Salem Normal School, 1890-91.

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Register and Circular OF THE

State Normal School Salem, Mass.

1890-1891.

:

Register and Gircular

State Normal Sidhp^l, SALEM, MASS

1890-1891

BOSTON WRIGHT & POTTER PRINTING 18

CO.,

STATE PRINTERS,

Post Office Square.

1891.

Register for the Year

1890-91,

BOARD OF EDUCATION. His Excellency Governor

WILLIAM E. RUSSELL, Cambridge.

WILLIAM H. HAILE, Springfield.

His Honor Lieutenant-Governor Rev.

ELMER

H.

CAPEN, D.D

Hon.

ELIJAH

B.

Rev.

ALONZO

A.

College Hill.

STODDARD

Worcester.

MINER, D.D

Boston.

Mrs. ALICE FREEMAN PALMER. ADMIRAL P. STONE, LL.D Mrs. KATE GANNETT WELLS Hon. MILTON B. WHITNEY GEORGE I. ALDRICH, A.M

Cambridge.

Springfield.

Boston.

Westfield.

Quincy.

OFFICERS OF BOARD OF EDUCATION. Hon. John W. DICKINSON, A.M., Secretary.

C. B.

GEORGE GEORGE

A.

TILLINGHAST,

WALTON,

A.M.,

Esq., Assistant

Secretary and Treasurer.

West Newton.

Agent

MARTIN, A.M., Agent ANDREW W. EDSON, A.M., Agent G. T. FLETCHER, A.M., Agent HENRY T. BAILEY, Agent

Lynn.

H.

Worcester. .

,

.

Northampton.

North

Scituate.

BOARD OF VISITORS.

ELMER H. CAPEN, D.D GEORGE I. ALDRICH, A.M Hon. JOHN W. DICKINSON, A.M

College Hill.

Rev.

Quincy.

Newtonville.

INSTRUCTORS.

DANIEL B. HAGAR, ELLEN M. DODGE. CAROLINE J. COLE. SOPHIA O. DRIVER. HARRIET L. MARTIN. E. ADELAIDE TOWLE. HARRIET D. ALLEN.

A.M., Ph.D., Principal.

MARY

GODDEN. LEAROYD. CHARLES E. ADAMS. E.

JESSIE

P.

ABBIE

E.

RICHARDS. M. JEANNETTE BROOKINGS.

CHARLES

F.

WHITNEY.

STATE NOBMAL SCHOOL, SALE M.

4

REGISTER OF STUDENTS *

FOR THE

Term Ending January

2

0,

1891.

SPECIAL STUDENTS.

Grace

J.

Burleigh

Emma L.

......

Corson

Salem.

Salem.

Gertrude A. Fuller

Salem.

Louise E. Milder

Mahone Bay, N. Salem.

Carlotta H. Pulsifer Lizzie

W.

S.

Richardson

Salem.

ADVANCED CLASS. Mary A. Comey Frances L.

Mary

A.

Clarabel

Mary

Lynn.

Ellis

.

Mack Mosman

Danversport.

North Reading.

Peabody.

Elizabeth Poole

Florence

I.

Shepard

Middleton.

Abby A. Sutherland Hamie S. Thompson

Salem.

Middleton.

CLASS Alice M. Abbott

Florence

J.

Alley

Danvers.

A. ". .

New

Market, N.

East Cambridge.

Isabelle R. Blackmail

Cambridge.

Alice B. Bodwell

Salem.

June R. K. Brown

Tyngsborough.

Jennie R,

Brown

Pigeon Cove.

II.

.

STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, SALEM.

Lizzie Campbell

Danvers.

Fannie C. Carleton

.

Beaver Brook.

Ellen B. Collier

.

Somerville.

.

Agues A. Comey

Mabel E. Cutts

.

.

.

.

Caroline S. Dalton

.

Jennie E. Gallagher Alice S.

Graham

Kittery Point, Me.

Peabody.

Woburn.

.

.

Lynn.

.

Manchester.

Mary Abbie Grant

.

Salem.

Florence C. Haskell

.

Manchester.

Louise F. Heinritz

.

Annie G. Hughes

.

Lilla S. Keniston

.

Everett.

.

Salem

Alice M. Layton

.

May Legro

Hattie

.

Susie L. Lord

.

W. Low

Jessie

Alice M. Macdonald

Ellen Genevieve Moriarty

Bertha

J.

