Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 94, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 April 1913 — Purdue Will Conduct Summer School for Teachers. [ARTICLE]

Purdue Will Conduct Summer School for Teachers.

Purdue University will conduct its second summer school for teachers from June 14th to July 19th, 1913, offering instruction in Agriculture, Domestic Science ahd Manual Training. The purpose of this school is to prepare teachers in the rural and town schools to administer the above-named subjects in an intelligent and effective manner.' The instruction will emphasize the elemen--tary side of the subjects, giving particular Attention to methods of preparing material and of organizing the work in rural schools. The lal> oratories and teaching equipment of the university, including the library, will be availabk to students. The School will be conducted primarily for teachers now in the service who wish, in this way, to fit thcmselves better for trhc teachtng of Agriculture, Domestic Science or Manual Trainng. The need for such teaching in the schools is no longer a doubtful one, and this fact has been emphasized by the recent report of the Indiana commission on industrial and agricultural education, as well as by similar commissions in other states. Legislation with reference to the introduction of this work into the regular work of the public schools of the state, further emphasizes the advisability of teachers already in service making preparation for taking up this work. The attendance at the first summer school at Purdue, June 17th to July 20th, 1912, is significant of the widespread interest in the above lines of work. It indicates that teachers are coming to recognize that they can do more to direct the ideals of the children of the farm toward rural life than anyone else can. Forty counties in our own state were represented in the enrollment, and the enthusiasm and vitalizing force going out into the school work of the state through these lines is making itself felt economically because of the respeet for labor of all kinds which it promotes. No efforts will be spared by the university authorities to make the summer school a real help to teachers in furthering the development of intelligent, effective vocational training.