Show A NORMAL SCHOOL provo dec 80 1896 1895 in a recent article the was wa made that hat the brigham young academy was essen essentially tishy a normal tia talOK laing school fio bool many students ambitious to become letsome teacher having finished the eighth grade ut of the distri district cit so schools bools come to this excellent institution to learo lear 0 to teach without ay a y rt reflection upon system of our public a ole it can be truthfully said that a for part ot of those entering am aa first year are deficient in aoma branch or branches and extremely proficient in others their information usually lies liea along the lines of the natural bent of the character rattier rather than a harmonious round lug log out of all the then their schola scholastic sUo attainments are information and not formation for the abe most pan they are able to receive instruction bu but unable tunable to think properly they are not able to follow a through consecutively and to reason from what they know to what they wish to know the first seme semester or the greater part of it is spent in reviewing the import ant studies of the eighth grade viz normal reading grammar arithmetic with the addition of tb theology algebra geometry and domestic science the latter considers air water lood cleans lost IOK agents poisons poison and their antidotes etc as well as ae some other branch branches bo these studies are dwelt upon with special reference to riving giving thought and reasoning power dower the students are taught to lo econ economize mize time end thoroughly systematize their work which they must do it if they ever b become s successful teachers the second year the regular college course Is taken up theology C which includes loolu deB the old testament especially divine law the writings of 0 most moses hooes of solomon and david and the prophets ani an I their writings the his bis tory lory of the now new testament Ge genesis and the dower and of the gospe english C language study cournea in A B which includes thorough instruction in die diction tion with practice ori original giDal composition cum CK an position ot the narrative nara tive and descriptive olaes and also aleo articles art ioles for home waga magazines many of which have appeared in the juvenile instructor plain geometry is continued for twenty week gy A which includes the general relationship of mind ito to body the collection of facts and the deduction of principles the theory of teach teaching lug Is taken up in earnest this year it deals with educational cat ional alms alme definition of education outline history of education and the principles ot of education its as set forth by ancient anti and modern educators educato le by professors of pedagogy supplemented eup by research on the part of the stu lent comparison ot of the old methods with the new relationship of aduca ional factors actors such as the home the school the church the state persons whom education molt affects affect teachers pupils pat patroni roar school officers school mana management gemont including ino luding school organ izat loo the cho third and fourth years P norms ilg follow a general academic course on the lines indicated above and the be question Is in frequently asked by both stu onto and ana patrons how does tile the normal differ from the regul regulus tir academic course are the students taught lose less or morta mort 9 here is in the essential ement lal difference the academic student takes the the be same identical course but studies from the standpoint of utility mainly while the normal gets not only information but the principles oun oon necked with the teaching of ajl it lt if language to Is the study not only the science eLice of languages is in mastered but the psychology apsy and pedagogy of languages it if it to Is geology he not only oaly knows of geology but how to teach leach it to others mud and the general effect of such teaching on the character and development of the pupil be teaches bo while the academic student Is informed anti and gets his knowledge from the utility standpoint standpoints the normal student Is informed and can in turn tarn impart that information to others ELLEN JAIK an |