Salem Normal School Catalog: Spring and Summer, 1873.

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OF THE

SPRING

AND SUMMER TERM,

1873.

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Summer Term,

Register for the Spring and

ooJO^Oo—

1873,

—

BOAED OF EDUCATION. His Excellency, the Governor.

Gardiner

His Honor, the Lieutenant Governor.

Rev. William Rice, A. M.,

Hon.

Edward

John

D. Philrrick, LL.D., Boston.

S.

Hon.

Gillett, Westfield.

G.

C. C.

Hubbard, A.

M., Cambridge.

Springfield.

Esty, A. M., Framingham.

Rev. Phillips Brooks, Boston.

Hon. Joseph White, LL.

Hon. Henry Chapin, Worcester.

Rev. Samuel C. Jackson, D.

Rev. A. A. Miner, D.

Abner J. Phipps, Ph.

D., Boston.

D.,

D., Sec'y

and Treas'r.

D., Assist. Sec'y.

Agent, West Medford.

BOAED OF VISITORS. Rev. A. A. Miner, D.

Rev. Phillips Brooks, Boston.

D., Boston.

Hon. Joseph White, LL.D., Boston.

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INSTRUCTORS. Daniel

B.

Hagar, Ph.

D., Principal.

Sophia 0. Driver.

Ellen M. Dodge.

Harriet

Mary

E.

E.

Webb.

Caroline

MaRy

IS".

J.

Cole.

Plumer.

L.

Martin.

Adelaide Towle.

Harriet D. Allen.

Mary

A. Currier, Teacher of Elocution.

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STTTZDZEZESTTS. —

2"5$&s=-s

—

%&vmai i (&tm.

Margarel E. Currier, Lynn.

Lucy C. Eliott, Charlestown.

Adele E. Fabens, Salem.

Sarah M. Girdler, Beverly.

Jessie Gird wood,

New

Susan F. Kimball, No. Andover.

Ruth A. Morrill, East Salisbury.

Ellen M. Pierce, Salem.

Mary E. Poore, South Lawrence.

Irme S. Wardwell, Andover.

11

Bedford.

Elizabeth N. Jones, Georgetown.

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pv^uwg $\mxnl

Margaret A.

D unn,

Cordelia P. G. Beers, Swampscott.

Annis G. King, Lynn.

Leona C. Kyle, Lowell.

Laura E. Lee, Lowell.

Mary S. Low, East Boston.

Emma M. Lunt, Newburyport.

Adelaide A. Betts, Chelsea.

Harriet E. Carleton, Salem.

Harriet A. Cate, Wakefield.

Sarah A. Coburn, Haverhill.

Annie L. Collins, Maiden.

Ida C. Currier, Middleton.

Harriet E. Marsins, Swampscott.

Dora B. McCausland, Peabody.

Cutts, Lynn.

Harriet R. Edgar, Manchester.

Alice B. Gilman, Manchester.

Mary L. Gorten,

Emma Grace

Salem.

%

<3!to

Annie

$Mk&

,

Haverhill.

R. Gushee, Manchester.

Hadley, Gloucester.

Rebecca T. Hawkes, Saugus Centre.

Sarah I. Hewes, Lynnfield Centre.

Henrietta F. Hinckley, Chelsea.

'Faustena M. Horton, Ipswich.

Sarah J. Kimball, Peabody.

C.

Eunice E. Morse, Georgetown.

Cora F. Nichols, Manchester, N. H. Alice M. Osgood, Salem.

Caroline F. Roberts, Swampscott.

Carrie H. Rugg, Sterling.

Mary E. Schellenger, Stockholm, N.Y. Sarah E. Stevenson, Lowell.

Alice S. Teel, Peabody.

Imogene F. Thomas, Lowell.

S. Dora Thurston, Newburyport.

Sarah E. Wilkins, Lynnfield Centre.

36

(&U$$ Ella J. Averell, Salem.

Esther E. Barry, Wakefield.

Annie W. Bodfish, Nantucket.

•'

& Clementine H. Bowers, Lowell. # Georgianna Burnham, Salem.

Jennie Colburn, Somerville.

5 Mary

J.

Copeland, Lynnfield.

Abbie E. French, Lowell.

Hannah V. Hathaway, New Bedford,

Abbie H. Morrill, East Salisbury.

Abbie H. Mott, Swampscott.

