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Missouri
State Normal School
of the first district,
Kirksville, Missouri.

1890-91.

Announcements for 
1891-92

JOURNAL PRINTING COMPANY, KIRKSVILLE, MO.

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TWENTY-FOURTH

ANNUAL CATALOGUE

Missouri State Normal School

FIRST NORMAL DISTRICT.

FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1890-91

ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR SCHOOL YEAR 1891-92.

KIRKSVILLE, MISSOURI.

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Faculty of 1890-91.
J.P. BLANTON, A. M.,
Professional Department.	
W. F. DANN,
English Language and Literature,
J. I. NELSON, A. M.
Mathematics and Chemistry.
CHARLES S. SHELDON, B. S.,
Natural Science.
B. B. GENTRY,
Latin and Music.
ERMINE OWEN,
History, Geography and Elocution.
J. T. MUIR, A. M.,
Political Economy, Methods, and Assistant in Professional Department. 
MARGUERITE PUMPHREY, B. S. D.,
Principal Model School.
CHAS. E. ROSS,
Drawing, Penmanship, Book-keeping and Calisthenics.
MARY T. PREWITT, B. S. D.,
Assistant in Mathematics.
F. A. SWANGER. B. S. D.,
Physics and Assistant in Natural Science, and Second Assistant in Mathematics.
R. B. ARNOLD,
Assistant in English Department.
CARRIE HATTON,
Teacher of Pianoforte.

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OF THE FIRST DISTRICT. 3

Faculty of 1891-92.
Professional Department.
W. F. DANN,
English Language and Literature.
F. A, SWANGER, B. S. D., 
Mathematics.
CHARLES S. SHELDON,
Natural Science.
B. P. GENTRY,
Latin.
ERMINE OWEN,
History, Geography and Elocution.
J. T. MUIR, A. M.,
Political Economy and Chemistry.
MARGUERITE PUMPHREY,
Principal Model School.
CHAS. E. ROSS,
Drawing, Penmanship, Book-keeping and Calisthenics. 
MARY T. PREWITT, B. S. D.,
Assistant in Mathematics.
R. B. ARNOLD,
Assistant in English Language and Literature.
MARION SHACKELFORD,
Teacher of Pianoforte.

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-BOARD OF REGENTS-
BOYNTON, SUMNER Greencastle
GILLER, GEO Kirksville
HANNAH, O. E. Moberly
HAYS, W. B. Lancaster
HALL, GEO Trenton
RISDON, A. D. Kirksville
WOLFE, L. E., State Superintendent of Public Schools Jefferson City
OFFICERS OF BOARDS
SUMNER BOYNTON President
W. B. HAYS Vice-President
A. D. RISDON Secretary
W. T. BAIRD Treasurer
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
GEO. GILLER Kirksville
W. B. HAYS Lancaster
A. D. RISDON Kirksville
CALENDAR--TWENTY-FIFTH SCHOOL YEAR. 1891-92.
BEGINS.ENDS
September 8.....First Half First Term.....November 13.
November 16.....Second Half First Term.....January 28.
Feb. 2.....First Half Second Term.....April 8.
April 11.....Second Half Second Term.....June 16.
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
Registration and Organization Day, Monday, September 7, 1891.
Twenty-fifth school year opens Tuesday, September 8, 1891.
Zetosophian Literary Society Entertainment, Dec. 22, 1891.
Vacation from December 23, 1891, to January 5, 1892.
Philomathean Society Entertainment, February 22, 1892.
Boys' Inter-Society Declamatory Contest for the Library Medal, May 6, 1892.
Senior Literary Society Entertainment, June 10, 1892.
Baccalaureate Sermon, Sunday, June 12, 1892.
Girls' Inter-Society Declamatory Contest for the Wm. T. Baird Medal, Monday, 
June 13, 1892.
Inter-Society Oratorical Contest for the Regents' Medal, Tuesday, June 14, 1892.
Orations and Essays, by representatives of Elementary Class, Wednesday, June 
15, 1892. 
Annual address, Wednesday Evening, June 15, 1892.
Commencement, Thursday, June 16, 1892.
Alumni Banquet, Thursday, June 16, 1892, in the Elocution Hall, at 1 o'clock p.m. 
Annual Reunion, Thursday Afternoon, June 16, 1892.

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OF THE FIRST DISTRICT. 5

ALUMNI
OF
Missouri State Normal School, First District.
POST-GRADUATES.
DEGREE--MASTER OF SCIENTIFIC DIDACTICS.
CONFERRED JUNE, 1875.
Coleman, W. E. Doyle, W.N. Daughters, C. B.
Stevens, J. C.
CONFERRED JUNE, 1876.
Barnard, J. U. Baker, H. W. Bigger, C. W.
Cloyd, Thomas C. White, J. M.
CONFERRED JUNE, 1878.
Chandler, J. F. Oldham, Ada C. Thomas, C. W.
CONFERRED JUNE, 1879.
Burton, Jennie Cullison, G. W. Dunnegan,(Carothers)Ella.
Carrington, W. T. Henry, N. B. Henry, (Thompson) Maggie.
Hollopeter, E. E. Iles, R. S. Orr, A. R.
Vaughn, W.H. Walker, E. H.
CONFERRED JUNE, 188O.
Barton, John Bosworth, (Lester) Julia. Hall, Manlove.
Kirk, J. R.  Murdy, (Phelps) Iowa.	Primm, F. P.
Sublette, Thos. E. Thomas, (Girstrap) Serelda.
CONFERRED JUNE, 1881.
Dooly, J. C. *Ellis, S. D. Ebaugh, C L.
McGarry, H. *Polley, C. M. Smith, G. A.
CONFERRED JUNE, 1882. 
Carroll, A. B. Guttery, J. A. McGhee, J. S.
Matlick, I. N. Scheurer, (Northrup) Flora. Soper, J. S.
Tipton, W. E. Warner, A. B. Herren (Wright,) E. Duke.
CONFERRED JUNE, 1883.
Cox, T. S. Foster, C. E. Holloway, W. R.
Corley, (Sharp), Lulu B.
CONFERRED JUNE, 1884
Anderson, W. B. Baldwin, Olivia. Conway, S.A.
Guthrie, F. W. Riggle, Chas. Steele, R. R.
CONFERRED JUNE, 1885.
Baldwin, Cora B. Sturges, Selden.
CONFERRED JUNE, 1888.
Long, H. C. 
CONFERRED JUNE. 1889.
Nelson, Aven.
*Deceased.

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Graduates.
DEGREE--BATCHELOR OF SCIENTIFIC DIDACTICS.
CLASS OF 1872.
Davis, O. P. Doyle, W. N. Drake, W. F.
Matlick, I. N. Smith, J. T. Stevens, J. C.
Stine, Vincent. Sturges, Selden.
CLASS OF 1873. 
Bigger, C. W. Coleman, W. E. Daughters, C. B.
CLASS OF 1874.
Baker, W. H. Barnard, J. U. Cloyd, Thomas.
Collison, G. W. Forsythe, Sue. Bosworth, (Lester) Julia.
McReynolds, (Halliburton) *Hannah, (Thompson) White, J. M.
Helen M. Emma S.
CLASS OF 1875.
Bradley, J. R. Burton, Jennie. Hardin, B. T.
Iles, R. S. Jamison, A. H. McGhee, J. S.
McPhail, J. S. Orr, A. R. Primm, F. P.
Carpenter, (Roe) Lizzie. Thomas, C. W. McLaury, (Westcott) Alta Z.
CLASS OF 1876.
Barton, John. Larkins, (Callaway) Sallie C. Carrington, W. T.
Chandler, J. F. Ferrill, W. B. Harpham, E. S.
Henry, N. B. Larkins, E. O. Oldham, Ada C.
Murdy, (Phelps) Iowa. Rutherford, H. C. *Smoot, Minnie.
Henry, (Thompson) Lucretia. Thompson, O. M.
CLASS OF 1877.
Dunnegan, (Carothers) Ella. Cumberlin. Irene. Thomas, (Gilstrap) Serelda.
Hollipeter, E. E. Oldham, W. D. Seward, R. V.
Vaughn, W. H. Walker, E. H.
CLASS OF 1878.
Sublett, (Baldwin) Anna. Dooly, J. C. Ebaugh, Chas. L.
*Ellis, S. D. *Fink, H. A. Hall, Manlove.
Hubbell, Rebecca E. Kirk, J. R. McGarry, H.
*Polley, C. M. Sublette, G. W. Sublette, Thos. E.
CLASS OF 1879.
Baker, W. B. Baldwin, Cora B. Daman, A. O.
Dysart, Annie. Britton (Greene) Addie M. Knox, Rice.
Oldham, R. K. Perham, C. P. Smith, G. A.
Warner, A B. Wharton, Z. F.
*Deceased.

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OF THE FIRST DISTRICT. 7

CLASS OF 1880.
Atterberry, I. F. Baldwin, Olivia A. Carroll, A. B.
Foster, C. E. Guttery, J. A. Herbert, T. L.
Johnson, H. Scheurer (Northrup), Flora. Soper, S. H.
Tipton, W. E. Herren (Wright), Edmonia D.

CLASS OF 1881.
Anderson, W. B. Cox, T. S. McLaughlin (Greenwood)
Hatch, E. H. Holloway, W. R. Ada M.
London, R. B. Mitchell, L. S. Link, W. F.
Sallee, R. F. Corley (Sharp), Lula B. Sayer, D. D.

CLASS OF 1882.
NAME. RESIDENCE. NAME. RESIDENCE.
Allison, J. O...............New London, Mo.
Glaize (Bagg) Nellie.........Aurora, Ill.
Conway, S. A..............Lathrop, Mo.
Frankland, Ida..............Kirksville, " 
Guthrie, F. W.................Guthrie, "
Holloway, J. L..............Fort Smith, Ark.
Jones, J. W................Unionville, Mo.
Riggle, C................Lancaster, "
Steele, R. R..................Kansas City, " 

CLASS OF 1883.
Erwin, J. S., Jr...........Duluth, Minn. 
Mitchell (Owen) L. L.........Kansas City, Mo.
Pemberton, J. N.............___________, Cal.
Prewitt, Mary T............Kirksville, Mo.
O'Neal (Spencer) Lottie......Brookfield, "
Nelson, Aven...............Laramie City, Wy.

CLASS OF 1884.
Barrow, R. W..............Macon, Mo.
Brown, J. D.............Kirksville, "
Carroll, B.F............Bloomfield, Ia.
Crookshanks, S. A........Visalia, Cal.
Mitchell (Davis) Miriam.......Mound City, Mo.
Griffith, Mary.............Webster Grove, "
Grove, J. H.............Brownwood, Tex.
Holiday, J. F...............New Market, Ia.
Johnston, R. E...............Visalia, Cal
Long, H. C..............Sioux City, Ia.
Miller, W. H......................  
Traverse (Miller) Libbie K......Bloomfield, Ia.
Thwing (Randall) Carrie.........Arkansas City, Kan.
Simpson (Sharp) Mamie...........Ferguson, Mo.
Swanger, F. A.......................Kirksville, "
Shain, H.B..........................Greentop, "
Hovey (Willard) Nettie..............Kansas City, "

CLASS OF 1885.
Arnold, R. B................Kirksville, Mo.
Barnard, R. E.............Rolla, "
Boyd, N. M..............Milan, "
Childress, C. C............Visalia, Cal.
Dinsmoor, Silas............Columbia, Mo.
Griffith, W. W..............Chillicothe, "
Grove, W. D...................Tarkio, " 
Finegan (Howell), Mary..........Luray, Mo.
Long (Riggs) Fannie...........Sioux City, Ia.
Whitacre (Link), Allie..........Kirksville, Mo.
Mitchell, O. M..................Kansas City, "
Patterson, F. M...............Jonesburg, "
Roberts, Isom.............Middle Grove, "
Steele, J. J...............Rockport, "

CLASS OF 1886.
Bradley, S. P..................Auxvasse, Mo. 
Bradsher, A. J.................St. Louis, " 
Brummitt, J. J..................Ogden, Utah.
Edwards, Jennie................Middletown, Mo. 
Evans, Ella.................St. Louis, "
Simpson (Funk), Kate.............Kahoka, "
Garrett, Nannie...............Richmond, Mo. 
Graer, Fannie...............Lathrop, "
Holiday, G. M...................Allerton, Ia. 
Kiggins (Johnston), Etta L.,.....Glenwood Springs, Col. 
Kennedy, A. E................Kidder, Mo.
Kiggins, C. M..............Glenwood Springs, Col.
Northcutt, Mary L............Kansas City, Mo.
Phipps, L. M...................Grant City, Mo.
Porter, Stacy G................Kirksville, " 
Porter, William T.................Kirksville, "
Pratt, A. L.....................Meadville, "
Pratt, J. F.....................Hamilton, "
Price, I. A.................Cameron, "
Pulliam, J. A...............Etna, "
Sanford, Paul...............Emerson, Mo.
Simpson, J. M.................Kahoka, "
Fowler, (Smith) Minnie.......Kirksville, Mo.
Updyke, T. J................." "
Watson, J. J................Hillsboro, Ia.
Wilson, J. D................Cameron, Mo.

