Northern Illinois University - Norther Yearbook (DeKalb, IL)

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' V - ,.::. . .---'- - .- .3 ---l THE LVORTHER THE FACULTY Our Presxdent COOK whom to know IS to see McMURRx of Halle and Jena o er sea How noble the llfe ofa teacher may be Our author and teacher and crltlc IS he . . ' , I 1

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I4 THE N016 THEN are several large manufacturing enterprises and in consequence there is an interesting indus- trial element in the community. The climate is invigorating without being unduly severe. The grounds are finely adapted to out-door sports of all kinds. It should be added that provision was made by the architect for suitable quarters for manual training classes as well as for art and science. VVith this location and equipment the Northern Illinois State Normal School should be of genuine service to the children of the commonwealth. If it can succeed in its task of educating teachers so that those who go from its halls shall have not alone the technical preparation which the times demand, but the spirit which more than anything else begets its kind, the people will never have reason to regret the expenditures incurred in its estab- lishment and maintenance. I esteem it a wise provision which puts the several Normal Schools of the State under distinct boards instead of a single board as is the custom in certain other States. The present arrangement will naturally result in somewhat distinctly marked individualities. Normal will stand for one thing pre-eminently, Charleston, for a secondg Carbondale, for a third. For what is De Kalb especially to stand ? In the nrst place we are accenting very strongly the scientific idea XVe should like to have our pupils really comprehend what is involved in a genuine scientific movement. To this end science appears in some form throughout all of the courses. . In the second place, we desire to accent with much force the human side of the child's environment as it finds its expression in history and literature, sociology and kindred topics. In the third place, we are endeavoring to emphasize with somewhat unusual force, the practical or art side of education. XVe therefore offer wide opportunity for the actual work of instruction in the public schools of the town. XVe believe that our graduates may enter the school room of the State well equipped not only on the theoretical but on the practical side as well. As this is a Normal School, it is needless to say that every exercise is conducted with the thought that the school is neither an academy nor a college, although subserving to a degree, the functions of both. It is, or should be, what its name implies-a school for the preparation of teachers. JOHN XV, CQQK, l l

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16 THE NOR 7141516 no on K , gn? . ,5 .pr 1 in wi Here's GILBERT who cares for the youth and th e child, With counsel, all faithful, wilh ruling, all mild, I-Iere's PARMELEE, faithful and modest and sweet Her life is a psalm which the angels repeat. v