Salem Normal School Catalog: Fall and Winter, 1864-1865.

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BOARD OF EDUCATION. William Rice, A. M.,

His Excellency, The Governor.

Rev.

His Honor, The Lieutexaxt Governor.

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

Springfield.

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

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

Hon. Joseph White, A. M.,

David H. Mason, Rev. James

John

Abner

P, .J.

F.

Newton

Esq.,

Clarke, D. D., West Roxbur\'.

Marshall, A. M., Somerville.

Phipps,

Esq.,

Secretary.

Centre.

Lowell.

Rev.

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

George Rev.

Emerson, LL.D., Treasurer.

B.

BiRDSEY G. Northrop, A. M., Agent.

BOARD OF VISITORS. John

P.

Marshall, A. M.

Hon. Joseph White, A. M.

Hon. John D. Philbrick, A. M.

George B. Emerson, LL. D.

INSTRUCTORS. Alpheus Crosby, A. M., Principal.

Martha

K.

Crosby.

Ellen M. Dodge.

Mary

E.

Caroline

Webb.

J.

Cole.

Josephine A. Ellery.

Maby

C.

Spofford.

Mary Mary

E.

Godden.

N.

Plumer.

0.

Brown, Teacher of Music.

B.

William Russell, A. M., Instructor

in El-

ocution.

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

on Mental Philosophy.

James

C.

Sharp, Esq., Lecturer on Chemistry.

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

Frances

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

Frederic

W. Putnam,

Zoology.

Esq.,

Lecturer on

STUDENTS.

^buanccb Marzette

II.

Coburii, Dracut.

(Illass.

Ella G. Page, Gloucester.

Louise F. Parsons, East Gloucester.

Sophia 0. Driver, Salem.

5.

Julia Packard, "West Auburn, Me.

Senior CIloss.

Helen L. Abbott, North Anduver.

Maria A. Holt, Keene, N. H.

Mary Y.

Lucy M. James,

Allen, Manchester.

Deerfield Centre, N. H.

Eleanor E. Boies, Chelsea.

Julia T. Jellison, North Ellsworth, Me.

Martha C. Brainerd, Halifax.

Ella F.

Augusta A. Brown, Newburj'port.

Mary

L. Kilburn, Lonsdale, R.

Sarah J. Crosby, LoavcU.

Mary

J. Parker, Anniscxuam, Gloucester.

Ellen B. Cushnian, Plymouth.

Sarah A. Dewing, North Chelsea.

Amanda M, Philbrick, Galesburg, Sophia M. Pike, Newburyport.

Annie E. Friend, Gloucester.

Adelaide C. Plumley, Lawrence.

Susan George, North Wilmington.

Ann

Mary

Helen M. Titcomb, NevA^buryport.

E. Gilbert, Lynn.

Rebecca B, Gove, Weare, N. H.

iUibblc Martha E. Abbjlt, North Reading.

Lucy E.

Bachellcr, Lynn.

Kehew, Salem.

111.

B. Smith, East Medway.

Mary

E. Torr, South Danvers.

24.

Oriass.

M.

Isabel

Abby D.

Emilio, Salem.

Esty, Middleton.

Lavina Barnard, West Charleston, Vt.

Margaret B.

Mary

Caroline A. Fuller, Salem.

E. Bartlett, Haverhill.

I.

Fitz, Salem.

Mary A. Bryant, Stoneham.

Susan M. Glover, Salem.

Rosanna A. Burnham, Essex.

Charlotte Coding, North Livermore, Me.

Eleanor

Emma

M.

Butler, Bedford.

D. Coburn, Lowell.

Eveline Conant,

Wenham.

Delia A. Curtis, Northborough.

Julia A. Goodwin, Boston.

Effie J.

Caroline

Helen

Gould, Lowell.

W.

Isl.

Graves, North Reading.

Hastings, North Chelsea.

4 Lucj- L. Holden, TTest Concord, X.

H.

Anna

E. Richardson, Lowell.

Susan Jordan, Poland, Me.

Imogene A. Rowe, Stoneham.

Mary

Sarah P. Sanborn, Lawrence.

F. Kittredge, South Danvers.

Martha A. Lakeman, Hallowell, Me.

Ellen P. Sibley, Salem.

Susan Marvin, Dublin, X. H.

Sarah VT. Tompkins, Lawrence.

Esther L. Merriam, Xorth TeTvksbury.

Emma

Hannah A. Xash, Greenfield.

Caroline M. Osborne, South Danvers.

Harriet J. "West, Lynn.

Sarah S. Perkins, Lynnfield Centre.

Martha E. TThittredge, Hamilton.

R. Welch, Lowell.

Louise A. P. "White, Salem.

