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WINTER TERM,
1863-4,
Register for the Fall and Winter Term, 18634.
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BOARD OF EDUCATION. His Excellency, The Governor.
Abner
His Honor, The Lieutenant Governor.
Rev. William Rice, A. M., Springfield.
J.
Phipps, Esq.,
New
Bedford,
Hon. Emory Washburn, LL.D., Cambridge. Rev. William A. Stearns, D. D., Amherst.
Hon. Joseph White, A. M., Secretary.
Hon. John D. Philbrick, A. M., Boston.
David H. Mason,
Esq.,
Newton Centre.
Rev. Samuel C. Jackson, D.D., Assistant Sec'y.
Rev. James F. Clarke, D. D., West Roxburj.
George B. Emerson, LL.D., Treasurer.
John
Rev. BiRDSET G. Northrop, A. M., Agent.
P.
Marshall, A. M., Somerville.
BOARD OF VISITORS. John
P.
Hon. Joseph White, A. M.
Marshall, A. M.
Hon. John D. Philbrick, A. M.
George B. Emerson, LL. D.
INSTRUCTORS. Alph^eus
Crosby, A. M., Principal.
Martha K. Crosby. Sarah R. Smith. Ellen M. Dodge.
Mary
William Russell, A. M., Instructor in
Rev. Birdsey G. Northrop, A. M., Lecturer
on M3ntal Philosophy.
James E.
El-
ocution.
C.
Sharp, Esq., Lecturer on Chemistry.
Webb. Frances
Caroline
Mary
J.
Cole.
B. Smith.
Lecturer on S. Cooke, M. D., Anatomy, Physiology, and Health.
Josephine A. Ellery.
Sanborn Tenney, A. M., Lecturer on Geology and Mineralogy.
Mary
Frederic W. Putnam,
0.
B.
C.
Spofford.
Brown, Teacher of Music.
Zoology.
Esq.,
Lecturer on
STUDENTS
2lbt)ancijbf Eliza Hosmer,
Class. Ella G. Page, Gloucester.
Concord.
Mary N. Plumer, Newbury port.
B cniox
QTlass. Ladd, North Andover,
Lucia Bartlett, Plymouth.
Pamelia
Helen M. Edmands, Charlestown.
Deborah Norton, North Livermore, Me.
Elizabeth A.
Mary
D.
Flint,
Hart,
Quincy.
Concord, N. H.
J.
Ellen A.
Paine,
Mary
Paine, Royalston.
E.
Royalston.
Margarett M. Haskell, Bradford.
Louise F. Parsons, East Gloucester.
Mary
Ellen C.
P.
Haskell,
Salem.
Emily A. H. Hayward, Dublin,
N.'
H.
Harriette L.
Helen M. Hunt, Lowell. Loretta F. Knight,
Sawtelle, Brookline, N. H.
Ella
Shirley,
F. Thrasher,
Marblehead.
Lynn.
17.
Charlestown.
iHiirbU Oriass. Helen L. Abbott, North Andover.
Mary V.
Allen, Manchester.
^
Marcia L. Duley, Annisquam, Gloucester.
Susan George, North Wilmington.
Eleanor E. Boies, Chelsea.
Mary
Huldah E. Boothby, Jackson, Me.
Lucinda
Charlotte
M. Bullock,
Leicester.
E.
Ella F.
Gilbert, J.
Hinsdale.
Giegg, Derry, N. H.
Hay, Stoneham.
Marzette H. Coburn, Dracut.
Emily M. Hewes, Lynnfield Centre.
Laura
Crosby, Billerica.
Maria A. Holt, Keene, N. H.
Ellen B.
Cushman, Plymouth.
Augusta M. Howe, Somerville.
Mary
Danforth, Lynnfield Centre.
Esther E. Hunt, Taunton.
I.
T.
Mary Ann
Dotey, Manchester, N. H.
Sophia 0. Driver, Salem.
Julia T. Ella F.
Jellison,
North Ellsworth, Me.
Kehew, Salem.
Elizabeth S.
Lamb,
Emma
Lowell.
