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VOLUME XI. ST. CLO UD, MINN., JANUARY, 1902. N UMBER 2 .

it. During these years there is a de creased rate of growth, so that the body relatively rests; but there is a P ublished quarterly during the scbool year at the State Normal School, St. Clo ud, Minn . striking increase of vitality, activity, Entered at the post office at St. Cloud as second class mail matter, 1 895. and power to resist disease. Fatigue, too, is now best resisted and it is amaz ISABEL LA WREN CE, Em'l'OR. ing to see how much can be endured. nus u {CLAUD.E RIDDLE. INESS .d'-1.ANAGERS, ...... Eo,v. JOHNSON. The average child now plays more g_ames and has more daily activity, in Subscription, per year...... 30c. proportion to size and weight, than at Single Copies ...... l0c. any other stage. NO'l'ICE-Subscribers w ill receive t he Normalia Now first the smaller muscles in the until notice of discontinuance is given and all a r rear ages a re paid. average child, so important for mind A blue mark here ( ) means that your subscrip - tion has expired. and will training can bear hard work and much strain. Accuracy, which The present number of the Normalia when out of its season is frau ght with gives the work of the tourth, fifth and so many dangers for mind and body, is sixth grades, as outlined for the now in order. practice department in the Normal Verbal memory is now at its very school. best, and should be trained far more Mr. George G. Greene, director of the than it is. We are now educating the manual training in the Normal and automatic basis of both mind and practice school, gives an iliustrated morals, and habits are never so easily article on the arrangements of a manual formed or made stable. Manual train training room, and the tools and ing and games should be extremely di appliances needed for the work. verse, manifold, and thorough. It is the time to 0reak in the human colt; The Child From Ten to Fourteen. which is by nature in some sense the wildest of all wild animals. Ext racts from the address of Dr. G. Stanley Hall, on this subject given before t he Nationa l If the piano or any other musical in Council of Education at Detroit, July 11, strument is to be learned, this is the 1901. (The a ddress in fuJI may be found in the September n umber of the F orum. ) time for drill, especially on scales and At eight or nine there begins a new exercises. period, which, for nearly four years, to The mother tongue will be the vehicle dawn of puberty, constitutes a unique of nearly all the work of this period; stage of life, marked off by many im• but it will be on the short circuit froni portant differences · from the period ear to mouth, which existed for un which precedes and that which follows known eons before writing or reading, 6 THE NORMALIA. and not chiefly on the long circuit and thereby tbe ultimate vi{Ior of reason. biologically nry recent brain path from Hence we should explain very little. eye to hand. The child should live in Even with respect to morals and con · a world of sonorous speech. He should duct tbe chief duty of the child at this hear and talk for hours each day; and age is to obey. In most cases to try to then he would lay foundations forterse explain brings self-comciousness and and correct English. At this stage conceit. written work should be required far In fine, this is the age for training, less than at present. with plenty of space and time, how The prim proprieties we idolize are ever, for spontaneity and voluntary ac not yet, but it i~ the hour of delight in ticrn. Tbe good teacher is a true pedo cogency of expression. We do not yet trieb, or boy driver. He needs ,;ome know what slang to teach or how to method, but much more matter. teach it, but we ought to give the best At the close of this period the ideal of it an important place. The boy is child, ideally trained, will be first of all not totally depraved because he loves helpful and active in body and mind; the speech of Chimmie Fadden, of Mr. will read and write well; will know a Ade, or of "The Charwoman," because great deal about tbe different aspects of such language is fresh from the mint nature in his borne environment; will where all words were made. Our end not be bookish, but will already know is the cultivation of expression, which a tew dozen well-chosen books; will must bring out clearly and strongly understand and read simple French and what is in the boy's soul. German; and will perhaps have had a At this stage, arithmetic, so greatly good start in Latin and Greek. Some overdone in American schools, should buds of specialization will have begun be mechanized with plenty of mental to bourgeon Tbis child will be able to exercises. The elements of geometry, play several dozen games; will know especially on the constructive side, and something of a number of industries; the metric syst~m should come early, and will be able to make several dozen and the rudiments of algebra later. things that he is interested in. He will This is the stage, too, for beginning one be respectful, though not particularly or two foreign languages. These should affectionate, and will take pleasure in always first be taught by ear and obeying those be likes, and perhaps, mouth. The child has a natural desire more in disobeying those he dislikes. to express himself in many other vocal He will have attempted a number of forms than the vernacular, for it is the organizations for teams, and wil I have age when all kinds of gibberish, dog formed a few societies, but all will have Latin, and inventive words culminate. been transient. Reason is still very undeveloped. Lastly, the ideal teacher at this age The child's mind is at a stage when will be the captain of the child's soul; there is little in it that has not been will be able to do some things with his brought in by way of sense. We must or her body that the child cannot; will open wide tbe eye-gate and the ear be able to answer most questions sug gate. "Show," ''demonstrate," and gested by the field, the forest, the "envisage" should be our watchwords, beach, the street, and their denizens; not "explain." 'vVe can easily make will suggest plays and umpire games; casuisis and prigs, but we jeopardize will perhaps know a little ot coaching, THE NORMALIA. 7

