Annual catalogue of the officers and students of the Fort Hays Auxiliary State Normal School - first year-1902-'03 (1902) (14781994305)

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Title: Annual catalogue of the officers and students of the Fort Hays Auxiliary State Normal School : first year--1902-'03
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Fort Hays State Normal School
Subjects: Fort Hays State Normal School Teachers colleges
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Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign



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minor scales from the major. Intone work, the pupils are drilled in producing tones of good quality.They are taught to read in all the major keys and to read easy exercisesin the minor keys. Nature Study.—The whole realm of science is too broad for elemen-tary nature study. Interest will be most easily created in those phe-nomena that affect us, and those plants, insects and animals that makefor our happiness or misery. Every child will come later to a hand-to-hand contest with the elements in field, garden, or lawn, and the rules ofthe battle are interesting to him now. Actual contact with nature, andnot stories about nature, should be the guiding principle of the work; soaquaria, vivaria and gardens should be provided, to facilitate observa-tion. Out-of-doors is the book that will furnish most of the reading.No course can foresee what the children will come in contact with. Thefollowing attempts to suggest the kind of work, rather than the quantity 44 Western State Normal School.
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Fifth Annual Catalogue* 45 or the exact objects to be observed. Purposive employments involvingnatural objects and the application of natures laws are devised in thecarrying out of an effective course ill nature study. Seventh year.—The bees, spiders, ants, toads, snakes, turtles, fish andthe miscroscopic life in stagnant water are observed. Birds are studied,making lists of all seen, and noting what they were doing. Any imme-diate interests that may arise in nature study are followed out. Eighth year.—The planting and care of trees is the special topic;their use and beauty; the names of trees around Hays and distinguishingcharacteristics. Pupils learn to graft and bud fruit-trees; also to cross-fertilize or breed plants. They determine some insects harmful totrees, their life stages, and how to destroy them. They name the birdsthat are seen helping the trees by removing eggs and caterpillars. Penmanship.—The work of the seventh and eighth years emphasizesposition, form, and mov