Salem Normal School Catalog: Fall and Winter, 1865-1866.

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THE

FALL AND WINTER TERM,

18G5-G.

Register for the Fall and Winter Term, 1865-6, <r--c--!S'<iX3^!|Cr»>v£)*5>->^

BOARD OF EDUCATIOX. The Governor of the Commonwealth.

Emory Washburn,

The Lieutenant (iovERNOR.

Samuel T. Seelve, Easthanipton.

John D. Phil brick, Boston.

David H. Mason, Newton Centre.

Canibridire.

Joseph White, Secretary.

James F. Clarke, West Roxbuvy-

John

P.

Abner

Marshall, Somerville.

George

J. Phipps, Lowell.

William Rice,

Samuel C. Jackson, Assistant Secretary B. Emerson, Treasurer.

Birdsev G. Northrop, Agent.

Springfield.

BOARD OF VISITORS. John

P.

Abner

Marshall, Somerville.

J. Phipps,

Lowell.

Joseph White, Williamstown,

George B. Emerson, Bostun.

INSTRUCTORS. Daniel B. IIagar,

Principal.

Ellen M. Dodge.

Mary

E.

Webb.

Caroline J. Cole.

Mary E. Godden.

Mary N. Plumer.

Ellen A. Chandler.

Mary

E. Nash.

Isabel C. Tenney.

0. B. Brown, Teacher of Music.

William Russell, Instructor

in Elocution.

Birdsev G. Northrop, Lecturer on Mental Philosophy.

James C. Sharp, Lecturer on Chemistry.

V\riLLiAM

P. Atkinson,

Lecturer on En-

glish Literature.

Cooke, Lecturer on Anatomy, Physiology, and Health.

Frances

Frederic

S.

W.

Putnam, Lecturer on Zoology.

STUDENTS.

Qlbnanceb Mnrzette

ass.

Adelia Lane, Lanesville, Gloucester.

Coburn, Dracut.

II.

(El

Sophia O. Driver, Salem.

Julia Packard,

Mary

Mary

E. Gilbert, Hinsdale.

West Auburn, Me.

J. Parker,

Annisquam, Gloucester.

Lucy M. James, Deerficld Centre, N. H.

7.

Class ^.

Martha E. Abbott, North Reading.

Julia A. Goodwin, Boston.

Lucy E. Bacheller, Lynn.

Martha A. Lakeman, Hallo well, Me.

Mary A. Bryant, Stoneham.

Rosanna A. Burnham, Essex.

Julitta E. Prescott,

Eleanor M. Butler, Bedford.

Ellen P. Sibley,

Imogene A Rowe,

M. Emilio, Salem.

Isabel

Margaret B.

Fitz,

South Danvers.

Stoneham.

Salem.

Harriet J. AW'st, Lj^nn.

Salem.

Ellen

Wonson, Gloucester.

15.

Charlotte Goding, North Livermore, Me.

Class B. Caroline E. Boyden, Oxford.

Abbie F. Nye, Sandwich.

Eveline Canant, AVenham.

Caroline

Charlotte E. Draper, Salem.

Mary U. Parker, North Reading.

D.

i\bby

Esty,

Sarah C.

Elmma

Middleton.

(lilbert,

F.

Arnanda

Swampscott.

M. Osborne, South Danvers.

Peabody, Danvers Plains.

W.

Peirce,

Weston.

Susan M. Glover, Salem.

Sarah A. Phelps, Middleton.

Helen M, Graves, Marblehead.

Emma

South Reading.

E. Purington,

Mary

R. Southgate,

Lucy L. Holden, West Concord, N. H.

Mary

J.

Ellen R. Hull, Milbury.

Helen Tincker, Boston.

Mary

Adeline E. Wallis, Hamilton.

Williamine

E.

S.

Green, Stoneham.

Kittredge, South Danvers.

W.

Taunton.

Stone, Swampscott.

Mary A. Lovering, Lynn.

Emma

Esther L. Merriam, North Tevvksbury.

Helen Willson, Como,

Marion G. Newhall, Lynn.

Mary

Class Lucy

J.

Emma

R.

Sarah

W.

Bacon, Boston.

G.

Barr,

Danvers.

Barrows, North Easton.

J.

Webb, Salem.

E. Winslow,

111.

Ha Howell, Me.

28.

C. Caroline A. Beckett, South Danvers.

Margaret L. Clark, Salem.

Florence

M. Cooper, Newburyport.

Harrietta C. Critcbett, Priscilla

L.

Ciitts,

Linclla Lewis, Salem.

Lowell.

Julia

Lj'nn.

Nerissa J. McLoud, Boston.

Susan A. Dutton, Acton.

Eliza A. Mclzcard,

M. Echols, Salem.

Charlotte

Caroline

M. Mann, Salem.

Salem.

Olivia S. Muir, Weston.

A. Frost, Mar])lehead.

Caroline A. Fuller, Salem.

Mary

Caroline P.

Margaret A. Richards, Rockville,

Graves,

Salem.

Mary

Susan Hall, Dennis.