but will be a stern disciplinarian, genial thing the boy would like to do-these withal, but rigorous and relentless in make literature which the boy loves. his exactions, and intolerant of all There is a nice distinction here which scamped work; will love occasional ex must not be overlooked. When Philip cursions and expeditions; will J_:cerhaps Wakem told Tom Tulliver stories, Tnm sing, play and draw a little, will be able liked some but rejected others. "He to do something expertly well; and, as had small opinion of Saladin whose perhaps the culminating quality, will cimeter would cut a cushion in two in have a repertory of the greatest stories an instant: who wanted to cut cushions? the human race has ever told or heard. That was a stupid story, and he didn't care to hear it again. But when Rober·t The Best Books for the Boy and Girl from Bruce, on the black pony, rose in his Ten to Fourteen Years of Age. stirrups and, lifting his good battle-axe, cracked at once the helmet and the The boy is intensely practical. He skull of a too hasty knight at Bannock has no use for beautiful fancies, or sen timental tales. His muscles are aching burn, then Tom felt all the exaltation of sympathy and if he had · had a co to be trained to skilled work, and his interests turn toward details. He reads coanut at hand, he would have cracked it at once with the poker." invention and travel and stories of in dustry greedily to find out how things In the book good for the boy at this should be done. This interest greatly period, there should be embodied in the increases if he is given opportunity to incident which so stirs his blood, char work out the ideas he gets, though you acter, thought, and emotion- the vital may find him a little dangerous if, after truth of life capable of indefinite trans reading Custer's Ride he must needs formation in the boy's soul. But this scalp the small sister or lasso the baby. is precisely the difference which marks The books read with such interest are off literature from sensational trash, books of invention and travel, books of distinguishing the epic poem from the information rather than literature; but dime novel, the Merchant of Venice if it should ever be , your lot to read from Dick the Highwayman. The boy Poe's Gold Bug to a group of these fel will swallow either at first, as a child lows and answer all their questions, you seeks a stimulating diet with no thought will discover in these interests a possi of nutrition. But a diet of sound liter ble avenue to literature loving. ature with the unconscious digestion of But the boy has another instinct good sense and truth, will soon pro which leads directly to literature, the duce the taste which will lead the boy love of fighting and adventure. He to reject the poorer stuff of his own ac wants a tale full of grim death and cord. It will bear repetition, however, plenty of bloodshed. "Give me a high that the literature you offer this boy way man," says Stevenson, "and I was will never compete with the trash, un full to the brim." This child is as far less it has in it this element of vivid from comprehending ch•1rch or state as portrayal of the sort of incident he was the child under eight, but biogra craves. phies of men who have done concrete So much for the boy of this period; things are his favorite dish . Robin the girl is a much harder problem, for Hood, Richard the Lion- Heart, and she usually reads a more dangerous the long list of heroes who did some- class of books. She keeps her love of 8 THE NORMALIA. fairy tale and fancy, and this should be One of the most common questions developed into the modern poetry and asked a manual training teacher is literature which have grown out of it. whether he is trying to teach a trade, She seeks the love story earlier than and some of the strongest opposition the boy, and will delight in Evangeline to the introduction of the subject comes and Miles Standish, which the boy re from the labor unions, as declared in a jects. Her danger lies in the vast body recent convent.ion. of sentimental, false religious novels The greatest value of manual train whose weakening touch on character ing lies not in mastering one particular often accompanies the woman through branch as a means of livelihood, i. e., life, rendering her foolish and melo learning a trade, nor in making articles dramatic and desirous of posing as a of mere utility, but in the training of the saint where she should be strong and pupil to see, to think and to execu~e. sensible. E. P. Roe's novels will serve How many boys and girls have as a type; Mrs. Wiggin's Polly Oliver learned arithmetic without a concep is not to be trw,ted; and many of Miss tion of the rules or their application? Alcott's . are not literature. The only To them measurements and values are remedy to be suggested is to let the indefinite ideas. If their memory and girl read her brother's books at this imagination are good they may receive period, and when the love story can no a satisfactory mark, but still the work longer be ignored, give Scott and is vague. Dickens and the highest class of novels. Put them into a shop, however, with ISABEL LAWRENCE. a carefully planned model before them From article on "How Shall Children be Led to be reproduced, and notice the steps to Love Good Books,•· World Review, June, 1901. through which their minds must travel to its completion. They must give the model careful Manual Training for the Lower Grades. study, must note the shape, dimensions, BY GEORGE G. GREENE. material, construction and finish. They There was a time when popular edu must make a careful drawing of it, us cation was ,;upposed to consist ot the ing rule, compass, square and knife or three "R's," but with the advent of sharpened pencil. newer and broader · ideas we may now They must note the grain and quality refer to the system as the three "H's," of the material to be used, and must -the Heart, the Head and the Hand. plane and saw to the line. In fact, So many new studies have demanded they create from the rough block the admission to the school curriculum and conception in their minds. the difficulty of providing for them has The desire to make the article comes been so great, that it requires strong from within, and the pupils learn, not proof to determine the right of each by memorizing, but by actual experi new subject to a place. ence. Hence the question naturally arises, As each new model is more difficult "What is the especial value of Manual than the one preceding, new capabili Training?" Does it take its place be ties are developed and habits are cause of its utilitarian value or does it formed, of care and accuracy, of neat have some merit which does not at first ness and order, system in thought and appear on the Sllrface? action, and of perseverance in over- THE NORMALIA. 9