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CLASS OF 1887.
NAME. RESIDENCE. NAME. RESIDENCE.
Bellamy, G.............Danville, Mo.
*Bell, Adaline.................Sperry, " 
Cornelius, Chas.................Edina, "
Boyer, (Chambliss), Mollie.........Higginsville, "
Edwards, W. B.............Perryville, Ky.
Erickson, Andrew............Ashton, Mo.
Fisher, G.W..................Fayette, "
Funk, Georgia..........Kirksville, "
Funk, Ella..............." "
Humphreys (Hannah) Mattie....Gault, "
Humphreys, U.G...............Gault, "
Holiday, A.L.................New Market, Ia.
Holloway, W.L................Crystal City, Mo.
Jamison, G.E................Jefferson City, Mo.
Key, Nannie...............Granville, "
Link, Eugene....................Kirksville, "
Luckey, E. D....................St. Louis, "
McCoy, C.K.................Kirksville, "
Nason, Geo......................" " 
Pumphrey, Maggie................" "
Plumb, Belle..............Kiddler, "
Payne, W.H................Lathrop, "
Rolofson, Ella..................Fairfax, "
Seals, Laura...............Allerton, Ia.
Wallace (Thompson) Ida..........LaBelle, "

CLASS of 1888
Barnett, E.E.................Miami, Mo.
Bruce, H.S...................Brunswick, "
Chancellor, Mollie...........Glenwood Springs, Col.
Cooley, E. L.................Lexington, Ky.
Funk, Kissie.................Kirksville, Mo. 
Funk, George R...............Hurdland, "
Roberts, (Gex) Sallie...........Vandalia, "
Harvey, H.C..................Ann Arbor, Mich.
McCall, Morgon.................Dolores, Colo.
Mackoy, Fannie..................Shenandoah, Ia. 
McKenzie, A.L...................Lathrop, Mo.
Patterson, Lula..................Memphis, Mo.
Patterson, Mamie..................Memphis, "
Roberts, D.L....................Vandalia, "
________ (Risdon) Prudie.......Columbia, "
Reed, Mollie....................Kirksville, "
Reed, Minnie....................." "
Snodgrass, S.M...................Nevada, "
Smith, Alma......................Kirksville, "
Stone, Pauline C.R...............Cottleville, "
White, Eva.......................Ferguson, "

CLASS of 1889
Ellison, Isabel................Kirksville, Mo.
Eiring, Wm....................Salisbury, "
Heald, Fannie.................O'Fallon, "
Haman, C.W.....................Bethel, "
Hannah, Frank..................Clarence, "
Hubbard, E.T...................Brunswick, "
Nolan, Genie...................Paris, Mo.
Owen, Geo. H...................Clinton, "
Patterson, Lucy................Kirksville, "
Riggs, W.L.....................Bethany, "
Woods, Ella....................Paris, "
Walters, W. W...................Kirksville, "

CLASS of 1890.
Aldridge, J. T.................Cameron, Mo.
Ammerman, Emma.................Edina, "
Bowen, C.W...............Weston, "
Ellison, Julia B...............Kirksville, "
Eiring, Charles................Salisbury, "
Gentry, Fannie.................Hamilton, "
Greenleaf, Sue.................Kansas City, "
Gex, George....................Strother, "
Heald, Nina R............O'Fallon, Mo.
Harvey, Lizzie...........Centralia, "
Poe, Emma...............Lathrop, "
Richmond, Adelia...............Strother, "
Smith, Caddie............Kirksville, "
Trimble, Louise M.............Paris, "
Whiteford, John............Milan, "
Watson, Emily............Dardenne, "

CLASS of 1891.
Burton, Geo. Finley..............Strother, Mo.
Doyle, E.O.......................Shelbina, "
Guthrie, C.P.....................Guthrie, "
Green, Jennie....................Lathrop, "
Gerard, Mary.....................Shelbina, "
Hennon, J.C......................Green City, "
Hammond, Kate....................Fayette, "
Heald, Lillian...................Mound City, "
Heiny, Blanche...................Ferguson, Mo.
Muir, W.A........................Centralia, "
Patterson, Rosa..................Kirksville, "
Petree, J.E......................King City, "
Ross, Allie......................Windsor, "
Stafford, Ida....................London, "
Savage, C.A......................Pattonsburgh, "

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UNDER-GRADUATES FOR 1891. 

ELEMENTARY CLASS.

NAME. RESIDENCE. 
Bundy, Minnie...............................Kirksville, Mo. 
Brashear, Minnie............................."  "
Barneby, E.A.................................Youngs Creek, "
Bingham, J.W..................................Cora, " 
Burnett, Maggie..............................Pickering, " 
Boyd, W.S....................................Vandalia, "
Bowen, Rubie.................................Kirksville, " 
Clark, William Henry.........................New London, "
Cooley, C.D..................................Clarence, " 
Cranmer, Lucy...............................Chillicothe, " 
Davis, Alice...............................Kirksville, " 
DeWitt, Mae................................Reiger, " 
Eller, W. Samuel............................Mexico, " 
Edmonston, Addie Maria......................"  " 
Faulkner, Andrew Samuel....................St. Aubert, " 
Givens, Nettie Maude.......................Mexico, "
Guthrie, Benjamin F........................Milan, "
Harris, Geo................................Kirksville, " 
Hubbard, Cassie............................"  "
Koontz, J.A................................Cimanou, Kans. 
Mathews, Schuyler Colfax,..................Kirksville, Mo. 
Martin, Sadie...............................Ely, "
Motter, Francis Marion.......................Kirksville, " 
Marr, John Davis.............................Lilly, " 

NAME. RESIDENCE.
Major, Sidney M..............................Windsor, Mo.
Moffet, W.E.................................Memphis, "
Nulton, Ida Gertrude........................Hartford, "
Novinger, Geo. B............................Kirksville, "
Nichols, Jas. Coleman.......................Licking, "
Osborne, Locke B............................Trenton, "
Pomeroy, Mary...............................Windsor, "
Petree, McDonald............................Rosendale, "
Pool, Mattie Victoria.......................Thompson, "
Probasco, Mary Elizabeth....................Palmyra, "
Ryan, Marie B...............................St. Louis, "
Spangler, Harry L...........................Kirksville, "
Shortridge, William R.......................LaPlata, "
Smith, Jessie...............................Neward, "
Sanford, William............................Emerson, "
Schofield, Benjamin.........................Durham, "
Thompson, W.C...............................Milan, "
Veatch, Ambrose Dudley......................Tolona, "
Wash, Alice.................................Maywood, "
Weatherly, James E..........................Shannondale, "
Woods, Olivia...............................Wentsville, "
Webb, Grace.................................Kirksville, "
Willis, Mary................................." "

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Catalogue of Students.
FOR THE YEAR 1890-91.

Name. Residence.

Albertson, Lillian........................Adair, Mo. 
Ashlock, Thomas.........................." " 
Atchison, Clarence......................." " 
Allen, Vinnie............................Macon, " 
Atterberry, Zella........................Adair, Mo. 
Botts, Thomas William....................Knox, " 
Bramblett, Greenup Dudley................Nicholas, Ky. 
Burton, George Finley....................Monroe, "
Buchanan, Cora..................Adair, " 
Blackwell, Fannie Louis..............Macon, " 
Bibb, Florence.....................Adair, "
Bibb, Bessie Blanche..............." "
Bibb, Della......................." "
Bernard, Alta....................." " 
Brasher, Minnie..................." " 
Beatty, Vinnie E.................Sullivan, "
Bowen, Rubie......................" "
Barrett, G.M.................Scotland, " 
Burton, Clifford.................Adair, "
Burch, R. L................Audrain, "
Boyd, Walter Scott..............Audrain, " 
Bedell, Charles Edgar....................Carroll, " 
Barneby, Edgar Austin....................Audrain, " 
Bailey, Ernest Tipton....................Monroe, " 
Bourn, John D...................Scotland, " 
Beecher, Jessie.................Adair, "
Beecher, Columbia Queen.................." " 
Burnett, Maggie.................Nodaway, " 
Burnett, Martha.................." " 
Blanton, David Anderson..................Adair, " 
Bagg, Chas....................." " 
Brigham, Terry..................." " 
Brown, Leona.................." "
Brothers, Cladius Shaw............Callway, "
Blanton, Mattie...................Adair, "
Brewington, Laura................." " 
Burnham, Clifford................Monroe, " 
Brown, Archie..................Boone, " 
Beck, Isaac W.W................Lincoln, "
Baird, Delta...................Adair, "
Brawner, C.E...................Shelby, "
Bratton, N.V.................Boone, "
Bundy, Minnie L..............Adair, "
Barnes, Annie................Scotland, " 
Board, Mandley...............Randolph, " 
Baker, Amber.................Monroe, " 
Bonds, Izetta................Chariton, "

Name. Residence.

Britton, Blanche...............Adair, Mo.
Banning, J.W..................Macon, "
Bingham, J.W..................Sullivan, "
Baker, Frank..................Scotland, "
Bevan, Mattie.................Grundy, "
Bradley, Lena.................Callaway, "
Bradley, Lula.................." "
Baker, Bertie M................Monroe, "
Bright, Ed.....................Boone, "
Beeman, Everett..............Adair, "
Bielby, Mamie................." "
Burton, Orpha...............Randolph, "
Bradley, C. S...............Macon, "
Bradley, N. W................" "
Bohne, John C...............Jefferson, "
Brown, Nettie...............Knox, "
Barker, Nettie...............Montgomery, "
Bacon, Susie.................." "
Brightman, F.F...............Schuyler, "
Bielby, Bessie...............Adair, "
Batchelar, W.T..............Harrison, "
Cavatt, Effie...............Adair, "
Couch, Edeline..............Shelby, "
Curry, Guy..................Adair, "
Crebs, Holmes..............." "
Carothers, Manville.........." "
Conner, Emma................" "
Calhoun, Mata Nois...........Scotland, "
Chambers, Etta...............Bates, "
Clark, Mabel...............Adair, "
Clark, Nellie............." "
Canady, Laurs................." "
Coleman, Minnie...............Knox, "
Carnahan, Adra Anna..........Macon, "
Cole, Jennie...............Adair, "
Cooley, Chas. Davis..........Shelby, "
Chambers, Jas..............Bates, "
Clark, Harry O..............Macon, "
Clark, William Henry...........Ralls, "
Corbin, Charles Early..........Adair, "
Cornelius Clarence Wesley................" "
Curry, William B.........Callaway, "
Colley, A. Marshall...........Chariton, "
Collins, John Thomas...........Putnam, "
Cleary, Herbert Joshua..........Mercer, "
Conner, Frank.............Adair, "
Cavett, Sweet Samuel........" "
Collett, George Austin........Macon, "

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OF THE FIRST DISTRICT. 11

Name. Residence.

Coil, John Andrew......................Ralls, Mo. 
Cranmer, Sallie.......................Livingstone, " 
Chappell, Minerva.....................Adair, "
Campbell, Bessie......................" "
Curd, W.G.............................Ralls, "
Carman, Edgar M.......................Adair, "
Crawford, Ada.........................Macon, "
Crebs, Bianche........................Adair, "
Collett, Minnie......................." "
Cox, L.M..............................Macon, "
Childress, Nonie......................Knox, "
Curry, J.J............................Callaway, "
Cottingham, J.M.......................Monroe, "
Corne, Mrs. Neville...................Callaway, "
Cranmer, Lucy.........................Livingstone, "
Clark, Nonie..........................Ralls, " 
Craven, William Andrew................Ray, "
Cottingham, Nellie....................Monroe, "
Craighead, T.A........................Callaway, "
Callaway, W.L........................." "
Campbell, E.E.........................Lincoln, "
Davis, Martha.........................Adair, "
Dolan, George........................." "
DeWitt, Mae..........................." "
DeWitt, Mattie........................" "
Diehl, Rosa B........................." "
Demint, Mary Willie...................Carroll, "
Dodson, Belle.........................Lincoln, "
Duckworth, Nellie Ellen...............Adair, "
Dolan, Malinda........................" "
Downing, Darius.......................Grundy, "
Dean, Mathew O........................Adair, "
Daugherty, Daniel Edward..............Carroll, "
Doyle, Luther Ulman...................Randolph, "
Doyle, William Otis..................." "
Doyle, E.O............................" "
Dodson, J.W...........................Adair, "
Davis, Alice.........................." "
Drinkard, Nannie Angelina............." "
Daniels, John Franklin................Schuyler, "
Douglass, Helen.......................Randolph, "
Dean, Effie...........................Adair, "
Drake, H.T............................Davis, Ia. 
Dalton, J.D...........................Ralls, Mo. 
Drask, Della..........................Van Buren, Ia. 
Davis, Lena...........................Adair, Mo.
Doty, Augustus H......................Daviess, "
Doty, Clara B........................." "
Dale, Louie...........................Macon, "
DeLano, Bertha........................Grundy, "
Drinkard, Mollie......................Adair, "
Eberts, Robert Lee....................Clinton, "
England, J.M.......................Macon, "
Ellis Etta......................Lincoln, "
Elsea, Lena Kate................Adair, "
Ellison, Samuel Hatch..........." " 
Elsea, David Johnson............" " 
Espy, Blanche...................Bedford, Tenn.

