Register and Circular of THE
State Normal School, Salem, Mass.
1892-1893.
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Register and Circular
OF THE
TATE NORMAL
L
SALEM, MASS.
1892- 1893.
BOSTON WRIGHT & POTTER PRINTING 18
CO.,
STATE PRINTERS,
Post Office Square 1893.
Register for the Year
1892-1893.
BOARD OF EDUCATION. His Excellency Governor WILLIAM E. RUSSELL, Cambridge. His Honor Lieutenant Governor ROGER WOLCOTT, Boston.
GEORGE
CONLEY,
H.
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.
.
ELIJAH
Hon.
B.
College Hill.
STODDARD,
Worcester.
OFFICERS OF BOARD OF EDUCATION. Hon.
JOHN W. DICKINSON,
C. B.
TILLINGHAST,
A.M., Secretary.
Esq., Assistant
Secretary and Treasurer.
AGENTS OF THE BOARD. GEORGE A. WALTON, JOHN T. PRINCE, Ph.D
West Newton.
A.M.,
Newtonville.
ANDREW W.
Worcester.
G. T.
Northampton.
EDSON, A.M., FLETCHER, A.M.,
HENRY
BAILEY JAMES W. MACDONALD, L.
North Scituate.
T.
WALTER
Stoneham.
A.M.
-SARGENT,
Pittsfield.
BOARD OF VISITORS. Rev. ELMER H. CAPEN, D.D., GEORGE I. ALDRICH, A.M.,
College Hill. Newtonville.
INSTRUCTORS. ELLEN M. CAROLINE SOPHIA
O.
DANIEL DODGE.
B.
COLE. DRIVER.
J.
HARRIET L. MARTIN. E. ADELAIDE TOWLE. HARRIET D. ALLEN. MARY E. GODDEN.
HAGAR, A.M.
Ph.D., Principal.
JESSIE
P.
LEAROYD. ADAMS.
CHARLES
E.
ABBIE
RICHARDS.
E.
JEANNETTE BROOKINGS. CHARLES F. WHITNEY. Mrs. GISH GARWOOD. M.
STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, SALEM.
4
REGISTER OF STUDENTS FOR THE
TERM ENDING JANUARY
24, 1893.
SPECIAL STUDENT.
ADVANCED CLASS. Harriet C. Beattie,
Mabel
C. Bryant,
Salem.
.
Louise Curtis, Bessie E. Huntoon,
Angie M. Lurvey,
.
Gloucester.
.
Gloucester.
.
Lowell.
.
Pigeon Cove.
.
Pigeon Cove.
Colletta A. Parker,
.
Melrose.
Annie E. Plummer,
.
Lynn
Annie
.
Ellen T.
Mag aire,
L. Prince,
.
Abigail Frances Wilson,
.
CLASS Florence
I.
Wenham. Peabody.
A.
Andover.
Abbott,
Clara E. Atwood,
Salem.
Harriet M. Brown,
Everett.
Nellie J. Bumstead,
Jewett City, Conn.
Mary
Tapleyville.
E.
Cashman,
Cambridge.
Minnie A. Doran,
Mary
E. Driscoll,
Anna M. Folan, Hannah B. Ford,
*
Salem.
.
Salem.
.
Roxbury.
Annie B Haraden,
Manchester.
Edna W. Hodgkins,
Reading.
STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, SALEM.
Upper Gloucester, Me.
Isabelle S. Jordan,
Catharine L. Kelley,
.
Gertrude C. Knox,
Mary
E. Lane,
Marian L. Macdonald, Julia G.
Rebecca M. CTConnell,
Grade
.
E. Pitcher,
M. Agnes Sheridan, Abbie A. Smith,
.
.
Dover, N. H.
.
Nahant.
Maiden.
.
Cambridge.
.
Wakefield.
.
Peabody.
.
Salem.
.
Somerville.
.
Alice Louise Story, Alice M. Sullivan,
Anna
Wakefield.
.
Me II ugh,
Elizabeth R. Osborn,
.
Thompson,
Maiden.
.
Essex.
.
Tapleyville.
.
Stratham, N. H.
Janet C. Whigham,
.
Pigeon Cove.
