work, and 24 have entered into eternal rest. The school has graduated
3,000 students, and it has sent many more undergraduates into the
educational fields. Of the 11 students at the opening of the school
in 1866, 5 are yet living, and 2 of the 5 are still engaged in rendering
good service to the State.
In vacating the principalship I desire to thank yourself and other
members of the State Board of Education for the thoughtful consid-
eration and help extended me during my official term, and to congratu-
late the Board upon securing as the future head of the school one
whose past career is the prophecy of a happy and successful admin-
istration.
Sar-\h E. Richmond,
Principal.
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COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES.
June 14th, 1917.
Orchestra ā Selection ā Flora Bella
Opening Hymn ā
Reading mith Choral Responses
Senior Class
Schwartz
Samuel B. Whitney
Prayer ā
Chorus ā Spring
Rev. Forrest J. Prettyman
Chaplain of United States Senate
Senior Class
Orchestra ā Serenade ā Beneath a Balcony
Chorus ā Spring
Gall-Kahn
Winne
Louis V. Saar
Senior Class
Address-
HoN. William T. Warburton, Cecil County
Member of the State Board of Education
Chorus ā (a) One Spring Morning
(b) Butterfly Days
Undergraduates
Awarding of Diplomas by
His Excellency,
Governor Emerson C. Harrington
Orchestra ā National Airs
Announcements by the Principal
Class Ode ā The Swan Song
Parting Quotation by
Mary Eleze Waesche
Closing Hymn ā
Orchestra ā March ā All America
Etheibert Nevin
Mabel C. Osborne
Tobani
C. Saint-Saens
E. S. Carter
Zamecnik
GRADUATES OF THE MARYLAND STATE NORMAL SCHOOL,
CLASS OF 1917:
Anne Arundel County.
Ethel Mignon Lerp
Ann Rebecca Sansbury
Baltimore City.
Sarah Medora Campbell
Mary Work Culbertson
Margaret Mary Linthicum
Cora Marie Webster
Baltimore County.
Mary Thomasine Atherton
Irene Virginia Baer
Lawrence Watson Brown
Medora Elaine Buxton
Ozella Grace Carr
Helen Mary Chalk
Helen Marie Dalton
Elizabeth Diggs
Dorsey Dodd
Edith Gertrude Ely
Alma Hopkins Erdman
Edith Genevieve Erdman
Margaret Theresa Feeney
Edna Lillian Foard
Emily Gertrude Fowble
Lutie Gray
Nellie Montague Hinds
Laura Helen Hoover
Margaret Virginia Hruska
Mary Helen Jeffers
Ethel Sarah Jenkins
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Bertha Marie Jordan
Ida Marie Belle Krout
Amelia Caralyn Lantz
Mary Louisa Peper
Mildred Joyce Rodenhi
Eleanor Shank
Grace Marie Shank
Eva Virginia Sterling
Ethel May Taylor
Anne Mabel Trout
Irma Gertrude Wesley
Helen Elizabeth White
Margaret Elizabeth Wood
Katharine Louise Yost
Calvert County.
Marie Madeline Soper
Caroline County.
ā¢ Mildred Belle Nuttle
Susan Evelyn Quidort
Alice Tharp Seeders
Carroll County.
Edna Amelia Davis
Nena Ellen Roser
Cecil County.
Mary Elizabeth Conner
Susan Elizabeth Dean
Charles County.
Emma Elizabeth Gerring
Gladys Emily Watson
Dorchester County.
Alice Meredith
Willie Montrue Louise Pritchett
Olive Ruark
May Waller
Frederick County.
Charles Leslie Blentlinger
Nellie Elizabeth Blentlinger
Georgia Alexia Hood
Mary Lavenia Hood
Naomi Florence Ifert
Mary Catharine Kaetzel
Ottie Ellen McDonald
Charlotte Motter
Hazel Nellie Wayble
Harford County.
Anna Elizabeth Lee
Lillian Lawder Moore
Annie Mabel Sinclair
Lillie Bender Tennant
Howard County.
Ethel Marie Baldwin
Catherine Esther Works
Kent County.
