State Normal School, Saleh, Hassachusetts.
AIHS AND PURPOSES. The aim
of
the
school
Normal
professional.
distinctly
is
schools are maintained by the State in order that the children in
Commonwealth may have
the public schools of the
superior ability; therefore, no student retained in the school,
developing into an
The
who
may
teachers of
be admitted to or
does not give reasonable promise of
efficient teacher.
school offers as thorough a course of academic instruction
as time
and the claims of professional training
will permit.
The
subjects of the elementary curriculum are carefully reviewed with
reference to methods of teaching.
includes the study of
man from
The
professional training also
the standpoint of physiology and
of psychology; the principles of education tical
teaching
is
founded
;
upon which
all
prac-
observation and practice in the appli-
cation of these principles; and a practical study of children,
under careful direction. a constant
and
spirit,
which
is
and persistent
In
all
the work of the school there
to reveal to the student the
open
is
effort to develop a true professional
wealth of opportunity
and the grandeur of a
to the teacher,
life of real
service.
ADMISSION. General Requirements.
Candidates for admission must,
young women, have if young men, the age
if
tained the age of sixteen years, and
at-
of
seventeen years, and they must declare their intention to teach,
and
to complete the course of study if possible.
admission will be determined
:
—
Their
fitness for