The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-23
GRADUATION AT
 NORMAL SCHOOL
Nineteen Young Women QuaIi- fled to Teach the
 Young Idea.
Interesting Illustrated Lectur 5 Gives History of
 Education.

Tsefnre an audience which hn90 every available seat in the assembly na4l OI fha Citv Normal school, nineteen young xpoynen were presented with diplomas last evening, certifying that they M nao successfully met all the reQuirennents which Bridgeport asks Of us reacn- CTS.
 7r,1.sicsa selection, La Spagno1Ay D1 <-hiara.. sung by the senior and .JunloF s.-laases under the direction of Miss lPuriance, musical supervisor or schools.
 TV1e aaddress-of the evening was made inv Dr. Paul Monroe, professor Of AAs- Itrry of Education. Teachers CoLlege' lCoaunlbia. University. Dr. Munroe sooaRe on '"The Development or Mod al s--, ES5sca41on.'' and his speech was a radical departure from the usual com iT,ancerneut address in that it was H. f1ustrmted win stereopticon views N Accordtng to Dr. Monroe educanon i7Aas erndI1aI1y developed until at the lpressnty time we are not content that tfV~-ofIes1 it. f1ae-indix1dua1 should mere l1v get somefhfng out of the world but l4hax he. should give something back to '1hea woE1d-
 lpi1s Sold illustration, made fin 1892, and showing a peculiar temple of knowl- iedge,~ of which the key, which was being placed in the hand of the small boy, was thet hornbcok containing the i1etters of Afhe ta1phaoet-
 FReru~uafAO1a Accorded Music.
 It was onlys4he boy who was con- -adarad then. Girls had no place in i11is- e3ld s1rsteEn Of education The lefngfr9- of church music held quite an EfnrpDrtant place in the boys educa- ltfor oR.sf1raE day and one illustration lslo~yeds the singing teacher occupying la seat beside the Latin mester, thus bfudfczffnx their occupations to be of Eeq1a1 importance.
 In fhe.earliest f11ustrations, the dove. the symbol of divine inspiration, rested s11pon the head of the master. but in sfhe la7tar ones these had been trans lfszred to the heads of some of the ischoIars, while others were adorned win ravens the symbol of the evil suir8t, which proved that iboy nature in those times was very similar to what 1t isl today.
 As education gradually developed, it became the custom for students to wander about, begging their way. and the older scholar teaching the young CT. one. These were 90 common that in the. German cities there were laws made. concerning them. They carried huge baskets upon their backs on which wsre painted the patron saints of their respective schools.
 Dr. Monroe laid considerable empha- sis on the effect of the aprenticeship system upon the development of mod ern education, and it's relation to the modern trade school, which we are apt to consider a thing belonging entirely to ozr own times
 A picture was shown of an interest ing document made in Rhore Island ment of boy'g tuition in the terms of beef, pork, wheat and such farm pro- duets only small amount of money being involved in the transaction.
 E7ementary schools first developed in Germany and a number of interesting ,s1ides of school life in it's early stages were shown The school master was usually the shoemaker or tailor of the village. and he carried out his teach ing in conjunction with his other oc- c0paH1On- However, the real power ower the school was the village pas tors and in fact, religion entered much 1nb6 the education of the boys Of those dimes
 Educat4on For Girls
 ThsA Dutch schools probably had more f1nhuence upon our American fschooFA system than did the German. I'm the early Dutch schools, girls are bshown fin the school room with the kboys, with their backs turned. it is true 6o their more favored masculine fcompsnions. but still it was a step iforw2rd to la1low them the. educational lad~HnEagesA of the same Bchool-roorn. lAs lime progressed they were allow ed to turn about and sit facing the Hboys, ess another illustration proved.
 One of the early developments of the New England schools, was the movable school house. The school house was on wheels and for a. part of the time was kept in ono part of the. town and later wheeled to an- tothsr.
 As asgummfng up, views of modern kschooa houses, with their gy1nnasiulns, and classes in physical culture were -thrUwns on the screen.
 'HThe Song of the Cocoon Gather erS~ GUunods was next given by the rchorus-of'tfe senior and junior classes fafter which came the presentation of superintendent of schools.
 In his well worded speech to the kgraduz4lng class, Dr. Deane, ecShorted them to 'sbe interested, not amusing. DO not forget that what tells most in the school room is the teacher''
 The ezercises were concluded by the singing of By the River" Marzo.
 Those Who Graduated.
 Those who received the coveted diplomas which will allow them to reign over Bridgeport schools rooms iWeres
 Adfnicent Helena Rosemary Bee, Marjorie Helene Boyden, Rosanna Brady. Helen Stanford Burnes. May Frances Cody, Veronica Loretta Coughlin, Helen Iavfnia. Cushman, mica Hanrahan, Gertrude Loretta Kane. Julia Everesta Heating, Louise Ellen Kelly, Grace Campbell Laingi Dorothy Veronica Mallon. Elizabeth Mary McElroy, Lillian Jane Rowe Margaret F'allon Ryan, Margaret Veronica Sheridan. and Mary Stewart