Louise G. White,
.
Wakefield.
E.
.
CLASS Josephine
B.
....
L. Andrews-,
Gloucester.
Blanche E. Baldwin,
.
.
Townsend.
Mehitable Bradstreet,
.
.
Topsfield.
Josephine L. Burnham, Estelle F. Campbell,
.
Essex.
.
.
Everett.
.
Salem.
Martha E. Dodge,
.
Hamilton.
Mabel Farrington,
.
Peabody.
Jennie A. Faxon,
.
.
Bradford.
.
.
Edith G. Creesy,
Nellie M. Foley,
.
Katherine M. Fox, A.
Maud
Gilbert,
.
Helen E. Gookin,
Emma Ruth
F. Hart,
C. Higbee,
North Reading.
.
Stoneham.
.
Middleton.
.
Tewksbury.
.
Dan vers.
New
Ipswich, N. H.
.
.
Laura A. Jackson,
.
South Grovel and.
Agnes M. James,
.
Medford.
Lillian
Nellie
Mary
.-
M. Kenison,
M. Leonard, L. Loring,
.
.
Merrimac.
.
Manchester.
.
Melrose.
5
STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, SALEM.
6
Florence L. Macdonald,
Grace
L. Morton,
.... .
Medford.
Grace H. Murphy,
.
Cambridge.
Susie 0. Newhouse,
.
Boston.
Metella
.
I.
Paine,
Viola
S.
Mary
E. Rhoades,
Perkins,
Margaret
.
.
.
L. Rierdon,
.
Mary
.
.
A. Sheehan,
Luella M. Sidmore, Nellie S. Stackpole,
Katharine F. Sullivan,
Blanche E.
F.
Townsend,
F.
.
Mabel Winslovv,
CLASS Myrta
E. Bean,
Mabel
L. Beraent,
C. Byrne,
Danversport.
.
Lawrence.
.
Ipswich.
Farmington, N. H. Lynn.
North And over.
.
Hillsborough, N. H.
.
Medford.
C.
Wilton,
M. Grace Buckley,
Agnes
Washington, D. C.
.
.
Bertha L. A. Wilkins,
Rockland.
Peabody.
,
B. Letitia Wiicox,
Salem.
.
.
M. Elizabeth West,
Jay, Vt. Bloomfield, Vt.
.
Sarah F. Robinson,
.
N".
H.
.
Somerville.
.
Chelsea.
.
South Lawrence.
.
Danvers Centre.
.
Marblehead.
.
North Andover.
.
West Somerville.
Winnie E Davison,
.
Winthrop.
Bertha H. Demsey,
.
Middleton
Lulu D. Dixon,
.
Manchester.
Ada
.
Danvers.
.
.
Beverly.
.
.
Lawrence.
.
Augusta, Me.
.
Beverly.
L. Hayes,
.
Peabody.
Carrie G. Hill,
.
Lee
Julia C. Carletou,
Margaret C Casey,
Mabel
J.
Virginia
Cheney, S.
Creighton,
L. Foote,
Ethel D. Foster,
Mary
E. Foster,
Mabel A. Frothingham Grace
May
1
Peabody.
.
E.
Hanson,
?
Hill,
N.
II.
STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, SALEM.
Ada
Wakefield.
E. McAllister
H. Frances McDonnell, Hattie K. McLeod,
.
Susan G. Meldrura,
Mary W.
Munro'e,
Edith A. Parker, Ninette
Mary Helen
A. Ray, J. Sloan,
Clara B. Trott,
Mabelle
S.
Sadie
.
North Reading. Marblehead.
.
Wilton, N. H.
.
Topsfield.
Dover, N. H. Somerville.
.
Wilkins,
.
CLASS Mary H.
Andover.
.
.
Topsfield.
.
.
.
Putnam,
S.
North Andover.
.
Middleton.
D.
Boxford.
Alcott,
Baird,
.
Somerville.
.
Wakefield.
.
Lynn.
.
.
Peabody.
.
.
Salem.
Edith M. Brown,
.
.
Laura M. Brown,
.
I.
Florence
S.
Bancroft,
Mattie E. Beale,
Laura
A
Boclge,
Alice A. Brown,
.
