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BULLETIN
OF THE
FIRST DISTRICT NORMAL SCHOOL
KIRKSVILLE, MISSOURI

Founded by Joseph Baldwin
as the North Missouri Normal School, September 2, 1867
ADOPTED AS THE FIRST DISTRICT NORMAL SCHOOL, DECEMBER 29, 1870
UNDER ACT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, APPROVED MARCH 19, 1870
Opend as the First District Normal School, January 1, 1871

VOLUME XV NUMBER 12
DECEMBER, 1915
Publisht Monthly by the First District Normal School

EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE
OFFERD BY THE
KIRKSVILLE STATE NORMAL SCHOOL
OUTSIDE ITS CAMPUS

Enterd as second class mail matter April 29, 1915, at the post office at Kirksville, Missouri, 
under the Act of Congress of August 24, 1912.

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INTRODUCTION

The Kirksville State Normal School, wishing to be of assistance to the schools of Missouri in 
as many ways as possible, issues this bulletin to call attention to the varied educational aids 
offerd by it, outside its campus.

Tho these aids are intended primarily for the schools of the First District, they are tenderd, 
on the same terms, to any school in the state.

The following list indicates the nature of the services offerd and the order in which they are 
discust:

1. Lantern Slides.
2. Motion Picture Films.
3. Correspondence and Extension Courses.
4. Dramatics.
5. Camp Fires.
6. Musical Programs.
7. Debates.
8. Library Books.
9. Lectures given by Members of the Faculty.

LANTERN SLIDES

Not all subjects lend themselvs with equal facility to illustration by pictures, but in the 
teaching of History, Literature, and Science, pictures have come to be an indispensable aid. 
The Normal School has prepared in its photography laboratory a number of slides which it 
will lend to other schools.

No charges are made for the use of the slides, but the school borrowing must pay all 
transportation charges, and also pay for breakage at the rate of 25 cents per slide. The 
Normal School will send the slides packt in a suitable case, so that with ordinary care there 
will be no danger of breakage. Breakage is more likely to be caused from heat when the 
slide is left in the lantern too long, or from carelessness in handling. The slides will always be 
accompanied with printed instructions on how to use them. Slides may be kept one week 
from date of receipt to date of starting them on the return trip, unless otherwise specified 
at the time of the loan.

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A general idea of the field coverd by the slides may be obtained from the subjects printed 
below. If any further information is desired, inquiries should be addrest to the members of 
the faculty whose names appear after each departmental list. Requests for loans should 
likewise be made to these faculty members.

AGRICULTURE
1. Dairying.
2. Types and Breeds of Horses.
3. Types and Breeds of Hogs.
4. Farm Machinery.
	MR. C. R. JACCARD.

CHEMISTRY
1. Any subject in Chemistry.
2. Sanitation.
	MR. W. J. BRAY.

ENGLISH
1. Emerson.
2. Longfellow.
3. Whittier.
4. Holmes.
5. Irving.
6. Hawthorne.
7. Dickens.
	MR. WARREN JONES.

FINE ARTS
1. The Appreciation of Art in Pictures.
	MISS GRACE LYLE.

GERMAN
1. Phonetics.
2. Alchemy and Witchcraft.
3. German Theatre.
4. Pommern, East and West Prussia.
5. Elsass, Wurtenberger and Baden.
6. Freiheitzkriege, (War of Liberation) .
7. Goethe and Schiller.
	MR. J. W. HEYD.

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HISTORY

Ancient History:
Prehistoric Period:
	Stone Implements, etc.
Egypt:
	Temples (Luxor, Kamak, etc.).
	Pyramids.
	Tombs.
	Agriculture.
Assyria and Babylonia:
	Temples.
	Royal Palaces (Sargon's, etc.).
Persia:
	Royal Palaces (Persepolis).
Palestine:
	Physical Conditions.
	Jerusalem.
	Temple.
Greece:
	Mycenae.
	Tiryns.
	Olympia.
	Athens (Parthenon, etc.).
	Greek Industry.
Rome:
	Forum.
	Palatine Hill.
	Colosseum.
	Pantheon.
	Circus Maximus.
	Roman Houses.
	Walls and Gates.
	Arches and Columns.
		MR. J. L. KINGSBURY.