Patten

Emma Ruddock

.

Eva Gertrude Simpson Lulu L. F. Spiller

Emma Mary

E. G.

Lizzie F.

.*

Walsh

Hampton

.

Groveland.

.

Gloucester.

Hattie B. Witherell

Salem.

.

Salem.

.

CLASS

Rose

S.

Sallie A.

.

.

.

.

.

M. Louise Brennan

.

Mabel

.

C.

Bryant

Lowell.

Georgetown.

Bent

Bowen

Middleton.

B.

Susie B. Baker

Frances E. Bard

Bedford.

Peabody.

.

.

Salem.

.

.

Abigail Frances Wilson

Falls,

Beverly.

.

.

Lynn.

.

Webber

Mary H. Wilkins

Salem.

Saugus.

.

Jennie E. Sutherland

Salem.

Everett.

.

L. Stetson

Maiden.

.

.

Pearson

Nellie

Boston.

Essex.

.

.

Holyoke.

.

.

M. Parsons

Nellie

5

'

.

Salem.

North Reading.

Salem.

Cambridge.

Gloucester.

N. H.

STATE NOBMAL SCHOOL, SALEM.

6

.......

Lois M. Burley

Dorothy M. Coleman

.

Hannah Josephine Daly Elizabeth M.

Dodge

.

Mary A. Doyle Carrie

Imogene Goodale

Hay ward

Laura E.

Eva

Julia

Newburyport.

.

Beaver Brook.

.

Tunbridge, Vt. Salem.

Lynn.

.

.

Andover.

.

.

.

.

.

King

T. Laurence

May Leach

Salem.

East Lexington.

.

Lynn.

.

.

.

Florence Emil} Martin F.

McGrath

Isabelle H. Miller

Mary D. Morse

.

Mary Newman Laura Alida Nickerson Corinne H. Nutter Nellie A. O'Connell

.

Colletta A. Parker

Ethel S. Pearson

Mary A.

Phillips

Berwick, Me.

.

T

Joanna

Gloucester.

Lynn.

.

.

Mary F. KaufTmanu

Emma

.

Danvers.

Laura Grace Johnson

Alicia C.

Salem.

.

Home

C. Jenkins

.

.

Elizabeth R. Healy

Mary E. Hooper

Newington, N. H.

.

Lillian Griffin

Caroline P.

.

.

Carrie C. Goodell

Mabel

Everett.

.

Port Hastings, C. B. Blake, Fla.

Salem.

.

Rockport.

.

Lynn.

.

Manchester.

.

Newbury.

.

Rockport.

.

Bath, N. H.

.

Peabody.

.

Melrose.

.

.

Candia, N. H.

.

.

Salem.

.

Salem.

.

.

Wenham.

.

.

Ipswich.

Grace A. Reed

.

Burlington.

Annie E. Reynolds

.

Woburn.

Jennie F. Reynolds

.

Lynn.

Lucy W. Roby

.

Reading.

.

Gloucester.

Gracie E. Pitcher

Annie L. Prince

Eva M. Pnriuton

.

Livonia P. Rust

.

.

Med ford.

Lucy Ethel Swett

.

Peabody.

Mary

.

Ipswich.

Margaret L. Sullivau

A. Undcrhill

.

•

STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, SALEM.

Jennie Lillian

West

Hattie G.

Mary

Upham .

.

Winslow

Alice M.

Lena B. Winter Mabel

Lynn.

.

Bay View.

.

Maiden.

.

Lynn.

Woodbury

P.

.

CLASS

North Reading.

Mabel W. Bancroft

.

Elizabeth A. Bartlett

.

.

W. Battersby L. Burnham

Marguerite

Georgetta Campbell Ida

May

.

Cartland

Alice M. Clancy

Mary

Colley

Ethel L.

Mary

Wakefield.

.

.

.

.

Fogg

Laura A. Fuller

Chelsea.

.

.

P. Currier

E. Francis

Essex.

.

Louise Curtis Belle M. Felker

.

.

.

E. Crowley

Hannah

.

.

Med ford.

Everett.

Gloucester.

North Barrington, N. H.

Salem.

.

Grace L. Hayes

.

.

M.

.

.

.

.

Agnes M. James

Salem.

.

.

Centre.

Salem.

Lynn.

Susanna Goodwin

Isabel le Hutt

Dan vers

.

