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CATALOGUE OF THE
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AT SALEM fe'OR
THE TERM ENDING FEBRUARY,
SALEM
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WM. IVES AND GEO. W. PEASE, PRINTERS
OBSERVER OFFICE. 1856.
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HENRY J. GARDNER, SIMON BROWN.
His Excellency
His Honor .
GEORGE
EMERSON, Esq. Rev. MARK HOPKINS, D. D. Rev. EDWARD OTHEMAN. Hon. ISAAC DAVIS, LL.D. Hon. GEORGE S. BOUT WELL, LLJX B.
HENRY WHEATLAND, Rkv. HOSEA BALLOU, ARIEL PARISH, Esq
M. D. D. D.
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LL.D.
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RICHARD EDWARDS, PRINCIPAL.
MARTHA KINGMAN. ELIZABETH WESTON. LUCY A. TEFET.
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RIPLEY BLANCHARD, TEACHER OF MUSIC.
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MEMBERS OF SENIOR CLASS NAMES.
y Helen
RESIDENCES.
Abbott,
Beverly.
Helen E. Adams,
Melrose.
Charlotte Barker, *V Laura A. Barron,
Boxford.
V
L. Ellen Batchelder,
Beverly.
Harriett J. Bradstreet
Danvers.
SC Hannah
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S. Bray,
Phoebe A. Breed,
Augusta \C .Frances
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Brown, M. Burnham. J.
Beverly.
Lynn. Danvers. Gloucester.
Sarah P. Chamberlain.
Salem.
Hannah W. Comey,
Chelsea.
yC Sarah F. Cutts,
X
Salem.
Salem.
Hepsibeth Damon,
North Reading.
Sarah E. Daniels,
Salem.
Sarah E. Davis,
Beverly.
Josephine M. Devereux,
Marblehead.
Margaret A. Dunn,
Salem.
X.. Martha H.
Gould,
South Danvers.
NORMAL SCHOOL. NAMES.
Martha K.
X Celinda X
RESIDENCES.
Hill,
E. Jackson,
Clara C. Kingman,
X Georgiana Lane, V
s
Helen Lane,
V* Emeline E. Low,
V
V
Salem. Lynnfield.
North Bridgewater. Ipswich. Gloucester.
Essex.
Mary Anna Lowe,
Boxford.
Rebecca B. Manning,
Salem.
Sarah M. Morrison,
Lawrence.
Elizabeth C. Moulton,
Lynnfield.
Lizzie B. Newhall,
Lynnfield.
Sallie Nutting,
South Danvers.
Sarah A. Ober,
Beverly.
Mary
Salem.
E. Osborne,
Elizabeth S. Owen,
Cambridge.
Marianna Page,
Hampton, N.
JC Sarah R. Phelps, Emily C. Pond,
Amy
K. Prentiss,
Danvers.
Salem. Danvers.
Mary E. Proctor, Vf Ada A. Putnam,
Beverly.
y
Salem.
Sarah E. Reynolds,
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ViVbby
W.
Richards,
J. Richardson,
Beverly.
Wenham. Lynnfield.
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Ellen Sawyer,
Salem.
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Emeline C. Sawyer,
Salem.
Mary R.
Rockport,
X Maria
Sewall,
B. Smith.
II.
North Reading.
NORMAL SCHOOL RESIDENCES.
.NAMES.
/#^^Ma ^^Z^^Mary
B. Smith,
Sarah R. Smith,
V Anna B. V ^
Mary
Staples,
L. Trow,
Marblehead. Marblehead.
Portsmouth, N.
11.
Middleton.
Susan D. Warner,
Ipswich.
Ellen M. White,
Lowell.
M I D D L E GLASS. Charlotte 0. Bailey,
North Andover.
Maria L. Barnes,
Wenham.
Lucy D. Berry,
Middleton.
Olive P. Bray,
West
Ellen Brown,
Marblehead.
Alice R. Carter,
Gloucester.
Elizabeth Church,
Bridgetown, N. Scotia.
Hannah
Marblehead.
T. Cloutman,
Gloucester.
Sarah E. Conner,
Lynn.
Mary
E. Cressy,
Beverly.
Lizzie
Damon,
North Reading.
Lucy B.
Davis,
Gloucester.
Sarah E. Flint,
Middleton.
Charlotte L. Eorten,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Annie Gregory,
Marblehead.
Abby
S.