Name. Residence.
Evans, Nellie Matilda...............Adair, Mo.
Eller, Wm. Samuel...................Audrain, "
Ewart, Essie........................Lewis, "
Eberts, John F......................Clinton, "
Eberts, Joseph D...................." "
Elliot, Arthur B....................Macon, "
Edmondson, Addie....................Audrain, "
Evans, E.A..........................Macon, "
Embree, W.T.........................Vernon, "
Elsberry, Tessa.....................Monroe, "
Eitel, Geo. W.......................Adair, "
Ferguson, Anna May..................Callaway, "
Foncanon, Phigenia..................Adair, "
Fray, Celesta.......................Chariton, "
Foncanon, Dorotha Caroline..........Adair, "
Ford, Nora E........................Macon, "
Fee, Emeline A......................Lewis, "
Fee, Cora F........................." "
Frogge, Tansom......................Knox, "
Ferris, M. Lester...................Marion, "
Fry, Leah...........................Adair, "
Furhman, Annie M....................Randalph, "
Fawcett, Flora......................Appanoose, Ia.
Fritz, August.......................Macon, Mo.
Frank, William......................Schuyler, "
Faulkner, A.S.......................Callaway, "
Foncanon, Chas. B...................Adair, "
Gentry, Tandy E.....................Audrain, "
Guthrie, Benjamin Franklin..........Sullivan, "
Given, Nettie Maude.................Audrain, "
George, May.........................Adair, "
Graves, Bessie......................" "
Gerard, Mary Lavinia................Shelby, "
Garhart, Clara M....................Chariton, "
Griffith, Verna.....................Pike, "
Greenwood, Grace Mabel..............Adair, "
Green, Talitha Jennie...............Clinton, "
George, Frank Fitch.................Adair, "
Gates, Lelia Ruth..................." "
Glasgow, Chas. Washington..........." "
Ginnings, Meade....................." "
Gehrke, Carl........................" "
Gillum, George Lemuel..............." "
Green, Wm. Martin...................Chariton, "
Gibbons, Ellen R....................Adair, "
Gordon, Donah.......................Clark, "
Gibbons, Alfred Sharpless...........Adair, "
Gose, Fannie........................Grundy, "
Graves, Dovie.......................Monroe, "
Gentry, Benton......................Adair, "
Grady, Ida..........................Macon, "
Gordon, Lucy........................Adair, "
Guthrie, O.P........................Callaway, "
Guthrie Jessie......................" "
Green A.L...........................Randolph, "
Gillum J.W..........................Adair, "
Gooch E.S...........................Audrain, "
Green H.L...........................Boone, "

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NAME. RESIDENCE.
Hickman Cora B............Adair, Mo.
Hamilton, Edward Richard................Boone, "
Hennon, Jas. Cunningham..............Adair, " 
Hoerman, Adam..................." "
Hamilton, Ella................." "
Heiny, L. Blanche................" "
Holman, Maggie May..................Pike, "
Hord, William Richard.................Callaway, "
Hocker, Mary Emelene...................Boone, " 
Harris, Geo. Wilford..................Adair, " 
Hubbard, Maude.....................Macon, "
Hamilton, William Lafayette................Adair, "
Harlan, Ada.........................." "
Hennon, Albert Ellsworth..................." "
Harlan, Myrtle...................." "
Hayes, Thomas Alonzo..................." " 
Hopkins, Rosa Dell......................" "
Hall, Abbie.......................Callaway, "
Hawk, Dora.................Putnam, "
Harrington, Mamie...................Adair, "
Hammond, May Kate..................Howard,	"
Haskins, William Forest...............Shelby, "
Hotchkiss, Lulu May.................Marion "
Howard, Ida May....................Chariton "
Hay, William Wesson...............Ray "
Houston, Leona................Chariton, "
Hubbard, Cassie...............Adair, "
Heald, Lillian................St. Charles "
Haskins, Freedom.................Shelby, " 
Howes, Addie.................Macon, "
Harlan, Finley.............Adair, "
Huffstutter, J. L..............Grundy, "
Hayden, N. J....................."
Hodge, Geo. E..............Macon, "
Hord, L. R.................Callaway, "
Hyden, Mollie................." "
Haller, Julia...............Multuomah, Ore. 
Holt, Fannie...............Callaway, Mo. 
Hamrick, W. L...............Shelby, "
Heaton, J. D...............Macon, "
Holt, A. H...............Callaway, "
Handley, Vida...............Platte "
Harmen, Jas...................."
Holman, Mary P...............Callaway "
Imbler, Everett...............Adair, "
Johnson, Thomas Jefferson............" "
James, Harry.................." "
Johnson, Nettie............." "
Jameson, Mollie.................Schuyler, " 
Jameson, Ella................Adair, "
Johnston, Mary Louise..............." "
Jacobs, Anna Pearle.............Adair, " 
Jamison, Gertrude E...........Armstrong, Penn. 
Jamison, Grace...............Adair, "
Jacobs, C. G..............." "
Johnston, J. R.............Scotland, "
Jeffreys, Mattie............Monroe, "
Johnson, O. C.............Sullivan, "

NAME. RESIDENCE.
Jones, Agnes Pauline..............Knox, Mo.
Jones, E. R................Macon, "
Koontz, James Alva.............Knox, "
Kirkpatrick, Chas. D...........Scotland, "
Kellogg, Howard..............Adair, "
Kellogg, Leona Louie..........." "
King, Emma.................Boone, "
Keesrer,  Mollie..............Clark, "
Klingman, Nora Belle.............Adair, "
Knox, Mollie E..............Lincoln, "
Knox, John D..............." "
Kemer, G.E.............Jefferson, "
Kirkpatrick, Florence.............Audrain, "
Kibler, Anna Lucy............Adair, "
Kirkpatrick, E. W............Adair, "
Kirkpatrick, W.E.............Scotland, "
Keller, Ada.....................
Kimball, Samuel.................
Lyon, Mora W.............Adair, Mo.
Longmire, Minnie...........Marion, "
Longley, Chas Whitman.............Callaway, "
Lea, Viola Mary..............Marion, "
Laflin, Anna Belle.............St. Louis, "
Lyda, Myrtle................Adair, "
Linder, Maude L.........." "
Link, Lewis............" "
Lilly, Major James............Randolph, "
Lyon, Minnie Lee............Adair "
Lee, Carrie M............" "
Lorton, Minnie Lee............" "
Leonard, Ralph.............Linn "
Loomis, May...............Adair "
Lynes, W.L..............Callaway, "
Linkey, Hannah..............Adair "
Ludden, Minnie.............." "
Marr, John Davis..............Clinton "
McMains, Minnie................Adair, "
Mathews, William T............Linn, "
Morton, Crawford.............Clay, "
Major, Sidney..............Henry, "
Minear, Isaac............Schuyler, "
McIntire, Harvey Frank...........Audrain, "
Miller, James Nelse.............Monroe, "
McCall, James Marshall...........Callaway, "
Muir, Williamson Allen...........Henry, "
Muldrow, Benjamin Foreman...........Shelby, "
Moore, A.S.............Macon, "
McVicker, Lou M..............Adair, "
Miller, Margaret J.............Monroe, "
Megown, Berrilla..............Ralls, "
McCall, Metta May............" "
Myers, Mollie Alice...........Putnam, "
Myers, Annie..............." "
McGee Fannie...............Livingston, "
Miller, Ida Chase..............Adair, "
McDermit, Ella F............" "
McDermit, Laura Alice..............." "

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NAME. RESIDENCE.
Mason, Nellie M....Adair, Mo.
Mileham Florence....Clark, Mo.
McDonald, Maude Luvilla....Adair, Mo.
McLaughlin, Minnie Lorena....Adair, Mo.
Mahaffey. Charles Winslow....Adair, Mo.
Manning, Haweya....Randolp, Mo.
McKayohn...Knox, Mo.
McKillip, Emma W....Shelby, Mo.
McGraw, Cora....Adair, Mo.
Martin, Sadie Elizabeth....Marion, Mo.
Morrow, Finis....Macon, Mo.
Mathews. Schuyler C....Adair, Mo.
Miller, Maggie... Randolph, Mo.
Martz, Maggie....Adair, Mo.
McLaughlin, P. H....Adair, Mo.
Myers, Lizzie.....Knox, Mo.
Myers, Minnie....Scotland, Mo.
Motter Francis....Adair, Mo.
Miller, Pet...Adair, Mo. 
McDavitt, B. N....Macon, Mo.
Mills, Ernest....Adair, Mo.
McLaughlin, Louise....Adair, Mo.
Mumma, Ray....Adair, Mo.
McCune, J. W....Randolph, Mo.
McDavitt, T. W....Macon, Mo.
Morgan, E. C....Harrison, Mo.
Moffet W. E....Scotland, Mo.
Moffett, Mrs, Camelia....Scotland, Mo.
Meals, T. B....Monroe, Mo.
McMurry, J. R....Knox, Mo.
Miller, Nannie....Platte, Mo.
Marsh, Lizzie....Clay, Mo.
Matlick, W. E....Clark, Mo.
Mayo, Emma....Randolph, Mo.
Nelson, Florence Camille...Adair, Mo.
Newman, Geo. J....DeKalb, Mo.
Nichols, James Coleman....Texas, Mo.
Noland, Cora Chalfant....Callaway, Mo.
Noel, Bertha....Adair, Mo.
Newlon, Ida M....Lewis, Mo.
Newby, Ida Gertrude....Platte, Mo.
Nighswander, Evangeline....Adair, Mo.
Nulton, Ida....Putnam, Mo.
Navinger, G. B....Adair, Mo.
Nichols, Walter....Randolph, Mo.
Newcomb, Fannie....Adair, Mo.
Nulton, G. E....Putnam, Mo.
Nichols, Mrs. Fannei....Randolph, Mo.
Newland, Anna....Audrain, Mo.
Osborne, Locke B....Grundy, Mo.
Owen, Joseph George....Mercer, Mo.
Owsley, Huldah....Marion, Mo.
Oliver, J. W....Callaway, Mo.
Odell, R. L....Callaway, Mo.
O'Donnell, Willie....Jackson, Mo.
Osgood, Charles Frederick....Lewis, Mo.
Phillips, Lycurgus Clay....Marion, Mo.
Pauly, Henry....Clark, Mo.

Petree, John Emert....Andrew, Mo.
Petree, McDonald....Andrew, Mo.
Petree, Louis Edward....Andrew, Mo.
Pool, Mattie Victoria....Audrain, Mo.
Patterson, Rosa Ingeborge....Adair, Mo.
Parcells, Effie R...Adair, Mo.
Priest, Hugh G....Ralls, Mo.
Phelps, William Jennings....Caldwell, Mo.
Phillips, Eddie....Adair, Mo.
Pomeroy, Mary....Henry, Mo. 
Probasco, Mary Elizabeth....Marion, Mo.
Paxton, Nannie Jane....Ray, Mo.
Patton, Arthur William....Randolph, Mo.
Patton, Carson James....Randolph, Mo.
Payton, Benjamin....Ralls, Mo.
Potes, T. E....Macon, Mo.
Potes, Ira W....Macon, Mo.
Phipps, J. A....Randolph, Mo.
Pugh, Sue....Lewis, Mo.
Potter, H. E....Clay, Mo.
Phipps, Myrtle....Randolph, Mo.
Peckover, Belle....Clinton, Mo.
Radford, George Arthur...Randolph, Mo.
Randall, Clinton L....Macon, Mo.
Reed, William Mont....Adair, Mo.
Reed, Charles Franklin....Adair, Mo.
Rebman, Lewis Ross....Audrain, Mo.
Richmond, Joshua....Monroe, Mo.
Ross, Emma Alice....Adair, Mo.
Richey, Hila Elva....Adair, Mo.
Rich, Rose....Sullivan, Mo.
Reesman, Eva....Adair, Mo.
Reesman, Mamie Ella....Adair, Mo.
Ryan, B. Marie....St. Louis, Mo.
Ross, Alice....Adair, Mo.
Rinehart, Marguerite Edith....Adair, Mo.
Roney, Maggie...Ray, Mo.
Reynolds, A....Adair, Mo.
Ray, Chas. D....Adair, Mo.
Riley, W. S....Randolph, Mo.
Ramme, Minnie....Buchanan, Mo.
Ringo, Althea....Adair, Mo.
Redmon, James H...Adair, Mo.
Rose, Alice....Audrain, Mo.
Rutherford, Alta....Adair, Mo.
Ross, Charles....Grundy, Mo.
Roberts, Wallace L....Knox, Mo.
Richards, Crittenden W....Scotland, Mo.
Ratliff, Hubbard H....Macon, Mo.
Ratliff, Hulda....Macon, Mo.
Ross, Julia A....Knox, Mo.
Seaton, S. Eugene....Knox, Mo.
Schooling, Thomas Gratz....Sullivan, Mo.
Schofield, Martin Benjamin....Lewis, Mo.
Sterne, P. J....Pike, Mo.
Savage, Chas. A....Daviess, Mo.
Saltmarsh, William Henry...Macon, Mo.
Stalcup, Eddie Franklin....Shelby, Mo.

