The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-06-11
SCHOOL NOW OPEN
ABOUT FOUR HUNDRED PUPILS IN
ATTENDANCE.
Review Glasses Have Been Estimated
and Credits Now Are Given Only
On Normal Work; More Students
Are Expected During the Next Two
Weeks; Miss Mckenzie Is I'm
proving.

enrolment of 800, which was increased
by the days arrivals to about 400.
This is about the same attendance as
at the opening the summer term
year ago, which was before the sick
ness began, and indicates that the
effects of the epidemic as relates to
the attendance at the school are over.
The course at the school has been al
tered by eliminating the review class,
and credits are given only ON
normal work. or else the attendance
might have been larger than last year
1t is expected that at least twenty
five more students will enter during the
next two weeks
The full force of teachers was on
hand this morning, and class work
started without any delay Miss Nc
Kenzie who was operated upon last
week for appendicitis, continues to
improve nicely.
From the June number of The Man
katonlan we clip the following anent
the summer school:
The regular summer term of the
Minnesota normal school at Mankato
opens Tuesday morning, June g. The
first six weeks closes Tuesday noon,
july 20, the term itself closes Friday
noon August 81.
The term this summer will cover n
very wide range of work, Offering ex
ceptional opportunity to high school
graduates and teachers actively en-
gagged to enter upon normal courses
and secure credit work 1t also offers
to teachers the opportunity to come in
direct contact with the normal school
spirit and methods.
Recognizing the fact that many stu
dents cannot attend the school during
the entire summer, and yet desire to
utilize part of the season for school
| work, there is offered: Cd subjects
running through the term with one
recitation a day; (2) subjects in classes
which will recite twice day during
the first six weeks and complete the
work in that time, and (3) other SUBJ
jeets in classes that begin i'm the middle
| of the term and complete the work
in the last six weeks
Arrangements will be made by which
credits secured during the term NAV
be applied on state certificates before
school opens in the fall Students will
be limited to four twelve weeks sin
gle courses, or to two six weeks double
courses.
10 gain admission to the complete or
partial courses for high school grad
yates diploma showing the compile
ton of four years course is required
Holders of first grade certificates are
admitted to the standard course.
Twelve Weeks Courses.
History of observation-disclosures Train
ing.
| SOciOlogy-Grammar l.
Advanced Course in Civics-Methods
in Grammar.
Elementary Course in Civcs-English
Composition /.
Plane Geometry Music L.
Music IT-Arithmetic /.
Manual Training Methods in Read
ing.
Six Weeks Courses-First Half.
Nature Study-Botany I.
Sewing Sewing III.
Physiology-Physics III. (H. L.
and S.
Physics ech.)-Physical Geograhy.
Geography-Pedagogy.
Educational Psychology-Gramm II.
Methods in Grammar-Rhetoric.
Literature IV-MethOds in Music.
Geometry Algebra I.
! Algebra II-Arithmetic /.
Methods in acknowledgements
Course i'm Civics.
American History American His
tory III.
Drawing drawing Methods
Advanced Drawing.
! Second Half.
Educational neutrality-suspicious. in
Reading.
Pedagogy-Reading III.
Elementary Course i'm Ciyics-Physics
III. "a. L. and S.
Methods in Arithmetic Algebra III.
Grammar Methods in Grammar.
Geometry II-Literature I.
Model Primary School,
A primary school containing the first
three grades will be in operation for
four weeks, beginning June a. This
will give the teachers opportunity to
study the management of the lower
grades advantageously. Miss Margaret
l.. Howard of Minneapolis will con-
duct the school,
Faculty.
Charles Fl. Cooper, president; Miss
Mary A. Grippe, Psychology and His
! tory of Education; Miss Margaret L.
Howard, Primary School, Miss Nellie
/. Woodbury., Expression; James NJ
Mcconnell, superintendent Mankato
schools. History and Civics; G. Childs.
superintendent Madelia schools. Civics:
Miss Margaret Jean Calvin, Grammar;
Marvin A. Nichols, Physics: John A.
Hancock, Pedagogy; c. j. Posey, Ma
ture Study; Miss Louise Clark. Sew
ing; Miss Anna McDougal, Drawing:
(, David Orland Coate, Literature; George
A. Franklin, superintendent Austin
schools. Arithmetic; Eugene NJ. Phillips,
superintendent Albert Lea schools, Al
zebra; Miss Ella l.. Fink, Music: Miss
Helen Foxgrover, music; Miss Harriet