The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-05-16
PLANNING FOR STATE TEACHERS
Winthrop College Preparing to Meet
Demands for Various Courses Of
Instruction.

Winthrop College is laying broad
plans to meet the great demands for
courses which the teachers and clubs
Of this State are making.
President johnson has selected
many of the very best educators in
the country to give courses Of lectures,
and to hold conferences with those
who shall attend the summer school.
Winthrop will offer to her students
this summer the services of the larg-
est and most competent faculty she
has ever had. and will give the great
est number of courses.
The fourth term will open June 10
and continue through July %. Ad-
vance inquiries indicate an even larg-
err enrolment than last year, when
the attendance was greater than that
of any summer school ever held in
the State.
Two Of the best known and great
est men in the United States: DR.. G.
Stanley Hall and DIR. c. *Alphonso
Smith are among the members OF the
faculty.
DR.. c. Alphonso Smith. one OF the
best known educators and most dis
tinguished lecturers of the South
holds the Edgar Allan Poe Memorial
Professorship of English In the Uni
versity of Virginia. He is an inspir-
ing teacher. an sble speaker. and an
author of no mean repute. Besides
several text books on subjects con.
nected with his department. he has
other works OF general interest.
Chief among them are his Study OF
the American Short Story, What I4tt-
erature Can Do For Me, and Ais
great recent achievement. The Life OF
O'Henry. Several years ago DR..
Smith was chosen to represent the
United States in Germany as Reose-
welt Exchange Professor In English.
while there he gave, in German. q se.
ries Of lectures on American Humor.
q. Stanley Hah L. one OF the most
famous OF American educators. He
was born in Massachusetts, and his
studies have been carried on at VIII
liams College. Harvard, Union Thso.
logical Seminary. Berlin, Heidelberg
and Paris. AS an instructor he has
taught at Antioch College, Ohio: Har-
ward, Johns Hopkins University at
Baltimore. and since 1888 he has been
president and professor Of Psychology
at Clark University. Worcester, Mass.
the first school In the United States
to be devoted exclusively TO post:
graduate work. = =.
As a writer and editor ne il equally
famous. His list OF articles and books
is too long to mention. Among them
are the following Of interest to teach.
ers: s.-.~t.. ...
How to teach reading and what 70
read in schools. t:t -
Contents OF children's minds on en-.
tering school. u,a
Scheme OF classification for chtfd
Study.
Adolescence.
He is editor Of the Journal OF Pnn.
osophy, and of the Pedagogical Sem.
mary.
TO DR.. Hall more than to any ono
else is given the credit of having
aroused teachers to a sense Of the
value OF experimental Psychology. and
a study OF children in the class room.
Through his efforts national associa.
ton for child study was formed. He
is known as the father OF child study
and OF educational Psychology.
The college is to be complimented
upon having secured the services OF
SO famous an educator. No one should
miss an opportunity OF hearing this
devotee OF concrete human
nature. whose genius all men OF His
profession admire. ~+ f7
Col. o. J. Bond, superintendent of
the Citadel will teach mathematics.
Col. Bond Is we'll known to progres-
sive teachers in this and other States
for his superior work in teaching
Miss Lola Russell will give courses
dealing with special problems faciAg
the teachers In the rural schools of
South Carolina. Miss Russell is.
specialist In this line. e-"
DR.. Snyder. President Of wofford, il
4 member of the faculty.
Regular courses. special courses,
short courses to meet all the needs OF
the State are to be given.