^^^jtBB AND
ClBoirj. ^jf
OF
T HK
9
FALL AND WINTER TERM,
|^||l|i^<
iSS
1866-7.
Register for the Fall and Winter Term, 1866-7. c-<i-<?^<JX5¥cK€>'?>^>^
BOx\RD OF EDUCATION. His Excellency, the Governor.
Hon. Emorv Washburn, LL.D., Cambridge.
His Honor, tue Lieutenant Governor.
Rev. Samuel T. Seelye, D.D., Easthampton.
John D. Philbrick, A.M., Boston.
David H. Mason, A.M., Newton Centre. Rev. James F. Clarke, D.D., Jamaica Plain, Prof.
John
Abxer
J.
Hon. Joseph White, A. M., Secretary. Marshall, A.M., Somcrville, Rev. Samuel C. Jackson, D.D., Assist. Sec. Puirps, A.M., Lowell. George B. Emerson, LL.D., Treasurer. P.
Rev. Birdsey G. Northrop, A.M., Agent.
Rev. William Rice, A.M., Springfield.
BOARD OF VISITORS. Prof.
John P.Marshall, A.M.,
Somcrville.
|
Abner
J. Phipps,
A.M., Lowell.
INSTRUCTORS. Daniel B. Hagar, A.M., Principal.
0. B. Brown, Esq., Teacher of Music.
Ellen M. Dodge.
Rev. Birdsey G. Northrop, A.M., Lecturer on Mental Philosophy.
Mary
E.
Webb.
Prof. James C. Siiari% Lecturer on
Caroline J. Cole.
Chem-
istry.
Mary N. Plumer.
Prof.
William
P. Atkinson,
Lecturer on
I
Ellen A. Chandler. Isabel C. Tenxey.
Sophia 0. Driver.
English Literature.
Frederic
W.
Zoology.
Putnam, Esq., Lecturer on
3
STUDENTS
^bt) ante b (Ulass. Martha E. Abbott, Lynn. Lucy E. Bacheller, Lynn.
Abbie F. Nye, Sandwich. Southgate,^, Taunton.
Mary R.
arias
Emma
R.
Sarah
W,
G. Barr, Danvers. Barrows, North Easton. Caroline A. Beckett, South Danvers.
Caroline
M.
P
a. Linella Lewis,
Salem.
Mann, Salem. Nerissa J. McLoud, Boston.
Julia M.
Margaret L. Clark, Salem. Florence M, Cooper, Newburyport. Priscilla L. Cutts, Lynn. Susan A. Button, Acton. Charlotte
6
4.
Eliza A. Melzeard, Salem.
Caroline M. Osborne, South Danvers. Mary U. Parker, North Reading. Mary J. Pickering. Salem.
Emma
Echols, Salem.
Mary
Graves, Salem.
Helen M. Graves, Marblehead. Susan Hall, Dennis. Alice E. Hoi den, Swampscott. Georgiana Lewis, Salem.
E. Purrington, South Reading. J.
Spear,
JAnn.
Catharine D. Stone, Salem.
Sarah E. Thomas, New Bedford. Laura J. VVhittredge, North Reading. Sarah L. Woodbury, Beverly. 2fi.
.
1
1
or
Emma Lucy
ut s
s
A. Adams, Lynn. Marblehead.
E. xVdams,
B. Mary
J.
Lefavour, Marblehead.
Caroline E. Libbey,
Gray, Me.
Elvira L. Austin, Ellsworth, Me.
Harriet L. Martin, Salem.
Caroline B. Bigelow, LivermoreCcn., Me. Emily C. Binney, Amesbury. Mary C. Bowler, Marblehead.
Elizabeth A. B. Merriam, No. Tewksbnry.
S.
Abby Bray, West
Hattie B. Clough,
Catharine F. Corner,
Sarah
S.
Davis,
Gloucester.
Gloucester.
Marblehead.
Haverhill.