Medieval and Modern History:
	Amusements (Medieval).

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Architecture.
	Basilican.
	Byzantine.
	Romanesque.
	Gothic.
	Renaissance.
Avignon.
Books and Printing.
Castles.
Charlemagne.
Constantinople (St. Sophia, etc.).
Crusades and Military Orders.
Dress (Medieval).
Education (Medieval).
Feudalism.
French Revolution.
	Leading Characters.
	Great Events.
Guilds (Medieval).
Italian Cities.
	Milan.
	Pisa.
	Venice.
Joan of Arc.
Manorial System.
Mecca and Medina.
Monasteries.
Paris.
	Maps and Plans.
Reformation.
	Luther.
	Calvin.
	Zwingli.
Religious Wars in France and the Netherlands.
Rheims.
St. Peters at Rome.

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Savonarola and Florence.
Thirty Years' War.
Versailles.
	MR. E. M. Violette.

English History:
Physical Conditions of British Isles.
Stonehenge.
Roman Britain.
Danish and Norman England.
Battles.
	Hastings.
	Waterloo.
Bayeux Tapestry.
Ships (Medieval).
Civil War.
Wesley.
London.
	Maps.
	Views.
Houses of Parliament.
	Exterior Views.
	Interior Views.
Royal Coronation.
Courts.
	MR. E. M. Violette.

American History:
American Indians.
Explorers (Portraits).
Spanish Settlements.
French Settlements.
Colonial Virginia.
	Portraits.
	Jamestown.
	Agriculture.
Massachusetts Bay Colony.
American Revolution.
Declaration of Independence (Portraits of Signers).

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Washington.
	Mt. Vernon.
	Scenes in his Administration.
Jefferson.
Jackson.
War of 1812.
	Portraits.
	Battles.
Development of Railway Transportation.
Development of Agricultural Implements.
Scenes in Yellowstone and the West.
Series of Maps showing Density of Population of United States by the Various Censuses.
Presidential Campaign Cartoons for 1832, 1836, 1844, and 1912.
	MR. EUGENE FAIR.

LATIN

1. Art of War at Caesar's Time.
2. The Gallic War.
3. Stories from Ovid.
4. Vergil.
5. A Roman School.
6. Dress, Games, Theatres.
7. Views in Rome.
8. Views in Pompeii.
9. Writing Materials.
	MISS T. JENNIE GREEN.

RURAL SOCIOLOGY

1. Beautification of the home or school thru flowers, trees, and shrubs.
2. Modern Conveniences in Farm Houses.
3. Consolidated Schools.
4. Modern School Buildings.
	MR. MARK BURROWS.

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MOTION PICTURE FILMS

We do not send out motion picture films, but realizing their value, we give the addresses of 
a number of firms from whom they may be obtained. By cooperating with the management 
of the local motion picture theatre, schools can have the benefit of many of the best 
educational films.

The Bureau of Commercial Economics, Washington, D. C., sends out free a number of films. 
Many manufacturers furnish films illustrativ of their products thru this bureau, and others 
will furnish them free of charge directly to the applicant; Among the latter class are the 
following:

1. Long-Bell Lumber Co., Kansas City, Mo.
"Lumber Industry."
2. The John B. Stetson Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
"Making Felt Hats."
3. Walkover Shoe Company, Campello, Mass.
"Making Walkover Shoes."
4. Great Northern Railway, St. Paul, Minn.
5. National Cash Register Co., Dayton, Ohio.
6. Curtis Publishing Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
"Producing the Ladies' Home Journal and the "Saturday Evening Post."
7. Peabody, Houghteling & Co., Chicago, Ill.
"The Peiper Industry."
8. Wm. B. Skinner's Sons, Holyoke, Mass.
"Sifics and Satins" (Life History of Silk Worm, etc.)
9.Northern Pacific Railway, St. Paul, Minn.
"The Beauties of Yellowstone National Park and the Industrial Opportunities of the Northwest."
10. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours Powder Co., Wilmington, Del.
"Farming with Dynamite."
11. Peabody Coal Co., Chicago, Ill.
"Coal Mining in Southern Illinois."
12. Universal Portland Cement Co., Chicago, Ill.
"Road Making."
13. Union Pacific Railway, Chicago, Ill.
14. Grand Trunk Pacific, Montreal, P. Q., Canada.