Anna
S.
Lamson,
Abby
F.
Lane, Lynn.
H. Proctor, South Danvers.
Caroline P. Rowell, Salem.
Topsfield.
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Addie M. Spinney, Charlestown.
Harriet Lane, Newport, Vt.
Mary
Cinderella Newliall,
Helen M. Titcomb, Newbury.
Lynnfield.
Julia Packard, West Auburn,
Me.
G. Stone,
Mary
Charlestown.
Torr, South Danvers.
E.
Abby
L.
Peak, Chelsea.
Eliza
Sarah
S.
Perkins,
Caroline B. Warren, Plymouth.
Lynnfield Centre.
Sophia M. Pike, Newbury port. Caroline A.
Pitkin, Winchendon.
Emily R. Pitkin, Winchendon.
S.
Clara
Mary
Rockport.
Tufts,
S.
Webster, Lowell.
E.
Whitney, Lowell.
A. Woodward, Keene, N. H.
Elsie
45.
Adelaide C. Plumley, Lawrence.
M nniox QLiass Mary
Helen M. Hastings, North Chelsea.
E. Bartlett, Haverhill.
Martha
C. Brainerd, Halifax.
Lucy M. James,
Deerfield Centre, N. H.
Aug-usta A. Brown, Newburyport.
Mary
L. Kilburn, Lonsdale, R.
Annie M. Chambers, Lowell.
Sarah
S.
Kittredge, Salem.
Abbie M. Chard, Annisquam, Gloucester.
Sarah
J.
Leach, Wendell Depot.
Emma
D. Coburn, Pelham, N. H.
Eveline Conant,
Sarah
J.
Wenham.
Olive A. Leggett, North Andover.
Mary
Crosby, Lowell.
T. Locke, Somerville.
Susan Marvin, Dublin, N. H.
Sarah F. Daniels, South Danvers.
Hannah A. Nash,
Julia A. Davis, Lake Village, N. H.
Mary
Sarah A. Dewing, North Chelsea.
Amanda M.
Sarah C. Fiske, Lowell.
Sarah
Clara B. French, Greenville,
111.
Ann
Greenfield.
Parker, Annisquam, Gloucester.
J.
P.
Philbrick, Galesburg, HI.
Sanborn, Lawrence.
B. Smith, Grantville, Needham.
Annie E. Friend, Gloucester.
Emma
Helen
Harriet J. West, Lynn.
C. Frye, Lowell.
R. Welch, Lowell.
Katharine T. Fuller, North Andover.
Louise A. P. White, Salem.
Sarah
Martha
S.
Fuller, Halifax.
Gould, Lowell.
Efi&e J.
Rebecca B. Gove, Weare, N. H. Caroline
W. Graves, North Reading.
Number
I.
E. Whittredge, Hamilton,
Georgianna Wilkinson, *^North Chelsea. Helen Willson, Como,
111.
Sarah L. Woodberry, Eeverly.
of Students in attendance during the Term,
105.
40.
STATE NORMAL SCHOOL.. ..SALEM, MASS.
This Institution was established by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, with the liberal co-operation of the City of
Salem and the Eastern Railroad Company, for the
direct preparation of Female Teachers to instruct in the
quired by law.
Board of
It is
Common and High
Schools re-
under the charge of the State Board of Education, and of a special
During the period that has elapsed since the reception of the
Visitors.
Class in September, 1854, seven hundred and fifty-eight Ladies have been
the School; and of these, three hundred and twenty-.ieven
first
members of
have received diplomas,
upon the honorable completion of the prescribed course of study.
School The Sohool Year ruary and the
first
is
'Sg'ear
anH Serms.
divided into two Terms, commencing the last
Wednesday
in September,
â&#x20AC;&#x201D; each
Wednesday
in Feb-
containing twenty weeks of study,
with a week's recess near the middle of the Term.
The present Term
will close with Exercises of
nesday, January 27th.
All Friends of Education are respectfully invited to attend
these Exercises, which will at other times that
Examination and Graduation, on Wed-
may
commence
at 9 o'clock, A.
M.
