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SALEM, MASS.

1891-1892.

BOSTON WRIGHT

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STATE PRINTERS,

Post Office Square. 1892.

i89i— 92.

BOARD OF EDUCATION. WILLIAM E. RUSSELL, Cambridge. WILLIAM H. HAILE, Springfield.

His Excellency Governor

His Honor Lieutenant-Governor

Hon. ELIJAH B. Rev.

ALONZO

STODDARD,

Worcester.

A. MUSTER, D.D.,

Boston.

Mrs. ALICE FREEMAN" PALMER,

Cambridge.

ADMIRAL P. STONE, LL.D., Mrs. KATE GANNETT WELLS Hon. MILTON B. WHITNEY, GEORGE I. ALDRICH, A.M., Rev. ELMER H. CAPEN, D.D

Springfield.

Boston.

Westfield. Newtonville.

College Hill.

OFFICERS OF BOARD OF EDUCATION. Hon.

JOHN W. DICKINSON,

C. B.

TILLINGHAST,

A.M., Secretary.

Esq., Assistant

Secretary and Treasurer.

GEORGE A. WALTON, A.M., Agent, GEORGE H. MARTIN, A.M., Agent, JOHN T. PRINCE, Ph.D., Agent.,

West Newton. Lynn. Newtonville.

ANDREW

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

Worcester.

Northampton.

North Scituate.

BOARD OF VISITORS.

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

College Hill.

Rev.

Newtonville. Newtonville.

INSTRUCTORS.

DANIEL ELLEN M. DODGE. CAROLINE J. COLE. SOPHIA

DRIVER.

HARRIET L. MARTIN. E. ADELAIDE TOWLE. HARRIET D. ALLEN.

HAGAR,

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

MARY

ABBIE

GODDEN. JESSIE P. LEAROYD. CHARLES E. ADAMS. RICHARDS.

JEANNETTE BROOKINGS. CHARLES F. WHITNEY. M.

STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, SALE3L

Term ending January

19,

1892

SPECIAL STUDENTS. Bowen,

Sallie A.

Salem.

Lula P. Washburn

Swampscott.

ADVANCED CLASS. Mabel

C. Bryant,

Gloucester.

Lizzie Campbell,

Danvers.

Mary A. Comey,

Lynn.

Frances L.

Danvers.

Eva

Ellis,

C. Jenkins,

...

Mary A. Mack, Clarabel

Lynn.

Dauversport.

Mosman,

North Reading

Colletta A. Parker,

Melrose.

Annie E. Plummer,

Lynn.

Mary Elizabeth

Peabocly.

Poole,

Wenham.

Annie L. Prince, Florence

Hamie

Shepard,

Middleton.

Thompson,

Middleton.

Abigail Frances Wilson,

Peabocly.

CLASS

Susie B. Baker,

Georgetown.

Mabel W. Bancroft,

Peabocly.

M. Louise Brennau,

Cambridge.

Josephine L. Burnham,

Essex.

Dorothy M. Coleman,

Newington, N. H.

Agnes A. Comey,

Lynn.

STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, SALEM.

Mary

E. Crowley,

Louise Curtis,

Meclford.

Gloucester.

Haunah Josephine Daly,

Salem.

Mary A. Doyle,

Beaver Brook.

Belle

M. Felker,

Ethel L. Fogg,

Mary

North Barrington, N. H. Lynn.

Salem.

E. Francis,

Laura A. Fuller,

Salem.

Alice L. Gates,

Everett.

Carrie C. Gooclell,

Salem.

Grace L. Hayes,

Peabody.

Svvampscott.

Isabelle Hutt,

Laura Grace Johnson,

Salem.

Gertrude A. Jones,

Wakefield, N. H.

Josephine A. Kelley,

Tapleyville.

Alicia C. King,

Lynn.

Julia

May

Leach,

Blake, Fla.

Catharine G. O'Brien,

Cambridgeport.

Mary

Gloucester.

E. Parkhurst,

Etta L. Paul,

Mary

Rockport.

