Salem Normal School catalog: Fall and Winter, 1863-64.

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WINTER TERM,

1863-4,

Register for the Fall and Winter Term, 18634.

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BOARD OF EDUCATION. His Excellency, The Governor.

Abner

His Honor, The Lieutenant Governor.

Rev. William Rice, A. M., Springfield.

J.

Phipps, Esq.,

New

Bedford,

Hon. Emory Washburn, LL.D., Cambridge.

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

Hon. Joseph White, A. M., Secretary.

Hon. John D. Philbrick, A. M., Boston.

David H. Mason,

Esq.,

Newton Centre.

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

Rev. James F. Clarke, D. D., West Roxburj.

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

John

Rev. BiRDSET G. Northrop, A. M., Agent.

P.

Marshall, A. M., Somerville.

BOARD OF VISITORS. John

P.

Hon. Joseph White, A. M.

Marshall, A. M.

Hon. John D. Philbrick, A. M.

George B. Emerson, LL. D.

INSTRUCTORS. Alph^eus

Crosby, A. M., Principal.

Martha K. Crosby.

Sarah R. Smith.

Ellen M. Dodge.

Mary

William Russell, A. M., Instructor in

Rev. Birdsey G. Northrop, A. M., Lecturer

on M3ntal Philosophy.

James E.

El-

ocution.

C.

Sharp, Esq., Lecturer on Chemistry.

Webb.

Frances

Caroline

Mary

J.

Cole.

B. Smith.

Lecturer on S. Cooke, M. D., Anatomy, Physiology, and Health.

Josephine A. Ellery.

Sanborn Tenney, A. M., Lecturer on Geology and Mineralogy.

Mary

Frederic W. Putnam,

0.

B.

C.

Spofford.

Brown, Teacher of Music.

Zoology.

Esq.,

Lecturer on

STUDENTS

2lbt)ancijbf Eliza Hosmer,

Class.

Ella G. Page, Gloucester.

Concord.

Mary N. Plumer, Newbury port.

B cniox

QTlass.

Ladd, North Andover,

Lucia Bartlett, Plymouth.

Pamelia

Helen M. Edmands, Charlestown.

Deborah Norton, North Livermore, Me.

Elizabeth A.

Mary

D.

Flint,

Hart,

Quincy.

Concord, N. H.

J.

Ellen A.

Paine,

Mary

Paine, Royalston.

E.

Royalston.

Margarett M. Haskell, Bradford.

Louise F. Parsons, East Gloucester.

Mary

Ellen C.

P.

Haskell,

Salem.

Emily A. H. Hayward, Dublin,

N.'

H.

Harriette L.

Helen M. Hunt, Lowell.

Loretta F. Knight,

Sawtelle, Brookline, N. H.

Ella

Shirley,

F. Thrasher,

Marblehead.

Lynn.

17.

Charlestown.

iHiirbU Oriass.

Helen L. Abbott, North Andover.

Mary V.

Allen, Manchester.

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Marcia L. Duley, Annisquam, Gloucester.

Susan George, North Wilmington.

Eleanor E. Boies, Chelsea.

Mary

Huldah E. Boothby, Jackson, Me.

Lucinda

Charlotte

M. Bullock,

Leicester.

E.

Ella F.

Gilbert, J.

Hinsdale.

Giegg, Derry, N. H.

Hay, Stoneham.

Marzette H. Coburn, Dracut.

Emily M. Hewes, Lynnfield Centre.

Laura

Crosby, Billerica.

Maria A. Holt, Keene, N. H.

Ellen B.

Cushman, Plymouth.

Augusta M. Howe, Somerville.

Mary

Danforth, Lynnfield Centre.

Esther E. Hunt, Taunton.

I.

T.

Mary Ann

Dotey, Manchester, N. H.

Sophia 0. Driver, Salem.

Julia T. Ella F.

Jellison,

North Ellsworth, Me.

Kehew, Salem.

Elizabeth S.

Lamb,

Emma

Lowell.

Anna

S.

Lamson,

Abby

F.

Lane, Lynn.

H. Proctor, South Danvers.

Caroline P. Rowell, Salem.

Topsfield.

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Addie M. Spinney, Charlestown.

Harriet Lane, Newport, Vt.

Mary

Cinderella Newliall,

Helen M. Titcomb, Newbury.

Lynnfield.

Julia Packard, West Auburn,

Me.

G. Stone,

Mary

Charlestown.

Torr, South Danvers.

E.

Abby

L.

Peak, Chelsea.

Eliza

Sarah

S.

Perkins,

Caroline B. Warren, Plymouth.

Lynnfield Centre.

Sophia M. Pike, Newbury port.

Caroline A.

Pitkin, Winchendon.

Emily R. Pitkin, Winchendon.

S.

Clara

Mary

Rockport.

Tufts,

S.

Webster, Lowell.

E.

Whitney, Lowell.

A. Woodward, Keene, N. H.

Elsie

45.

