 | University of Virginia record March 15, 1916 |  |
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The University of Virginia Summer School is conducted for teachers
and students in high schools, academies and colleges and for those
who desire professional training for primary and grammar grade
work. It also offers many courses for college credit, and others to
meet the needs of students preparing for college entrance or who
have conditions to absolve. It takes as its peculiar province, not the
ordinary summer institute, but the solid and substantial training of
high school teachers, college teachers, college students, and teachers
who either have professional or life certificates or wish to procure
them. Because the courses of instruction in high schools are not
clearly defined but merge into the grammar grades below and into
the lower college classes above, the high school offers itself as a
strategic center around which to build up instruction, the emphasis of
which is upon subject matter. The justification of such a summer
school for high school teachers is the unusual activity in the South
just now in behalf of secondary education. The large number of high
school and college teachers attending the Summer School each year
is an additional proof of the need of such a school. In addition to
courses for high school teachers, the demand for courses for primary
and grammar grade teachers is fully met.
LOCATION.—Charlottesville, the seat of the University of Virginia,
is in a picturesque and healthful situation among the foot-hills
of the Blue Ridge Mountains. It is at the junction of two great
lines of railway, the Chesapeake & Ohio and the Southern, and is
thus of easy access from every part of the country. The sanitary arrangements
of the University are excellent. The climate is invigorating,
healthful, and free from malarial conditions, the average elevation
of the surrounding country being about six hundred and fifty
feet above sea level; the water supply is pure, being drawn by gravity
from a mountain reservoir six miles away; the system of drains and
sewers is complete. The average monthly mean temperature from
1901 to 1911, taken from the records of the weather station at the
University Observatory, was: June, 71.4 July, 76.8. Summer rates
are given by the railroads to this point. There are three golf links,
a well-conducted country club and many other attractions for summer
visitors.
LABORATORIES AND MUSEUMS.—The equipment possessed
by the University for the work of instruction, alike in academic and
in the professional departments, has been much augmented in recent
years, and is now excellent in quality, as well as extensive. In scientific
studies large facilities are offered by the Rouss Physical
Laboratory, the Chemical Laboratory and the Museum of Industrial
Chemistry, the Lewis Brooks Museum, the Biological Laboratory,
and the large new Education Building with laboratories for Manual
Arts and Domestic Arts.
THE GENERAL LIBRARY.—The General Library is open to
the corps of instructors and the students of the Summer School from
9 a. m. to 1:30 p. m., 3 to 5, and from 7:30 to 10 p. m. The collection
contains about seventy thousand volumes, including the standard
books of history, literature, and science, and is particularly rich in
materials for the study of education and other social subjects. The
sources of information.
All books withdrawn from the library must be charged at the desk.
Usually books are lent for one week but there are exceptions, and
the loan expires on the date stamped in the book. Prompt return
not later than the date on which the loan expires is expected and
borrowers will be fined ten cents for each day delinquent. Students
are expected to give prompt attention to all communications from
the librarian. Volumes in the reference collection are not available
to borrowers but may be freely consulted in the library, and works
in current general use in connection with any course of instruction
will be temporarily placed on reference and made subject to this
rule. All bound magazines are classed as reference books.
REST AND STUDY ROOMS.—Madison Hall, the beautiful new
building of the Young Men's Christian Association, which was recently
erected at a cost of seventy-five thousand dollars, will be open
to students of the Summer School from nine o'clock in the morning
until ten at night. Students will have access to the current periodicals
in the reading room during the day and until ten at night. The
other rooms will be used for rest, for study, for recreation, and for
social gatherings. North of the building there are nineteen tennis
courts which will be equipped for the use of the students.
DAILY GENERAL ASSEMBLY.—Daily from 11:30 to 12:15
there will be a period in which the students may have the privilege
of attending a gathering of the entire body. At this time there will
be short addresses on interesting topics by prominent speakers invited
for this purpose, and a brief prayer and song service. Generally
the singing will be choral, under the direction of the instructor
of music, but occasionally, as opportunity offers, prominent soloists
will be procured.
SUNDAY VESPER SERVICES.—Experience has shown that no
Sunday service held here during the summer has been more attractive
or more appreciated than what has sometimes been called the
Sunset Service. Holding this service at this hour enables all the faculty
and the students of the summer school to unite in one common
service without at all interfering with their attending the churches
of their choice in the city. The service, which will always be kept
within one hour, will begin at seven o'clock. It will consist of congregational
singing and a brief address by some prominent minister
or layman. The pipe organ used when held in the chapel is the work
of one of the best organ makers in the country, and is admirably
adapted, both in size and tone, for church purposes. When the
weather permits the service is held out of doors on the north steps
of the Rotunda.
