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Summer Term,
1865.
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BOARD OF EDUCATION. The Governor of the Coiimoxavealth.
Emory AYashburn, Cambrido-e.
The Lteutexant Governor.
Samuel
John
David H. Mason, Newton Centre, James F. Clarke, West Roxburj-.
John
T. Seelye,
Easthampton.
D. Philbrick, Boston.
P.
Abner
Marshall, Somerville.
William Rice,
Samuel C. Jackson, Assistant Secretary
George B. Emerson, Treasurer.
Lowell,
J. Phipps,
Joseph White, Secretary.
BiRDSEY G. Northrop, Agent.
Springfield.
BOARD OF VISITORS. John
P. Marshall, Somerville.
Abner
J. Phipps,
Lowell.
Joseph White, Willlamstown.
George B. Emerson, Boston.
INSTRUCTORS. Alpheus Crosby,
Principal.
0. B. Brown, Teacher of Music.
William Russell, Instructor
Martha K. Crosby, Ellen M. Dodge. ^Iary E. Webb.
BiRDSEY G. Northrop, Lecturer on Mental
Caroline J. Cole.
James C. Sharp, Lecturer on Cheniistrj\
Josephine A. Elleky.
Frances
Mary C. Spofford. Mary E. Godden. Mary N. Plumer.
in Elocution.
Philosophy.
S.
Cooke, Lecturer on Anatomy,
Physiology, and Health.
Sanborn Tenney, Lecturer on Geology and Mineralogy.
Frederic
W.
Putnam, Lecturer on Zoology.
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STUDENTS. 01 b Marzcttc
II.
11
a
It c
c
OTlass.
b
Dmcut.
Cobiirn,
Julia Packard,
Mary
Sophia 0. Driver, Salcni.
Lucy M. James, Deerfield Centre, N.
West Au])urn, Me.
J. Parker,
Annisquam, Gloucester.
Louise F. Parsons, East Gloucester.
11.
7.
Adelia Lane, Lanesville, Gloucester.
(Eia5
Emma
1).
Effie J.
Coburn, Pelham, N.
'A.
s
Sarah P. Sanborn, Lawrence.
11.
Emma R.
Gould, Lowell.
Welch, Lowell.
Susan Marvin, Dublin, N. H.
Harriet J. West, Lynn.
Hannah A. Nash,
Elsie
Sarah
S.
Greenfield.
A. Woodward, Keene, N.
II.
9.
Perkins, Lynnfield Centre.
arias
B.
s
Martha E. Abbott, North Reading.
Lucy
Lucy E. Bacheller, Lynn.
Susan Jordan, Poland, Me.
Mary A. Bryant,
Mary
Stonchara.
L.
Holden, West Concord, N.
F. Kittredge, South
11.
Dan vers.
Rosanna A. Burnham, Essex.
Martha A. Lakcman, Hallowell, Me.
Eleanor M. Butler, Bedford.
Esther L. Merriam, North Tewksljury.
Eveline Conant,
Wenham.
Caroline
Sarah A. Phelps, Middleton.
Delia A. Curtis, Northborouo;h. Isabel
M.
Abby D.
Julitta E. Prescott, South Danvers.
Emilio, Salem.
Imogene A. Rowe, Stoneham.
Esty, Middleton.
Margaret B.
M. Osborne, South Dan vers.
Ellen P. Sibley, Salem.
Fitz, Salem.
Susan M. Glover, Salem.
Louise A. P. White, Salem.
Charlotte Coding, North Livermore, Me.
Martha E. AYhittredge, Hamilton.
Julia A. Goodwin, Boston.
Ellen
aliasis Caroline B. Bigelow,
Livermore Centre,
Caroline E. Boyden, Oxford.
[Me.
Wonson, Gloucester.
ar.
Caroline
A
Frost, Marl)lehead.
Caroline A. Fuller, Salem.
Eliza C. II. Col)urn, Pelham, N. 11.
Sarah C. Gilbert, Swarapscott.
Harrietta C. Critchctt, Lowell.
Helen M. Graves, Marblehead.
Charlotte E. Draper, Salem.
Williamine
S.
Green, Stoneham.
26.
—
—
1
.
.
4 Helen M. Hastings, North Chelsea.
Amanda W.
Martha B. Hitchings, Lynn.
Clara D. Poole, Lynn.
Elizabeth R. Hodges, Salem.
Emma
Ellen R. Hull, MiUbury.
Mary R. Southgate, Taunton. Mary J. W. Stone, Swampscott.
Mary M.
Lynn.
