Show i The iThe N Normal School Highly J. J Complimented lu Dr Deweys Dewey's Visit Here This Summer And Other News Concerning I the Normal School Dr John Dewey of the University of Chicago Chicag was a visitor at the University during during- the session of the summer school this year and after a careful inspection inspection inspection in in- of the normal school the distinguished distinguished distinguished dis dis- educator declared that in all his travels he be had bad never seen a State Normal School superior to this one in equipment and plan of operation and nd few so good He gave a warm approval approval approval ap ap- of the excellent facilities for practical a application of the best modern theories of education Dr Dewey was also pleased at the fine collection of construction work on exhibit done by training-school training pu pupils pils DOMESTIC DOl SCIENCE The beginning of courses in domestic domestic domestic do do- science in the normal school this year has aroused much interest and seems to have been welcome news to the parents of University students Sewing household economics and cooking will be taught not only to the norm normal l students but lessons in inthis inthis inthis this subject will be correlated in all the grades of the training school KINDERGARTEN DEPARTMENT The Kindergarten department of the normal school is becoming known locally as a sort of matrimonial bureau The young women students seem tc get such good training that they do donot donot donot not remain unmarried long enough to d do much teaching thus resulting inja gi 1 scar scarcity ity of kindergarten students arid and nd t teachers ac ers Seldom is there a visitor at the k kindergarten kin kindergarten kin kin- class whose wh-ose heart is not touched at seeing the ideal training of of the little tots in such an ideal environ environ- ment One fancies that it ought to tomake tomake tomake make them all presidents and presidents president's presidents president's presidents president's dents dent's wives DEPARTMENT SUPERVISORS The addition this year of a supervisor supervisor supervisor super super- visor of history and geography Mr George T. T Thorn from the Chicago Chica Chica- go University makes eight special supervisors for the normal and training training training train train- ing schools the others being masters masters' in manual training domestic science music art natu nature re study physical culture culture culture cul cul- ture and mathematics |