Hannah M. Norris, Salem.

[N. H.

W. Henniker,

Sophia C. Harris, Salem.

Georgianna Patterson,

Rosamond Hewes, Lynn.

Emma

May

Maria Perkins, Hampton, N. H. Abbie E. Southwick, Newburyport.

Helen A. Walton, Seabrook, N. H. Clara P. Wardwell, Salem.

25

C.

Hyde, Lowell.

Kate L. Lord, Ipswich.

Gertrude A. Lovejoy, Lowell.

Emma S. Manning, Rockport.

Elizabeth K. McFarland, Salem.

(film

Mary Andrews,

Saco, Me.

Lizzie L. Batcheller, Lynn.

Josephine A. Bassett, Salem.

Anna

E. Boynton, Pepperell.

Emma E. Burnham, Gloucester, Abbie L. Chapman, Charlestown.

Kate E. Chase, Salem.

Lela D. Cilley, Kingston, N. H. Genevieve Cook, Gloucester.

Caroline

I.

Creesy, Salem.

Clara P. Dalton, East Somerville.

Sarah C. Dorchester, Lowell. [N. H. Frances A. Drew, Sandwich Centre.

Caroline H. Garland, Dover, 1ST. H. Annie E. George, West Hampstead, ST. H. Caroline E. Goodridge, Salem.

Elizabeth J. Graves, North Reading.

Elizabeth E. Graves, Salem.

Helen L. Ham, Lowell.

Yiola A. Hamblet, Lowell.

Winnie Harris, Freetown.

Deborah C. Ingersoll, Salem.

Lucy A. Johnson, Marblehead.

C. Perkins, Wakefield.

ÂŤ Elise

Mac Kaye, New York, N. Y.

Ruth A. Mayo, Gloucester.

Lucia G. Mclntire, Reading.

Helen B. Munroe, Lynnfield.

Rebecca F. Nickerson, Cambridgep't Lizzie A. Nolan, Lowell.

Emma L. Noyes, Atkinson, N. H. Kate T. Patterson, Beverly.

Martha A. Patterson, Beverly.

Marietta D. Paul, Newburyport.

Harriet E. Perry, Mansfield.

Sarah F. Proctor, Nashua, N. H.

Susan L. Pulsifer, Salem.

Mary A. Putnam, North Reading.

Eliza

J.

Rice, Salem.

Marcella A. Roberts, Salem.

Estelle S. Rogers, Natick.

Lucy J. Ropes, Methuen.

Lucy A. Savage, Somerville.

Addie E. Smith, Exeter, N. H. Harriet L. Smith, Salem.

Mary A. Stoddard, Lynn.

Caroline N. Tarr, Salem.

Lucy A. Tuttle, Hamilton.

Nellie B. Kellman, Salem.

Harriet L. Twombly, Maplewood.

Jessie A. Upton, Lowell.

Emeline A. Langley, Lynn.

Mary D. Webster,

Florence L. Lovett, Lowell.

Carrie F. Lucas, Lanesville.

Sarah E. Whipple, Ashburnham.

Caroline E. Whitney, Salem.

Phebe M. Lyon, Lynn.

Jessie Zoller, Washington, D. C.

Annie W. Kelly, West Amesbury.

Chester, N. H.

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§â&#x20AC;˘ Cora V. Barnard, Lowell.

Effie J. Batchelder, North Reading.

M;u\ Lois Batchelderj No. Reading.

Emily B. Mitchell, Calais, Me. Carrie L. Moar, Londonderry, N. Martha Morrill, Peabody.

Saran A. Bond, East Boston.

Sarah E. Bowler, Attica, Ind. Nellie A. Brown, So. Groveland.

Annie F. Bnrnham, Beverly.

Ella F. Morrison, Newburyport.

Carrie D. Center, Gloucester.

H

Abbie F. Moulton, Dover, N. II. Laura T. Norwood, E. Gloucester.

Frances J. Pearson, Newburyport.

Martha P. Perkins, Hampton, N. H.

Sarah O. Fitch, Peabody.

Ida F. Flint, W. Peabody.

Mary A. Foster, North Andover.

Ida F. Porter, Swampscott.

Helen S. Prime, Rowley.

Henrietta A. Proctor, W. Peabody.

Kate B. Ramsay, Charlestown.

