Draws or stops sympathy. Gives new view points. 6. "The Ugly Duckling," "David and Goliath," "Bird's Christmas Carol," "Alice in Wonderland," "The Golden Touch," "Seven Little Sisters." 7. The constancy of woman's devotion. 8. A great deal with a wise teacher, very little with an unwise one. "Dramatics" is a phase of reading work that has been recently introduced. It has the power to make for better oral reading, also the power to make the children self-conscious and artificial. 9. (a) The child who does the reading may grow to think too highly of his ability. He may make mistakes that are copied by others of the class. Rivalry among children is dangerous. (b) That she may be the example rather than some child in her class. 10. It is claimed that it makes for slow and laborious reading. SCIENCE OF EDUCATION. 1. Show how a knowledge of instincts may be of value to a teacher. 2. Make a list of the most essential subjects in the school course, and give reasons for your choice. 3. Describe what you consider the best method of supplying fresh air in the school room. 4. Illustrate the difference between the inductive and the deductive methods of teaching. 5. Discuss truancy as to its cause and cure. 6. Compare the fighting instinct in boys and girls. 7. How may a teacher develop self-respect, self-control and self-restraint in the pupil? 8. What provision has the state made for medical inspection in the schools? Primary Only. (Answer any four of the above and these two.) 9. Why is concrete teaching necessary in primary grades? 10. What should be the character of the language work in the first three grades? Why? Answers. It 1. This knowledge assists the teacher in dealing with the children personally. helps school discipline. 2. 1. English for good expression. 2. Geography and history for materials. 3. Mathematics for reasoning. 4. Spelling and writing for good form. 5. Science for love of nature. 3. The admission of cold air at the floor and its removal by ducts in the upper walls. 4. The inductive system leads from the particular items up to the general conclusion. The deductive starts with the definition and leads backward to the premise. 5. 1. Due to home influences. 2. Sometimes to a dull school. 3. The cure rests primarily with the parents. 6. The physical expression is stronger in boys than in girls. The latter are more open to envy and the indirect means of "evening up the score." 7. By always showing it herself. The example is the strongest teacher. 8. Very little as yet. Many cities in the state are aroused to the necessity of medical inspection of children. Our local health boards are more active now than for some years past. 9. It is the only rational appeal to small children. They cannot comprehend the ab stract. 10. Pure description of things their senses perceive. 1. Horace Mann was not an educational philosopher, but he was an educational statesman. He concerned himself with the means and methods of making educational ideals practical realities. It is to him that we are indebted for the American state school system as it exists, for the democratic character of the common school, and for the practical aspects of American education. 2. Comenius derived his aim from his philosophy of life and studied nature in order to discover a general method by which this aim could be reached. With him education must be universal, the schools graded, and the teachers trained. 3. "Pestalozzi conducted what was the first industrial school for the poor. The children were engaged in raising special farm products, in spinning and weaving of cotton and in other occupations. While so engaged they also spent some time in reading and in committing passages to memory and especially in arithmetical exercises. Pestalozzi demonstrated that the two kinds of activities could go on together." 4. Knowledge to be worth while must be applied. Action as an expression of impressions received is the desirable thing. To know without being able to apply is to be without power. 5. It is always advantageous to have worked out a definite plan for the lesson that is to be presented, but if such plan is slavishly followed during the recitation period it is likely to be disadvantageous in that it may not provide, adequately, for pupil initiative. 6. For example, the study of corn may serve to bring interest to the various arithmetical operations, reading, oral and written composition, geography, etc. 7. "(a) That children should from the moment of their birth be allowed complete freedom of movement; (b) that they should be educated through direct experience and not through books; (c) that they should be trained to use their hands and produce useful articles." 8. The lesson plan and the formal steps in teaching; rationalized and enriched courses of study: government by means of interest in the ideas of instruction, are among the things advocated by Herbart. which now find recognition in the schools. UNITED STATES HISTORY. 1. Upon what discoveries did England base its claims in the new world? 2. What were the effects of the culture of tobacco upon Virginia? 5. Give a brief account of the Louisiana Purchase. What were the results of this purchase? 6. What was the "Kansas-Nebraska Bill" and why did its passage arouse a bitter contest? 7. Who was President during the War of 1812? During the Mexican War? The War of the Rebellion? The SpanishAmerican War? 8. What is the "Civil Service Reform"? Answers. 1. Upon the voyages of the Cabots, Drake, Frobisher and Davis. 2. It gave the Virginians a profitable agricultural pursuit at the beginning of their history. 