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Bulletin State Normal School.

Kirksville, Missouri.

VOL. 1. DECEMBER, 1901. NO. 3

VACATION

The Christmas vacation is from 2:30 P. M., Friday, December 20th, 1901, to 
8:35 A. M., Thursday, January 2nd, 1902. "The Eight o'clock Class" will 
meet Friday morning, January 3rd. Several members of the Faculty will attend 
the State Teachers' Association at Kansas City, December 26th, 27th and 28th. 
Mr. Harvey is Chairman of the Normal School Section of the Association. 
President Kirk will deliver an address before the Association.

SECOND SEMESTER

The second semester begins Monday, January 20th, 1902. A large number of 
new students will enter between January 2d and January 20th. About fifty 
former students who are now teaching expect to re-enter at the beginning of 
the second semester. For new students January 2nd is a good time to enter. It 
gives them nearly three weeks to review subjects formerly studied and to get 
used to the ways of the School. The fee for the three weeks is $1.00. The fee 
for the second semester is $8.00; for the half semester, $5.00.

WORK OF THE SEC'ND SEMEST'R.

A marked feature of the second semester is the special "Teacher's Course" in 
which teachers may devote their time wholly to 13 pedagogical studies if they 
so desire. The President will have classes in the "Pedagogy of the Common 
Branches," in which searching reviews of salient chapters in Arithmetic, 
Grammar, History and other subjects will be given. The main purpose of this 
"Teachers' Course" is to make prospective teachers thoroughly familiar with the 
most practical ways of teaching these subjects; but it has been found in the past 
that many well advanced students had much to learn of subject matter in these 
so-called "common branches." Miss Adams will give a course in Kindergarten 
training. Miss Parrish, assisted by Miss Barnes and others, will give a variety 
of courses covering nearly every phase of methods in elementary schools.

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NEW AND OLD BUILDINGS--NOV. 20, 1901.

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A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.

The combinations possible for the accommodation of students would seem to 
meet every possible need. The classes in operation after the opening of the 
second semester will be approximately as follows: Drawing, about 4; Music, 4; 
Reading and Physical Culture, 5; Manual Training, 6; Agriculture and Botany, 3; 
Physical Geography, 3; Zoology, 6; Physiology, I; Chemistry, 3; Physics, I; 
Latin, 10; Literature and Rhetoric, about 15; Grammar, 2; Ancient History, 3; 
Mediaeval and Modern History, I; Methods in History (by Mr. Violette), I; U.S. 
History (sub-Nor.), I; Advanced American History (for Juniors), I; Civil 
Government, I; Analytics, I; Trigonometry, I; Geometry, 3; Algebra, 8 to 10; 
Pedagogics, 10; German, I.

Here will be nearly one hundred different classes. Besides these there will be 
special classes when needed.

THE SUMMER SCHOOL.
	
The summer school will be begin Thursday, May 29th and close Saturday, July 
19th. Classification will begin Wednesday (afternoon) May 28th. The summer 
school will continue 45 days, i.e., seven and one-half weeks, six days in the 
week. This gives time to do thoroughly a semester's work in each of two 
subjects. The effort to get credit for such work in less time is deemed unwise 
and unsatisfactory. It encourages cramming and superficiality no matter where 
or by whom it is attempted. There will be classes in all the representative 
subjects taught in approved summer schools. Those completing any course at the 
close of the summer school will receive diplomas or certificates at that time.

NEW BUILDING.

The new building will be ready for use January 21. The new heating apparatus 
has already been in operation for several days and works perfectly. Seven of the 
new rooms will be used by the Training School and several others by Normal 
School classes. The Y. W. C. A. girls are believed to have their eyes on one of 
the new rooms. They will probably get it.

The GYMNASIUM will belong to the Training School from 10:00 to 10:30 A.M., 
and from 12:00 to 1:00 o'clock. It will be used by the Normal School students 
at all other times including Saturdays.

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