Susan A. Ready, Maiden.

Carrietta Rhodes, Lynn.

Lizzie P. Richards, Wenham.

Eva M. Robinson, E. Gloucester.

Susan T. Sanborn, Salem.

Marcia M. Selman, Marblehead.

Mary

Mary

Fannie E. Chase, Lynn.

[Me, Jennie G. Crane, Salem.

Ellen A. Cummings, Fort Fairfield, Sarah E. Curtis, Newburyport.

Emma

J.

Daggett, Lowell.

Lizzie E. Farmer, Salem.

Amelia B. Fisher, Kobbinston, Me.

E. Glidden, Gloucester.

Ida T. Hardy, Lowell.

Mary A. Haskell, Essex.

Elizabeth A. Llowe, Petersham.

[N. HAlice P. Jackman, Salem.

Harbor, Martha A. Jackson, Centre Helen H. Kershaw, Lawrence.

Emma C. Kidder, Tyngsborough.

Nellie

M. Kohawn, Lowell.

Annie G. Lauriat, Medford.

Margarette M. Leighton, Boston.

Elizabeth N. Lord, Salem.

Ada

L. Miles, Lowell.

I.

Spalding, Billerica.

Mary A. Thorn, Salem Depot, N. H. M. Towne, Topsfield.

Annie F. Treadwell, Salem.

Ella

Elizabeth H. Tuttle, Salem.

Annie

C.

Yose, Robbinston, Me.

Florence Weeks, Salem.

Mercena F. Whitehorn, Lowell.

Carrie G. Williams, Newburyport.

Jennie F. Woodbury, Peabody.

Laura S. Woodbury, Hamilton.

Mary S. Young, Salem.

Irene A. Milton, Lynn.

Advanced Class

-

Special Student

Class

A,

-

Class C,

-

Class

-

-

11.

1.

-

36.

(Senior),

Class B,

25.

...

D,

H

Carrie E. Thorn, Salem Depot, N.

Whole number

for the term,

-

Whole number

for the year,

-

59. .

63.

195 -

240

63

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

High Schools required by law.

to instruct in the

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

hundred

fifteen

Common and

under the charge of the State Board of

It is

During the period that has

Class, in September, 1854, one thousand

first

Ladies have been members

of the School;

and of

these,

seven hundred twenty-eight have received diplomas, upon the honorable completion of the prescribed course of study.

School The School Year

is

ST

e

anH STerms.

a t

divided into two terms, each containing nineteen weeks of

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

The next Term

will

on Tuesday, January

26, 1873,

and

will close

13, 1874.

The following Term close on Tuesday, July

The present term

commence on Tuesday, August

commence on Tuesday, February

will

10,

1874, and will

7, 1874.

will

close

on Tuesday, July

1,

1873, with public exercises

of Examination and Graduation, commencing at 9 o'clock, A. M.

& m ft

i

s s

i

o

n

.

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

;

must present a

good moral character and of their presumed qualifications

for admission to the school

;

must declare

their full intention of faithfully ob-

serving the regulations of the School, during their connection with

it,

and of

afterwards teaching in the. public schools of Massachusetts;* and must pass a satisfactory examination in Reading,

Spelling, Defining, Writing, Arithmetic,

English Grammar, Geography, and the History of the United States.

A greater

* Ladies designing to teach in other States or in private schools are admitted on the condition of paying $15 a term for tuition.

8 age ami higher attainments than those prescribed, with some experience in teaching, render the course of study in the Institution still

Especial attention should BT Kit

i.V

l

useful.

given to these requirements, as

they will be

ENFORCED.

The next Examination commencing

l8?o,

be.

more

for

admission will take place on Tuesday, August 26,

at 9 o'clock,

A. M.

Ladies who purpose to apply for admission

at

that time, are

requested to

notify the Principal of their intention as early as possible.

dtoupe The Board

of Education, by a vote

following Course of Study for the State

"The

StuT>».

of

passed January

Normal Schools

9,

186(i,

prescribed the

:

time of the course extends through a period of two years; and

is di-

vided into terms of twenty weeks each, with daily sessions of not less than hours, five days each

five

week.

BRANCHES OF STUDY TO BE PURSUED. First Term.

1.

Arithmetic, oral and written, begun.

2.

Geometry, begun.

3.

Chemistry.

4.

Grammar and

Analysis of the English Language.