Vie~~ of t he room elevated t o }.!! a nna l rrraining in t he State No rm a l Sch ool, St. Clo ud. coming difficulties, the value of which eluded in any generous scheme of work. can hardly be over-estimated. In the preceding number of the It is because manual training, more "N ormalia" several useful articles con than anything else, appeals to the mind structed of ratt:tn and raffia and adapted through the senses and at the same to the work of the first six grades, were time gives an outlet to the restless illustrated and described. energy of the child that it is bound, in For a course in card-board construc time, to take its place in every well or tion one of the best works published is ganized system of education. that of J. H. Tryborn, Supervisor ot Granting then that manual training Manual Training, Detroit, Mich.* has come to stay we are now confronted The course is intended for first and by three questions, viz: what material, second grades and consists of a large equipment and method shall we use? number ot models, illustrated' with Since no one material is suited to all working drawings and fully described. varieties of desired occupation, no rigid Space will not allow an account of course of models can be laid down. bent-iron work, which, though in an For exam pie, paper and card board experimental stage, is yet tor its dura work emphasize the necessity for ex bility and artistic value, bound to be actness and orderly procedure, where come a regular feature of the work. as clay-modeling, basketry and bent That material, however, which lends iron work bring in a freer and more *"Card Board Construction," Tryborn. flexible element. Each developes dif Published by Milton Bradley Co., Springfield, ferent capabilities and all should be in- Mass. Price $1.00. 10 THE NORMALIA.

itself both to mathematical exactness, erly graded in difficulty so as not to and to beauty of design and decoration overtax or discourage the child, and: and which 1s far more used than any the models, though simple, should at; other, is wood. For the lower g rades all times be useful. The plant label,' thin basswood is the most easily yarn winders of different shapes, match worked, while pine, gumwood and oak scratchers, pencil sharpeners, a back to are used as the child's skill increases. which a calendar is glued, and a paper The equipment at first need not be very file are among the articles to be made .. extensive. Work for beginners con In the sixth g rade a coping ~aw is used sists in nailing together small articles, as an aid in cutting curves, and thicker the parts of which are prepared before wood allows the makrng of a greater hand. variety of exercises, such as the wind The problems for the child to solve mill, weather vane, paper knife, minia are the measurement of the pieces and ture sleds,wheelbarrows and cradles. Up the best possible ways of joining them. to this stage the work has not required The models should represent articles a regular bench and in many places it with which he is familiar and oppor is carried on in the school room. A tunity be given for the exercise of or sort of tray is made to fit tl1e top ot the iginality in modifying the design and desks, which, when provided with the general construction within limits spe simple tools named above, co';ts about citied by the teacher. Some of the $1.50. There are two objections to this articles to be made are a ladder, feed plan; first, that the majority of grade trough; chicken-coop, chair, bench, rake teachers have neither the time nor the and table. training to carry on the work, and sec The first whittling is planned for ondly, that the chips and litter made children of the fifth grade, the tools re by the children are difficult to remove. quired being a sloyd knife, a four-inch Then, too, the plan is very much more steel square, a twelve-inch ruler and a expensive-'. than to have a special room pair of simple compasses. The stock where one set of tools and benches is used is 3-16 inch basswood, and models kept constantly in use. instead of being dealing with two dimensions only, used only one period a day. length and breath, are used. Care For the children in the last two years should be taken that each step is prop- of the g rammar school, some form of THE NORMALIA. 11

bench work where they can enjoy a out what they know of the source oi the arti cles. They may also consult tradesmen and greater variety of tools is very desira collect information. This will !live them valua ble. In planning the course the models ble training in language both oral and written and prevent waste of time by the teacher~ should be arranged to follow one an questioning in the class. other in a natural order. There should I. Food; bread, meat, fruit, milk, etc. be little repetition, in order to cultivate Each article traced to its source, and the reasoning and incentive taculties, processes of. preparation thoroughly dis and to give time to the development of cussed. original ideas. It is impossible to make in the first two or three exercises useful 2. Water. articles, as they are devoted to practic The pump .and siphon, with a study ing and illustrating the use of the tools. of pressure of the air. There are many valuable and useful Visit to the plumbers. Class learn models which I will not try to describe how to mend hose. in this number. Visit to city water works. Hygiene of the water supply. The accompanying photograph represents Samples ot water from wells, from work done by Milwaukee vacation school children of the poorest and least cultivated the hydrant, rain water, ice water, class. spring water tested with soap and clas sified as hard or soft. Suspended mat Every teacher has his own course, ter tested by evaporating on a slab of which is different from any other and stone or wood. Filtering water. Dis which often differs from year to year. tilling water. Boiling w,,ter with a One cannot explain an exercise over study of circulation of liquids, and the and over again without improving on temperature at which water boils. it, and the true teacher is himself ever 3. Heat. working out and designing new features Wood. The wood market. Kinds of for his course. wood brought to the city for this pur With regard to equipment one must pose. Class able to distinguish them. know the number of pupils to be taught Coal. Source. Kinds used. and what funds are available for the Study of circulation of gases and purpose: A first-class bench with tools liquids in relation to different methods as shown in the illustration costs $15.00, of heating and ventilation. and with an additional expense of $2,50 Class visit houses heated by hot per bench sixteen pupils· can be well water, hot air, or steam. They visit the accommodated with extra tools. It the Public Service heat plant. exercises are made sufficiently interest 4. Cold. ing, the pupils are glad to pay fur the cost of materials, thus making the de Ice. Law of floating bodies. partment self supporting outside of the Law of expansion of water in chang- teacher's salary. ing to ice. Methods of obtaining ice. Freezing mixtures. Outline of Work for Intermediate Grades. How to make ice cream.

