The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-23
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Farmytl3s. Va Sept 90 The work
Of the Normal school Is row we'll I'M
dor way. with n fetal enrolment Of
soc students. nos including the train
ing school, There is falling off in
attendance, due 10 war conditions. of
only about / 9 per cent. This steady
holding Up ~ attendance is no doubt
due 80 the fact thar the profession
of tesenire. for which the school
trains its students is now reeoCn ICED
as enc ef the essential industries and
as an opportunity fer patriotic service.
SIX students are entering upon their
fourth year in the college work of the
school and hope "a receive their II. S.
degree in June 1879. There are IS
candidates for the Normal school
diploma in The second professional
class
As a result Of the war several new
courses are hin< added ~ the curri-
cuium and many changes are being
made in the work of the different de-
partments. New courses in history
and ography Will deal especially
AritA the conditions In Europe leading
up 70 the present war. French has
become SO popular that nearly one
fourth OF the entire student body and
several members of the faculty are
taking up work in that language. Since
there is no longer any demand for
German, Il new course In Spanish is
being offered by the department Of
modern languages. Practical demon
STATIONS in first aid will be given in
connection with the laboratory work
in physiology and biology. and a de-
cided increase in the enrolment in
the classes III chemistry results from
the great I'm purtance Of this science
In modern warfare and the industries
developed by il Considerable changes
are also being made in the courses in
/ English, sociology and economics in
order 10 make the work meet new
conditions now and after the military
phase Of the war has passed. For
the school recognizes the fact that the
victory on the fields Of France and
Germany will not settle tire struggle
for democracy. Teachers must be
, equipped To carry on the fight for
real liberty. justice, and equality
among the various classes and races
which are still on unequal footings in
our own country and amorE the
| peoples Of many foreign countries
(which are now being given their first
taste of real democracy.
! Miss Christine Munoz, head OF the
/ department of music, who has entirely
recovered her former good health, is
planning a mum Der of innovations. AS
chairman of the national song COM
mittce for Prince Edward county, she
expects 10 do Il great deal of patrio
tic work in the surrounding communi-
Ties. Among her plans for the school
is a weekly patriotic sing" for all the
students, to he conducted in the audi
forum every Monday morning after
chapel. The Cleo club has been Or
!Eanized again with "A view to leading
in the musical life of the school and
violin classes and an orchestra are get
ting together
The department of rural education
is conducting a series of patriotic rail-
lies at the various schools under its
supervision for the purpose of pro-
tmoting the educational and other in
terests of the communities Within
ten DAYS the second year professional
students in the rural course will be
gin their observations in the rural
schools.
The department of home economics
is now offering a new degree course
for preparing teachers and demon
lstrators. a large class has already
= been organized for this work.
Tho training school has begun the
years WORK with an enrolment Of
5Sl pupils. The seventh, eighth, and
ninth grades have bceh organized into
"a Junior high school The Junior Red
Cross has started with enthusiasm
upon it's task of making soldiers com
fort Kits and other such things The
sixth grade alone has been allotted
50 Of these kits.
nr willard F. Tidyman, the new
director OF the training school and
f,f ha de nf e6nF4 l..
jtion. comes to Virginia from Connect
icut where he has had varied and use
Z fui experience in school work. He
, holds a masters degree from Teachers
college. New York. and ph. d. from
New York university.
MIR II. G.. Bretnall has taken the
place of MIR. r, u. Eason as head OF
the department of biology, For the
, last seven years MIR. Bretnall has beer
professor Of biology in the LaCross
Wisconsin, Normal school and before
That taught at the state Normal schoo
at Peru, Nebraska He was born in
London. England, but has lived in this
country, chiefly in the West, since he
was ten years old. He is graduate
OF Monmouth college and has his grad
uate degree from the University OF
, Chicago. Mrs. Bretnall, who was dean
of women and teacher of English at
LaCross, will have work here in the
department of English.
The place of Miss Lila London, who
Ii on leave of absence at Peabody col
Ilege for Teachers at Nashville, Tenn.
is- being filled by Miss Snow, a gradu-
ate of Brown university. Miss Snow
lis native of Canada
Miss Fonde Kennedy, formerly
supervisor Of the ninth grade, has been
transferred to the English depart
ment to FIJI the place of Miss Carrie
Sutheriin. who is on leave OF absence
at Chicago university. Miss Ellen
Bouldin, of South Boston, succeeds
Miss Kennedy as supervisor.
Miss Ellen Hardy. a graduate OF
tho Normal school in the class OF 1910
who has since taken n degree at Pea
body. is me new supervisor ef-the
eighth grade, and Miss Robinson,
formerly of the Alva- (Oklahoma)
Normal school is supervisor of the
second grade. Miss Amelia McIlester
is assistant to the supervisor in the
Kindergarten.
The second professional class has
elected the following officers: Martha
Fitzgerald. president; Pattie Buford,
Vice president Etvira Jones, secre-
tary: Margaret Iassiter, treasurer,
and Mildred Stokes, reporter.
An interesting art exhibit has been