The Index . arly days, the so-called model school was largely a school for observation; students taughtclasses but with little supervision. In 1874 Thomas Metcalf had been ap- 81 INDEX 1918 pointed head of the training school, and had been provided with three assist-ants known as critic teachers. Under President Cook there came Charles andFrank McMnrry and C. C. Van Liew, men who had studied Herbartian peda-gogy in Germany and were eager to organize the model school in accordance withit. Other young teachers were called to the faculty; Miss J. Rose Colby, a grad-uate of the University of Michi
The Index . arly days, the so-called model school was largely a school for observation; students taughtclasses but with little supervision. In 1874 Thomas Metcalf had been ap- 81 INDEX 1918 pointed head of the training school, and had been provided with three assist-ants known as critic teachers. Under President Cook there came Charles andFrank McMnrry and C. C. Van Liew, men who had studied Herbartian peda-gogy in Germany and were eager to organize the model school in accordance withit. Other young teachers were called to the faculty; Miss J. Rose Colby, a grad-uate of the University of Michigan and of Radcliffe, put new life and meaninginto the study of literature; David Felmley succeeded President Cook asteacher of mathematics; Lida Brown McMnrry began her unmatched career asprimary critic; 0. L. Manchester, a Dartmouth man, became principal of thehigh school. These younger men under the leadership of President Cook at-tacked the problems of education with great ardor. The Faculty Club was ill. established and accomplished much constructive work of high value. The clubstill continues with something of its old spirit, altho its best work now is inenabling each member of the faculty in turn to acquaint other members withthe aim and method of the work in his department. In 1895 an appropriation was secured for a library and gymnasium, andthe beautiful stone building with architecture so characteristic of the Altgeldregime was erected. In the earlier days there had been a text-book librarywith free text books, a reference library and two society libraries, all withstudent librarians. Pres. Cook consolidated these in rooms nine and ten andput the present librarian in charge 27 years ago. He introduced systematic gym-nastic training when in 1891 Miss Lucia Raines began to give two lessons perAveek to the young ladies. Later Miss Amelia Lucas from the Emerson school ofExpression and B. C. Edwards divided their time between reading and gym-nastics. 82 INDEX <# 1918 In
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