The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-21
RICHMOND CITY NORMAL
! SCHOOL OPENS TODAY
Third Session OF Six Weeks Begins In
John Marshall High School
Building
EXPECT GOOD ATTENDANCE
Record Set for 1914. when 270
Teachers Attended, VIII Probably
Re brotherhood Faculty Brought
Together

The third session of the Richmond
j City Normal school opens this morn
I ing, to continue through July 81. AL
ready a large number of teachers
have enrolled and it is expected that
the total this year will surpass that
of 1914. when 270 teachers came from
many parts of the State.
! city Superintendent of Schools j..
a c. Chandler is conductor of the
normal. and Assistant Superintendent
r. Enrich Smith Is assistant con-
ductor. There are twenty-one mem
bers of the faculty--men and women
who have received their training IN
some OF the best colleges and normal
schools In the country.
Opportunity to Observe.
The session of six weeks will be
held in the John Marshall High
School building. A feature of the
i Richmond Normal is the opportunity
offered the teachers for observation OF
are being conducted during the period
when the normal Is in session. and
attending teachers will have the
| chance to observe the teaching OF
these classes. for which the State De-
partment of Education gives due
credit.
The Richmond City Normal School
lis a registered State normal school,
land is conducted primarily for teach-
Iers in elementary graded schools. II
offers courses leading to credit FOR
1.-THE following grades of certificates is
sued by the State Board of Educa-
itIon-Summer school professional GER
tincate, primary grade; summer
school professional certificate, gram
mar grade summer school profess
g sional certificate. advanced grade.
These certificates entitle the holder
10 teach only in the elementary
schools.
Requirements for Admission
Before entering upon work for any
: of these professional certificates, the
' applicant must be the holder OF Nlr-
!, ginia first grade certificate or the
i holder Of Virginia first grade hign
4 school certificate, or of high schooi
. training class certificate. Each APP
d plicant must have had teaching ex-
perience according to requirements
e specjf1ed by the State Board of Edu-
= | cation.
The following classes of teachers
a will be admitted.
T1 Those desiring to begin or to
! continue courses for any one OF the
= summer school professional certin
u, Gates III AIfDt WIN Ai'N $1,000
:. quirement.
y CA Those desiring to renew their
q certificates in accordance with the
u present provisions Of the State Board
= Of Education by attendance upon an
~ approved summer normal for at least
twenty consecutive days. and pursu-
ing at least three subjects
! (S) Those already holding GER
d tificates still in force who wish to
9 strengthen themselves in an academic
= and a professional way by taking ad-
y vantage of the opportunities orrereo
> for instruction and observation.
|" The faculty as published in the
y, catalogue, rs as follows:
The Faculty.
Charles Henry Amber. professor OF
: history and political science in Ran
- dolph-Macon College-History.
J, Miss Kate l. Austin instructor
e Adelphi Academy Brooklyn, New
l. York-Gymnastics and Games.
Miss Blanche p. Halliet instructor
y state Normal School, Lock Haven
. Pennsylva autobiography.
;, Miss Esther Brook, special teacher
- lin drawing. Richmond public schools
:, Miss Leila NJ. Cobb. primary as
sistant in Horace Mann School
ITeachers College. New York-Educa'
ton
MISC Minnie Lee Davis, supervisor
In primary grades. Richmond publ'
Education.
Forrest A. De Graft. head depart
y ment of Mathematics. Stuyvesan
l High school New York city-Mathe
! I mates ''@- - -''' ,@'.-~. 49,.
Albert II. Hill, assistant super
intendent public schools, Richmond
N Education and English.
Edgar w. Knight, assistant profes
sor OF education Trinity College
North Carolina-Education
Miss Ellen Guy Lindsay teacher o.
q school gardening. Richmond pubilt
d schools-School Gardening.
Z. w c. Locker, supervisor penman
= ship. Richmond public schools
y Writing.
! Raymond v Long. head department
i of industrial arts education. Farm
a Vile Normal Schocl--1ndustrial Arts
Miss Pearle McDufie. instructor in
: industrial arts and open-air classes
Park School. Buffalo-Industria
:. Arts. :.
music, Richmond public schools
Music.
: Miss Arabella Pitcher, supervisor
/, household arts, Richmond public
acknowledgements Arts.
Ernest shawen, principal Bellevue
C school. ond-Education,
e r. 0sgaod Smith, principal War,
a renton schools--A culture anc
EGeogra ply.
e Enrich Smith, assistant super
8 iintendent Richmond schools-~Educa'
4 ton and English.
stewart A. Steeer, principal NaT
, Hill School Richmond English.
: James Thomas Walker. princ1pa
. Buchanan school, Rtchmord-E'ng
lish.
a James Thomas walker, pri1cipa
Buchanan school. Richmondr-His
r tory.
/, Miss Charlotte D. wray teacher
Theory department. Richmond cat,
. Normal School---Geography and Edu'
i cation.
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