Livingston Female Academy and Alabama Normal College, Livingston, Ala. 2,500 Branch Normal College of Arkansas Industrial University, Pine Bluff, Ark.. Connecticut Normal and Training School, New Britain, Conn............. 17,000 East Florida Seminary, Gainesville, Fla................. 750 79 07 8 82 Normal department of North Georgia Agricultural College, Dahlonega, Ga... Training School Department of public schools, Fort Wayne, Ind... Normal department of the High School, Davenport, Iowa......... Chair of Didactics, State University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa............... Kansas State Normal School, Emporia, Kans.......... Southern Normal School and Business College, Bowling Green, Ky.. Normal department of Agricultural and Mechanical College, Lexington, Ky.. Eastern State Normal School, Castine, Me......... State Normal and Training School, Farmington, Me... State Normal and Training School, Gorham, Me........ Madawaska Training School, Grand Isle and Fort Kent, Me*. Normal department of Maine Central Institute, Pittsfield, Me*.. Normal Training and Practice Class, Portland, Me... Normal department of Oak Grove Seminary, Vassalborough, Me............... * From Report of the Commissioner of Education for 1883-'81. a Exclusive of appropriations for permanent objects. ₺ $4,000 from State, $1,000 from Slater Fund, and $500 from Peabody Fund. e City appropriation. d Appropriation in common with other departments of the university (see Table IX). e Partially supported from the proceeds of the national grant of land to agricultural colleges, this normal school being part of an institution so endowed. ƒ This is for normal pupils only. g County appropriation. A Appropriation in common with other public schools of the city. This figure is estimated, and also includes income from endowment. j State appropriation; buildings and grounds donated by town and parish of Natchitoches. * Appropriation in common with other public schools of the city. Course in the Science and the Art of Teaching, University of Michigan, Normal department of the University of the State of Missouri, Columbia, Mo* d560 Lincoln Institute, Jefferson City, Mo*......... Missouri State Normal School (1st district), Kirksville, Mo............. Manchester Training School for Teachers, Manchester, N. H................................................. $2,000 New Hampshire State Normal School, Plymouth, N. H................. Newark Normal School, Newark, N. J. $1,500 a Exclusive of appropriations for permanent objects. b Appropriation in common with other public schools of the city. e Appropriation in common with other departments of the university (see Table IX). d Special appropriation for the purchase of books and appliances; other appropriations in common with other departments of the aniversity. e $100 from the State and $320 from the county. J City appropriation. g Includes $15,000 for buildings. A Public city funds and non-resident tuition. (United States aid, $8,647, and missionary contributions, $5, 350. State Colored Normal School (Albion Academy), Franklinton, N. C.... State Normal School, Edinborough, Pa........... Pennsylvania State Normal School, sixth district, Bloomsburg, Pa State Normal School at Indiana, Indiana, Pa Pennsylvania State Normal School, fifth district, Mansfield, Pa.. Rhode Island State Normal School, Providence, R. I. 12,000 Schofield Normal and Industrial School, Aiken, S. C...................... 1400 e $500 from State, $100 from county, and $75 from Peabody Fund. d $500 from State and $85 from Peabody Fund. e $500 from State and $100 from Peabody Fund. ƒFor 1884; $500 from State, $100 from county, and $90 from Peabody Fund. g $500 from State, $250 from city, and $342 from Peabody Fund. h $500 from State, $100 from county, and $125 from Peabody Fund. Appropriation in common with other public schools of the city. j$750 from the State and $7,900 from the county. kFifty cents a week for normal pupils and $50 to each graduate agreeing to teach two years in the State. 1 County appropriation. PUBLIC AND PRIVATE NORMAL SCHOOLS-THEIR NUMBER, ATTENDANCE, ETC. Normal schools for the training of teachers are fully established as an integral part of the public school systems of our country, and on the whole the tendency each year seems to be to make more and more liberal provision for their maintenance. Where the number of public normal schools is few, the demand that exists for trained teachers is sufficient to induce private institutions to attempt the work of training, and in sections where education depends largely upon the fostering care of the various religious denominations or other benevolent agencies it has been seen that in no way can the work be so directly and fully promoted as by the endowment and efficient conduct of normal schools. Much of the training in these denominational schools is of a very high order, following closely the model presented in the best public normals. The present status of public and private normal schools, as regards the attendance and classification of pupils, instructors, equipment, property, valuation, and appropriations, is set forth in the summary of Table III. The number of schools reported is 263, of which 131 are public normals. The latter had 1,234 instructors and 32,130 students, nearly two-thirds of the number being women. The number of graduates was 3,162, of whom 1,793 have since engaged in teaching. Few of these schools have extensive libraries, but as a rule they are supplied with necessary books of reference. In respect to training in music, drawing, elementary science, and gymnastics, the provision, with a few notable exceptions, is meager, exceedingly so, when the great and growing importance of these subjects in a scheme of popular education is considered. The State Normal School at Natchitoches, La., whose opening was delayed by an error in the appropriation bill, is about ready to begin operations. The Milwaukee Normal School appears now as a State normal, its province having been extended in accordance with the legal provision made as early as 1880. Two Territorial normal schools are reported from Dakota, one with an appropriation of $27,000 and one with $5,000. A new training school for teachers will be opened in Brooklyn the coming fall. It will be thoroughly equipped for the work, the school of methods being under the charge of Miss Lucilla E. Smith, who has achieved an enviable reputation as principal of the Washington Normal School. Every year adds to the number of public normal schools at the South. The latest addition is the training school at Charlotte, N. C., which is to be opened in September. The private normal schools reported in the table number 132, having 842 instructors and 23,005 students, the number of male students being slightly in excess of the number of female students. The number of students who graduated last year was 1,366, of whom 692 have since engaged in teaching. The proportion of private schools in which provision is made for instruction in gymnastics, elementary science, and vocal music, is still smaller than that of the public schools, but in the private normal schools more attention is given to instrumental music. The property valuation of the normal schools appears for the first time in the tables. It will certainly not be charged, upon an examination of these figures, that there has been any extravagance in the matter of sites and buildings. ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL TRAINING. The schools under consideration differ materially in organization and conduct, as must be the case with schools adapted, as these necessarily are, to a great variety of conditions. With few exceptions the public normal schools require entrance examinations. As a rule, these examinations are limited to the branches taught in the common schools. Several schools require for admission either graduation from a high school, or evidence of equivalent attainment. These obviously possess great advantage in the purely professional part of their work. In a little more than one-half of all the schools professional training includes practice in a model school, and in a few instances these model |
