The Normalia, 1897-03

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MARCH",   1897.
STATE rlOHJVlflli SCHOOL,
AT ST. CLOUD, MINH.
Sustained by the State for the Training of Its Teachers.
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COURSES OF 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. Advanced Course, two year.
( 3. .Kindergarten Course, one year.
The Diploma of either course is a State Certificate of qualification of the Firsl^Grade, good for two
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 Ad-
yanced diploma.
The demand for trained teachers in Minnesota greatly exceeds the supply. The best of the graduates
readily  obtain positions at good salaries.
^LIDIvIISSIOK.
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 birthdaj
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.
EXFE^SE OF I/IYIHG- IS YBRY MODERATE.
Living at the Ladies Home, including furnished room, heat, light and table board, is $3.50 per week.
Board in private families may be had at rates ranging from $2.50 to $4 per week. Excellent opportunities
are  offered for self-boarding.
Catalogues, giving full information, are mailed free to any address. Any questions will receive prompt
attention.   Address the President,
GEO. R. KIvERBEROER,
St. Olo-ad.,  Minn.