Salem Normal School Catalog: Fall and Winter, 1883-84.

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Register for the

1883-4.

BOARD OF EDUCATION His Excellency, Governor

George D. Robin-

Col. T. W. Higginson, Cambridge,

son, of Chicopee.

A. P. Stone, LL.D., Springfield.

Miss Abby W. May, Boston.

Hon. M. B. Whitney, Westfield.

Gen. Francis A. Walker, LL.D., Boston.

Edward C. Carrigan, Esq., Boston.

His Honor, Lieut. Governor Oliver Ames, of Easton.

Hon. Elijah

B.

Stoddard,

Rev. A. A. Miner, D.

"Worcester.

D., Boston.

OFFICERS OF BOARD OF EDUCATION. Hon. John W. Dickinson, A.M., C. B.

Secretary.

Tillinghast, Esq., Clerk and Treasurer.

George A. Walton, A. M., Agent, Newton.

George H. Martin, Agent, Bridgewater.

John T. Prince, Agent, Waltham.

BOARD OF VISITORS. Edward

Carrigan,

C,

Gen. Francis A. Walker, LL.

Esq., Boston.

D., Boston,

Hon. John W. Dickinson, A. M., Newtonville

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INSTRUCTORS. Daniel

B.

Hagar, Ph.

Ellen M. Dodge.

Mary

E.

Caroline

Mary

Webb.

J.

Cole.

N. Plumer.

Sophia O. Driver.

Harriet

L.

Martin.

D., Principal. â&#x20AC;˘

E.

Adelaide Towle.

Harriet

D, Allen.

Elizabeth N. Jones.

Mary

E.

Godden.

Chase Palmer,

Ph. D.

Lizzie A. Herrick, Teacher of Drawing.

Register of Students FOR THE

TEEM ENDING JANUARY

1884.

22,

y^oo-

#perial

f indents

Charlotte S. Buck, North WilmingtoD.

Josephine P. Moulton, Salem.

Ada B. Pike, Salem.

Amelia R. Thaxter, Machias, Me. 6

Sarah P. demons, Susie E. Kimball, Salem.

Salem.

Advanced

Annie Poland, Peabody.

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Addie Alley, Wenham.

Mary M. Brady, Arlington.

M. Ada Brown, West Peabody.

Harriet P. Burbank, Salem.

Lillian Butters, Island Pond, Vt. Ereelove Clark, Roxbury, IN". II. Jennie C. Davis, Annisquam.

C. Ham, Tam worth Iron Works, IN". H. M. Louise Hawkes, Beverly.

Susan B. Howard, West Peabody.

Jeanne A. Kimberly, Boston.

Helen L. Knapp, Wakefield.

Hannah

<fl!te#.

Emogene

B.

Roby, Lowell.

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Susie

I.

Harriet

Mary

Merrill,

E

North Conway,

Porter,

E. Porter,

IN".

H,

Woburn.

Wenham.

Ellen B. Prime, Salem.

Annie Moore Ransom, Wakefield.

Alice M. Ruxton, Gloucester.

Kate E. Shaw, Lowell.

Catherine C. Stokes, Revere.

Cora A. Thornton, Manchester.

Hattie Tucker, Weymouth.

Caroline L. Wilder, Columbia, S. C.

Annie

J.

Witham, Lynn.

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mm ยง.

Cunningham, Gloucester.

Jennie F. Pay, Gloucester.

Helen M. Johnson, Dan vers.

Marcia A. Lamphier, Lynn.

Bertha E. Messer, Stoneham.

Marianna Nicholson, Lynn.

Aurelia W. Perry, Danvers.

Fannie F. Phillips, Lynn.

Mary A. Plummer, Melrose.

Mary R. Putney, Stoneham.

Abbie E. Richards, Danversport.

Gertrude Roberts, Chelsea.

Ada M. Sheldon, North Chelmsford.

Maria C. Smith, Salem.

E. Gertrude Dudley, Wakefield.

Carrie Stone, Lowell.

