Salem Normal School Catalog: Spring and Summer, 1868.

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SPRING AND SUMMER TERM, .

1868.

Summer Term,

Register for the Spring and

1868,

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BOARD OF EDUCATION. His Excellency, the Governor.

Rev.

His Honor, the Lieutenant Governor.

John

Rev.

James

F.

Clarke, D.D., Jamaica

Prof.

John

P.

Marshall, A. M.,

Gardner Hubbard, Rev.

Seelye, D.

T.

D.,

Easthampton.

D. Philbrick, A. M., Boston.

David H. Mason, A.

Plain.

M.,

Newton Centre.

Somerville.

Hon. Joseph White, A. M., Sec'y and

A. M., Cambridge.

William Rick, A.

Samuel

Rev.

31., Springfield.

Samuel

Abner

Hon. Emory Washburn, LL.D., Cambridge,

Treas'r.

C. Jackson,. D.U., Assist. Sec'y.

a. M., Agent.

J. Phipi\s,

BOARD OF VISITORS. Prof.

John

P.

Marshall, A.

M., Somerville.

|

Rev.

James

Clarke, Jamaica

F.

Plain.

Hon, Joseph White, A. M., Boston.

INSTRUCTORS. Daniel

Hagar, A.

B.

Ellen M. Dodge.

Mary

E.

M.,

Principal.

Christine Chaplin, Teacher of Drawing.

O.

B.

Brown,

Esq.,

Teacher of Music.

Webb.

Caroline

J.

Mary

Plumer.

Cole.

Hon. Joseph White,

A. M., Lecturer on

Civil Polity.

N.

Sophia O. Driver.

M. Isabella Hanson.

Harriet

L.

Martin.

Prof.

William

English

Prof.

P.

Atkinson, Lecturer on

Literature.

Edward

S.

Morse, Lecturer on Zoology.

STUDENTS.

^buanccb Mary A.

Qllass.

Elizabeth J. Iladle}', Swampscott.

Lucy B. Willson, Salem.

Clarke, Salem.

Harriette B. Cloairh, Gloucester.

OTlass

^.

Fanny Ashenden. Melrose.

Martha C. Hagar, Worcester.

INIarietta H. Barstow, Hanover.

JNlaria VV. Baylies. Tiunton.

Harriet A Harris, Freetown.

Addie H. Hatch, Cliftondale.

Abi)ie M. Johnson, Stonehain.

Esther Marshall, Tewksbury.

Sarah J. Patten, Westford. jMarietta Poole, Rockport.

Sarah J. Sanders, Lynn.

Mary L Shankland, Canton.

Clara J. Simonds, Lynn.

Ida Tappan, Gloucester.

Mary E. Terry, North Weymouth.

Clara E. Turner, Bremen, Me.

Mary Mary

C. Bowler, Murblehead.

E. Bitynton. Sw-nnpscott.

M

Patience Brcck, Franklin.

Mary A. Burnham, Durham, N. H. Iv Florence Davis, L)well.

Sarah S. Davis, Haverhill.

Annie II. Dolliver, Gloucester.

Louisa M. Elliott, Taunton.

Clara A. Knierson, Lowell.

Hannah R. Fab^ns, Fort Lee, N. J. Emeline (J. Farley, Ipswich.

L.rette M. Furber, Dover, N. H. Mananna Gay, Chelsea

Abbie M. Goodwin, Newburyport.

Clementine D. Grover, Gloucester.

deorgiana Beckett. Peabody.

Matilda J. Campbell, Machias, Me. S. Letitia Clarke, Woonsockct, R. I. Clara M. Colcord, Swampscott.

L. Crosby, Lowell.

Harriet S. Crosby. Chelsea.

Jane F. Dean, Taunti n.

Ruth IL Driver, Salem.

Lizzie Dunn, Sal(nn.

Jessie F. Ford, Salem.

Myra Hall, Dennis.

Eliza JNL Harriuian, Stoneham.

Susan E Hunt, Charlestown Sarah E. Lakeman, Ipswicli.

Abbie C. Lewis, Alfred, Me.

M

Estella Weston, Chelsea.

Emmi M.

Whitford, Billerica.

AUrena

J. Whittred:^e, Lynnfield Centre.

Edith E. Wigirin. Wakefield, N. H.