FOURTH GRADE-AUTUMN. Laws of heat involved. Visit to Cold Storage plant. GEOGRAPHY.-The City of St. Cloud. 5. Light. Pupils _ma_y d<:J ruuc~ of this ;York independ ently, brmgmg m their own lists and writing The Candle. The candle flame with 12 THE NORMALIA.

simple study of combustion, oxygen WINTER. and carbon. GEOGRAPHY- Kerosene Lamp. How to care for it. Class taught to trim wicks and clean Places whi~h supply St. Cloud with lamp chimneys. what it needs. Gas. Visit to the gas works. Places which send fruits, hardware, Electric Lights. Visit to the elec clothing, food, etc., to St. Cloud, tric plant. studied in a similar way to the follow ing: 6. Clothing. California sends oranges to St. Cloud. Laws of radiation, absorption, reflec Picture of orange culture in California. tion, and conduction of heat as applied True pictures are wanted, of some real to texture, surtace, and color. fruit ranch, local conditions of climate, soil, price of labor, etc. Principal cities from which the oranges are shipped Silks~~f~n Processes of I and routes by which they are carried, Linen Manufacture. Leather pointed out on the map. Rubber, etc. Care should be taken to consult St. 7. Transportation. Cloud merchants and tell the truth, not the places that might furnish St. Bridges. Cloud with these articles, but the Electric cars. places from which they actually come. Drays. In description, success will depend up ') Passenger Steam 1 . Freight on•vivid local coloring and detail. Cars ~ Refrigerator The cities to which St. Cloud sends J Engine, etc. flour and granite. Study a model of steam engine. Visit Visit Tileston's mill and a granite each kind of car. quarry. 8. Communication. Take up the cities with a description of their use of these articles, why they Mail. need to get them from St. Cloud, and Telegraph. the routes by which they are sent. Pic Telephone. ture the cities in detail, so that they are NATURE STUDY- not merely names but realities. The geography suggests much work Freight cars on the Great Northern in regard to heat, light, electricity, cir and Northern Pacific, what they carry culation of air and water. thmugh St. Cloud, from what cities, The Butterfly and Moth may be and to what cities. studied, including the silk worm. The Bee. NATURE STUDY- By means of an observation hive, a The Snail in aquarium. study of bee life may be made. Coral. I. Storing of food. Limestone as a formation from ani 2 . Wax, propolis, comb, honey. mals, with kinds, marble, tufa, chalk, 3. Different members of the com etc. munity, queen, drone, etc. Sandstone, gypsum, salt, iron ores, 4. How bees keep warm in winter. etc. 5. How they keep the hive clean. Iron manufacture. Visit foundry. THE NORMALIA. 13

