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Title: Annual catalogue of the East Carolina Teachers Training School
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: East Carolina College
Subjects: East Carolina College East Carolina College Universities and colleges College catalogs
Publisher: Greenville, N.C. : The School
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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o practicalor business Arithmetic. Numerous business forms are intro-duced. The aim is to make the class work touch life andbreathe the spirit of business. Most of the problems solvedare based upon facts which grow out of the school and com-munity life, or upon data concerning various industries asfound in year-books, Government bulletins, newspapers, etc. During the second year of the Professional Course specialemphasis is placed on how to teach Arithmetic in the grammargrades and how to make it more attractive and useful to theaverage student. The practice school offers opportunity forsupervised observation, and teaching in third and fourth gradeArithmetic. ENGLISH It is the purpose of the English Department to develop inthe students an understanding and appreciation of literature,a love of reading, and an intelligent use of the English lan-guage, both spoken and written. The aim of the professionalcourse in English is to make the students efficient teachers ofEnglish in the grades.
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5S& East Carolina Teachers Training School 25 In the first year emphasis is laid on the principles under-lying literature and composition and on the essentials of gram-mar. Classics representing each type of literature used in thegrades are studied analytically. In the composition work oppor-tunity is given for writing all practical forms. In the secondyear the principles acquired in the first year are applied to theactual work of the grades, therefore emphasis is laid on methodsof teaching English. The purpose of the Academic Course is to give that trainingin English necessary for the work in the professional years. SPELLING All students are given a test in spelling on the first Saturdayof the Fall Term. Those who spell ninety out of a hundredfamiliar words in everyday use are excused from further workin spelling. Those who do not pass this test are required totake spelling for one term, or longer, if necessary. A test isgiven at the end of each term. ■ ^B HISTORY The chief aim

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