The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-07-01
SUMNER SCHOOL At
UNIVERSITY or VERMONT


The summer school d the uniycr
siiy of Vermont will open Monday
July 5;h and viii continue until Aug
ui 18th. This session wi BE- primar
is q school for teachers. and the fac
OF great Importance in educationa
circles in this State is that the tuition
will Be- free TO Vermont teachers anc
persons preparing 10 teach in Yer
mont.
The faculty includes Dr.. William p
Aspcnwall, principal Of the Massa-
chuseiis State Normal School Of
Worcester, Mass; Professor Walter B,
Jacobs, head Of the department Of
education, Brown University, and sec
rotary Of the New England Associa-
ton Of Colleges and Secondary
Schools; William S. Monroe, professor
OF psychology and pedagogy at the
State Normal School, Montciair, N J.,
and one Of the best known teachers Of
educational psychology in the United
States; Robert T. Kerlin professor Of
English literature al Virginia Military
Institute, an author and authority on
juvenile literature; President Samuel
8. Curry, Of the Curry School Of Ex-
preston; Scott Clifton Carbee, well
known portrait painter; DR.. J. Frank
ling Messenger, professor of education
of the University Of Vermont; Profes
sor S. s. Emerson, head Of the histor-
ical department Of the University Of
Vermont; Dr. Harry f, Perkins, pro-
fessor Of zoology, University Of YER
mon; Wellington +. Aiken Of the
English Department Of the University
of Vermont; Floyd B. jerks, professor
Of agricultural education, University
Of Vermont; Alfred and Rudolph Lar
cen, well known violinists; Mr.. and
Mrs. John w. Nichols Of New York,
teachers respectively Of voice and
piano; Charles Lee Tracy Of New
York, well known piano teacher; Hon.
T.. c. Mower, a well known attorney Of
Burlington, Vt; Josephine v Baker,
a well known teacher Of penmanship,
and Martha Feler King, who teaches
drawing and writes on the subject for
current periodicals.
Various phases Of the subject of ed |
ueation viii be taught by Professor
Aspenwall Jacobs, Monroe and Mes
senger. These will include general
methods Of elementary education, edu-
cational psychology, school demon
stration, various teaching problems, a
course in the principle Of education,
secondary education, historical educa-
ton and primary methods.
Professors kerlin and Aiken will
teach English. The subjects taught
in these courses include juvenile liter
allure, English literature, English
composition and composition of liter
allure.
Professor Emerson will lecture on
recent phases of American and Europ-
can history, including conservation,
immigration, problems of capital and
labor and the Panama Canal. He will
also show how the social and indus
TRIAL revolution in Europe has culmin-
ated in the great war now raging.
A course IN international law with
special reference to the issues lnvolV-
ed in the European war will be given
by Hon. +. G. Mower under the pat !
ronage of the Carnegie foundation for
peace. A course in bird
life including field study and labor
atory work endorsed by the Audubon
Society will be given by Professor II. Z
F. Perkins; Professor jerks will lee \
.ure on elementary agriculture, the
.eaching of agriculture, and nature
itudy of agriculture. Josephine Y. /
Baker will teach penmanship using the !
Palmer method, and Martha Feller u
King will give courses in public school :
one Of the principal aims be- Il
ng TO create a conception of beauty in Y
he lines.
Mr.. Carbee will give courses in !,
Irawing and painting This will in :,
ude painting in oil, water color or
,astel, also landscape work and