Harriet E. Durgin, Brownfield, Me.

Annie B.

Nellie B. Eames, Wilmington.

Ella F. Stroelin, Chelsea.

Susan C. Elliot, Peabody.

Agnes A. Elliott, Revere.

Florence M, Farren, Salem.

Sallie U. Flint, North Reading.

Alice A. Tufts, Medfield.

Clara

M. Ames, Woburn.

Salenda E. Averill, Salem.

Florine Bagley, Lynn.

Grace E. Besse, Tewksbury.

Clara E. Bryer, Middleton.

Emma A. Burke, Freedom, N. H. Mary Agnes Burke, Cambridge.

Margaret T. Burke, Cambridge.

Julia T. Byrne, Woburn.

Florella F. Clark, Barnet, Yt. Carrie E.

Stott,

New

Market, N. H.

Helen G. Webber, Hampton

Maud

Ellen I^ouise Floyd, Lowell.

Mathilde Louise Harrington. Lowell.

Jennie A. Hatch. Dresden, Me. [Me Rose Caroline Hersey, ~No. Auburn, Minnie Louise Hobbs, Salem.

Nellie C. Howe, Middleton.

to*

Wheeler, Salem.

Kate E Wiley, Peabody.

Maude L. Wilkius, Middleton.

M. Frances Wilson, Reading.

Helen Louise Winn, Woburn.

Mabel Laighton Woodward, mouth, N. H.

[N.H. Falls,

S.

Ports-

48

ti.

Addie Alden, West Duxbury.

Anna F. Andrews, Salem.

Anuie L.

Fish, Cotuit.

Katharine

Clara L. Ansorge, Harvard.

Harriet E. Bartlett, East Salisbury,

Carrie

J. Fitz Gibbon, Medford.

Flanders, Lynn.

F. Adelia Bishop, Paradise, N. S. Margaret M. Bos worth, Globe Tillage.

Sarah A. Clement, Gloucester.

Sarah A. Conlan, Cambridge.

Nellie E. Crosman, Salem.

Jennie M. Cutler. BostonMary E. Danforth, Manchester, Harriet Y. Dever, Woburn.

Rosabelle Dodge, liowley.

M.

Grace E. Gilberth, Somerville.

Lizzie H. Goldthwait, Danvers.

Hattie Gordon, Woodstock, Conn.

Addie L. Gould, Swampscott.

A. Florence Hodge, Lynn.

Minnie L. Jordan, Lowell.

Jennie S. Lewis, Salem.

Lizzie P. Lovejoy, Lynn.

Carrie Louise Mason, Somerville.

Priscilla A. Merritt, Somerville.

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W. Newhall, Lynn.

Agnes M. Nutter, Salem.

Grace S.Oliver, Swampscott Martha W. Perry, Beverly.

Mary May

Alice

Sullivan, Cambridge.

Frances E. Taylor, Medford.

Abbie H. Tebbets, Swampscott.

Alice Y. Peyton, Stoneham.

Lura H. Pickering, Newington, N. H. Emma J. Ross, Cambridge.

Etta L. Thissell, Beverly.

Minnetta R. Trowt, Wenham.

Hattie F. Wakefield, Lowell.

Carrie Emma Walton, Salem.

Lula P. Washburn, Swampscott.

Catharine T. Welsh, Lynn.

Frances Whitehouse, Salem.

46

Lizzie G. Russell, Beverly.

Edith N. Spear, Melrose.

Ellen II. Story, Essex.

aLte 1Elizabeth A. Ahern, Danvers.

Winnie Louise Harding, Gloucester.

Lucy E. Aiken, East

Lizzie

Dodge

Carrie

Maud

W.

Franceila

Somerville.

Bacheller, Lynn.

Harris, Salem.

Hart, Lowell.

Sarah R. Beane, Newington, N. H. Clara A. Bingham, So. Royalton, Yt.

Abby Anthony Hay ward,

Nellie F. Birmingham, Somerville.

