New Ulm High School - Lavender and White Yearbook (New Ulm, MN)

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U 2 Normal 4 apartment There are ten thousand common schools in the State of Minnesota. Several years ago it was found that the five State Normal Schools were hardly able to meet the demands of all the graded schools. The question arose, K'Where are we to get teachers for Minnesota's Rural and Semi-graded Schools?', At one time anyone, who could pass certain tests, was allowed to teach. Although these teachers knew the 'swhatl' they did not know the Hhowf' They learned the Uthown by practicing on the unfortunate children who came under their care. To remedy this state of affairs, Minnesota has established High School Normal Training depart- ments. These are to prepare the students to teach in rural and semi-graded schools. The course offered in these departments includes a thorough review of the common branches, primary handiwork, nature study, agriculture, pedagogy, and rural school management, besides observation and teaching. This teaching is done under supervision in both city and rural schools. New Ulm's present normal class has eleven members, four post-graduates and seven seniors. The Normalites are agreed that one of the most interesting factors in their work is the teaching they do in the grades. Each one gets in at least forty minutes of this a day, for eight months in the city schools and two weeks in the rural schools of the neighborhood. Miss Ida Koch, who for a number of years has had charge of the New Ulm High School Normal Department is very efficient in the art of molding raw recruits into finely polished teachers. There is no doubt but that she will keep up the good record and this year again send out rural school marmsn who hope to be a credit to her. CLASS ROLL Post Graduates Seniors Lydia Berg Freda Behnke Clara Paulson Anna Gould Nora Halverson Esther Schaefer Mamie Gould Virginia Palmer Irene Stamm Ella Hartmann Anna Wagrer Page Thirty