Isabelle Ringgold Jones
Anna Catherine Legg
Dorothy Blanche Scotten
Montgomery County.
Mary Eleze Waesche
Prince George's County.
Eunice Loretto Sasser
QiuEEN Ann's County.
Anna Madeliene Baxter
Ida Grace Burris
Sarah Estelle Kersey
Jane Elizabeth Roe
Somerset County.
Elizabeth Mary Cahill
Miriam Byrd Dryden
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Margaret Isabelle jMitchell
Mary Susan iMoore
Ada Adele Phillips
Mary Charlotte Shockley
Grace Bennett Todd
St. Mary's County.
Annie May Dixon
Dorothy Lucile Robinson
Washington County.
Inez Eudora Alexander
Mary Isabelle Beckenbaugh
Nellie Inez Boyer
Mary Katherine Brining
Talbot County.
Florence Alarie Callaghan
Stella Katherine Callaghan
Grace Estelle Larrimore
Worcester County.
Annie Virginia Merrill
Katherine Adkins Stevens
Julia Edna Cooper
Wicomico County.
Alice Louise Hastings
Pauline Horsey
Mildred Lucile Insley
Sara Josephine Polk Johnson
Pauline Elizabeth Nelson
Edith May Parker
Grace Williams
North Carolina.
Leah Hurwitz
Sarah Rebecca Hurwitz
FACULTY.
1916-1917
SARAH E. RICHMOND, A. M., Principal
Civics and School Management
J. WALTER HUFFINGTON
Pedagogy
WILLIS HAMMEL WILCOX, Ph. M.
English
ERNEST ETHAN RACE, A. M., Ph. B.
Science
LENA C. VAN BIBBER ā¢
Teachers College and Johns Hopkins University
History
MARY HUDSON SCARBOROUGH, A. B.
Mathematics
FLORENCE AUGUSTA SNYDER
Art and Manual Training
CAMILLA JONES HENKLE
Assistant in Science and Mathematics
LILLIAN LEE CLARK
Expression and Physical Training
ROBERT LEROY HASLUP
Music
L. MABEL NIMS, A. B.
Latin
ANITA SHEMWELL DOWELL, A. B.
Biology and Assistant in English
PEARL A. BERNHARDT
Household Art
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PRACTICE SCHOOL
MARV THKRESA WIEDEFELD, Principal
Primary Grades
MINNIE LEE DAVIS
Advanced Grades
ELSIE IRENE HICHEW
Intermediate Grades
CLARA MASON
Assistant in Normal and Practice Schools
MARION J. WOODFORD
Music
MARY HENRIETTA TAYLOR
Secretary
ELLA V. RICKER
Assistant
Officers in Dormitory ā Newell Hall
JUDITH R. PAGE
Preceptress
HELEN R. LILLY
A'latron
Graduates of Approved High Schools. Group I. who entered the
Maryland State Norman School September, 1916:
Emory Bennett Bowen
Olive Elizabeth Bowlus
Mary Hudson Burdette
Mamie Alice Campbell
Ethel Lillian Carter
Elva Rebecca Cheezum
Winnie Mrginia Cutler
Mary Ethel Ditto
Ellen Marie Doyle
Harriet Anna Dunham
Mabel Emily Dunlap
Margaret Estelle Duvall
Florence Vernon Funk
Miriam Gilliss
Mary Elizabeth Goldsborough
Nora Elizabeth Grabill
Julia Louisa Griffith
Myrtle Sedona Grashans
Flora Clarke Gross
Marv Catherine Hanlev
Gladys Laura Hearne
Mildred Mae Hickman
Lydia Amanda Hogans
Esther Irene Holm
Elsie Marie Highes
Margaret Eleanor Hughes
Laura Carolyn Jarman
Bertie Ellen Jones
Lillian May ^IcBride
Eleanor Ann Matthews
Alice Helen Rice
Daisy Elizabeth Saffell
Alinda Margaret Sheats
Helen Woodrow Spedden
IMary Katherine Stanfield
Jean Cyrille Stokes
Clara Katherine Van Pelt
Edith Olivia Wenner
Pauline Elizabeth Willis
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Graduates of Approved High Schools, Group II, who entered the
r\Iaryland State Xormal School September, 1916:
lona Apsley
Lois Ashley-
Edna Majel Connick
Louisa Pelitha Denson
Emma Louise Ent
Jean Farquharson
Alice Isabelle Harkins
Mar)^ Bell Harkins
Carol}!! Drayton Henderson
Hazel Ray Hill
Clara Cloud Hoopes
Sadye A'lay Insley
Ida Sommers Jester
Annie Lea Jones
Mary Rebecca Larmore
Mary Louise Marshall
Margaret Irene Merriken
Margaretta Stephenson Reese
Mary Margaret Shortall
Alary Olivia Smith
Agnes Mildred Wheeler
Student who. having completed three years in the Friends" School,
Wilmington, Del., entered the Maryland State Normal School Sep-
tember, 1916 :
Lucy Lofft Griffith
Students who, having completed the Tenth Grade, entered the
Maryland State Xormal School September, 1916: .