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15. Ford Motor Car Co., Detroit, Mich.
16. Mayer Bros., Chicago, Ill.
"The Clothing Industry from Sheep to Weaver."
17. Sprague Canning Machinery Co., Chicago, Ill.
"Pea Canning in Wisconsin."
18. Hershey Chocolate Co., Hershey, Pa.
"Cocoa and Chocolate from Bean'to Cup."
19. Larkin Company, Buffalo, N. Y.
"Soaps, Perfumed, etc."
20. Dyer Film Co., 5th Ave., New York, N. Y.
Producers of Educational and Industrial Films.
21. Rodgers-Brown Co., Cincinnati, Ohio.
"From Mine to Molder."
22. The Printzess Garment Co., Cleveland, Ohio.
"Making Women's Outer Garments."
23. Borden Milk Co., 108 Hudson St., New York City.
(Address Dr. W. E. J. Kirk).

"Sanitary and Scientific Dairying."

For a more complete list of educational films address Henry Disston & Sons, Education 
Department, Philadelphia, Pa.

EXTENSION DEPARTMENT

The Kirksville State Normal School offers facilities for extension work in three ways:
(1) Correspondence Courses; (2) Extension Courses; (3) Reading Circle Courses. An extension 
department bulletin is issued sometime during the summer quarter of each year announcing 
the subjects that will be offerd for correpondence, extension work, and reading circle 
course during the ensuing school year, and also stating the rules and regulations 
concerning these forms of work. Those who may be interested in undertaking correspondence 
or extension courses, should write for a copy of this bulletin. Those enrolling in these 
courses are expected to purchase the textbooks that are used, but reference books are sent 
to them from the library from time to time as the work requires.

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FIELD WORK OF THE DRAMATIC CLUB

For two years the Dramatic Club has stood ready to be of service in the field. In the year 
1914-15 it made a small beginning with the play "Back to the Farm," a comedy propagating 
the sentiment of its title. This play was given twice, outside Kirksville.

During 1915-16 "A Little Child Shall Lead Them", a play written by Stephen Blackhurst in an 
advanced English Composition class in this Normal School, has been many times presented 
thruout this Normal School district. This play features consolidation, and its presentation has 
helpt to win several consolidation elections. The cast is still intact and will be kept so during 
the year 1916-17, in order to be of further service.

A new rural life play will be written during the summer quarter of 1916, to be produced for 
the first time at the coming Rural Life Conference. This play will also be available for field 
work.

"A Little Child Shall Lead Them" has been publisht in bulletin form. The new play will be 
similarly issued. Information as to securing either bulletin or booking either play may be had 
by writing Mr. C. M. Wise.

CAMP FIRES

One of the activities invaluable for Camp Fire Girls is that of dramatic work, the life around 
the camp fire lending itself well for either spontaneous or traind dramatization. The 
program can be so pland that the ordinary Camp Fire activities play a prominent part.

With the idea of, not only providing an outlet for the girls' dramatic interest, but also of 
showing what can be done with a group of girls enthusiastic over Camp Fire work, the Keouk 
Camp Fire of the Kirksville State Normal School has arranged an evening's program 
consisting of Indian songs, dances, and a one-act play.

The play, "Glory of the Morning," which is from the repertory of the Wisconsin Dramatic 
Society, is typically Indian in

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setting, character, and plot. Altho highly dramatic, it requires only five persons, an Indian 
Chief, a squaw, two children, and a French trader.

The Camp Fire with a cast of ten girls can provide an evening's entertainment of songs, 
dances, the play, and its own orchestra of stringed instruments. For further information 
address Miss Blanche F. Emery.