A. Phillips,

Salem.

Gracie E. Pitcher,

Salem.

Charlotte M. Poore,

Byfield.

Grace A. Reed,

Annie E. Reynolds, Henrietta

Burlington. .

Rogers,

Alice C. Ropes,

Woburn. Derry, N. H. Salem.

Caroline E. Shirley,

Anclover, N. H.

Lula L. F.

Beverly.

Spiller,

Margaret L. Sullivan, Eliza

M. Sutherland,

Meclford.

Lynn.

Elizabeth F. Taaffe,

West Newton.

Grace Rolston Torr,

Peabody.

Agnes Morton True,

Amesbury.

Lucy E. Warner,

Peabody.

Alice

M. Watts,

West Boxford.

Hattie G. West,

Chelsea.

Marion C. Whipple,

Peabody.

Susie E. White,

Taunton.

Lena

Lynn.

B. Winter,

STATE NOBMAL SCHOOL, SALEM.

CLASS Lillie

M. Adams,

Georgetown.

Clara E. Baird,

Mary W. Baker, Abbie E. Beane, Eliza

Beard,

Alice C. Bernard,

Gloucester.

Tewksbury.

Newington, N. H.

Wenham.

Beverly.

Bertha M. Boultenhouse,

Amesbury.

Harriet M. Brown,

Everett.

Chelsea.

Tapleyville.

Georgetta Campbell,

Mary E. Cashman,

Alice

M. Clancy,

Danvers Centre.

Mary

A. Clark,

Peabody.

Salem.

Susan E. Cobb, Clara H. Coburn,

Saugus.

Alice G. Davenport,

Medford.

Bessie F. Dodge,

Wenham.

Mary A. Doran,

North Cambridge.

Minnie A. Doran,

Cambridge.

Charlotte A. Eaton,

North Reading.

Susan E. Earnham,

Peabody.

Alice Earrar,

Amesbury.

Anna M. Eolan,

Salem.

Manchester.

Gloucester.

Rochester, N. H.

Lowell.

Farmington, N. H.

Agnes M. James,

Medford.

Grace A. Kuowlton,

Hamilton.

Medford.

Pigeon Cove. Pigeon Cove.

Annie B. Haraden, Elizabeth R. Healy,

Grace M. Horney, Bessie E. Huntoon,

Minnie

Hurley,

Stymie P. Loggie,

Angle M. Lurvey, Ellen T. Magnire,

Mary A. Mahoney,

North Andover.

Brookline.

Lsabelle A. Nauss,

Gloucester.

Ellen Nugent,

Gloucester.

Rebecca M. O'Connell,

Wakefield.

Elizabeth R. Osborn,

Peabody.

Alice A.

Murphy,

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STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, SALEM.

Mabel A. Patch,

Emma

Penney,

Salem. .

Nettie E. Runnels,

Alice E. Sawtell,

Margaret L. Shanahan, Luella M. Sidmore,

Abbie A. Smith,

W. Spofford, Harriet W. Stewart,

Ellen

Alice

Sullivan,

Anna

Thompson,

M. Willand,

Danversport.

Maiden.

Georgetown.

Swampscott.

Tapleyville.

Stratham, N. H.

Georgetown. Littleton, N. H.

Pigeon Cove.

Winchester.

CLASS I.

South Grovel and.

Flora G. Whitney,

Florence

Janet C. Whigham,

South Newbury, Vt. Lynn.

Anna M. Warren,

North Cambridge.

Ellen M. Weeks,

Ella

Dover, N. H.

Andover.

Abbott,

Clara E. At wood,

Salem.

Jewett

Estelle F. Campbell,

Everett.

Laura E Clark,

Beverly.

Mary

Salem.

Nellie J.

Bumstead,

E. Driscoll,

Mabel Farrington,

Hannah

B. Ford,

City,

Peabody.

Roxbury.

Edna W. Hodgkins,

Reading.

Catherine F. Hollis,

Wakefield.

