Salem Normal School Catalog: Fall and Winter Term, 1859-60.

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FALL AND WINTER TERM OF

1859-


Regirster for the Fall

and Winter Term, 1859— GO. ««

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BOARD OF EDUCATION. His Excellency, The Governor. Ilia

Rev. William A. Stearns, D.D., Amherst.

Honor, The Lieutenant Governor.

Rev. Erastus 0. Haven, D.D., Boston.

Rev. Russell Tomlinson, Plymouth.

Rev. Alonzo H. Quint, A. M., West Roxbury,

Henry Wheatland, M.

D.,

Hon. George

Salem.

C.

Boutwell, LL.D., Secretary.

Rev. Samuel C. Jackson, D.D., Assistant Sec'y.

Ariel Parish, A.M., Springfield. Cornelius

S.

George B. Emerson, LL.D., Treasurer.

Felton, LL.D., Cambridge.

BOARD OF VISITORS. Henry Wheatland, M.

Rev. Alonzo H. Quint, A. M.

D.

Hon. George

IN

S.

Boutwell, LL.D.

STRUCTORS.

\j Alpheus Crosby, A. M., Principal.

Sarah M. Eaton, Teacher

of Music.

Martha Kingman. Elizabeth Weston.

Rev. Birdsey G. Northrop, A. M., Lecturer on Mental Philosophy.

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Sarah R. Smith. Olive P. Bray.

Ellen M. Dodge.

Mary

E.

Webb.

Gertrude Sheldon.

Rev. John L. Russell, A. M., Lecturer on

Botany.

Frances

S.

Cooke, M.

D.,

Lecturer on Anat-

omy, Physiology, and Health.


ADVANCED CLASS. Lucy M. Haven, Lynn.

M, Brown, Lynn.

Annie

Augusta

Elizabeth Carleton, Salem. Caroline J.

Cole,

Damon,

Eliza A.

Eunice

Salem. North.

Mary

Heading.

Plumer, Newburyport.

B. Smith,

Beverly.

Elizabeth T. Dike, Beverly.

Mary

Sarah M. Eaton, Lowell.

Rosa H. Towne,

Josephine A. Ellery, Gloucester.

Amanda

Forten,

Charlotte L.

Philadelphia,

Boston.

Niles,

S.

T.

Thayer, Salem.

J.

Topsfield.

Trask, Lynn.

L.

Ellen M. Ward, Newton Centre.

Pa.

1G.

SENIOR CLASS. Cemantha

Adams, Beverly.

B.

Priscilla

Nichols,

Sarah E. Babbidge, Salem.

Mary M. Nudd,

Hannah

Martha A.

Emily

Elizabeth Burke, Beverly.

Burnham, Essex.

P.

Lucy

Frances

Sarah E. Burtt, West Andover. Abbie

J.

Chandler,

Ellen M. Connor,

Almira

Mary

IT.

11.

Chelsea.

Peabody, Salem.

Ramsdell, Salem.

II.

Harriet A. Richardson, Manchester.

West Audover.

Adelaide

Salem.

Somes, North Chelsea.

E.

Stevens,

Elizabeth A.

Dewing, North Chelsea.

S.

N.

W. Quint, South Maiden.

Caroline

Burnham, Gloucester.

P.

Wolfboro',

Orcutt,

Arabelle R.

Eunice G. Burnham, Essex.

North Reading.

Marblehead.

Lucy Tingley, Tewksbury.

Graves, North Reading.

Mary

Ellen

Todd, Lynn.

Rebecca Gray, Andover.

Caroline Augusta Torr, South Danvers.

Lucie P. Hadley, Swampscott.

Abby A. Tucker, North

Sarah A. Hadley, Lowell.

Marie H. Vose, Chelsea.

Catharine

E.

Sarah

C.

Mary

Alice

Chelsea.

Sylvia C. Weston, Bremen, Me.

Knight, Somerville.

Mary A. Whitehouse,

Lewis, Falmouth.

Martha

Mansfield, Lynnfield.

Louisa M. Marshall, Tewksbury.

F.

Wolfboro', N.

Whitman, Lexington.

Abbie A. Young, Beverly.

Frances H. Munroe, Saugus.

MIDDLE CLASS. ,

Helen E. Aborn, Salem.

