The Normalia, 1896-02

              FEBRUARY,   1896.
9lormalia.
Staie formal School,
AT ST. CLOUD, MINN. •
Sustained by the State for the Training of Its Teachers.
COUR-SE^S O^ STUDY.
1. An Advanced Course, extending through five years.
2. An Elementary Course, extending through three years.
( 1. Elementary Course, one year.
3. Graduate Courses \ 2. Advaneed'Course, two year.
( 3. Kindergarten Course, one. year.
The Diploma of either course is a State Certificate of qualification of the First Grade, good for tyro
years. At the expiration of two years, the Diploma may be endorsed, making it a certificate of qualification
of the first grade, good for five years if an Elementary diploma, or a Permanent Certificate if an Advanced diploma.
The demand for trained teachers in Minnesota greatly exceeds the supply. The best of the graduates
readily obtain positions at good salaries.
a.':d Mission.
Graduates of High Schools and Colleges are admitted to the Graduate Courses without examination.
Applicants holding a second-grade county certificate are admitted to the C class without examination.
Applicants who do not hold a second-grade certificate must be fifteen years of age at their nearest birthday
and to be admitted must pass a creditable examination in Orthography, Reading, Grammar and Language,
the general Geography of the world, and Arithmetic equivalent to the demands for a second-grade certificate in these subjects. All the advantages of the school are FREE to those who pledge themselves to teach
two years in the public schools of the state.
.    EXPANSE OR I/IVIHO IS VERY MODBJiiLTB. '
Living at the Ladies Home, including furnished room, heat, light and' table board, is $3.00 per week.
Board in private families m tv be ha 1 at rates ranging from f 2 50 to $4 per week. Excellent opportunities
are offered for self-boardin z
Catalogues, giving full information, are mailed free to any address. Any questions will receive prompt
attention.   Address the President,
O-EJO. ~R'. KIvEEBERGER, .
StSf Cloiid,  Minn.