Ingalls,
Peircc, Weston.
E. Purington, South Reading.
Pauline T. Johnson, Xewcastle, N. H.
Helen Tincker, Boston.
iMary A. Lovering, Lynn.
Sarah Vf. Tomj^kins, Lawrence.
Julia
M. Mann, Salem.
Leora L. Upton, South Reading.
Muir, Weston.
Olivia S.
Adeline E. Wltllis, Hamilton.
Marion G. Newhall, Lynn.
Emily M. AYarren, South Reading.
Abbie F. Nye, Sandwich.
Emma
M. Osgood,
Harriet jNIary
Helen Willson, Como,
Charlton.
U. Parker, North Reading.
Emma
Webb, Salem.
J.
111.
Margaretta AYilson, Ipswich.
Mary
F. Peabody, Danvers Plains.
€U6 S
E. AYinslow, Ilallowell,
Mary
Lucy
Georgiana Lewis, Salem.
Bacon, Boston.
Emma
R.
Sarah
W.
Barr, Danvers.
G.
J.
Lefavour, ^Marblehead.
Lewis, Salem.
Ijinella
Barrows, North Easton.
Nerissa J.
McLoud, Boston.
Caroline A. Beckett, South Danvers.
Eliza A. Melzeard, Salem.
Augusta
Sara B. Morton
Ellen
Billings,
Sedgwick, Me.
M. Bray, Marblchead.
Mary
Sarah xVbby Bray, West Gloucester.
Margaret L.
Florence
M. Cooper, Newburyport.
Priscilla
L.
Frances
Cutts, Lynn.
L Day ley,
Salem.
Susan A. Dutton, Acton. Charlotte
M.
Echols, Salem.
E.
Plymouth.
j
'Donnelly Salem.
Sarah F. Parmenter, Beverly.
Mary
Clark, Salem.
Frances L. Conant, Mount Vernon, N.
ll.
J.
Pickering, Salem.
Margaret A. Richards, Rockville,Medway. Elizabeth E. Rule, Lynn.
Nataline B. Smith, Manchester, N. H. Mary^ J. Spear,
Lynn.
Catharine D. Stone, Salem.
Emma
L. Stone, Groton Junction.
Caroline P.
Graves, Salem.
Ella C. Thayer,
Susan Hall,
Dennis.
Sarah E. Thomas,
Alice E. Holden, Swampscott. Caroline A. Isabella E.
Johnson, Nahant.
Johnson, Nahant.
Mary Laura
Saugus Centre.
New
Bedford.
F. Wheeler, Danville, I.
Canada East.
Whittredge, North Reading.
Betsey M. Young, West Chatham.
Susan F. Johnson, Nahant.
Number
38.
D.
Evelena F. Adams, Quiucy. J.
Me.
of Students in attendant3 during the Term,
.
.
.
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41.
STATE NORMAL SCHOOL.. ..SALEM, MASS.
Tins Institdtion 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 to instruct in the
quired by law.
Board of
It is
Visitors.
Common and High
Schools re-
under the charge of the State Board of Education, and of a special
During the period that has elapsed since the reception of the
Class, in September, 1854) eight
of the School; and of
first
hundred and seventy-eight Ladies have been members
hundred and eighty-one have received diplomas,
these, three
upon the honorable completion of the prescribed course of study.
School Year The School Year ruary and the
first
is
a
divided into two Terms,
Wednesday
in September,
ST c v in s
ii ti
commencing the
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last
Wednesday
with a week's recess near the middle of the term.
By
in Feb-
each containing twenty weeks of study, Âť
reason of the recent extension of the regular Course of Study from three terms
to four, the
Public Exercises of Examination and Graduation, with which the present
term would otherwise have closed,
will take place at the close of the
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next term.
.
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 the regulations of the School during their connection Tvith
and of
it,
after-svards
teaching in the public schools of Massachusetts;*
and must
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
one
unknown
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
more
useful.
on Wednesday, the
for admission takes place
at 8 o'clock, A. M., or as soon after that
able to arrive.
Except in extraordinary
cases,
no one
Sit Ml) ÂŁ3 I
These are of two kinds the
members
of the School;
may need
or
examined
may
be
later in the term.
.
The
desire, in
Those prescribed
Professional Studies.
preparation
for teaching
for all public schools; II. for
High Schools
:
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in the
The
I.
Those prescribed
of the second class.
Philosophy, History, and Art of Education in
1.
which
in their character,
latter are divided into three classes
" Branches of Learning" prescribed by law III.
hour as the Candidates is
and those that are more genebal
several grades of public schools.