RECREATION.—Provision has been made to keep the Fayerweather
Gymnasium open for regularly registered students during
the summer. No fee will be charged for the use of the gymnasium,
and it is hoped that every student will come prepared to take advantage
of the physical training courses. A portion of each day set
apart to systematic physical development will be profitably spent.
The swimming pool and baths will be at the service of the students.
The tennis courts belonging to Madison Hall will also be kept in
readiness, duly marked and with nets in place. All men will be
charged a fee of $2.00 for all the privileges of the Association during
the whole summer session, including tennis, lockers, reading room,
splendid athletic field, one of he finest in the South, with baseball
ground and quarter mile running track, will be at the disposal of
those who wish to engage in the manly sports. Within three minutes'
walk from the Academic Building, the woods may be reached.
These woods and the neighboring mountains furnish ample opportunity
for pleasant strolls or for longer tramps on the part of those
more vigorous. One of these walks lead to Fry's Spring, a most
efficacious chalybeate spring, which may also be reached by street
car.
EXCURSIONS.—Under the directorship of a competent guide,
there will be excursions to neighboring points of interest such as
Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson; the Natural Bridge; Luray
Caverns; the Grottoes of the Shenandoah; the battle fields in
Virginia; and any other points to which a sufficiently large number
may care to go. The proximity to Washington and Richmond and
Old Point Comfort (three hours ride to each) should make a visit to
either exceptionally interesting. Saturdays will be reserved for these
excursions. On designated clear nights parties will leave Cabell Hall
at 8 o'clock to visit the McCormick Astronomical Observatory, where
they will be shown the stars through the large telescope in the Observatory.
ORGAN RECITALS, ENTERTAINMENTS, AND LECTURES.
—The pipe organ in Cabell Hall is one of the best products of one
of the largest organ manufacturers in America. It is an antiphonal
organ with fifteen hundred pipes, and exhibits all the possibilities of
organ manufacture. To bring out these possibilities requires a master
organist, and it is the purpose of the management of the Summer
School to procure distinguished organists for the recitals.
A Musical Festival and other entertainments will be announced
during the session of the Summer School. The Coburn Players will
present three plays. The Clifford B. Devereux Company will give
three plays. And negotiations are pending for a number of other
high class attractions. The whole course includes about twenty numbers
and the price of a season ticket is $2.50 making the cost about
the same as moving pictures. Besides there will be moving pictures
regularly in Peabody Hall.
RURAL LIFE WEEK.—The time between July 17 and 21 will be
devoted to the study of rural life problems in general, and the rural
church in particular. A special effort will be made to secure a large
attendance of country ministers and laymen, and distinguished speakers
from all sections of the United States will participate in the Conferences.
FOURTH OF JULY PAGEANT.—Each year an elaborate pageant
is given in connection with the Fourth of July Celebration. An
extensive celebration will be a feature this year. This year a Shakespeare
Pageant will also be held.
REDUCED RAILWAY RATES.—All students coming to the
Summer School from points within the territory covered by the
Southeastern Passenger Association, i. e. the territory lying south
of the Potomac and east of the Mississippi, should apply some time
in advance to the local agent for reduced rates which have been
granted by the Southern Passenger Association on a basis of approximately
three cents a mile plus 25 cents for the round trip. Tickets
of extension of final limit to September 30.
In Virginia reduced rate tickets will be on sale at all railroad stations.
Announcements of dates will be made later by the Department
of Public Instruction. Application has been made to have them
correspond with the above.
A committee will meet all incoming trains night and day, from
June 18th to June 26th, to assist teachers in finding boarding places,
to attend to baggage and to render any other service needed. On
arriving teachers should inquire at the station for members of the
committee who will wear suitable badges. A committee of ladies
from the Y. W. C. A. will assist in welcoming teachers attending
for the first time.
Teachers arriving at Charlottesville from points on the C. and O.
are advised to have their baggage checked to Union Station, Charlottesville.
This will save a great deal of time in having trunks delivered
to destination. Teachers are advised to hand their baggage
checks to the committee. If handed to others a receipt should be
taken.
Teachers arriving before 6 a. m. and later than 10:30 p. m. will
be met, provided they notify the Director. Only trains from 7 a.
m. to 10 p. m. are met, unless notified to the contrary.
A YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION CLUB,
open to every woman in the Summer School, is organized for the
purpose of promoting a pleasant social atmosphere, giving an opportunity
for social service and religious development, and for the
study of methods in club work and church work. The activities include
"stunt parties," camp breakfast, Camp Fire Girls demonstrations,
weekly meetings on religious and social questions and special
lectures on rural life questions. A secretary devotes her entire time
to the work and has charge of the club headquarters at Madison Hall.
