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FOR THE
FALL AND WINTER TERM,
1858-9,
Register for the Fall and Winter Term, 1858-9.
BOARD OF EDUCATION Tlis
Excellency,
The Governor.
Cornelius C. Felton, LL.D., Cambridge.
His Honor, The Lieutenant Governor.
Rev. William A. Stearns, D.D., Amherst.
Hon. Isaac Davis, LL.D., Worcester.
Rev. Erastus 0. Haven, D.D., Boston.
Rev. Russell Tomlinson, Plymouth. Rev. Alonzo H. Quint, A. M., West Roxbury.
Hon. George
Henry Wheatland, M.
Rev. Samuel C. Jackson, D.D., Assistant Sec'y.
D.,
Salem.
S.
Boutwell, LL.D., Secretary.
George B. Emerson, LL.D., Treasurer.
Ariel Parish, A. M., Springfield.
BOARD OF VISITORS. Henry Wheatland, M.D.
Rev. Alonzo H. Quint, A.M.
Hon. George
S.
Boutwell, LL.D.
INSTRUCTORS. Alpheus Crosby, A.M., Principal.
E. Ripley Blanchard, Teacher of Music.
Martha Kingman. Elizabeth Weston.
Sarah R. Smith.
Rev. Birdsey G. Northrop, A.M., Lecturer
on Mental Philosophy. Olive P. Bray.
Ellen M. Dodge.
Mary
E.
Webb.
Gertrude Sheldon.
Frances
S.
Cooke, M.D.,
Lecturer on
Anatomy, Physiology and Health.
ADVANCED CLASS. Selina B. Bradt, Lowell.
Frances Owen, Cambridge.
Ellen Brooks, Salem.
Emily
C.
Mehitable B. Hubbard, North Andover.
Maria
B. Smith,
Marianne B. Kent, Lowell.
Mary
Josephine E. Mansfield, Lowell.
Caroline A. Stiles, Middleton.
Pond, Salem.
North Reading.
Ellen Stanley, Salem. 10.
SENIOR CLASS Mary
Charlotte T. Little, Castine, Me.
E. Alley, Lynn.
Elizabeth S. Brooks, Salem.
Sarah A. Lynde, Stoneham.
Annie M. Brown, Lynn.
Sarah
Caroline E. Browne, Gloucester.
Martha Mansfield,
Elizabeth Carleton, Salem.
Ellen M. Pierce, Barton, Vt.
Helen M. Carter, Beverly.
Emma
Emily E. Chadbourne, South Maiden.
Sarah E. Power, Marblehead.
Caroline J. Cole, Salem.
Julia A. Putnam, Groton.
Eliza A.
Damon, North Reading.
J.
W. McKay, South Reading. Lynnfield.
Clara Porter, Hamilton.
Sarah H. Putnam, Milford, N. H.
W. Quint, South Maiden.
Sarah M. Eaton, Lowell.
Caroline
Annie E.
Catharine N. Rockwood, Newburyport.
Fifield,
Salisbury.
Elizabeth B. Fisk, Beverly.
Eliza H. Samson, South Marshfield.
Tamizon H. Gaskill, Newburyport.
Rhoda
Lucy M. Haven, Lynn.
Harriet N. Stanwood, Gloucester.
Elizabeth H. Hobson, South Reading.
Caroline L. Sweetser, Stoneham.
P. Sargent,
West Amesbury.
Lucy A. Kimball, South Danvers.
Caroline Augusta Torr, South Danvers.
Alzira Lefavor, Salem.
Amanda
Sarah
Marietta M. White, Littleton.
C. Lewis,
Falmouth.
L. Trask,
Lynn. 36.
MIDDLE CLASS. Ruth A.
Alley, Lynn.
Catharine F. S. Howe, Dorchester.
Sarah E. Babbidge, Salem.
Miranda R. Hyde, Lynn.
Eunice M. Bancroft, Lynnfield Centre.
Catharine E. Knight, Somerville.
Jenny Blake, Carmel, Me.
Abbie
Hannah Elizabeth Burke,
Beverly.
T.
Knowles, Chelsea.
Elizabeth H. Laskey, Salem.
Alcesta Dickey, North Reading.
Ellen M.
Ellen A. Edmester, South Maiden.
M. Alice Mansfield, Lynnfield.
Josephine A. Ellery, Gloucester.
Harriet F. Munroe, Saugus.
