Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-07
NORMAL COURSES IN HIGH
SCHOOLS ADD TO EFFICIENCY
OF APPLICANTS.
NEW INSTRUCTORS SHOW
BETTER QUALIFICATIONS
Graduates From School With Norm al
Training Courses Secure hiaher
Ratings in Examination. for Teach
srs' Observation-Disclosures Of coursss
To 30 increased This Year.
Special to Times-Republican.


Des Moi1es, Aug. 7-When the state
board OF examiners for teachers GER
tincates CAME to mark the eXamina-
ton papers this year they found tina,
the more than $500 who had last year
attended the normal courses in the
high schools receiving state aid, were
very much more proficient in didactics
than those who had not this special
training. In short, it was at once
evident the high school normal courses
were Going the work for which the,'
were intended.
The work done in these schools in
psychology. pedagogy and rudiments Of
agriculture, is simple and only a be-
ginning; according to Prot. Fred l..
Mahannah, in charge Of the work, it
is entirely satisfactory. When we
started in this work it must be reme1n-
oered." he said, that We had no prep
aration. The colleges had not been ed
ucaring teachers to teach the teachers
in these lines. 1t was necessary to
consider not only the ideal but the
10 do but what we could do. Now it
seems certain that by the time the
teaching Of agriculture, for instance, is
compulsory in Iowa. We will have most
of the teachers ready to give some in
srruction"
Several Of the colleges have turned
their attention in this direction. Len
nox College. for instance, now has
course in agriculture and is educating
teachers 10 be equipped for instruction
work in the high schools.
Aimed for the Teachers.
The main purpose of the state aid
for these normal school courses is kept
steadily in mind. That is to prepare
FOR teaching in the rural schools. It
is found that 80 per cent of the teach
ers in the rural schools get their entire
training In the high schools. If they
do not get some special instruction
there they will never get it.
Last year there were ninety-two OF
the normal high schools. They had up
wards Of 1900 students enrolled in the
normal courses Next month the state
starts in with 127 OF these schools.
The enrolment will be more than
doubled. The location Of these state
aided normal high schools is:
Adair, Abba. Algona, Auerton, Ames.
Atlantic. Audubon, Avoca, Bedford,
Belmond. Belle PLANE. Boone, Britt,
Buffalo Csater, Carroll, Cedar Rapids.
Centerville, Charlton, Cherokee, Clar-
ion. Clinton, College Springs, Corning.
Correctionville. Corydon. Cresco, Dali
las enter. Creston, Denison. Dubuque.
Eagle Grove. Eariham, Eldora. Elkader.
Emmetsburg, Baskerville Fairfield,
Pennington, Fonda, Forest City, Fort
Madison, Garden Grove. Garner, Glen
wood, Greenfield. Grinnell Griswold,
Grundy Center, Gutenberg, Hampton,
Harlan. Hartley. Humboldt, Ida Grove,
independence, 1ndianola. Inwood, Iowa
City, Keosauqua, Keokuk, Lake City,
LeMars. Leon, Logan, Malvern, Man
chester, Manning. Mapleton, Maquo-
keta, Marathon, Marshalltown, Mason
City, Mechanicsville. Mediapolis, Mil
ford, Montezuma, Monticello, Moul-
ton, Mount Ayr, Nevada, New Hamp-
ton. Newton. North English, North
wood. Oakland. Odebolt, Oelwein, Og-
den, Onawa, Usage. Osceola. Oskaloosa.
Ottumwa. Panora Guthrie county,,
Red Oak. Reinbeck, Rockford, Rock
Valley, Rockwell City. Rolfe, Sheldon.
Shell Rock, Sibley, Sioux Center, Spen-
Ger, Spirit Lake, Storm Lake, Story
City, Strawberry Point, Stuart. Suther-
land, Upton. Toledo. Traer VilIisca,
vinton, Walker, Washington, Waukon.
waverly Webster City. West Liberty,
What Cheer. Williamsburg, Winterset.
Woodhine