Sarah A. Phelps, Middleton.

Georgianna Wilkinson, Xorth Chelsea.

Julitta E. Prescott, South Danvers.

Ellen Wonson, Gloucester.

42.

Snnior Class.

Evelena F. Adams, Quincy.

Frances M. Bacon,

St. Louis,

?aary A. Lovering, Lynn.

Mo.

Caroline B. Bigelow, Livermore, Me.

Caroline E.

Boy den, Oxford.

Ellen

M. Bray, Marblehead.

Ann

E, Brown, Rye, X. H.

Olivia S. Muir,

Weston.

Marion G. Xewhall, Ty-nn Abbie F. Xye,

Mary

SandTs^ich.

E. O'Donnell, Salem.

Harriet

M. Osgood, Xorthbridge.

Margaret L. Clark, Salem.

3Iary U. Parker, Xorth Reading.

Clara H. Cleaves, Rockport.

Emma

Eliza C.

H. Coburn, Lowell.

F. Peabody, Danvers Plains.

Amanda W.

Peirce, Weston.

Harrietta C. Critchett, Lowell,

Clara D. Poole, L}Tm.

Charlotte E. Draper, Salem.

Emma

Caroline A. Frost, Marblehead,

Mary R. Southgate, Taunton.

Elizabeth A. George, Webster.

Viola Spinney, Unity, Me.

Sarah C. Gilbert, Swampscott,

Mary

Helen M. Graves, Marblehead.

Helen Tincker, Boston.

Williamine

S.

Green, Stoneham.

Jane

E. Purington, South Reading.

J.

W,

Stone, Swampscott.

S. Turnbull,

South Reading.

Martha B. Hitchings, Lynn.

Leora L. L'pton, Xorth Reading.

Elizabeth R. Hodges, Salem.

Adeline Ei Wallis, Hamilton.

Ellen R. Hull, Millbury.

Emilj"

M. Warren, South Reading.

Emma

J.

Marj'

M.

Ingalls, L>^ln.

Webb, Salem.

Pauline T. Johnson, Xahant.

Margarctta Wilson, Ipswich.

Mary

Mary

J. Lefavour, Marblehead.

Number

E. Winslow, Hallo well. Me.

of Students in attendance during the Term,

115.

44.

STATE NORMAL SCHOOL.. ..SALEM, MASS.

This Institution was established by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, with the

Salem and the Eastern Railroad Company,

liberal co-operation of the City of

direct preparation of Female Teachers to instruct in the

quired by law.

It is

Common and High

for the

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

Board of

Visitors.

Class in

September, 1854, eight hundred and forty-one Ladies have been members of

the School;

and of

these,

three

hundred and

sixty-one

first

have received diplomas,

upon the honorable completion of the prescribed course of study.

S The School Year ruary and the

first

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divided into two Terms, commencing the last Wednesday in Feb-

Wednesday

in September,

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containing twenty weeks of study,

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

The present Term

will close

with Exercises of Examination and Graduation, on

Vi'ednesday, February 1st.

All Friends of Education are respectfully invited to attend

these Exercises, which will

commence

at other times that

may

at 9 o'clock, A.

M.; and

also to visit the School

suit their convenience.

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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

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of faithfullj observing the regulations of the School during their connection with it,

and of afterwards teaching

and must

public schools of Massachusetts;*

in the

pass a satisfactory examination in Reading, Spelling, Defining, Writing, Arithmetic,

English Grammar, Geography, the History of the United Slates, and Algebra (thi'ough

Equations of the First Degree with

one

unknown

A

quantity.)

greater age

and

higher attainments than those pi'escribed, with some experience in teaching, render the course of study in the Institution

The Examination

commencing

Wednesday, the

of the School

;

may need

or

desire, in

day of each term,

examined

may

Those prescribed

Professional Studies.

for teaching

for ail public schools; II. for

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in the I.

The

Those prescribed

High Schools of the second

class.

Philosophy, History, and Art of Education in

1.

:

all

which

in their character,

preparation

be

later in the term.

The latter are divided into three classes

" Branches of Learning" prescribed by law III.

is

and those that are more general

are pursued as the students

High Schools;

first

or as soon after that hour as the Candidates

the more strictly professional, which are prescribed for

:

several grades of public schools.

for all

useful.

Except in extraordinary cases, no one

These are of two kinds

members

more

for admission takes place on

at 8 o'clock, A. M.,

able to arrive.

the

still

its

several

departments; including General Principles and ]\iethods of Instruction, Mental and

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

2.

Principles

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

in the several branches of school study.

Z.

