1913, October, Catalogue of the State Normal School of Nebraska - Peru

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No. 3

October I, 1913

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Peru State Normal S hort Courses Peru extends to the young men and women of Nebraska the privlege of free tuition and thorough instructi on with all the advantages and prestige that come from attendance at a STATE SCHOOL, where material equipment is the best; where credits, when earne:i, are a c~e;Jte:i without que3ti on t'1nJghoJt the United St"lte3.

Yo:1ng p~)ple find in Peru all the reg .1lar courses cA'-:red in the best Normal Schools of the Union. In addition to these, Peru is now offering short cour.;;e3 for th ~ spac ial ben efit of tho>e who cannot attend during the en tire year, but must confine their efforts toward an e:iucation to the season of the winter months.

Classes in short courses will be organized November 10 and again on January 26 , continuing nine week.s. Plan to enter on one of these dates. Students will find special review work in all the county and city certificate subjects and als) for the Civil Service examinations. The f ollowing are some of th e special courses:

COMMERCE The following subjects will be offered in the Commercial Department: Penmanship, Typewriting, horthand. Arithmetic, Commercial Law. Business corespondence, Business Methods, Orthography, Rapid Calculation, and Accountancy. Beginning and advanced classes will be conducted in all of these subjects. This work will be under the direct supervision of Prof. W. N. Delzell.

MANUAL TRAINING The work in Manual Training will include a study of the simpler tool manipulations as applied to the general work of the farm.

A few exercises will be taken to g ive some degree of efficiency with the tools ; after which articles such as hammer handles, doubletrees, model gates, hay racks, hav stackers, chicken coops, etc., are made. The object of the course is to teach the student how to make things useful on the farm . The more advanced students will be able to enter the regular classes and fi nd work suited to their needs.

This work will be in charge of P rof. F . C. Smith.

DOMESTIC ECONOMY A special nine weeks' course in Cooking and Sewing will be given. This course is su itable for preparatory students and those preparing to do practical family work. The Cookery course will include a study of foods, methods of preparation and garnishing, menu making, serving and accounts. The sewing course will be

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practical work in drafting patterns and garment making. Six hours each week will be devoted to foods and six hours to sewing.

This course will be given uncer the direction of Miss Myrtle Ferguson.

AGRICULTURE These courses will include General Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Horticulture, and Soils. It will be conducted by Prof.

C. H. Heard.

WHO MAY ENTER Any young man or woman of good character, who is past sixteen years of age, and has completed the equivalent of the eighth grade, may register for any of these courses.

EXPENSES Peru being a state school, there are NO TUITION FEES. A matriculation fee of $5.00 gives the student life membership in the school. Good board may be secured at private boarding houses as low as $3.00 a week.

Young ladies may board at Mt. Vernon Hall for $2.50 a week. Room rent ranges from fifty cents to a dollar a week, depending upon distance from the school and the accommodations offered. Students should bring towels, sheets, pillow cases, blankets, pictures, etc. Many students rent rooms for light housekeeping and thus very materially reduce the expenses of attending school.

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P.iUVILE:;Es EXTENDED The short term students will find the privileges equivalent in every sense to those enjoyed b.v the students wh) attend the entire yc>ar.

Not only can they se~ure the be3t in their special line, but they can also enjoy the ;;piri t and the atme>sphere of a school teeming with opportunities which the: cannot aff(â&#x20AC;˘rd t o miss. They may enjoy member5hip in th e religi JUS organiza ti ons, literary societies, departmental clubs, the use of the best educa ti onal reference library in t he west, free instruction in physical training, military drill, public school music, public school art, debating, normal sch )o] orche;;tra and band. They may attend the lecture and entertainment courses, musical and dramatic recitals at the same small price charged students in the regular courses.

WHEN TO ENTER Remember the dates, NOVEMBER 10 and JANUARY 21i, as the dates when these short courses begin. Students who find it 1mpossible to enter at these particular dates will find wurk suited to their needs should they enter at any other time. All credits earned will be accepte1! towards entrance to the more adYanced courses.

For more detailed informat ion, write PRES. D. W. HAYES, Peru, Nebraska.