Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-05-31
UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL,.
SUMNER
THE

The fifteenth annual session of the
Unive, sity Summer School will he held
at the University from June 18th to
July 9th.
The school is especially planned for
the needs of teachers, and courses will
be offered in all the subjects required
for the first grade and the professional
teachers certificates.
Teachers of music will be particularly
interested IN q course on profession
methods for all grades, practice in
advance sight singing, ear.training,
aud theory of school music. given by
Miss Helen NJ Trask. Supervisor Of
Music in the Minneapolis Public
Schools.
Special facilities are afforded by q
course in physical culture, under the
direction Of Miss Anna NJ. Butter of
the University. The gymnasium of
the University with all IT'S tacllltles
will be open every day, and special
classes will be organized in the
principles and methods of public
school .calisthenics ard gymnastics.
Nearly two hundred students were
enrolled last summer for work IN
drawing and Miss Henrietta Clopath
has been again engaged to conduct
courses in composition and design
and IN decorative aad industrial art
work. supplemented bv lectures on
the principles cf art teaching
For the first time opportunity will
be given in tbs school for these in
terested in domestic science TO pursue
2. special course in COOKING, This will
be under the direction Of Miss
Sheppe-d Of the college Of Agriculture
Work Of this kind is. bsing intr oduced
into many schools in Minnesota aud
present and propective teachers Of the
S 7bjoct will take advantage Of this
chance to prepare them selves m ore
thorou gElY. The usual courses in
which have been lsrgaly
attended by teachers from Minnesota
q q other states will continre under
the direction Of Mrs. Blair Of the
University.
A new line Of work is announced
also In the elements of nature study.
More attention is being given to this
study year by year and the need Of
more adequate preparation kas been
strongly felt by many teachers. Miss
Florence E. Lille Of the Minnea polls
public schools has been very s7ccassful
in nar efforts to guide reachers through
WORK Of this kind, ami will enjoy
1T the University special facilities for
the handling of these classes.
The best opportunity for manual
training teachers IN Minnesota is
found in the courses arranged for
them IN connection with the UNIVERSE
ty Summer School. The shops of the
with all their equipment
are freely used for the courses 10 wood
work and IN lronwork. Instruction is
given, also. in solid geometry,
descriptive geometry and mechanical
especially for manual train
ing teachers. High school students
and graduates may complete during
the summer all the saopwork required
BY the college of engineering.
Other courses will be given in
arithmetic, algebra, plane geometry,
civil government. history, grammer.
physics and physiology and advanced
courses for hig h school teachers in
French, German, Latin, English,
history, literature, psychology,
and education.
Teachers will be especially interested
in the professional courses in the
history and the theory of education,
in school organization and in secondary
and in method work adapt
ed particularly to the primary and the
gramu or grades and to the conduct
IF rural schools