Esther Clementine Anstine
Fannie Elizabeth Frey
Marv Loretto Groeninger
Eleanor Hillman Houck
Ruth Gillespie Jackson
A'larv Adams Wilson
Students who, having passed the entrance examination, entered the
Maryland State Normal School September, 1916:
Laura Chomet
Matilda Ober Griffith
Margaret Ditty Manning
Sarah E. Richmond,
Principal.
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE FROSTBURG STATE
NORMAL SCHOOL
1916-1917
It was voted to drop the Sophomore Class so that entrance to the
Frostburg State Normal School is now on a High School graduation
basis.
Enrollment.
Model School 125
Normal Juniors 42
Seniors 67
Sophomores 41
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One Room School (1917) 18
Laundry Costs.
Whenever a new addition is made to the dormitory, I would
strongly urge that a small room in the basement be excavated as a laun-
dry, to contain at least three sets of tubs, with hot and cold water, and
three ironing boards and irons, the total cost of the same to be about
five hundred dollars ($500). I should like to invite your attention to
laundry costs in the State Normal Schools of Pennsylvania.* Indiana
State Normal School: Boy's laundry, $0.11>^ a week; girl's, $0.12>^
a week; teacher's, $0,14 1-5. Shippensburg State Normal School, be-
fore laundry was done at school : Student, $0.37 a week ; teacher,
$0.42 a week. Since a school laundry has been built, the costs today
are as follows : Student, $0.18 a week ; teacher, $0.23 a week. The
capacity of the new Frostburg State Normal School dormitory is
thirty-four persons. If the laundry is done outside the school the cost
estimated at the rate of the Shippensburg School would be $28.50 a
week, which makes a total for the year of $452.88. Deducting the
present laundry costs at Shippensburg, the State would save by afford-
ing the students the benefits of a laundry in the school the sum of
$226.44 per year; or, in other words, the cost of the installation of the
* These laundry costs are given on the authority of President Lehman, Ship-
pensburg.
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entire laundry could be paid for in three years by this saving to the
State.
Plans for the dormitory were published in last year's annual report
of the State Board of Education
Agricultural Account.
In 1915 a lot 48 feet by 148 feet, or about one-sixth of an acre, was
rented for 1916's school garden. In 1916 the following vegetables
were grown : Parsnips, carrots, salsify, onions, lettuce, radishes, beets,
peas, Swiss chard, kale, spinach, cabbage, cauliflower, beans, tomatoes,
corn, potatoes, scalloped squash, cucumbers, rhubarb, parsley, turnips.
All wefe fairly successful except the cucumbers. Early frost and ice
destroyed most of the tomatoes.
Bills Sent in to the State Board for Agricultural Purposes.
October 23 ā Drayage for three loads manure (Evans) $1 .95
October 23ā Plowing (Evans) 1 . 50
February ā Seeds (Wm. Henry Maule) 3.95
Februar}^ ā Lumber for flats (Willison Bros.).' .68
March 20ā Manure for hotbed (Evans) 1.00
April ā Implements (E. B. Prichard & Co.) 4.95
April ā Re-plov.^ing and harrowing (Evans) 1 .75
Rental (Bird, the owner) 6.50
Total of bills sent to State Board $22.28
Things Bought and Paid for by Edna M. Marshall, Teacher.