Hammond,
North Reading.
Elizabeth A. Hatch,
Salem.
Caroline A. Hawkins.
Portsmouth, N. H.
NORMAL SCHOOL. NAMES.
RESIDENCES.
Sarah M. Hunt,
Salem.
Sarah E. Knight,
Beverly.
Emily
Beverly.
Lovett,
Caroline F. Luscomb,
Salem.
Mary
L. Ober,
Beverly.
Sarah
J.
Peabody,
Danvers.
Sarah C. Pitman,
Salem.
Emma
Beverly.
E. Porter,
Rebecca F. Prince,
Beverly.
Mary
Dedham.
F. Robinson,
Harriett B. Sanborn,
Boscawen, N. H.
Augusta A. Sawyer,
Danversport.
Caroline A. Stiles,
Middleton.
Elizabeth P. Swan,
Danvers.
Mary
Gloucester.
P. Swift,
Martha
J.
Weston,
Harriet A. "Wilkins.
JUNIOR
Middleton.
Danvers.
01 /ASS.
Martha G. Abbott, Sarah A. Brown,
Ashby.
Elizabeth T. Dike,
Beverly.
Elliza E.
Cutts,
Salem.
Ellen M. Dodge,
Salem.
H. Maria Eaton,
North Reading
Sarah A. Eddy,
Sterling.
Salem.
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s
NAMES.
Mary
E. Estey,
SCHOOL. RESIDENCES.
Middleton.
Sarah M. Foster,
Salem.
Lucy
North Andover.
Frost,
Sarah
J.
Gilman,
Lowell.
Sarah E. Harris,
Marblehead.
Sarah
Lynn.
J. Hilton,
Harriett E. Holder,
Lynn.
Mary A.
Lynn.
Holder,
Mehitable B. Hubbard,
North Andover.
Carrie L. Hunt,
Salem.
Mary
Lynn.
E. Jenkins,
Josephine G. Keniston,
Salisbury.
Elizabeth S. Knight,
Marblehead.
Sophia F. Lovering,
Hamilton.
Aroline B. Meek.
Salem.
H. Emily Moulton, Helen Morton,
North Reading. Plymouth.
Louisa P. Oliver,
Lynn.
Amanda
Gloucester.
Parsons,
Harriett Purbeck,
Salem.
Catherine D. Russell,
Kingston.
Harriett E. Russell,
Middleton.
Sarah H. Shaw,
Salem.
Martha A. Spalding,
Dunstable.
Fanny
Strong,
North Andover.
Mary
E. Webb.
Salem.
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NORMAL SCHOOL.
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RECAPITULATION. Number "
in Senior Class
53
-
"
Middle
-
35
11
Junior
-
33
121
Total in School
Towns
represented in the School
North Andov er
4 Dunstable
Ashby
1
and Number from 1
Essex Gloucester
1
Beverly 14 North Bridge water 1 Hamilton Bridgetown M.S. 1 Hampton, N. H. Bo sea wen, N .1-1. 1 Ipswich Boxford Kingston
Melrose Middleton
7
Plymouth
1
Philadelphia, Pa.
1
1
Portsmouth, N.II. 2
9 1
Rock port North Reading Salem
Chelsea
1
Lynn
7
Cambridge Danvers South Danvers
1
Lynnfield
8
Lowell
4 Salisbury 2 Sterling
Dedham
1
2 Lawrence
1
Marblehead
From Massachusetts Ne w-Hampshire i (
a u u
Nova
a '•
Pennsylvania Scotia
1 1
Wenham
2
8 -
Ho
-
1
-
1
-
I— 121
Essex County
-
-
97
Middlesex
-
-
Plymouth
-
12 o
"
Worcester
-
1
Suffolk
-
1
ti
Norfo Ik
-
1
It should he
one term only.
-
—
kept in mind that this Catalogue
—
that ending in February,
not for the whole year.
no graduates.
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The School
has,
1856,
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— and
as yet,
sear
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NORMAL SCHOOL AT SALEM.
STATE
Resolves
to
in the Count)- of
State Normal School Essex, were passed by the Legislature, establish
a
and received the Governor's approval, April 16, 1853. The Board of Education, at their meeting, held on Thursday, June
The
Salem.