.

Alice L. Gates

Epping, N. H. Boston.

.

.

Peabody.

.

.

Susan E. Cobb

Emma L.

Dan vers.

C.

Alice E. Abbott

Josephine

Chelsea.

.

Whearty

E.

7

Salem.

Everett.

Marblehead.

Peabody.

Swampscott.

Somerville.

Gertrude A. Jones

.

Josephine A. Kelley

.

Tapleyville.

.

Brookline.

Alice A.

Murphy

Isabelle A.

.

Nauss

Catharine G. O'Brien

Mary

E. Parkhurst

.

.

.

.

Wakefield, N. H.

Gloucester.

Cambridgeport.

South Bristol, Me.

Etta L. Paul

.

Rockport.

Charlotte M. Poore

.

Byfield.

Henrietta

W. Rogers

Alice C. Ropes

.

Derry, N. H.

.

Salem.

STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, SALEM.

Alice E. Sawtelle

Lynn.

Margaret L. Shanahan

South Groveland.

Caroline E. Shirley

Andover, N. H.

Luella M. Sidmore

Danversport.

Eliza M. Sutherland

Lynn.

Elizabeth F. Taaffe

West Newton.

Grace Rolston Torr

Peabocly.

Agues Morton True

Amesbury.

Luella Turner

Salem.

Alice M. Watts

West Boxford.

.

Marion C. Whipple

Peabody.

Susie E. White

.

Lynn.

.

Boston.

Ada

F.

Whitney

CLASS D Florence Lillie

I.

Abbott

M. Adams

Georgetown.

.

Clara E. Baird

Mary W. Baker Abbie F. Beane Eliza

W. Beard

Alice C. Bernard

Andover.

Gloucester. .

Tewksbury.

.

Newington, N. H.

.

Wenham.

.

Beverly.

Bertha M. Boultenhouse

Amesbury.

Brown Lilian F. Brown Narcissa Burnham Mary A. Clark

Everett.

Harriet M.

.

Clara H. Coburn

Mary

L.

Emma

.

Farmington, N. H.

.

Kittery, Me.

Davenport

I.

M. Davison

L. Dennett

Bessie F.

Dodge

Dor an Minnie A. Doran

Mary

Mary

Saugus.

Dame Damon

Cora M. E. Davison

Edna

Peabody.

North Andover.

Millie A.

Lovicy

Beverly.

Cogswell

H.

Alice G.

.

Salem.

A.

E. Driscoll

.

Med ford.

Winthrop.

Winthrop.

Everett.

.

Wenham.

.

North Cambridge.

.

Cambridge.

.

Charlotte A. Eaton

Salem.

North Beading.

.

•

9

STATE NOBMAL SCHOOL, SALEM. East Cambridge.

Margaret A. English

Mary E. Farmer

.

Susan E. Farnham

M. Farnum

Dollie

Alice Farrar

.

Billerica.

.

Peabody.

.

North Andover.

.

Amesbury.

Edith M. Ferguson

.

Anna M. Folan

Topsfield.

.

Salem.

.

Rockport.

.

Manchester.

.

Salem.

Catherine F. Hollis

.

Wakefield.

Grace M. Horney

.

Rochester, N. H.

Harriet 0. Giles

.

Annie B. Haraclen

Mary

R. Hennessey

Bessie E. Huntoon

.

Lowell.

Minnie

.

Farmington, N. H.

Hurley

J.

Mabel L. Kelley

.

.

Lynn.

.

Hamilton.

.

Medford.

Grace A. Knowlton

Stymie

P.

Loggie

Angie M. Lurvey

.

Ellen T. Maguire

.

Mary

A.

Sarah

W. Matthews

Mahoney

.

.

Agnes M. Merrow

Pigeon Cove.

Pigeon Cove.

North Andover.

Boxford.

.

South Peabody.

.

Gloucester.

Rebecca M. O'Connell

.

Wakefield.

Florence A. Oliver

.

Chelsea.

Ellen

Nugent

Elizabeth R. Osborn

Mabel

A. Patch

Grace M. Pattee

.

Peabody.

.

.

Salem.

.

.

.

Peabody.

Bertha L. Peabody

.

Middleton.

Emma Penney

.

North Cambridge.

Maude

A. Pingree

Lillian E. Rich

.

Georgetown.

Middleton.

.

.

Nettie E. Runnels

.