Helen M. Miner, Salem. Sarah B. Morton, Plymouth. Elizabeth Osgood, Cohasset. Esther R. Perkins, Lynnlield. Elizabeth R. Pieston, South Reading. Edna B. Richards, Rowley.
Annie H. Dol liver, Gloucester.
xVnnie B. Stepbenp, Philadelphia, Pa.
M. Eiiot, New Bedford. Mary K. Eliot, New Bedford.
KlaTappan,
Ida
Sarali P, Hamilton,
South Danvers.
Honora Lane, Gloucester.
!
(Tloucester.
Ella P. Tiionipson, Darhani, N. H. Leora L. Upton, Lowell. Emily M. Warren, South Reading. 30.
â&#x20AC;˘'
Class Fanny ABhenden, Hingham. Sophia E. Baldwin, Brighton. Mary A. Clark, Salem. Emily P. Garney, Marblchead. Cynthia A. Goodnow, Littleton.
or.
Sarah J. Sanders, Lynn. Jane R. Sanger, Lynn.
Emma
J.
Sargent, Lanesville, Gloucester,
Florence E. llannan, Sandwich.
Grace D. Sargent, Annisquam, Gloucester. Elizabeth W. Savory, Salem. Mary J. Shankland, Lynn. Hannah L. Sawyer, Newburyport.
Ellen J. Hunt, Maiden.
Eliza
Annie
Martha H. Wiggin, Wolfborough, N. H. Alida C. Willis, Annisquam, Gloucester. Lucy B. Willson, Salem. Sarah E. Young, Hartford, Conn.
Elizabeth J, Hadley, Swampscott.
i
\
|
!
|
Liiren, Beverly.
Catherine
1).
May, Lynn.
Elizabeth S. Merritt, Salem. Nellie A. Pierson, Lawrence.
M. Upham,
Chelsea.
Harriet P. Prichard, Marblehead.
25.
or
1
as s
D
.
Marietta H. Barstow, Hanover.
Ellen H. Mort, Lowell.
Maria \V. Baylies, Taunton. E. Boynton, Swampscott.
Ida A.
Mary
Patience Breck, Franklin.
Mary A. Burnham, Durham, N. H. Clara Cassel, Wilkins. Pa.
Annie P. Clarence, Salem. Harriet S, Crosby, Chelsea.
Hannah
E. Curtis,
Dedham.
E. Florence Davis, LoAvell.
Louisa M. Elliott, Taunton. Clara A. Emerson, Lowell. Hannah E. Fabcns, Fort Lee, N. Y. Emily C. Farley, Ipswich. Jessie F. Ford, Salem. Marianna Gay, Chelsea. Abbie M. Goodwin, Newburyport. Clementine D. Grover, Gloucester. Martha C. Hagar, Worcester. Harriet A. Harris, Freetown. Addie H. Hatch, Cliftondale.
Newman,
Brattleboro', Vt.
Annie G. Nichols, Melrose. Sarah J. K. Oliver, Maple wood. Sarah J. Patten, West ford. Content W. Payne, Fall River. Clara A. Pliilbrick, Candia, N. H. Elizabeth A. Pinnock, Salem. Marietta Poole, Rock])ort. Annie S. Putnam, North Reading. Ellen A. 0. Reed, Topsfield. Mary A. E. Sanborn, Wolfboro', N. Clara J. Simonds, Lynn. Abby A. Somes, North Chelsea. Mary E. Southwick, Blackstone. Harriet A. Strout, Salem. ^lary E. Terry, North Weymouth. Caroline S. Trull, No. Tewksbury. Elizabeth Turkington, Methuen. Clara E. Turner, Bremen, Me. Mary E. Weston, Chelsea.
H
Fanny L. Hughes, Beverly. Abbie M. Johnson, Stoneliam.
Emma M.
Mary
Alfrena J. VVhittredge, Lynnfield Centre.
E. Joseph, Gloucester.
Isabella
Mary
M. Kimball,
C. Marshall
^
Beverly.