Isabelle S. Jordan,

Catharine L. Kelley,

Gertrude C. Knox, Hattie

Mary

Lake,

E. Lane,

Bertha C. Lawrence, Florence L. Macdonald,

Marian L. Macdonald, Julia G.

McHugh,

Conn.

Upper Gloucester, Me.

Wakefield.

Dover, N. H.

Middleton.

Nahant.

Falmouth.

Peabody.

Everett.

Cambridge.

Gertrude M. McNeil,

Rockport.

Agnes M. Merrow,

South Peabody.

Florence A. Oliver,

Chelsea.

STATE NOBMAL SCHOOL, SALEM.

Grace M. Pattee,

Emma Mary

Peabody.

Pearson,

A. Ray,

Exeter, N. H.

Topsfield.

Lilliau E. Rich,

Tapleyville.

Mary

Peabody.

A. Sheehan,

M. Agnes Sheridan,

Somerville.

Alice L. Story,

Essex.

Evelyn G. Thompson,

Middleton.

Harriet L. Weston,

Reading.

Wakefield.

Louise G. White,

CLASS

Josephine L. Andrews,

Gloucester.

Blanche E. Baldwin,

Townsend.

Mabel L. Bement,

Somerville.

Mehitable Brad street,

Topsfield.

Agnes

South Lawrence.

Marblehead.

Miriam A. Cavanagh,

Somerville.

Florence N. Chadwick,

Hamilton.

Mary

A. Cohane,

Salem.

Maud

R. Connolly,

Somerville.

C. Byrne,

Margaret C. Casey,

Edith G. Creesy,

Annie A. Currier, Allie G.

Demsey,

Bertha H. Demsey,

Jennie A. Faxon,

Margaret E. Fitzgerald, Nellie

M. Foley,

Reading.

Middleton.

Salem.

Hamilton.

Dover, N. H.

Ethel D. Foster, Katherine M. Fox,

Salem.

Portsmouth, N. H.

Grace M. Devine,

Martha E. Dodge,

Hinsdale, N. H.

North Reading. Beverly.

Stoneham.

Dover, N. H.

Middleton.

Tewksbury.

Farmington, N. H.

Alta E. Hamilton,

Lowell.

Grace E. Hanson,

Beverly.

West Lynn.

Anna

Friell,

Addie M. Gilbert,

Helen E. Gookin,

Addie C. Gray,

Jennie M. Harmon,

STATE NOBMAL SCHOOL, SALEM. Emma Kuth

Danvers Centre.

F. Hart,

C. Higbee,

Laura A. Jackson, Lillian

Nellie

M. Kenison,

M. Leonard,

Florence E. Locke,

Mary

Ipswich, N. H.

South Grovelancl.

Merrimac.

Manchester.

Neeclham.

Melrose.

Lawrence.

Lowell.

Maud W. Lyon, Ada

New

L. Loring,

Alice M.

Magoon,

E. McAllister,

Wakefield.

Hattie K. McLeod,

Topsfield.

Susan G. Meldrum,

Andover.

Meclford.

Grace L. Morton, Grace H. Murphy, Jessie

Saclie E.

East Cambridge.

Middleton.

Lynn.

Boston.

Murray, Newhall,

Susie 0. Newhouse,

Edna H. Noyes, Mattie F. O'Neil, Metella

Andover. Lynn.

Paine,

Jay, Vt.

Anna M. Penery,

Gloucester.

Lilla B. Perkins,

Ogunquit, Me.

Yiola

Bloomfield, Vt.

Beverly.

Medford.

Perkins,

Carlotta M. Pitcher, Ellen G. Plummer,

Mary

E. Rhoades,

Salem.

Margaret L. Rierdon,

Rockland.

Eva

Fremont, N. H.

Washington,

Marblehead.

Ashmont.

Salem.

G. Robinson,

Sarah F. Robinson, Jennie G. Sawyer,

Annie

Schurman,

Minnie E. Smith, Nellie S. Stackpole,

J).

Lawrence.

Katharine F. Sullivan,

Jennie Towne,

Spencer.