Her office hours are from 9 to 11 a. m. and from 2 to 3 p. m.
THE SUMMER SCHOOL NEWS is a college newspaper, edited
and managed by students of the University and of the Summer
School. It contains all official and student organization announcements,
campus news and notes, editorial comment, etc. Its object
is to acquaint individuals with the life of the whole student body,
and to unify the interests of all. Four monthly issues, beginning
with February, will be printed and circulated in addition to the
twelve regular numbers. The subscription price for the whole sixteen
issues is the moderate sum of twenty-five cents. Subscriptions
should be sent to the Business Manager, Summer School News, University,
Virginia.
BOARD AND ROOMS.—Board and room may be had at prices
ranging from $4 per week, where several stay in the same room,
upward, according to accommodations and proximity to the University,
the average being $4.50 to $5.50 per week. Many of the boarding
houses immediately adjoin the University grounds.
One hundred single rooms and one hundred and twenty-five double
rooms in the University dormitories will be reserved in the order
of application upon the following terms: The price will be $5.00
for the full term of six weeks for a single room, and $8.00 for a
room which will accommodate two. No reduction will be made for
parts of a term. Applications for rooms must be accompanied with
the full amount of the fee in order to have them reserved. The
amount of the fee will be returned for good reason and room released
rented to any person who does not register and pay the fee in the
Summer School. Rooms that are reserved will not be held later
than July 1st. No room will be open for occupancy before June
19th. Each room is lighted by electricity, has stationary wash stand
and running water and will contain one bed, one mattress, one pillow,
one chiffonier, one table, one rocking chair, one straight chair.
Double rooms will be furnished with two single beds complete, one chiffonier,
except where there are more than two in room; one rocking chair
or one morris chair and two single chairs. Wash stands and toilet sets
will be provided where necessary. Roomers must provide themselves with
necessary bed clothes, towels, etc. The Randall Building, East and
West Lawns and East and West Ranges will be reserved exclusively
for ladies and will be under the charge of Mrs. M. P. Harris,
an experienced matron and chaperone. Some members of the faculty
will be located in each set of dormitories. No cooking allowed in
rooms. The rooms on Dawson's Row will be reserved for men.
The location of these dormitories in the University grounds and the
social advantages resulting from bringing so many teachers close
together make this arrangement a very desirable one and the rooms
are eargerly sought.
The University Commons, the handsome new dining hall, will be
open for summer students and will provide table board for three
hundred and fifty persons at the very low price of $4.00 a week,
$16.50 a month or $23.00 for the session of forty-six days. Weekly
credit will be given only on account of sickness or leaving the University.
The University Commons will be managed this year by Mr.
Charles Jaimes, a caterer and restaurateur of wide experience. A
Restaurant a la Carte and lunch counter will be run in connection
with the Commons, open from 9:30 A. M. to 11 P. M.
Application for dormitory rooms should be sent promptly, with
retaining fee. For list of boarding houses, rates, etc., see page 71.
FEES FOR NON-VIRGINIA STUDENTS.—A single registration
fee of fifteen dollars will be charged each teacher who registers
from outside of Virginia. This fee will entitle the student to enter
any of the courses outlined in the catalogue (except a few special
courses which are so designated). No student, however, will be allowed
to take more than three advanced courses or six elementary
courses without special permission in writing from the Director.
FEES FOR VIRGINIA TEACHERS.—Tuition will be entirely
free to all Virginia teachers in all the regular courses, both elementary
and advanced, leading to the professional and first grade certificates.
To meet local expenses the State Board of Education has
fixed a registration fee of $1.00 for a four weeks' term and $1.50 for
a six weeks' term for all of the Summer Schools of the State, and
these fees will be charged here. There are a few special courses offered
to meet certain demands but not necessary for certificate credit,
for which fees will be charged to all who take them. The fee for
each is designated in the catalogue. Small fees in laboratory courses
will also be charged all students who register in them.
Students from Virginia who are not teachers or preparing to teach
next session will be charged the same tuition as non-Virginia students.
Teachers whose residence is in Virginia but who are teaching
outside of Virginia will be charged the same fee as non-Virginians.
TEACHERS' POSITIONS.—The University Appointment Committee
receives demands for teachers each year. This committee
upon the Summer School leave their applications with the Director,
who is a member of the committee. A representative of the Virginia
Teachers Agency conducted by the Department of Public Instruction
of Virginia will also be at the Summer School the whole term.
TIME AND PLACE OF RECITATIONS AND LECTURES.—
Recitations will begin in all courses Wednesday, June 21, at 8:30 a.
m. Students should present themselves at the first meeting of their
classes with the required text-books and be prepared with tablets to
take notes on introductory lectures. There will be no classes on Saturday
except possibly on Saturday, July 8th, when classes will meet
at the usual hours. The length of recitation will be one hour, ten
minutes of which will be allowed for transfer from one room to another.