South Newbury, Vt.

Mary A. Sheehan

.

Peabody.

M. Agnes Sheridan

.

Somerville.

.

Somerville.

.

Maiden.

Grace Shorey

Abbie A. Smith Harriet

.

W. Stewart

.

Alice M. Sullivan

Mary Sutton •

Swampscott.

.

Tapleyville.

.

Bay View.

«

.

STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, SALEM.

10

Cora M. Swift

Anna

E.

Lynn.

Thompson

Stratham, N. H.

Evelyn G. Thompson

Micldleton.

Esther B. Wadsworth

Chelsea.

Anna M. Warren

Georgetown.

Jennie

.

Webb

Somerville.

Weeks Clara N. Wentworth Harriet L. Weston Janet C. Whigham

Littleton, N. II

Flora G. Whitney

Winchester.

Bertha L. A. Wilkins

Hillsboro' Centre, N. H.

Ella M. Willancl

Dover, N. H.

Ellen M.

.

Rochester, N. H.

Reading.

Pigeon Cove.

.

SUMMAEY. Special Students

6

Advanced Class

8

Class

A B

Class

C

Class

Class!)

(Senior)

38

.

52

.

45

.

78

Whole number for the term Whole number for seventy-three terms

227 3,670

STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, SALEM.

REGISTER OF STUDENTS

Term Ending June

30, 1891

SPECIAL STUDENTS. Gertrude A. Fuller

.

Susie L. Lord Ellen Genevieve Moriarly

Jennie E. Sutherland

Esther B.

Wads worth

.

Salem.

.

Salem.

.

Salem.

.

.

.

.

Salem.

Chelsea

ADVANCED CLASS. Comey

Alary A.

Frances L.

Lynn.

Dan vers.

Ellis

Annie G. Hughes

Mary

Boston.

Mack Mosman

A.

Clarabel

Danversport

North Readk

Mary Elizabeth Poole Florence

Hamie

S.

Peabody.

Shepard

Middleton.

Thompson

Middleton.

I.

CLASS Susie B. Baker

Frances E. Bard

Rose

S.

Georgetown. .

Bent

Sallie A.

Bowen

A.

Salem.

North Reading. .

Salem.

M. Louise Brennan

Cambridge.

Mabel

.

Gloucester.

.

Everett.

C.

Bryant

Lois M. Burley

Dorothy M. Coleman

Newington, N. H.

11

STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, SALEM.

12

Agnes A. Comey Elizabeth M.

Lynn.

Dodge

Newburyport.

.

.

.

Woburn.

Carrie

Imogene Goodak-

.

Tunbridge, Yt.

Mabel

Lillian Griffin

.

Jennie E. Gallagher

Mary

Hooper

E.

Home

Laura E.

Eva

C. Jenkins,

Mary Alice

.

.

.

.

Florence Emily Martin

McGrath

D. Morse

.

Mary Newman Laura Alida Nickerson Corinne H. Nutter Nellie A. O'Counell

Lynn.

East Lexington.

.

Port Hastings, C. B.

.

Everett.

Salem.

.

Isabelle H. Miller

Mary

Berwick, Me.

.

M. Macdouald

F.

Dauvers.

.

T. Laurence

Joanna

Lynn.

.

Kauffmann

F.

Emma

.

.

Eockport.

.

Lynn.

.

Manchester.

.

Newbury.

.

Rockport.

Bath, N. H.

.

.

Peabody.

.

Colletta A. Parker

.

Melrose.

Nellie Pearson

.

Hampton

Gracie E. Pitcher

.

Salem.

.

.

Wenham.

.

.

Annie L. Prince

Eva M. Puriutou

Annie E. Eeynolds

.

Lucy W. Roby Livonia P. Rust

.

Lula L. F. Spiller

Mary

Lizzie F.

Upham

Reading.

.

Gloucester.

.

Alice

M. Winslow

.

Whearty

Beverly.

Peabody.

.

E.

P.

.

.

Mary Mabel

.

.

Webber

Hattie G. West

Woburn.

.

.

A. Underhill

Jennie Lillian

Ipswich.

.

Lucy Ethel Swett

Falls, N. H.

.

.

Ipswich.

Lynn.

Bedford.

Chelsea.

Bay View.

Maiden.

Dan vers.

Woodbury

CLASS B

Mabel W. Bancroft Elizabeth A. Bartlett

.... ....