3. It was at first defensive, merely an effort to prevent French encroachments on English territory. The next step was to dislodge the French at Ft. Duquesne by sending over Braddock. The third and last step was to crush the French power in America. The work done by General was Quebec. Answers. or 1. A scale is named from its keynote, or first tone, and may be major, minor chromatic according to the plan upon which it is based. 2. Answer omitted because cut is required. 3. A key is named from the number of sharps or flats it contains. For examplethe signature of four sharps represents the key of E major, because the scale of E requires four sharps. 4. The titles of four national songs are as follows: "Star Spangled Banner." "God Save the King." 5. Two famous living composers of opera are Saint Saens, who wrote "Samson and Delilah" and Puccini who wrote "Madame Butterfly." 6. A cantata is a composition consisting of recitatives, arias, choruses, etc., written in a style less pretentious than than that of an oratorio. Wolfe at It may have a sacred or secular subject. An oratorio is a musical work upon a Biblical subject, containing solos, choruses, etc. The action is implied. 4. The capture of Vincennes by George Rogers Clark. 5. The work was accomplished by Jefferson through commissioners appointed expressly for that purpose. Of greatest significance to the future of the United States. 6. Senator Douglas brought forward a bill to provide for two Territories-Kansas and Nebraska-and for the repeal of the celebrated Missouri Compromise of 1820. claiming that it had been superseded by the principles of the legislation of 1850. The debate on this measure was spirited. It practically opened up the slave issue anew and helped to bring the final crisis. A sonata is a form of instrumental composition which, having several movements, affords a wide range for the thematic or lyric treatment of the composer. 7. The study of music in the public schools relieves the monotony of the ordinary routine of school work, arousing, through the individual co-operation which it demands, a feeling of unity and school spirit which can be obtained through no other subject. stimulates the powers of observation and reasoning and in the end is of direct value to the community because of the material it produces for the proper rendition of good music. It A 5. Show by illustration your first teaching of values in light and shade. 6. 7. What in your estimation is the value of teaching music in the Public Schools? 8. Define the terms tonality; legato; movement; phrase; andante; ledger lines. Make a drawing showing values of color expressed in values of black and white. Draw a group of fruits. Are you ambitious To be something more than a School Teacher? Dentistry is the least crowded of the professions. The demand for good dentists never ceases. Law and medicine require years of application after graduation before the practitioner gets substantial returns. In dentistry the returns come at once. You are master of your own time, your investment is not large, your life will be one of continual improvement. Information may be obtained by addressing the Indiana Dental College, Indianapolis, Ind. VALPARAISO UNIVERSITY (Accredited) VALPARAISO, INDIANA Thirty-Ninth Year Opened In 1873 the school had 3 Departments, 4 Instructors and an annual enrollment of 210 different students. Now there are 25 Departments 191 Instructors and an annual enrollment last year of 5521 DIFFERENT STUDENTS EXCELLENT EQUIPMENTS The reason for this remarkable growth is in the fact that the Institution is constantly increasing its facilities, strengthening its courses of study and offering additional advantages, without making the expense to the student any greater. DEPARTMENTS: Preparatory, Teachers', Kindergarten, Primary. Pedagogy, Manual Training, Scientific, Biology, Civil Engineering, Classical, Higher English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Elocution and Oratory. Music, Fine Art, Law, Pharmacy, Medical, Dental, Commercial Penmanship, Phonography and Typewriting, Review. THE DENTAL DEPARTMENTS recently acquired by the University is the wellknown Chicago College of Dental Surgery, one of the oldest and best equipped dental schools in the country, Dr. Truman W. Brophy, Dean, Chicago, Illinois. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT The course of study in the Medical Department is the same as that of the best medical schools. The University owns its college and hospital buildings both in Chicago and Valparaiso. Two years of the work may be done in Valparaiso, thus reducing the expenses, or the entire four years may be done in Chicago. THE NEW MUSIC HALL enables the school now to accommodate all who wish work in music. CIVIL ENGINEERING The Revised Course in Civil Engineering is proving a most valuable acquisition. No extra charge. The expenses are made so low that any one can meet them. Tuition, $18 per quarter of 12 weeks. Hoard and furnished room. $1 70 to $2.75 per week. Catalog mailed free. Address, H. B. BROWN, President. or O. P. KINSEY, Vice-President CALENDAR:-Thirty-Ninth Year opened Sept. 19, 1911. Second Term, will open Dec. 12, 1911; Third Term, March 5, 1912; Fourth Term, May 28, 1912; Mid-Spring Term, April 2, 1912; Mid-Summer Term, June 25, 1912. Vol. XII. JUNE, 1912 No. 10 The Convention of the N. E. A. at Chicago. For the first time in twenty-five years the National Education Association will be the guest of the city of Chicago from the sixth to the twelfth of next month. It is curious to compare this monster annual gathering with the humble beginnings of the society a half-century ago. Organized in 1857, The museum is at present housed in the former Fine Arts Building of the World's Columbian Exposition, located in the north end of beautiful Jackson Park. The building is soon to give way to a permanent structure to be erected expressly for the needs of the museum. |