Excerpt from Historical Sketches Relating to the First Quarter Century of the State Normal and Training School In this respect, we feel confident that great changes for the better are yet to be made, especially in the lower grades of our schools. Something, it is true, is now being done in this direction, and teachers in these departments have regular and daily exercises in object lessons; but for want of proper facilities much less is ac complished than could be desired. We trust that by the intro duction of proper text books as guides and models, as also charts, pictures, drawing and other aids, we may see advancement made in this direction from year to year, until brought to a high degree of perfection. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.