Peabody. .

Epping, X.

II.

STATE XOBMAL SCHOOL, SALEM.

Josephine L. Burnham

Mary

C ashman

E.

Alice M. Clancy

.

Essex.

Dan vers.

Danvers Centre.

Susan E. Cobb

Salem.

Mary

Medforcl.

E. Crowley

Hannah

P. Currier

Everett.

Louise Curtis

Gloucester.

Hannah Josephine Daley

Salem.

Mary A. Doyle

Beaver Brook.

Belle

M. Felker

Ethel L.

Mary

.

Fogg

E. Francis

Laura A. Fuller

North Barrington, N. H. Lynn.

.

Salem.

.

Salem.

Alice L. Gates

Everett.

Carrie C. Goodell

Salem.

Susanna Goodwin

Marblehead.

Grace L. Hayes

Peabody.

.

Elizabeth R. Healy

Gloucester.

M. Isabelle Hutt

Swampscott.

.

Laura Grace Johnson

Salem.

Gertrude A. Jones

Wakefield, N. H.

Josephine A. Kelley

Tapleyville.

King

Alicia C.

Julia

Lynn.

May Leach

.

Murphy

.

Alice A.

Blake, Fla.

Brookline.

Isabelle A. Nauss

Gloucester.

Catharine G. O'Brien

Carabriclgeport.

Mary E. Parkhurst

South Bristol, Me.

Etta L. Paul

Rockport.

Mary

A. Phillips

.

Salem.

Charlotte M. Poore

Byfield.

Grace A. Reed

Burlington.

Henrietta

W. Rogers

Alice C. Ropes Nellie

Deny, N. H. Salem.

M. Roundy

Alice E. Sawtell

Fitz william, N. H. .

13

Lynn.

Margaret L. Shanahan

South Groveland.

Caroline E. Shirley

Andover, N. H.

Luella M. Sidmore

Danversport.

Margaret L. Sullivan

Medforcl.

STATE NOBMAL SCHOOL, SALEM.

14

Eliza M. Sutherland

Lynn.

Elizabeth F. Taaffe

West Newton.

Grace Rolston Torr

Peabody.

Agnes Morton True

Amesbury.

Luella Turner

Salem.

Lucy E. Warner Alice

M. Watts

Marion

C.

F.

Peabody.

.

West Boxford.

Peabody.

Whipple

Susie E. White

Ada

.

Whitney

Lena B. Winter

.

Taunton.

.

Boston.

Lynn.

.

CLASS Alice E. Abbott Lillie

M. Adams

.

North Reading.

.

Georgetown.

Gloucester.

Clara E. Baird

Mary W. Baker Abbie F. Beane Eliza

W. Beard

Alice 0. Bernard

C.

.

Tewksbury.

.

Newington, N. H.

.

Wenham.

.

Beverly.

Bertha M. Boultenhouse

Amesbury.

Brown Lilian F. Brown Narcissa Burnham

Everett.

Beverly.

Georgetta Campbell

Chelsea

Mary A. Clark

Peabody.

Harriet M.

.

Clara H. Coburn

Emma L.

Colley

.

.

Salem.

Saugus.

Salem.

Florence A. Cushing

Wakefield.

Emma H. Dame

.

Farmington, N. H.

.

Kittery, Me.

Millie A.

Damon

Alice G. Davenport

Edna

L. Dennett

Dodge Mary A. Dor an Minnie A. Doran

Bessie F.

Mary

.

Everett.

.

Wenham.

.

North Cambridge.

.

Cambridge.

Salem.

E. Driscoll

Charlotte A. Eaton

Mary

E.

Farmer

Med ford.

.

North Reading.

Billerica.

STATE NOBMAL SCHOOL, SALEM.

Susan E. Farnham Dollie M.

Farnum

Peabody.

North Andover.

Alice Farrar

Amesbury.

Anna M. Folan

Salem.

Harriet O. Giles

.

Rockport.

Annie B. Haraden

Manchester.

Catherine F. Hollis

Wakefield.

Grace M. Horney

Rochester, N. H.

Bessie E. Huntoon

Lowell.

Minnie

J.

Hurley

Farmington, N. H.

Agnes M. James

.

Mabel L. Kelley

.

Somerville.

Lynn.

Grace A. Knowlton

Hamilton.

Stymie P. Loggie

Med ford.