Eva Gertrude Holmes, Danvers.

Lucy E. Bucknam, Columbia Falls, Me.

Abby May Hood, Nahant.

Ada Emma Hoole, Lowell.

Sarah A. Byrne, Lowell.

Eliza B. Caswell, Swampscott.

Lydia B.

Collier,

East Cambridge.

M. Copp, Ipswich.

Elizabeth M. Crosby, Brookline.

Hattie F. Damon, Reading.

Mary J. Damon, North Reading.

Harriet

Martha E. Daniels, Somerville.

Delia L. Delany, Waltham.

Igusie G.

Agnes

Dennis, Rockport.

C

Eames, Wilmington.

Ella A. Eaton, Andover.

Hattie M. Emerson, Wakefield.

Ida B. Farnum, Peabody.

Ballardvale,

Julia Frances Holland, Winchester.

Josephine C. Howe, Danvers.

Catherine T. Hurley, Salem.

Myrtle Hyde, Bordentown, N. J. Cara M. Johnson, Keene, N. H. Clara W. Lamson, Beverly.

Maria B. Landis, Oxford, N. Marietta Larkin, Woburn.

Elizabeth S. Leek, Lynn.

Hattie A. Manley, Melrose.

C

Nellie C. Marston, Arlington.

Florence S. Martin, Topsfield.

Gertrude C. Mason, Andover.

Catherine E. McCarthy, Chelsea.

Agnes Theresa Fay, Lowell.

Rose A. McNamara, Lexington.

Lilian Ellen Fitch, Lexington.

Charlotte Morrison, Salem.

May

Agnes M. Foley, Lowell.

Irene

Helen K. Friend, Gloucester.

Mary H. Nash, Salem.

Ellen Theresa Gildee, Lowell.

Mary E. Gordon, Lynn.

Vira Nason, North Harpswell, Me. Lillian J. Newhall, East Saugus.

Mary Etta O'Brien, Somerville.

Nannie Lovett Odell, Beverly.

Hattie Augusta Palmer, Lowell.

Lucie Anna Peabody,' Stratham, N.

Nellie B. Gordon,

West Newbury.

Louisa A.

East Somerville.

Mary

Griffin,

J. Griffin,

Lowell.

Margaret A. Hanlon, Sharon.

Morse, Providence, R.

I.

H

Anna

Nellie Frances Todd,

L. Phelps, Boston,

Anna M.

Susan A. Porter, Swampscott.

Linnie E. Eich, Swampscott.

Minnie I. Roache, Danveisport.

Annie

G-.

I^ola Belle Whittier, Guilford,

Me.

Sarah M. Wood, Rockland, Me. Sarah E. Woodbury, Chelsea.

Mary Woods, Winchester.

Sheridan, Somcrville.

Clarissa L. Story, Essex.

Emma

Lynn.

Tucker, North Andover.

F. Tapley, Danvers.

75

lltMKfU. Special Students,

Advanced Class

A

Class B,

Class,

(Senior),

6 ,

2

,

24

,

.

Class C,

,

Class D,

Whole number Whole number

for the term, for fifty-nine terms.

48 46 75 201 2818

Register of Students FOR THE

TERM ENDING JULY

1884.

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JFjwcM $tn&tnt$.

Ada

Sarah P. demons, Salem.

gutotwd L. Mabel Allen, South Framingham.

B. Pike, Salem.

2

(totf.

Emogene

B. Roby, Lowell.

Annie Poland, Peabody.

3

$te * &.

Ames, Woburn.

Florine Bagley, Lynn.

Howe, Middletou.

Clara M.

Nellie C.

Grace Emery Besse, Tewksbury.

Mary M. Brady, Arlington.

Clara E. Bryer, Middleton.

Helen M. Johnson, Danvers.

Marcia A. Lamphier, Lynn.

Bertha E. Meseer, Stoneham.

Marianna Nicholson, Lynn.