Tewksbury.
Number
Isabella T.
Wliitford,
W^hitiuan,
Billerica.
Plymoutli.
Edith Wiggin, Wolfborough, N. H. 52. Angeline S. Wilcox, Beverly.
of Students in attendance during the Term, 137.
This 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
Female Teachers
to instruct in the
Company,
Common and
High Schools required by law. It is under the charge of the State Board of Education, and of a special Board of Visitors. During the period that has elapsed since the reception of the
and
five
first
Class, in September, 1854, one thousand
Ladies have been members of the School
;
and of
these,
four hundred and.
twenty-two have received diplomas, upon the honorable completion of the prescribed course of study.
Scljool The School Year
is
Year
CTerms.
anti
divided into two terms, each containing twenty weeks of
study, with a week's recess near the middle of the term.
The next term
will
commence on Thursday, February
14th,
and will
close
on
Thursday, July 11th.
[The
present term will close on Thursday, Jan. 31st, with public exercises "| of Examination and Graduation, commencing at 9 o'clock, A. M. J
SlUmfssfon. Candidates for admission must be at least sixteen years of age satisfactory certificate of good moral character;
must declare
;
must present a
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
;*
and must
pass a satisfactory examination in Reading, Spelling, Defining, Writing, Arithmetic, English
Grammar, Geograj^hy, the History
of the United States, and
Algebra (through Equations of the First Degree with one unknown quantity).
A
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
more
on Thursday, the
useful.
first
day of each
term, commencing at 8 o'clock, A. M., or as soon after that hour as the Candidates
may
Except in extraordinary cases, no one
be able to arrive.
examined
is
later in
the term.
,S
These are of two kinds for all tlie
;
t tl
tJ f
e
s
.
the more strictly professional, which are prescribed
members of the School
and those that are more general
;
character, ^thich are pursuedas the students
may need
in their
or desire, in preparation
The lattej* are divided into " The Branches of Learning" prescribed by law for all public
for teaching in the several grades of i)ublic schools.
three chisses schools
;
:
â&#x20AC;&#x201D;
I,
Those prescribed
II,
for all
High Schools
;
III,
Those prescribed
for
High
Schools of the second class. ÂŤ
Professional Studies. several departments
Mental and
Moral
;
1.
Philosophy, History, and Art of Education in
its
including General Principles and Methods of Instruction,
Philosophy, School Laws, School Organization and Gov-
ernment, &c. 2;
Principles and Best
Methods of Instruction, both elementary and more
advanced, in the several branches of school study. 3.
Exercises
in
Teaching,
Principles and Methods; cultivating
and other Exercises,
recommended, and the former,
General
illustration
and
application
of
these
both Oral and Written,
for
that power and propriety of thought and expression which are so
essential to the teacher's success. also
the
for
Studies.
Class
I.
Observation and practice in other schools are to
some extent,
is
required.
"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,"
* Ladies designin : to teach in other States or paying .f lo a term for tuition.
in
private schools
may
be admitted by
;
which,
the words of the law, " shall be taught in all the public schools in
ill
which the School Committee deem
it
expedient.'
'
By
a recent statute, Agriculture
has been added to these studies.
"General History, Book-keeping, Surveying, Geometry, Natural
Class IE.
Botany, the Civil Polity of this Commonwealth and of
Philosophy, Chemistry,
the United Slates, and the Latin Language."
" The Greek and French Languages, Astronomy, Geology, Rhetoric,
Class III. Logic,
Intellectual
and Moral Science, and
Statues of Mass., chap. 38, ^^
who have
Pupils
Political
successfully completed the Professional Studies of the School,
General Studies of the also
first
fully
class, receive the First
competent
to instruct in the
Diploma of the School.
show themselves well acquainted with the General Studies
and with the French Language, receive the Second Diploma
class,
See General
1, 2.
and who approve themselves, upon examination,
who
Economy."
remaining studies a special Certificate
is
;
Those
of the second
while for the
So far as practicable, the needed
added.
acquaintance with these 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
may
but pupils
for the first
Diploma extends through two years
enter in advance, whenever their examination shows that they can
do this advantageously.