Angie M. Lurvey

Pigeon Cove.

Ellen T. Maguire

Pigeon Cove.

Mary A. Mahoney

North Andover.

Ellen Nugent

Gloucester.

Rebecca M. O'Connell

Wakefield.

Elizabeth R. Osborn

Peabody.

Mabel A Patch Grace M. Pattee

.

Salem.

Peabody.

.

Emma Penney

North Cambridge.

Nettie E. Runnels

South Newbury, Vt.

Mary

Peabody.

A. Sheehan

M. Agnes Sheridan

Somerville.

Grace Shorey

Somerville.

Abbie A. Smith Harriet Alice

W.

.

Stewart

M. Sullivan

Maiden.

Swampscott.

Tapleyville.

Anna E. Thompson

Strath am, N. H.

Anna M. Warren

Georgetown.

Jennie

.

Webb

Somerville.

Weeks Clara N. Wentworth

Ellen M.

Janet C.

15

.

Whigham

Flora G. Whitney

Littleton, N. H.

Rochester, N. H.

Pigeon Cove.

Winchester.

Bertha L. A. Wilkins

Hillsboro' Centre, N. H.

Ella M. Willand

Dover, N. H.

.

STATE NOBMAL SCHOOL, SALEM.

16

CLASS Clara E. Atwoocl

.

.

Elizabeth H. Batcheldc r Bessie M. Bingay

Salem.

North Reading.

.

.

Laura E. Clark

.

Josephine S. Cleary

.

Dow

Margaret A. English

.

Mabel Farrington M. Ferguson

Eclith

Hannah

B, Ford

.

Sarah L. Gillelan

.

Gray

Acldie C.

Grace E. Hanson Jennie M.

.

Harmon

Everett.

Everett.

Estelle F. Campbell

Agnes M.

Everett.

Jewett City, Conn.

.

Burt

J.

.

.

.

Nellie J. Bnmsteaci

Helen

D.

Beverly.

Dan vers.

.

Wakefield.

.

East Cambridge.

.

Peabody.

.

Topsfield.

.

Roxbury.

.

Hampton, N. H.

.

Farmington, N. H.

.

Beverly.

.

Swampscott.

Atlantic.

Edna W. Hodgkins

.

Isabelle S. Jordan

.

Catherine L. Kelley

.

Wakefield.

.

Dover, N. H.

.

Middle ton.

.

Nahant.

Bertha C. Lawrence

.

Falmouth.

Florence L. Macclonalc I

.

Peabody.

Marian L. Macdonald

.

Everett.

.

Cambridge.

.

Topsfield.

Gertrude M. McNeil

.

Rockport.

Agnes M. Merrow

.

South Peabody.

Kate T. Morrilly

.

Fitchburg.

.

Middleton.

.

Chelsea.

Gertrude C. Hattie

Mary

Lake

I.

E.

Julia G.

Lane

McHugh

Hattie K.

Jessie

I.

Knox

McLeod

Murray

.

.

Florence A. Oliver

Emma Pearson Lilla B. Perkins

.

. .

Edith M. Randall

Mary

A.

Bay

Minnie E. Smith

Upper Gloucester, Me.

Falls, N.

Ogunquit, Me.

.

Andover.

.

Topsfield.

.

.

Hampton

Salem.

H.

STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, SALEM.

Augusta E. Storer

Wells, Me.

Alice L. Story

Essex.

Evelyn G. Thompson

Micldleton.

Jennie Towne,

Spencer.

Harriet L.

Weston

Louise G. White

17

Reading.

Wakefield.

.

SUMMARY Special Students

Advanced Class Class

A

Class

B

Class

C

Class

D

(Senior)

44 53

.

65

.

44

.

Whole number Whole number

for the term

219

for the year

209

Whole number

for seventy-four terms

3,707

STATE NOBMAL SCHOOL, SALEM.

18

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 required by law.

common and

his^h

schools

under the charge of the State Board of

It is

During the period

Education, and of a special Board of Visitors. that has elapsed since the reception of the ber, 1854, three thousand seven

first class, in

Septem-

hundred and seven ladies have

been members of the school, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three of

whom

have received diplomas upon the honorable

completion of the prescribed course of study.

SCHOOL YEAR AND TERMS. The school year

is

divided into two terms, each containing nine-

teen weeks of study, with a week's recess 'near the middle of each

term.