Emma

Aurelia

A. Burke, Freedom, N. II. Mary A. Burke, Cambridge.

Margaret T. Burke, Cambridge.

Julia T. Byrne, Woburn.

Florella F. Clark, Barnet, Yt. Carrie E. Cunningham, Gloucester.

Jennie F. Day, Gloucester.

E. Gertrude Dudley, Wakefield.

H. Estelle Durgin, Brownfield, Me. Nellie B. Eames, Wilmington.

Elliot, Peabody.

Susan Sallie TJ. Flint, North Reading.

Ellen Louise Floyd, Lowell.

Mathilde Louise Harrington, Lowell.

Jennie A. Hatch, Dresden, Me. Hersey. No. Auburn, Me. Rose Susie B. Howard, West Peabody.

C

C

W.

Perry, Danvers.

Fannie Fern

Phillips,

Lynn.

Maiy A. Plummer. Melrose.

Mary E. Porter, Wenham.

Mary R, Putney, Stoneham.

Abbie E. Richards, Danversport.

Ada M.

Sheldon, Chelmsford.

Carrie Stone, Lowell.

Annie B.

Stott,

New

Market, N. H.

Ella F. Stroelin, Chelsea.

Helen G. Webber, Hampton Maud S. Wheeler, Salem.

Kate E. Wiley, Peabody.

Maude Louise

[H. Fall s.N.

Wilkins, Middleton.

M. Frances Wilson, Reading.

Helen L. Winn, Woburn.

Annie J. Wit ham, Lynn.

44

1

9

Clara L. Ansorge, Harvard.

Harriet E. Bartlett, East Salisbury.

Margaret M. Boswortli, Southbridge.

Sarah A. Clement, Gloucester.

Mary E. Danforth, Manchester.

Rosabelle Dodge, Georgetown.

Florence M. Farren, Chelsea.

Annie L. Fish, Katharine Carrie

J.

Fitz Gibbon, Medford.

Lizzie G. Russell, Beverly.

Ellen H. Story, Essex.

Sullivan. Cambridge.

Helen N. Galloupe, Danvers.

Etta L. Thissell, Beverly.

Grace E. Gilberth, Somerville.

Lizzie H. Goldthwait, Danvers.

Hattie Gordon, Woodstock, Conn.

A. Florence Hodge, Lynn.

Minnie L. Jordan, Lowell.

Lizzie P. Lovejoy, Lynn.

Carrie Louise Mason, Somerville.

Priscilla A. Merrit't, Somerville.

Irene May Morse, Providence, E. I.

Minnetta R. Trovvt, Wenham.

Alice A. Tufts, Medfield.

Elizabeth A. Ahern, Danvers.

Lucy E. Aiken. East Somerville.

Addie Alden, West Duxbury.

Francella W. Bacheller, Lynn.

Sarah R. Beane, Newington, N. H. Clara A. Bingham, So. Royal ton, Vt. Lucy E. Bucknam, Columbia Falls, Me. Eliza B. Caswell, Swampscott.

Lydia B. Collier, Cambridge.

Sarah A. Conlan, Cambridge.

Harriet M. Copp, Ipswich.

May

Crosby, Brookline.

Nellie E. Crosman. Salem.

Hattie F.

Damon, Reading.

O 1

Hattie F. Wakefield, Lowell.

Emma Walton, Salem.

Lula P. Washburn, Swampscott.

Catharine T. Welsh, Lynn.

Frances Whitehouse, Salem.

S. May Wood, Rockland, Me. 40 Mary Woods, Winchester.

Carrie

<&.

Ida B. Farnum, Peabody.

Agnes Theresa Fay, Lowell.

Lili in E. Fitch, Lexington.

Helen Kimbal Friend, Gloucester.

Mary E. Gordon, Lynn.

Nellie B. Gordon, West Newbury.

Addie L. Gould. Swampscott.

Louisa A. Griffin, East Somerville.

Mary

J. Griffin,

Lowell.

Margaret A. Hanlon. Sharon.

Lizzie D. Harris, Salem.

