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SPRING AND SUMMER TERM,
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1870.
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Summer Term, 1870
Register for the Spring and
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BOARD OF EDUCATION. His Excellencv,
Tni<;
Hon. Henry Chapin,
GovERNoar
His Honor, the Lieutenant Governor. Rev.
William Rice, A.M.,
Worcester.
Rev. A. A. Miner, D.D., Boston.
Gardiner
Springfield.
G.
Hubbard, A.
M., Cambridge.
Hon. Emory Washburn, LL.D., Cambridge. Rev.
Samuel
John D.
T.
Hon. Joseph White, LL.
Seelye, D.D., Easthampton,
Rev.
Piiilbrick, A. M., Boston.
David H. Mason, A.
M.,
Samuel
Abner
Newton Centre.
J.
C.
Jackson,
D., Sec'y
and Treas'r.
D.I)., Assist. Sec'y.
Phipps, a. M., Agent, West Medford.
BOARD OF VISITORS. Rev. A. A. Miner, D. D., Boston,
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Hon. Joseph White, LL.D., Boston.
INSTRUCTORS. Daniel
B.
Hagar, A.
Ellen M. Dodge.
Mary
E.
Caroline
Mary
Webb. J.
Cole.
N. Plumer.
Sophia O. Driver. M. Isabella Hanson.
Harriet
L. Martin.
M.,
Principal.
Mary
A. Currier, Teacher of Elocution.
Mary
A. Clarke, Teacher of Drawing.
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STUT^V'.:S[T&. ^hvancch Harriet D.
Bo wen,
Martha A. Paul, Lowell.
Salem.
Marietta Clark, Toi)slield. Clara M. Colcord, Swainpscott. Euth II. Driver, Salem.
Justine F. Proctor, Gloucester.
Mary
Swampscott. E. Adeline Towle, Newburyport.
arias 5 Abbie G.
N. H.
Billings, Greenland,
Alice L. Blaney, Swampscott. Annie F. Breed, Lynn. Coffin,
M. Jennie
Mary W.
Nantucket.
Griffin,
Salein.
Litchlield,
Seger,
8.
^. Ruth A. Morrill, East Maria E. Paul, Lynn.
Salisbury.
Louisa Stearns, Brookline. Priscilla K. Titcomb, Newburyport. Florence A. Todd, Lynn. Rosina H. Treadwell, Flushing N.Y. Olive E. Underbill, Salem. S.
Geer, Lowell.
Martha E. Glover,
E.
Margaret C. Schouler, Arlington.
Charlotte E. Brown, Lowell.
Gulielma
Qllass,
N.
II.
Vt. IIuini)hrey, Marbleliead. Ellen Georgian a 11. Kehew. Salem.
Maria T. Wells, Deerficld Cen. N. Laura B. White, Salem.
Mary A.
Frances A. Whittier, Danversport. Eliza L. Wing, Sandwich. Alice J. Winward, E. Cambridge. 29.
Alice
M. Guernsey,
Chelsea,
M
Legge, Chelsea.
Ellen E. Merilhew,
Lowell.
Addie E. Merrill, Chelsea. Ella Mills, Dunbarton, N. IL
速l06 6 Margaret B. Agan. Saratoga Springs. Ruth B. Bailey, Lowell. Carrie L. Barrell, Lewiston, Me. Ella F. Bass, Newburyport. Helen A. Brown, Seekonk. Sarah E. Butler, Charlestown.
11
Alice G. Whitney, Soulhborough.
J3. Ella F. Butterfield, Wakefield. Virginia A.
Clarkson, Xewburyport.
Annie E. Coburn, Charlestown. Arvilla A. Cross, Boston. Ella Dager, Wakefield.
Lucy
L.
Drown, Fisher vfile,
N".
H.
Adele E. Fabens, Salem. Margaret G. Fawcett, Surry, N. H, Jessie F. Ford, Salem. Lucy J. Freeman, Lowell. Emma C. Perkins, East Walpole. Clara E, Phelps, South Chelsea, Mira A. Prime, Salem.