Susan P. Gray, Salem.
Hannah V. Newhall,
Lucie P. Hadley, Swampscott.
Cemantha
Lummus, North
Beverly.
Lynnfield Centre.
Nichols, North Reading.
MIDDLE CLASS Symonds, Salem.
North Beverly.
Eliza
Eunico T. Plumer, Newburyport.
Mary
J.
Mary
Mary
Ellen Todd, Lynn.
Isabella S. Terry,
P. Proctor, South Danvers.
Anabiah
Russell, Mil ford, N. H.
Sarah W. Stickney, Beverly.
Marie
S.
Thayer, Salem.
Vose, Chelsea.
II.
Abbic A. Young, Beverly.
JUNIOR CLASS Priscilla B.
Adams, Salem.
Annie
F. Balch, Salem.
Emily
P.
Burnham, Essex.
Burnham, Gloucester.
P.
Sarah E. Burtt, West Andover. Abbie
Chandler, West Andover.
J.
Centre.
Louisa M. Marshall, Tewksbury.
Eunice G. Burnham, Essex.
Lucy
Mary McDonald, Saugus
Mary M. Nudd,
Wolfboro', N.
II.
Evelyn Ober, Beverly.
Martha A.
Orcutt,
Chelsea.
Arabelle R. Peabody, Salem.
Harriet A. Richardson, Manchester.
Ellen M. Colesworthy, Chelsea.
Mary
Ellen M. Connor, Salem.
Lucy Ellen
Malina Cressey, Rowley.
Marianna Skinner, South Reading.
Almira
S.
Abbie M.
Dewing, North Chelsea. Elliott,
Danvers Port.
B. Rowe, Saugus. Searles, Rowley.
Adelaide E. Somes, North Chelsea. Elizabeth A. Stevens, Marblehead.
Caroline F. Furbush, Lawrence.
Frances M. Stone, Watertown.
Martha Jane Gould, Boxford.
Lucy Tingley, Tewksbury.
Helen L. Gould, Boxford.
Sarah Jane Trefethen, East Saugus.
Mary H.
Abby A. Tucker, North
Graves, North Reading.
Chelsea.
Rebecca Gray, Andover.
Mary
Sarah A. Hadley, Lowell.
Sylvia C. Weston, Bremen, Me.
Lura Hartwell,
Cliftondale, Saugus.
Mary
E.
Way, Lowell.
A. Whitehouse, Wolfboro', N. H.
Harriet M. Kemp, West Groton.
Martha
Sarah Anna M. Knight, Somerville.
Abby
F.
Whitman, Lexington.
E. Wood, Blue Hill, Me.
Helen A. Leach, Manchester.
Number
of Students in attendance during the Term, 119.
43.
STATE NORMAL SCHOOL
SALEM, MASS.
Tins 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
Schools required by law.
and of a
Female Teachers
It is
the reception of the
first
Common and High
to instruct in the
under the charge of the State Board of Education,
Board of Visitors.
special
Company,
During the period that has elapsed since
and
Class in September, 1854, three hundred
fifty-eight
Young Ladies have been members of the School and of these, one hundred and twenty seven have received diplomas, upon the honorable completion of the ;
The
prescribed course of study.
gaged in teaching
in the schools
School
latter,
with few exceptions, have since en-
of the Commonwealth.
"STear
antr
terras.
The School Year contains forty weeks of study,
The next Term
Terms.
Term
following,
will
and
is divided
commence on Wednesday, March 9th
two
into ;
and the
on Wednesday, September 14th.
The present Term will
close with
an Examination, commencing on Tuesday,
February 8th, at 9 o'clock, A. M., and continuing two days.
All Friends of
Education are respectfully invited to attend this Examination, and also to the School at other times that
may
visit
suit their convenience.
Etjmfssf on. Candidates for admission must have attained the age of sixteen years present a satisfactory certificate of good moral character
;
must declare
tention of remaining in the School three consecutive terms, (or so
time as
may
;
must
their in-
much of
this
be required for completing the prescribed course of study,) of faith-
fully observing its regulations during their connection
teaching in the public schools of Massachusetts
j*
with
it,
and must pass a satisfactory
* Ladies desiring to teach in other States or in private schools paying a reasonable fee for tuition.
and of afterwards
may
be admitted on
6 examination
in
Reading, Spelling, Defining, Writing, Arithmetic, English the History of the United States.