Aprilā One bushel potatoes (Watts) $2.50
Fertilizer for potatoes (Watts) *ā .25
May ā Manure for 1918's compost pile 1.25
Hoes (Stanton) 1.10
Seeds ā nasturtium, sunflower, peas, onion sets .75
June ā Fungicides and insecticides 2.00
Total paid by Edna M. Marshall $7.85
Total paid by Edna M. Marshall $7.85
Total of bills sent to State Board 22.28
Total expense of Agricultural work $30. 13
Agricultural Account.
CREDIT.
May ā Plants sold from hot-bed $-80
July, August, September ā Products sold during summer months 18.57
Man by arrangements made in spring, took one-half of the products
for caring for garden 18.57
Total value of garden products taken before September 15... $37.94
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Money received during summer, for plants $ .80
Money received during summer, for products 18.57
Total $19.37
Money paid out by teacher 7 . 85
Money in teacher's hands on October 1 $11.52
Value of garden during summer months $37.94
Total expense 30 . 13
Total net profit $7.81
On hand to begin 1917-18's work : 8 hoes, 2 spading forks, 2 rakes, 3 trowels,
1 weeding fork, 1 screen, 1 hot-bed frame, 1 cold-bed frame, sashes to cover hot-
bed, 8 flats.
Products in garden on October 1 : Beets, carrots, parsnips, salsify, kale, Swiss ā
chard, and turnips.
Night Watchman.
The completion of the dormitory will necessitate the emplo3^ment
of a night watchman. Mr. Johns has a man's work to do in keeping-
clean the Model School and the Gymnasium and in emptying the ashes
from the furnaces of the boilers of the building. Mr. Eichhorn has a
man's work to do in keeping clean the Normal School and in tending
the furnaces, keeping the lawns and grounds in order, and in general
supervision over the whole plant. These two men are certainly not idle
at any time, and when the dormitory is occupied a sober man, of good
habits and disposition, should be engaged as night watchman, to fire
the dormitory furnace during the hours of the night and to patrol the
grounds and buildings at stated intervals.
Land for /Agriculture..
Our agriculture teacher has raised $37. 9J: worth of foodstuffs on
one-sixth acre. The Normal School at Towson has 71 acres of land
and the Frostburg School little more than one acre. The dormitory
could use the garden products at great saving in expense to the State.
I declare it would be economy on the part of the State to buy some of
the land back of the school. This land has no buildings on it of any
account, and several acres could be bought very reasonably. I rec-
ommend that the State Board appoint a committee to consider the pur-
chase of several acres, and that the committee consist of the following:
the Mayor of Frostburg, the tax collector of Frostburg, Superintendent
Webb, of Allegany county ; Dr. J. C. Cobey, physician ; William
Gunter, lawyer; Gladstone Hitchins, real estate dealer; the principal
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of the State Normal School, and Mr. Henry Shriver, member of the
State Board of Education.
The Rice; Tests in Arithmetic in Garrett County.
The following graph represents the results of giving the Rice
Tests : 2 questions from grade VII and 4 from grade VIII plus 1
interest example and 1 short methods example used at Frostburg Nor-
mal were given to all the teachers at the Institute at Oakland, Garrett
county, under the approval of Superintendent Rathbun, September
5-8. The Nos. 1-8 at the left of the graph represent accuracy for
results, as there were 8 examples and they were marked on a scale of
8. The numbers to the right of the rectangles represent the number
having various degrees of accuracy on the scale of 1-8. The letters
A B C D represent varying grades of proper arrangement, neatness,
general good form of the papers.
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The conclusions that this study revealed are as follows : A uni-
form arrangement for papers in arithmetic undoubtedly makes for
accuracy ā c. f., rectangle 7 ABCD 16 ; that is, the 14 papers out of 16
getting 7 problems correct out of 8, had 12 A form, 2 B form, 1 C
form, and 1 D form.
The teachers voted to use the following uniform arrangement for
the school year as a result of the tests : name upper right-hand corner ;
Roman numerals in middle of line to indicate examples ; a line left
blank between examples; the word "Ans" to be written at the right
followed by the result obtained ; an inch margin to be kept on the left
of the paper.