High Schools;
day of each term,
the more strictly professional, which are prescribed for all
:
are pursued as the students
for all
first
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
2.
and more advanced,
in the several branches of school study.
Exercises in Teaching, for the illustration and application of these Principles and
3.
Methods; and other Exercises, both Oral and Written,
for cultivating that
power and
propriety of thought and expression which are so essential to the teacher's success.
Observation and practice in other schools are also recommended, and the former, to
some extent, required.
General Studies.
Class
I.
" Orthography, Reading, Wri?5ng, English Grammar,
Geography, Arithmetic, the History of the United States, and Good Behavior;" and also
"Algebra, Vocal Music, Drawing, Physiology, and Hygiene," (which,
words of the law, " mittee
deem
it
shall be
expedient. "
taught in
By
all
a recent
in the
the public schools in which the School statute,
Com-
"Agriculture" has been added
to
these studies.)
* Ladies
designinf? to teach in other States or in
paying S^'^ *
^^^"^ ^^^ tuition.
private schools
may
be admitted by
n.
Class
General History, Book-keeping, Surveying, Geometry, Natural Philoso-
*«
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 in.
Logic, Intellectual and Moral Science, and Political Economy." of Mass., chap. 38, §§ 1,
Pupils
who
who approve
2.
'Lave successfully completed the Professional Studies of the School,
themselves,
Studies of the
— Sec General Statutes
upon examination, receive the First
first class,*
and
competent to instruct in the General
fully
Those who also show
Diploma 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 but pupils
may
for the first
enter in advance, whenever their examination
do this advantageously.
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The
Diploma extends through two years
1
;
shows that they can
•
lu' a r
2?
,
apparatus,
a
Institution has already a valuable supply,
ftt u » c
ix tj
chiefly
u
in
through donation, of these
materiai aids of education, which are so 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,
for filling
now
for
them ampler accommodations, the School
presents
room
for long ranges of book-shelves
which the School must rely
chiefly
upon the continued
and
liber-
Friends and the Friends of Education, especially of those
who appreciate
the claims of Higher Female Education with particular reference to the
work of educa-
ality of its
ing otkers-t
* Full preparation for instructing in these branches is regarded as requiring an elementary acquaintance with Geometry with the Natural Sciences, both philosophical and descriptive with the History and Etymology of the English Language and with ;
;
;
Engli.sh Literature.
t Contributions of books and pamphlets
for the Library, of philosophical
and chemical and o? other articles appropriate to an Educational Miiseum, will be gratefully received, and will make an important addition to the means of usefulness which the Institution already 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 of every grade, by sending copies of their Catalogues and Circulars. their
;
in Instilu,lions
8
Tuition
is
to those "who
free
is
may have
-wherever they
schools of Massachusetts,
($1.50)
comply with the condition
the public
of teaching in
A
previously resided.
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 recent Atlas.
The price which or separate
fire
is
and
S3. 50 per week.
commonly paid by the pupils
(not including washing,
present, from the great advance of other prices,
lights,) is, at
It will fall, it is
for board,
hoped, with other prices.
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
the aid,
among
dollars.
pupils from
sums varying according
in
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 rendered,
of Five.
in cases of special merit
Thousand
bequest of Nathaniel
Dollars, for
and need, from the income of the
which the School
is
indebted to the munificent
Bowditch, Esq., of Brookline.
I.
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
special excellence in the introductory examinations
Thomas Lee,
candidates for
those :
1.
In Reading, through the bounty of
2.
In Orthography, through the bounty of Leander Wetherell, Esq., of Boston.
Esq., of Boston.
Salem, July, 1865.
ANNOUNCEMENT. The Next Term Salem, Mass.,
of the
will
State Normal ScnooL at wltli an Examination
commence
of Candidates for admission, on
Wednesday, Sep-
open
is
Ladies not
to
less
than
sixteen years of a^e, (without limit as to place of resi-
dence,)
who may wish
direct pn;paration for
or
High Schools.
TERM.
Public Schools of Massaclmsetts, TriTiON
is
Fuke.
Text books are mostly furnished from the Library of
The common price of lioard is, at presFrom the State Appropriation week. and other sources, more than $1400 are annually distributed to i)upils who merit and need the aid.
the School.
ent, $3.50 per
tember 6th, 186>. This Institution
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To
to i>ursue
tlie
all
work
who
a Course of Study
of teaching in
in
Common
For Circulars, or
intend to teach in the
Salem Observer Press.
furtlicr information,
address
THE PRINCIPAL.