Tuesday, August 1st, Wednesday and Thursday, August 2nd
and 3rd, will be used for examinations; the determination being to
provide for six full weeks of recitation over and above registration
and examination days.
Following the outline of each course in this announcement will be
found the time and place of meeting for each class. The courses
outlined will be given as scheduled. Students should therefore follow
the schedule in selecting courses that will not conflict. It is well
for the student to select such courses from this catalogue before the
opening of the Summer School, so that little delay may be experienced
in registration. The Summer School lecture rooms are for
the most part restricted to six buildings—Peabody Hall, Cabell Hall,
Rouss Physical Laboratory, Mechanical Laboratory, Rotunda, and
the Law Building.
REGISTRATION.—Tuesday, June 20th, will be devoted to the
registration of students. All students who can possibly do so should
register on this day. Those who fail to register before June 21st
will be permitted to attend classes and register as promptly as possible
at other hours. The Registrar's office, located in Peabody Hall
will be open continuously June 20th, 21st, and 22nd from 8:30 a. m.
until 6:30 p. m. Students should consult freely with members of the
Faculty in case of difficulty in choosing courses. No certificate will
be granted to students who fail to register before Wednesday, June
28th, except a certificate of attendance. Students preparing to stand
the examination for teachers' certificates held at this place by the
State Department of Public Instruction, July 19th, 20th, and 21st,
must enter twenty days prior to July 19th.
No student will be admitted to any course without a registration
card naming the course in question and properly signed by the Registrar
and the Bursar.
In registering, students must state upon the registration card what
credit, if any, is desired, as arrangements for credit must be made
before taking the courses. No course may be counted toward a certificate
without the consent of the Director or Registrar, and instructors
will not admit a student to any course not mentioned on
the registration card, which must be signed by the Registrar and
the Bursar to be valid.
IMPORTANT NOTE.—Every teacher who is applying for a Virginia
State Teachers' Summer School Professional Certificate of any
kind should bring with her and before registering have whatever certificate
she holds and which she desires to use as a basis of entrance
on such professional work, approved by a representative of the Department
of Public Instruction who will be present for that purpose.
NON-VIRGINIA TEACHERS.—The regulations in regard to
teachers' certificates and the requirements for entrance to certain
courses in the Summer School do not apply to teachers from other
states than Virginia unless they desire to apply for a Virginia teachers'
certificate.
STUDENTS' MAIL.—In order to insure safe and prompt delivery
of mail, every student should have all mail directed to University,
Virginia, giving always the street and number of his boarding place
or the number and location of his room in the University.
REGULATIONS CONCERNING CREDIT.—The instructor giving
each course will keep the class grades, and attendance, hold the
examination, and average the class grade with the examination
grade, returning to the Director the general average grade of each
student in each course. Absences or delayed entrance will be
counted against the student. A certificate for each course completed
with an average grade of 75 per cent will be signed by the instructor
and the Director of the Summer School, and mailed to the student.
At the close of each session every teacher who expects to apply for
a Virginia Summer School Professional Certificate should fill out and
file with the Director one of the application blanks (Form S. S. 7-10)
furnished by the Department of Public Instruction. When all of the
courses required for any certificate are completed, the Department
will issue the certificate and mail it to the applicant direct. In no
case should the certificates given by the Summer School be sent to
the Department.
Credit Allowed by Other States than Virginia.—Application has
been made to other Southern States for credit equal to that accorded
by the Virginia Department of Public Instruction. Credits are now
allowed toward the extension of the certificates by certain other
States. All persons wishing to arrange for credits with their respective
school authorities should correspond with the Director of the
Summer School.
University of Virginia College Credit.—Below are stated the conditions
upon which credit in the University of Virginia may be granted
for work done in the Summer School.
(a) The student must satisfy the entrance examination requirements
of the University of Virginia and matriculate before he can
receive credit in the College for any work done in the University of
Virginia Summer School.
(b) The Dean of the College will accept the completion of the
courses in the Summer School in lieu of the entrance examinations
in the same subject, provided that in his judgment the courses are
equivalent to those required for entrance to the University of Virginia,
and provided, that the certificates of courses completed be approved
by the University of Virginia professor concerned.
(c) The Dean of the College and the professor in charge of the
school in which credit is desired will accept certificates of completion
of summer courses in lieu of "A" courses in the University of Virginia,
provided that such summer courses be approved by the University
of Virginia professor concerned as the full equivalent in character
and scope of the corresponding "A" courses in the University.