Alida C. WilHs, Somerville.

Class

Emma

4.

36.

13.

Lovey A. Lewis, Alfred, Me. Lydia Mendum, Melrose.

Elizabeth S. Merritt, Salem.

Ellen H. Mort, Lowell.

Harriet T. Nealley, Lynn.

Anna G. Nichols, Melrose.

Charlotte H Oliver, Lvnn.

Maria

W.

Pitts, Millvi"^lle.

Justine F. Proctor, Lynn.

Maria A. Rust, Ipswich.

Harriet A. Strout, Salem.

Helen P. Tenney, Manchester.

Elizabeth Turkington, Methuen.

Mary A. Wiggin, E.^eter, N. U. Abbie F. Woodward, Lowell.

30.

(JTlass

Ella A. Bailey, Lowell.

Eliza A. Baxter, New Berne, N. C. Julia A. Brif^ham, Montpelier, Vt.

Annie Brown, Circleville, Ohio.

Marcia A. Burbank, Danville, N. H.

Emma L. Chad wick, Chelsea.

Mary B. Chamberlain, ISalem.

Sasan P. Clark, Melrose.

Nettie E. Currier, South Amesbury.

Abbie L. Davis, Lowell.

Ida A. Emerson, South Reading.

Mary E. Emery, Montpr:lier, Vt. Annie B. Foster, East Saugus.

Ada M. Gott, Boston.

Maria Grant, Salem.

Emma M. Fanny

Hoyt, West Amesbury.

Susan E. Allen, Lynn.

Esther S. Baylies, Taunton.

Alice L. Blaney, Swampscott.

Harriet D. Bowen, Salem.

Elizabeth C. Bridge, Peterboro', N. Y. Caroline 0. Brown, Danvers.

Sarah B. Chace, Salem.

Marietta Clarke, Topsfield.

Virginia A. Clarkson, Newburyport.

Ella Dager, South Rei.ding.

Annie D. Dal ton, Salem.

Alice J. Daniels, Salem.

Reading.

Mary B. Gale, Marblehead.

M. Jennie Geer, Lowell.

Anna M. George, Spencer.

Jessie Girdwood, New Bedford.

Jennie J. Greene, Meriden, N. H.

Alice

M. Guernsey, Suncook, N. H.

C

Guttcrson, Lynn.

Lowell.

Annie L. Hale, Salem.

Abbie Harris, Freetown.

Ida A. Hill, Lowell.

Ellen M. Humphrey, Marblehead.

Eliza M. Hussey, Nantucket.

Lena Ingraham, Johnsonville, N. Y. Alice J. Jones, Dover.

Georgiana R. Kehew, Salem.

Eliza

Amanda M. Had ley,

Number Number

Emma

J. Merrill, Fitzwilliam, N. H. E. Nichols, Beverly.

Jennie A. Norris, Dracut.

Martha J. Porter, Salem.

Ella L, Rogers, Tewksbury.

Annie L. Sanborn, Salem.

Elizabeth W. Savory, Salem.

Ida Sheldon, Lowell.

Mary E. Trask, Salem.

Eliza J. Wallace, Lawrence.

Luella A. Wardvvell, Lowell.

Kate Watkins, Farmville, V^a.

Hattie A. Watson, North wood Narrows,

Mary

N. H. Hattie F. Wiley, Lynntield.

CHlass

S. Foster,

Abbie F. Jaquith, Chelsea.

Lucy B. Wiijgin, Wakefield, N. H.

L. Hughes, Beverly.

Evelyn

â‚Ź.

33.

D. Sarah L. LawTence, Saugus Centre.

Lucy Lefavour, Marblehead.

Ella E. Merithew, Lowell.

Eliza S. Morrison, Petersham.

Ella L.

Munroe, Lynnfield.

Sarah M. Newman, Winchendon.

Charlotte C. Nichols, VV^est Amesbury.

Ellen M. Parker, Medfield.

Maria E. Paul, West Lynn.

Martha A. Paul, Lowell.

Lucy A. Peabody, Wenham.

Mary A. Richardson, Lawrence.

Elizabeth W. Rock wood, Peabody.

Henrietta M. Sargent, South Amesbury.

