Bridgewater State University - Alpha Yearbook (Bridgewater, MA)

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I4 THE NORMAL OFFERING 6'ny113-11. THE English department has been emphasizing the study of szory, inven- tion as a mode of thinking about nobleness, justice, self-sacrihce. continuity, conviction, generosity or the qualities that make up character. This has the pur- pose that with the recognition of the principles of expression, and the correspond- ence of form there may be developed not merely the habits of good formin expres- sion, but also a quality of thinking and sensitiveness to the truth to be expressed, or in a Word, character. E. C. F. Qqiany. THE course in Elementary Botany deals with typical iiowerless plants, and the structure, functions, and classification of flowering plants. The lessons are with slight modifications suitable for the higher grammar grades, and are de- signed to show the scientihc method of study as applied to elementary Work. F. A. c. fieoyrapfzy. THE Geography course is now preceded by the course in elementary geology. This arrangement gives a physiographic basis for the geography Work which is found to be decidedly advantageous. In the tvvo years' course the geography is now made to extend throughout the year. This is accomplished by giving alternately three Weeks to the geog- raphy and three weeks to the practice work during the last half of the year. By this arrangement students are enabled to carry on a line of observation and practice Work while still engaged in the study of the subject. The results of the experiment will be Watched with interest. Some of the new appliances added during the year, and which directly affect the geography work, are the tile-topped tables and cabinet case for the mineralogical and geological laboratories, a set of political wall maps and a model of the earth for the geography room. c. P. S. .9315 y.s'z'c.s. I THE principal feature, of the year's work has been the improvements made in the physical laboratory. Instead of the three long tables we have eight smaller tables, modern in design and construction, with all metal work, of brass, provided with uprights and with adjustable cross-bars carrying slotted brass rods for suspension purposes, and having the gas-cocks so placed as to have the table tops clear. Each table accommodates fourastudents, givingeach person a corner place, each student has an adjustable, rotary, stool, promoting comfort and convenience in working and writing. E A

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THE NORMAL OFFERING I3 O I A Zeparimezzi Cfcfzoes. . Zaeafclzbzy hz general. NDIVIDUAL teaching is the subtle play of the teacher's life upon the pu- pil's. life to cause him to know what he would not acquire by himself, 10 do what he would not otherwise do, Z0 be what he would not alone become. School teaching implies a company of young persons, organized, and a person who is able rightly to stimulate and direct the energy of these young persons, both individually and collectively, who can teach every member of the class while he teaches the individual pupil 5 who can hold every pupil up to his best effort, and who is able to enter into the life of his pupils to lead them out and up into the larger and higher life of the world. ' The art of teaching is the art of directing the unfolding and perfecting of young human lives. A, G, B, .fcznyzza-yes. THE course in Latin, to take effect in September IQOI, has been so ar- ranged that it will be a comprehensive classical course. The High School grad- uates will be enabled to go on, where they left off and the Specials who are col- lege graduates, may be prepared for teaching any required Latin. S This new move does not mean that the classics taught in the High Schools will be neglected. There will be a chance for typical teaching and classroom exercises in Caesar, Cicero and Virgil. In the reading of the classes much stress will be laid on the style and literary merit of the various authors and es- pecially on the acquisition of understanding the Latin thought without the in- tervention of translating. Methods in vogue will be examined, the leading text -books named and com- pared, the iitting up of classrooms with books, maps, etc. suggested and time and manner of using readers and authors discussed. F. H. K. .7Y'rz?l5meZ1'c and .7?!1ez'or1'c. THE latest revision of Arithmetic topics outlines the course by grades. The objects of the course are to present the subject matter of primary and grammar grades, to show principles and methods of teaching, and to develop mathe- matical power, both in the use of numbers and in teaching. L The course in Rhetoric seeks to give increased power in the use of Eng- lish, and to cultivate the ability to appreciate good literature. Thought and ex- pression are considered, and by practice work and discussion the features of the course are applied to teaching. F. A. C.

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THE NORMAL, OFFERING I5 There is a teacher's table of suitable design, near this are stone sinks with hot and cold water. Under the windows is a new wall table, piped for gas, between the windows are faucets with drip pans. The incandescent lamps put in a little earlier were so placed that there is one over each small table while the 'wall table has four. W, D, J, Wu.s'1'c. ' muscial library has been increased during the last year by Dole's 'World's Famous Composers, Henderson's How Music Developed and What is Good Music,', Hannah. Smith's How Music Came to be What it is, Upton's volumes on Standard Oratorios, Symphonies, Cantatas and Operas, Krehbiel's How to Listen to Music,'r' Howard's Child Voice in Singingi' and Lyman's Normal Music Course in the School-Roomf, An effort has been made to broaden the course so that the student shall have, in addition to a knowledge of the proper use of the voice and of how to teach sight-singing, some ear training, and some idea of the history of music, of its structure, and of its literature, including thelives of a few of the great com- Qposers. a It was hoped that the glee club of male voices started the previous year might be continued but the absence of iirst tenors made it an impossibility. There ought, however, to be a glee club of either male or female voices or of both together in connection with the school and much interesting and valuable 'work might be done. C. C. P. Jfstronomy. The instructor in this department, was in Norfolk, Va., during the recent eclipse of the sun. A lecture has been prepared upon the subject, and the -charts, maps and diagrams used in the same are now hung in the Astronomy room. The wall space proving insufficient, the Reading room has been pressed into service, the walls of which are covered with maps, diagrams, charts and pictures of an astronomical character. The Second Revision of the astronomy topics has been made, and the rpapers are now printed in pamphlet form. . F. E. G. H .7?ook-.ff2Jephzy. THE topics have received their Second Revision. Mr. 'Gurney has published a text-book, Book-keeping for the Grammar School, a small pamphlet of thirty-two pages, which presents in concise form 'the ta-mzz'azs for the grades below the High school. It is now being used in the Model school. F. E. G.