(d) Certificates of completion of certain summer courses approved
by the Academic Faculty will be accepted in lieu of portions of "B"
courses, provided that in each case the Dean of the College, the Faculty
Committee on Degrees, and the professor in charge of the
courses completed are equivalent in character and scope to that
portion of the regular sessional work for which credit is desired.
(e) The character of the examinations and the numerical standard
(75 per cent) required for their successful completion shall be
the same as those of the sessional examinations.
(f) Courses which satisfy the conditions above stated will be credited
toward the B. A. and B. S. degrees offered in the College of the
University as follows:
1. Courses in which not less than thirty (30) hours of lecture instruction
are given will be credited as one session hour.
2. Courses in which not less than thirty hours of lecture instruction
and not less than sixty (60) hours of laboratory instruction is
given will be credited as two sessional hours.
(g) No student wishing University credit will be permitted to take
more than three courses in one session except by special permission
of the Director upon the recommendation of the professors offering
the courses he desires to take.
(h) Students who satisfy entrance requirements will not only receive
credit at the University of Virginia for college courses taken
in the Summer School, but the summer school work is recognized by
standard colleges everywhere, so that students have no difficulty in
securing transfer of credits.
VIRGINIA STATE CERTIFICATES.
Note.—Teachers outside of Virginia are not limited in the choice
of their courses to the conditions under which Virginia certificates
are issued, unless they desire to teach in Virginia and apply for a
license issued in this State. In this case only state certificates from
other states issued by a State Superintendent or a State Board of
Examiners, and approved in advance by the Department of Public
Instruction of Virginia, will be recognized as a proper basis for professional
work.
Teachers from other states will receive credit for all work done at
the University Summer School in accordance with the certificate regulations
of those States from which they come.
The Virginia certificates with which the courses of study at the
University Summer School are immediately concerned are the following:
The Summer School Professional Certificate—Primary Grade.
The Summer School Professional Certificate—Grammar Grade.
The Summer School Professional Certificate—Advanced Grade.
The Summer School Professional Certificate—For High School Teachers.
The following general regulations of the State Board of Education
must be fulfilled by all applicants before they can enter upon
the work for the Summer School Professional Certificate, advanced
grade, grammar grade or primary grade. For conditions for entering
upon the work leading to Summer School Certificate—For High
School Teachers, see "Summer School Professional Certificate for
High School Teachers" page 23 (old course).
"Summer School Professional Certificate."—The holder of a first
grade certificate issued in accordance with the provisions of section
31 of the circular of the Department of Public Instruction
on certification of teachers—(see below) or by the State Board
of Examiners, or the holder of a Virginia First Grade High School
certificate who has had at least five months of actual teaching experience
before entering upon the work prescribed for a Summer
Professional Certificate under the terms and conditions hereinafter
stated. This certificate shall continue in force for seven years and
may be renewed for a similar period from time to time as provided
in section 38 of Form E—19—Department of Public Instruction.
"If necessary, the certificate which entitles a teacher to enter upon
the course of study provided for a Summer School Professional Certificate
may be revived or extended for one year from time to time,
provided the holder completes successfully that portion of the professional
work prescribed for the year during which the extension
is applied for, provided that no certificate which has expired shall
be revived for more than one year upon the basis of completing any
one year of professional work.
"The certificate which entitles the holder to enter upon the course
of study herein outlined must be filed with and approved by the conductor
of the summer school before the applicant may be registered
and admitted to classes.
Courses leading to the Summer School Professional Certificate
shall be offered only in a school conducted at a registered college or
normal school in Virginia and in out-of-state schools whose professional
courses have been approved and registered by the State Board
of Education; and an applicant for this certificate must make at least
75 per cent on class standing and examination on the subjects required
for the certificate. The work must be completed within a
period of five years from the date of beginning if taken in summer
term of four weeks each, or in four years if taken in summer terms
of six weeks each, and shall cover at least three terms of four weeks
each, or two terms of six weeks each, occupying a minimum of 300
recitation periods of at least forty minutes each, provided that courses
of college grade shall occupy a minimum of 180 recitation periods of
at least sixty minutes each.
(a) The course for a Summer School Professional Certificate.—For Primary
Grades, must embrace the following: Principles of teaching,
with special emphasis on how to study, hygiene, drawing, primary
industrial work, music and games; primary methods in reading, language,
arithmetic, nature study and geography, observation work and
practice teaching.
This certificate entitles the holder to teach only in the elementary
schools.
(b) The course for the Summer School Professional Certificate.—
For Grammar Grades, must embrace the following: Principles of
teaching, including how to study, hygiene, drawing, manual training
or domestic economy or elementary agriculture and school gardening;
methods of teaching language, reading, literature, arithmetic,
civics, history, and geography; advanced observation work and practice
teaching.