Martha

Anna M.

Bates,

Harriet M. E.

Elizabeth

W. Breed, Lynn.

Salem.

Sarah H. Broughton, Marblehead. Harriet E.

Chase, West Newbury.

II.

Ellen M.

H.

Chisholm, Choate,

Colesworthy,

Salem. Salem. Chelsea.

Lucy A. Cox, Lynnfield Centre. Sarah E. Cross, Marblehead.

37.


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Mary

E.

Davis, Salem.

Jane

D.

Dearborn, North

Mary

E.

Eastman, Melrose.

Harriet

C*ara A.

Fletcher,

Emma

J.

Fuller,

Nancy

P.

Garland, Lowell

Lurana

Lowell,

Salem,

Hanua, Salem.

IL

Elizabeth

M. New hall, Lynn.

Mary

C.

Ellen

Nichols,

Salem.

Nourse,

P,

Margaret A. Johns, Haverhill.

Mary

Shattuck,

It.

Salem.

Stanley,

(}.

Story,

P.

West Andover.

Maiden.

Silvester,

Margaret

Hunt, Lowell.

G.

Somerville.

Lucy

Frances

Lynn.

Ilulder,

Marsh, Waltham, Mills,

Sueau Rice, Shrewsbury,

Martha W. Harris, Marblehead. Caroline

M. J.

Matilda Pollock, Salem.

Anni.squam, Gloucester*

Griffin,

Josephine M.

Helen

Sarah

Salem.

Lynn.

Lewis,

F.

Elizabeth

Goodenow, Gloucester.

P.

Laura A,

Sarah

Reading.

Lewis,

E.

Salem.

Gloucester.

Annie E. Jones, Salem.

Caroline Symonds, Salem.

Gertrude E. Jones, Lynn.

Esther A.

Mercy

Ellen Frances

T.

Kimball, Lynn.

LL

Towne, Topsfield. Wheeler, Lowell.

43.

Sarah Anna M. Knight, Somerville*

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Mary Annie Olive

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South Hingham,

Bates,

W. Bean, Lowell.

Catharine A.

Berry, Middleton.

Anna

B.

North Andover.

Brierley,

Clapp,

H,

Mary

A.

Maria

T.

Lee,

N.

Susan R.

Mary

E.

Gifford,

Marie V. Perkins, North Woburn.

Beading.

Naushon

Richardson, East

0.

Med way.

Maria Richardson, Lowell. Susan K. Rogers, Salem.

H.

Delano, Somerville.

Rozella Eaton, North

Morse, Salem.

Jane K. Noyes, West Newbury.

Emma

Dadmun, East Boston, Davis,

Elizabeth IL

Sophia E. Perry, Gorham, Me.

Milton.

Abbie F. Crosby, Lowell. Isabel

Almeria F. Locke, LawrenceElizabeth McDauiels, Lowell.

Rebecca E. Boutelle, Fitchburg. Harriette J,

CLASS.

L, Chilmark,

Godden, Louisville, Miss.

Ellen

B.

Saville,

Geraldine A.

Mary

C.

Annisquam, Gloucester.

Snow, Somerville.

Spofford,

Lowell.

Julia A. Wadleigh, Middleton.

Sarah M. Gray, Andover.

Elizabeth

Anna

S.

Haskell,

Sarah M. Wheeler, Swampscott.

Mary

F.

Hopkins, Lowell.

Ann Maria

Fitchburg.

Kimball, Melrose.

Lucy

J.

B.

Walton, South Reading.

Wilkins, Middleton.

Rebecca F.

Woodberry, Beverly.

Frances H. Lincoln, Chelsea.

Number

of

Students in atten lance during the Term,

131.

35.


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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 Eailroad for the direct preparation of

Schools required by law.

and of a

special

It is

first

to instruct in the

Common and High

under the charge of the State Board of Education,

Board of Visitors.

the reception of the four

Female Teachers

Company,

During the period that has elapsed since

Class in September, 1854, four hundred

Young Ladies have been members of

the School

;

and

and

forty-

of these, one

hundred and sixty-eight have received

diplomas, upon the honorable completion

of the prescribed course of study.