2,
1850, decided
city of
to locate the
Salem furnished the
site,
same
in
formerly
occupied for the Registry of Deeds, on Summer, corner of
Broad
high,
stories
same
streets,
erected thereon a brick building,
two
—furnished
the
sixty-seven feet
to the acceptance of the
for the
sum
square,
Board, and received there-
of six thousand dollars, appropriated by the
The
Legislature for this purpose.
cost of the building
was about thirteen thousand
dollars, exclusive of the site
which was estimated at
thousand
five
dollars.
The building contains on the lower floor a lecture room and six smaller rooms for library, apparatus, reception, &c. on the second floor a school room sixty-five ;
by forty rooms,
feet
—four
recitation
rooms and two smaller
one for the use of the teachers and the other
where the books of reference are deposited.
On
Saturday, September
3,
1853, workmen began
remove the old building.
The new
for educational purposes.
Thursday, Sept. 14, 1854,
Governor Washburn presiding Boutwell.
edifice
to
was dedicated
—address by ex-Governor
NORMAL SCHOOL.
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The State Normal School at Salem,
is
one of the four
Schools established by the State of Massachusetts, and placed
under the care of the Board of Education, for the purpose of aiding in the preparation of Teachers for the Public Schools.
This one
intended for females only.
is
A young
lady to be admitted into this School
must declare
16 years of age
;
a teacher
the Public Schools
in
it
to be
must be at
least
her intention to become
of Massachusetts
must
;
promise to remain in the School for three consecutive terms
;
and must deposit -with the Principal a Certificate of good moral character from some responsible person acquainted with her. She must also pass a satisfactory examination in Reading, Spelling, Defining, Writing, Arithmetic, English Grammar and Geography.
The School year
is
divided into two terms, together amount-
One of
ing to forty weeks.
the terms begins on the
second
Wednesday of March, and the other on the second Wednesday of September.
The former
is
preceded by a vacation of four
A
weeks, and the latter by one of eight weeks.
class will be
admitted at the commencement of each term, and the examination for such admission will take place at
10 o'clock,
on the day preceding that on which the term
is
A.M.,
to begin.
No
person will be examined at any other time except for very strong and peculiar reasons.
Those who have had experience
in
teaching,
literary qualifications are considered satisfactory,
mitted for one year
who
;
and the same right
is
and whose
may
be ad-
extended to those
are prepared to enter advanced classes.
To those who enter as above, no charge they pay a
fee
use of books.
is
made, except that
of $1.50 at the beginning of each term for the
Persons
in Private Schools
may
wno
intend to teach in other States or
be admitted on paying a reasonable
tuition fee.
Board may be obtained in respectable families in the city at $2.50 to $3.00 per week, washing and lights not included.
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NORMAL SCHOOL.
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little
other expense need be incurred, as all the reference
books, and very nearly
all
the text-books are furnished by the
State.
This institution, in
common with
the others throughout the
draw from the State Treasury $1000 per annum, to be expanded in aiding such deserving young ladies as find the expense of attending the School burdensome. Each State,
is
entitled to
applicant for aid,
who boards
in the city,
fund $1.50 per week, after the tendance.
may
thirteen
first
receive from this
week3 of her
at-
Others for the fame time, will receive smaller sums,
varying with the distance they are obliged to travel to reach the School.
the
These rates, however, must be reduced whenever
number of applicants
is so
large a3 to require
it.
But
this,
as yet, is far from being the case.
The Cours3 of Study, as at present arranged, includes
:
Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometry, Geography, Projections of the Sphere, Physical Geography, Astronomy, Mechanics, Hydrosta-
Pneumatics and Optics, Anatomy and Physiology SpellEtymology, Critical Study of English Authors,
tics,
;
ing, Reading,
History of English Literature, English Grammar, Art of ReasonRhetoric and Composition, Latin, Theory and Practice of
ing,
Teaching.
In the regular course, Latin
is
elective
;
also, to a
certain extent, Algebra and Geometry.
Regular instruction cient teacher.
is
also given in
the School on Physical Geography their
Vocal Music by an
effi-
Prof. A. Guyot is employed to lecture before ;
and gentlemen eminent
in
several departments, are to be engaged as lecturers in
other branches of Natural Science.
For those who are willing
to
remain in the School a
sufficient
length of time, an extensive course, including the higher Mathematics, and the Latin and Erench Languages will be arranged.
Those young ladies
who have
previously graduated at
High
Schools, or similar institutions, will accomplish this course in less
time than others, whose advantages have been more limited.