Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from A History of the Illinois State Normal Schools From 1857 to 1920: A Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School of Arts and Literature, in Candidacy for the Degree of Master of Arts; Department of Education
By a Normal School is meant an institution for the training of young men and women who aim to be teachers, to a thorough and practical knowledge of the duties of the school room, and to the best modes of reaching the heart and intellect, and of developing and building up the whole character of a child. From early times, the fitness of the teacher has been held as one condition of the learner's advancement. Adaptation to the work of instruction is one measure of the best service. And this art of teaching must be illustrated and exemplified by those who are to apply it in a training or model school specially equipped to prepare young men and women for the important business of school teaching.
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