QtlaBQ Emily
Amy
J. Allen,
Marblehead.
Brown, Stoneham. Caroline O. Brown, Danvers. Emma F. Clifford, Lynn. G.
Mary
E. Clouiman, Snlem.
Gertrude M. Colirate, MacGregor, lo. Ella J. Corthell, Hmii^ham Centre. Lizzie
L. Cutting, Cohasset.
Lucy C. Eiiott, Charlcstown. M. Isabel Farrant, Salem,
Xew Orleans, La. Louisa B. Ford, West Lynn. Sarah J. Fuller, Hartland, Me. Sarah M. Girdler, Beverly. A. Belle Gould, Chelsea. Hannah M. Harris, Marblehead. Emily D. Haskell, Rockport. Hannah V. Hathaway, New Bedford. Eliza C. Flower,
Mary
I.
Mersey, Melrose.
Hewes, Lynnfield Centre.
Marie
E.
Emma
E. Howard, Chelsea,
Eva E. Howlett, Saugus. Clara E. Hoyle, Dracut. Elizabeth X. Jones, Georgetown.
Frances Jones, Lynn. Ella
M. Kemp, North Cambridge.
W. Kennedy, Milton. Susan F. Kimball, No. Andover.
Jennie
Anna A. Reid, Seekonk, i)mma A. Swasey, Salem. Helen F. Tecl, Peabody, Sarah L- Thomas, Wakefield.
Emma
J^.
Elizabeth
True, Chelsea.
M, Wilson, Marblehead,
25
â&#x201A;Ź Julia E.
Drusilla
Leighton, Lowell. S.
Lothrop, Cohasset.
Eleanor M. Magee, No. Chelsea, Sarah E. Morgan, Oakham. Ella L. Munroe, Lynnfield, Anna F. Newhall, Saugus Centre. Ettie
M.
Oliver, East Saugus,
Martha R. Orne, Lynn. Lucy E. Parsons, Salem, Martha W. Pedrick, Beverly. Harriet E. Perkins, Maiden Centre.
Jane E. Shedd, Oakham, Marianna Smith, Salem. Clara M, Staten, Lynn, Mary B. Staten, Lynn. Caroline Stevens, Gloucester.
M. Stiles, Middleton. Hannah C. Swift, Yarmouth Port. Laura J. Symonds, Salem. Emma M. Tonks, Maiden. A. Mary Tredick, Nokesville, Ya.
Ellen
Evelyn N. Walton, Saugus Cen. Georgiana Walton, Saugus. Irine S. Wardwell, Andover. Elizabeth B. Wetherbee, Boston. Annie L. Wilkins, Middleton. Mary E Wilkins, Peabody. Georgiana Young. Lanesville. 56
Ollass Kate E. Bachelder, Salem. Helen F. Baker, Lowell. Mary E. Bennett, Maiden. Helen L. Bradbury, Maiden. Mary E. Bray, Marbleliead. Rosa F. Butler, Wolfboro', N. H. Clara E.
Caswell,
Kortbwood Cen-
N. H. Abbie M. Crosman, Swanipscott. tre,
Ida C. Currier, Middleton. Clara George, East Boston. Carrie S. Gowing, Lynntield Centre. Olive K. Graves, Middleton.
Annie M. Greenough, Salem. Susannah Ilathorne, Salem. Sarah L. Hitchings, Saugus.
Mary
I.
Howe, Lowell.
Hattie A. Johnson, Lowell.
Mary
E. Keough, Chelsea.
B Eliza J. Kidder, Saugus.
Emma G. Knnpp, Fitchburg. Laura H. Lake, Tops field. Mary M. Lamson, Lowell. Sarah N. Littlefield, Salem. Mary A. Manning, Andover. Mary E. Marden, Salem. Margie A. Meesick, Lynn. Frances E. Morrill, Lowell. Laura I. Parsons, Rochester, N. H. Mary E. Poor, So. Lawrence. Richardson, AV"est Gloucester. Ida R. Shattuck, Marblehead. Elizabeth J. Simmons, Boston.
