Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-28
The Porteous & Mitchell Co.
SUMMER NORMAL SCHOOL
 HOLDS FINAL SESSION.
Over 100 of Those Regist< ed Were
 Prospective Teachers.

The final meetings of the Summer Normal School and the Library Instt- tute which have been in session for the past two weeks at Storrs, were held Saturday.
 Many of the teachers will remain at the college until Tuesday in order to take the state teachers examinations.
 Most of the supervisors and H- brarians returned to their homes on Saturday.
 The total registration at the sum- mer session was 183; of this num- Der were 27 librarians, 50 superintend- ents of schools and 106 prospective teachers. This year the courses for teachers were designed for those who are about to begin work in schools un- der state supervision.
 The normal school was under the di- rectton of the State Board of Educa- ton and the library institute was 1n cha%e of Mrs Belle HoIComb John son, of Hartford, representing the Con- nectiCut Public Library association. Secretary c. D. Hine, State Inspectors H. o. Clough and w. s. Dakin and Supt. L. K. Chance constituted the committee of arrangements for the Normal School session. Those who at tended were privileged to hear some of the best known authorities on modern educational thought. The thirty -four supervising agents representing 97
 
 structions for the coming school year with regard to the conduct of their schools.
 Secrtary c. D. Hine has been in ate tendance throughout the entire ses- sion He has given daily lectures to supervisors and teachers and has also presided at the supervisors confer ences. President c. L. Beach of StorS3 has provided for the comfort and convenience of those in attend ance.
 The lecture given by MT. Hine Fri day was about the internal control of schools.
 MT. Hine spoke of the duties of the supervisor such as devolve upon the acting school visitor He also spoke of securing qualified teachers for the schools and the responsibility of the teachers. He pointed out that the greatest responsibility of the super visor is that of training teachers. With regard to this subject he spoke of the teachers meetings which are held in towns under state supervision and tIfe assignments of instructual work. In another talk MT. Hine spoke of military matters. He expressed the opinion very emphaticaIy that the schools should help to organize a sys- tenn which would result in a body of trained men. In order to get a just appreciation of the military history of the United States he urged the reading of books o nthis subject, mentioning particularly Upton's Military History of the United States published by the government printing office at Washington.
 NIr. J. w. Dows of New Haven fin- ished the course in drawing Satur- day. The main object of this course has been to explain the drawing leaf lets which make up the course of stury in drawing for the schools under state supervision. He has also shown how to crittcise drawings. In the course i as conducted by MT. Dows, the teach CTS were asked to make drawings. The final conference of supervisors was made up of the chairmen of the various committees who reviewed l briefly the committee reports and adopted certain requirements for su- perYisOrs in the state system.