. The Normal School bulletin . more and more widely recognized that play is themost serious and important work of the child. It is the means ofgrowth, as there is little growth without activity. It develojps thesocial and moral instincts and prepares for life by requiring fairness,self-control, courage, initiative, skill and other attributes of the goodcitizen. The boy without a play-ground is father to the man without ajob (Lee), neither of them having the source of effort that makes lifeworth while. The school without a play-ground is woefully teacher without a knowledge of th
. The Normal School bulletin . more and more widely recognized that play is themost serious and important work of the child. It is the means ofgrowth, as there is little growth without activity. It develojps thesocial and moral instincts and prepares for life by requiring fairness,self-control, courage, initiative, skill and other attributes of the goodcitizen. The boy without a play-ground is father to the man without ajob (Lee), neither of them having the source of effort that makes lifeworth while. The school without a play-ground is woefully teacher without a knowledge of the value of play and withoutacquaintance with the wealth of material is unbalanced in training andlacks the most vital means of sympathetic contact with children. The course in play aims to equip the teacher for complying withthe Illinois law requiring a minimum of one hour weekly in physicaltraining, and for bringing about in his school a better physical develop-ment, a higher moral tone and a greater joy in living and Southern Illinois State Normal University 83 The course consists in: 1. Games—simple and highly organized. 2. Ehythmic plays and folk dances. 3. A survey of educational gymnastics sufficient to enable theteacher to use authorized prepared lesson plans. 4. The value and use of the posture test. 5. The athletic badge test whereby any child can gain the privilegeof wearing a national society button after attaining to certain physicalstandards. 6. Entertainments, pageants, etc. 7. Supplementary reading. Classes meet daily for twelve weeks, beginning with the springterm or with the mid-spring term. The same course will be givenduring the six weeks summer school, classes meeting twice daily. COMMERCE. Penmanship, Commercial Law, Stenography and Typewriting. Summer Session. T. L. BRYANT. ALBERT HUNT. EDWARD V. MILES, JR. Penmanship. MR. BRYANT. Com/l 1.—The next revision of the State Course of Study willbase its outline in penmanship upon the Palmer Method i
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