The

Commonwealth.

since engaged in teaching in the schools of the

Jacljool

The School Year

is

"Fear

with few exceptions, have

latter,

a n

tr

Set m

at

divided into two Terms, each containing twenty weeks of

The next Term will

study with a week's recess near the middle of the Term.

commence on Wednesday, February 29th, I860 on Wednesday, September

The present Term

;

and the Term following,

5th, 1860.

will close with

an Examination, commencing on "Wednesday,

February 8th, at 9 o'clock, A. M., and continuing two days. Education are respectfully invited the School at other times that

Examination, and also to

to attend this

may

All Friends of visit

1/

suit their convenience,

itimtssion. Candidates for admission

must be at

least

sixteen years

present a satisfactory certificate of good moral character

;

of age

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

;*

with

it,

and must pass a satisfactory

* Ladies designing to teach in other States or in private schools

paying a reasonable fee for tuition.

and of afterwards

may

be admitted on


;

G examination

Reading, .Spelling,

in.

Defining,

Writing,

Grammar, Geography, and the History of the United

Arithmetic,

English

States.

The Examination for admission takes place at 9 o'clock, A.M., on Wednesday, the first day of each term. Except in extraordinary cases, no one is examined later in the term.

Studies. Philosophy, History, and Art of Education,

Physical, Intellectual, and Moral including General Principles and Methods of Instruction, Mental and Moral Philosophy, School Laws, School Organization and Government, &c. I.

;

II. Principles and Best Methods of Instruction in those " Branches of Learning " in which the Teachers of Common and of High Schools must be alike competent to instruct. These branches are " Orthography, Reading, Writing,

English Grammar, Geography, Arithmetic, the History of the United States, and Good Behavior ;" and also " Algebra, Vocal Music, Drawing, Physiology and Hygiene," whenever the School Committee may so determine. hose students 'I

who may

enter the School without an adequate knowledge of these branches

themselves, will prosecution, aÂŁ

engage in such special exercises,

may

review or further

for their

be requisite to secure this knowledge.

Other Branches of Learning specially related to those of the preceding division, and essential for thoroughly understanding and teaching them or III.

;

important

for securing that general

in every teacher.

knowledge and culture which are

In this division are included Geometry

;

so desirable

History of

the

English Language and Literature, with the Critical Study of Select Works Rehearsal of Select Passages, Original Composition, and other Rhetorical Exercises

;

Mineralogy and Geology, Botany, Zoology, Chemistry, Natural Philos-

ophy, and Astronomy IV.

;

General History and Chronology

;

&c.

Exercises in Teaching, throughout the course, for the illustration and

application of the Principles and Methods of Instruction, and for imparting 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 so,

may

also pursue

some of the studies belonging

who

are able to do

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 prescribed V.

classes of

period, but

may

be completed in a greater or less time, according to the previous

attainments of those

who pursue them, and

their success in study.

honorable completion, appropriate Diplomas are conferred.

Upon

their


The Advanced Courses of Study but also

are open not only to Graduates of this School,

Institutions, and to others who, through supeand experience in teaching, may be prepared to join them.

to those of similar

rior attainments,

State

22):pettses anti Tuition

is

free to those

who comply with

StfU.

the condition of teaching in the

may have

public schools of Massachusetts, wherever they

A

small fee ($1.50)

is

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 amounting to more than 6000 volumes. Of these,

reference and. reading, already

the students have

the free use, so that they need

to incur

very

little

expense

recommended, however, that they should bring with them, for purposes of reference and comparison, the text-books which they have and especially a Dictionary already studied, so far as this may be convenient for books.

It is

;

and common Atlas.*

Board can be obtained per week.

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 connected with

the School thirteen weeks, and

need 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, 1860.

* Contributions, from the Friends of the School and of Education, of books and pamphfor the Library, of articles of philosophical and chemical apparatus, and of minerals,

lets

shells,

and

and other specimens of natural history

•will

make an important

addition to

for the Cabinet, will

the

means

be gratefully received,

of usefulness which the Institution

For the increase of these valuable aids in education, the School depends upon private liberality. The Publishers of text-books, by sending them to the 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 already possesses. chiefly

render important service in a Teachers' Library.

School Committees and Superintendents will confer a special favor by sending copies of Annual Reports and other educational documents and Instructors in Institutions of every grade, by sending copies of their Catalogues and Circulars.

their

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