The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-03-30
|AlUnhAE SERVICE
BUREAU At NORMAL

/ Especial to The Richmond Virginian.)
Fredericksburg. Va, March 2s.-
The Fredericksburg Normal school
has recently added An Alumnae Service
Bureau to Its various departments,
and alumane In this part OF the state
will be glad to know how the school
can render service to them. Aside
from keeping UP to date, q classified
list Of graduates and their addresses,
their present occupation and location.
the bureau will seek to keep informed
OF the work Of graduates, and help
them to better positions. whenever
their work warrants it.
! Prof. Tyner IN In charge OF this
work. ana graduates are advised to
get into communication with him.
| The school wishes to be OF service
after the students leave the school. as
well as during their residence. The
leafiet- The Alumnae Message, got
ten out by the alumnae will be mailed
upon request.
The extension bureau 70 another
feature being extensively developed by
the school. Under this bureau prac-
teal help and expert advice 10 offered
free to any teacher In the state.
whether she Is an aiumnus or not. The
teachers are invited to submit their
write to DIR. w. J. Young, who Ii the
chairman. their communications will
receive prompt reply.
The bureau also maintains speak
ers bureau for teachers Institutes,
leagues, meetings, commandments and
other public occasions, and will fur
nish good speakers whenever possible.
Beginning with next session. the bu-
reau will have travelling library, and
also leaflets on nature study, story
i telling, as well az definite plans and
! outlines of lessons in the regular
course OF study. There will also be
leaflets dealing with correlation OF
| language work, geography. handwork.
i and SO forth, aiding the teacher to
nna material at practically no expense
/ The present session has been the
most successful in the history of the
school, and under the present pro-
| gressfve administration Is showing
healthful signs OF progress.
] Arrangements have been made with
/ the city school board for increased
! training facilities in the elementary
schools of Fredericksburg. The ele-
mentary school of the city will be un-
der the entire charge of the Normal
School, and under the new course Of
study will present faculties for teacher
/ training according to new and up-to-
date methods, second to none in the
state.
The new rural practice school at
]
/ charge OF two critic teachers. and am
pie facilities will be presented for
practice teaching under rura, condi-
| tons. This school is a real rural two
room school about four mi,as from
| Fredericksburg. and the students get
| training there under actual corati5ns
as they present themselves in typical
rural community. The school has pur-
chased large six-cylinder truck, so
that students are conveyed back and
forth In comfort, and they may also
live on the ground during their teach
ing term.
The school has addeded to curri-
culum two year course for the
training OF commercial teachers for the
high schools of Virginia, This course
VIII be limited in numbers and will be
based on sixteen high school units as
all other normal courses. The schedule
has already been made out, ana q
strong faculty will be employed for the
course.
| Another progressive move which the
school has made Ia the adoption OF the
group elective system. Under this sys-
tenn the courses in home economics and
fhousehold arts become opened to stu
dents in the regular course. The sys-
tenn is also SO devised that the student
will in her electives get Just those
courses most needed in her future
work. and thus obviate the weakening
of her usefulness by bad choice OF
electives. The highest standards are
maintained throughout all departments
OF the school. and many courses have
been strengthened and correlated so
that no duplication occurs.
The art department Of the school re-
Gently held an art exhibit OF nature
drawings. pose work and design, repre-
senting the work Of all the grades from
raf 80 fs~A
school, done in the city of Washington.
| The senior class. under the direction
OF Miss Mabel Glenn. recently gave
play. "A Modern Cinderella" which was
one Of the most successful perform
ances OF the school year. The cast
was as follows: Cinderella OBrien,
Elizabeth Moore.
| Freshmen: Genevieve Nichols. Rosa
! lie Pofndexter; Mary Smith, Harriet
Fisher: Esther Barnes 10 Bass: Louise
Montgomery. Fanny Moore: Edna GIL.
lett. Anna Morgan: Hazel Fiske, Emily
Waller.
Seniors: Pauline Milford. Keith SIN
clair; Lucille Woodbridge. Nettie Lock-
ey; Avis Cook. Fannie Chapman: Dor
othy Ames. Harriet Pressey; Ethel At
kins. Ruth Crismond; Enid Nelson. Es-
Tier Wemyss: Mrs. Milford Miriam
! Fletcher: Miss st. Eustes MadelAjns
Coe: Mrs, OBrien tcookl. Clara Ia
Crosse.
The following have been guests In
the school lately: Mrs. Semple, ~
Hampton. guest of Mrs. Chandler;
Misses Margaret White and = Helen
Briei. OF Richmond: Misses Cora Lea
Moncure and Marion Smooth, OF Bowl
ing Green: Misses Anne. Julia and Ro-
berta Moncure, OF Stafford; Miss Mar
garet Williams. OF Washingtcn. and
Miss Alma Brooks. Of Sparta. Mrs. Se-
ward spent the weekend with her
daughter, Miss Dorothy Seward.
Miss Williams. OF the faculty. has re-
turned from the national music teach
ers' association In Philadelphia. DR..
Young has returned from a lecture tour
Of the cities of Petersburg, Suffolk
Norfolk. Portsmouth, Hampton and
Newport News. where he addressed the
school league ana high schools on sdu-
cational subjects. President Chandler
has returned from Washington. where
he addressed the Potomac division Of
the alumnae association.