Second Term.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Arithmetic completed; Algebra begun.

Geometry completed; Geography and History begun.

Physiology and Hygiene.

Grammar and Analysis completed.

Lessons once or twice a week in Botany and Zoology.

Third Term.

1.

Algebra completed; Book-keeping.

2.

Geography and History completed.

3.

Natural Philosophy.

Rhetoric and English Literature.

Lessons once or twice a week in Mineralogy and Geology.

4.

5.

Fourth 1.

2.

3.

4.

Term.

Astronomy.

Mental and Moral Science, including the principles and art of Reasoning.

Theory and Art of Teaching,— including:

—

( 1. )

Principles and Methods of Instruction.

(2.)

School Organization and Government.

(3.)

School

The

Laws

of Massachusetts.

Civil Polity of Massachusetts

and the United States.

9 In connection with the foregoing, constant and careful attention to he given

throughout the course to drawing and delineations on the blackboard; music; spelling, with derivations

and vocal gymnastics

and

definitions

the neglect of the

reading, including analysis of sounds

and writing.

;

The Latin and French languages to

;

may

be pursued as optional studies, but not

English coarse.

General exercises in composition, gymnastics, object lessons,

&c,

to

be con-

ducted in such a manner and at such times as the Principals shall deem best.

Lectures on the different branches pursued, and on related topics, to be given

by gentlemen from abroad,

Board or the

as the

Visitors shall direct,

and

also

by the teachers and more advanced scholars.

The order

ofcthe studies in the course

the approval of the

may

be varied in special cases, with

Visitors."

^bbauccb Course.

Graduates of the regular course

who

desire to prepare themselves for the higher

departments of teaching, are permitted to take an advanced course, which occupies

two years, and includes instruction and training

German languages,

and

the higher mathematics, and the other branches required to

be taught in the high schools of Massachusetts.

may

in the Latin, French,

desire to take the

Graduates of the School

Advanced Course are requested

to

who

communicate with the

Principal as early as possible.

A new Advanced

Class will be organized at the commencement of the Fall Term.

giims alto Utei^obs ai Hiubg ana draining.

The ends

chiefly

aimed at in

this

school are, the acquisition of the necessary

knowledge of the Principles and Methods of Education, and of the various branches of study, the attainment of skill general development

From

the

the beginning to the end of the course,

are not

art of

teaching, and the

of the mental powers.

especial reference to the best cellent,

in

deemed

all

ways of teaching them.

studies are conducted with

Recitations, however ex-

satisfactory, unless every pupil is able

that which she has herself learned.

to

teach others

In every study the pupils in turn occupy

temporarily the place of teacher of their classmates, and are subjected to their criticisms as well as those

rious kinds form a large

of their regular teacher.

Teaching exercises of va-

and important part of the school work.

During the

Senior term, object lessons are given to classes of primary school children, so that

10 every pupil obtains, before graduating, considerable experience in teaching chil-

dren

to observe, think,

Nearly

all

and give expression

to thought.

upon the

the studies arc conducted

memory

is

Text-books are

topical plan.

The committing of text-books

used, to a large extent, an books of reference.

to

avoided as far as possible, the scholars being trained to depend upon

thoughts rather than words.

A

great object of the school

speak

for

whatever

make

to

the pupils investigate,

make them independent,

themselves; to difficulties

is

may

self-reliant,

think, and

and ready

to

meet

arise.

gpiscijjlme.

The

discipline of the

pected

school

govern themselves

to

to refrain voluntarily

from

is

It

presumed

to

known wishes

Pupils are exis

required, and

Those who are unwil-

improprieties of conduct.

all

ling to conform cheerfully to the tants, are

as simple as possible.

do without compulsion what

to

;

made

of the Principal and his Assis-

be unlit to become teachers.

not deemed necessary to awaken a feeling of emulation, in order to in-

is

duce the scholars

to

perform their duties faithfully.

according to their comparative success in Faithful attention to duty of obtaining certain

is

encouraged for

marks of

The ranking of

their studies, its

own

sake,

is

scholars

not here allowed.

not for the purpose

credit.

promotions anb (Srabuattons.

Promotions from one

class

to

another are made at the close of each term by

means of thorough written examinations.

