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« THE ELON COLLEGE WEEKLY. March 1, 1911. PEDAGOGICAL PAGE. Devoted to the Interests of Teaching. Thomas C. Amick, Ph. D., Editor. THE NORMAL COURSE. By reference to the last catalogue it Avill be found that Klon (;olle{^e has addeu, within tlie last year, a course for ttachors leading to the deg:ee of licentiat-t of Instruction. The object in gi\ing this course is to give those wlio are preparing to teach the opportunity of taking a course that is specially adapted to the needs of the ttaching profession. A large majority of our teachers go to their work with but little professional training, and, althougli most of them mak? good in their work, yet, with the proper pedagog ical and ))rnfessional training these teach ers would excel what they now accom plish. This course of study covrs three years of college work, It will be noticed that the academic work during these years very nearly corresponds to the academic work in th? otlier college coin'ses. This lays the broad foundation for intellectual progress and culture. The teacher must know what he is to teach befoM he can teach. No peisoii can make a success in teaching English or any other subjcct un less that person know's thoroughly that subject. And the object of the academic work in this course of study is to thor oughly indoctrinate each ttacher in those subji-cts that he will mosi probably be called u]!on to teach. The ()rofessional woi’k in this course also covers three years of wo:k. The pur pose of this work is to train the prosptc- tive teacher in the fundamf^ntal principles that iimlerlie all educational processes, to give him such a knowledge of the mind and its workings that h; can feel confi dent of his gi'onnd. and to train in the, history of education. The couises are as follows: Pedagogy, Course I. Fall Term.—The History of Education. Compayre’s Painter’s, Seely’s, and Kemp’s Histories of Education will be used as texts. Winter Term,—History of Education in the United States. DexteiJ’s History of Education will be used as a text. Spiing Terra.—Administiation of Public Education in the United States. Dut- ten and Anedden's text will be used. Pedagogy, Course II. Fall Term.—Draper’s American Educa tion. Winter Term.—Munstenberg’s Psycholo gy and the Teacher. S])ring Term.—Horne’s Philosophy of Education. Pedagogy, Couis? 111. Psychology. The subject of Psychology is continu ous and extends through the whole year. Dewey’s. Hoeffding, or some text of ecjual value will be used. This text book work will be supplement ed by lectures and discussions on meth ods of teaching, school management, and many other subjects of interest to the teacher. Students are expected to take parallel work by reading a part of the following list of books: Boone’s Education in the United States; Hamilton’s The Recita tion; McMuriay’s How to Study; Quick’s Educational Reformers; Fleshman’s The Educational Process; Seeley’s Founda tions of Education; Baldwin’s Psychol ogy Applied to the Art of Teaching. Oth er works will be recommended by the pro fessor in charge. We recommend this course to all pc;- sons preparing to teach, believing that it is the course of study that will enable the future teacher to be a master in his profession. Tie! Spring Normal Course for Teachers. Tliis opens on the eleventh of ApiU and continues for eight weeks. Tuition is fiee to all teachers who attend. The ordinary matriculation and library fees araomiting to six dollars cover all the col lege chai'ges. Courses will be given in all public school and Idgh school branches where th ee or more teachers apply. These courses will be reviews in which the pro fessors in charge will give the best meth- oils for teaching these special subjects. Tiie work in Pedagogy will be a special f ature of the com'se. Attention wiD be given to the Teacher’s Reading Course as outlined by the State Superintendent of Public Instrucliou. Tile whole lesources of Elon College will be open to the teachers who come to take (his course. The public lectures, enter tainments. society exercis(?s, and the meetings of the Christian organizations wiU be very valuable. It will he the pui- pose of the college to render every pos sible service to the teachers who attend. Thp course has been highly endoised by the State Su])trintendent of Public In struction. Hon. J. Y. .loyn;r. and by Dr. P. H. Fleming, the Superintendent of Public Instruction of Alamance County. Surely no feachtrs could invcst twenty- five to thirty dolla:S in a way that would give them the advantage that this amount spent in attending this Kormal Course woidd give them. THE QUERY CORNER. Any siibscriher of this paper will be al lowed to ask any question through this department. The question will be refer red to the head of the department in Ijlon College within whose province the ques tion lies and the question will be answer ed through these columns. Persons wish ing private answers will please send pos tage for reply. PROBLEMS FOR SOLUTION. The teacher sending in a solution to these problems first will receive The Elon College We.kly free for one year. The first solution received will be entitled to the free subscription. A man sells eggs; to the first person he s;ils half his stock and one more, to the second jierson he sells half of what remains and one moie, and to the third person he sells half of what remains and one more, when he has none left; how many had he at first ? The head of a fish was nine inches long; its tail was as long as its head and half of its body; and its body was as lone as its head and tail together; how long was the fish ? A person aske-d the hour of the day and was told that the time past noon was 4-5 of the time to midnight; what was the time ? A man going to market was met by another, who said, “Good morrow, with your 100 geese.” He replied, “I have not a hundred geese, but if I had half as many mo:e as I have, and 2 1-2 more, I should have a hundred;” how many geese had he? A boatman ascending a river meets a body floating with the current, and after Try Our Ilana-Silk Mattress. A LIGHT WEIGHT RESILENT MATTHESS A CHILD CAN TURN. 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Ason having asked his father’s age, and the father replied: your age ie 12 years, to which, if you add 5-8 of our united ages, the sum will be my age; what was the father’s asel
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