The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-08
NORMAL.
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Instructors and Pupils Greatly '''l Y
Pleased With Work As com N.
u nlishcd Past Two Weeks. 2l
SCALE u: NEXT YEAR.

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5{LARoER SCALE NEXT 3 ] YEAR EAR
ssSccond Step Firirer Than First First
Wand Innovation Likely to Be
come Permanent Institution 10 Y i
sa 4 ichnonds first Summer Normal g mai
I:aIosed yesterday. After lragniflceee n
Naddress OF, Napoleon by Or. g s. g - Mite-
III .,i, the conductor Of the Normal, Mr..
BIf II. Bnford stepped to the piatlori I. !,
made a few appropriate ren ma rs a any
85tapped the bell as @ signal tiiue ny
$hschool was thing OF the pass. y. !, I !,
M Normal has beer, d success IN every
4 w ! " The teachers were delighted with
Ia lectures, with the daily session lro ON
I Ep sto 1890 o'clock, and With Inc iells d ~
I'LL AZ the %tern1-only two weeks.
]! Hi rrhe school will probably become q per
,nanent institution OF the city. W I, men g
sEnuestioned as to future plans, Mt. io..l
q Mora said that he thought Ricnmon g, We" Yrs
~ good place for summer d y 1'1.aIi a..
sEnney5is held next summer, ne sa .'i &.
s,,iIl IA al a larger scale than TINS SUIT SUI
n ,,,ay. ! Normal I'VE are athnkin 6 OF nav
II Z snecial Manual Training and Draw .'r W
ir,ennrt nlent but next summer - w
u fsr head for tho matter be disc'us s'
Is a perntende w. F. Fox had the fol
Moving is say about the Normal IN any -
IL work: @ ri .tS n, 4. closed to-
n s. 2 4, 81 : fter 4 very pleasant and success.
rs ~; q .eaaior. For two weeks pooS ~
Ill ahont two hundred and tWenty,-iily.e 81 ~
Z ~, III n teachers has met daily 70 r.
Eoaiva5 1instructiors from q corps OF eAp
n sAnced instructors in the various pi PHASES
H Of school work. {, s5 (, u, l. "A
The most cordial relations nave eA lS'.s.
.. between, teachers and taught, anu ~
N Ant has occurred to mar IN any oe s'
ssst,,a Meas are Of the meeting. The tnstrGuc-
h tnrs sneak In glowing terms Of their re-.
sroption In Richmond, and OF the pleAsu =,
A Arrived from association with SO int Ell! :,
j j,ant and earnest a. band OF school
II Ssorkers. The teachers reclprocate N me
IA rnest termss the kind EXPIRE IONS q =
\ thelr INSTRUCTORS. The latter regard &tneAr
n work as excellent and declae that they
iS1ave never derived grea ter
any normal they have ever ttenoea. - 4. -
rare, indeed. to secure a. corps q ~
structors Of, such unif e&ceiientce'
iSs 3ss An Able Staff.
Among them are men Of broad $rep rel ia
"a ton specially fitted by learning ana en-
4nerience to discuss clearly ana liit - Ies.-
singly the subjects commit ed " 70 81 h ne m
/ Prof essor o. L q & tassalc, y,
ii, teacher superln tendent ana =, !,
il Was 5yery happy and stimulating IN MS
&(treatment Of language. Prof ssor8 Az -
II Mackenzie, OF Iexing ton, Ryan attraasc,
~. ID iva lecturer f$ discussed literature ana
Nl vc;holoey.t and drew large Gro Wds 70
III fis classes NM Mr.. ]. . a.. Burruss, the dlrec-
9s5itor q 4 manual training In r. richmond g
young man Of ,ntirlng energy and b ,1 !!
S8 promise, gave a series OF valuable flec'
lures on the trend Of Modern lsauc y
3s8 tion''3a subj ect to which he mas arecent !.
SsS devoted special attention. III:
\. Dr. S.. G. Mitchell, Of Richmond 20
HI lege. dlscussed Fl In his own hap pys$ man
MA rer. in a series OF most entertaining lee
tires the "French Revolution. '2asa pr.
at{ ~ w. Black, OF the q Chicago e Normal
i. School. lectured on Art IN EVERYDAY
LIFTED in his ornate and pleasing style
NJ isH'The Model Sixth Grade" conducted e
81 by Miss $Cialeski. OF Washington y - :. -,
was marked success and au1is -
d teachers OF every grade. who fiocked 70 70
III her room mature Study was present
{ss ed BY Miss Rogers, of Iowa, y In q way
III that appealed anew to the teachers, gave
7s them a higher appreciation OF It's value
" md a deeper determination to mai ~ g
success Her expeditions" to the parks
Il in the city and her discussion OF trees
S and plants on the ground aoeed srSe 't'Iy
7785 to the enthusiasm az !.
3s55i Geography and Primary Methods
!. were presented in a most helpful and at.
"a tractive manner by Miss Ethel Wagg
tt.pf Passaic, N. T., thmetic" was well
...Itreated by Miss Fleming, Of the Baltimore
~ Training School, and the Ward Method
s$of Teaching Reading" by Miss Char
SSll otte Wray, Of Newport News. The
Y sl3 Drawing g" was In the hands Of Mrs. p
Il w. Read of Claremont College, NJ e:
a She is an enthusiastic worker, snc
II aroused the teachers who came under her
stcare. A delightful exercise during the
II progress OF the normal was a reproduc'
sst+tion OF the "Old Scotch Songs" by Pro.
X [ lessor Mackenzie, and 1t was thorough
!. AZ enjoyed by all present,
Fl For White and Colored.
n Altogether the Normal has been a
IL distinct success. The needs OF the teach
d Eersi seem to have been fully met, t
q 1.-THE school has been taught In two
4 separate buildings, though by the same
4 faculty. The white teachers met at Cen
ttral School and the colored at the High
4 Innd Normal School The audiences were
ri composed NANNY OF tne tlcTnHOnu ttdcll.
u ers but there was quite a number also
from adjoining districts.
THE SUCCESS OF this school encourages
H the hope that similar one will be held
next summer, and that the few difficul-
I titles necessarily incident TO a new enter
\ prise will be removed.
9S ""Dr. M. p. Hoge, Jr,, OF the City School
TX Board. first suggested and urged the hold
Il ing OF this normal. and to his sugges-
q ton, good Judgment and energy Its sue
scess is largely due. Mr.. j. II, Binford
principal OF Springfield School, has had
~ the general charge, and has proved him
SELF most efficient manager.