Carrie M. Hart, Lowell.

Abbie A. Hay ward,

Ballardvale.

Julia F. Holland, Winchester.

May Hood,

Martha Esther Daniels, Somerville.

Abbie

Susie G. Dennis, Rockport.

Ada

Agnes Carter Eames, Wilmington.

Josephine C. Howe, Danvers, Myrtle Hyde, Bordentown. N. J. Cara M. Johnson, Keene, N. H.

Ella A. Eaton, Andover.

Hattie M. Emerson, Wakefield. \

Gertrude A. Roberts, Chelsea.

Emma J. Ross, Cambridge.

Mary M.

M. Flanders, Lynn.

Elizabeth

II.

Maria C. Smith, Salem.

Edith N. Spear, Melrose.

Cotuit.

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Martha W. Perry, Beverly.

"V. Peyton, Stoneham.

Lura H. Pickering, Newington, N. Alice

Nahant.

E. Hoole, Lowell.

10 Marietta Lark in, Wobum.

Jennie s. Lewis, Salem.

1 1

at tie

Lucie A. Peabody, Stratham, N. H. L. Phelps, Boston Highlands.

Annie E. Plummer, Lynn.

Anna

A. Manley, Melrose.

Nellie C. Marston, Arlington.

Mary Woods

Gertrude C. Mason, Andover.

Catherine E. McCarthy, Chelsea.

Charlotte Morrison, Salem.

Tenn.

Minnie I. Roache, Danverspbrt.

llichardson,

Memphis,

Clarissa L. Story, Essex.

Vira Nason, North Harps well, Me. Alice W. Newhall, Lynn.

Lillian J. Newhall, East Saugus.

Agnes M. Nutter, Salem.

Grace S. Oliver, Swampscott.

Hattie A. Palmer, Lowell.

Emma

F. Tapley, Danvers.

Frances E. Taylor, Med ford.

Abbie II. Tebbets, Swampscott.

Nellie F. Todd, Lynn.

Lola B. Whittier, Guilford, Me. Sarah E. Woodbury, Chelsea.

63

$te* 1Etta M. Aiken, Gloucester.

Angie A. Beal, Foxcroft, Me. Nellie F.

Birmingham, Somerville.

Katherine T. Lennon, Lowell.

Jennie L. Lewis, Danvers.

Florence S. Martin, Topsfield.

H. Gertrude Burpee, Wenham.

Sarah Parkman Center, Gloucester.

Agnes

Anna

Eda

I.

Chisholm, Gloucester.

C. McAuliffe, Danvers.

Harriet E. Merrill, East Salisbury.

B. Morse, Lowell.

I. Mudge, Lynn.

Hosmer Munroe, No. Reading.

Harriet Mabel Clark, Gloucester.

Juliette

Bessie Cleaveland, Boxford.

Clara

Anastasia C. Corbett, Lowell.

Mary A. Crafts, Kowley.

Mary J. Damon, North Reading.

Mary H. Nash,

Delia L. Delany, Waltham.

Hattie E. Parker, Wolf borough, N. H.

Etta M. Embree, Lynn.

Alice M. Fanton, Gloucester.

Jennie A. Flanders, Sandown, N. H. Grace S. Fuller, Gloucester.

Katherine E. Golden, Lawrence.

Florence H. Griffin, East Somerville.

Winnie L. Harding, Gloucester.

Helen A. Harris, Bath, Me.

Carrie Alberta Paul, Lowell.

AnnaF. Hay den, Norway, Me. Viola D. Howe, Whitefield, Me. Bessie L. Johnson, Nahant.

Frances M. Johnson, Chelsea.

Isabel N. Kennedy, Gloucester.

Elizabeth S. Leek, Lynn.

Salem.

Maria L. Odiorne, Rye, N. H. Annie M. O'Dowd, Amesbury.

Nellie Atherton Peabody, Salem.

Susan A. Porter, Swampscott.

Linnie E. Rich, Swampscott.