Mary E. Seger, Swampscott.

Clara A. Simpson, Deerfield Centre, N.H. Ella B. Stebbens, Vernon, Vt. Carrie E. Stevens, South Reading.

Elizabeth N. Smith, Lowell.

Myra

B. Sturtevant, E. Bowdoinham, Me. E. Adeline Towle, Newburyport

Vesta M. Vaughan, Portsmouth, N. H.

Abbie

White, Phillipston.

J.

Frances A. Whittier, Danversport.

Mary E. Wilkins, Danvers Centre.

Eliza O. Williams, Winchester.

Mary A. Wrigley, Lewiston, Me. 57.

Sarah E. Wyman, Arlington.

of Students in attendance during the term,

160.

of different pupils during the past year,

190.

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STATE NORMAL SCHOOL.. ..SALEM, MASS.

This Institution" was established by the Camnionwealth of Massachusetts, with the liberal co-operation of the City of Salem and the Eastern Railroad for the direct preparation of Female Teachers to instruct in the

High Schools required by law.

It is

under the charge of the State Board of

Education, and of a special Board of Visitors. elapsed since the reception of the

first

Company,

Common and

During the period that has

Class, in September, 1854, one thousand

one hundred and thirty-six Ladies have been members of the School; these, four hundred and eighty-two have received diplomas,

and of

upon the honorable

completion of the prescribed course of study.

Sc|)ool The School Year

is

Year anU 2rerm0.

divided into two terms, each containing nineteen weeks of

study, with a week's recess near the middle of the term.

and

will

July 9th, with public exercises Examination and Graduation, commencing at 9 o'clock, A. M.

of"l

The next term close

will

commence on Thursday,

September

1868,

3,

on Thursday, January 21, 1868.

[The present terra

will close on Thursday,

^ m t)

f

s s

f

n

.

Candidates for admission must be at least sixteen years of age satisfactory certificate of

J

;

must present a

good moral character; must declare their

full intention

6 oi"

faithfully observing the regulations of the School,

of afterwards teaching in the public schjals of Mass.ichusetts

it, a;i;l

l;a3;S

during their connection with ;*

and must

a satiijfactory examination in Reading, Spelling, Defining, Writing, Arith-

Grammar, Geography, the History of the United

metic, English

and

States,

Algebra (through Equations of the First Degree with one unknown quantity).

A

greater age and higher attainments than those prescribed, with some experience

in

te. idling,

The

render the course of study in the Institution

still

mora

Ex-,unination for admission takes place on Tliursday, the

useful.

first

day of each

term, onnnencing at 8 o'clock, A. M., or as soon after that hour as the Candidates

may

Except in extraordinary cases, no one

be able to arrive.

is

examined

later in

the term.

.S

These are of two kinds for all the

;

the more

members of the School

t II

^

f

e

strictl}'

s

.

professional, which are prescribed

and those that are more general

;

character, which are pursued as the students

may need

or desire, in preparation

The

for teaching in the several grades of public schools.

three classes schools

;

:

—

Those prescribed

II,

latter are divided into

The " Branches of Learning" prescribed by law

I,

for all

High Schools

;

in their

III,

for all public

Those prescribed

fur

High

Schools of the second class.

Professioxal Studies.

Fcveral de,>artments

iMental and

Moral

;

1.

^

Philosophy, History, and Art of Education in

including General Principles and

Methods

oi'

its

Iiif;tnK:ion,

Philosophy, School Laws, School Organization and Gov-

ernment, &c.

2.

Principles and Best Methods of

Instruction, both elementary and

more

advanced, in the several branches of school study.

3.

Exercises

in

Teaching,

Principles and Methods;

for

the

illustration

and other Exercises,

and

application

both Oral and

of

these

Written,

for

cultivating that power and propriety of thought and expression which are so essential to the teacher's success. also

recommended, and the former,

General

Studies.

Class

I.

Observation and practice in other schools are to

some extent,

is

required.

"Orthography, Reading,

Writing,

English

Grarntnar, Geography, Arithmetic, the History of the United States, and Bc'iavi

)r;''

and

also

"Algebra, Vocal Music, Drawing, Physiology, and Hygiene,"

* La'Iios dcs:>ninfr to teach

paying

$l') s

term

Good

for tuition.

in

other States or in private schools

may

be admitted by

;

which, in the words of the law, " shall be taught in

which the School Committee deem

it

expedient."

