Salem Normal School Catalog: Fall and Winter, 1868-1869.

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1868-9.

Eegister for the Fall and Winter Term,

1868--9.

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BOARD OF EDUCATION. His Excellency, the Governor.

John D. Philbrick, A.

His Honor, the Lieutenant Governor.

David H. Mason, A.

Prof.

John

Gardiner

P.

Marshall, A. M.,

Hubbard, A.

G.

Rev.

Somerville.

James

M., Boston.

M.,

Newton

Centre.

Clarke, D,D., Jamaica

F.

M., Cambridge.

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

Hon. Joseph White, A. M., Sec'y and

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

Rev.

Rev.

Samuel

T.

Plain.

Samuel

Abner

Seelye, D.D., Easthampton.

J.

C.

Jackson, D.D.,

Treas'r.

Assist. Sec'y.

Phipps, a. M., Agent.

BOARD OF VISITORS. Prof.

John

P.

Marshall, A.

M., Somerville.

|

Rev.

James

Clarke, D.D., Jamaica

P.

Plain.

Hon. Joseph White, A. M., Boston.

INSTRUCTORS. Daniel B. Hagar, A.

M.,

Principal.

Christine Chaplin, Teacher of Drawing.

Ellen M. Dodge.

Mary

Mary

O.

E.

Caroline

Mary

Webb.

J.

B.

A. Currier, Teacher of Elocution.

Brown,

Esq.,

Teacher of Music.

Cole.

N. Plumer.

Hon. Joseph White,

A. M., Lecturer on

Civil Polity.

Sophia O. Driver.

M. Isabella Hanson.

Prof.

William

P.

Atkinson, Lecturer on

English Literature.

Eliza H. Merrill.

Prof.

E.

Maria Upham

.

Edward

S.

Morse, Lecturer on Zoology.

STUDENTS.

^btjanceb Class.

Marietta H. Barstow, Hanover.

Clementine D. Grover, Gloucesteiv

Mary A. Burnham, Durham, N. H. Mary A. Clarke, Salem.

Elizabeth J.

Harriette B.

Hadley, Swampscott.

Addie H, Hatch, Cliftondale.

Lucy B. Willson, Salem.

Clough, Gloucester.

Abbie M. Goodwin, Newburyport.

Class Mary

Sarah E. Lakeman, Ipswich.

Bowler, Marblehead.

C.

Matilda J. Campbell, Machias, Me. S.

Letitia

Clara

M.

Emma Sarah

L.

Clarke, Woonsocket, R.

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I.

Abbie C. Lewis, Alfred, Me.

Lovey A. Lewis, Alfred, Me.

Colcord, Swampscott.

M. Esther

Crosby, Lowell.

Lydia Mendum, Melrose.

Marshall, Tewskbury.

Harriet T. Nealley, Lynn.

S. Davis, Haverhill.

Anna G.

Jane F. Dean, Taunton.

Maria

Ruth H. Driver, Salem.

Nichols, Melrose,

W.

Pitts, Millville.

Lizzie

Dunn, Salem.

Justine F. Proctor, Gloucester.

Myra

Hall, Dennis.

Maria A. Rust, Ipswich.

Eliza

M. Harriman, Stoneham.

Helen P. Tenney, Manchester.

Abbie F. Woodward, Lowell.

Susan E. Hunt, Charlestown.

Class Ella A.

Bailey, Lowell.

Eliza A. Baxter,

New

Berne, N. C.

2i.

J3.

Marcia A. Burbank, Danville, N. H.

Mary

B.

Chamberlain, Salem.

Elizabeth C. Bridge, Peterboro', N. Y.

Harriet S.

Julia L. Brigham, Montpelier, Vt,

Nettie E.

Crosby, Chelsea.

Currier, South Amesbury.

Abbie L. Davis, Lowell.

Ida

Ida A. Emerson, AVakefield.

Mary E. Trask, Salem.

Jessie

F.

Annie B.

eld on, Lowell.

Ford, Salem.

Elizabeth Turkington, Methuen.

Foster, East Saugus.

Eliza J. Wallace, Lawrence.

Emma M.

Hoyt, West Amesbury.

Abbie F. Jaquith, Chelsea.

llattie

M.

Hattie F. Wiley, Lynnfield.

Esther S. Baylies, Taunton.

L.

Blaney, Swampecott.

D. Bo wen, Salem.

Harriet

Caroline 0.

Brown, Danvers.

or.

Georgiana R. Kehew, Salem.

Lucy Lefavor, Marblehead.

Ella E. Merithew, Lowell.

Eliza S. Morrison, Petersham.

