scope. A large number of new and ac
complished specialists have been engaged
for the different subjects and it will rank
with such work in any summer school in
America. The names of the teachers in
charge will guarantee the above state
ncnt.
| THE ENGLISH WORK will be done by
| Prof. Hill, of the A. and NJ. College; Prof.
Sledd, of Wake Forest, and DR.. Hume,
of the University. 1t will cover work III
| he study of poetry a critical study of
Tennyson, study of dramatic literature
lectures on the English historic plays of
Shakespeare; the continuous drama of
English life from King John to King
Henry VIII.
| THE HISTORY work will be in charge of
Or. Dodd, of Randolph Macon College,
who is a graduate cf Leipzig and a
! North Carolinan and author of Life OF
Nathaniel Macon 1t will deal with
North Carolina History, United States
History and Europe; also study of teach
ing history in its bearing on everyday
day life and on the professions. The work
in United States history will be enlarged
by a course especially for teachers by
Supt. Moses and assistants. There will
also bs a course of North Carolina Bio
grdphy under the direction OF Supt.
Moses and his assistants.
The State Library, containing the files
of the State newspapers and numerous
reference books, offer unusual advanta ges
10 teachers who may wish to take this
course.
CIVIL GOVERNMENT will be taught by
Prof. Williams, who studied the subject
with Petcrnan, the author of the text
book adopted Tor use in t 8 State. The
work will cover the subjet in the most
thorough and condensed fL,m possible.
The class instruction will be supp,e-
nented by lectures by Chief Justice
Clark, Judge Womack Mcssrs. R. T..
Gray and w. ]. Peele, of the Raleigh bar
LATIN AND GREEK.-By Prof. Mo-
son, who is recognized throughout the
is'ate as one of the leading scholars and
teachers OF the classics, will include two
classes lin lstke instruction will be
given mainly with a view to develop
methods to be used in teaching Latin and
Greek Iii preparatory college work
FRENCH AND GERMAN.-Wiil be in
charge OF Prof. Cobb a North Carolnian
VII" is graduate of the Columbia Uni.
versity and studied at the University of
jena Germany. He is now tutor in Col
uAibaa University These departments
VIII offer studies OF the fundamental facts
OF the grammar, thorough drill in pro
nllnciatlon, the reading of text. q critica,
study Of drama and conversation clubs for
practice in speaking French and German.
ITALIAN AND SPANISH.-Wnl he
taught by Miss Susan Moses, vino is a
graduate of Cornell University. aod now
taking postgraduate course. She has re-
Gently been elected member of the Phi
The work will offer elementary lessons in
grammar, exercises and translatious and
readings from Important authors.