Annual catalogue of the Indiana Normal School of Pennsylvania . e so trained rarely make successful teachers. As well mightmedical students devote their time to study of diagnosis and the theory of dis-ease, apart from materia medica and the common diseases encountered in actualpractice. The average high school graduate has been away from the commonschool subjects for from four to five years. His knowledge of those subjectswas obtained at an immature age. In his normal school course they must be re-viewed from the standpoint of a teacher. Ills view \\ill be very different fromthe view he had a
Annual catalogue of the Indiana Normal School of Pennsylvania . e so trained rarely make successful teachers. As well mightmedical students devote their time to study of diagnosis and the theory of dis-ease, apart from materia medica and the common diseases encountered in actualpractice. The average high school graduate has been away from the commonschool subjects for from four to five years. His knowledge of those subjectswas obtained at an immature age. In his normal school course they must be re-viewed from the standpoint of a teacher. Ills view \\ill be very different fromthe view he had as a child. The normal sc1u;(j1 must nt)t only teach how toteach, but what to teach and the educational value of study subjects. True, itcannot and does not confine its courses to common school subjects, realizingthe necessity of having the content of its courses Ijroad and cultural. Thesefacts make the normal school a desirable institution in whicli to obtain a generaleducation for any ])ur])ose in life. More and more, far-seeing parents have 48 f^OR^AL SCMO(. recognized this, and have insisted upon the privilege of paying full tuition forhaving their children educated in the normal school, thus benefiting by its peculiarexcellence. For thousands of years, thoughtful men have realized the peculiar educationaland cultural value of music, and its psychological effect in giving tone and sanityto ment;d life. American educational leaders believe in music as a school insist upon the common-school teachers possessing a fair degree of musicalknowledge and ability. To meet this demand in training, the leading normalschools have founded strong departments of music. The department at Indianahas grown into a well-equipped Conservatory, second to none in this section ofthe country. The life of a comnuniity determines the practical side of its school is a business country; hence, in its cities everywhere high schools areoffering business courses. To prepare teach
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