2,tlutir2?,
Apparatus,
antr
The Institution has already a valuable supply,
jf^useum.
chiefly
through donation, of these
material aids of education, which are so important for
its
full
success,
(the
Library containing, in works for general reference and reading, and in text-books,
about eight thousand volumes).
To provide
for
them ampler accommodations, the
School Building has been enlarged, and now presents room shelves and cabinet-cases, for filling
continued liberality of
who
its
for
which the school must
long ranges of book-
rely chiefly
upon the
Friends and the Friends of Education, especially of those
appreciate the claims of Higher Female Education with particular reference
to the
work of educatini*;
others.
iivpenses, Tuition
is
free to those
schools of Massachusetts, fee ($2.00)
penses.
is
SI
f
D,
&c.
who comply with the condition of teaching in wherever they may have previously resided.
the public
A
small
paid by each pupil at the beginning of the term, for incidental ex-
8 The text-books required are mostly furnished without Library.
It is
and comparison, the text-books which they have already
and they should especially be provided
;
from the bchool
recommended, however, that the pupils should bring with them,
for purposes of reference
studied
cliarge
witli a Bible, a Dictionary
and a
recent Atlas.
The
price
which
commonly paid by the pupils
is
washing, or separate
fire
and
lights,)
for
board, (not including
at present, about $3.50 per week.
is,
For the assistance of those who would find even the moderate expenses School burdensome,
thousand
dollars.
among
term,
the
One
of the
Commonwealth makes an annual appropriation
half of this amount
distributed at the close of each
is
who may
pupils from Massachusetts
of a
merit and need the aid, in sums
Salem, and their
varying according to the distance of their residence from
necessary expenses in attending the School, but not exceeding in any case $1.50
per week. School
In this distribution, the
term of
first
a pupil's connection
with the
not reckoned, unless she enters prepared to complete the prescribed course
is
of study in less than two years.
Aid
is
also rendered, in cases of special merit
fund of Five Thousand Dollars, bequest of Nathaniel
I.
for
and need, from the income of the
which the School
Bowditch,
is
indebted to
Awards term
are made, to the
seventy-five dollars a year, for excellence in Reading.
At the beginning of the next term, awards admission
munificent
Esq., of Brookline.
Through the bounty of Thomas Lee, Esq., of Boston, awards
amount of
tjje
who show
will be
made
to those candidates for
special excellence in the introductory examination in Reading.
for excellence in
to the followino;
Reading were made at the opening of the present
members
of Class
D
:
Elizabeth A. Pinxoc k, Salem. AlfkenaJ. WmxTKEDGE, Lviintield
Cf.EMENTiXK D. Gkover, Ciloucester. HATTIE S. Ckosby, Chelsea. Anna G. Nichols, Melrose. Mary E. Joseph, Gloucester.
Hannah
E. Cuirris,
Ccn.
Dedhain
Salem, January, 1867.
ANNOUNCEMENT.â&#x20AC;&#x201D; NEXT TERM. Tlie
Next Term of the State Normal at Salem, Mass., will commence
1
School
]
with an examination of candidates for admission, on Thursday, Feb. 14, 1867. This Institution is open to Ladies not less
i
\
tlian sixteen years of age,
(witliout limit as to place of residence,) who may wish to pursue a Course of Study in direct preparation for the work of teaching in Common or High Schools. To all who intend to teach in the
I
!
i
Public Schools of Massachusetts, TriTiox is Fkkk. Ttxt books are mostly furnished from the Library of the School. From the State Appropriation and other sources, more than SHOf) are annually distiibuted to pupils who merit and need the aid. For Ci.culars, or further information, Address
|
i
Salem Observer
Jf*ie9S.
THE PRINCIPAL.