The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-04-17
Normal School Course.

Normal School Course.
Practically all of the studies of the
Normal school curriculum will be of.
fered at the summer term, and stu
dents will be allowed to carry three
subjects. Regular Normal school stu
dents who hold uneXpired certificates
may renew such certificates by attend
ance and at the same time prosecute
their course toward graduation.
Rura! School Course.
The summer session will be an in
tegral part of the ten and one-half
months course fer rural school teach
ers. Those expecting to complete this
course may do so j. they have attend
ed the previous nine months, or they
may enter this cC~-,:a with the sum.
mer session.
Superintendent and Principals.
Superintendent and principals and
others interested in problems of
school administration will be offered
special courses to suit their needs
Frequent round tables will be conduct.
ed by the members of the faculty and
special lectures will be given from
time to time, bearing upon the general
problems of education, besides those
to be given by some of the most emin-
ent educators
Domestic Science.
Thorough instruction will be offered
in cooking and sewing, with special
classes for those who are now direct.
ing these subjects in the public
schools. There will be classes for be.
ginners as well as for those whose
work will be in the rural schools.
Suggestions will be given students
along the lines of public school exhi-
bits, the rural school hot lunch, and
many other interesting topics.
Manual Training.
The entire manual training equip.
ment will be at the disposal of the
summer school, and classes will be
offered in wood work, copper work
and such other phases of manual
training as may be demanded. Spec
ial classes will be arranged for teach
ers of manual training; industrial his.
tory will be studied, mechanical draw
| ing, demonstration lessons and practi-
cally everything that pertains to the
subject The work will be taken up
especially from the standpoint of
North Dakota conditions.
Arrangements will be made so that
superintendent and special teachers
Of manual training may enter this
work week before the summer term
opens and continue it three or four
weeks after it closes, and thus obtain
full unit of work and more general
knowledge Of the subject
Elements Of Agriculture.
| Several classes will be offered in
agriculture in an effort to meet the
needs of every group of students.
I.Some of them willsoffer Normal credit,
others will be review classes for those
who wish to secure a standing that
will entitle them to mark on their
certificate. There are ample collec-
lions and opportunities for demonstra-
tions, and the school garden and farm
will be available for experimentation.
Singing and Drawing.
Glasses will be offered in singing
and drawing to accommodate all stu
dents, as well as classes for supervis-
Ors of these subjects. The work of
the session will be especially devoted
to help teachers and supervisors of
these subjects, and there will be am
pie opportunity to teach and criticise
In the Model school, which will be
open throughout the term.
Library Methods.
| To limited number of librarians,
teachers and supervisors of school H.
braries, course in library methods
with practice work in the Normal
school Libraries will be offered. In ad-
dition to the strictly library methods
the course is intended to familiarize
teachers with the use of books, in.
dexing material, etc.
| Commercial Subjects.
For those who desire commercial
training, courses will be given in
bookkeeping and penmanship during
the summer term.
A School for Everybody.
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