For Thorough Professional Preparation of Teachers THE SPRING TERM will open April 6, 1885. SPECIAL REVIEW CLASSES will be formed in the common branches and in book-keeping for those teachers who can attend but one term, and who wish to make a rapid review of the subjects they are required to teach, METHODS OF TEACHING the subjects will be given each class as the work proceeds. Also observation in the MODEL SCHOOL. IN THE SCIENCE OF TEACHING, a class will be formed which will recite daily throughout the term. A knowledge of this subject is essential to the professional teacher. IN PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY, work will be given with special reference to aiding teachers of High Schools in fitting themselves to make their instruction in these subjects interesting and practical. We have good apparatus and an expert teacher to direct its use. Persons who desire, and who are prepared to do so, will be admitted to the regular classes of the school to take such work as those classes may be doing. 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