isua-isnscatalog-1887-1888-046

Description: ANNUAL REGISTER.45Ninth. No student will be admitted to the Normal School
who does not intend, in good faith, to qualify himself or herself
to teach in the public schools of the State.Tenth. It is important that every student expecting to attend
the Normal School should be present the first day of the term,
that all may be examined at once and classified. Those who
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. 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 character and disciplinary relations to the school shall be
satisfactory. At the expiration of two years after graduation,
satisfactory evidence of professional ability to instruct and man¬
age a school having been received, they shall be entitled to
diplomas appropriate to such professional degrees as the Trustees
shall confer upon them, which diploma shall be considered
sufficient evidence of qualification to teach in any of the schools
of this State.
Source: http://indstate.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/isuarchive/id/32963
Collection: Indiana State University Archives

Further information on this record can be found at its source.