This certificate entitles the holder to teach only in the elementary
schools.
(c) The course for the Summer School Professional Certificate.—
Advanced Grade, must embrace the following courses of college
grade: Two required courses—English and education—four elective
courses—to be chosen from any of the following branches: Agriculture,
biology, field botany, chemistry, domestic economy, drawing.
French, geography, German, history, hygiene and sanitation, Latin,
literature, library methods, manual training, mathematics, music,
philosophy, physics, and psychology.
This certificate entitles the holder to teach only in the elementary
schools.
FOR GRAMMAR GRADES.
First Year Course.
1. Principles of Teaching, including How to Study—Education 11,
7, 8.
2. Methods of Teaching Arithmetic—Mathematics 11 (Section II).
3. Methods of Teaching Language—English 12.
4. Hygiene.
5. Industrial Subjects—Manual Training 3 or 6; Domestic Economy
1, 3 or 6; Agriculture 2, 8, or 9.
Second Year Course.
1. Grammar Grade Methods, including Arithmetic and Observation
Work—Education 13 or 10.
2. Methods of Teaching Civics and History—History 5 or 6.
3. Methods of Teaching Geography—Geography 3.
4. Reading and Literature—English 10 or 12.
5. Drawing—Drawing 2, 4, 6 or 7; or Writing.
FOR PRIMARY GRADES.
First Year Course.
1. Primary Methods in Language—English 11; Education 16 or
17; Story Telling.
2. Primary Methods in Arithmetic—Mathematics 11 (Section I).
3. Hygiene.
4. Primary Industrial Work—Manual Training 5.
5. Drawing Sec. I or II; or Writing.
Second Year Course.
1. Principles of Teaching—Education 12.
2. Primary Methods in Reading—Education 16, 17.
3. Physical Nature Study and Home Geography—Geography 3;
Agriculture 8, 9 or 10.
4. Music and Games—Music 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 1E; Physical Education
2.
5. Special Primary Methods, including Observation—Education
15, or Observation.
The new courses leading to the Summer School Professional Certificate
herein outlined shall be offered under the same conditions
and at the same places as the Old Summer School Professional
courses, except that the work must be completed within a period of
five years from the date of beginning and shall cover at least three
terms of six weeks each, occupying a minimum of 500 recitation periods
of at least 40 minutes each. These courses shall be taken as
indicated in the following outline.
The first year of the Old Professional Courses, requiring twelve
weeks for completion, will not be given after January 1, 1917. However,
those who have completed a part of either of the Old Professional
Courses, and those who may begin the work of same this
year, will be allowed to finish under the rules and regulations of the
year 1915.
As this new course will undoubtedly lead to a certificate of much
greater value than the old course, all teachers are urged to begin the
new course instead of the old one. For this purpose the first year
of the new course will be offered this session.
Outline for Primary Grades.
| Principles of Elementary Education—Education 11 | 30 periods |
| (Suggested text—Thorndike's. Education—Macmillan.) |
|
| Methods in Reading I—Education 16 and 17 | 30 periods |
| Songs and Games—Physical Education 2 | 30 periods |
| Arithmetic I—Mathematics 1, Sec. I | 30 periods |
| Writing | 30 periods |
| Methods in Language I—English 11 | 30 periods |
| Principles of Teaching and Studying—Education 12 | 30 periods |
| (Suggested text—The Normal Child and Primary Education by Gesell-Ginn & Co.) |
|
| Methods in Reading II—Story Telling 1 | 30 periods |
| Methods in Language and Spelling | 30 periods |
| Public School Music | 30 periods |
| Hygiene and Sanitation | 30 periods |
| Methods and Management | 30 periods |
| (Suggested text—The Teaching Process, by Strayer; and School Management, by Bagley.) |
|
| Drawing | 30 periods |
| Nature Study and Home Geography | 30 periods |
| Primary Industrial Work | 30 periods |
| Child Literature and History Stories | 30 periods |
| Observation | 20 periods |
Outline for Grammar Grades.
| Principles of Elementary Education—Education 11 | 30 periods |
| (Suggested text—Thorndike's Education—Macmillan.) | |
| Methods in Language and Spelling—English 12 | 30 periods |
| Methods in Civics and History—History 5 | 30 periods |
| Methods in Writing | 30 periods |
| Arithmetic I—Mathematics 11 | 30 periods |
| Songs and Games—Physical Education 1 | 30 periods |
| Principles of Teaching and Studying—Education 13 | 30 periods |
| (Suggested text—Thorndike's Education—Macmillan.) | |
| Methods in Language and Grammar | 30 periods |
| Methods in Arithmetic II | 30 periods |
| Public School Music | 30 periods |
| Agriculture | 30 periods |
| Methods and Management | 30 periods |
| (Suggested text—The Teaching Process, by Strayer; and Management, by Bagley.) |
|
| Methods in Literature and Reading | 30 periods |
| Methods in Geography | 30 periods |
| Drawing or Industrial Work or Home Economics | 60 periods |
| Observation | 20 periods |
If drawing or industrial work is taken in the third year an elective
will also be required.
