The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-05-17
RICHMOND CITY NORMAL
SCHOOL OPENS JUNE Il.
Third session WIN Have splendid
Faculty for the SIX Weeks
work.
HAS TAUGHT 600 TEACHERS
Good Attendance Expected for Third
Year or school Supported Nv the
City and the State Of Virsinia.

The third annual Richmond sum
| mer Normal School will begin Its ses-
sion June 81, TO continue until July
81. The City Council, the Richmond
School Board and the State of Vir-
GINA finance the school.
The Richmond Summer Normal has
offered instruction during the last two
years to 500 teachers of Richmond
and Virginia, the object Of the school
being to aid teachers towards the
professional certificates and to renew
their present certificates.
The sessions are held in the John
Marshall High school building each
day In the week during the six weeks
term. Lectures and recitations are
given and discussion on many mat
tiers of Importance to teachers are
held. Laboratory work in Industrial
arts and other subjects. such as geog-
raphy. receive attention.
An Unique Feature.
Teachers attending will have
splendid opportunity to observe all
grades in the elementary school in
session. This Is made possible by
the fact that the Richmond summer
public schools are In regular session
for ten weeks. This school is held a.
Twelfth and Marshall Streets. Teach
ers may observe the teaching OF amp
grades in which they are interested.
under supervision of the instructors
of the normal school. THIS oppor-
tunity for observation in n regular
school is offered no other normal
school in the South. and is. therefore.
unique feature of the Richmond
Normal School.
The catalogue for 1915. which has
just been issued. contains full infor-
nation. arranged in attractive form.
The faculty, as published in this
catalogue, is as follows:
The Faculty
Charles Henry Amber, professor OF
history and political science In Ran
dolph- Macon Coilege-History.
Miss Kate Austin, instructor.
Adelphi Academy. Brooklyn. New
York--Gymnastics and Games.
Miss Blanche p. Halliet. instructor,
State Normal School. Lock Haven,
Pennsylvania--Geog
Miss Esther Brook. special teacher
in drawing. Richmond public schools
Drawing.
Miss Leila NJ. Cobb, primary as
sistant in Horace Mann School, Teach
ers' College. New york--Education.
Miss Minnie Lee Davis. supervisor
in primary grades, Richmond public
schools-Education
Forrest A. De Graf. head depart
ment OF Mathematics. Stuyvesant High
school, New York city--Mathematics.
Albert II. Hill. assistant super
intendent public schools. Richmond
Educati and English.
Edgar W. knight, assistant profess
sor OF education. Trinity College,
North Carolina-Education.
/ Miss Ellen Guy Lindsay, teacher of
school gardening, Richmond public
schools--School Gardening.
W. c. Locker, supervisor penman-
ship. Richmond public schoois--Writ-
ing.
Raymond V. Long, head department.
OF Industrial arts education, Farmvtile
Normal School-Industriai Arts.
Miss Pearle McDuffie. instructor in
Park School, Buffalo-Industria Arts.
Miss Adele OSilvie, instructor in
music Richmond public schools
Music
Miss Arabella Pitcher. supervisor
household arts, Richmond public
schools--Househoid Arts.
Ernest Shawen. principal Bellevue
School. Richmond-E Education.
f. Osgood Smith. principal War
renton schools-A s icul tu re and
Geography.
~. EnTllCh Smith, SsAlStAHi super
intendent Richmond schoois--Educa
ton and English.
Stewart A. Steger, principal Navy
Hill school, Observation-Disclosures.
James Thomas walker, principal
Buchanan School Richmond--Eng-
fish.
James Thomas walker. principal
Buchanan School, Richmond-His
tory.
Miss Charlotte D. Wray, teacher
theory department Richmond City
Normal School--Geography and Edu-
cation.
The instructors are all men and wo-
men. who not only possess normal,
collegiate or university training bue
are also skiilfui In elementary school
work, and have had experience In
teaching I'm the best elementary schools
In the country.