The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1914-06-26
SCHOOL OF PEABODY
FOR PROFESSIONALS
In Teacher Training
Gathered For Sumner School.

George Peabody College For Teach
ers. the literally endowed institution
Mt Nashville. Tenn, which announces
Itself AS the first teachers college f0r
the entire south. IL paying special at
t%entiOn, Of course, to its department Of
education, the department correspond
ing to what used to be called In the old
normal schools the department of
pedagogy. Since it is Il teachers col
lege, the natural thing Is, of course.
that special emphasis be put on the
professional part of the work; but,
just as II doctor Is taught many things
other than the Ii thing designated
the principles of medicine, 1t is deemed
necessary to teach a teacher many
things other than rules Of teaching.
The thing that most clearly distin-
cuisines Peabody from other teachers
colleges is the departmental school of
country life and the departmental
school of practical arts, divided into
domestic science and industrial arts.
In these schools the men and women
preparing for teaching are given spe-
cial training for special work. Those
who expect to be country teachers and
rural life leaders learn In the Knapp
School Of Country Life the problems
that have to be met in that field and
the best method, In the opinion Of prac-
teal experts. Of meeting them.
For the summer school, which will
begin June %, a faculty has been
got together that money alone could
not secure. Many Of them are men
and women who ordinarily decline to
teach In summer schools, but who have
agreed to do 1t this once because OF
their interest In the first session Of the
first southern college for teachers and
to help work out its distinctive plan.
Going down the line as they appear
In the catalogue there are Professor
E. c. Brooks. head Of the department
of education in Trinity college and au.
thor of a number Of books; DIR. Joseph
X. Hart, professor of education and
psychology in the University Of Wash
ington and author of books in educa.
tional research; Meredith Smith. In
charge OF Kindergarten work In Teach
ers' college, Columbia university; Mil. (
dred Deering Julian, an expert In kin.
dergarten settlement work: Louise
Dtetz. supervisor Of primary grades In
the public schools of Louisville. Ky.:'
Professor Charles A. McMurray, direc.
tor OF the normal training school at
De Kalb, ILL.,: Professor Paul Whit.
Held Horn. superintendent Of schools
Mt Houston. Tex: Dr. William +. Rus
sell, professor Of secondary education
In George Peabody College For Teach
ers; DR.. William X. Tate, professor
Of rural edr cation in George Peabody
College For Teachers; DR.. Carter Alex
ander, professor Of school administra.
tlon In George Peabody College For
DR.. F. b. Fresslar, professor
Of school hygiene In George Peabody
College For Teachers, and DR.. Edward
ThOrndike, professor Of education.
81 psychology in Teacher college, Co
university.
Of~the men who are on the perma.
nent professional faculty Of George
"a bOdy College For Teachers seyeml
are recognized nationally as leading an.
In their lines. For a number
II years DR.. Dresslar has been the ex.
pert IN school hygiene Of the United
bureau Of education. Prior to
that time he had held important chairs
n snch institutions as the University
Df California.
Professor William X. Tate, professor |
rural education. has been for a mum.
,er Of years supervisor OF rural schools
II South Carolina and 10 author Of
iearly a dozen books on the solution Of
'nral problems. He 10 one OF the most
lctive OF workers In educational asso-
tntions throughout the country. |,
Upon DR.. Carter Alexander, who
anne 10 Peabody from thu department
4 education Of the University Of MisL
'oun. has devolved largely the work
4 mapping out the courses for The
uR school. He h widely known
or his work In school administration
md ID author Of q treatise on "Receut
Tendencies In Teachers' Voluntary A.