Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1913-02-20
The Coming Summer School,;

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Preparations are how well under
way for the next session Of the 11nt1
verMtE Summer school, which will. pa
tide EhffeenA SsHAuaf Hs Ss9px4S sd d
The term will begin Monday, June
16hp five days ,afteH the .qqpiiYersity.
commencement}, and .contfn1e until
August 18th. All, or nearly all, Of the
credit courses will run for the ftiH
term Of nine weeks, but proportionatei
credit may be received for six weeks
work by those who can not, stay for
the full term The non4credft courses,
including the demonstration or model
school, will run for the first six weeks
only. All classes will recite five days
In the week.
Many Of the leading members Of the
University faculty will offer courses
in their regular subjects, and the Uni
versity laboratories will be in opera
ton. In addition, expert INSTRUCTORS
In subjects of, special interest to teach.
ers have been engaged-such subjects,
for example, as Public School Geogra-
ply, Public School Drawing, Public
School Reading and Composition, Ma
ture Study Elementary and, Advanced
Agriculture, the Principles and Meth
DDS of Teaching, Child Study, School
Administration, Primary Methods,
Manual Training, Domestic Science.
A model or demonstration school,
Including all Of the eight grades, made
up Of the children from the Morgan
town schools, will be in operation for
the first six weeks Of the term The
teachers of this demons tratfon school
win Sbe3among the bestknoWn experts
IN the country. &
The new subjects never offered be-
fore in the Summer School will be of
special interest to teachers of all
grades.0 They will be Geography and
How to Teach IT.: and Public School
Music, Each will be in charge, Of q
professional and experienced teacher
Of the subject
g Dr. Mi1lfdge; Professor of Geography
In the State Normal School at Farm
vile, Va, has been engaged to teach
Geography for six weeks in the Uni
versity Summer,scho For the past
three or four summers DR.. Millidge
has had charge of this subject in the
Summer School of the South, at Knox
Vile, Tenn. He is remembered as one
Iof the foremost teachers of geography
In this country tft H III
g Professor G. H. Congdon, OF Chicago,
author of the series of textbooks In
public school music recently adopted by
the. West Virginia text book commits:
sion for use in the schools Of this state,
will have charge of instruction in pub
lie school music at ,Morgantown during
the coming session of the University
Summer School, 1t Is exceedingly for
tunate that the teachers of West Vir
GINA who are getting ready to teach
public school music are to have this
opportunity ) to be instructed by the
author Of the textbook which they are
to use in that subject.
Miss Margaret H'Doubler, of the
University of Wisconsin, has been en-
gagged to give instruction and conduct
exercises In children's games. plays
and sports, and to have charge OF in
struotion in the general subject of the
playground movement, about which SC
much is being said these days, in thu
ErUniTersity Summer School the coming
summer. Miss H1peubler will alse
have charge Of the woman,s gym
nasinm, and the work in physical cul
L ture Tor women. r Y 4 ,sEits 80 ia,
| 1t is probable that no department o
the University Is of more Immediate
/ or direct setvicesto the state than thu
Summer School 5 It. offers great AM
varied opportunities to teachers Of al
grades, whether they be In the coun
| try schools, ) city. schools, Or norma
schools, to equip themselves better TO
their duties; fand3t then It, gives all VIII
ls1esire to do SO an opportunity to carr.
| forward work towards 4 college de
gree. All desired information may b
had by writing to the President Of IN
University or the Director Of the Sun
me4 School, Mergantown, w Va.