Study of woods of different kind:c. edge in naming places they already Distinguish kinds with observation of know in the different heat belts, and their specific gravity, elasticity, describing vegetation, animals and in- strength, amount of ash, etc. habitants with their methods of adapt· Uses of each kind. ing life to the temperature. SPRING, Latitude estimated from the globe. Class able to give the latitude of any GEOGRAPHY-City of St. Cloud. ( Con· place pointed to upon the globe by tinued). judging its distance from the equator Building. in degrees. It half way between north Brick making. Stone cutting. pole and equator, 45 degrees N. Lat., Lumbering. etc. Saw mill. Similar work with longil ude. Sash and door factories. Meridian line found in the yard, Sun Glass. dial constructed. Shadow of sun marked Foundry. each day through year. Hard ware stores. Children make a picture of one quar Blacksmith shop. ter of the globe marking the meridians Social needs of city. · and parallels I 5 degrees apart. After Money. pupils are successful in making such Taxes, etc. pictures, give them the outlines al Protection. ready drawn and let them study the City Government. Visit court quarter of the earth having 90 degrees house. west longitude for its center. Duties of mayor r. Rocky Mts. and Andes Mts. with alderman police force lifelike pictures of their scenery, vege· fire department tation, life, etc, street commissioner Enter upon the quarter sphere maps, board of health, etc. showing relief by hatching. On the Laws of the city. board this work will appear as chalk Schools. modeling. Libraries, etc. 2. Appalachian Mts. and Brazilian NATURE STUDY-( Continued story of Highlands. butterfly). · 3. Mississippi River and tributaries. Caterpillars which crawl out of the Great Lake Region. Hudson Bay. earth in spring. 4. Amazon and Rio de la Plata. Butterflies which come out of the 5. Study of Coast Lines of N. A. chrysalis at that time. and S. A., Labrador, Florida, Gulf of Vanessa butterfly which hibernates Mexico, Yucatan, Isthmus of Panama, and is common in spring. West India Islands, Cape Horn, Lower The clothes moth. California, Alaska, Sitka, Greenland, Continued study of bee as begun in etc. the fall. With each point studied enter the FIFTH GRADE-AUTUMN. point on map. Other features ot N. A. GEOGRAPHY.-The Earth as a Whole. and S. A. may be added later, but these Heat belts marked on Globe. points with their position on the earth Summary of pupils' previous know!- should be so fixed that the class can 14 THE NORMALIA. draw them from memory in five min If possible study habits of the follow utes, and can give latitude and longi ing birds found near St. Cloud: tude with certainty, not from m emory Bobolink. Owl. of figures, but from the mental picture Red-Winged Blackbird. of the map. Whip-poor-will. Kingfisher. Agricultural Regions of North Amer Song Sparrow. Loon. ica studied as in case noted below: Meadow Lark. Chicken Hawk. Cotton belt of U. S. Blue Heron. States raising cotton. Where these birds go for the winter. Centt'rs of cotton trade: WINTER. Nt'w Orleans, Galveston, Savan GEOGRAPHY- nah, Charleston. Continued study of N. A, usi'.lg the Places of Cotton Manufacture: map of quarter section of globe for ex Fall River. pression ot facts. Lowell. Grazing Regions of N. A. New Bedford, etc. Lumbering Regions of N. A. Wheat, tobacco, etc., carried out m Mining Regions of N. A. the same way. Fisheries of N. A. N. A. NATURE STUDY- Commercial regions of An intensive study of birds through Scenic Region<; of N. A. out the year. Government Cities. Bird books, and the magazine, Bird NATURE STUDY- Lore, both past and present numbers, Study ot Birds that remam with us used as references. through winter: A "Ten to One" club formed, with English Sparrow. Snow Bird. the aim of bringing ten song birds to Bluejay. Pigeon. our city where there is now only one. Chickadee. Occasional visitors: I. Thorough objective study of Chicken. Evening Grosbeak. Duck. Study of members of the gnawing Canary. family found near us in winter: Tame Pigeon. House Mice. Rc1bbit. Parrot. Field Mice. Rat. z. Study of deserted birds' nests. Flying Squirrel. Grey Squirrel. 3. Autumn habits of the tollowing Red Squirrel. Black Squirrel. birds observed as far as possible : SPRING.

Robin. English Sparrow. GEOGRAPHY- Purple Grackle. Phoebe Bird. Study of S. A. House Wren. Flicker. Agricultural Regions. Oriole. Nuthatch. Commercial Regions, etc. Red-Headed Woodµecker. Same outline as for N. A. Downy Woodpecker. Barn Swallow. Scarlet Tanager. NATURE STUDY- Red-Breasted Grosbeak. Study the birds as they appear. ~1ost Mourning Dove. Bluejay. of those mentioned in the autumn list These are all found near homes 111 will now be studied with their habits the city. during nesting._ THE NORMALIA. 15

