Salem Normal School Catalog: Fall and Winter, 1871-1872.

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BOARD OF EDUCATION. His Excellency, the Governor.

Rev. A. A. Miner, D.D., Boston.

His Honor, the Lieutenant Governor.

Gardiner

Constantine Rev.

Samuel

John

C.

T.

Rev.

Esty, A. M., Framingham.

G.

Hubbard,

A. M., Ca

William Rice, A. M.,

bridge.

Springfield.

Seelye, D.D., Easthampton.

Hon. Joseph White, LL.

D. Philbrick, A. M., Boston.

Samuel

Hon. David H. Mason, Newton.

Rev.

Hon. Henry Chapin, Worcester.

Abner

J.

C.

D., Sec'y

Jackson, D.D.,

and

Treas'r.

Assist. Sec'y.

Phipps, A. M., Agent, West Medford

BOARD OF VISITORS. Rev. A. A. Miner, D. D., Boston.

|

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

INSTRUCTORS. Daniel

B.

Hagar, Ph.

Ellen M. Dodge.

Mary

E.

Caroline

Mary

Webb.

J.

Cole.

N. Plumer.

D.,

Principal

Sophia O. Driver.

M. Isabella Hanson.

Harriet E.

L.

Martin.

Maria Upham.

Mary

A. Currier, Teacher of Elocution.

4

STTJ.3DE2STTS. &bvanczb Maria W.

(Class.

Sarah M. Girdler, Beverly.

Baylies, Taunton.

Harriet D. Bowen, Salem.

Marietta Clarke, Topsfield.

Elizabeth N. Jones, Georgetown.

Susan F. Kimball, No. Andover.

Lucy

E. Adelaide Towle,

C. Eliott, Charlestown.

Adele E. Fabens, Salem.

Eliza C. Flower, New Oilcans. La.

Irine S.

Mary

IT.

Newbury port.

Ward well, Andover.

Ware, -Marblehead.

12

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&.

Mary A. Manning. Andover.

Kate E. Baehelder, Salem.

Helen F. Baker, Lowell.

Abbie M. Crosman, Swampscott.

Ettie

Clara George, East Boston.

Effie B. Richardson,

Annie M. Greenough, Salem.

Emily D. Haskell, Rockport.

Susannah Hathorne, Salem.

Elvina H. Smith, Beverly.

Ellen M. Stiles, Middleton.

Eliza J. Kidder, Saugus.

Elizabeth B. Wetherbee, Boston.

Julia E. Leighton, Lowell.

Mary

Sarah

1ST.

Littlefleld,

M.

Mary

Oliver, East Saugus.

E. Poore, South Lawrence.

Julia E.

W.

Gloucester.

Thompson, Fall River.

E. Wilkins, Peabody.

Salem.

Class

23.

Abbott, No. Reading.

Harriet D. Allen, Salem.

Ida C. Currier, Middleton.

Margaret E. Currier, Lynn.

AddieM.

Hannah B. Danforth, Lynnfield Eva M. Davis, Salem.

Abbie

S.

Ballard, Wakefield.

Georgina A. Bell, Maplewood.

Emma J. Bowker, Charlestown.

Susan E. Chapman, No. Reading.

Mary Clough, Went worth, N. H. Ellen J. Collar, Brookfield.

S.

19

Frances Couch, Newburyport.

Centre.

Clara C. Farnham, East Saugus.

Mary A. Forness, Peabody.

Emma

A. Foye, Methuen.

Frances C. Gavett, Salem.

S. Abbie Greene, Kensington, N. H.

Mary A. G rifling, Annie

Ida M. Oliver, East Saugus.

Minnie E. Parsons, Montclair, N. J Helen L. Pease, Salem.

Sarah W. Pickering, Salem.

Ipswich.

Harlow, Lowell.

Alice S. Hatch, Charlestown.

Sarah L. Hitchings, Saugus.

Annie Home, Wolf'boro, N. H. Lucy C. James, Haverhill.

S.

Hannah S. Prime, Salem.

Clara J. Reynolds, No. Andover.

Emma

G. Knapp, Fitchburg.

Laura H. Lake, TopsfielcU

Sarah C. Robinson, Nantucket.

Abbie L. Sargent, Lowell.