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NAME. RESIDENCE.
Seaton, S. I. ..... Clinton, Mo.
Smith, Wells. ..... Knox, Mo.
Statey, B. S...... 
Spickerman, Edith. ..... Putnam, Mo.
Sharp, Virgie. ..... Adair, Mo.
Sandry, Mattie. ..... Adair, Mo.
Stafford, Ida. ..... Atchison, Mo. 
Striker, Lennie. ..... Saline, Mo.
Soles, Ethel. ..... Adair, Mo.
Sparks, Melisa. ..... Adair, Mo.
Smith, Jennie Annette. ..... Knox, Mo.
Spangler, Harvey Lillis, Pottiwattamie, Kan.
Still, Frederick. ..... Adair, Mo.
Smith, Charles Ed. ..... Scotland, Mo.
Shepherd, Glenn. ..... Adair, Mo.
Stolle, Minnie. ..... Audrain, Mo.
Sears, John E. ..... Sullivan, Mo.
Shelton, Fred. C. ..... Adair, Mo.
Shultz, Lida A. ..... Adair, Mo.
Smoyer, Grace. ..... Adair, Mo.
Simmons, Bessie. ..... Adair, Mo.
Smith, Jennie. ..... Adair, Mo.
Smith, De L. ..... Adair, Mo.
Smallwood, Claude. ..... Knox, Mo. 
Stephenson, Paulina M. ..... Macon, Mo.
Sandry, Ettie. ..... Adair, Mo.
Sterne, Lawrence B. ..... Pike, Mo.
Smith. Alfred H. ..... Adair, Mo.
Sanford, Wm. ..... Marion, Mo.
Simes, Myrtle. ..... Jackson, Mo.
Simmons, N. S. ..... Schuyler, Mo.
Schooling, H. G. ..... Sullivan, Mo.
Selby, W. J. ..... Adair, Mo.
Shackleford, Lucy B. ..... Lewis, Mo.
Savage, Greely N. ..... Daviess, Mo.
Suggett, S. P. ..... Callaway, Mo.
Speer, Edward James. ..... Clark, Mo.
Stokes, Mosby. ..... Calloway, Mo.
Smith, L. B. ..... Adair, Mo.
Sandry, Honor M. ..... Adair, Mo.
Shortridge, W. R. ..... Macon, Mo.
Shanes, John S. ..... Scotland, Mo.
Stigall, Oliver. ..... Randolph, Mo.
Stephenson, S. S. ..... Grundy, Mo.
Sitton, Millard W. ..... Lincoln, Mo.
Steele, Charles E. ..... Cooper, Mo.
Thompson, Bettie. ..... Callaway, Mo.
Truitt, Cyrus G. ..... Macon, Mo.
Turner, Henry Parker.  ..... Adair, Mo.
Thompson, Frederick Louis. ..... Macon, Mo. 
Thatcher, Daniel. ..... Clay, Mo.
Townsend, Lewis M. ..... Adair, Mo.
Truitt, Lottie. ..... Adair, Mo.
Thomas, Frank Smith. ..... Lincoln, Mo.
Thompson, W. C. ..... Sullivan, Mo.
Taylor, Briton P. ..... Callaway, Mo.
Townsend, Lola Victoria. ..... Linn, Mo.
Tapley, Mattie Lowry. ..... Pike, Mo.

Todd, Ira E. ..... DeKalb, Mo.
Tate, R. S. ..... Macon, Mo.
Turner, William. ..... Adair, Mo.
Tarr, Robbie. ..... Callaway, Mo.
Temple, C. H. ..... Randolph, Mo.
Veatch. Ambrose Dudley. ..... Lewis, Mo.
VanHorne, Nellie. ..... Grundy, Mo.
Vannice, Joseph W. ..... Adair, Mo.
Vernon, Lizzie. ..... Lewis, Mo.
Williams, Nora. ..... Adair, Mo.
Webber, J. A. ..... Macon, Mo.
Winchester, Frank. ..... Gentry, Mo.
Wait, Ora D. ..... Adair, Mo.
Wilhite, Andrew J. ..... Sullivan, Mo.
Wilhite, Nora Ellen. ..... Sullivan, Mo.
Wash, Alice. ..... Lewis, Mo.
Wood, Pearle. ..... Shelby, Mo.
Wolgamott, Jennie. ..... Adair, Mo.
Webster, Chas. ..... Grundy, Mo.
Wolgamott, Daisy Grace. ..... Adair, Mo.
Wheeler, Claude Marlin. ..... Carroll, Mo.
Willis, Mary Ebeth. ..... Adair, Mo.
Wells, Sanford. ..... Putnam, Mo.
Wood, Joseph William. ..... Howard, Mo.
Warren, Joseph Harvey. ..... Grundy, Mo.
Weaver, Ollie Dundenale. ..... Adair, Mo.
Webb, Grace. ..... Adair, Mo.
Williams, A. P. ..... Adair, Mo.
Williams, John Wilson. ..... Macon, Mo.
Ward, Nettie. ..... Caldwell, Mo.
Wright, Minnie. ..... Adair, Mo.
Winston, Sadie. ..... Clark, Mo.
Winston, Mattie. ..... Clark, Mo.
Williams, C. G. ..... Randolph, Mo.
Winston, Mary. ..... Clark, Mo.
Ward, Stella. ..... Shelby, Mo.
Wolf, F. W. ..... Adair, Mo.
Walters, Leota. ..... Sullivan, Mo.
Wood, L. M. ..... Shelby, Mo.
Weatherly, J. E. ..... Chariton, Mo.
Wirt, Mrs. Anna. ..... Randolph, Mo.
Western, Anna. ..... Monroe, Mo.
Wolgamott, Ollie. ..... Adair, Mo.
Weiland, W. G. ..... Scotland, Mo.
Williams, Sadie. ..... Adair, Mo.
Wood, Chas. Newton. ..... Schuyler, Mo.
Williams, Fratie. ..... Randolph, Mo.
Williams, W. C. ..... Randolph, Mo.
Webber, J. C. ..... Macon, Mo.
Webber, Oscar H. ..... Macon, Mo.
Wade, Benjamin. ..... Henry, Mo.
Watson, Sophia. ..... St. Charles, Mo.
Woodhull, Georgia. ..... St. Charles, Mo.
Woods, Oliver. ..... St. Charles, Mo.
Wilson, Ruth. ..... Montgomery, Mo.
Wilson, Mildred. ..... Montgomery, Mo.
Wood, Mary L. ..... Saline, Mo.
Younger, Daniel Ashley. ..... Boone, Mo.

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STUDENT TEACHERS IN THE MODEL SCHOOL.

The following is a list of the students who have taught in the Model School, the 
past session, with the number of honors each has taught and observed.

FIRST CLASS.
  
NAMES OF PUPILS.	Hours Taught. Hours Observed
Burton, Geo.		2
Doyle, E. O.		2
Guthrie, C. P.		2
Green, Jennie.		4
Gerard, Mary		3
Hennon, J. C.		3
Hammond Kate		4
Heald, Lillian		2
Heiny, Blanche		4
Muir, W. A.				1
Patterson, Rosa		4
Petree, J. E. 		3
Ross, Allie		4
Stafford, Ida		4
Savage, C. A. 		2

NOTE. - Those who have completed the full course of teaching belong to the 
first class; those who have completed the teaching of the two years' course 
belong to the second class. In order to complete either course, each student is 
required to teach or observe four hours for a term of ten weeks, or its 
equivalent. Nine experienced teachers were excused from a part of the work.

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SECOND CLASS.
 
NAMES OF PUPILS		Hours Taught.	Hours Observed
Bundy, Minnie		4
Brashear, Minnie	3		1
Barneby, E.A.		3
Bingham, J.W.		1
Burnett, Maggie.	2		2
Boyd, W.S.		3		1
Bowen, Rubie.		4		1
Clarke, W.H.		2		2
Cooley, C.D.		3
Cranmer, Lucy.		3		1
Davis, Alice.		2		2
Doyle, Otis.		3
DeWitt, May,		3		1
Eller, W.S.		4
Edmonston, Addie.	1		1
Faulkner, A.S.		3		1
Givens, Nettie.		3		1
Guthrie, B.F.		2
Harris, Geo.		2		2
Koontz, J.A.		3		1
Hubbard, Cassie.	3		1
Matthews, S.C.		4
Martin, Sadie.		3		1
Motter, Frank.		3		1
Marr, John Davis.	2		1
Major, S.M.		1		2
Moffet, W.E.		2		1
Nulton, Ida.		3
Novinger, G.B.		3		1
Nichols, J.C.		4
Osborne, L.B.		4
Petree, McDonald.	2		1
Pomeroy, Mary.		4
Pool, Mattie.		3
Probasco, Mary.		3		1
Ryan, Marie.		2
Roney, Maggie.		3		1
Spangler, H.L.		2
Shortridge, W.R.	3		1
Smith, Jessie.		2		2
Sanford, Wm.		3		1
Schofield, Ben.		3		1
Thompson, W.C.		3		1
Willis, Mary.		2		2

NOTE. -- Fourteen experienced teachers were excused from part of the work.

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SUMMARY OF 1890-91.
			Ladies. 	Gentlemen. 	Total.
Enrollment. 		279 		281 		560
Training School. 	51 		 49 		100
Grand Total. 		330 		330 		660

STATISTICS FOR 1890-91.

GRADUATES.
Average age of Advanced Class, over .......................24 years
Average age of the Elementary class, over .................22 years
Number in Advanced class who will teach next year .........93 per cent
Number in the Elementary class who will teach next year ...86 per cent
Number in the same class who will return to school ........14 per cent

OCCUPATIONS REPRESENTED.
From the Farm ........................78 per cent
Mercantile pursuits ...................7 per cent
Professional, other than teaching .....8 per cent
Mechanics .............................5 per cent
All others ............................2 per cent

LOCALITY.
Number of counties in First Normal School District ...........44
Number of counties in the district represented ...............43
Number of counties outside of the district represented ........7
Total number of counties represented .........................50
Number of students from Missouri ............................552
Number of students from other states ..........................8
Number from other states pledged to teach in Missouri .........8
Total number pledged to teach in Missouri ...................560

MISCELLANEOUS.
Total enrollment of school .............................................660
Number who defray their own expenses ...................................398 (57 per cent)
Number who have taught before entering .................................195 (37 1-2 per cent)
Total number who have attended a Normal School prior to this session ...234 (46 per cent) 
Native Missourians in attendance .......................................436 (84 per cent)

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Total number in attendance half the year or more .........................435 (84 per cent)
Total number of months taught in public schools before entering Normal ..3129
Average number of months taught by each student, more than .................6
Average age of all students enrolled .................................over 21 years

ENTERED AND GRADUATED.
Total number of different students enrolled ......... 6650
Total number of Alumni ............................... 244
Total number of graduates in the Elementary course ... 658
Total number of graduates in all the courses ........ 1069

COUNTIES IN THE DISTRICT REPRESENTED.
Adair, Atchison, Audrain, Andrew, Boone, Buchanan, Clay, Chariton, Callaway, 
Caldwell, Clark, Carroll, Clinton, DeKalb, Daviess, Grundy, Gentry, Howard, 
Harrison, Jackson, Knox, Linn, Lewis, Lincoln, Livingston, Montgomery, Monroe, 
Marion, Macon, Mercer, Nodaway, Putnam, Pike, Platte, Balls, Ray, Randolph, 
St. Charles, Sullivan, Scotland, Shelby, Saline, Schuyler. All the counties in the 
District are represented except Warren, Worth and Holt.

COUNTIES REPRESENTED THAT ARE NOT IN THE DISTRICT.
Bates, Cooper, Henry, Jefferson, St. Louis, Texas, Vernon.

TEXT-BOOKS.
1. Text-books are adopted by the Board of Regents triennially, and cannot be 
changed during the time for which they are adopted, except by the unanimous, 
consent of the Board. 
2. The text-books adopted in June, 1887, are printed in italics.
3. Students should bring all their text-books for use as reference books.
4. Few changes are ever made, and those only when it is believed that decided 
advantage will result.

Arithmetic.--White, Milne, Goff, Stoddard's Intellectual.
English Literature.--(American Authors)--Blaisdell.
Algebra.--Wentworth's Elements. Ficklin, White, Schuyler.
Astronomy.--Newcomb, Robinson, Lockyer, Loomis.
Botany.--Gray, Youmans, Wood.
Chemistry.--Mead, Roscoe, Norton.	
Civil Government.--Andrews, Townsend, Shannon, Young.
DRAWING.--Prany, Holmes, White, Krusi.
Elocution.--Vocal and Action-Language--Hamill--Murdock.
English Literature.--Swinton, Collier, Morgan, Shaw.
Ethics.--Alexander.
Etymology.--Swinton.
Geography.--Electic, Guyot.
Geology.--LeConte, Dana.
General History.--Barnes, Swinton, Anderson.