These examinations include every

study pursued during the term, and the result in each study must be satisfactory to entitle the pupil to advance to the study next in order.

term, a special examination schools,

Young

is

had

and only those who pass

ladies

no serious

who

in it

all

successfully

possess good natural abilities

difficulties

in

In the Senior

the branches taught in the

common

are permitted to graduate.

and right habits of study,

find

passing the required examinations.

Ittkarg, ^pparatns, anb g$itsemn.

The

Institution

has a valuable Library, containing, in works for general ref-

erence and reading, and in text-books, about eight thousand volumes.

It has,

;

11 a

also,

fair

supply of philosophical apparatus, and a

Museum

containing a large

collection of specimens illustrating various departments of science.

The

friends of the higher education of

the Institution by

confer a great benefit upon

Any

Library and Museum.

to its

aid in

direction will be gratefully acknowledged.

this

A

making donations

women can

room has just been handsomely

affording facilities /or instruction

drawing.

A

large

number

fitted

up and furnished

and training

in

for

the purpose of

the higher departments of

of beautiful casts, models and patterns have been

obtained from London, and have been conveniently arranged in

the room, thus

giving to the members of the School advantages not heretofore enjoyed.

â&#x201A;Ź#scÂŁ institute arcb IpeHbxrbg ^cabmtg of Jsriencc

The important advantages tions are freely enjoyed

some

by these well known and most useful Institu-

by the members of the Normal School.

respects, unequalled

Academy,

offered

Museum and

in

Cabinet belonging to the Institute and

affords rare opportunities for studies in various departments of Science

and the instructive meetings of the Essex Institute and

The large and,

Scientific subjects, possess great value for all

for the discussion of Historical

who are

interested in the study

of History and of Nature.

Prof. F.

A.

S.

W. Putnam, Curator

of the Peabody

Packard, of the same Institution, will give

Academy to the

of Science, and Prof.

Advanced and Senior

Classes, lessons in Natural History, illustrating the several subjects by scientific dissections of the animals studied,

pupils, under the direction of the

the dissections to be instructor.

made by

the several

The value of the opportunities

thus afforded for becoming acquainted with the structure of animals, can hardly

be over-estimated.

<$*gertses,

#t.

who comply with the condition of teaching in the public of Massachusetts, wherever they may have previously resided. A small

Tuition Schools

glib,

is free to

fee ($2.00) is

those

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

expenses.

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

It

is

recommended, however, that pupils should bring with them,

12 for

purposes of reference and comparison, the text-books which they havo already

studied

;

a recent

and they should,

('specially,

be provided with a Bible, a Dictionary, and

Atlas.

The price which

paid by the pupils

is

washing, or separate

fire

board, (not usually including

for

and lights,) varies from $4.00

according to the accommodations furnished.

Pupils

who

to

$5.00 per week,

prefer to board them-

selves can obtain good rooms for one dollar a week.

Pupils

who come

to

the School

daily

by railroad, obtain season tickets

at one half of the usual rates, except on the Boston

& Maine

road and

its

branches-

who would find even the moderate expense of the Commonwealth makes an annual appropriation of a

For the assistance of those School burdensome, the

thousand dollars. term,

among

One

half of this

amount

pupils from Massachusetts

is

who

distributed at the close of each

merit and need the aid, in sums

varying according to the distance of their residences from Salem, but not exceeding in any case $1.50 per week. pupil's connection with the School

is

In this distribution, the

is

less

also rendered, in cases of special merit

than two years-

and need, from the income of the

fund of Five Thousand Dollars, for which the School bequest of Nathaniel

I.

term of a

not reckoned, unless she enters prepared to

complete the prescribed course of study in

Aid

first

is

indebted to the munificent

Bowditch, Esq., of Brookline.

Salem, May, 1873.

ANNOUNCEMENT窶年EXT TERM. The next term of the State Normal School at Salem, Mass., will commence with an examination of candidates for admission, on Tuesday, August 26, 1873.

This Institution is open to Ladies not less than sixteen years of age, (without limit as to place of residence,) who may wish to pursue a Course of Study preparatory to the work of teaching in Common or High Schools. To all who intend to

teach in the Public Schools of Massachusetts, Tuition is Free.

Text books are mostly furnished from the Library of the School without charge. From the State Appropriation and other sources, pecuniary aid is given to all needy and deserving

pupils.

For Circulars, or further information,

address

D. B.

HAGAR, Principal.