;
and
also to visit the School
suit their convenience.
SlUmf ssf on. Candidates for admission must be at least sixteen years of age; must present a satisfactory
certificate
of good moral
character;
must declare
their
fall
intention
6 of faithfully cbserymg the regulations of the S3lioo1 during their connection with.
and of afterwards teaching in the public
it,
p".S3
and must
of Massachusetts;*
schools
a satisfactory examination in Reading, Spelling, Defining, Writing, Arithmetic,
English Grammar, Geography, the History of the United States, and Algebra (through
Equations of the First Degree with Âťone
unknown
A
quantity.)
greater age
and
higher attainments than those prescribed, with some experience in teaching, render the course of study in the Institution
The Examination
commencing at 8 able to arrive.
still
more
for admission takes place
o'clock, A. M.,
useful.
on TVeduesday, the
day of each term,
or as soon after that hour as the Candidates
Except in extraordinary cases, no one
is
examined
The prescribed Course of Study extends through two years in advance,
first
later in the term.
but pupils
;
whenever their examination shows that they can do
may be
may
enter
this advantageously.
StuTifes. These are of two kinds
the more strictly rrvOFEssioxAL, which are prescribed for all
:
the members of the School; and those that are more general in their characterj^ which arc pursued as the students
may need
several grades of public schools.
"
or
The
desire, in
Br;\nches of Leiirning"' prescribed by law for
for all
High Schools;
III.
Tho-e prescribed
Professional Studies.
1.
preparation
for teaching
latter are divided into three classes
for
all
public schools;
High Schools
11.
:
â&#x20AC;&#x201D;
in
the
The
I.
Those prsscribed
of the second class.
Philosophy, History, and Art of Education in
its
several
departments; including General Principles and Methods of Instruction, Mental and
Moral Philosophy, School Laws, School Organization and Government, &c. 2.
and Best Methods of Instruction, both elementary and more advanced,
Principles
in the several branches of school study. S.
Exercises in Teaching, for the illustration and application of these Principles and
Methods; and other Exercises, both Oral and Written,
for cultivating that
power and
propriety of thought and expression which are so essential to the teacher's success.
Observation and practice in other schools are also recommended, and the former, to
Eome extent, required.
General Studies.
Class
I.
"Orthography, Reading, Writing, English Grammar,
Geography, Arithmetic, the History of the United also
and Good Behavior
;
and
"Algebra, Vocal Music, Drawing, Physiology, and Hygiene," (which, in the
words of the law, "
*
States,
shall be taught in all the public schools in
which the School Com-
Ladies designing to teach in other States or in private schools
paying 515 a term
for tuition.
may be admitted by
/
deem
mitteo
it
By
a recent statute, "Agriculture" has been added to
J^Iistory,
Bock-kceping, Surveying, Cccmctry, Natural Philcso-
expedient.'*
these studies.)
Class
**
II.
General
phy, Chemistry, Botany, the Civil Polity of this Commonwealth and of tho United
and the Latin Language.'*
States,
Class
III.
* The Greek and French Languages, Astronomy, Geology,
Logic, Intellectual and Moral Science, and Political
of Mass., chap. 38, §§
Pupils
who have
who approve Studies of the
Economy."
Rhetoric,
— Sec General Statutes
1, 2.
successfully completed the Professional Studies of the School,
upon examination,
themselves, first class,*
receive the First
themselves well acquainted with
tlic
competent
fully
to instruct in the
Diploma of the School.
General
Those who a!&o show
General Studies of the second
French Language, receive the Second Diploma
and
class,
aiid with the
while for the romainiii^ stu'Iics a
;
So fiv as practicable, the needed aoquaintan e with these
special Certificate is added.
General Studies, especially with those of the
first class,
should be acquired by students
before their admission to the School.
2lilirar2?»
The
apparatus,
Institution has already a valuable supply,
anti
f?3Cusciim.
chiefly
through donation, of these
material aids of education, which are so important for
its full
success, (the Libra-
ry containing, in works for general reference and reading, and in text-becks, more than seven thousand volumes.)
