MISSOURI STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, 
DEAWINe AND. PAINTING. 
Drawing is fast losing the place so long given it among the list of accom- 
plishments, and becoming one of the necessities of a practical education. 
It cultivates the eye and the hand, thus aiding in the study of Penmanship, 
but especially is it becoming a necessity to all who would engage in any 
mechanical occupation. As an education in ^Esthetics, it is invaluable. In 
the course here, we aim to combine from the first, the practical with the 
simple aesthetic culture. Inventive, memory and object-drawing, form a large 
part of the work. 
Penmanship.— It has been truly said that the noblest acquisition of man- 
kind is speech, and the most useful art is writing. A good handwriting is 
an indispensable requisite to the business man. Great prominence is given to 
this branch. 
Book-Keeping.— A business education will be of advantage to every man, 
whatever his future occupation may be. To the farmer it will teach business 
habits and attention to accounts, which will enable him to secure greater 
interest and success in business. To the mechanic it will teach order, 
system, management, the practical value of book-keeping, and remedy many 
of his deficiencies. To the professional man it will aftbrd a clearer insight 
into the practical operation of business aftairs, and give him increased facili- 
ties in obtaining practice. A knowledge of book-keeping js deemed essential 
to the successful teacher. In this department instructions will be given in 
Single and Double Entry Book-keeping, the forms of Kotes, Drafts, Bills 
of Exchange, Bonds, Mortgage, Certificates, Deeds, etc. The Course will 
be as thorough and complete as that pursued in a regular commercial college. 
VOCAL MUSIC. 
An eminent writer has said, that Man, distinguished from the inferior 
parts of creation by the divine gift of reason, exhibits no greater evidence of 
that faculty than by the seeds of science which the Creator has implanted in 
his nature, and the power which he possesses to cultivate and bring them 
to perfection ; but of all the various arts and sciences which he is qualified 
to promote, no one appears more congenial to, or more intimately interwoven 
with the constitution of his nature, than that of music. Vocal music indeed 
seems to have been coeval with human nature itself.’’ 
The importance of making it one of the common branches of an education 
is generally admitted. That it can be taught as successfully as any other 
branch of regular study, if subjected to the same general rules, has been 
fairly demonstrated. 
It is necessarv to the successful introduction of vocal music into the 
common schools, that teachers be competent to give daily systematic instruc- 
tion in the elementary principles. This will soon be one of the requirements 
of a teacher. The usual plan adopted in the majority of the higher schools of 
this country has been to devote much time to instrumental music, while 
vocal music has been greatly neglected. Kecognizing its importance in our 
educational system and the need of competent instructors, provision is 
made in the course of study for presenting the subject methodically, and 
in such a way that the| musical attainment of the student shall correspond 
with his advancement, in other branches. 
By reference to the Course of Study, it will be seen that instruction is 
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