THE PEACE PAGEANT

The Department of Rural Education still has on hands a number of copies of the Rural School 
Messenger containing the Peace Pageant, and these copies will be given to schools that wish 
to present the pageant.

The Practice School has the costumes which it used last summer in presenting the pageant 
and will lend these to other schools. For copies of the Pageant address Mr. Mark Burrows, 
and for costumes address Miss Susie Barnes.

ENTERTAINMENTS AND LECTURES BY THE MUSIC DEPARTMENT

Normal School Concert Co.
	Eight people. Concert of solo, duet, trio, quartet and sextet numbers. Expenses and first 
	$15.00 cleared.
Concert and Operatic Co.
	Eight to ten people. A first part of usual concert numbers. Second part, excerpts from operas 
	in costume with scenery. Expenses and first $25.00.
Full Orchestra.
	Thirty people. Expenses and 50% net proceeds. Vocal soloists at actual extra expense of 
	transportation, etc.
Small Orchestra.
	Fifteen people. Expenses and 50% net proceeds.
Lecture Recital (Piano).
	Mr. Biggerstaff (See as to charges).
Lecture Recital (Violin).
	Mr. Goetze (See as to charges).

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Lecture Recital (Vocal).
	Mr. .............
Combination Recital.
	Piano and violin, or piano and vocal or piano, violin and vocal. Expenses and $25.00.
For further information, address Mr. J. L. Biggerstaff.

DEBATES

It is now possible for high school debaters and speakers at rural community clubs, amateur 
stage directors, etc., to obtain help from us in the form of suggestions, conferences, and 
sometimes material. Of material there is relativly little in our possession which can be loand; 
but we are able to put interested persons in touch with reliable sources where almost 
anything in print can be obtaind at reasonable rates. It is difficult, however, to give 
assistance without adequate notice of what is contemplated; Write or call by Long Distance 
Telephone, Mr. Ralph Noyer, Kirksville, Mo.

LIBRARY LOANS

Books will be loand from the library of this school to public libraries or school libraries or to 
private individuals who may make application thru the Superintendent or Principal of the 
school in their locality, provided the books called for are not in use here at the time and 
provided further that all transportation charges will be borne by the borrower. The term of 
the loans will vary according to the character of the books wanted. For particulars, write to 
the librarian, Mr. I. R. Bundy.

LECTURES BY MEMBERS OF THE FACULTY

The following schedule is compiled for the benefit of county superintendents and other 
school officials who may wish lectures or demonstrations by members of our faculty. No 
charges other than traveling expenses are made for such services.

John LaFon Biggerstaff: Music as a Culture Study; Music as an Avocational Study; and Piano-
Lecture Recital.

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Willis J. Bray: The School's Responsibility for Physical Efficiency; The Teacher's Place in the 
Public Health Campaign; The Black Hand of Typhoid; "Let's Save the Kiddies" (illustrated); 
The School of Today and the Child of Tomorrow.

Mark Burrows: A Larger and Better School Plant; Modem School Buildings (illustrated); The 
School Plant as a Social Center; Science and Civilization (illustrated with slides and motion 
pictures); A Year of the Normal School in 30 Minutes (illustrated with slides and motion 
pictures);" Pioneers.

William Arthur Clark: What a Missouri Boy or Girl May Do; The Practical Value of Higher 
Education; Inspirational Talks upon Fundamentals of Education; Making a Life; Psychology of 
the Curriculum.

Byron Cosby: Our A, B, C's (Association—Books—Craft); Commonplace Things in Country 
Schools; The Outlook for the Child; Books and Things; Your Work for Tomorrow.

Laurie Doolittle: Reading Poetry to Children; Demonstration Work in Geography; The 
Backward Child; The Community Parent.

Blanche Frances Emery: The Campfire Movement and Other Organizations for Girls; A Series 
of talks to high schools; Will direct in nearby towns the Campfire play: "The Glory of the 
Morning"; Various literary and educational talks.

Clarice Evans: Industrial Arts for Elementary Schools.