Farmingtou, N. H.

Blanche E. F. Townsend,

Ipswich.

Cora M. Tucker,

Marblehead.

Louise 0. Twombly,

Amesbury.

Georgetown.

Canaan, Vt.

Georgie L. Warren, Elizabeth B. Weeks,

STATE NOBMAL SCHOOL, SALEM.

Mary E. West,

Lynn.

Grace B. Whitford,

Melrose.

Bridget L. Wilcox,

North Andover.

Mabelle

Middleton.

Wilkins,

F. Mabel Winslow,

Medford.

SUMMARY. Special students,

Advanced Class

class,

(senior),

Class B,

Class C,

Class D,

Whole number

for the term,

Whole number

for seventy-five terms,

221 3,771

STATE NOBMAL SCHOOL, SALEM.

Term ending June

28,

1892

SPECIAL STUDENT. Bo wen,

Sallie

Salem.

ADVANCED Mabel

CLASS.

C. Bryant,

Gloucester.

Mary A Comey,

Lynn.

Frances L.

Dan vers.

Ellis,

Eva C. Jenkins, Mary A. Mack, Clarabel Mosman,

Danversport.

Colletta A. Parker,

Melrose.

Annie E. Plummer,

Mary Elizabeth

Cliftondale.

North Reading.

Poole,

Lynn. Peabody.

Annie L. Prince,

Wenham.

Florence

Shepard,

Middleton.

Thompson,

Middleton.

Hamie

Abigail Frances Wilson,

Peabody.

CLASS Lillie

M. Adams,

Georgetown.

Mary W. Baker,

Tewksbury.

Abbie F. Beane,

Newington, N. H.

Eliza

Beard,

Wenham.

Alice C. Bernard.

Beverly.

Bertha M. Boultenhouse,

Amesbury.

Georgetta Campbell,

Chelsea.

Mary

Tapleyville.

Cashman,

STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, SALEM.

Alice

M. Clancy,

Danvers Centre.

Mai^

A. Clark,

Peabody.

Clara H. Coburn,

Saugus.

Alice G. Davenport,

Medford.

Bessie F. Dodge,

Wenham.

Mary

North Cambridge.

A. Doran,

Alice Farrar,

Mary

Amesbury.

E. Francis,

Bessie E. Huntoon,

Minnie

Salem. Lowell.

Hurley,

Farmington, N. H.

Josephine A. Kelley,

Grace A. Knowlton,

Stymie P. Loggie,

Tapleyville. .

Angie M. Lurvey,

Hamilton.

Medford.

Pigeon Cove.

Ellen T. Maguire,

Pigeon Cove.

Mary

North Andover.

Gloucester.

Mahoney,

Isabelle A. Nauss,

Ellen Nugent,

Gloucester.

Rebecca M. O'Counell,

Wakefield.

Elizabeth R. Osborn,

Peabody.

Mary

Gloucester.

E. Parkhurst,

Mabel A. Patch,

Emma Penney,

Salem.

North Cambridge.

Gracie E. Pitcher,

Charlotte M. Poore, Nellie

M. Roundy,

Nettie E. Runnels,

Salem. Byfielcl.

Fitzwilliam, N. H.

South Newbury, Vt.

Alice E. Sawtell,

Lynn.

Margaret L. Shanahan,

South Grovelaud.

Caroline E. Shirley,

Abbie A. Smith,

W. Spofford, Harriet W. Stewart,

Ellen

Andover, N. H. Maiden.

Georgetown. Swampscott.

Margaret L. Sullivan,

Medford.

Anna

Stratham, N. H.

Thompson,

Lucy E. Warner,

Peabody.

Anna M. Warren,

Georgetown.

Susie E. White,

Lynn.

Flora G. Whitney,

Washington, D.

EllaM. Willand,

Dover, N. H.

STATE NOBMAL SCHOOL, SALEM.

CLASS Florence

Andover.

Abbott,

Clara E. Atwood,

Harriet M. Brown, Nellie J.

Bumstead,

Salem.

Everett.

