Salem Normal School Catalog: February, 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

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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

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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.

y

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.

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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.

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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.

NORMAL

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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

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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

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1

-

1

-

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Essex County

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97

Middlesex

-

-

Plymouth

-

12 o

"

Worcester

-

1

Suffolk

-

1

ti

Norfo Ik

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1

It should he

one term only.

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kept in mind that this Catalogue

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that ending in February,

not for the whole year.

no graduates.

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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.

11

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.

12 Very

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.