Annual Report of the State Board of Education 191
As to accuracy in doing the examples, the very small proportion of
teachers passing at 75 per cent., namely, only 33 out of 116 who passed
in the books, shows great need of a good course in methods in arith-
metic at a summer school, especially when one considers that these
Rice Tests were not designed for teachers, but for children in grades
VII and Vni.
Arithmetic Tests Used in Garrett Coun;ty.
1. If a map 10 inches wide and 16 inches long is made on a scale of SO
miles to the inch, what is the area in square miles that the map represents?
2. Salt water obtained from a mine contained 0.08 of its weight of pure
salt. What weight of salt water was it necessary to evaporate in order to obtain
3,896 pounds of salt?
3. Find the interest on $638 for 2 years, 3 months, 27 days, at 4>4%.
4. A man sold 50 horses at $126 each. On one-half of them he made 20%,
and on the other half he lost 10%. How much did he gain?
5. Sold steel at $27.60 a ton with a profit of 15% and a total profit of
$184.50. What quantity was sold?
6. Insurance on 2/3 of the value of a hotel costs $420. The rate being $.70
on a $100.00, what was the value of the property?
7. Gunpowder is composed of niter, 15 parts ; charcoal, 3 parts ; and sulphur,
2 parts. How much of each in 360 pounds of powder? What per cent, of the
compound is niter? What per cent, charcoal? What per cent, sulphur?
8. Find the cost of the following by using a short method :
(1) 15j4 yards of linen at Ziy2 cents per yard.
(2) 3 dozen books at 12^ cents each.
(3) 3 bolts of ribbon at 66 2/3 cents per yard. (10 yards in a bolt.)
(4) 50 yards of muslin at 7^ cents per yard.
Respectfully submitted,
C. L. Staples, Principal.
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MARYLAND NORMAL AND INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL.
Dr. M. Bates Stephens, September 22, 1917.
Baltimore, Maryland.
Dear Sir : ā The enrollment for the year ending July 31, 1917, was
as follows : First year, Normal department, 16 ; second year. Normal
department, 10 ; third year. Normal department, 17 ; special students,
2; preparatory department, 19. Total, 64.
We graduated our largest class, consisting of 15 persons, on June
14, 1917. Most of them have sought places as rural school teachers
and have, almost without exception, found no difficulty in securing
them.
It appears to be the policy of the educational authorities of the
State to place more and more emphasis upon industrial training
for negro pupils. It follows that this must be done through negro
teachers who have had special training. If this school is to adequately
' meet the opportunity offered here, it is imperative that larger quarters,
equipment and teaching force be provided. It is obvious that little more
can be done with the present inadequate establishment.
I wish to suggest also that the organization here of a summer school,
lasting perhaps six weeks, would prove to be of real value in helping
teachers fit themselves further for their work.
Graduating Ceass, 1917.
Ayers, Henry D. Goodloe, Wallis A. Royal, Princeton
Branson, Eva Johns, Alfred Smith, Ruth M,
Brown, Arnold Norris, Gladys Thomas, Wiltsie
Foote, John L. Parker, Jos. L. Williams, George
Goodloe, Dan A. Pindar, Sarah Williams, Lavinia Mae
Faculty.
Principal ā D. S. S. Goodloe, A. B. (Psychology, Pedagogy and
School Management.)
Musicā Mrs. D. S. S. Goodloe, A. B., Matron.
Mathematics ā Vice-Principal, J. Thos. Williams.
Science and Languages ā E. O. Berry, A. B.
Model Schoolā Miss E. M. Smith.
Agriculture and Physiology ā George Smith.
Household Economics ā Miss Lillie Thompson.
Respectfully submitted,
D. S. S. Goodloe,
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THE 1917 SUMMER COURSES OF THE JOHNS
HOPKINS UNIVERSITY.
Dr. Edward F. Buchner, Director.
