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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
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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.
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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
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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.