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

Metiipds;

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, Writing, English Grammar,

Geography, Arithmetic, the History of the United States, and Good Behavior;" and also ''Algebra, v.'ords of

mittee

Yocal Music, Drawing, Physiology, and Hygiene," (which, in the

the law, " shall be taught in all the public schools in which the School

deem

it

expedient."

By

Com-

a recent statute, "Agriculture" has been added to

these studies.)

* Ladies designing P''}'^"o

S^^

'^

term

to teach in other States or in

for tuition.

private schools

may be admitted by

i

Class

General History, Book-keeping, Surveying, Geometry, Natural Philoso-

'*

II.

phy, Cliemistry, IJotany, the Civil Polity of this Conmionwcalth ami of the United

and the Lat'n Language/'

States,

Class

III.

" The Greek and French Languages, Astronomy, Geology, Rhetoric,

Logic, Intellectual and Moral Science, and Political Economy." of Mass., chap. 88, §§ 1,

— See General Statutes

L\

Pupils "who have successfully completed the Professional Studies of the School, and "who approve themselves,

upon examination,

Studies of the first class,* receive the First

competent to instruct in the General

fullj'^

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 pi'acticable, the needed acquaintance with these

added.

is

while for the remaining studies a

;

General Studies, especially with those of the

first class,

should be acquired by students

before their admission to the School.

The prescribed Course of Study but pupils

may

for the first

Diploma extends through two years

enter in advatice, whenever their examination

;

shows that they can

do this advantageously.

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Institution has already a valuable supply,

material

aids of education,

which are

tJ

fH

chiefly

e

u

in

.

through donation,

important for

so

u s

its full

of these

success, (the Libra-

ry containing, in works for general reference and reading, and in text-books, more than seven thousand volumes.)

To provide

Building has been enlarged, and cabinet-cases,

now

for

presents

for filling which the School

ality of its Friends

them ampler accommodations, the School

room

must

for long ranges of book-shelves

rely chiefly

upon the continued

and

liber-

and the Friends of Education, especially of those who appreciate

the claims of Higher Female Education with particular reference to the

work of educa-

ing others.

* Full preparation for instructing in these branches is regarded as requiring an elementary acquaintance with Geometry with the Natural Sciences, both philosophical and descr)i)tive with the History and Etymology of the English Language; and with ;

;

English Literature.

t Contributions of books and pamphlets

for the Library, of philosophical

and chemical other bpecimens of natural history, and of appropriate to an Educational Museum, will be gratefully received, and

apparatus, of minerals, plants, shells, and

other will

articles

make an important

addition to the

means

of usei'ulness which the Institution already

possesses.

School Committees and Superintendents their

will confer a special favor

Annual Reports and other educational documents

;

by sending copies of

and Instructors in Institutions

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

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Tuition

is

who comply with

free to those

($1.50)

is

may have

wherever they

schools of Massachusetts,

the condition of teaching in the public

previously resided.

A

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

and

fire

commonly paid by the pupils

is

for board,

(not including washing,

present, from the great advance of other prices,

lights,) is, at

$3.50 per week.

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 dollars.

One

half of this

amount

is

distributed at the close of each term,

who may merit and need

Massachusetts

the aid,

in

among

pupils from

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 two years.

Aid

Fund

is

in cases of special merit

also rendered,

Thousand

of Five

bequest of Nathaniel

I.

Dollars, for

and need, from the income of the

which the School

is

indebted to the munificent

Bowditch, Esq., of Brookline.

Through the bounty of Thomas Lee, Esq., of Boston, awards are made,

amount

to

the

of seventy-five dollars a year, for excellence in Reading.

At the beginning of the next term, awards

will

be made to those candidates for

admission who show special excellence in the introductory examinations

:-

1.

In Arithmetic and i\lgebra, to the amount of one hundred dollars.

2.

In Reading, through the bounty of

3.

In Orthography.

Thomas Lee,

Esq., of Boston.

Salem, January, 1865,

ANNOUNCEMENT. of the

will

of Candidates for

ent, $3.50 per

ruary 22d, 1863.

This Institution

is

open

to

Ladies not

less

than

sixteen years of age, (without limit as to place of residence,) who may wish to pursue a Course of Study in direct preparation for the

or High Schools.

TERM.

State Normal School at Public Schools of Massachusetts, Tuition is Free. commence with an Examination Text books are mostly furnished from the Library of admission, on Wednesday, Feb- the School. The common price of Board is, at pres-

The Next Term Salem, Mass.,

â&#x20AC;&#x201D; NEXT

To

all

work

who

of teaching in

Common

week.

From

the State Appropriation

and other sources, more than $1000 are annually tributed to pupils who merit and need the aid.

dis-

For Circulars, or further information, address

intend to teach in the

Salem Observer Press.

THE PRINCIPAL.