Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-04-21
All Arrangements Made for
Opening Of Summer Normal
MANY TEACHERS COMING
Accommodation Provided for Four
Hundred vlsltors-Plsn Excursions
to Nearby Points OF Intsrest-ses-
sion Begins on June 30.

PreDaraiiOlS Tor The opening VI tile
State Summer Normal school IN TINS
city on June 80, are practically com
plete. The faculty for the school mas
been selected, the courses OF wolN
mapped out and arrangements nave
been made for accommodating from
three hundred to four hundred teach-
ers who will come here from all par u
OF the State TO attend the normal
IL Is expected now that the advance
guard OF the teachers will arrive mere
about June zS so that they can get
comfortably settied before the hrst
lecture starts on the morning oi
June 80. The course is TO cover iour
weeks, the term ending on July 20
but examinations for the teachers
will be held on July rs. ~ and so
and the majority OF the teachers VIII
remain over until about August i ne
fore starting for their homes.
Arrange Big Excursions.
Conductor Ernest Shawen. of Nor
folk. and Local Manager Willis A.
Jenkins. of this city, will exert every
ncssible EFFORT TO make the school a
snceess and TO that end they have ar
ranged for inexpensive excursions on
Saturdays 10 Fort Monroe, Wiiiiahs.
burg and ouckrce Beach. Many OF
the teachers who come here VIII nor
take the full courses and they VIII
have ample time to visit the wafer
ing places and historical points OF
interest in Tidewater. Many teach
ers from the mountain and valley sec
tons of the State are expectd 10
avail themselves of this opportunity
OF spending a month at the seaside
rare treat for the people In the mp
per portion OF Virginia.
All of the class.s are to be taught
in the High school building and al
ready a number of children In TINS
city have been enrolled as principals.
The teachers will observe the work
of teaching and besides they will at
tend the numerous lectures by the
faculty of the Summer school. Many
instructors will compose
the faculty and Supt. Jenkins de-
ciares that the school should be OF
lasting benefit TO an teachers who at |
tend.
instructors for the School.
Following are the instructors who
will make up the faculty of the In
stitrtion and their subjects:
jacques w. Roadway, F. X. G. s. Geo
grapher. Author of Redways Geo
graphies and other Geographical
articles and books. One week, be-
July IL, general talk ON
geography.
William f. Chancellor, A. NJ, (snp-
erintendent of schools, So. Norwalk,
Ct.) Formerly superintendent o!
schools, Washington. ID. c. Lecturer
on School Administration, University
of Chicago; Lecturer on History OF
Educational Theory, John Hopkins
University; Author of Our Schools,
their Administration and Govern
ment." Graded City Spoilers"
Graded Arithmetics," Text Book Of
American History" and other texts.
Pedagogy and School Management
Il. s. wampler,f NJ. A., prof of
mathematics, Peabody Normal School,
Nashville. TENN Graduate Peabody
Normal School; principal West Cen
trai Academy, Mt. Clinton, Va; NJ.
A. OF Washington and Lee Univer-
sity; assistant prof. Of physics, Wash
ington and Lee University.
Rural School Problems-James 5.
l0lidS. ~ W.. totdtC VI
rural sehools). Formerly state exami-
ner and conductor OF the Covington
Summer Normal.
Round Tabie-willis A. jenkins, A.
b., superintendent of schools. New
port News. Val Tormerly school ex-
ominer OF second circuit; director OF
Virginia school exhibits. jamestown
Exposition; secretary and treasurer OF
school OF methods, University of Vir-
GINA.
Literaiure-Henry A. Van Landing
ham. NJ A.. associate professor Of
English language and literature. Rich
mond College). NJ. a. Harvard Univer-
siiy. 1898: master in English and
classics. Thacker school, tCall 1898
1904; professor OF English George
town college. 1904-1so5; professor OF
English. Mercer University. i905-lS0S.
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