Martha B. Hitchings, Alice E.

J.

Pickering, Salem.

Spear,

J.

Med way.

Lynn.

Catharine D. Stone, Salem.

Lj^nn.

Sarah E. Thomas,

Holden, Swampscott.

New

Bedford.

IMary J. Lefavour, Marblehead.

Laura

Georgiana Lewis, Salem.

Sarah L. Woodberry, Beverly.

Whittredge, North Reading.

1.

30.

Class D. Emma

A. Adams, Lynn.

Caroline E.

Libby, Gray, Me.

Lucy E. Adams, Marblehead.

xVnnie Liffen,

Elvira L.

Matilda F.

Littlefield,

Harriet L.

Martin, Salem.

Isabella

Austin, Ellsworth, Me.

M. A. Bain, London, Eng.

Beverly.

Lawrence.

Emily C. Binney, Amesbury.

Elizabeth A. B. Merriam, No. Tcwksbury

Ann M. Bo wen,

Helen M. Miner, Salem.

Mary

C.

Bowler, Marblehead.

Clough, Gloucester.

Ilattie B.

Catharine F.

Sarah

Lowell.

Corner, Marblehead.

Annie H. Dolliver, Gloucester.

Ida M. Eliot,

New Bedford.

New Bedford.

Eliot,

Julia A.

C. Fessenden,

Ab])ie

Sandwich.

Glidden, Danvers.

Sarah P. Hamilton, South Danvers.

Harriet E.

Mary

O'Donnell, Salem.

E.

Elizabeth Osgood,

Cohasset.

Elizabeth R.

Preston, South Reading.

Edna B. Richards, Rowley.

Mary Dunn, Salem.

Mary R.

ISIorton,

Esther R. Perkins, Lynnlield.

Davis, Salem.

S.

Plymouth.

Sarah B.

Hammond, Nahant.

Helen- A. Rogers, Lynn.

Jane H. Sanger, Lynn.

Adelaide L. Sargeant, Lowell.

Mary 0. Shepherd,

Gloucester.

A. Viola Spinney, Unity, Me.

Annie B. Stephens, Philadelphia, Pa.

Sarah E. Johnson, Nahant.

Ida Tappan, Gloucester.

Susan F. Johnson, Nahant.

Ella P. Thompson,

Hannahetta Kimball, Salem.

Olivia Tolman,

Ilonora Lane,

Ellen A. Turnbull, South Reading.

Number

Gloucester.

of Students in attendance during the term

Durham, N.

II.

Tewksbury.

124.

44.

STATE NOEMAL 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

Common and High

direct preparation of

Female Teachers

quired by law.

under the charge of the State Board of Education, and of a special

Board of Class,

in

It is

Visitors.

to instruct in the

Schools re-

During the period that has elapsed since the reception of the

September,

1854, nine hundred and twenty Ladies have been

first

members

of the School; and of these, three hundred and eighty-three have received diplomas,

upon the honorable completion of the prescribed course of study.

Scliool The School Year ruary and the

first

is

Year

anti

2Ccrnis.

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

on Wednesday, January

of Examination and Graduaiion, commencing

^1i

at

9

31st, with Public Exercises

o'clock,

A. M.

mission.

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

of good moral character;

must declare

their

full

intention

6 of faithfully observing it,

the regulationa

and of afterwards teaching

in the

of the School

during their connection with

and must

public schools of Massachusetts;*

pass 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

unknown

one

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

still

for admission takes place

Except

These are of two kinds

members of the School; and those

may

t II

that are

The

e

s

is

examined

later in the term.

.

Those prescribed

Professional Studies.

more gengral

for teaching

for all public schools; 11. for

â&#x20AC;&#x201D;

in I.

the

The

Those prescribed

High Schools of the second

class.

Philosophy, History, and Art of Education in

1.

:

all

which

in their character,

latter are divided into three classes

Branches of Learning" prescribed by law III.

I) I

day of each term,

hour as the Candidates may be

need or desire, in preparation

several grades of public schools.

High Schools;

no one

first

the more strictly professional, which are prescribed for

:

are pursued as the students

for all

on Wednesday, the

in extraordinary cases,

S

'â&#x20AC;˘

useful.

at 8 o'clock, A. M., or as soon after that

able to arrive.

the

more

its

several

departments; including General Principles and Methods of Instruction, Mental and

Moral Philosophy, School Laws, School Organization and Government, &c.

Principles and Best Methods of Instruction, both elementary and

2.

more advanced,

in the several branches of school study.

Exercises in Teaching, for the illustration and application of these Principles and

8.

Methods; and other Exercises, both Oral and Written,

for cultivating that

propriety of thought and expression which are so essential to

power and

the teacher's success.

Observation and practice in other schools are also recommended, and the former, to

some extent,

is

required.

General Studies.

Class

I.

" Orthography, Reading, Writing, English Grammar,

Geography, Arithmetic, the History of the United also

States,

and Good Behavior;" and

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

words of the law, " mittee

deem

it

shall be taught in all the public schools in

expedient."