Additional birds may be,- Mould on rotten peach or onion. Crow. Humming bird. Fungi on rotten wood. Cat bird. King bird. Lichens and mosses. How to study birds without molest See, Through Magic Glasses, A Buck ing them. ley. D. Appleton & Co., $1.25. Planting flax, mothcrwort, shrubs, WI NTER. etc .. that the birds may have food. GEOGRAPHY-Map of the quarter of the Making bird houses for the house earth having 90 degrees E. Longitude wren. for its central m eridian. Charts made of St. Cloud birds, not Asia, Africa and Islands of Indian ing time of appearance and departure, Ocean studied as in outline of N. A., and the food of each kind. Fifth Grade. See Nature Study Leaflet on "Our NATURE STUDY Common Birds"-C. F. Hodge, Wor- Fresh water mussels. cester, Mass. Crayfish. SIXTH GRADE-AUTUMN. Oyster compared with mussel. GEOGRAPHY- Crab and lobster compared with cray fish. Drawing of a quarter-section of globe having the meridian of Green SPRIKG. wich for its center. GEOGRAPHY- Quart<:>r section ot globe Same plan used for map-drawing and having meridian rSo degrees for its for study of regions of the continents center. as in the study of N. A. in the Fifth Pacific Ocean with special study of Grade. Hawaii, Samoa and Behring's Sea. Special study of the Atlantic Ocean. Coaling stations on the Pacific em Arctic and Antarctic. Winds and Cur phasized, and the various commercial rents. routes. Study of coaling stations, hospital Quarter section of globe having 135 islands, and other means by which degrees east long. for its central meri ocean commerce ts made more pos dian drawn. sible. Special study of Australia. Europe studied as N. A. was studied Review of Continent and Ocean in Fifth Grade. study of Fifth and Sixth Grades. NATURE STUDY- NATURE STUDY. Fertilization of Flowers. Study of Earth Sculpture and Soils. Agencies,-insects, winds, etc. Fertilization of flowers contim:ed Significance of color, markings, from the autumn. shape and structure, odor _and nectar. EN GLISH. See Making of Flowers, Henslow Romance of Science Series, 75c. Reading, Literature, Language, His Fungi. tory and Biography though beginning Ferments, yeast, "mother" in vine- to become separate studies are so close gar. ly related with the literature and lang Moulds on cheese, jelly, bread, etc. uage work, that they are included in Smuts on wheat and corn. the outline. Every language lesson Mushrooms and toadstools. demands vivid and interesting ideas in ,( 16 THE NORMALIA. the child's mind as an impetus to ex Child Life in Japan-Ayrton. D. C. pression. All lessons furnish these but Heath & Co. especially reading and literature, in Seven Little Sisters cluding history and biography. The and Each and Ail-Jane Andrews. expression "which brings out clearly Matka & Kotik-David Starr Jordan. and strongly what is in the boy's soul" LITERA'£URE-A UTUMN. flees with the advent ot the formal language lesson. No language books September Gales-Holmes. are used. Constant expression of in September-Wordsworth. 0mit3rd teresting ideas both in oral and written stanza. form with correction of faults and per 0 1 . Good Morning-Robert Brown sistent drill to overcome every fault ing. which is becoming a habit, is relied up 01. Good Night-Victor Hugo. on to produce correct speaking and 01. Shadow Town Ferry. writing. 01. Midnight-Lowell. Selections of literature in the follow- L. Exmoor Harvest Song-Black- ing outline marked 0 1 0 2 or 0 3 are more. found in Open Sesame I, I I or I1 I. P. 282. We Thank Thee-R. W. Ginn & Co., 3 vol. each 75c. H means Hyde's Speaker. Ginn & Emerson. Co. Telling the Bees-Eugene Field. L. Library of Choice Literature. Telling the Bees-Lowell. P. Intermediate Plan Boole 3 vol. King Solomon and the Bee-J. G. A. Flanagan. Saxe. FOURTH GRADE. The Hen and the Honey Bee-J. G. Readers- Saxe. Alice in Wonderland-Carroll. Butterfly-Law of Authority-Mrs. Black Beauty-Sewell. Gatty's Parables. Story of a Donkey. Translation. D. H. How John Binns, fireman, Saved C. Heath & Co. a Boy. Whittington and his Cat-Lang. The Broomstick Train-Holmes. Longman's. H. The Locomotive Engineer Goody Two Shoes. D. C. Heath & Chauncey Depew. Co. Essay on Roast Pig-'-Cha.rles Lamb. The Four Mac Nicols. Wm. Black. Eugene Field Book. Century Co. WINTER. Jackanapes -·- Mrs. Ewing. D. C. 0 Little Town of Bethlehem-Phillips Heath & Co. Brnoks. Grimm's Fairy Tales-Wiltse. Ginn The Coming of the Prince-EugeDe & Co. Field. The Little Lame Prince-Miss Mu- r The First Christmas Tree-Eugene IOC h . D . C . H eat 1l & vO• Fifty Famous Stories Retold-Bald- Field. wm. Am. Book Co. 0 1 . Elizabeth, Aged Nine. Mar- Brooks and Brook Basins--Frye. garet Sangster. Ginn & Co. The Cotter's Saturday Night- Stories from Plato- Burt. Ginn & Co. Burns. THE NORMALIA. 17