Ida R. Shattuck, Lynn.

Georgiana Lewis, Lynn.

Lydia A. Lord, Peabody.

Ella L. Manning, Salem.

Elizabeth J, Simmons, Boston, Harriet E. Smith, Winchester, N. Mary A. Smith, Salem.

Caroline S. Taylor, Hinsdale, N. H.

H

Lizzie G. Millett, Salem.

Leanette L. Mills, London Ridge, N.H. Frances E. Morrill, Lowell.

Eunice E. Morse, Georgetown.

Delia Weeks, Salem.

Sarah A. York, Lynn.

Eliza J. Murphy, Salem.

49

Class

<&.

Amelia A. L. Merriman, Kingston.

Helen B. Munroe, So. Lynnfield.

Alice H. Abbott, Maiden.

Ardelle Allard, Salem.

Adelaide A. Betts, Chelsea.

Emma

C. Perkins, Wakefield.

Mary

E. Bray Marblehead.

A. Estella Bridge, Haverhill.

Minnie O. Pickering, Salem, Mary C. Putnam, Danvers.

Harriet E. Carleton, Salem.

Lucy A. Stentiford, Salem.

Hattie M. Stetson, Salem.

Lizzie A. P. Emerson. Lowell.

Minnie H. Fernald, Franklin.

Ellen E. Kimball, Dunstable.

Sarah J. Kimball, Peabody.

Lizzie

Louisa

D. Stickney, Danversport.

S. Welch, Topsfield.

19

(glass HI.

Levenia F. Bailey, Lowell.

Cordelia P. G. Beers, Swampscott.

Hannah M. Bixby, South Andover.

Mary M. Brooks, Salem.

Harriet A. Cate, Wakefield.

Juliette Cook, Peabody.

Annie E. Corey, Wakefield.

Annie Cutts, Lynn.

Harriet R. Edgar, Manchester.

Ellen F. Clarke, Salem.

Alice B. Gilman, Manchester.

Sarah E. Golden, Montpelier, Vt.

Sarah A. Coburn, Haverhill.

Jennie Colburn, Somerville.

Annie L. Collins, Maiden.

Mary

Mary

F. Garrett, Portsmouth, N.

L. O. Gorten, Haverhill.

Kate D. Gould, Peabody.

H

6 Gove, Lynn.

Lizzie II. Greene, Blue Hill, Me. Mary C. Guelpa, Chelsea., Emma 11. Gushee, Manchester.

Grace C. Hadley, Gloucester.

Sarah I. Hewes, Lynnfield Centre.

Ellinor M. Ili^bee, Salem.

Henrietta F. Hinckley, Chelsea.

Faustena M. Horton, Ipswich.

Cora F. Nichols, Manchester, N.

May C. Hyde, Lowell.

Annis G. King, Lynn.

Leona C. Kyle, Lowell.

Mary

Eliza

E,

Laura E. Lee, Lowell.

Gertrude A. Lovejoy, Lowell.

Mary S. Low, East Boston.

Emma M. Lunt, Newburyport.

Elise Mac Kaye, New York, N. Y. Harriet E. Marsins, Swampscott.

Dora B. McCausland, Peabody.

Isabel A. Merriam, Lowell.

Mary

Alice

Laura F. Sarah

Pas-ho,

W.

Andover.

Pierce, Harrisburg, Perm.

Elizabeth D. Kichards, Medway.

Caroline F. Eoberts, Swampscott,

Lucy

J.

Ropes, Methuen.

Carrie H. Rugg, Sterling.

Lucy A. Savage,

Somerville.

E. Schellenger, Stockholm,

of pupils in attendance the present term,

Whole number

N.Y

Lydia A. Stone, Swampscott, Alice S. teel, Peabody.

Carrie A. Teele, Med lord.

Alrnira S. Thomas, Marshfield.

Imogene F. Thomas, Lowell.

S. Dora Thurston, Newburyport.

Lillie F. Weeks, Boston.

Sarah E. Wilkins, Lynnfield Centre.

Addie Winnek, Somerville.

Annie L. Wright, Topsfield.

Mutrie, Chelsea.

Number

If.

M. Osgood, Salem.

of different pupils during the year,

59

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158 215

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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 for the direct preparation of Female Teachers to instruct in the

High Schools required by law.

