Happy #RICspirit Day, everyone! Here’s #throwbackthursday, pt. 1. • In honor of Tuesday’s vote to approve funding for the renovation of Horace Mann Hall, let’s take a look back at the early days of #teachereducation at #rhodeislandcollege. • Or should we say the Rhode Island State Normal School? That was the original name of the school that would become the Rhode Island College of Education (1920) and eventually Rhode Island College (1959). • This photo from #1906 was taken at the college’s Children’s School on the ground floor of its three-story home in downtown Providence (more on that later today). The future teachers seated on the right were in class to observe teaching practices - still an important part of #teachertraining at RIC to this day! . . . #RICnews #experienceRIC #rhodeislandhistory #tbt #vintage #history #localhistory #historical #teachers #schoolofeducation #oldschool #oldschoolliterally