By

in the

which the School Com-

a recent statute, Agriculture has been added to these

studies).

* Ladies designing paying ^15 a terra

to teach in other States or in

for tuition.

priv

schools

may

be admitted by

Class

" General History, Book-keeping, Surveying, Geometry, Natural Philoso-

II.

phy, Chemistry, Botany, the Civil Polity of this Commonwealth and of the United States,

and the Latin Language."

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

Class III.

Logic, Intellectual and Moral Science, and Political Economy." of Mass., chap. 88, §§ 1,

who have

Pupils

who approve

'2.

and

successfully completed the Professional Studies of the School,

themselves,

Studies of the

— See General Statutes

upon examination, receive the First

first class,*

competent

fully

Diploma

to instruct in the

General

Those who also show

of the School.

themselves well acquainted with the General Studies of the second class, and with the

French Language, receive the Second Diploma special Certificate

So far as practicable, the needed acquaintance with these

added.

is

while for the remaining studies a

;

General Studies, especially with those of the

should be acquired by students

first class,

before their admission to the School.

The prescribed Course of Study bnt pupils

may

for the first

Diploma extends through two years

;

shows that they can

enter in advance, whenever their examination

do this advantageously.

2,

The

f

In* a V

i»

,

Apparatus,

Institution has already a valuable supply,

aids of education, which

material

are so

a n

ti

i^tt

chiefly

ii

»

c

u

in

.

through donation, of these

important for

its full

success, (the Libra-

ry containing, in works for general reference and reading, and in text-books, about eight thousand volumes).

To provide

Building has been enlarged, and cabinet-cases, ality of

its

for filling

now

for

them ampler accommodations, the School

presents

room

which the School must rely

for long ranges of book-shelves chiefly

upon the continued

Friends and the Friends of Education, especially of those

the claims of Higher Female Education with particular reference to the

who

and

liber-

appreciate

work of educa-

ing others.

* Full preparation for instructing in these branches is regarded as requiring an elementary acquaintance with Geometry with the Natural Sciences, both philosophicnl and descriptive; with the History and Etymology of the English Language; and with ;

English Literature.

t Contributions of books and pamphlets

and chemical and of other articles appropriate to an Educational Museum, will be gratefully received, and will make an important addition to the means of usefulness which the Institution already for the Library, of pliilosophical

apparatus, of minerals, plants, shells, and

other specimens

of natural history,

possesses.

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 Circulars.

â&#x20AC;&#x201D;

8

pauses,

22):

Tuition

is

who comply with

free to those

is

the condition of teaching in the public

A

wherever they may have previously resided.

schools of Massachusetts,

($1.50)

&c.

Slfti,

small fee

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 the pupils should bring with them,

reference and comparison,

for purposes of

the text-books which they have already studied ;

and they

should especially be provided with a Dictionary and a recent Atlas.

The price which or separate

fii-e

is

and

commonly paid by the pupils

lights,) is, at

about S3. 50 per week.

for board,

(not including washing,

present, from the great advance of other prices,

hoped, with other prices.

It will fall, it is

For the assistance of those who would

find

even the moderate expenses of the School

burdensome, the Commonwealth makes an annual appropriation of a thousand

One

amount

half of this

is

distributed at the close of each term,

who may merit and need

Massachusetts

among

dollars.

pupils from

the aid, in suras 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.

thirteen weeks of a pupil's connection

In this distribution, the

first

with the School are not reckoned, unless she

enters prepared to complete the prescribed course of study in less than two years.

Aid

Fund

is also

in cases of special merit

rendered,

and need, from the income of the

of Five Thousand Dollars, for which the School

bequest of Nathaniel

I.

is

indebted to the munificent

Bowditch, Esq., of Brookline.

Through the bounty of Thomas Lee, Esq., of Boston, awards are made,

amount of

seventy-five dollars a year, for excellence in Reading.

At the beginning of the next term, awards admission

the

to

who show

will

be made to those candidates for

special excellence in the introductory examinations

Thomas Lee,

:

1.

In Reading, through the bounty of

2.

In Orthography, through the bount}' of Leander Wetherell, Esq., of Boston.

Esq., of Boston.

Salem, December, 1865.

ANNOUNCEMENT.

â&#x20AC;&#x201D; NEXT

TERM.

The Next Term of the Statb Normal ScnooL at Salem, Mass., will commence with an Examination of Candidates for admission, on Wednesday, Feb-

Text books are mostly furnished from the Library of

ruary 28, 1866.

ent, about$3.50 per week.

This Institution

open

is

to

Ladies not

less

than

sixteen years of age, (without limit as to place of resi-

dence,)

who may wish

to

direct preparation for the

or

High

Schools.

To

all

pursue a Coui-se of Study

work

of teaching in

who iuteud

to

in

Common

Public Schools of Massachusetts, Tuition

the School.

The common

price of

From

Hoard

is

is,

Free.

at pres-

Approand other sources, more than $1400 are annually distributed to pupils who merit and need the the State

priation

aid.

For Circulars, or further information, address

teach in the

Salem Observer Press.

THE

PKINCii'AL.