Adelaide C. Plumley, Lawrence.

M nniox QLiass Mary

Helen M. Hastings, North Chelsea.

E. Bartlett, Haverhill.

Martha

C. Brainerd, Halifax.

Lucy M. James,

Deerfield Centre, N. H.

Aug-usta A. Brown, Newburyport.

Mary

L. Kilburn, Lonsdale, R.

Annie M. Chambers, Lowell.

Sarah

S.

Kittredge, Salem.

Abbie M. Chard, Annisquam, Gloucester.

Sarah

J.

Leach, Wendell Depot.

Emma

D. Coburn, Pelham, N. H.

Eveline Conant,

Sarah

J.

Wenham.

Olive A. Leggett, North Andover.

Mary

Crosby, Lowell.

T. Locke, Somerville.

Susan Marvin, Dublin, N. H.

Sarah F. Daniels, South Danvers.

Hannah A. Nash,

Julia A. Davis, Lake Village, N. H.

Mary

Sarah A. Dewing, North Chelsea.

Amanda M.

Sarah C. Fiske, Lowell.

Sarah

Clara B. French, Greenville,

111.

Ann

Greenfield.

Parker, Annisquam, Gloucester.

J.

P.

Philbrick, Galesburg, HI.

Sanborn, Lawrence.

B. Smith, Grantville, Needham.

Annie E. Friend, Gloucester.

Emma

Helen

Harriet J. West, Lynn.

C. Frye, Lowell.

R. Welch, Lowell.

Katharine T. Fuller, North Andover.

Louise A. P. White, Salem.

Sarah

Martha

S.

Fuller, Halifax.

Gould, Lowell.

Efi&e J.

Rebecca B. Gove, Weare, N. H. Caroline

W. Graves, North Reading.

Number

I.

E. Whittredge, Hamilton,

Georgianna Wilkinson, *^North Chelsea.

Helen Willson, Como,

111.

Sarah L. Woodberry, Eeverly.

of Students in attendance during the Term,

105.

40.

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 Company, for the

direct preparation of Female Teachers to instruct in the

quired by law.

Board of

It is

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

Visitors.

Class in September, 1854, seven hundred and fifty-eight Ladies have been

the School; and of these, three hundred and twenty-.ieven

first

members of

have received diplomas,

upon the honorable completion of the prescribed course of study.

School The Sohool Year ruary and the

first

is

'Sg'ear

anH Serms.

divided into two Terms, commencing the last

Wednesday

in September,

â&#x20AC;&#x201D; each

Wednesday

in Feb-

containing twenty weeks of study,

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

The present Term

will close with Exercises of

nesday, January 27th.

All Friends of Education are respectfully invited to attend

these Exercises, which will at other times that

Examination and Graduation, on Wed-

may

commence

at 9 o'clock, A.

M.

;

and

also to visit the School

suit their convenience.

SlUmf ssf on.

Candidates for admission must be at least sixteen years of age; must present a satisfactory

certificate

of good moral

character;

must declare

their

fall

intention

6 of faithfully cbserymg the regulations of the S3lioo1 during their connection with.

and of afterwards teaching in the public

it,

p".S3

and must

of Massachusetts;*

schools

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 Âťone

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 at 8 able to arrive.

still

more

for admission takes place

o'clock, A. M.,

useful.

on TVeduesday, the

day of each term,

or as soon after that hour as the Candidates

Except in extraordinary cases, no one

is

examined

The prescribed Course of Study extends through two years in advance,

first

later in the term.

but pupils

;

whenever their examination shows that they can do

may be

may

enter

this advantageously.

StuTifes.

These are of two kinds

the more strictly rrvOFEssioxAL, which are prescribed for all

:

the members of the School; and those that are more general in their characterj^ which arc pursued as the students

may need

several grades of public schools.

"

or

The

desire, in

Br;\nches of Leiirning"' prescribed by law for

for all

High Schools;

III.

Tho-e prescribed

Professional Studies.

1.

preparation

for teaching

latter are divided into three classes

for

all

public schools;

High Schools

11.

:

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in

the

The

I.

Those prsscribed

of the second class.

Philosophy, History, and Art of Education in

its

several

departments; including General Principles and Methods of Instruction, Mental and

Moral Philosophy, School Laws, School Organization and Government, &c.

2.

and Best Methods of Instruction, both elementary and more advanced,

Principles

in the several branches of school study.

S.

Exercises in Teaching, for the illustration and application of these Principles and

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

Eome extent, required.

General Studies.

Class

I.

"Orthography, Reading, Writing, English Grammar,

Geography, Arithmetic, the History of the United also

and Good Behavior

;

and

"Algebra, Vocal Music, Drawing, Physiology, and Hygiene," (which, in the

words of the law, "

*

States,

shall be taught in all the public schools in

which the School Com-

Ladies designing to teach in other States or in private schools

paying 515 a term

for tuition.

may be admitted by

/

deem

mitteo

it

By

a recent statute, "Agriculture" has been added to

J^Iistory,

Bock-kceping, Surveying, Cccmctry, Natural Philcso-

expedient.'*

these studies.)

