The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-02-20
NEW DEVELOPMENT
AT NORMAL
from fridays oally.

From Fridays Daily.
Several new developments are an
nounced at the Mankato normal
school showing that that institution
| Is ready TO respond to the needs OF
it's constituency. The most striking
Is the elimination of the lowest class
o. the long courses at Mankato and
Winona and raising the requirements
for admission. After this year no
one can be admitted to the school
high school work, unless the appli-
cant holds first grade state certifi-
cate. The school Is already full,
while the new state regulation re-
quiring that every. person entering
upon the work OF teaching in the
grades shall be graduate OF the
advanced course of a normal school
IL expected to bring a large number
OF high school graduates into the
normal schools. The many high
schools In the southern part of the
state give abundant opportunity for
securing general training, and the
! normal school is compelled to con-
fire itself more closely to it's special
! field OF furnishing professional train
/ ing for the teaching work. This
does not mean the elimination of all
nNE no a in
some of the twin city papers. but
! for the present Affects only the first
class. .... "A.
The New Plan.
Under the new plan the normal
school will make direct connection
with the graded schools that offer
two years OF high school work so
that young people who have secured
oil that Is. given in their home school
can go at once to the normal school
and there III for teaching or for the
College of Education. Also high
school students who may decide TO
become teachers may after two years
! so directly To the institution whose
whole effort Is directed to that end.
This raising OF the entrance re-
quirement will not affect the summer
session: students will be admitted
for summer work on khe old basis,
but such admission win not be eff.
fective for the regular school year un-
! less the applicant can meet the new
requirements. No change Is made
in the admission requirements for
high school graduates, who are still
admitted on their diplomas.
Latin Course Abolished.
Another change is the abolition OF
] the Latin course i'm all the schools.
, This change will seem to many rev.
olutionary, since Latin has been one
Of the main subjects of the curricu-
lum ever since the normal schools
were founded. But. interest In the
, 81 bject has declined until there are
too few students taking II to war
rrnt the expenditure necessary to
retain II.
The school will attempt to meet
the demand for manual training
teachers in the consolidated and
smaller high schools by Offering a
two-year course In this subject;
this course viii meet the require
ments of the department of educa.
ton 70 rteaching the subject I'm
schools, receiving state aid. One
half of the time for two years will
be given TO the special subject and
the other half to the ordinary pro-
| fessional subject. The school Is
putting new apparatus and can give
course In woodwork of high grade
Domestic Science and Music.
! Two-year courses in these sub
jects on the same plan will be of.
tered. Students taking these spe-
cial Industrial courses will be rec.
ommended for work in the special
lines. but to secure the recommen.
dation of the school for regular
grade work the standard course
must be taken. The school has
4, two large fully equipped kitchens,
with dining room and all facilities
for the work: there is a suite of
rooms devoted to sewing with full
equipment for the best work.
Credit at the University.
II does not seem to be generally
known that young man or woman
can secure the bachelors degree in
the same time by spending the first
two years of his course at the nor
NAL school as by going directly to
the university. There are many
advantages secured by taking the
two years of normal school work:
among them are the careful 'direc-
ton of the students work by the
teachers, the high grade of these
teachers, the vocational purpose
that fills the work and makes Il
effective in developing the young
student. and the smaller cost of
living In the smaller city. Besides
all thes advantages is the .practi-
cal one that the student has I'm
his diploma what will enable him
to earn the funds required for com
pleting his college course. A young
man can get a principalship al
from eighty to ninety dollers. and
the young woman can find a posi-.
ffon NJ fronn 6ftv a., sfxt,, g.