isua-isnscatalog-1885-1886-027

Description:	26INDIANA STATE NORMAL SCHOOL.enter a few days after the beginning of the term take, in their examination, the time of teachers which should be given to in¬ struction. Besides, those who are tardy in entering find it diffi¬ cult to make up lost lessons. Be present, ready for work, on the first day of the term.Eleventh. Every student admitted will be required to give satisfactory evidence of good moral character and of fair intel¬ lectual ability. The personal appearance and conduct of the individual, together with a letter from some responsible citizen to whom the bearer is personally known, will be taken as evidence of. character.Twelfth. After reasonable trial, if a student shows lack of ability or application, or of moral character, to achieve fair suc¬ cess as a teacher, he or she will be advised to withdraw from the school and seek some other vocation.Thirteenth. Those desiring other information respecting the Normal School, than that contained in this register, are requested to address State Normal School, Terre Haute, Ind.CERTIFICATES AND DIPLOMAS.Section 4557 of the school law of Indiana reads as follows:  The board of trustees is authorized to grant, from time to time, certificates of proficiency to such teachers as shall have completed any of the prescribed courses of study, and whose moral char¬ acter and disciplinary relations to the school shall be satisfactory. At the expiration of two years after graduation, satisfactory evi¬ dence of professional ability to instruct and manage a school having been received, they shall be entitled to diplomas appro¬ priate to such professional degrees as the trustees shall confer upon them which diploma shall be considered sufficient evi¬ dence of qualification to teach in any of the schools of this State.By a rule of the Board of Trustees, satisfactory evidence of twelve months successful experience in teaching, after complet¬ ing the course of study, entitles the graduate to the diploma of the institution.
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Collection:	Indiana State University Archives

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