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Students may enter ANY TIME and SELECT THEIR OWN WORK. PEDAGOGY. METHODS. The SCIENCE AND ART OF EDUCATION. TEACHERS, the above is taught by a graduate of the New York School of Pedagogy PROF. KINNAMAN is one of the popular teachers of the West. College gave him a year's absence to prepare himself for the above work. He now has charge of the department and great work is being done. No teacher can afford to miss this work. It can be taken any time. GRAMMAR-We still hold the first place in this branch. SPECIALISTS have charge of the common branches, and every one, whether far advanced or just beginning, will find his wants met. Careful attention is given individual students. Having a score of teachers, and meeting them several times a term in a body, the president easily learns the standing and needs of each student. Is well provided for. EVERY DEPARTMENT ELOCUTION is taught by a graduate of the National School of Oratory, Philadelphia. The Teachers', Scientific, Classic, LAW, MUSIC AND SURVEYING, are all large and strong courses. THE COMMERCIAL COURSE. The cheapest and best school in the West for a commercial education. Money and time both saved, and thorough work guaranteed. The student can fill any position in the business world after he has completed our work. We guarantee him this ability. TELEGRAPHY is our most rapidly-growing department. The attendauce has quadrupled itself the past year. The department is in the hands of a practical, experienced operator. SHORTHAND AND TYPEWRITING are the most satisfactory courses in the school. because the student quickly finishes them at very little cost and readily secures a profitable position. Our system is the easiest learned and used of all others. POSITIONS. For some time we have made special efforts to secure our graduates positions, until now we have calls from every State and Territory for teachers, clerks, amanuenses, operators. etc. We cannot fill all the positions at our command. THE NORTHERN INDIANA NORMAL SCHOOL AND BUSINESS INSTITUTE, VALPARAISO, INDIANA. LARGEST and BEST EQUIPPED NORMAL SCECOL in the UNITED STATES. It is located 44 miles east of Chicago, on the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago, the Chicago & Grand Trunk, and the New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroads. The School was organized Sept. 16, 1873 with 35 students enrolled. The attendance has increased from year to year until now more than 4,000 different students are enrolled annually. THE PRESENT YEAR IS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL THUS FAR IN THE HISTORY OF THE SCHOOL. This unparalleled growth is one of the best evidences that the work meets the wants of the masses. 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SUMMER OR REVIEW TERM WILL OPEN JUNE 6TH, and will continue ten weeks. During this term all of the regular classes will be in session and in addition to these the review classes. Students may take regular or review classes, or both, as they may desire. EXPENSES LESS THAN AT ANY OTHER SCHOOL. Tuition $10.00 Per term. Good Board and Well Furnished This School does precisely what it promises to do. Catalogue mailed free. Address, H. B. BROWN, Principal, or CALENDAR.-Spring term will open March 28, 1893; Summer Review Term will open June 6, 1893; Fall Term will open September 5, 1893; First Winter Term will open November 14, 1893; Second Winter Term will open January 23, 1894. HYLOPLATE BLACKBOARD Cheaper and Better than Stone Slate. Will not break, crack, split or warp. For new and old buildings. Can be nailed to any kind of wall. No preparation necessary. Slabs of any length up to 10 ft., 3 ft. or 4f t. wide.. Light and easily shipped. Samples mailed free. 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