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GRADED SCHOOLS AND INSTITUTES.--PHELPS, Payne.	
GEOMETRY.-- Wentworth, Ray, Schuyler, Olney.
GRAMMAR.--Reed and Kellogg, Green, Whitney, Hadley.
HISTORY OF EDUCATION.--Painter, Hailman, Quick, Compayre.
HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES.--Barnes, Ridpath, Scudder.
LATIN.--First Year--Beginner's Latin Book, (Collar and Daniell). Second Year,--
Caesar, Composition (Harkness), Virgil. Third-Year--Oicero (Orations), 
Composition (Harkness), Grammar (Harkness), Horace.
MUSIC.--Mason, Whitney.
METHODS OF TEACHING.--White, Fitch, Swett, Currie.
PSYCHOLOGY.-Haven.
NATURAL PHILOSOPHY.--Gage, Avery.
PHYSIOLOGY.--Eclectic, Dalton, Carpenter.
PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY.--Maury, Guyott, Cornell.
PENMANSHIP.--Spencer.
RHETORIC.--Hepburn, Hart, Welsh.
SCHOOL ECONOMY.--Raub, Hughes, Baldwin.
TRIGONOMETRY.--Greenleaf, Schuyler, Wentworth.
ZOOLOGY.--Holder, Packard, Nicholson.

CONDITIONS OF ADMISSION.

	First.--Ladies must be at least fifteen, and gentlemen sixteen years of age.
	Second.--They must possess good health, good character, and average abilities.
	Third.--They must pass a satisfactory examination on Spelling, Reading, 
Descriptive Geography, English Grammar and Arithmetic.
	Fourth.--Students wishing to enter the school for the first time, and coming at 
the beginning of the year, must present themselves at the Normal building, at 9 
o'clock a. m., on Monday preceding the Tuesday on which the first term of the 
school year opens.
	Fifth.--Students desiring to complete either of the courses in one year, who 
have not attended the school before, should be present on the first Monday in 
September, to be examined on the subjects of the course not included in the 
last year. Graduates of High Schools, Academies, and Colleges may be excused 
from these examinations, provided they can give satisfactory evidence of 
proficiency in the subjects taught, except those of the last year of the course.
	Sixth.--All students must have paid the incidental fee and present the 
Treasurer's receipt therefor.
	Seventh.--They must "sign a declaration of intention to follow the business of 
teaching in the public schools of the State."
	Eighth.--They must sign a pledge to cheerfully comply with the regulations of 
the school, requiring promptitude, regularity, and proper decorum.

CLASSIFICATION.
The school is divided into eight classes, H, G, F, E, D, C, B, and A. New students 
may enter any one of these classes for which, they are prepared. But before 
entering they must stand a satisfactory examination on all subjects taught in the 
classes below that which they wish to enter, or present other satisfactory 
evidence of proficiency in them.

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PROGRAMME.

The school day is divided into seven recitation periods of 40 minutes each, with 
periods of twenty minutes for spelling and ten minutes for a general exercise in 
calisthenics. The time of the commencement of each recitation is given at the 
left of the programme on pages 24 and 25 of this catalogue. From these it can 
be seen what each class is doing each hour of the day during each term in the year.

REGULAR AND SELECT COURSE.

We earnestly advise all students, when it is possible, to pursue a regular course. 
With less than this, they cannot expect to be highly successful in the profession 
of teaching, but if, from any cause, it may be necessary for a student to pursue 
an irregular course, he can determine from the programme what studies he may 
take and avoid conflict in time of recitation. All students must pursue the 
regular course until they have completed the first year's work, except such as 
hold teacher's certificates or pass a satisfactory examination on these subjects.

CONDITIONS OF GRADUATION.

	First.--Candidates must possess a good moral character, and make a record of 
not less than 90 per cent, in deportment and in spelling.
	Second.--They must possess sufficient maturity of mind to be able to teach a 
common school.
	Third.--They must pursue regularly all the professional studies of the course 
in which they wish to graduate.
	Fourth.---They must make a grade of not less than 75 per cent, in each branch 
of study in the course. Students making a grade of 90 per cent, or more, in any 
subject will be considered as distinguished in that subject, and will be so 
announced.
	Fifth.-Applicants for either Certificates or Diplomas must do actual teaching 
four hours per day for ten weeks, or its equivalent, in the Model School, during the 
last year of the course in which they graduate.
	Sixth.--They must submit to the faculty, at the middle of the second term, a 
thesis on some educational or literary topic.

CERTIFICATES AND DIPLOMAS.

	One Certificate and two Diplomas are issued by this institution. The time 
usually required to complete the full course is four years.
	The Regents' Graded Certificate is granted to students completing the work of 
the Elementary Course.
	The Diploma of the Institution, conferring the degree of "Bachelor of 
Scientific Didactics," is awarded to those students who complete the full course of 
four years.
	The Post-Graduate Diploma will be conferred upon such graduates from the full 
course as teach successfully three years after graduation, and complete the course of 
reading below; such will receive the Post-Graduate Degree, Master of Scientific Didactics.

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POST-GRADUATE COURSE.

FIRST YEAR.

Self-culture, (Blackie). 		The Paradise of Childhood.
The Child,--Its Nature and Relations. 	History of Greece, (Grote).
Froebel and the Kindergarten System of Elementary Education. 
History of Rome, (Arnold). 		Emerson's Essays.
Ladder of Learning for Little Climbers. Life of Washington, (Irving).

SECOND YEAR.

American Institutions. 		Montaigue's Essays. 
History of Public Systems. 	Four phases of Morals.
Hygiene of the School-Room. 	Sex in Education.
History of France, (Guizot). 	No Sex in Education.

THIRD YEAR.

American Teachers and Benefactors of Education. Thirty Years' War.
History of English People. Life of Luther.	Life of Frederick the Great.
Macaulay's Essays. 				Life of Pestalozzi.
Outline Science of Education. 			American Pedagogy.

An Examination of candidates for this degree will be held at the time of the 
regular Commencement examinations each year. It will require an attendance 
of about one week.

Applicants for this degree must inform the President of such intention at least 
one month in advance. Further information as to books and authors will be 
furnished on application. 

NORMAL DIPLOMAS AND CERTIFICATES, LICENSES TO TEACH.

	By virtue of the following laws enacted by the Thirty-Fourth General 
Assembly of the State, and revised and amended by the Thirty-Fifth, holders of 
Normal Diplomas and Certificates may teach in the public Schools of the State 
without any further examination:
	Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
	SECTION 1. That article three (3), chapter one hundred and fifty (160), of 
the Revised Statutes of Missouri, entitled "Of Normal Schools," be and the same is 
hereby amended by adding a new section thereto, to be numbered, and known 
as section 7179a which section shall read as follows:
	SECTION 7179a. The Normal Diploma conferred upon completing a four years' 
course, shall entitle its owner to teach school in any county in the State without 
any further examination, until annulled by the Board of Regents or Curators 
granting the same, or by the County School Commissioner, or State 
Superintendent of Schools, for incompetency, cruelty, immorality, drunkenness 
or neglect of duty; and the graded certificate now granted upon the completion 
of the two years' course, shall, in like manner, entitle the holder to teach the 
several branches of study named therein for a period of two years from the date 
of graduation, unless such certificate be sooner annulled by said Board, or 
County School Commissioner, or State Superintendent of Schools, for one or 
more of the causes above specified. The provisions of this section shall apply 
also to the Normal Department of the University of Missouri and of Lincoln 
Institute.

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DESIGN.

	The school was established and equipped as an institute to prepare teachers for 
the public schools of the State. It aims to prepare teachers by
	First.--Giving thorough instruction in such branches of learning as are taught in 
the State, including Graded and High Schools.
	Second.--Giving instruction in the theory of teaching, consisting of methods of 
study, methods of reciting, methods of instruction, and methods of governing.
	Third.--Training students in the art of teaching, by practice in the Training School.
	Fourth.--Offering examples of good teaching.

CHARACTER OF A NORMAL SCHOOL.

A Normal School is a school designed to teach students how to become efficient 
teachers. It is an institution in which those wishing to become teachers may 
learn both the subjects to be taught and how to teach them.

The fundamental idea of the Normal School is that knowing a thing and knowing 
how to teach that thing, are very different facts. All proper teaching involves the 
possession of an art, wholly different from the mere knowledge of the subject 
to be taught. Though it is true that, one having the art of teaching may not be 
able to teach what he does know, it is not the less true that, one not having this 
art can not teach what he does know.

In the language of Dr. Hart, "The mere possession of knowledge does not make 
one a teacher any more than the possession of powder and shot makes one a 
marksman." To acquire knowledge ourselves, and put others in possession of 
what we have acquired, are distinct things. The art of teaching is the one 
indispensable qualification of the teacher. Without this, whatever else he may 
have, he is no teacher to develop teaching power, to train students in the art of 
teaching, is the work of the Normal School.

A State Normal School is as necessary a part of a system of public education as 
the primary or grammar school. The great want of the age is the want of good 
teachers. Nature furnishes some with special talents for teaching, a natural 
"aptness to teach," but professional training is essential to develop, educate and 
qualify nature's material for the highest efficiency. In Normal Schools 
experienced educators are employed in training the young in the art of 
teaching. The student teacher, living and moving for weeks and months among 
those who have taught and look upon teaching as a profession, acquires 
manners and habits peculiarly helpful in future work.

MEANS EMPLOYED TO TRAIN TEACHERS.

	These are: First.--Thorough study by the students. We expect them to study 
their lessons and to become familiar with hard study. They are taught that all 
education is and must be self-education.
	Second.--Careful and critical recitation under the direction of the teacher. 
We expect students to recite without assistance of the teachers. The teacher aims 
only to direct, encourage and stimulate the student.
	Third.--The study of teaching. This includes three distinct courses of study. 
The first embraces the object, means, and methods of teaching, the motives of the 
teacher, and the methods of organizing, conducting and governing schools. The second 
treats of the methods of teaching the various branches of study. The third relates to 
the study of the mental and moral powers, their nature and their culture.

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	Fourth.--Practice in the Model School. All who intend to graduate, and such 
other students as are prepared for it, practice teaching in the Model School. 
They compare their work with standards of good teaching, and receive advice 
and instruction from the Superintendent of the Model School, and the teachers 
of the Normal School

COURSE OF STUDY.

Preparatory Course. 
Class H. First Term. Geography, Penmanship, Grammar, Elements of Elocution, 
Arithmetic. 
Class G. Sec'd Term. Arithmetic (conc'd), Grammar (conc'd), *Physiology, 
*Elements of Physics, U.S. History.
Elementary Course.
First Year.
Class F. First Term. Civil Government, Physical Geography, Elocution, Botany, 
Algebra, Book-keeping (optional).
Class E. Sec'd Term. Drawing, English Literature (Amer. Authors), Algebra, 
*Elements of Psychology, *Methods, Latin.
Second Year.
Class D. First Term. Rhetoric, Geometry, Latin, Zoology, Music.
Class C. Sec'd Term. School Economy, History of Education, Teaching in Model 
School, Music.
NOTE.-Each of the above classes is reorganized at the beginning of the second 
Term. See programme.
Advanced Course. 
Third Year.
Class B. First Term. Physics, Psychology, General History, Latin, Solid Geometry. 
Sec'd Term. Chemistry, *Elocution, *General History, Latin, *Trigonometry, 
*Surveying, *Ethics.
Fourth Year.
Class A. First Term. Latin, Methods, Teaching in Model School, Astronomy, 
English Literature, Music. Sec'd Term. Institutes and Graded Schools, History of 
Education, Latin, Teaching in Model School, Geology, English Literature.
Etymology, Orthography, and Calisthenics are general exercises, and will 
continue during the whole course, or until satisfactory proficiency is attained.
Extra classes will be organized in Vocal Music as occasion may require. See 
programme on next page.
*Those studies marked with a star will continue ten weeks only, the others 
twenty weeks.

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PROGRAMME OF DAILY RECITATIONS, FIRST TERM.

Advanced Course.	
Hours. 
Class A. FOURTH YEAR.
8:25. Roll Call. 
8:40. Opening Exercises and Announcements.
9:00. Astronomy. 
9:40. Teaching.
10:20. Spelling Calisthenics and Rest. 
11:00. Teaching.
11:40. Methods.
12:20. Noon Lunch and Rest.
12:50. Music.
1:30. English Literature.
2:10. Cieeroe's Orations.
2:50. Dismission.
Class B. THIRD YEAR.
8:25. Roll Call.
8:40. Opening Exercises and Announcements.
9:00.
9:40. Psychology.
10:20. Spelling Calisthenics and Rest.
11:00.
11:40. Solid Geometry.
12:20. Noon Lunch and Rest.
12:50. Caesar.
1:30. General History.
2:10. Physics.
2:50. Dismission.
Elementary Course.
Class C. SECOND YEAR.
8:25. Roll Call.
8:40. Opening Exercises and Announcements.
9:00-11:40. The Elementary Graduating Class will observe and teach in the 
Model School.
12:20. Noon Lunch and Rest.
12:50. School Economy.
1:30. Music.
2:10. History of Education.
2:50. Dismission.
Class D. 
8:25. Roll Call.
8:40. Opening Exercises and Announcements.
9:00. Beginners Latin concluded.
9:40. Geometry.
10:20. Spelling Calisthenics and Rest.
11:00. Music.
11:40. Rhetoric.
12:20. Noon Lunch and Rest.
12:50. Zoology.
1:30. Physics.
2:10.
2:50. Dismission.
Class E. FIRST YEAR.
8:25. Roll Call.
8:40. Opening Exercises and Announcements. 
9:00.
9:40. Eng. Literature Am. Authors.
10:20. Spelling Calisthenics and Rest.
11:00. Algebra.
11:40. Drawing.
12:20. Noon Lunch and Rest. 
12:50. El. Of Psychol. Methods.
1:30. Beginner's Latin.
2:10. 
2:50. Dismission.
Class F. FIRST YEAR.
8:25. Roll Call.
8:40. Opening Exercises and Announcements. 
9:00. Elocution.
9:40. Book-keeping (Optional).
10:20. Spelling Calisthenics and Rest.
11:00. Physical Geography.
11:40. Civil Government.
12:20. Noon Lunch and Rest.
12:50. Algebra.
1:30. 
2:10. Botany.
2:50. Dismission.
Preparatory Course.
Class G. 
8:25. Roll Call.
8:40. Opening Exercises and Announcements.
9:00. Physiology.
9:40.
10:20. Spelling Calisthenics and Rest.
11:00. Grammar.
11:40. Arithmetic.
12:20. Noon Lunch and Rest.
12:50.
1:30. U.S. History.
2:10. 
2:50. Dismission.
Class H.
8:25. Roll Call.
8:40. Opening Exercises and Announcements.
9:00. Grammar.
9:40. Geography.
10:20. Spelling Calisthenics and Rest.
11:00. Penmanship.
11:40. 
12:20. Noon Lunch and Rest.
12:50.
1:30. Arithmetic.
2:10. Elements of Elocution.
2:50. Dismission.

