The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-10-10

Science ...,......... units
Normal Training Work =. ~ units
Electives -. .....-... units
lOLdI ~ - uIiiIs
l. A class Of Ave pupils.
2. Three teachers, including the
! normal training teacher. giving their
entire time to high school work
g. A reference library approved by
the State department Of public In
struction to cost not less than $50.
4. An equipment OF maps, globes
and apparatus approved by the state
department of public instruction.
s. special normal training teacher
whose training and salary shall be
approved by the department of pub
| lie instruction.
| g. A four-year high school course.
| Z The pupils In the third and fourth
year high school classes shall be ad-
mttted to the normal training Classes
according to the following:
COURSE OF sTUDY-FTRST YEAR.
Required Units.
| English q unit)-Grammar and
Composition and Spelling, four tines
a week: Classics. once a week
| Mathematics q unit)--Algebra.
Elec1ices q units).
/ Physical Geography and Agricui-
| ture Il unit: Ancient History Il
unit; Manual Arts Il unit: Latin u
unit: German Il until: French Il
unit: Spanish Il unit.
Note-It is specially recommended
that one of the electives for this year
shall be Domestic Science.
| English q unit)-composition and
Rhetoric and Spelling, three times
week; Classics. twice week
| unit IA lE nbrd.
Plane Geometry.
Electives e units).
| Medieval and Modern History Il
until; Science q until: Botany and
Zoology, or Botany and Agriculture;
Manual Arts q until: Latin--four
books of Caesar Il until. German Il
until; French Il until; Spanish Il
unit).
Note.-It Is specially recommended
that one Of the electives during this
year shall be Botany. If those who
expect to be teachers receive year
OF thorough training in elementary
Botany, they will be much better pre-
pafed to take up the subject Of Nature
Study In the elementary schools.
THIRD YEAR
Required Units.
/ English q uniD-Composition
Rhetoric, Spelling. three times a
week: ClassicA twice a week.
Mathematics Il unit)-Algebra and
Geometry.
Arithmetic and Grammar Is thirty
minute periods a week-3-4 unit)-
A review Of eighteen weeks each In
Arithmetic and English Grammar.
\ including subject matter, underlying
approaching the subjects from the
standpoints both of the teacher and
the pupil.
Note--If the review work in Arith-
metic and Grammar can be given 40
minutes a day. making full unit,
so much the better.
Electives e units).
English History Il until: Physics
Ii unit): Manual Arts Il until: Latin
six orations OF Cicero q unit): Ger
man l until; French IL uniO; Span
ish.
FOURTH YEAR.
Required Units.
English Il unitl-Composition and
q Literature. three. times a week Grams
mar and Spelling. twice a week.
Attention should be paid to some
classics which are specially interest
ing to children, and effort should be
made to arouse interest in juvenile
literature and composition. pointing
out weaknesses In the pupils own
work which still inhere or were
thrown aside with difficulty--weak-
nesses due to faulty training In early
school life.
United States History and Civics q
unit, including methods of teaching
these subjects In the grades
Psychology and Principles OF
Teaching Ga unit)-First half ses-
sion.
School Management and Methods
GA unit)--Secord half session.
Reviews. Special Methods Observa-
ton. Practice Teaching, Lesson Plans
q unit)-Reading. Geography. Gram
mar, Arithmetic: a review OF nine
weeks In each subject, with special
emphasis on methods OF teaching
these subjects in the frst four grades.
The study Of methods must not he
merely theoretical. but the students
must be trained to observe carefully
and intelligently the principles Of
teaching a. exemplihed by the actual
work In the grades under skilful
teachers and In classes Of pupils re-
ceivinE model lessons at the hands of
the normal training teacher. This
must be followed by practice teach
fnV under proper SUPERVISION.
Note.--After conference and discus
sion there should be the utmost ac-
Icord between the normal training and
primary teachers 30 that the sfmpre
tand. therefore. tn. most valuab BILE
essentials in methods NAV he present
ed with dispatch and without con-
kpatQn, In tina AAE thA amount ri