Gloucester.
.
Methuen.
Annie H. Burn ham,
.
Wakefield.
Lydia A. Buxton,
.
Annie
.
Essex.
.
Salem.
Mary
F. Cogswell,
A. Cohane,
.
Josephine E. Connors,
.
Grace M. Devine,
.
Jessie K. Dodge, Lillian
W. Downing,
Imogene
Mary
.
E.
Edmands,
A. Fisk,
Evie E. Frizzell,
Mabel R.
.
.
.
.
.
Frizzell,
.
.
Beverly.
Winchester.
Salem.
Georgetown Beverly.
Wakefield.
Hampton, N. H. Canaan, Vt. Canaan, Vt.
Hattie M. Gaffney,
.
Gloucester.
Annie
.
Tewksbury.
.
Andover.
F. Gale,
Mary Grimes, Mary J. Hills, Edith B. Holden,
.
.
.
Wakefield.
West Acton.
7
STATE FORMAL SCHOOL, SALEM.
8
Alice M. Howard,
Ann W. Cora
Amherst.
In gal Is,
J. Jaqnith,
Cambridge.
.
Read
.
no-.
i
Alice L. Kimball,
Newburyport.
Blanche Kimball,
Exeter, N. H.
Frances M. Knovvland,
Lynn.
Cora E Laskey,
East Cambridge.
Emil}' H.
.
Lay ton,
Salem.
Katharine G. Logan,
Peabody.
Bertha H. Long,
Tewksbury.
.
Mabel E. Lowrey,
Swampscott.
Alice M. Magoon,
Lowell.
Marie V. Malmqnist,
New
Marv Manning,
.
Everett.
.
Royal ton, Vt.
Sal lie A. Morse,
Mary
Mosman,
L.
Sweden, Me.
North Reading.
Isabelle H. Murray,
Melrose.
Nellie C. Nichols,
Danvers.
M. Alice
Bradford.
Martha
C. Peabody,
B. Perkins,
Edith F. Poole,
Somerville.
.
Georgetown.
Ida Poor,
Annie
J.
Somerville.
Poore,
Georgetown.
.
Minnie
L. Proctor,
Cliftondale.
Mabel
F. Reycroft,
Cambridge.
Josephine M. Riford,
Chelsea.
Ida M. Rink,
Melrose.
Lillian
M. Senior,
Boston.
Lilla D. Stott,
Nashua, N.
Cora P Sylvester,
Salem.
Lulu
B. Taylor,
Lillie E.
.
Wakefield.
Nellie L. Temple,
Mabel
P.
North Reading. Stoneham.
Temple,
Sadie M. Todd,
II.
.
Warner,
Salem.
Town send.
Alice E. Webster,
Methnen.
Henriette M. Wenzel,
South Boston.
Mary
Salem.
A. Whelton,
STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, SALEM.
Mattie E. White,
Washington, D. C.
Maud
E. Whitney,
Fitchburg.
Mary
G.
Woodman,
9
Beverly.
SUMMARY. Special student,
Advanced Class
A
class,
1
10
t
(senior)
27
Class B,
38
Class C,
29
D
66
Class
Whole number
for the term,
Whole number
for seventy-seven terms,
.
171 3,864
STATE NORMAL, SCHOOL, SALEM.
10
REGISTER OF STUDENTS FOR THE
TERM ENDING JUNE
27,
1893.
SPECIAL STUDENT. Sallie A.
Bow en,
Salem.
ADVANCED CLASS. Harriet C. Beattie,
Mabel
C. Bryant,
Salem. .
.
Gloucester.
.
Louise Curtis,
Gloucester.
.
Bessie E. Huntoon,
Lowell.
Angie M. Lurvey,
Pigeon Cove.
.
Ellen T. Maguire,
.
Colletta A. Parker,
.
Annie E. Plummer,
.
Annie L. Prince,
.
Josephine
L.
Blanche E. Baldwin,
.
Mehitable Bradstreet,
.
Josephine L. Burnham, Estelle F. Campbell,
Martha E. Dodge,
Peabody.
A.
....
Andrews,
.
Gloucester.
.
Topsfield.