Grammar, Geography, and The Examination
for
admission takes place at
1)
o'clock, A.
the day preceding the commencement of each term. cases,
no candidate
admission
for
is
examined after the term has commenced.
.St I.
Moral
;
M., on Tuesday
Except in extraordinary
uU
Ce s
.
Philosophy, History, and Art of Education, Physical, Intellectual, and including General Principles and Methods of Instruction, Mental and
Moral Philosophy, School Laws, School Organization and Government, &c. " Branches of Learning" in which the Teachers of all the Schools required by law must be competent to instruct. These branches are u Orthography, Heading, Writing, English Grammar, Geography, Arithmetic, Physiology and Hygiene, the History II.
Principles and Best Methods
of Instruction in those
of the United States, and Good Behavior;"
School Committee
may
so require.
and also Algebra, whenever the Those Students who may enter the School
without an adequate knowledge of these branches themselves, will engage in such special exercises, for their review or further prosecution, as may be requisite to secure this
knowledge.
Other Branches of Learning specially related to those of the preceding and essential for thoroughly understanding and teaching them or
III.
division,
;
important for securing that general knowledge and culture which are so desirable in every teacher.
In this division are included Geometry
;
Drawing
;
Music
;
History of the English Language and Literature, with the Critical Study of Select
Works
;
Rehearsal of Select Passages, and Original Composition
alogy and Geology, Botany, Zoology,
Astronomy
;
;
Miner-
Chemistry, Natural Philosophy,
and
General History and Chronology; &c.
Exercises in Teaching, throughout the course, for the illustration and
IV.
application of the Principles and Methods
of Instruction,
and
imparting
for
practical familiarity with the teacher's work.
Upon
the satisfactory completion of the Course of Study prescribed above,
the General Diploma of the Institution
is
conferred.
This Course extends through
three terms, or a year and a half; but during this time, those
do
so,
may
also pursue
some of the studies belonging
who
are able to
to the following Courses.
Advanced Courses of Study, in direct preparation for teaching in the two High Schools recognized by law ;— including Ancient and Modern Languages, and Higher Studies in the departments of Physical Science, Mathematics, History, Literature, and Philosophy. These Courses have no V.
classes of
prescribed period, but
may
be completed in a greater or less time, according to
the previous attainments of those
Upon
who pursue them, and
their success in
study.
their honorable completion, appropriate Diplomas are conferred.
The Advanced Courses of Study are open not only
to
Graduates of this School,
but also
to those of similar
rior attainments,
Institutions,
and experience
and
in teaching,
others who, through
to
may
be prepared to join them.
lEvyznses anU State Tuition
is
free to those
who comply with the
small fee (SI. 50)
is
f to
.
condition of teaching in the
may
public schools of Massachusetts, wherever they
A
supe-
have previously resided.
paid by each pupil at the beginning of the term, for
incidental expenses.
The School has a Library of text-books for the classes, and of works for general and reading, already amounting to more than 4000 volumes. Of these,
reference
the students have the free use, so that they need to incur very little expense for books. for
It is
recommended, however, that they should bring with them, the text-books which they have
purposes of reference and comparison,
already studied, so far as this
and common
Board can be obtained per week.
may
be convenient
;
and especially a Dictionary
Atlas. #
When
in
respectable families in the city, at from
the lowest prices are paid, washing and separate
$2
$3 and
to
fire
lights are not usually included.
For the assistance of those who would find even the light expenses of the Commonwealth makes an annual appropriation of a thousand dollars. This sum is distributed among pupils from Massachusetts
School burdensome, the
who have been need
connected with the School thirteen weeks, and
the aid, in
sums varying according
who may merit and
to the distance of their residence
the School, and their necessary expenses in attending
it,
from
but not exceeding in any
case $1.50 per week.
Salem, January, 1859.
* Contributions, from the Friends of the School and of Education, of books and pamphand chemical apparatus, and of minerals, shells, and other specimens of natural history for the Cabinet, will' be gratefully received, and will make an important addition to the means of usefulness which the Institution already possesses. For the increase of these valuable aids in education, the School depends The Publishers of text-books, by sending them to the chiefly upon private liberality. Library, which is accessible to the students at all times, will secure for them the notice of many who have been or are to become teachers, while these works will at the same time render important service in a Teachers' Library. lets for the Library, of articles of philosophical