Important Caution.—All Virginia teachers who desire to enter
the professional course must present at the time of registration
either one of the following:—(1) A full First Grade Certificate
(provisional certificates or those of any lower grade cannot be accepted)
issued for satisfactory grades made on State Examination;
or (2) A High School Certificate issued by the State Department
of Public Instruction (High School diplomas cannot be accepted)
and also a letter from the principal or division superintendent, under
whose direction the applicant has taught, stating that the applicant
has had at least five months of satisfactory teaching experience.
These credentials must be brought by the student in order
to avoid delay in registering. The school cannot be responsible
for credits for work on this course unless the credentials are found
correct when the student registers. A high school graduate who
has not obtained a State High School Certificate should write for
it to the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Richmond,
Virginia, and secure it before coming to the school. Second Grade
high School Certificates cannot be accepted for entrance to the professional
course. Training Class Certificates given for less than
four years of combined high school and normal training work cannot
be accepted for entrance to the professional course. Those who
have started work on this course at some other summer school will
please bring with them their reports for the work already completed.
If the course was started at this school in a previous summer, it is
not necessary to bring credentials as our office records are all that
is necessary.
(d) Summer School Professional Certificate—For High School
Grades—Minimum Entrance Requirement.—The holder of a Virginia
First Grade High School Certificate or the holder of a Virginia
First Grade Certificate who presents satisfactory evidence of
having completed the equivalent of a standard four-year high school
course, shall be granted a Summer School Professional Certificate
—For High School Grades, under the terms and conditions hereinafter
stated.
The certificate and other credentials which entitle the applicant
to enter upon and pursue the course of study herein outlined must
be presented to and approved by the conductor of the summer
school before the applicant can be registered and admitted to
classes.
The Summer School Professional Certificate.—For High School
Grades entitles the holder to teach only the high school branches
named in the certificate.
General Requirements.—The courses prescribed in any of the
branches hereinafter stated for the Summer School Professional
Certificate—For High School Grades, must embrace no work unless
it be of College Grade, requiring minimum hours or recitation periods
of sixty minutes each. These courses must be taken in a summer
school at a registered college or university and must be completed
within a period of three years from the date of beginning.
In all cases a statement of each professor under whom the course is
pursued, to the effect that the applicant is highly proficient in his
branch must accompany the final report.
The following "Content Table" gives the number of hours or
recitation periods required in each branch, and in addition thereto
the applicant must complete a course of thirty hours in educational
psychology and the principles of teaching.
Content Table
Agriculture, 90 hours.
Botany, 60 hours.
Chemistry, 150 hours, of which 60 hours must be laboratory work.
Drawing, 90 hours.
English, 120 hours, including 30 hours in English Grammar, 30
hours in Rhetoric and Composition, and 60 hours in English and
American Literature.
Domestic Science, 90 hours.
French, 90 hours.
German, 90 hours.
History, 120 hours, including 60 hours in General History, 30
hours in English History, and 30 hours in American History and
Civics.
Latin, 90 hours, including a review of Cæsar, Cicero and Virgil.
Manual Training, 90 hours.
Mathematics, 120 hours, including Algebra, Plane and Solid Geometry,
and Plane Trigonometry.
Music, 90 hours.
Physics, 150 hours, of which 60 shall be laboratory work.
Physical Geography, 60 hours.
Spanish, 90 hours.
Zoology, 60 hours.
This certificate shall continue in force for seven years, and may
be renewed for a similar period from time to time, as provided in
section 38 of this circular.
N. B.—This course must not be given at any school in Virginia
unless it is specially mentioned and advertised in its literature; no
supposedly equal course at any other than a designated summer
school will be recognized or accepted by the Department of Public
Instruction.
Note.—For those who wish to prepare for the State Examination
for certificates to teach in High Schools, a Special Examination
will be held at the close of the Summer School in order that they
may have full six weeks to prepare for it.
Preparation for State Examinations for First and Second Grade
Certificates.
