isua-isnscatalog-1889-1890-044

Description: INDIANA STATE NORMAL SCHOOL. 43By 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.As a means of promoting still greater thoroughness on the
part of those nearing graduation from the school, the Board of
Trustees, by a recent action, requires, That all candidates for
graduation from the Normal School shall be required to hold a
county license to teach for a period of not less than two years

said license having been issued within the five years next pre¬
ceding the date of Commencement for the given year. Or that
such persons shall receive a grade in an examination conducted
by the faculty, on the questions used in the county examination,
that would entitle them to a license for not less than two years,
if the examination were taken under a county superintendent.CONDITIONS OF ADMISSION.First. Sixteen years of age, if females, and eighteen, if males-.Second. Good health.Third. Satisfactory evidence of undoubted moral character.Fourth. A pledge that the applicant will, if practicable,
teach in the common schools of Indiana, a period equal to twice
that spent as a student in the Normal School.Fifth. A fair knowledge of the following subjects : Spelling,
Writing, Reading, English Grammar, Geography, United States
History, Physiology, and Arithmetic.TEXT-BOOKS.Students should bring with them such standard text-books as
they have for the purpose of reference.A good dictionary is indispensable.The following text books are in use in the school:Reed and Kelloggs Grammar, Whitneys Grammar, Hills Ele¬
ments of Composition and Rhetoric, Humkes School Reading,
Academic Dictionary, Scotts Development of Constitutional
Liberty, Johnstons American Politics, Myers General History,
Newbys Number Science, Wentworths Geometry and Trigo¬
nometry, Wentworths Algebra, Harkness Latin Grammar, Hark-
Source: http://indstate.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/isuarchive/id/33174
Collection: Indiana State University Archives

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