.
Essex.
.
.
Mabel Farrington, Jennie A. Faxon,
Katherine M. Fox,
.
.
Emma
B. F.
Haradeu, Hart,
Ruth C Iligbee,
Hamilton.
Cambridge.
Bradford.
North Reading. S ton eh am.
Tewksbury.
Helen E. Gookin,
Annie
Everett.
Peabody.
.
.
.
Town send.
.
.
Minnie A. Doran,
Nellie M. Foley,
Wenham.
.
CLASS
Melrose.
Lynn.
.
Abigail Frances Wilson,
Pigeon Cove.
.
.
Manchester.
.
Danvers.
.
New
Ipswich, N.
II.
STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, SALEM.
Laura A. Jackson,
South Grovel and.
Agnes M. James,
Medford.
Mary
Nab ant.
E. Lane,
Nellie
Mary
Merrimac.
M. Kenison,
Lillian
M. Leonard, L. Loring,
Melrose.
.
Peabody
Macdonald,
Florence
L.
Grace
Morton,
L.
Manchester.
Medford.
.
Grace H. Murphy,
Cambridge.
Susie O. Newhouse,
Boston.
Viola
S.
Bloomfield, Yt.
Mary
E. Rhoades,
Perkins,
Margaret Sarah
Mary
.
Salem.
Rockland.
L. Rierdon,
Washington, D. C
Robinson,
F.
Peabody.
A. Sheehan,
M. Agnes Sheridan,
Somerville.
Luella M. Sidmore,
Danversport
Nellie
Lawrence.
Stackpole,
S.
Katharine
Blanche E.
Ipswich.
F. Sullivan, F.
Townsend,
Rochester, N. H.
M. Elizabeth West,
Lynn,
B. Letitia Wilcox,
North Andover.
F.
Mabel Winslow,
Boston.
CLASS Myrta E. Bean,
Mabel
.
Bement,
L.
B.
Wilton, N. H. Somerville.
M. Grace Buckley,
Chelsea.
Agnes
South Lawrence.
C. Byrne,
.
Julia C. Carleton,
Dan vers Centre.
Margaret
Marblehead.
Mabel
J.
C. Casey,
Cheney,
Edith G. Creesy, Virginia
S.
North Andover. .
Creighton,
Salem.
West Somerville.
Bertha H. Demsey,
Middleton.
Ada L. Foote, Mary E. Foster,
Danvers. .
Mabel A. Frothingham,
Lawrence. Augusta, Me.
11
STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, SALEM.
12
Maud Gilbert, May L. Hayes, Ada E McAllister,
Middleton.
H. Frances McDonnell
North Andover.
Hattie K. McLeod,
Topstield.
Susan G. Mel drum,
Andover.
Mary W. Munroe,
North Reading.
A.
.
Edith A. Parker, Ethel
Mary
Wakefield.
Marblehead.
.
Pearson,
S.
Ninette
Peabod}*.
Candia, N. H.
Putnam,
S.
Wilton, N. H.
Dan vers.
A. Ray,
Helen
Sloan,
J.
Mabelle
S.
Dover, N. H.
.
Middleton.
Wilkins,
CLASS Mary
H
Sadie
I.
Alcott,
Boxford.
.
Somerville.
Baird,
Mattie E. Beale,
Laura A. Bodge, Alice A. Brown,
Edith M. Brown,
C.
.
Lynn.
.
Peabod}".
.
Salem.
.
Gloucester.
Annie H. Burnham,
Wakefield.
Lydia A. Buxton,
Beverly.
.
Florence E. Cann,
Salem.
Anuie
Essex.
Mary
F.
Cogswell,
A. Cohane,
Salem.
.
Josephine E. Connors,
Winchester.
Winnie E. Davison,
Winthrop.
Jessie K. Dodge,
Georgetown.
Lillian
Mary
.
W. Downing,
Hampton, N. H.
A. Fisk,
Mabel
Beverly.
R. Frizzell,
Canaan, Vt.
Hattie M. Gaffney,
Gloucester.
Annie
F. Gale,
Tewksbmy.
Carrie
S.
Mary
Hayward,
Alice M.