NOTE.--No student will be permitted to take more studies in any class, than are 
allowed according to the programme, except by permission of the Faculty. Extra 
classes in vocal music will be organized as occasion may require.

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PROGRAMME OF DAILY RECITATIONS, SECOND TERM.

Advanced Course.
HOURS.
CLASS A. FOURTH YEAR.		
8:25. Roll Call.
8:40. Opening Exercises and Announcements.
9:00. Teaching.
9:40. Geology.
10:20. Spelling Calisthenics and Rest.
11:00. Teaching.
11:40. History of Education.
12:20. Noon Lunch and Rest.
12:50. Institutes and Graded Schools.
1:30. English Literature.
2:10. Horace.
2:50. Dismission.
Class B. THIRD YEAR.
8:25. Roll Call.
8:40. Opening Exercises and Announcements.
9:00. Ethics. 
9:40. Trigonometry and Surveying.
10:20. Spelling Calisthenics and Rest.
11:00. 
11:40. General History, Elocution.
12:20. Noon Lunch and Rest.
12:50. Virgil.
1:30.
2:10. Chemistry.
2:50. Dismission.
Elementary Course.
Class C. SECOND YEAR.
8:25. Roll Call.
8:40. Opening Exercises and Announcements.
9:00-11:40. The Elementary Graduating Class will observe and teach in the 
Model School.
12:20. Noon Lunch and Rest.
12:50. School Economy.
1:30. Music.
2:10. History of Education.
2:50. Dismission.
Class D. SECOND YEAR.
8:25. Roll Call.
8:40. Opening Exercises and Announcements.
9:00. Rhetoric.
9:40. Geometry.
10:20. Spelling Calisthenics and Rest.
11:00. Music.
11:40. Beginner's Latin, concluded.
12:20. Noon Lunch and Rest.
12:50. 
1:30. El. Of Psychol. Methods.
2:10. Physics.
2:50. Dismission.
Class E. FIRST YEAR.
8:25. Roll Call.
8:40. Opening Exercises and Announcements.
9:00. Drawing.
9:40. Eng. Literature. Am. Authors.
10:20. Spelling Calisthenics and Rest.
11:00. Algebra.
11:40. 
12:20. Noon Lunch and Rest.
12:50. Zoology.
1:30. Beginner's Latin.
2:10.
2:50. Dismission.
Class F. FIRST YEAR.
8:25. Roll Call.
8:40. Opening Exercises and Announcements.
9:00. Civil Government.
9:40. Book-keeping (Optional.)
10:20. Spelling Calisthenics and Rest.
11:00. Physical Geography.
11:40. Algebra.
12:20. Noon Lunch and Rest.
12:50. Elocution.
1:30.
2:10. Botany.
2:50. Dismission.
Preparatory Course.
Class G.
8:25. Roll Call.
8:40. Opening Exercises and Announcements.
9:00. Arithmetic.
9:40.
10:20. Spelling Calisthenics and Rest.
11:00. Grammar.
11:40. Physiology.
12:20. Noon Lunch and Rest.
12:50.
1:30. U.S. History.
2:10.
2:50. Dismission.
Class H.
8:25. Roll Call.
8:40. Opening Exercises and Announcements.
9:00. 
9:40. Geography.
10:20. Spelling Calisthenics and Rest.
11:00. Penmanship.
11:40. Grammar.
12:20. Noon Lunch and Rest.
12:50.
1:30. Arithmetic.
2:10. Elements of Elocution.
2:50. Dismission.
NOTE.--No student will be permitted to take more studies in any class, than are 
allowed according to the programme, except by permission of the Faculty. Extra 
classes in vocal music will be organized as occasion may require.

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TO THE PUBLIC.

Aptness to teach is the first great requisite to success in the teacher. Normal 
schools may develop talent, but they cannot change or misplace those inborn 
elements of character that are incompatible with success as teachers. No 
medical school can transform an awkward man into a skillful surgeon, au 
uncouth, brutal man into a kind, sympathizing physician. It is the business of the 
Normal schools to acquaint its students with the best methods of teaching and 
discipline, to encourage wide culture and self-control, but to pretend to make 
expert teachers and disciplinarians of those to whom Nature has denied an 
aptitude for teaching and discipline, would be mere quackery. It is a matter of 
regret that such a caution seems necessary, but experience demonstrates that 
school-boards and others should be warned against those who attend the 
Normal schools long enough only to be enrolled on our records in order to pass 
themselves off as Normal teachers. We disclaim responsibility for the work of 
persons who do not attend the school long enough to attain a respectable 
proficiency in their studies and in professional training. Even in the case of those 
who, having finished the prescribed course of studies, receive the certificate or 
diploma of the school, we cannot always guarantee real ability or immediate 
success. We bespeak the same fairness and liberality of treatment at the hands 
of the public that are accorded other professional schools.

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VOCAL MUSIC.

As may be seen from the course of study, Vocal Music has relatively a large 
place in the curriculum of the school, and not only is it recommended, but 
required, that all graduates have sufficient knowledge of the elements of the 
subject, and the Theory and Practice of teaching it, to enable, them to teach the 
same successfully in the Public Schools of the State.

The importance given to this subject is only proportionate to its real value. Not 
only does singing rank deservedly high among the arts, being second to none in 
the wide reach of its capacity to impart pleasure, but the training of the voice in 
the assiduous study and practice of vocal music does much to cultivate it with 
reference to other uses.

All human history goes to show that vocal music has always held a very high 
place in the appreciation of the race. This appreciation has not only not lost its 
strength, but has grown stronger with the growth of civilization. It is not 
contemplated that thorough training of the voice can be given in the Normal 
Course, but it is hoped that students will both form a taste for Vocal Music, and 
become thoroughly grounded in the elements, and be able to teach it both in 
theory and practice.

It is, also, believed that assiduous practice with reference to controlling and 
modulating, the voice will be found highly beneficial in speaking as well as in 
conversation, and will be a substantial aid to the student in mastering the art of 
elocution.

INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC.

Although Instrumental Music forms no part of the regular curriculum of the 
school, opportunities are offered for the study of Piano, Organ and Voice 
Culture under the best instructors at moderate cost.

MODEL AND TRAINING SCHOOL.

The Model Department was established November 13, 1882, in order that there 
might be a school, in connection with the Normal School, exhibiting the best 
methods of classification, teaching and discipline, which the students, could visit 
and observe, take part in as instructors, and put in practice the methods they 
have studied. Continued experience with the Model School adds to the 
appreciation of it as a feature of the Normal School. It is found, by both teachers 
and students of the Normal School, that it serves, to the fullest, the purpose for 
which it was designed.

In all other callings and professions, it has always been held that practice was 
not in anywise less important than a thorough understanding of the theory, in 
order to be master of them. Indeed, in many callings, especially in the mechanic 
arts, practice has customarily been elevated to a prominence so far above 
theory, that it has been held that to serve an apprenticeship in the practice was 
sufficient training.

In the learned professions such a relation could not, in the nature of the case, 
be sustained between theory and practice; but yet the serving of an 
apprenticeship in the actual practice of every learned profession, in connection 
with study, has come to be more and more regarded as an absolutely 
indispensable part of the necessary training.

The moot court of the lawyer and the clinic of the physician, are neither of more 
vital importance to those professions than the School of Practice to the Normal 
student; yet the school of medicine or of law that undertook to turn out 
students thoroughly equipped for practice in actual business in its calling 
without having supplied this means of learning from

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example as well as precept, of combining theory with practice, would fail utterly 
of patronage.

In the School of Practice or Model School, the members of the graduating 
classes are required to teach under the careful criticism of experienced 
teachers, and no one is graduated or licensed to teach in the schools of the 
State who does not satisfactorily stand this practical test of fitness for the work.
It is intended that the course of study in the different classes in the school shall 
furnish the means of practical illustration of the methods of teaching which 
should be familiar to every true teacher, whether filling a position in a Primary, 
Intermediate, or High School.

The influence of such a school on the minds of students about to go out as 
teachers, is certainly very great, and none can fail to see that an opportunity for 
improvement in the art of teaching is offered, such as is furnished by no other 
instrumentality.

Indeed, increased experience with the Model School has so fully demonstrated 
its value that, as far as possible, it will hereafter be made even more prominent 
than it has been, as a factor in the creation of teachers. Certainly, no less 
practice in the teaching of this school will hereafter be exacted of those about 
to graduate, but, if feasible, and found advisable even more. The greater the 
experience of Normal teachers, the more they discover that it is at least as easy, 
if not easier, to instruct students in the subjects they will teach, than to teach 
them in the art of teaching.

Mere listening to recitations, correcting exercises, and appointing lessons, are 
no longer looked upon as the only duties of a teacher. Education viewed in its 
true light, of leading the mind out, of training the intellectual powers to correct 
habits of thought and study, as well as the proper control and training of pupils 
in morals and deportment, are now, in the broader view of the subject, 
regarded as the equally important functions of the skilled teacher. It is not 
within the power of the Normal teacher to give a correct understanding of these 
subjects through mere theoretical teaching of them. The example is of greater 
weight than the precept.

The student teachers are, therefore, under the observation and criticism, while 
in practice, of the principal of the Model School, or some other member of the 
Faculty. A regular system of grading daily the classes under the charge of the 
student teachers is required of them, In order to insure efficiency in general 
discipline, and discretion in the use of incentives to study and deportment.

Each day a meeting of the student teachers is held by the Principal of the Model 
School, when the criticisms of the day are read and profitably discussed, 
practical methods illustrated, and the work for the next day arranged.

LOCAL SCHOOL.

The School of Practice, or Training School, is necessarily a local school, as it is 
composed almost entirely of small children. It was not established for the 
convenience of Kirksville, whose school taxes have in no wise been affected 
thereby, but because it is just as necessary an instrument of a Normal School as 
a library, laboratory or gymnasium. Those who-enjoy the advantages of this 
school, both as pupils and teachers, pay for them.

Such is, and has been up to the present time, the fact with reference to the 
Model School. But if it is the fact, and it cannot be gainsaid, in the light of 
continued experience, that this School of Practice is as indispensable to the 
successful carrying out of the intent of the Normal School, as any other feature 
of it, then the existence of the Model School should certainly not be left to the 
precarious means by which it has thus far stood.

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It is incontrovertibly established that the practice afforded in this school is as 
necessary to the prospective teacher, as the knowledge of the subjects he will teach. 
Then it should he as incumbent upon the State to furnish the means for supplying the 
school of practice, as that of instruction and theory.

In order, then, that the Model School may be able to offer at least equal advantages 
with those of the public schools; and in order that the work of the Normal School may, 
in no sense, be in vain, but be a harmonious whole; that the generous appropriation now 
made for its support may be most thoroughly efficient for its noble purpose, the Model 
School should be made entirely free, and the whole cost of its maintenance borne by the 
State. The cost is altogether insignificant in comparison with the value of results 
attained.

CRITICISM LESSONS.

Several times a week, classes from the Model School are taught by members of the Method 
classes of the Normal, in the presence of the class, the Principal of the Model 
Department, and other members of the Faculty.

This exercise is, as far as possible, a sample of the ordinary recitation, or if 
allowed to differ from that, it is in order to illustrate more fully some principle 
or method considered important. At the close of the lesson the class dismissed, 
and the method and manner of the teacher are fully and freely discussed by all 
present, faults pointed out and improvements suggested. In these discussions many 
principles are set forth and illustrated, and thus fixed in the minds of the 
students.

If objections arise in the minds of any, they have an opportunity to present 
them, and if unfounded, they are satisfactorily answered, so that everything 
proposed is tried by the most natural tests. 

It will be seen that in these exercises and discussions the advantages of both 
theory and practice are combined in a most desirable and efficient manner, and 
the general principles are better appreciated and remembered.

As the purpose of the Normal School is to prepare teachers for their work, and 
as "no teaching can be effectual that is not supplanted by training," it is 
required of students that they avail themselves of this opportunity for strictly 
professional work.