Jewett City, Conn.

Minnie A. Doran,

Cambridge.

Mary

Salem.

Peabody.

Salem.

E. Driscoll,

Mabel Earrington,

Anna M. Eolan, Hannah B. Eord, Annie B. Haraden,

Edna W. Hodgkins,

Manchester.

Reading.

Meclford.

Upper Gloucester, Me.

Wakefield.

Dover, N. H.

Nahant.

Agnes M. James, Isabelle S. Jordan,

Catharine L. Kelley,

Gertrude C. Knox,

Mary E. Lane,

Roxbury.

Marian L. Macdonald,

Everett.

Cambridge.

Gertrude M. McNeil,

Rockport.

Mary A. Eay,

Topsfield.

Peabody.

Somerville.

Essex.

Julia G.

McHugh,

Mary A. Sheehan, M. Agnes Sheridan, Alice L. Story, Alice

Sullivan,

Tapleyville.

Evelyn G. Thompson,

Middleton.

Harriet L. Weston,

Reading.

Pigeon Cove.

Wakefield.

Janet C.

Whigham,

Louise G. White,

CLASS

Josephine L. Andrews,

Gloucester.

Blanche E. Baldwin,

Townsend.

Mehitable Bradstreet,

Topsfield.

Agnes

South Lawrence.

Marblehead.

Florence N. Chad wick,

Hamilton.

Edith G. Creesy,

Salem.

C. Byrne,

Margaret C. Casey,

Allie G.

Demsey,

Reading.

STATE NOBMAL SCHOOL, SALEM.

Martha E. Dodge,

Hamilton.

Jennie A. Faxon,

Salem.

Margaret E. Fitz Gerald,

Hinsdale, N. H.

North Reading.

Beverly.

Stoneham.

Middleton.

Tewksbury.

M. Foley,

Nellie

Ethel D. Foster,

Katherine M. Fox,

Adclie

Gilbert,

Helen E. Gookin,

Addie C. Gray,

Farmington, N. H.

Alta E. Hamilton,

Lowell.

Grace E. Hanson,

Beverly.

Jennie M. Harmon,

Emma F. Euth

Hart,

C. Higbee,

Laura A. Jackson, Lillian

M. Kenison,

Hattie

Nellie

Mary

Hattie K. McLeod,

Susan G. Meldrum,

South Groveland.

Merrimac.

Middleton.

Manchester.

Melrose.

Peabody.

Wakefield.

Topsfield.

Andover.

Medford.

East Cambridge.

Middleton.

Grace L. Morton, Grace H. Murphy, Jessie

Murray,

Susie 0. Newhouse,

Ipswich, N. H.

L. Loring,

E. McAllister,

New

Lake,

M. Leonard,

West Lynn. Dan vers Centre.

Florence L. Macdonald,

Ada

Mattie F. O'Neil,

Metella

Boston.

Lynn.

Jay, Vt.

Anna M. Penery,

Gloucester.

S. Perkins,

Bloomfield, Vt.

Viola

Paine,

Carlotta M. Pitcher,

Beverly.

Mary E. Rhoades,

Salem.

Lillian E. Rich,

Tapleyville.

Margaret L. Rierdon,

Rockland.

Eva G. Robinson,

Fremont, N.

Washington, D.

Dorchester.

Sarah F. Robinson,

Annie

Schurman,

Nellie S. Stackpole,

Katharine F. Sullivan,

Lawrence. Ipswich.

II.

STATE NOBMAL SCHOOL, SALEM.

Blanche E. F. Townsencl,

Farmington, N. H.

Louise 0. Twombly,

Amesbury.

Mary

E. West,

Lynn.

Bridget L. Wilcox,

North Andover.

Bertha L. A. Wilkins,

Hillsborough Centre, N. H.

Mabelle

Middleton.

Medford.

Wilkins,

Mabel Winslow,

CLASS

Grace F. Allen,

Peabody.

Myrta E. Bean,

Lyme, N. H.

Mabel L. Bement,

Somerville.