Carrie Frances Sanborn, Salem.

Alice J. Sawyer. Peterboro, N. H.

Annie G. Sheridan, Somerville. â&#x20AC;˘ Ida F. Spear, East Boston.

Harriet H. Stanley, Magnolia.

Mary E. Sullivan, Salem.

F. Alice Swasey, Newburyport.

Gertrude E. Thompson, Arlington.

Flora

May

Flora

I.

Thurston % Gloucester.

Towle, Medford.

j

11 Anna M.

Tucker, North Andover.

Jane E. Wassail, Francestown, N. H.

Mary A. Williams, Concord.

Alice Maude Woodward, Portsmouth,

Jennie P. White, Danvers.

Anna L. Whitmore, Newburyport.

K".

H. 58

Nummary.

2

Special Students,

Advanced Class

A

Class B,

Class,

3

,

44

(Senior), .

.

.

.

40

Class C,

Class D,

63

Whole number Whole number Whole number

58

for the term, for the year,

for sixty terms,

210 260

.

.

2865

12

STATE NORMAL SCHOOL.. ..SALEM, MASS. Tins Institution was established by the Commonwealth

of Massachusetts,

with the liberal eo- operation of the City of Salem and the Eastern Railroad

pany, for the direct preparation of Female Teachers to instruct in the

and High Schools required by law.

It is

under the charge of the State Board of

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

eight hundred

and

first

sixty-five Ladies

Com-

Common

During the period that has

Class, in September, 1854,

two thousand

have been members of the School; one

whom

thousand three hundred and forty-seven of

have received diplomas, upon

the honorable completion of the prescribed course of study.

Year anH &

iacbool

The School Year

is

e

v

m

s

divided into two terms, each containing nineteen weeks of

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

A

new

class is admitted

Terms 1884, 1884, 1885,

the

beginning

of

each term.

Terms end.

begin.

February 12.

September 2.

February 10.

The summer term

1884,

.July 1.

January 20.

1885, June 30.

1885,

on Tuesday, July 1, with public exercises Graduation, the former beginning at 10 o'clock, A. M.,

of 1884 will close

Examination and

of

at

(4*

the latter at 2\ P. M.

The term ending January

20, 1885,

ation, beginning at 10 o'clock, A.

will close with public exercises of

Gradu-

M.

3L

.

U

tn f s s

f

o

n

.

Candidates for admission must be at least sixteen years of age; must present on day of examination a satisfactory certificate of good moral character and of their presumed qualification* for admission to the school ; must declare their full intention of faithfully observing the regulations of the School, during their con-

the

afterwards teaching in the public schools of Massachuit, and of pass must and a satisfactory examination in Reading, Spelling, Defining,

nection with setts;*

Writing, Arithmetic. English Grammar, Geography, and Ihe History of the greater age and hisrher attainments than those prescribed, with

United States.

some experience more useful.

A

in teaching, render the course of

*Ladies designing to teach in other States or paying $15 a term for tuition.

in

study in the Institution

private schools

may

still

be admitted by

13 Especial attention should be given

to these

requirements, as they will be strictly

ENFORCED.

An Examination for

admission takes place on the first day of each term, com" as soon after that hour as candidates can

raencing at 8 o'clock, A. M., or reach Salem.

Ladies who purpose to apply for admission are requested to notify the Principal of their intention as early as possible.

Applications for circulars and other information should be made to the Principal.

bourse The Board

of Education

the two years' course in the

of

ÂŁ>tubn.

have prescribed the following branches of study for

Normal Schools

of the State.

Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometry, Book-keeping; Physics, Astronomy, Chemistry, Botany, Physiology, Zoology, Mineralogy, Geology, Geography; Reading, Orthography, Etymology, Grammar, Rhetoric, Literature, Composition Penmanship, Drawing, Singing, Gymnastics; Psychology, Science and Art of Teaching, School Organization, History of Education; Civil Polity of Massachusetts and of the United States, School Laws of Massachusetts, and History.