DIRECTIONS TO STUDENT TEACHERS IN THE MODEL SCHOOL.
A. Require and secure-
1--Good conduct in class room.
2--Quiet and orderly movements in passing to and from class room.
3--Erect position of pupils.
4--Promptness and accuracy.
5--Neatness of blackboard work.
B. 1--Make a careful preparation for each lesson, including both matter and 
method of the recitation.
2--Stand before the class.
3--Request rather than command. 
4--Ask definite questions and give positive directions.	
5--Show pupils how to study and how to recite.
6--Be energetic, thorough, firm, clear and efficient.

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C. CAUTIONS--Guard against much talking, dependence on the text-book, 
scolding and fault-finding.
D. Strive to secure--
1--Thorough study, clear recitation, a lively interest, close attention, rapid 
progress.
2--Use visible illustrations and illustrative objects as much as you can with 
profit.
3--Keep the recitation room in good order.
READING.
1--Require pupils to sit and stand erect.
2--Have a short preliminary drill in vocal sounds, phonetic spelling, exercise in 
articulation, pitch, force and rate.
3--Give frequent examples of good reading.
4--Require pupils to understand both the meaning of the words and the 
thought of the reading lesson.
5--Require pupils to read naturally and with pure tone.
6--Have variety in manner and method.
7--Let the pupils bring choice extracts from books, papers and magazines, and 
read them in class.
SPELLING.
1--Use the written spelling method.
2--Pronounce each word distinctly and but once.
3--Require the writing to be neat and plain.
4--Have missed words re-written at each lesson.
5--Review misspelled words daily.
6--Keep a list of missed words and use them at reviews.
GEOGRAPHY.
1--Have a map before the class.
2--Have the pupils draw maps on the board.
3--Have the lesson written on the board by parts of the class.
4--Have the lesson recited by topics, and without questions.
5--Use the globe, objects, and pictures for illustrations.
6--Drill upon the pronunciation and spelling of the difficult names.
ARITHMETIC.
1--Have much blackboard work.	
2--Aim at accuracy and neatness first, rapidity next.
3--Aim to secure intense mental action.
4--Give original examples as tests.
5--Require definite and logical explanations and analyses.
6--Let pupils acquire ability to perform the operation before drilling on rules 
and explanations.

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GRAMMAR.
1 - Have all the definitions illustrated by original examples.
2 - Keep the blackboards in use.
3 - Dwell on new points until well understood.
4 - Practice writing sentences, abstracts, correspondence, etc.
5 - Dwell on common errors.

HISTORY OF NORMAL SCHOOLS.
The first State Normal School of which we have any accurate account, was 
founded in 1681, by the Abbe de la Salle, canon of the Cathedral at Rheims.
In 1687, Francke, one of Germany's most illustrious educators; established a 
teachers' class, composed of poor students, who paid for their tuition by 
assisting him in his work of instruction. In 1704 he selected from this class 
twelve teachers, who were trained by him for two years, and who exhibited 
such an aptness to teach that the school, through him, became famous, 
hundreds coming to it to study his improved methods.

Hecker, a pupil of Francke, established a training school at Stettin, in 1735, and 
another at Berlin, in 1748. Frederick the Great, under whose patronage he 
worked, established a special training of teachers thus laying the foundation of a 
thorough professional training as indispensable to the teacher, as the hospital 
to the inexperienced physician.

Gradually the system spread over the greater part of Europe, and since 1843, 
has been introduced into the remaining countries of Europe, into North and 
South America, into British India, and Japan. The number reported in 1875 is as 
follows: Italy, 115; Prussia, 101; other German States, 73; England, 41; Belgium, 
33; Switzerland, 32; British India, 104, and the rest in proportion.
 
NORMAL SCHOOLS IN THE UNITED STATES
Massachusetts established the first Normal School in the United States, the 
Prussian system having been made familiar to the people of New England, by 
Rev. Charles Brooks, who had become so deeply interested in the system that 
he resolved to investigate it for himself, and went to Europe for that purpose.
After his return he spent several years endeavoring to disseminate his ideas 
concerning the importance of Normal Schools, and succeeded in enlisting in the 
cause many able men, among whom were Horace Mann, John Quincy Adams 
and Daniel Webster. Finally the legislature of Massachusetts established a State 
Board of Education, with Horace Mann as Secretary, and made an appropriation 
to establish two Normal Schools.

In 1834, the Public School Society, of the City of New York, founded a Saturday 
Normal School, but this was only a High School in which the elementary 
branches were taught.

In 1833, a Normal School of a private character was opened by B. S. Hall, but it 
was not until 1839 that the first Normal School was established in Lexington, 
Mass., under the principalship of Cyrus Pierce.

Since 1840, these schools have been growing in number and influence, until at 
the present time there are one hundred and fifty-six, of which Pennsylvania has 
12; Ohio 12; Missouri, 5; Illinois, 8; Massachusetts, 7; Tennessee, 7; Kew York, 9; 
West Virginia, 9; and Wisconsin, 5. They employ one thousand two hundred and 
twenty-seven instructors, and enroll thirty-nine thousand six hundred and sixty-
nine students.

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NOTE.--The above statistics are probably not strictly accurate, as they have not 
been revised for several years, but they are at least proximately correct and 
serve to show the growth and development of the Normal School idea in the 
United States and to convince all that these schools are a permanent feature of 
our public school system.

HISTORY OF THE STATE NORMAL SCHOOL.

FIRST DISTRICT, KIRKSVILLE, MO.

In 1870 the Legislature made provisions for two State Normal Schools, one to be 
located north and the other south of the Missouri River. The school for the First 
Normal District was located at Kirksville and opened as a state institution 
January 2, 1871.
Adair county voted $100,000 to secure the location of the school, with the 
understanding that the state would defray all other expenses and keep the 
school in running order. The Legislature has made annual appropriations for the 
support of the school, in amounts ranging from $5,000 the first year to $12,500 
at the present time.
To the energy and enthusiasm of Prof. J. Baldwin, the first President of the 
school, now of Sam Houston Normal School, Huntsville, Texas, more than to any 
other person, is due the credit of the establishment of the State Normal School 
of the First District at Kirksville. He, assisted by Prof. W. P. Nason, Supt. J. M. 
Greenwood, of Kansas City, and others, had conducted with decided success a 
private Normal School at Kirksville, for three and one-half years prior to the 
legislature providing for the State Normals, and such was the reputation that it 
had acquired during the time, that the authorities adopted it as the State 
Normal School for the district without change in the faculty or course of study. 
Not only is the credit of locating the school, in probably the most accessible 
place for the greatest number of people in North Missouri, due to Prof. Baldwin, 
but his zeal and enthusiasm in the cause of education gave an impulse to our 
public schools which will be felt in the state long after he has filled an honored 
grave.	

MISCELLANEOUS.

DISCIPLINE.

First.--A Normal School is in a high sense a model school. Here the art of school 
management is embodied in practice and taught by example as well as by 
theory.
Second.--Our students are to be teachers. Each one is expected to act as he will 
wish his pupils to act. Conduct is viewed from the conduct of both teacher and 
pupil.
Third.-The true principle of school government that authority is vested in the 
faculty and not in the pupil--will be strictly adhered to. 
Fourth--Students found to be disorderly, indolent or inattentive to duty will be 
peremptorily dismissed. Such students are not the material out of which to 
make teachers.

MEDALS.

REGENTS' PRIZE MEDAL.--For the delivery of the best original oration, the Local 
Board of Regents award a $20 gold medal. Contestants confined to the three 
and four years' classes are to be elected by the Literary Societies, subject to the 
approval of the faculty. The number of contestants is determined by the faculty.
WM. T. BAIRD PRIZE MEDAL For the best declamation, Mr. Wm. T. Baird, 
Treasurer
of the Board of Regents, annually awards a fifteen dollar gold medal. 
Contestants confined

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to the young ladies of the school, and to be selected by the Literary Societies, 
subject to the approval of the faculty. The number of contestants is determined 
by the faculty.
THE LIBRARY PRIZE MEDAL.-The Faculty will award a fifteen dollar gold medal 
for the best declamation given by a young man of the school. The method of 
selecting the contestants and the time for holding the contest will be 
determined by the faculty. The medal will be paid for out of the library fund.

MORAL INFLUENCE.
Most of the Protestant denominations of the West are represented here. Their 
Sunday Schools and Churches extend a cordial welcome to the students. The 
students board in the families of our best citizens.

LIBRARIES..
Three Libraries have been begun and are in process of accumulation.
1. A general library which contains a considerable number of standard works, of 
science, poetry, biography, fiction, general literature and history. Several 
hundred volumes will be added to the library during the year. These books will 
be purchased mainly with money raised by the efforts of members of the faculty 
and the students in giving entertainments, etc.
2. A reference library in which are kept various kinds of reports, encyclopedias, 
dictionaries, and text-books. To this library have been added recently a set of 
Encyclopedia Britannica, Chambers' Encyclopedia of English Literature, 
Duychink's Cyclopedia of American Literature, Appleton's Cyclopedia of 
American Biography, and a number of other valuable books of reference.
3. A professional library is kept in the President's room, and is designed to 
contain such books and reports as may aid teachers in their profession. These 
libraries are free to all students, and, though small, are found to be valuable 
helps. No efforts will be spared to increase these libraries until they shall reach a 
magnitude commensurate with the needs of the school.

READING ROOM.
In addition to the above mentioned libraries, many of the the leading current 
publications, monthlies, weeklies, and dailies may be read by the students.

COURSE OF READING.
Systematic reading is more profitable than desultory. What books a student 
reads is as important as what branches he studies. There is a proper order to be 
observed in reading. Unless directed by a person of more experience than 
himself, a student must waste much time in learning what to read and when to 
read it. Nothing is of more importance to the teacher than the habit of regular 
reading.
The following course is prescribed as suited to the respective classes, and 
selected with a view to form a correct taste and give acquaintance with a few of 
the best authors:

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A.
Undine. Fouque
The Ancient Mariner. Coleridge
Life of Oliver Cromwell. Lamartine
Tom Brown at Oxford. Hughes
Student's Gibbon. Liddle
David Copperfield. Dickens
Life of Macaulay. Trevelyan
Marmion. Scott
My School and School Masters. Miller

B.
Life of Joan of Arc. Michelet
Short History of the English People. Green
The Newcombs. Thackeray
Rasselas. Johnson
Life of Goldsmith. Irving
French Revolutisn. Carlyle
Shirly. Bronte
King Lear. Shakespeare
The Chinese. Martin

C.
Conquest of Mexico. Prescott
A Fair God. Wallace
Our Old Home. Hawthorne
Conquest of Grenada. Irving
Venetian Days. Howells

D.
Ivanhoe. Scott
Lady of the Lake. Scott
Evangeline. Longfellow
Scarlet Letter. Hawthorne

E.
Life of Columbus. Irving
Views Afloat. Taylor
Life of Hannibal. Arnold
Sketch Book. Irving

F.
Life of Benjamin Franklin
Tom Brown at Rugby. Hughes
Vicar of Wakefield. Goldsmith

These books will be placed in the Library for the convenience of those who may 
desire to pursue the course.

For the teacher, more than any one else, the habit of reading, if practiced 
discriminatingly, is of the very greatest importance. In a large measure, the 
calling is such as to isolate one from free intercourse with his fellows. There is 
great danger of falling into ruts and narrow views and habits of thought. 
Reading the proper kinds of books and discussing them, does much to 
counteract this and take the place of personal associations.

The lives of great men are fruitful of suggestions to the thoughtful reader, and 
are, therefore, among the most profitable subjects for reading. An intimate 
acquaintance with the classics is of the utmost importance in the formation of a 
correct style, without which any teacher will be ill prepared to teach that 
fundamental, and all important study, our mother tongue. In order that a sound 
and well grounded taste for reading may be inculcated in the prospective 
teachers, while in the formative process, there will be offered the following

PRIZE.
A prize of fifteen dollars, offered by the President and Secretary of the school, 
will be awarded, at the close of the school, to the student presenting the best 
set of notes on the course of reading prescribed for his class.

LITERARY SOCIETIES.
There are connected with the school three literary societies. In these societies 
literary exercises, consisting of readings, declamations, essays, orations, 
debates, etc., are held weekly. The membership of these societies consists of 
the more advanced pupils of the school.

Students not belonging to any of the societies are organized into rhetorical 
classes, which are under the immediate supervision of members of the Faculty. 
The exercises of these classes are similar to those of the societies. The societies 
are under the supervision

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and control of the Faculty. The work of the societies and rhetorical classes is a 
part of the regular school duties.

It will be observed that these societies differ from the ordinary literary societies 
of colleges in that they are under the control of the Faculty and their work 
constitutes a part of the regular exercises of the school. This arrangement is 
adopted because it is believed that the training to be obtained thereby is of the 
deepest importance to the student. While the occasions may not be numerous 
on which it may devolve upon the teacher of a common school to make public 
addresses, still there will always be some, and the ability with which lie acquits 
himself will be a matter of importance to himself and to his school.

But aside from public speaking, the ability to express one's self aptly and 
impressively is an accomplishment, without which no teacher can conduct his 
duties in his school with the greatest efficiency. For the sake, therefore, of being 
able to conduct the business of teaching with the best results, as well as to offer 
to their pupils an example worthy of imitation, the Normal students should avail 
themselves to the fullest extent of the opportunities offered in these societies 
for acquiring the habit of speaking creditably. Neither the opportunity nor the 
conditions will probably ever again be so favorable for cultivating this art.