Effie B.
Elvina H. Smith, Beverly. Elsie R. Soper, Middleton. Julia E. Thompson, Fall River. Lizzie Upton, North Reading. Henrietta Woods, Winchester. 37
Number
of pupils in attendance the present term,
155.
Number
of different pupils during the past year,
205.
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
High Schools required by law.
It is
under the charge of the State Board of
Education, and of a special Board of Visitors. elapsed since the reception of the three hundred these, five
first
Company,
Common and
for the direct preparation of Female Teachers to instruct in the
During the period that has
Class, in September, 1854, one thousand
and eighteen Ladies have been members of the School
;
and of
hundred and seventj'-two have received diplomas, upon the honorable
completion of the prescribed course of study.
Scljool The School Year
is
Year
E
B.nti
txriXB.
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, Jan.
[The
will
commence on
August
and
30, 1870,
will
close
17, 1871.
present term
exercises of
Tuesdiiy,
will
close
on Thursday, July
7,
with
1870,
public ~j
Examination and Graduation, commencing at 9 o'clock, A. M.
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Candidates for 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 in private schools paying ^1,5 a {crm for tuition.
may
;*
and must
be admitted by
.
8 pass a satisfactory examination in Reading, Spelling, Defining, Writing, Arithmetic, English
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Grammar, Geography, and the History
of the United 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 admission takes
place on Tuesday, the
term, commencing at 9 o'clock, A. M.
examined
more
useful.
first
day of each
Except in extraordinary cases, no one
is
later in the term,
(iCouvsc
^tiiUj).
of
The Board of Education, by a vote passed January following Course of Study for the State Normal Schools
9,
I860,
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,
days each
five
week.
BRANCHES OF STUDY TO BE PURSUED. Fir&t Term. 1.
Arithmetic, oral and written, begun.
3.
Geometry, begun. Chemistry.
4.
Grammar and
2.
Analysis of the English
Language.
Second Term. 1.
8. 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 1.
2. 3.
Term.
Astronomy. Mental and Moral Science. including the principles and art of Reasoning. Theory and Art of Teaching, including: Principles and Methods of Instruction. ( 1 ) School Organization and Government. (2.)
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(3.) 4.
The
School
Laws
of Massachusetts.
Civil Polity of Massachusetts
and the United
Stites.
9 In connection with the foregoing, constant and careful attention to be given
throughout the course
drawing and delineations on the blackboard
to
spelling, with derivations
and vocal gymnastics Tiie Latin to
and
definitions
;
music
;
reading, including analysis of sounds
;
and writing.
;
and French languages may be pursued as optional
studies,
but not
the neglect of the English coarse.
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
more advanced
by the teachers and
The order of the
chiefly
also
may
be varied in special cases, with
Visitors."
§tuit3
The ends
and
scholars.
studies in the course
the approval of the
direct,
aitb
aimed at
Stubn aub Šoiniug.
Uttt^obs
of
in this
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 developement of the mental powers.
From
the beginning to the end of the course,
especial reference to the best cellent,
are not
deemed
ways of teaching
satisfactory
that which she has herself learned.
all
studies are conducted with
the:n.
Kecitations, 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
of their regular teacher.
Teaching exercises of va-
and important part of the school work.
rious kinds form a large
During the
Senior term, object lessons are given to classes of primary school children, so that
every pupil obtains, before graduating, considerable experience in teaching chil-
dren to observe, think, and give expression
Nearly all the studies are conducted
to
used, to a large extent, as books of reference.
memory
is
thought.
upon the topical plan.
Text-books, are
The committing of text-books
to
avoided as far as possible, the scholars being trained to depend upon
thoughts rather than words.
A
great object of the school
speak
for themselves
whatever
difficulties
;
to
is
make them
may
arise.
to
make
the pupils investigate,
independent, self-reliant,
think, and
and ready
to
meet
10 ^istipUttt.