Education,

and of a

special

under the charge of the State Board of

It is

Board of

elapsed since the reception of the

Visitors.

During the period that has

Class, in September, 1854, one thousand

first

four hundred sixty Ladies have been

Company,

Common and

members of the School

hundred and sixty-one have received diplomas,

and of

;

these, six

upon the honorable completion

of the prescribed course of study.

Sclool The

Sj1io)1

Year

is

짜hc

anH Etxms.

divided into two terms, each containing nineteen weeks of

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

The next Term on Tuesday, July

[The

will 2,

commence on Tuesday, February

will close

16,

with public"]

1872,

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

&]0 Candidates

and

1872.

present term will close on Tuesday, January

exercises of

13, 1872,

for

m

f

s s

i

o

rt

admission must be at least sixteen years of age

satisfactory certificate of

J

;

must present a

good moral character; must declare their

full intention

of faithfully observing the regulations of the School, during their connection with it,

and of afterwards teaching

in the public schools of Massachusetts ;*

* Ladies designing to teach in other States or paying $15 a term for tuition.

in

private schools

may

and must

be admitted by

.

8 pass a satisfactory examination in Heading, Spelling, Defining, Writing, Arith-

metic,

A

Geography, and the History of the United

English Grammar,

States.

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

in teaching, render the course of study in the Institution still

The Examination

for

more

admission takes place on Tuesday, the

term, commencing at 9 o'clock, A.

useful.

first

day of each

M.

Course

StuHj.

of

The Board of Education, by a vote passed January following Course of Study for the State Normal Schools

9,

18f>(i,

prescribed the

:

" 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

five

hours, five days each

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

Term.

3.

Astronomy.

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

Theory and Art of Teaching,â&#x20AC;&#x201D; including: Principles and Methods of Instruction. ( 1. ) School Organization and Government.

(2.)

4.

The

1.

2.

â&#x20AC;&#x201D;

(3.)

School La ws of Massachusetts.

Civil Polity of Massachusetts

and the United

States.

;

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

throughout the course spelling,

to

drawing and delineations on the blackboard

with derivations and definitions

and vocal gymnastics

;

;

music

reading, including analysis of sounds

and writing.

The Latin and French languages may be pursued the English

to the neglect of

;

as optional studies, but not

course.

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, as the Board or the Visitors shall

direct,

and

also

by the teachers and more advanced scholars.

The order of the studies the

approval of the

in the course

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 in the Latin French, and )

German languages,

the higher mathematics, and the other branches required to

be tau<rht in the high schools of Massachusetts.

Slims mib ||tet^obs

The ends

chiefly

aimed at

in this

of Hiufou anb Šraining.

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

in

the

art of

teaching, and the

general development of the mental powers.

From

the beginning to the end of the course, all studies are conducted with

especial reference to the best cellent,

are not

deemed

ways of teaching them.

satisfactory

that which she has herself learned.

Recitations, however ex-

unless every pupil

is

able

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 chilto observe, think,

dren

Nearly

all

and give expression

the studies arc conducted

to thought.

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

memory

is

Text-books are

upon the topical plan.

The committing of text-books

to

depend upon

avoided as far as possible, the scholars being trained to

thoughts rather than words.

A

great object of the school for

themselves

whatever

difficulties

speak

to

;

is

to

make

the pupils investigate,

make them independent,

may

self-reliant,

think, and

and ready

to

meet

arise.

$piscijjlwe.

The

discipline of the

school

pected to govern themselves to refrain voluntarily

from

;

presumed

tants, are It

is

to

to

all

ling to conform cheerfully to

made

is

as

do without compulsion what

known wishes

is

required, and

Those who are unwil-

improprieties of conduct.

the

Pupils are ex-

simple as possible.

of the Principal and his Assis-

be unlit to become teachers.

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

duce the scholars to perform their duties faithfully.

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

is

encouraged

marks of

for its

own

in-

The ranking of scholars

sake,

is

not here allowed.

not for the purpose

credit.

|Jromotions anb (Slrabimtimis.

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 tory to

entitle

in each

study must be

satisfac-

A

general

the pupil to advance to the study next in order.

failure

on the part of the pupil compels her to retake the entire work of the

term.