H. The Open Fire-Henry Van Story of the Greeks-Gu erher. Amer. Dyke. Book Co. To-day-Carlyle. The Crofton Boys_'._Harriet Mart 0 1 . A Baby's Feet-Swinburne. ineau. D. C. Heath & Co. 0 1 . A Baby's Hand. LITERATURE-AUTUMN. The Snowflake-Saxe. Stories of the Iliad-Bryant's Trans The Warbling of Blackbirds-Jean latiol'l. Ingelo,v. The Eagle-Tennyson. SPRING. P. Flight of the Birds_:_E. C. Sted P. March-Wordsworth. man. A Fable of Cloud Land-Alice Carey. The Birds of Killmgworth-Long The Cloud-Shelley. fello"w. P. Rainbow-Wordsworth. H. The Ruby-Crowned Kinglet. Address to a Child-Wordsworth. Henry V anDyke. P. The Swallow-Edwin Arnold. Departure of the Swallow-Holmes. A Song of Easter-Celia Thaxter. 0 1 . Birds are Singing Round My The Night Bird-Charles Kingsley. Window-Stoddard. 0 1 . Ballad of St. Swithun's Day. A Mountain Boy Am I-Uhland. Under the Greenwood Tree-Shakes- My Shadow-R. L. Stevenson. peare. Sun and Shadow-Holmes. Forests-Masque of Pandora. Long The Sun's Travels-R. L. Stevenson. fellow. The Pass of the Sierras-Whittier. Stories of Egypt. Mountains-Masque of Pandora- Longfellow. FIFTH GRADE. Rip Van Winkle-Irving. Readers-,- Legend of Sleepy Hollow-Irving. ' Docas, the Indian Boy-Sisson. Ginn L. Legend of Peter Klaus. &Co. Children's Stories of American His- WINTER. tory-Wright. Scribner's. The Symbol and the Saint-Eugene Wigwam Stories-Judd. Field. Water Babies-Charles Kingsley. P. Under the Holly Bough- Heart of Oak, III. D. C. Heath & Charles Mackay. Co. P. The Bluejay-Clinton Scollard, Montgomery's Beginners' History. in Outlook. Ginn & Co. To a Mouse-Burns. Hiawatha-Longfellow. Story of Robin Hood - Howard Three Fairy Tales-Jean Ingelow. Pyle. D. C. Heath & Co. Paul Revere's Ride-Longfellow. History of the Robins-Trimmer. Grandmother's Story of Bunker D. C. Heath & Co. Hill-Holmes. The Wonderful Chair - Frances The Settler's Cabin-Phoebe Carey. Browne. D. C. Heath & Co. Ballads of Robin Hood. 18 THE NORMALTA. fG e~"a~dO;;cin~ff~~Tiliel i Holiday Season. ELittioR. I I ta, Santa Cl a us Headquarters are this Year at ,e, 'LEISEN'S We are this sea.son displaying the grandest stock of Holiday Hoods ever railroaded into a western city. Nothing like it ever to compare with our superb stock .of Toys, Dolls, Games, Iron Toys, Fancy China Lamps, Bric a Brae, Toilet Cases, Fancy Collar and Cuff Boxes, Automizers, Albums, etc. We invite vou and your friends to view our display and be sure to bring· the children. For there will be a rea l live Santa Claus. China and Glassware. Holiday Handkerchiefs (Second Floor, T a k e Elevator.) See H a ndke1·chief Window. A nice piece of China or Glassware makes Grand opening sale of Christmas Han a very appropriate and useful Holiday gift. kerchiefs. Over 1000 dozen to start the We have a very choice line, and prices were sale with. never so low. We will pack and deliver to 200 dozen Children's Picture Handker- express company, free of charge, any article chiefs, each only ...... you want sent away. China Cups and Saucers, nicely decorated, l cent. trimmed with gold. about 50 different kinds to select from, range in price from ...... 300 dozen Ladies' Assorted Handker chiefs, plain hemstitched edge, colored l 0c to 9 8c each. border, all will go on this sole, only ......

China Fruit Dishes, all the new shapes and 5 cents. decorations, from ...... Ladies' Plain White Embroidered Hand kerchiefs, scalloped edge, large assort- l 0c to 50c each. ment, sold all over for 25c, now ...... l5 cents. i Perf~::~·b, :.~:(.:mery. The largest assortment of Handkerchiefs for ......

I Special fo:::::::,:\~~~~le3::::d 50c Per- 25 cents. i; fumes, this great Holiday opening sale ...... ever shown west <•fthe Twin Cities. ~ 23 cents- Ounce. Big line of 50c, 75c, $1.00 and $1.50. i ~ They are beauties. i ,~~~MMM~~~M~MM~M~,UMMMMMMMMI THE NORMA.LIA. 19

Parts of the "Foresters"-Tenny- LITERATURE-AUTUMN. son. Hvmn of the Vaudois Mountaineers The Owl-Tennyson. -Hemans. The Drovers-Whittier. 0. Arnold of Winkelried. SPRING. Chapter on the Valley of the Loire Hark, Hark, the Lark-Shakespeare. in Outre Mer-Longfellow. May Morning-Keats. The Challenge of Thor-Longfellow. Wind-R. L. Stevenson. The Skeleton in Armor-Longfellow. Wind-F. D. Sherman. The Wreck of the Hesperus-Long- Southwind and the Sun-Riley. fellow. Tree Toad in Pipes of Pan-Riley. The Lighthouse-Longfellow. Song of Pippa Passes-Browning. The Storm-Adelaide Proctor. Sugar Making, Dorlcote Mill-Alice The Three Fishers-Chas. Kingsley. Carey. High Tide on the Coast of Lincoln- The Emperer's Bird's. Nest-Long shire-Jean Ingelow. fellow. The Sea-Barry Cornwall. Voice of the Waters, Masque of 0 2 . A Wet Sheet and a Flowing Pandora-Longfellow. Sail-Cunningham. Three Greek Children-Church. L a unching of the Ship- Longfellow. Idea of the Community of Athens, H . Columbus -Arthur Henry its buildings, festivals, etc. Clough.

