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THE Master's DEGREE. Provisions are made for taking the Master’s degree as follows: Any one holding the degree of Bachelor of Pedagogics of the Michigan State Normal School, may, upon application, receive the corresponding Master's degree (M. Pd.) upon certain prescribed conditions.

It will be observed that the development of the courses of study and instruction in the school has taken three directions: (1) methods of teaching, so-called, both general and special, have received more and more attention. (2) The principles, theories, and history of education haye also received more and more attention. (3) Advanced academic studies have been gradually introduced into most departments, and consequently provision has been made for broader scholarship and for more general culture. ‘This normal school can not justly be charged with a disposition to emphasize the method at the expense of the matter of instruction.

By comparing the original course of study and instruction with the present courses an estimate can be made of the extent and character of the development of the strictly professional work of the school.

Since the preceding was prepared for the printer, the fourth period in the development of the school has unexpectedly terminated with the close of the administration of President Boone.

The development during this period has been along the lines indicated in the last paragraphs of the previous writing, and presents nothing essentially new.

The scope and purposes of the college have been enlarged and extended in certain directions. It is stated that teachers are prepared for the following named positions:

For positions in rural, ungraded and village schools.

For public and private Kindergartens.

For primary work and the lower grades of the elementary schools, For the upper grades of the graded schools.

For general grade work.

For special subjects and departments,

For supervisors of particular branches, such as music, drawing, etc.

8. For principals, superintendents, directors, etc.