Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-26
FRANK &. CARPENTER.

fossional course FOR the public school
teacher the school has grown and
hrhuchcd out until ii now offers five
different professional courses in addi-
ton to the four years Of academic
york. sixteen high school units OF
work ar" no" required for admission
10 th"sc courses yet. under these high
requirements there are 3D. AT Farm
vile this year doing professional work;
u Is very gratifying To note that
Ia spite Of the fact that the entrance
requirements arc constantly being
made more rigid tho number OF stu
dents enrolled in tho professional
courses il steadily increasing.
II always has been the purpose Of
TIA" school 10 send into the state as
teachers SounE women professionally
trained. bu', on account OF poor high
school accuinm odations. many OF tho
young women who entered were un.
qLalihcd 10 pursue tho professional
courses and wer. forced 70 register for
instruction In the high school or aca-
Gcmic classes. Thi, state OF affairs the
normal school authorities have alvays
d.plorcd. and through the work of Or.
Jarman as president, the school has
had no small share in showing the need
Of better high schools III the State. with
the result that each year fewer girls
come TO tn" normal who are not ready
=,
on teaching.
The following figures show very
clearly the decrease In tho academic en-
rollmcnt ana the Increase in professions
Al enrolment.
Academic 1902. aaI 1910, 3s5; Ialf.
$50; 1912, "03; 1918. 35S; 1914. 32I; 1915.
80.
Professional 1902. PAS; 1910. 800: le1l,
$40; 1912. So, 1913, PCS; 1914, 2o5; 1915,
352
The academic or nigh school course
has nov reached tho point at which it
VIII rcmain--onc section OF each years
work. The sections OF third and fourth
wear. for the benefit Of tho girls WHO
come 10 tn" normal from unaccrcdited
nigh schools. the first and second Years
Ia become a part OF rho training school
making it possible for this institution
TO send out trained high school teach
crS
Tho following professional courses
are nov given At Farmvillc: Course l..
two years, for kindergarten ana first
grade teachers; Course IL. two years
FOR teachers OF primary grades: Cours.
III, two Years. for teachers Of grammar
grades; Cours" ~. three years for
high school teachers. and Course V,
Two years for special teachers and Su-
pcryisprs az rural schools. No, only
are the teachers sent out from this in
Sttutlon trained ACCIDENTALLY and pro-
tcssionally. but each one is also requir-
"' to demonstrate by actual experience
that she can teach before she receives
her diploma. For The practice teaching
OF Tn" seniors Two training schools
are operated. The one on the campus
il an up-to-date school in every re-
spcct, housed in a $4,000, twenty-five
room building with the best OF modern
school equipment. Twelve Supervisors
are designated 10 direct the practice
teaching alone III this building and
much experience usually gained at the
expense OF children In The school. Is
gained here under close supervision
where defects can be readily detected
ayd reincdicd
For the practice teaching OF the rural
school teachers the normal school aU-
thoritics nave felt that rural school
environment was needed. and hence the
rural high school At Rice has been