The seventh session of the Summer Courses, conducted by the Johns Hop-
kins University, was held in Baltimore, beginning Tuesday, June 26, and closing
Tuesday, August 7, 1917. The removal of the University to its new site, Home-
wood, in the northern portion of the city, at the beginning of the preceding
academic year, at last made it possible for the summer session to move out from
the congested city district in which were the old quarters, and to enjoy the new
buildings and their attractive environment. This change of the conditions under
which the summer work was accomplished was greatly appreciated by those of
the faculty and students alike, who were able to carry on their work at Home-
wood. The chemical laboratory at the downtown quarters still houses the
graduate work in chemistry. The advanced summer students in this subject
continued to use the facilities there. This arrangement will be in force until a
new chemical laboratory is provided at Homewood.
Co-operation with the University.
In its efforts to develop facilities for summer study, the University has
enjoyed a widening range of co-operation on the part of Maryland and Balti-
more school officials and other educational institutions and agencies. The Uni-
versity has endeavored to discharge to the utmost its obligations as revealed by
the educational needs and activities in our commonwealth. Boards of Education
and Superintendents have generously co-operated by way of more clearly defining
the lines of work which should be offered, and by making it possible for such
officers and teachers, as desire to do so, to attend the session and receive its
benefits. The General Education Board, which conducted the School Survey
in 1915, co-operated in the conduct of a special conference on county adminis-
tration of schools under the new law, delegating this work to the personal direc-
tion of Dr. Frank P. Bachman. The Board of School Commissioners of Balti-
more and the Directors of the Park School of Baltimore provided much of the
equipment needed in several departments, including the demonstration schools.
The Carnegie Foundation for International Peace continued its co-operation by
maintaining courses of instruction in Politics and Spanish. The Directors of
the Maryland Institute made possible the introduction of instruction in fine arts.
The summer session of the Peabody Conservatory of Music continued, as in the
past, its co-operation.
Courses Offered.
The courses of instruction, of six weeks' duration, were offered in the
twenty-three subjects of Biology, Chemistry, Classical Archaeology, Domestic
Science, Economics, Education, English Composition, English Literature, Fine
Arts, French, Geography, German, History, Latin, Manual Training, Mathe-
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matics. Philosophy, Penmanship, Physics, Politics, Psychology, Semitics and
Spanish, and included two demonstration schools. Four new departments were
added to those made available in the session of 1916. Of the one hundred 2tnd
four courses provided for, eleven were not given owing to the limited demand
for them. In response to special demands which arose at the time of opening,
four new courses not announced in the circular were given.
The extent of the work accomplished, and particularly the various programs
of studies which teachers could, by individual election, provide for themselves,
are indicated by this list of the courses which were given. It included : General
Biolog)', Zoolog)^ the teaching of Botany in Secondary Schools; Organic
Chemistr^^ Advanced Inorganic Chemistry, Quantitative Analysis, Household and
Textile Chemistry, Qualitative Analysis ; Advanced Organic Chemistry, Introduc-
tion to General Chemistry; Advanced Cookerjf, Elementary Cookerj^, -Methods of
Teaching Domestic Science ; Social Reforms, Elements of Economics, Economic
History; Experimental Education, Educational Psychology, Educational Admin-
istration, High School Organization, The Teaching of Literature in Secondary
Schools, The Teaching of English Composition in Secondary Schools, The Teach-
ing of Mathematics in Secondary Schools, The Teaching of Science in Secondary
Schools, The Teaching of Agriculture in Secondary Schools, School Manage-
ment, Graded Demonstration School, Elementary School Supervision, Grammar
Grade Methods, Primary Grade Methods, The Teaching of English in the
Elementary School, The Teaching of Arithmetic and Geography in the Ele-
mentary School, The Teaching of Agriculture in the Elementary School, Super-
vision of Rural Schools, Rural School Methods, Rural Demonstration School,
The Principles of Elementary Teaching, School Law and School Management;
Practical Writing, Advanced Composition, Elements of English Composition,
English Grammar ; Wordsworth and Coleridge, English Drama, Chaucer, English
Literature (1775-1892) ; Life and Portrait, Landscape and Still-Life in Oil Paint-
ing, Landscape Sketching in Water Color, Elementary School Color Work, The
Theory and Practice of Teaching Art, Principles of Design, Drawing, Elementary