In

cases of partial failure, reexaminations are allowed.

term, a special examination

is

had

schools, and only those who pass

Young

ladies

no serious

who

in it

all

the branches taught in the

successfully

possess good natural abilities

difficulties

in

In the Senior

common

are permitted to graduate.

and right habits of study,

passing the required examinations.

find

11 % ibrarg, The

apparatus, anb Pnsenm.

Institution has a valuable Library, containing, in

works

for general ref-

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

a

fair

supply of philosophical apparatus, and

a

Museum

It has,

containing a large

collection of specimens illustrating various departments of science.

The

friends of the higher education of

the Institution by this

making donations

women can

to its

Museum.

Library and

Any

aid in

direction will be gratefully acknowledged.

(fsse*

Jas&ttie anb |)eabobg gjicabemg of Urienc*.

The important advantages

offered

tions are freely enjoyed by the

some respects, unequalled

Academy,

by these well known and most useful Institu-

members of the Normal

Museum and

School.

The large and,

in

Cabinet belonging to the Institute and

affords rare opportunities for studies in various

and the instructive meetings of the Essex Institute

and

confer a great benefit upon

Scientific subjects, possess great value for all

departments of Science

;

for the discussion of Historical

who are

interested in the study

of History and of Nature.

Tuition

is free

to those

schools of Massachusetts, fee ($2.00) is

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

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

penses.

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

It

is

recommended, however, that pupils should bring with them,

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

studied

;

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

recent Atlas.

The price which washing, or separate

is

paid by the pupils for board,

fire

and

lights,) varies

cording to the accommodations furnished.

from $4.00 Pupils

selves can obtain good rooms for one dollar a week.

(

not usually including

to

who

$5.00 per week, acprefer to board them-

12 Pupils at

who oome

to

the School

one half of the usual rates, except

thousand dollars.

among

term,

the

One

pupils

the Boston &

who would

For the assistance of those School burdensome,

"ii

by railroad, obtain season

daily

Maine road and

its

tickets

branches.

even the moderate expense of the

find

Commonwealth makes an annual appropriation of a half of this

amount

from Massachusetts

distributed at the close of each

is

who

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

not reckoned, unless she enters prepared to

complete the prescribed course of study in

Aid

is

less

also rendered, in cases of special merit

fund of Five Thousand Dollars, bequest of Nathaniel Salem. Dec.

.

1.

for

distribution, the first term of a

this

than two years.

and need, from the income of the

which the School

is

indebted to the munificent

Bowditch, Esq., of Brookline.

1871.

SIXTH TRIENNIAL CONVENTION. The Sixth Triennial Convention of the Graduates and other Past Members of the State Normal School at Salem, will be held at the close of the next Summer Term of Particulars in regard to the time and the exercises will be given in the next Circular of the School.

Every Past Member of the School to whom this notice may come, is urgently tied to send to the Principal, witJvout delay, her own address and that of as many as possible of her former schoolmates. Prompt attention to this request will be grate-

the School.

fully appreciated.

ANNOUNCEMENT窶年EXT TERM. The Next Term of the State Xoiimal School at Salem. Mass.. will commence with an examination of candidates for admission, on Tuesday. February 13, 1872.

This Institution is open to Ladies not less than sixteen years of age. (without limit as to place of resilience. who may wish to puisne a Course of Study preparatory t<> the work of teaching in Common or High Schools.

To all who intend to teach in the Public Schools of Massachusetts. Tuition is Feee. Text books are mostly furnished from the Library of the School without charge. From the State appropriation and other sources, more than $1400 is annually distributed to pupils who |

merit and need pecuniary

aid.

The recent enlargement

of the Normal Building has proved of great benefit in promoting the convenience, comfort and health of the pupils.

The house now contains a spacious and beautiful assembly hall, numerous large, well-ventilated, and cheerful recitation rooms, a tine library and reading room, a philphical room, a chemical room, and various other rooms, all of which are well adapted to meet the wants of the school, and to advance its prosperity.

The accommodations thus furnished will allow a considerable increase in the

number of

the pupils.

For Circulars, or further information, address D. B. Salem Ob>erver Steam Press.

HAGAP.

Principal.