The
discipline of the school
pected to govern themselves to refrain voluntarily from
;
It
presumed
to
made
as simple as possible.
do without compulsion what
to
the
known wishes
Pupils are exrequired, and
is
Those who are unwil-
improprieties of conduct.
all
ling to conform cheerfully to tants, are
is
of the Principal and his Assis-
be unlit to become teachers.
not deemed necessary to awaken a feeling of emulation in order to in-
is
duce the scholars to peform their duties faithfully. according to their comparative success in Faithful attention to duty
is
encouraged for
The ranking of
their studies, its
own
sake,
is
scholars
not here allowed.
not for the purpose
of obtaining certain marks of credit.
^romofions
mxis
(5rabnatlons.
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 in each study must be satisfactory to entitle the pupil
to
advance to the study next in order.
A
general
failure
on the part of the pupil compels her to retake the entire work of the
term.
Id
cases of partial failure, reexaminations are allowed.
term, a special examination schools,
Young
is
had
and only those who pass ladies wlio possess
no serious
difficulties
in
in it
good natural
all
In the Senior
the branches taught in the
successfully abilities
common
are permitted to graduate.
and right habits of study,
find
passing the required examinations.
^ibrarn, Apparatus, anb P^aseum.
The
Institution
has a valuable Library, containing, in works for general
erence and reading, and in text-bocks, about eight thousand volumes. also, a fair
supply of philosophical apparatus, and a
Museum
ref-
It has,
containing a large
collection of specimens illustrating various departments of science.
11 The
friends of the higher education of
making donations
the Institution by
women can
to
its
Library and
Any
Museum.
aid in
direction will be gratefully acknowledged.
this
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The important advantages
offered
tions are freely enjoyed by the
some
respects, unequalled
Academy,
Science.
by these well known and most useful Institu-
members of the Normal
School.
The
large, and, in
belonging to the Institute and
Museum and Cabinet
affords rare opportunities for studies in various departments of Science
and the instructive meetings of the Essex Institute
and
confer a great benefit upon
Scientific subjects, possess great value for all
;
for the discussion of Historical
who are
interested in the study
of History and of Nature,
(Sxpeusts,
Tuition
is
free to those
schools of Massachusetts, fee ($2.00) is paid
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^c.
who comply with the condition of teaching in the public wherever they may have previously resided. A small
by each pupil at the beginning of the t6rm,
for
incidental ex-
penses.
The text-books required are mostly furnished without charge from Library.
It
is
tlie
School
recommended, however, that pupils should bring with them,
for 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 from $4.00
cording to the accommodations
furnished.
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
who come
to
the School
daily
by railroad, obtain season tickets
at one half of the usual rates.
For the assistance of those who would School burdensome,
thousand term,
dollars.
among
the
One
even the moderate expense of the
find
Commonwealth makes an annual appropriation of a half of this
amount
pupils from Massachusetts
is
who
distributed at the close of each
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 this distribution, the
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, June,
1.
for
first
term of a
not reckoned, unless she enters prepared to
than two years.
and need, from the income of the
which the School
is
indebted to the munificent
Bowditch, Esq., of Brookline.
1870.
ANNOUNCEMENT.窶年EXT TERM. The Next Term of the State NoiniM. at Salkm, Mass., will conmience
School
with an exnmination of ciiiuliclates for admission, on Tuesday, August, 30, 1870. This Institution is open to Ladies not less than sixteen years of age, (without limit as to place of residence,) who nay wish to pursue a Course of Study p eparatory to the work of teaching in Common or High Schools. To all who intend to teach in tJie
Public Scliools of Massacluisetts, TriTTON TS FitKK. Text books are mostly furnished fiom the Libiiiry of the School "without charge, Fiom the Stale Aj)p opiiation and other sources, more than $1400 is annually distributed to pupils who merit aiul need the aid. For Ciiculars, or luitJier information, address
Salem Observer Steam Press.
D. B.
HAGAK,
Principal.