Munroe, Lynnfield.

Sarah B. Chace, Salem.

Ella L.

Marietta Clarke, Topsfield.

Annie D. Newman, Middleton.

Virginia A.

Clarkson, Newburyport.

Maria E. Paul, West Lynn.

Ella Dager, Wakefield.

Martha A. Paul, Lowell.

Annie D. Dalton, Salem.

Lucy A. Peabody, AVenham.

Evelynn

Mary A. Richardson, Lawrence.

Foster, Reading.

S.

M. Jennie Geer, Lowell.

Anna M. George, Spencer.

Jessie

Girdwood,

New

Bedford.

Eliza

C.

Ella L.

Rogers, Tewksbury.

Annie L. Sanbo'rn, Salem.

Annie R. Sawyer, Durham, N. H.

Mary

Maria Grant, Salem.

Alice M.

E. Seger, Swampscott.

Guernsey, Suncook, N. H.

Clara A. Simpson, Deerfield Centre, N. H.

Gutterson, Lynn.

*Myra B. Sturtevant, E. Bowdoinham,

Amanda M. Hadley,

Me.

Lowell.

Adelaide Towle, Newburyport.

Annie L. Hale, Salem.

E.

Ida A. Hill, Lowell.

Frances A. Whittier, Danversport.

Williams, Winchester.

Ellen

M. Humphrey, Marblehead.

Eliza 0.

Eliza

M. Hussey, Nantucket.

Mary A. Wrigley, Lewiston, Me,

Lena Ingraham, Johnsonville, N. Y. Alice J.

26.

Parker, Medfield.

Class Alice

Watson, Northwood Narrows,

A.

Lucy B. Wiggin, Wakefield, N. H.

E. Nichols, Beverly.

Jennie A. Norris, Dracut.

Ellen

Lowell.

N. H.

Ellen H. Mort, Lowell.

Mary

Ward well,

Luella A.

Jones, Franklin.

Sarah E. Deceased.

Wyman,

Arlington.

44.

6 Class W. •

Margaret B. Agan,

Saratoga

Mary A. Legg,

Springs,

N. Y.

Chelsea.

Addie E. Merrill, Chelsea.

Isadora Allbee, Springfield, Vt,

Addie F. Merrill, Nashua, N. H.

Abbie G. Billings, Greenland, N. H.

Ella Mills, Dunbarton, N. H.

Annie F. Breed, Lynn.

Ruth A.

Charlotte E. Brown, Lowell.

Isabel Neale,

Helen A. Brown, Seekonk.

Anna A.

Emily R. Bullard, Chicago, Ellen G.

Morrill, East Salisbury.

Saugus Centre.

Reid, Seekonk.

Margaret C. Schouler, Arlington.

111.

Burnap, Dunstable.

Susan T. Schouler, Arlington.

Sarah E. Butler, Charlestown.

Harriet N. Shattuck, Groton Centre.

Lucy E. Churchill, Plymouth.

S. Louisa

Florence E.

Gulielma Arvilla A.

Emma

Annie Stone, Providence, R.

Coburn, East Dracut.

Coffin,

Stearns, Brookline.

Mary

Nantucket.

Helen

Cross, Boston.

A. Damon, Reading.

E. F.

Stuart, Boston Highlands.

Teel, Peabody.

Sara L. Thomas, Wakefield.

Caroline F. Danforth, Tyngsboro'.

Florence A. Todd, Lynn.

Mary E. Evans, Chelsea.

Anna M. Farnum, Alfred, Me.

Francena F. Trask, Beverly.

Margaret Fawcett, Surry,

I.

N

Rosina H. Tread well. Flushing, N.

Emma

H.

L.

True, Chelsea.

Minnie B. Fenton, Melrose.

Olive E. Underbill, North Beverly.

Lydia M. Folger, Nantucket.

Eliza N. Wardwell, Lawrence.

Martha E. Glover, Salem,

Annie M. Wells, Lyndon, Vt.

Mary W.

Griffin, Litchfield,

Theresa J.

N. H.

Maria T. Wells, Deerfield Centre, N. H.

Laura B. White, Northfield.

Griffiug, Ipswich.

Harriet Haskell, Beverly.

Clarie E.

Amy

Y

Hewes, Lynnfield Centre.

Hutchins, North Cambridge.

Whitney, Southborough.

Alice G.

C.

Eliza

Wing, Sandwich.

L.

Alice J.

W inward,

Cambridge.

53

•

•

Number Number

of pupils in attendance during

term,

tlie

of different pupils during the past

]

ear,

.....