The order in which these studies are to be taken is decided by the Principal of each School, with the approval of the Board of Visitors ;

The following additional studies are assigned for the four years' course: Advanced Physics, Advanced Chemistry, Higher Mathematics (including Plane and Solid Geometry, Higher Algebra and Trigonometry), General History, Latin and French; Greek or German, in addition, is optional with the Principal and the Board of Visitors of each School.

Jibbantcb Course.

Graduates of the regular course who desire to prep ire tn.-inseives for tne higher departments of teaching, are permittee, to take an advanced course, which occupies two years, and includes instruction and training in the Latin, French, and German languages, the higher mathematics, and the other branches required to Graduates of the School who be tauglit in the high schools of Massachusetts. may desire to take the Advanced Course are requested to communicate with the Principal as early as possible. A new class is formed at the beginning of each Fall term. glims anb Htctljobs

of

Stubg anb draining.

The ends chiefly aimed at in this school are, the acquisition of the necessary knowledge of the Principles and Methods of Education, and of the various branches of study, the attainment of skill in the art of teaching, and the general development 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 excelare not deemed satisfactory, unless every pupil is able to teach others that which she has herself learned. In every study the pupils in turn occupy tempo-

lent,'

and are subjected to their criticisms Teaching exercises of various kinds form a large and important part of the school work. During the Senior term ob-

rarily the place of teacher of their classmates,

as well as those of their regular teacher.

14 ject lessons are given to classes of primary-school children, so that every pupil

obtains,

before graduating,

considerable

experience in teaching children to

observe, think, and give expression to thought.

The

upon the

studies are conducted

large extent, as hooks of reference.

topical

plan.

The committing

Text-hooks are used, to a of text-books to

memory

is

avoided as far as possible, the scholars being trained to depend upon thoughts rather than words.

The

whatever

The

is to make the make them independent,

great object of the school

speak for themselves; to difficulties

may

pupils investigate, think, and

and ready

self-reliant,

to

meet

arise.

pupils are carefully trained in the manufacture of simple and inexpensive

apparatus for the illustration of Physics and Chemistry.

Discipline.

The to

discipline of the school

govern themselves

;

to

is

made

as simple as possible.

do without compulsion what

is

Pupils are expected

required, and to refrain

voluntarily from all improprieties of conduct. Those who are unwilling to conform cheerfully to the known wishes of the Principal and his assistants, are presumed to be unfit to become teachers.

It is

not deemed necessary to awaken a feeling of emulation, in order to induce

The ranking of scholars according not here allowed. Faithful attensake, not for the purpose of obtaining

the scholars to perform their duties faithfully. to their comparative success

tion to duty

certain

is

marks

in,

their studies,

encouraged for

its

own

is

of credit.

promotions

anfr

tfkabuatiotts.

Promotions from one class to another are made at the close 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 to the study next in order.

In the Senior term, a special examination is had in all the branches taught in the common schools, and only those

who

pass

it

Young

successfully are permitted to graduate

possess good natural abilities and right habits of study, find

no serious

ladies

who

difficulties

in passing the required examinations.

iTibranj,

The

apparatus, anb UTrxsemu.

Institution has a valuable Library, containing, in works for general refer-

ence and reading, and in text-books, about nine thousand volumes. It has, also, a fair supply of philosophical apparatus, and a Museum containing a large collection of specimens illustrating various departments of science.

An

important addition to the means of practical instruction in Chemistry has been made, whereby a large number of pupils can, at the same time, engage in chemical investigations, free from all danger of inhaling injurious gases.

The friends of the higher education of women can confer a great benefit upon the Institution by making donations to its Library and Museum. Any aid in this direction will be gratefully acknowledged.

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A room has been handsomely fitted

up and furnished

for the purpose of afford-

ing facilities for instruction and training in the higher departments of drawing.

A large number of

beautiful casts, models,

and patterns have been obtained from

London, and have been conveniently arranged in the room, thus giving

members

to

the

of the School advantages not formerly enjoyed.