T. Jennie Green: The Relation of Latin to Practical Life (illustrated with charts); A lecture 
on either Vergil or Caesar (illustrated with lantern); Roman Houses and Wall Decorations 
(illustrated).

Jacob Wilhlem Heyd: Rural Cooperation; The Modern City; Economic Efficiency; Social Democracy.

George Harold Jamison: The Quest of John Chapman; Growth; The Need of an Education.

C. Roy Jaccard: How to Conduct a School Fair; Judging demonstrations; School Gardens and 
their Meaning; Improvement of School Grounds; Better Crops.

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Ida Adele Jewett: Round-table discussions; Lectures on Shakespeare or other literary topics.

Byron T. Johnson: The High School as a Preparation for Citizenship; Economics in Secondary 
Education; Ideals; The Cost of Living.

Warren Jones: An Evening with Whittier (illustrated); The Home and the School; Education 
for Efficiency; The Value of an Ideal; Demonstration Lessons in English.

Joseph Lyman Kingsbury: Houses and Home Life in the Ancient World; The Position of 
Women, Marriage and Divorces; Commerce and Manufactures in the Ancient World; The 
Olympic Victor; Athletics and Education.

President John R. Kirk: Addresses school board conventions, graduating classes, commercial 
clubs, etc., as duties will allow.

Genevieve Kirkbride: Teaching of Primary Subjects; Play for Primary Children; Dramatization 
as an Aid to Primary Teaching.

Mary E. Koll: The Needs of the Growing Child; Nutritive and Money Value of Foodstuffs; The 
House as a Factor in Health; Organization of "Better Baby" Conferences; Meal Planning and 
Menu Making Demonstrations; Making and Judging Bread; Principles of Jelly Making and 
Judging; Canning Processes; Cake Making; Attractive Uses of "Left-Overs."

Grace Lyle: School and Home Decoration; Costume Designing; The Buying and Framing of 
Pictures; Art in the Rural School; Appreciation thru Pictures (illustrated with the lantern).

Alice D. Mann: The Use of Magazines in the Schoolroom or Club; The Bible as Literature; 
Motivation in Teaching English; Constructive Criticism of Written Work; Methods of 
Teaching Poems; The Inductive Method of Teaching Grammar.

Harvey L. McWilliams: Organizing and Managing Athletic Contests; Athletics and Education; 
a demonstration of plays and games.

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Ralph Waldo Noyer: Common and Uncommon Sense; Defects of Speech, their Causes and 
Relief; The Mail Order House vs. The Small Retail Store; An Hour of Sense and Nonsense.

Lena Estelle Patterson: Handwork Problems in the Lower Grades; The Correlation of Drawing 
with History, Geography, Reading, etc.

Eudora H. Savage: Literature in the Elementary Schools; How to Teach Reading in the Upper 
Grades; Grammar—How to Make it a Live Subject; France's Greatest Living Sculptor and his 
Work (illustrated); The Campfire Movement.

Ambrose Porter Settle: Readings and lectures on Literary Masterpieces; an illustrated 
lecture on Early New England Historic Literature; Extension class studies in English, 
American, and Biblical Literature.

Flora Snowden: Demonstration lessons on sewing and household arts in the public schools; 
The Place of Household Arts in the Curriculum.

James Stephen Stokes: The Physical Features of the Earth's Surface; Landscape; The Scenic 
Showplaces of the United States; Modem Conveniences in the School and the Home; Round 
About the Home (illustrated); Direct and Indirect Tuition; The Fundamental Motive.

Eugene Morrow Violette: (Illustrated lectures) A Day in the Houses of Parliament; A Day at 
Versailles; A Trip thru London; A Trip thru Paris.

Claude Merton Wise: "A Little Child Shall Lead Them," a play of rural life; One Hundred Per 
Cent Efficient; Motivation in English Teaching; What Plays to Give and How to Give Them; 
Pageantry for the Missouri Community.

William Henry Zeigel: The Teaching of Arithmetic; The Part of the Father in the Home 
Training of Children; The Return the Teacher Should Make to the Home Community; The 
Church and the School in Rural Life Betterment.

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