156

213

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,

Female Teachers

for the direct preparation of

High Schools required by law.

to instruct in the

under the charge of the State Board of

It is

Education, and of a special Board of Visitors. elapsed since the reception of the

Common and

During the period that has thousand

Class, in September, 1854, one

first

one hundred and eightj'-nine Ladies have been members of the School these, five

;

and

of

hundred and fourteen have received diplomas, upon the honorable

completion of the prescribed course of study.

ScI)ool "STear anti E txniB. The School Year

is

divided into two terms, each containing nineteen weeks of

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

The next Spring Term will close

on Thursday, July

The next Fall Term will close

[The

will

will

commence on Thursday, February 7,

present term

exercises of

will close

1869,

and

2,

1869,

and

1869.

commence on Thursday, September

on Thursday, January

18,

20,

1870.

on Thursday, January 21, 1869, with public!

Examination and Graduation, commencing at 9 o'clock, A. M.

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f

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f

n

.

Candidates for admission must be at least sixteen years of age satisfactory certificate of

J

;

must present a

good moral character; must declare their

full intention

8 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, Geography, and the History of the United

States.

A greater age and higher attainments than those prescribed", with some experience in teaching, render the course of study in the Institution

The Examination

for admission takes place

term, commencing at 9 o'clock, A. M.

examined

still

on Thursday, the

useful.

first

Except in extraordinary

day of each

cases,

no one

is

later in the term.

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of

StUT)^).

The Board of Education, by a vote passed January following Course of Study for the State *'

more

9,

1866, prescribed the

Normal Schools

The time of the course extends through a period of two

years;

and

is

di-

vided into terms of twenty weeks each, with daily sessions of not less than

five

hours,

five

days each week.

BRANCHES OF STUDY TO BE PURSUED. First Term.

1.

Arithmetic, oral and written, begun.

2.

Geometry, begun.

3.

Chemistry.

4.

Grammar and

Analysis of the English Language.

Second

Term.

Algebra begun.

1.

Arithmetic completed

2.

Geometry completed

3.

Physiology and Hygiene.

4.

Grammar and

5.

Lessons once or twice a week in Botany and Zoology.

;

;

Geography and History begun.

Analysis completed.

Third Term.

1.

Algebra completed; Book-keeping.

2.

Geography and

3.

Natural Philosophy.

4.

Rhetoric and English Literature.

5.

Lessons once or twice a week in Mineralogy and Geology.

Historj' completed.

* Ladies designing to teach in other States or in private schools paying $1/5 a term for tuition.

may

be admitted by

9 Fourth Term.

.

1.

Astronomy.

2.

Mental and Moral Science

3.

Theory and Art (1.) Principles

4.

â&#x20AC;&#x201D; including the of Teaching, â&#x20AC;&#x201D; including

principles

and Methods of Instruction.

(2.) School

Organization and Government.

(3.) School

Laws

The

and art of Reasoning.

of Massachusetts.

Civil Polity of Massachusetts

and the United

States.

In connection with the foregoing, constant and careful attention to be given

throughout the course to drawing and delineations on the blackboard spelling, with derivations

and vocal gymnastics

;

and

definitions

;

;

music

reading, including analysis of sounds

and writing.

The Latin and French languages may be pursued

as optional studies, but not

to the neglect of the English course.

General exercises in composition, gymnastics, object lessons, &c-, to be con-

ducted in such a manner and at such times as the Principals shall deem best.

Lectures on the different branches pursued, and on related topics, to be given

by gentlemen from abroad, as the Board or the Visitors shall

by the teachers and more advanced

The order

and also

direct,

scholars.

of the studies in the course

may

be varied in special cases, with

the approval of the Visitors."

In accordance with a vote of the Board of Education, " Graduates to review

any part of their course, or

particular branches, and

who

aiie

to

who wish

make more thorough attainments

willing to render such assistance as

in

may be

needed in giving instruction in the school, may, with the consent and under the direction of the Visitors,

remain at the school

for a period not

exceeding

two terms."

^ims anb

The ends

chiefly

Pet^oirs of ^tubg

aimed at in

knowledge, the attainment of

iinb

^raiiting.

this School are, the acquisition of the necessary

skill in

the art of teaching, and the general de-

velopment of the mental powers.

From

the beginning to the end of the course, all studies are conducted with

especial reference to the best

ways of teaching them.

Recitations, however ex-

10 cellent, are not

deemed

unless every pupil

satisfactory

is

able to"teach others

In every study the pupils in tarn occupy

that which she has herself learned.

temporarily the place of teacher of their classmates, and are subjected to their criticisms as well as those of their regular teacher.

rious kinds form a large

Teaching exercises of va-

During the

and important part of the school work.