Laura A. Bodge,

Peabody.

Edith M. Brown,

Gloucester.

M. Grace Buckley,

Chelsea.

Florence E. Cann,

South Kyegate, Vt.

Julia C. Carleton,

Danvers Centre.

Mabel

North Andover.

Cheney,

Margaret Cleary,

Lawrence.

Mary A. Cohane,

Salem.

Virginia S. Creighton,

West

Winnie E. Davison,

Winthrop.

Bertha H. Demsey,

Middleton.

Lulu D. Dixon,

Manchester.

Katharine E. Donahoe, Catherine L. Fitzpatrick,

Somerville.

....

Lawrence. Lawrence.

Ada L. Foote, Mary E. Foster,

Danvers.

Mabel A. Frothingham,

Augusta, Me.

Alice B. Gray,

Gloucester.

Mary Grimes,

Andover.

May

Peabody.

Hayes,

Carrie S.

Hayward,

Lawrence.

Presque

Isle,

Me.

Carrie G. Hill,

Lee

Mabel E. Lowrey,

Swampscott.

H. Frances McDonnell,

North Andover.

Mary W. Munroe,

North Heading.

Sadie E. Newhall,

Lynn.

Mary

Lawrence.

G. O'Connor,

Edith A. Parker,

Hill,

N. H.

Marblehead.

STATE XOBMAL SCHOOL, SALEM.

M. Alice C. Peabody,

Bradford.

Mary A. Perkins,

Topsfield.

Harriet

Pulsifer,

Ninette S. Putnam, Lillian

Milton, N. H.

Wilton, N. H.

M. Senior,

Boston.

Olga Slaughter,

New

Helen

Dover, N. H.

Sloan,

Orleans, La.

Minnie E. Smith,

Salem.

Lilla D. Stott,

Nashua, N. H.

Genevieve M. Tierney,

Lawrence.

Clara B. Trott,

Somerville.

Elizabeth B. Weeks,

Canaan, Vt.

Grace B. Whitford,

Melrose.

SUMMARY. Special student,

Advanced Class

class,

(senior),

Class B,

Class C,

Class D,

Whole number Whole number

for the term,

189

for the year,

260

Whole number

for seventy-six terms,

3,808

STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, SALEM.

State Normal School, SALEM, MASS. This institution was established by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, with the liberal co-operation of the city of

the Eastern

Company,

Railroad

female teachers

instruct

required by law.

the

for

the

direct

preparation of

common and

high schools

under the charge of the State Board of

It is

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

Salem and

During the period

first class,

Septem-

thousand eight hundred and eight ladies have

been members of the school, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one of

whom

have received diplomas upon the honorable

completion of the prescribed course of study.

SCHOOL YEAR AND TERMS. The school year

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

Terms

each term.

Terms end.

begin.

1892,

February

1892,

September

1893,

February

1892,

June

1893,

January

1893,

June

28.

24.

27.

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

must present on

the

day of examination a satisfactory

certificate

;

STATE NOBMAL SCHOOL, SALEM.

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

it,

and of afterwards teaching in the public schools of Massa-

chusetts

;

and must pass a satisfactory examination

defining, writing, arithmetic, English

spelling,

ber, 1893,

drawing

will

grammar, geogra-

On and

phy, and the history of the United States.

in reading,

after

Septem-

be included in the subjects for examina-

tion for admission.

greater age and

higher attainments than those prescribed,

with some experience in teaching, render the course of study in the institution

still

useful.

Especial attention should be given Will be STRICTLY

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. Applications for circulars and other information should be

made

to the principal.

COURSE OF STUDY. The Board

of Education has prescribed the following branches

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

State

â&#x20AC;&#x201D;

Arithmetic, algebra, geometry, book-keeping; physics, astron-

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

reading,

;

literature,

ing, gymnastics

;

orthography,

composition

etymology,

grammar,

penmanship, 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.

* 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.

The order

which these studies are to be taken

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

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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 themthe higher departments of

selves for

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

who may

the school

Massachusetts.