A

new

class is admitted at the beginning of each term.

Terms

Terms end.

begin.

1891,

September

1892,

February

1892,

September

1.

9.

5.

1892,

January

1892,

June

1893,

January

19.

28.

24.

ADMISSION. Candidates for admission must be at least sixteen years of age

must present on the day of examination a satisfactory

certificate

;

of

STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, SALEM.

19

good moral character, and of their presumed qualification for admis-

must declare

sion to the school;

their full iutention of faithfully

observing the regulations of the school during their connection with

and of afterwards teaching

it,

chusetts

;

*

in the public schools of

and must pass a satisfactory examination

spelling, defining, writing, arithmetic, English

phy, and the history of the United States.

Massa-

in reading,

grammar, geogra-

A

greater age and

higher attainments than those prescribed, with some experience in teaching, render the course of study in the institution

still

more

useful.

Especial attention should be given Will be STRICTLY

An

to these

requirements, as they

ENFORCED.

examination for admission takes place on the

first

day of

each term, commencing at 8 o'clock a.m., or as soon after that

hour as candidates can reach Salem.

Ladies who propose the principal

of

to

apply for admission are requested

to notify

their intention as early as possible.

Applications for circulars and other information should be

made

to the principal.

COURSE OF STUDY. The Board

of Education have prescribed the following branches

of study for the two-years course in the normal schools of

State

:

the

—

Arithmetic, algebra, geometry, book-keeping

;

physics, astron-

omy, chemistry, botany, physiology, zoology, mineralogy, geology, geography rhetoric,

reading,

;

literature,

ing, gymnastics

;

orthography,

composition

etymology,

penmanship,

;

grammar,

drawing,

sing-

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. Âť * Ladies designing to teach in other States or in private schools

by paying

fifteen dollars

a term for tuition.

may

be admitted

— STATE NOBMAL SCHOOL, SALEM.

20

The order

which these studies are to be taken

in

is

decided by

the principal of each school, with the approval of the Board of Visitors.

The following course

additional studies are assigned for the four-years

:

Advanced

physics,

advanced chemistry, higher

mathematics

(including plane and solid geometry, higher algebra, and trigo-

nometry), general history, Latin and French; Greek or German, in addition, is optional with the principal

and the Board of Visitors

of each school.

ADVANCED COURSE. Graduates of the regular course who desire to prepare themselves for the higher departments of

teaching are permitted to

take an advanced course, which occupies two years, and includes instruction and training in the Latin, French and

German

lan-

guages, the higher mathematics, and the other branches required to be taught in the high schools of Massachusetts.

who may

the school

desire to take the

Graduates of

advanced course are

re-

quested to communicate with the principal as early as possible.

A new

class

is

formed

at the beginning

TWO-YEARS COURSE The following course, with the

Heading (2) music (2)

number

;

;

of each fall term.

IN DETAIL.

are the studies which are carried

number

of exercises per

week

:

through the

—

English composition, including rhetoric (2)

spelling, defining

and etymology (4)

;

;

vocal

drawing (2)

;

(4).

Class

English grammar,

D

(lowest).

anatomy and physiology, geography, and

arithmetic, each four exercises per week.

Glass C.

English grammar, geography, arithmetic, geometry, each four exercises,

and botany, two exercises.

STATE NOBMAL SCHOOL, SALEM.

21

Class B.

Physics, chemistry, English literature, United States history, arithmetic (half term), algebra (half term), each four exercises.

Class A.

Astronomy

(half

term), geology (half

term), object lessons

given to classes of children, p^chology applied to principles and

methods of teaching and school management, mental philosophy, school laws, civil government, book-keeping, zoology.

AIMS AND METHODS OF STUDY AND TRAINING. 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

in the art of teaching,

skill

and the general development of the mental

powers.

From

the beginning to the end of the course all studies are con-

ducted with especial reference to the best ways of teaching them.

Recitations, however excellent, are not

every pupil

is

deemed

satisfactory unless

that which

able to teach others

she

has

herself

In every study the pupils in turn occupy temporarily

learned.

the place of teacher of their classmates, and are subjected to their criticisms as well as

those of

their

regular teacher.

Teaching

exercises of various kinds forms a large and important part of the

school work. classes of

During the senior term object lessons are given to

primary-school children, so that every pupil obtains,

before graduating, considerable experience in teaching children to observe, think, and give expression to thought.