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offered by these well

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of the

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useful Instilarge, and, in

some respects, unequalled Museum and Cabinet belonging to the Institute and Academy, affords rare opportunities for studies in various departments of Science; and the instructive meetings of the Essex Institute for the discussion of Historical and Scientific subjects, possess great value for all who are interested in the study of History and of Nature.

Tuition is free to those who comply with the condition of teaching in the public Schools of Massachusetts, wherever they may have previously resided. small fee ($2.00) is paid by each pupil at the beginning of the term, for incidental

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expenses.

The

text-books required are mostly furnished, without charge, from the School

Library.

recommended, however, that pupils should bring with them, which they have already and they should, especially, be provided with a Dictionary and a recent It is

for purposes of reference and comparison, the text-books

studied

;

Atlas.

The

price

which

ing, or separate fire

is

paid by the pupils for board, 'i,(not usually including washlights,) varies from $3 to $4 per week, according to the

and

accommodations furnished. Pupils who prefer to board themselves can obtain good rooms for about one dollar a week.

Pupils

who come

to the School daily

by railroads, obtain season tickets

at one-

half of the usual rates.

For the assistance of those who find even the moderate expenses "of the School burdensome, the Commonwealth makes an annual appropriation. This aid is distributed at the close of each term, among pupils from Massachusetts who merit and need the aid, in sums varying according to the distance of their residences from Salem, but not exceeding in any case $1 50 per week. In this distribution, the first term of a pupil's connection with the School is not reckoned, unless she'enters prepared to complete the prescribed course of study in less than two years.

Aid is also rendered, in cases of special merit and need, from the income of the fund of Five Thousand Dollars, for which the School is indebted to the munificent bequest of

Nathaniel

Salem, May,

1884.

I.

Bowditch, Esq.,

of Brookline.

Salem Normal Association.

The Tenth Triennial Convention

Salem Normal School Associa-

the

of

tion will be held on Friday, the fourth day of next July.

The Association

will

assemble at 9 o'clock, A.

Church for the interchange classes,

m., in the

chapel of the South

of cordial greetings, the meetings of the several

and the transaction of business.

Public exercises, beginning at 11 o'clock, will take place in the South

An

Church.

Poem by one sung

;

Oration will be delivered by a prominent friend of education; a of the graduates will be read

;

songs written by graduates will be

and a Report on the history and condition of the Normal School

will

be

be made by the Principal.

At the

close of the public exercises, a collation will be

by addresses from distinguished

to be followed

had

and by

guests,

Normal

at

Hall,

literary contri-

butions from graduates of the School.

Membership.

All past

members

Normal Association, the

the

of the School are entitled to

fee for

which

is

It is earnestly desired that as

three years.

membership

in

only one dollar, payable once in

many

as possible of those

who

have enjoyed the free advantages of the School will cheerfully send to the Treasurer of the Association, Miss fore so,

June

even

1,

if

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one dollar for the current triennial period

Williams ;

they shall be unable to attend the approaching convention.

The

Collation.

what number

member for the directors may know,

additional cost to each

In order that the

exceed one dollar.

to provide,

it is

collation will not in

exceedingly important that those

due season, for

who purpose

participate in the collation should notify the Treasurer before June

Entertainment.

who

Salem, be-

St.,

and that they will do

to

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Free entertainment over night will be furnished to those

reside at a distance from Salem, provided that they signify to the Treas-

urer, before the fifteenth of June, that

The

such entertainment will be acceptable.

coming Triennial Convention cannot fail to be delightful, and profitable

to all the past

members

of the School

who

can possibly be present

;

and

it is

most earnestly hoped and believed that out of the two thousand eight hundred and sixty-five ladies whose names stand on the school records, a large number will gladly

show, by

their' presence,

that they hold in pleasant

remembrance

their school days at Salem.

GEORGIANNA

A.

BOUTWELL,

President Salem Normal Association. '

Salem, May,

1884.