To provide
Building has been enlarged, and cabinet-cases, ality of its
for filling
now
for
them ampler accommodatiors, the School
presents
room
which the School must rely
for long ranges of book-shelves chiefly
upon the continued
and
liber-
Friends and the Friends of Education, especially of those w^ho appreciate
the claims of Higher Female Education with particular reference to the
work of cduca-
ing others.!
* Full preparation for in^tructinf? in those branches is regarded as requiring an elpmentary acquaintance with Geometry with tho Natural Sciences, both philosophical and descriptive; with llie History and Etymology of the English Language; and with ;
;
'.\
i
I
ji
j
Engli^.h Literature.
t Contributions of books and pamphlets for the Library, of philosophical and chemical apparatus, of minerals, plants, shells, and other specimens of natural history, and of other articles appropriate to an Educational Museum, will be gratefully received, and will
'
I
i
make an important
addition to the
means
of usefulness which the Institution already
possesses.
I
School Committees and Superintendents will confer a special favor by sending copies of Annual Reports and other educational documents; and Instructors in Institutions
their
of every grade, by sending copies of their Catalogues and Circidars.
â&#x20AC;&#x201D;
8 2S irpenses, Tuition
to those
is free
who comply
-with the condition of teaching in the
may have
Bchools of Massachusetts, wher ever they
($1.50)
is
^ftj, a?c.
previously resided.
A
public
small fee
paid by each pupil at the beginning of the term, for incidental expenses.
The test books required are mostly furnished without charge from the School Library. It is
recommended, however, that the pupils should bring with them,
reference
and comparison, the
for purposes of
which they have already studied
text books
;
and they
should especially be provided with a Dictionary and recent Atlas.
The price which
is
and
or separate fire
commonly paid by the pupils
lights,) is at present,
for board,
from the advance
(not including washing,
of other prices, $2.75 per
week.
For the assistance of those who would
find
even the light expenses of the School bur-
densome, the Commonwealth makes an annual appropriation of a thousand
One
amount
half of this
Massachusetts who may
is
distributed at the close of each term,
among
dollars.
pupils from
merit and need the aid, in sums varying according to the
distance of their residence from Salem, and their necessary expenses in attending the School, but not exceeding in any case $1.50 per week.
In this distribution, the
first
thirteen weeks of a pupil's connection with the School are not reckoned, unless she
enters prepared to complete the prescribed course of study in less than three terms.
Aid
Fund
is also
of Five
rendered, in cases of special merit and need, fi'om the income of the
Thousand Dollars,
bequest of Nathaniel
for
which the School
is
indebted to the munificent
Bowditch, Esq., of Brookline.
I.
Through the bounty of Thomas Lee, Esq., of Boston, awards are made,
amount
At
of seventy- five dollars
to
the
a year, for excellence in Eeading.
the beginning of the next term, awards will be
made
to
candidates for
those
admission who show special excellence in the introductory examinations
:
1.
In Arithmetic and Algebra, to the amount of one hundred dollars.
2.
In Orthography, through the bounty of Leander Wetuerell, Esq., of Boston.
3.
In Reading, through the bounty of Thomas Lee, Esq., of Boston.
Salem, January, 1864,
ANNOUNCEMENT. The Next Term Salem,
^JASS.,
of the
State Normal School at with an Examination
will corr.mence
of Candidates for admission,
on Wednesday,
Feb-
open
is
to
Ladies not
less
than
sixteen years of age, (without limit as to place of resi-
dence.)
who may wi^h
to
direct preparation for the
or High Schools.
To
all
Public Schools of Massachusetts, Tuition is Free.
The common price of Board From the State Appropriation
the School.
sources,
pupils
is
$2.76 per
and other
more than $1400 are annually distributed
who merit and need
the aid.
pursue a Course of Study in
work
who
of teaching in
Common
For Circulars, or further information, address
intend to teach in the
Salem Observer Press. LSBE
TERM.
Text books are mostly furnished from the Library of week.
ruary 24th, 1864. This Institution
â&#x20AC;&#x201D; NEXT
THE PRINCIPAL.
to