RECOMMENDATIONS.
A certificate of attendance and standing of any student will be sent on 
application of any school officer; but members of the Faculty are requested not 
to sign any recommendation, except upon application of school officers or other 
persons desiring teachers. Certificates and diplomas are the best 
recommendations.

SCHOOL OFFICERS.
We invite school officers and all friends of public instruction to assist us by 
advising those who are earnestly striving to make themselves good teachers, to 
enter some of the classes of the school. It may, however, in all kindness, be 
suggested that none be recommended who are not physically, mentally and 
morally fitted to become teachers of the public schools. A cordial invitation is 
extended to the teachers of the public schools of the State to spend as much of 
their time with us as they can use pleasantly and profitably. They will be 
welcome for a day, a week or a year.

LOCATION.
The location is very desirable. Kirksville is proverbial for good health. Railroad 
facilities are all that could be desired. The Wabash Western Railroad, with its 
numerous connections, the Quincy, Omaha & Kansas City Railroad, crossing at 
this place and connecting at Trenton, Mo., with the Chicago, Rock Island & 
Pacific, at Galt with the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, at Milan with the 
Chicago, Burlington & Kansas City, and at West Quincy with the St. Louis Keokuk 
& Northwestern, and the Santa Fe extension from Kansas City to Chicago, 
recently completed, crossing the Wabash Western at LaPlata, only a few miles 
south of Kirksville, render the school easy of access from every county in the 
district. Situated 200 miles northwest of St. Louis, the institution is accessible to 
a large and promising territory that is rapidly growing in population, and in all of 
the elements of thrift. Kirksville contains about 4,500 inhabitants, intelligent, 
moral and enterprising, and is growing rapidly. The citizens feel proud of the 
Normal and do all in their power to sustain it.

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BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS.
The building was completed for use January 15, 1878, and was dedicated on the 
13th of February following. The original cost of the building, grounds, furniture, 
apparatus and library was $150,000.

The building is 180 feet in length and 90 feet in width, with four working stories, 
embracing forty-two rooms. The exterior is imposing and the interior 
conveniently and compactly arranged. It is heated by steam and lighted by 
electricity.
All movements of the school are regulated by electric bells rung by a 
programme clock.

The Committee, consisting of Hon. Jno. C. Pierson, of Monroe Co., Hon. W. E. 
Perkinson, of Chariton Co., and Hon. Grover M. Lane, of St. Louis Co., appointed 
by Gov. Francis to visit the public institutions of the State and report to the 36th 
Gen'l Assembly, their condition, etc., have the following to say of the school:

"This school is in better condition than ever before in its history, both as to 
attendance and the condition of the building and grounds. During the last 
vacation, the building was thoroughly repaired and painted inside and out, 
inside shutters were placed at all the windows, a chemical and a physical 
laboratory were fitted up, new fences built and a new pavement laid in front of 
the property."

The campus, embracing fifteen acres, is tastefully adorned with evergreens, 
shrubbery and shade trees. The entire surroundings are designed to illustrate to 
the students the desirable adornments of every school house.

The work of ornamentation is due to the voluntary contributions of money and 
labor by the Faculty and students, and generous donations of other friends. 
Prof. M. G. Kern, a well-known land-scape gardner, now in the employ of the 
U.S. Government, and engaged in the work of beautifying and improving the 
grounds of public institutions, recently visited the Normal, and after carefully 
inspecting the grounds, made a design showing needed improvements in the 
campus, for the carrying out of which it is hoped that the State will provide the 
requisite means.

TO OUR STUDENTS.

We earnestly desire to keep a record of your work and know your whereabouts. 
By writing a brief account of your school work during the year--how you have 
succeeded and what your prospects are for advancement, etc.,--and sending it 
the first of May, you will enable us to compile and publish statistics of interest 
to the public, and great value to the school, and at the same time render it 
possible for us to put you in correspondence with school officers making 
inquiries for teachers. For several years we have not been able to supply the 
constantly increasing demand for competent teachers. Notify us in every 
instance when you change your address. Address the President of the school.

SELECTED EXTRACTS ON EDUCATION AND SCHOOLS.

PREPARATION NECESSARY FOR TEACHING.

Thorough work in any calling requires thorough preparation. No one thinks of 
doing any thing remarkably well without giving that thing unusual attention. 
Whenever any one distinguishes himself by a brilliant performance, it is proof 
positive of extra labor in preparation.

It is a fixed law of nature, that cause and effect bear to each other a constant 
ratio.

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Success is the result of preparation. It is measured by the degree of preparation. 
In other callings this well-known truth is never questioned. No one dreams of 
success at law or in medicine without long and careful preparation. Why should 
teachers succeed without it? A teacher works upon children. A child is a 
complex being--part animal, part intellectual, part spiritual. The laws of its 
being, growth and development are difficult to understand and more difficult to 
apply. He deals with children, not singly, but in masses. At school children 
influence each other. They are more impulsive, more wayward, less subject to 
reason and right. To train a child is a task so difficult that poets, priests, 
prophets, sages, kings and philosophers have failed, even with their own 
children.

To train a room full--to furnish the right mental and moral food and medicine--
and to have it taken at the right time and in the proper manner and quantities, 
is the most difficult problem in the world. No natural gifts are sufficient for the 
work. Every teacher should study the nature of the child, the nature of the 
mind, the laws of its action, impulses, emotions; should learn to know its 
weakness and its strength.

In the work of teaching, no one has ever succeeded, and no one ever will 
succeed, without thorough preparation.

LESSONS.

The proper work of the Normal School is to develop the mind, give a clear 
comprehension of the theory of education, and teach the application of the 
theory in practice.

A Normal student should differ from other students in his conduct, in his study 
and in his recitation. Preparing to become a teacher and a leader, he should in 
conduct be manly, frank, energetic, self-reliant, having a high standard of 
thinking and action.

In study he should aim to master the subject from a teacher's standpoint, 
seeking to know the subject in all its relations, and in recitation he should try to 
recite so that the subject may be clear to others, rather than show it is clear to 
himself.
Obedience to known truth is the King's highway to that which is still beyond us.

The firm resolve to do our duty, regardless of feeling, is the surest way to beget 
and foster right feeling.
It is a very good thing to be great, but a greater thing to be good.

The secret of success consists in knowing what to do and how to do it, and then 
doing it when it should be done and as it should be done.

The wisest man may be wiser to-morrow than he is to-day.

Every man is his own worst antagonist.

The most valuable quality in education is accuracy.

No opposition can baffle the persistent man.

Youth must work in order to enjoy.

The complete mastery of one subject is better than a superficial knowledge of 
many.

The great difference in men consists in this: Some think; others do not.

The spirit of self help is the root of all genuine growth in the individual.

More persons are made good by exercise than by nature.

ILLUSIONS AND DELUSIONS.

To think:--	
That looking on the printed page is study.
That seclusion and absolute quiet are essential to study.

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That a good excuse is equivalent to a good lesson.
That knowledge is an education.
That we can make up wasted time.
That we can learn without study.
That you can do wrong and not be found out.
That the fickle succeed. 
That evil company will not harm me.
That happiness comes from our surroundings.
That I am a student because I have my name on a school register.
That because I sometimes attend social parties at home I should do the same at 
school.
That one can succeed in life without hard discipline in youth.
That telling is teaching.
That hearing is learning.
That intending to do a thing is as good as doing.
That he who speaks to us of our errors is our enemy.
That the more we pull another down, the higher we rise ourselves.
That second-rate work will receive first-class pay.
That it is right for me to do what I think it wrong for others to do.
That wrong is right if many are engaged in it.
That the idle are happy.

WHAT A STUDENT SHOULD BRING WITH HIM TO THE NORMAL SCHOOL.
1. A teachable spirit.
2. A determination to work.	
3. A disposition to throw his influence in favor of good order.
4. A native talent for teaching.
5. Love for study and instruction.
6. Good health, cheerful spirits, and a good character.
7. A fair knowledge of the common school studies.
In addition to the above he should take away with him:
1. Improved methods of study.
2. Quickness and accuracy of perception.
3. A taste for good reading and skill in selecting it.
4. A knowledge of the principles of education.
5. Aptness in teaching.
6. Skill in managing. 
7. Thorough acquaintance with the studies pursued in the Normal School.
8. A determination to grow in knowledge.
9. A fixed resolution to engage heartily in the work of teaching.
10. A small library of professional books, and a purpose to make it larger.

COUNSEL TO THOSE WHO HAVE DECIDED TO ATTEND OUR SCHOOL.
Arrange your plans to begin with the session, and be found in the assembly 
room the first morning of the term.

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Come with the determination of giving yourself wholly to school work. Expect to 
meet trials, difficulties and discouragements here, but prepare to meet them 
with firmness and resolution, and they will soon disappear. Remember that your 
progress will depend upon yourself, and that there is no more a royal road to 
learning here than there is elsewhere.

The chief advantage of our school is a high standard of conduct, study and 
recitation, a strong incentive to earnest and faithful work, resulting from many 
and diligent associates, and the encouragement of kind and faithful teachers. 
Come prepared to share in the work and in the rewards of study, and determine 
to do all that good students should do.

Do not think you can learn everything in one term. The best results come from 
pursuing a few studies thoroughly. While you cannot learn everything in a single 
term, there are four things we wish you to learn, even while you are pursuing 
other studies, and these we wish you to learn the first term. They are the 
lessons of attention, of concentration, how to study and how to recite.

KIND OF STUDENTS WANTED.

Our work is special. We do not offer a general, academic, college, preparatory 
or seminary education. We devote our whole time and energy to the training of 
teachers and all our appliances have been gathered that we might offer better 
advantages to teachers. We invite all those who want to learn to teach, and 
those only. We want those who have good ability, good habits and good 
purposes. We offer such our best help and encouragement. We can assist them 
greatly. When qualified to do good work as teachers we can help them to 
positions.

IMPORTANT TO STUDENTS.

All students should be present on Monday preceding the opening of the term, 
so that the organization may be speedily effected and the work of the school 
promptly begun on Tuesday. New students must be present Monday preceding 
for examination and classification. Those holding teachers' certificates will be 
excused from the entrance examination.

Boarding costs from $2.50 to $3.00 per week. This includes furnished rooms, 
lights and fuel. Good homes in private families can always be secured at the 
above rates.

Club boarding costs from $1.50 to $2.00 per week. Many of our best students 
board in small clubs.

TUITION.--Incidental fee for half term, ten weeks, $5.00; for full term of twenty 
weeks, $8.00. No other fee whatever is required by the institution. The payment 
of the incidental fee to the treasurer secures for the student a permit, which he 
must have recorded by the secretary Of the school before entering any class. In 
no case will the incidental fee be refunded. A permit answers only for the half 
term or term for which it is purchased. It will be observed from an inspection of 
the courses of study and programme of recitations, that the work is arranged 
for two terms of twenty weeks each, but for the convenience of those who can 
only attend a short time, the tuition is made payable quarterly.

Persons often write to us, saying they are graduates of such and such a High 
School, Academy or College: "Will you accept my grades? Can I complete a 
certain course in a given time?" To all such questions we must answer: We will 
accept your grades if we find you are worthy of them. If your work in the class-
room makes it perfectly apparent

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that your scholarship and development correspond to the grades you present, 
we will accept them without further examination, otherwise we will give you an 
examination on the subjects in which there is any doubt of your proficiency. You 
will readily see that great care must be exercised in accepting grades. Again, in 
regard to the question so often asked, "Can I complete a certain course in a 
given time?" We answer:	We cannot tell; it depends entirely upon your 
present attainments, your ability and your industry. After examining our courses 
of study and the conditions of graduation as laid down in the catalogue, you can 
answer the question with more accuracy than we can.

Grades on professional subjects will not be accepted except from the State 
Normal Schools at Warrensburg, and Cape Girardeau, and from the Normal 
Department of the University of Missouri. These subjects must be pursued 
regularly in the classes, and examinations will not be given on them unless they 
are so studied.

Persons wishing to engage board in advance, should address Prof B. P. Gentry, 
Kirksville, Mo., stating the price per week they wish to pay, and all 
arrangements will be made.

Ladies coming alone will be met at the depot, and boarding places found for 
them, if they will send a postal card addressed to the President, or "State 
Normal School, Kirksville, Mo.," making this request.

Books, at from ten to twenty per cent off. New books needed can be purchased 
from dealers at these rates.

TERMS OF ADMISSION.--Fifteen is the minimum age of admission for ladies, 
and sixteen for gentlemen. The applicant must have a fair knowledge of 
Reading, Spelling, the use of Language, Descriptive Geography and Arithmetic. If 
a pupil desires to enter an advanced class, he must present satisfactory 
evidence of proficiency in the subjects of the course below the class he wishes 
to enter.

Our fifty daily recitations accommodate all. Students qualified for admission will 
find classes to suit them.

Students can enter at any time, but all are urged to enter at the beginning of the 
year, or as soon thereafter as possible. The middle of the year is a favorable 
time for entering.

COURSES OF STUDY!--We have two regular courses of study-a two and a four 
years' course--arranged with reference to thorough scholarship and the best 
professional training.

Catalogue containing full explanations will be sent to applicants by first mail.

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