The

studies are conducted

are used, to a large extent, as

ting of text-books to

upon the

topical plan.

books of reference.

memory

is

Text-books

The commit-

avoided as far as possible, the

scholars being trained to depend upon thoughts rather than words.

The great think,

object of the school

and speak

reliant,

for themselves

to

is

;

to

and ready to meet whatever

make

the pupils investigate,

make them independent, difficulties

may

arise.

self-

STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, SALEM.

22

The

pupils are carefully trained in the manufacture of simple

and inexpensive apparatus for the

illustration

of

physics

and

chemistry.

DISCIPLINE.

The

the school

discipline of

is

made

as

simple

as possible.

Pupils are expected to govern themselves, to do without compulsion

what

required, and to refrain voluntarily from

is

Those who are unwilling

prieties of conduct.

to the

known wishes

sumed

to be unfit to

It is not

of the principal

and

to

all

impro-

conform cheerfully

his assistants are pre-

become teachers.

deemed necessary

to

awaken

a feeling of emulation,

in order to induce the scholars to perform their duties faithfully.

The ranking

of scholars according to their comparative success in

their studies is not here allowed.

encouraged for certain

marks

own

its

Faithful attention to duty

sake, not for the purpose

of

is

obtaining

of credit.

PROMOTIONS AND GRADUATIONS. 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

special examination

mon

is

had

Young

right habits of

order.

In the senior term a

in all the branches taught in the

schools, and only those

to graduate.

in

ladies

who pass

who

it

com-

successfully are permitted

possess good natural abilities and

study fiud no serious

difficulties

in

passing the

required examinations.

LIBRARY, APPARATUS

The

AND MUSEUM.

institution has a valuable library, containing, in

works for

general reference and reading, and in text-books, about nine thou-

sand volumes. ratus,

It has, also, a fair

supply of philosophical appa-

and a museum containing a large collection of specimens

illustrating various

departments of science.

STATE NOBMAL SCHOOL, SALEM.

An

23

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

great benefit upon the library

women can

the higher education of

and museum.

institution

Any

confer a

by making donations

to

its

aid in this direction will be gratefully

acknowledged.

ART ROOM.

A

room has been handsomely

purpose of affording

up and furnished for the

facilities for instruction

higher departments of drawing. casts,

fitted

A

and training

number

large

of

in the

beautiful

models and patterns have been obtained from London, and

have been conveniently arranged in the room, thus giving to the

members

of the school advantages not formerly enjoyed.

ESSEX INSTITUTE AND PEABODY ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. The important advantages most useful

by these well-known and by members of the

institutions are freely enjoyed

The

normal school.

museum and

offered

large

and, in some

respects,

unequalled

cabinet belonging to the institute and academy afford

rare opportunities for studies in various departments of science

and the instructive meetings of the Essex

;

Institute, for the dis-

cussion of historical and scientific subjects, possess great value for all

who

are interested in the study of history

and of nature.

EXPENSES, AID, ETC. Tuition

is

free to those

who comply with

the condition of teach-

ing in the public schools of Massachusetts, wherever they

have previously resided.

A

small fee (two dollars)

is

may

paid by

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

The text-books from the school

required are mostly furnished, without charge,

library.

It is

recommended, however, that pupils

should bring with them, for purposes of reference and comparison, the text-books which they have already studied especially, be provided with a dictionary

;

and they should,

and a recent

atlas.

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8 110 OL, <

1

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The

price

which

is

paid by the pupils for board (not usually

including washing, or separate

fire

and

lights) varies

to four dollars per week, according to the

Pupils

nished.

who

from three

accommodations

fur-

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 of the school

appropriation.

among

even the moderate expenses

burdensome, the Commonwealth makes an annual This aid

is

distributed at the close of each term,

pupils from Massachusetts

sums varying according

who merit and need

from

any case one dollar and

cents

in

In this distribution, the

nection with the school

is

first

is

not reckoned, unless she enters prepared

also rendered, in cases of special merit

the iucome of the fund of

school

is

indebted to the

five

1S91.

two years.

and need, from

thousand dollars, for which the

munificent bequest of

IjOwdttch, Esq., of Brookliue.

Salem, Mar,

fifty

term of a pupil's con-

to complete the prescribed course of study in less than

Aid

the aid, in

to the distance of their residences

Salem, but not exceeding per week.

find

Nathaniel

T.