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 of each fall term

TWO-YEARS COURSE The following course, with the

Reading (2) music (2)

number

;

are the studies

number

IN DETAIL.

which are carried through the

of exercises per

week

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English composition, including rhetoric (2)

spelling,

denning and etymology (4)

;

vocal

drawing (2)

;

(4).

Class

(lowest)

English grammar, anatomy and physiology,

geography and

arithmetic, each four exercises per week.

Class C.

English grammar, geography, arithmetic and geometry, each four exercises, and botany, two exercises.

STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, SALEM.

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, psychology applied to principles and

methods of teaching and school management, mental philosophy, school laws and civil government (half term), book-keeping (half

term), each four exercises, and zoology, two exercises.

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

each pupil

able

deemed

to teach others that

satisfactory unless

which 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 form a large and important part of the

school work. classes of

During the senior term object lessons are given

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

upon the topical plan.

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

ting of

scholars

words.

text-books to

being

memory

trained

Text-books

The commit-

avoided as far as possible, the

depend upon

thoughts

rather

than

STATE NOBMAL SCHOOL, SALEM.

The great

object of the school

think and speak for themselves reliant

;

and ready to meet whatever

make

the pupils investigate,

make them independent, difficulties

may

self-

arise.

DISCIPLINE.

The

discipline of

the

school

made

as simple as

possible.

Pupils are expected to govern themselves, to do without compulsion

what

required,

to refrain voluntarily

to the

known wishes

sumed

to be unfit to

of the principal

in order to induce the scholars to

and

awaken

impro-

his assistants are pre-

a feeling of emulation

perform their duties faithfully.

of scholars according to their comparative success in

Faithful attention to duty

their studies is not here allowed.

encouraged for certain

all

become teachers.

deemed necessary

The ranking

from

Those who are unwilling to conform cheerfully

prieties of conduct.

It is not

and

marks

its

own

sake, not for the

purpose of obtaining

of credit.

PROMOTIONS AND GRADUATIONS. Promotions from one class to another depend upon the character of the

work done from day to day and upon written examinations

during and at the close of each term. senior

term a special examination

taught in the

common

had

schools, and only those

fully are permitted to graduate.

Young

the beginning of the in all

who pass

ladies

branches

the it

success-

who possess good

natural ability and right habits of study find 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.

LABORATORIES. The

school

furnished with chemical and physical laboratories,

which are thoroughly equipped and which afford ample opportunities for

The

experimental work.

pupils are carefully trained in

manufacture of simple and inexpensive apparatus for the

the

illustration of chemistry

and physics.

ART ROOM.

room has been handsomely

purpose of affording

fitted

facilities for instruction

higher departments of drawing. casts,

up and furnished for the

and training

A. large number

in the

of 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 OP SCIENCE. The important advantages

offered

by these well-known and

most useful institutions are freely enjoyed by members of the normal school.

museum and

The

and,

large

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

free to those

who comply with

the condition of teach-

ing in the public schools of Massachusetts, wherever they

have previously resided.

small fee (two dollars)

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,

STATE NOBMAL SCHOOL, SALEM.

the text-books which they have already studied especially, be provided with a dictionary

The

which

price

and a recent

fire

and

lights) varies

to four dollars per week, according to the

Pupils

who

and they should, atlas.

paid by the pupils for board (not usually

including washing, or separate

nished.

;

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 burdensome, the

appropriation.

among

This aid

find

Commonwealth makes an annual

distributed at the close of each term

pupils from Massachusetts

sums varying according

even the moderate expenses

who merit and need

to the distance of their residences

Salem, but not exceeding in any case one dollar and

per week.

this distribution, the first

nection with the school

cents

not reckoned, unless she enters prepared

also rendered, in cases of special merit

the income of the fund of

school

fifty

from

term of a pupil's con-

to complete the prescribed course of study in less than

Aid

the aid, in

five

two years.

and need, from

thousand dollars, for which the

indebted to the munificent bequest of Nathaniel

Bowditch, Esq., of Brookline. Salem, May,

1892.