Howard,
Isle,
Wakefield.
J. Hills,
Edith B. Holden,
Presque
.
West Acton. Amherst.
Me.
STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, SALEM.
Ann W. Cora
Cambridge.
Ingalls, .
Reading.
Alice L. Kimball,
.
Newburyport.
Frances M. Knovvland,
.
Lynn.
.
East Cambridge.
J. Jaquith,
Cora E. Laskey,
.
.
Emily H. Layton, Catharine G. Logan,
Bertha H. Long,
.
Sallie A. Morse,
Mary
L.
Tewksbury.
.
Lowell.
.
Marie V. Malmquist,
Mary Manning,
Peabody.
.
Magoon,
Alice M.
Salem.
.
New
.
Everett.
.
.
.
.
Mosman,
Sweden, Me.
.
Royalton, Vt.
North Reading.
Isabelle H. Murray,
.
Melrose.
Nellie C. Nichols,
.
Danvers.
Mary
A. Perkins,
.
Topsfield.
Martha B. Perkins,
.
Somerville.
Edith F. Poole,
.
Somerville.
.
Georgetown.
.
.
Georgetown.
Minnie L. Proctor,
.
Cliftondale.
.
.
Ida Poor,
Annie
Poore,
J.
Mabel
F. Reycroft,
.
Lilla D. Stott,
.
Cora
.
P. Sylvester,
Lulu B. Taylor,
.
.
Sadie M. Todd,
.
.
Mabel
Warner,
P.
.
Maud
E. Whitney,
Mary
G.
.
Woodman,
.
CLASS Florence
S.
Nashua, N. H. Salem.
North Reading. Salem.
Town send. Fitch burg.
Beverly.
D.
Bancroft,
Wakefield.
Annie Barker,
.
Marion Louise Boynton,
.
Laura M. Brown,
Cambridge.
Lawrence. Groveland.
.
.
Methuen.
Clara M. Clement,
.
Lynn.
Emma B.
.
Everett.
.
Everett.
Elsie
Dearborn,
M. Dearborn,
13
STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, SALEM.
14
Mary
L. Dolan,
Cambridgeport.
Annie M. Dore,
Chocorua, N. H.
.
Sarah A. Edgerley,
Chocorua, N. H.
Imogene
Wakefield.
E.
Edmands,
Agnes M. Follen, Evie E. Frizzel,
Nahant.
Canaan, Vt.
.
Fannie E. Fur fey,
Grace E. Go wen,
Marion Hawley,
Beverly.
Stratham, N. H.
.
Maiden.
.
Susie M. Hood,
Melrose.
Rosanna T. Kelley,
Wilmington.
Elizabeth M. Lefurgey,
Salem.
Annabelle McDiarmid,
Manchester.
Maud M. Merrow,
Bethel, Me.
Ellen Theresa O'Hearo,
Beverly Farms.
Martha
East
F.
Page,
.
Bill erica.
Mary Abbie Plummer,
Shapleigh, Me.
Ida M. Rink,
Melrose.
Alice J. Small,
Grovel and.
Henrietta A. Swain,
Wilmington.
Mary W. Todd,
.
North Reading.
.
Melrose.
Alice M. Tufts,
Methuen.
Alice E. Webster,
Henriette M. Wenzel,
Grace
Mary
L.
South Boston.
.
Peabody.
Wheeler,
Salem.
A. Whelton,
East
Bessie F. Williams,
Wenham.
SUMMARY. 1
Special student, class,
10
(senior),
38
Advanced Class
A
Class B,
26
Class C,
52
Class D,
34
.
Whole number Whole number
for the term,
161
for the year,
201
Whole Dumber
for seventy-eig
it
terms,
3,890
STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, SALEM.
15
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
Railroad Company, for the
female teachers to instruct in the required by law.
direct
Salem and
preparation of
common and
high 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 eight
first class,
in
Septem-
hundred and ninety ladies have
been members of the school, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six 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.
1893, September 1894, February
6.
1894, September 1895, February
5.
4.
5.
1891,
January
1894,
June
1895,
January
1895,
June
23.
26. 22.
25.
