REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 75 
Essays: 
The development of my constructive imagination. 
The development of my interest in Chemistry. 
My Psychology as an only child. 
A statistical study—Children’s Womanly Ideals. 
Pedagogy. 
Specimen tests on outlines of class work. Reviews of authors. 
Practice. 
Discussion of lessons given by the regular teacher and observed by 
the practice class. Plans for teaching in different subjects. Papars in ap¬ 
plied Psychology. 
MODEL SCHOOL. 
This work aimed to represent the academic practice of which the Normal 
was the theory. 
Latin and Greek. 
Inflection. Translation into good idomatic English. Syntax. • Trans¬ 
lation of English into Latin and Greek. Illustration by means of maps and 
drawings of subjects of interest referred to in the text. 
French. 
Grammar exercises. XJncorrected tests. Dictations with corrections. 
Sight translations. Verbal drill. Memory work. Translations from Eng¬ 
lish into French. Letters and stories written in French. 
German. 
Grammar exercises. Exercises in German written from dictated 
English prose. Translation of Wilhelm Tell. 
English. 
The different steps in the development of style; the authors chosen to 
represent the great styles in composition; the plans of studying these authors. 
Drawing. 
Specimens of raffia construction. Designs in wood, glass, book-binding, 
posters, menu cards, dressmaking, etc. The use of color from the beginning 
of the course throughout. 
The above descriptions give an idea of the exhibit, which included, as 
stated in the beginning, specimens from the Kindergarten to the end of the 
High School course, and which aimed to show the applications of the work 
with reference to interest and purpose as related to practical life. 
There were exposed on the wall space a large sized water-color paint¬ 
ing of the Normal and Model School Building, photographs of the exteriors, 
and various rooms of the interiors of all of the buildings, showing the labora¬ 
tory, gymnasium and library equipment, etc. Also, photographs of various 
classes at work, and of various specimens of class work. 
There were also plaques of burnt w'ood and tables of specimens of work 
done in the Manual Training Department representing the different features 
of the course, including construction, showing pieces of apparatus for lessons 
in Physics and other branches of science, and also articles of ornamentation 
and use such as tabourettes, Indian stools, etc. 
There were also cases of insects collected by the students, herbaria, etc. 
There were also copies of the books written by the various members 
of the faculty. 
JAMES M. GREEN. 