The State Examinations will be given at the Summer School
July 19, 20 and 21, 1916. Heretofore these courses have been offered
at the University, but this year a much better arrangement
has been made with Supt. Johnson and the Charlottesville School
Board, whereby the classes will be held in Midway School building
in Charlottesville, from 8:30 a. m. to 1 o'clock p. m. in accordance
with the following schedule. The advantages of this plan are:
1. The work will all be given in one building, the classes will be
divided into sections small enough for drill, the periods will be
forty-five minutes each, and the Topical Outlines furnished by the
Department will be strictly followed and thus a thorough review
guaranteed.
2. A vacation school will be in daily session in the building affording
an excellent opportunity for observation work in all the
grades.
3. The afternoons and evenings will be open for extra work in
special subjects and for the general lectures and entertainments
Summer School.
4. Excellent boarding accommodations at very reasonable rates
may be obtained in the vicinity of Midway School building thus
relieving the congestion at the University and reducing somewhat
the cost of living.
5. Those registering for this course will be entitled to all the
privileges of the Summer School without additional cost.
The Third Grade Certificate is no longer issued by the State
Board of Education.
The following extracts from Form E—No. 19 of the Department
of Public Instruction give the requirements for these certificates:
(Sec. 31) "First Grade Certificate.—To obtain a First Grade Certificate
the applicant must be at least nineteen years old, must have
had nine months successful experience in teaching, must make an
average of 85 per cent. on the following subjects: Spelling, writing,
reading, arithmetic, grammar (including composition), geography,
history of the United States, history of Virginia, civil government
(including the government of Virginia), drawing, theory and practice
of teaching, physiology and hygiene, physical geography, elementary
agriculture, and English history, and must not fall below
70 per cent. on any subject.
"A First Grade Certificate based on the foregoing requirements
shall continue in force for five years and may be renewed from a
similar period from time to time upon satisfactory evidence that
the holder has taught successfully for at least three of the five
years, and fulfills the other requirements of section 38 of Form
E—No. 19.
"An applicant who makes the first grade average on the required
subjects, but who has not had the requisite experience will be issued
a Second Grade Certificate, which may be changed to a First Grade
Certificate after nine months of successful teaching.
"A First Grade Certificate issued by a division superintendent,
which has finally expired, may be exchanged for a new First Grade
Certificate provided the holder passes the examination on the added
subjects for a new First Grade Certificate, which are English history,
physical geography, and elementary agriculture."
34. "Second Grade Certificate.—To obtain a Second Grade Certificate
the applicant must be not less than eighteen years old, and
must make an average of 75 per cent. on the following subjects:
Spelling, reading, writing, arithmetic (including business forms),
grammar (including composition), geography, history of the United
States, history of Virginia, civil government (including the government
of Virginia), drawing, theory and practice of teaching,
physiology and hygiene, and must not fall below 60 per cent. on
any subject.
"This certificate shall continue in force for a period of two years
and may be renewed for a similar period as provided in section 38
(of Form E—19)."
Because of the great amount of investigation and bookkeeping involved,
the Department of Public Instruction cannot undertake to duplicate
reports of examinations that may have been lost or destroyed
by applicants desiring the benefits of a combination and an applicant
who seeks the advantages offered by this section must attach the
report of the former examinations to be combined to Form E—No.
2 when he takes the second examination.
DAILY SESSION AT MIDWAY SCHOOL BUILDING.
| Hours. | Subject. | Teacher. |
| 8:30 | Arithmetic | Mrs. M. S. Moffett |
| General Geography | Mr. J. T. Fentress | |
| Civics | Mrs. Lucile Burgess | |
| 9:15 | Arithmetic | Mrs. M. S. Moffett |
| General Geography | Mr. J. T. Fentress | |
| Physical Geography | Mr. A. G. Williams | |
| Hygiene | Mrs. Lucile Burgess | |
| 10:00 | Arithmetic | Mrs. M. S. Moffett |
| Grammar | Miss Willie London | |
| General Geography | Mr. J. T. Fentress | |
| Civics | Mrs. Lucile Burgess | |
| 10:45 | Grammar | Miss Willie London |
| U. S. History | Mr. Walter Huffington | |
| Hygiene | Mrs. Lucile Burgess | |
| English History | Miss May Dabney | |
| 11:30 | Grammar | Miss Willie London |
| U. S. History | Mr. Walter Huffington | |
| Virginia History | Miss May Dabney | |
| 12:15 | U. S. History | Mr. Walter Huffington |
| Virginia History | Miss May Dabney | |
| Physical Geography | Mr. A. G. Williams | |
| 1:00 | Theory and Practice | Supt. H. M. McManaway |
Note.—Observation Periods and Special Methods in Reading
will be arranged, and other sections will be formed if necessary.
Supt. J. G. Johnson will have immediate direction of the work at
Midway.
Those who wish to take drawing, writing or agriculture can do
so in special classes arranged in the afternoon at the University.
| University of Virginia record March 15, 1916 | |