SIXTH GRADE. H . Columbus- Joaquin Miller. Reaclers- The Diver-Schiller. Advemtures of Ulysses- Chas. Lamb. Rivennout h Rock-Whittier. Tales from Shakespeare - Charles H . Five Little White Heads-Wal Lamb. ter Larned. The Young Mountaineers-Crad- History Stories of Vasco de Gama, dock. Columbus, Cabots and other discov The Rose and the Ring- Thackeray. erers. Christmas Carol-Chas. Dickens. WINTER. Wonder Book and Tanglewood The Leap of Roushan Beg-Long- Tales-Hawthorne. fellow. William Tell-Schiller (translation). P. J anuary-F. D. Sherman. Story of a Short Life-Ewing. D. Give-Adelaide Proctor. D. Heath & Co. The Proud Miss McBride-Saxe. Story of Siegfried-Baldwin. Scrib John Gil pin's Ride-Cowper. ner's. One Hoss Shay-Holmes. Story ot the Golden Age-Baldwin. Snow Image-Hawthorne. Scribner's. Daffydowndilly-Hawthorne. Herakles, the Hero of Thebes-M. The Stormy Petrel-Barry. Burt. Century Co. "Break, Break"-Tennyson. King of the Golden River-Ruskin. My Heart is in the Highlands- Jason's Quest-Lowell. Burns. 20 THE NORMALIA.

Story of Julius C&sar. Take Coates' bus and you will not Horatius at the Bridge-Macaulay. miss your train. Ga1ley.Slaves, Ben Hur-Wa11ace. Christmas gifts-Cut glass, watches, Oa· Cataline. jewelry, diamonds, purses and fine 0 3 . Gladiators. leather goods, stationery, clocks, um SPRING. bre11as, canes, fountain pens, silver The Tree-Bjornstjerne Bjornsen. spoons and novelties, fine decorated The Fairies-Wm. Allingham. china and pottery, opera glasses, The Wind at Daybreak-Longfe1low. spectacles, ebony goods, kodaks and The Lily of the Resurrection-Lucy supplies, etc. All these at Clark Bros.' Larcom. Rigs of all kinds, with the very best Coloni.al History St@ries: horses money can buy, can be ob Legends of Province House-Haw tained at very low rates by Normal thorne. students at Coates' livery stable. Paul Revere-Longfellow. Endicott and the Red Cross-Haw S. N. S. sterling souvenir spoons at thorne. Clark Bros.' Also a sterling souvenir Peter Goldthwaite's Treasure - book mark for 50c, and a flag pin, Hawthorne. enamelled in red and black for 15c. ARITHMETIC. When you want to take a nice drive out in the country, go to John Coates' FOURTH GRADE. and get one of the nobbiest rigs in the The geography outline suggests city. 'Busses to meet all trains. much practical work with fundamen tal processes. 1_■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■••········· Bills of retail and wholesale grocers, /"IUMB~R butchers and other tradesmen. Meas urements of wood and coal will fur nish plenty of practice. Painting, plastering, houses and carpet prob (l;eneral Sport= 7r'bt' elm an•..-,: 1f)ar~ware=== Ing (l;ooM at \l,; .., Store. lems are also intimately related with ...... ·...... the other work of the grade.

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Dry Goods Store t he right place to make their Christ- ressing , mas p urchases before going home. Our stock of 0 Furs, Boas, Muffs, Collarettes, 1

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1. An Advanced English Course, extending through five years. 2. An Advanced Latin Course, extending through five years. l. Elementary Course, one year. 3. Graduate Courses 2. Advanced Course, two years. l3. Kindergarten Course, two years. 4 . An Elementary Certificate Course, extending through three years. ~ ~ 00000000

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,Wffffffffffffffffffffff~ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffWff' I ! ,I .,.,,.,._~The Best ....~-..,..,.._,..,,,- ofEverything ------...... ,..,...... l In Wearing ! FOR CHRIS1':\f AS and just what you want A is our welcome to Christmas buyers ...... pparet ~ Splendid Holiday Stock I which includes something for every person-something for every purse. Remember your ,. home and your friends this year as you never did before. You can do it with the best selection at fairest prices and in the greatest variety of new and seasonable novelties in all that pertains to a grand layout in the line of Men's and Hoys' C_lothing, Hats, Caps, and Gents' Furnishings. Get the best for Christmas. There is no place like our store to buy holiday gifts, because we are filling all the wants with the best of goods at the lowest prices. METZROTH BROS.

Sponges, Perfumes, Hair Brushes, Tooth Brush-

B.P:.eAITER es, and a full line of Druggist Sundries. Special BJ?1:1ssisft, attention to Physicians' Prescriptions. Try 504 St, Gern,aio St., St. Cloucl. Carter's White Pine for Coughs. ,ffff/ffffffff(t;~ffffffffff Merchants:-: National :-: Bank ~ OF ST. CLOUD, MINN. Michael BurnsJ' CAPITAL, $135,000. Banking in all its Branches. -:- PROPRIETOR Interest paid upon Time Deposits.

In Our !envlngs Department. BARBER Deposits received in sums of $1.00 and upwards. Interest allowed upon sums of $6.00 and upwards. SHOP~ 0 . lJ. HA.VILL, Pre&ident. Under the Grand Central Hotel. A.H. REINEIARD. C. L. ATWOOD, Cashier. Vice-President.

J ■■■••················································ SPECIAL RATES Made to STUDENTS THE DRUGGIST HUHN Is the place to get all J. C. BOEHM, M. D. fancy toilet article&. 519 St. Germain Street. Physicians' Prescriptions a Specialty. Office hours: 11 a . m. to 12:30 v. m., 2 to 4 lnthe afternoon, 7 t.o 8 even1ng. i.~~1:;i~:i~.~~--