By

all

the public schools in

a recent statute, Agriculture

has been added to these studies.

Class II.

" General

Book-keeping, Surveying, Geometry, Natural

History'',

Botany, the Civil Polity of this Commonwealth and of

Philosophy, Chemistry,

the United Slates, and the Latin Language."

" The Greek and French Languages, Astronomy, Geology, Rhetoric,

Class III. Logic,

Intellectual

and Moral Science, and

Statues of Mass., chap. 38,

Pupils

who have

^<5Âť

Political

successfully completed the Professional Studies of

General Studies of the

first

class,

in

fally

competent

tlie

School,

to instruct in the

most of those of the Second and Third Those who also show themselves

with the remaining studies of the Second and Third Classes,

receive the Second Diploma,

these General Studies,

So

far as practicable, the

needed acquaintance with

especially Avith those of the first class, should be acquired

by students before their admission

The prescribed Course of Study

may

and

Diploma of the School.

Classes, receive the First

but pupils

See General

1, 2.

and who approve themselves, upon examination,

well acquainted

Economy."

to the School. for the first

Diploma extends through two years

enter in advance, whenever their examination shows that they can

do this advantageously.

2lflu*ar2?,

The

Apparatus,

anti

i!HuÂťeum.

Institution has already a valuable supply, chiefly through donation, of these

material aids of education, which are so important for

its

full

(the

success,

Library containing, in works for general reference and reading, and in text-books,

about eight thousand volumes).

To provide

School Building has been enlarged, and shelves and cabinet-cases, for filling

continued liberality of

who

its

now

for

them ampler accommodatiims, the

presents

room

for

long ranges of book-

which the school must rely

chiefly

upon the

Friends and the Friends of Education, especially of those

appreciate the claims of Higher Female Education with particular rererence

to the

work of educating

others.

13vp Tuition

is

free to those

e

nses

,

penses.

is

& p.

who comply with the condition of teaching in may have previously resided.

schools of Massachusetts, wherever they fee ($2.00)

^f D,

the public

A

paid by each pupil at the beginning of the term, for incite

smn!! .i.;.i

ex-

8 The text-books required are mostly furnished without charge from the School Library.

It is

recommended, however, that the pupils should bring with them, and comparison, the text-books which they have already

for purposes of reference

studied

and they should especially be provided with a Bible, a Dictionary and a

;

recent Atlas.

The

price

which

commonly paid by the pupils

is

including washing, or separate

week.

Pupils

who

prefer to

and

fire

lights,)

is,

for^

board, (not usually

at present,

about $4.00 per

board themselves can obtain good rooms for one

dollar a week.

Pupils Avho come to the School daily in the steam cars, obtain season tickets at one half of the usual rates.

For the assistance of those who would find even the moderate expenses School burdensome,

thousand term,

dollars.

among

the

One

of the

Commonwealth makes an annual appropriation of a

half of this

amount

pupils from Massachusetts

distributed at the close of each

is

who may

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.

School

is

In this distribution, the

first

term of a pupil's connection with the

not reckoned, unless she enters prepared to complete the prescribed course

of study in loss than two years.

Aid

is

also rendered, in cases of special merit

fund of Five Thousand Dollars, bequest of Nathaniel

I.

for

and need, from the income of the

which the School

Bowditch,

is

indebted to the munificent

Esq., of Brookline,

Salem, May, 1868.

ANNOUNCEMENT.窶年EXT TERM. The Next Term of the State Normal at Salkm, Mass., will commence with an examination of candidates for admission, on Thursday, September 3, 18r>8.

This Institution is open to lyidics not less than sixteen years of i\pe, (without limit as to place of residence,) who may wish to pursue a Course of Study in direct preparation for the work of teaching in Common or High Schools. To all who intend to teach in the

School

Public Schools of Massachusetts, TtriTTOX is Frkk. Text books are mostly furnished from the Libniry of tlie School. From the State App opriation and o1 her sources, more than $400 is annually distiibuted to pupils who merit and need tlie aid.

For Circulars, or further information, address

Salem Observer Caloric Power Printing Rooms.

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