Class

**

II.

General

phy, Chemistry, Botany, the Civil Polity of this Commonwealth and of tho United

and the Latin Language.'*

States,

Class

III.

* The Greek and French Languages, Astronomy, Geology,

Logic, Intellectual and Moral Science, and Political

of Mass., chap. 38, §§

Pupils

who have

who approve Studies of the

Economy."

Rhetoric,

— Sec General Statutes

1, 2.

successfully completed the Professional Studies of the School,

upon examination,

themselves, first class,*

receive the First

themselves well acquainted with

tlic

competent

fully

to instruct in the

Diploma of the School.

General

Those who a!&o show

General Studies of the second

French Language, receive the Second Diploma

and

class,

aiid with the

while for the romainiii^ stu'Iics a

;

So fiv as practicable, the needed aoquaintan e with these

special Certificate is added.

General Studies, especially with those of the

first class,

should be acquired by students

before their admission to the School.

2lilirar2?»

The

apparatus,

Institution has already a valuable supply,

anti

f?3Cusciim.

chiefly

through donation, of these

material 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-becks, more than seven thousand volumes.)

To provide

Building has been enlarged, and cabinet-cases, ality of its

for filling

now

for

them ampler accommodatiors, the School

presents

room

which the School must rely

for long ranges of book-shelves chiefly

upon the continued

and

liber-

Friends and the Friends of Education, especially of those w^ho appreciate

the claims of Higher Female Education with particular reference to the

work of cduca-

ing others.!

* Full preparation for in^tructinf? in those branches is regarded as requiring an elpmentary acquaintance with Geometry with tho Natural Sciences, both philosophical and descriptive; with llie History and Etymology of the English Language; and with ;

;

'.\

i

I

ji

j

Engli^.h Literature.

t Contributions of books and pamphlets for the Library, of philosophical and chemical apparatus, of minerals, plants, shells, and other specimens of natural history, and of other articles appropriate to an Educational Museum, will be gratefully received, and will

'

I

i

make an important

addition to the

means

of usefulness which the Institution already

possesses.

I

School Committees and Superintendents will confer a special favor by sending copies of Annual Reports and other educational documents; and Instructors in Institutions

their

of every grade, by sending copies of their Catalogues and Circidars.

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8 2S irpenses, Tuition

to those

is free

who comply

-with the condition of teaching in the

may have

Bchools of Massachusetts, wher ever they

($1.50)

is

^ftj, a?c.

previously resided.

A

public

small fee

paid by each pupil at the beginning of the term, for incidental expenses.

The test 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, the

for purposes of

which they have already studied

text books

;

and they

should especially be provided with a Dictionary and recent Atlas.

The price which

is

and

or separate fire

commonly paid by the pupils

lights,) is at present,

for board,

from the advance

(not including washing,

of other prices, $2.75 per

week.

For the assistance of those who would

find

even the light expenses of the School bur-

densome, the Commonwealth makes an annual appropriation of a thousand

One

amount

half of this

Massachusetts who may

is

distributed at the close of each term,

among

dollars.

pupils from

merit and need the aid, in sums varying according 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.

In this distribution, the

first

thirteen weeks of a pupil's connection with the School are not reckoned, unless she

enters prepared to complete the prescribed course of study in less than three terms.

Aid

Fund

is also

of Five

rendered, in cases of special merit and need, fi'om the income of the

Thousand Dollars,

bequest of Nathaniel

for

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

At

of seventy- five dollars

to

the

a year, for excellence in Eeading.

the beginning of the next term, awards will be

made

to

candidates for

those

admission who show special excellence in the introductory examinations

:

1.

In Arithmetic and Algebra, to the amount of one hundred dollars.

2.

In Orthography, through the bounty of Leander Wetuerell, Esq., of Boston.

3.

In Reading, through the bounty of Thomas Lee, Esq., of Boston.

Salem, January, 1864,

ANNOUNCEMENT. The Next Term Salem,

^JASS.,

of the

State Normal School at with an Examination

will corr.mence

of Candidates for admission,

on Wednesday,

Feb-

open

is

to

Ladies not

less

than

sixteen years of age, (without limit as to place of resi-

dence.)

who may wi^h

to

direct preparation for the

or High Schools.

To

all

Public Schools of Massachusetts, Tuition is Free.

The common price of Board From the State Appropriation

the School.

sources,

pupils

is

$2.76 per

and other

more than $1400 are annually distributed

who merit and need

the aid.

pursue a Course of Study in

work

who

of teaching in

Common

For Circulars, or further information, address

intend to teach in the

Salem Observer Press.

LSBE

TERM.

Text books are mostly furnished from the Library of week.

ruary 24th, 1864.

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