The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-25
SCHOOL TO
Open LAST OF JUNE
FIRST TO BE ESTABLISHED IN
RICHMOND HAS A STRONG
FACULTY.
UNDER CITY CONTROL
DIR. CHANDLER IN DIRECT CHARGE
ASSISTED BY SUPERINTENDENT
SMITH, OF sOUTHsIDE
SCHOOLS.
UNDER CITY CONTROL

of Richmond summer normal will
be conducted here under the auspices
of the city and State school boards.
The management Is In the hands of
! the city school board. but will be
under the direct control of Superin-
ed by f. Ehrlich Smith, superin-
tendent of the Southside schools. The
school opens on June 30th.
This normal school, though the
first organized here. has been devel-
| oped already to a high degree of eff
| hciency. the faculty being selected
| from various schools and colleges in
all parts Of the country. IT offers to
| teachers of this immediate section
unprecedented opportunities for pro-
fess;onal training In primary. gram
mar grade and high school methods.
What's In the Catalogue.
The catalogue, just issued. not only
gives a summary of the qualification
and experience of an exceptionally
strong faculty. but also sets forth the
following courses of study which
should be Of universal appeal to ev-
cry teacher. First noted is the nature
and the relation of the course of study
offered in the department of educa-
ton in the normal school. The transit
ton from the kindergarten to the
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~ vital stage in the child's educa-
tional and social life. 1t is at this
point that he finds the solid geometry
of the social world. thus learning that
school and home are projected in diff
ferent planes. Recognizing the SUI
preme significance of this step and
also the general failure on the part
of teachers fully to realize the means
and the ends to be considered at this
important crisis, the conductors Of
this summer school have selected for
this department an exceptionally com
petent instructor, who will lecture
upon important principles of this
phase of education. Comparisons
will be made between the Froebellan
and the Monteserri methods of in
struction, the principles of each school
the transition from the Kindergarten
to the primary school, conservation
of means directed toward important
ends and many other important
| features of this subject.
Psychology and Education.
| There will also he offered special
courses in educational psychology.
child psychology, history of education,
elementary supervision. primary
| reading, number work for primary
| grades, primary language. and indus
trial arts for elementary schools.
Special emphasis will be laid upon
/ the latter, owing to the fact of Its
now universally recognized education
al value. Since no reputable school
OF today would for one moment
consider emitting from its curriculum
! industrial arts In some form. II is
| highly important that every progress
sive grade teacher now make study
and complete mastery of this So
called Psychology exercises"
! The department OF English Ian
gnage and literature offers superior
courses and superior instructions in
| language and Erammtr methods. in
| literature and reading for elementary
schools. in rhetoric and composition.
| In English literature intensively and
extensively studied. and in the techni-
que of English grammer and compost
ton. The general aim of this depart
ment Is % to acquaint the teacher
with the best methods of imparting
| instruction in language, literature.
| grammer, reading. spelling and COM
position; (2) TO furnish teachers with
! the best available material for literary
use in the elementary school; CD to
| familiar!ze them with those authors
who have contributed TO the growth
| OF our language and OF our litera-
ture. with the conditions under which
! literature has grown, and with the art
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bodied in such selections as are in
| cluded in our secondary school
courses: (4) to present the requisites
for teaching poetry. the short story,
the essay, etc: CD TO impart to the
| teacher a knowledge OF English gram
mer In It's relation to daily speech
and to practical composition. with a
view of broadening his vision for
more effective class room work and
! also for general culture.
Geography Methods.
geography. while great care will
be taken TO instruct the teacher in
the best methods OF presenting the
primary and grammer grade phases
of this subject. there will also be Of
fered thorough courses in physical
geography and in commercial geo
graphy. In the former, the lectures
will be literally supplemented by ex-
tensive field work. laboratory expert
ments; also by illustrated talks and
by use OF the baloptican. In the lat
/ ter, the commercial and Industrial
geography of the United States and
| of foreign countries will be treated as
| fully as possible, the aim OF the course
being to put the teacher in possession
| Of valuable material for making the
study of geography In general more
| interesting and hence productive OF
better results in the class room. The
primary and grammer school geo.
graphy will present tho most admir-
able and fundamental features of the
| two book course as treated in Frye's
Biographies.
| The history and civics course COM
prises a careful and a thorough re-
view of civil government. of vir-
ginia history, OF United States history,
English history. general history and
also special instruction in the art of
teaching these subjects In our ele-
mentary schools. Three highly quail
| fed instructors, specialists in their
respective subjects will have charge
OF this department. All OF these
branches will be carefully reviewed by
the instructors. who will follow the
outlines submitted by the State board
| of education. and also supplement
these with other significant facts and
movements dealing with the social.
economic, political and constitutional
| development Of the nation, country or
State in question, with the following
aims in view: az To deepen and to
strengthen the knowledge OF the
teacher in the leading facts Of his
tory; ca to put him in possession OF
| valuable material for class room use
! fs) to enable him to pass with credit
| the summer examination prescribed
| by our State board; (l) to qualify him