Senior term, object lessons are given to classes of primary school children, so that

every pupil obtains, before graduating, considerable experience in teaching chil-

dren to observe, think, and give expression to thought.

Nearly

all

the studies are conducted upon the topical plan.

The committing of text-books

used, to a large extent, as books of reference.

memory

is

Text-books are to

avoided as far as possible, the scholars being trained to depend upon

thoughts rather than words.

A

great object of the school

speak for themselves

whatever

difficulties

;

to

may

is

discipline

the pupils investigate, think, and

make them independent,

self-reliant,

of the school

pected to govern themselves;

made

is

It is not

meet

known wishes

to be unfit to

deemed necessary

to

required, and

Those who are unwil-

become teachers.

awaken a

feeling of emulation in order to in-

The ranking of scholars

according to their comparative success in theit studies, is

is

of the Principal and his Assis-

duce the scholars to perform their duties faithfully.

Faithful attention to duty

Pupils are ex-

as simple as possible.

do without compulsion what

to

ling to conform cheerfully to the

presumed

to

is ti p line.

to refrain voluntarily from all improprieties of conduct.

tants, are

and ready

arise.

^ The

make

to

encouraged

for its

own

is

not here allowed.

sake, not for the purpose

of obtaining certain marks of credit.

|1romotions anb

Promotions from one

class to

6rabnaticrns.

another are made at the dose of each term by

means of thorough written examinations.

These examinations include every

study pursued during the term, and the result in each study must be satisfactory to entitle the pupil to advance failure on the part of

term.

to

the study next in

order.

general

a pupil compels her to retake the entire work of the

In cases of partial failure, reexaminations are allowed.

term, a special examination schools,

A

is

had in

and only those who pass

it

all

the

In the Senior

branches taught in the

successfully are permitted

to

common

graduate.

11 Young

who

ladies

no serious

possess good natural abilities

Institution

gipparatus, aub piuscum.

has a valuable Library, containing, in works for general

thousand volumes.

erence and reading, and in text-books, about eight also, a fair

llnd

passing the required examinations.

difficulties in

Itibraru,

The

and right habits of study,

Museum

supply of philosophical apparatus, and a

ref-

It has,

containing a large

collection of specimens illustrating various departments of science.

The

friends of the higher education of

the Institution by

making donations

this direction will be gratefully

women

to its

can confer a great benefit upon

Library and

Museum.

Any

aid in

acknowledged.

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Tuition schools of

who comply with the condition of teaching in Massachusetts, wherever they may have previously resided.

is

fee ($2.00)

free to those

the public

A

small

paid by each pupil at the beginning of the term, for incidental ex-

is

penses.

The text-books required arc mostly furnished without charge from the School Library.

It is

recommended, however, that the pupils should bring with them^

for purposes of reference

studied

;

and comparison, the text-books which they have already

and they should especially be provided with a Bible, a Dictionary, and a

recent Atlas.

The

price

which

is

washing, or separate

paid by the pupils for board,

fire

and

lights,) varies

cording to the accommodations furnished. selves can obtain

Pupils

good rooms

who come

to the

for

(not usually including

from $4.00 to $5.00 per week, acPupils

who

prefer to

board them-

one dollar a week.

School daily in the steam cars, obtain season tickets

at one half of the usual rates.

For the assistance of those who would find even the moderate expenses of the School burdensome,

thousand term,

dollars.

among

the

One

Commonwealth makes an annual appropriation of a

half of this

amount

pupils from Massachusetts

is

who may

distributed at the close of each

merit and need the aid, in sums

varying according to the distance of their residence from ceeding in any case

$L50

per week.

Salem, but not ex-

In this distribution, the

first

term of a

12 pupil's connection with the School

is

not reckoned, unless she enters prepared to

complete the prescribed course of study in

Aid

is

less

also rendered, in cases of special merit

than two

and need, from the income of the

fund of Five Thousand Dollars, for which the School bequest of Nathaniel

I.

Bowditch,

j'ears.

is

indebted to the munificent

Esq., of Brookline.

Salem, November, 1868.

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ANNOUNCEMENT.—NEXT TERM. The Next Terra of the Statk Normal at Salem, Mass., will commence

Public Schools of Massachusetts, Tuition is Frek. Text books are mostly furnished from

with an examination of candidates for admission, on Thursday, February 18, 18«9.

This Institution is open to Ladies not les8 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 work of teaching in Common or High SchQols. To all who intend to teach in the

the Library of the School. From the State Appropriation and other sources, more than $1400 is annually distributed to pupils who merit and need the aid.

For Circulars, or further information, ad-

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