ADMISSION. Candidates for admission must be at least sixteen years of age
must present on
the
day of examination a satisfactory
certificate
;
of
good moral character, and of their presumed qualification for admis-
STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, SALEM.
16
must declare
sion to the school;
their full intention of faithfully
observing the regulations of the school during their connection
with
and of afterwards teaching
it,
chusetts
;
* and
in the public schools of
must pass a satisfactory examination
spelling, defining, writing, arithmetic, English
Massa-
in reading,
grammar, geogra-
phy, the history of the United States and drawing.
A
greater age and higher attainments than those prescribed,
with some experience in teaching, render the course of study institution
still
more
be STRICTLY
An
the
useful.
Especial attention should be given icill
in
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.
TERMS OF ADMISSION ON AND AFTER SEPTEMBER
4,
1894.
Candidates for admission must have attained the age of sixteen years, and unfit
must be
them for the
free office
from any disease or infirmity which would of teacher.
They must present a
certifi-
cate of good moral character, give evidence of good intellectual
capacity, be graduates of a high school whose courses of study
have been approved by the Board of Education, or have an equivalent education to be determined
the direction of the
examination
by the faculty of the school, under
Board of Visitors
in reading,
;
and pass a satisfactory
spelling, writing, arithmetic, geography,
English grammar, the history of the United States, drawing and physiology.
As an
alternative, candidates
jects for examination,
may
present, as sub-
one language other than English
;
algebra
or geometry, one of the natural sciences, and general history or literature.
* 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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COURSE OF STUDY. The Board of stud}
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State
:
of Education has prescribed the following branches
for the two-years course in the
normal schools of the
—
Arithmetic, algebra, geometry, book-keeping
;
physics, astron-
omy, chemistry, botany, physiology, zoology, mineralogy, ogy,
geography
;
rhetoric, literature,
gymnastics
orthography,
reading,
composition
;
geol-
grammar,
etymology,
penmanship, drawing, singing,
psychology, science and art of teaching, school organi-
;
zation, 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 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 in addition, is optional with the principal
;
Greek or German,
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.
the school
who may
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.
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TWO-YEARS COURSE The following course, with the
Reading (2) music (2)
number
;
;
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.
Class C.
English grammar, geography, arithmetic and geometry, each four exercises, and botany, two exercises.
Class B.
Physics, chemistry, English literature, United States history, arithmetic (half term), algebra (half term), each four exercises.
Class A.
Astrononry (half term), geology
(half
term), object lessons
given to classes of children, psychology applied to principles and
methods of teaching aud 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
the necessary tion
aimed
at in this school are the acquisition of
knowledge of the principles and methods of educa-
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,
each pupil learned.
however excellent, are not deemed satisfactory unless is
able
to
teach others
that which she has herself
In every study the pupils in turn occupy temporarily
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the place of teacher of their classmates, and are subjected to their as well as those
criticisms
Teaching
of their regular teacher.
exercises of various kinds form a large and important part of the
During the senior term object lessons are given to
school work.
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
The commit-
are used, to a large extent, as books of reference.
ting of text-books to
scholars
being
memory
trained
to
Text-books
topical plan.
avoided as far as possible, the
is
depend upon
thoughts
rather than
words.
The great object of
the school
think and speak for themselves
is
;
make
the pupils investigate,
make them independent,
to
and ready to meet whatever
reliant
to
difficulties
may
self-
arise.
DISCIPLINE.
The
discipline
of the
school
made
is
as simple as possible.
Pupils are expected to govern themselves, to do without compulsion what
is
required, and to refrain voluntarily from
Those who are unwilling
prieties of conduct.
to the
known wishes
sumed
to be unfit to
It is
not
their studies
conform cheerfully
become teachers.
deemed necessary
to
awaken a perform
feeling of emulation
their duties faithfully.
of scholars according to their comparative success in
not here allowed.
is
encouraged for certain
impro-
of the principal and his assistants are pre-
in order to induce the scholars to
The ranking
to
all
its
marks of
own
Faithful attention to duty
is
sake, not for the purpose of obtaining
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
is
At had
the beginning of the in
all
the
branches
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common
taught in the
schools, and only those
Young
fully are permitted to graduate.
who
ladies
pass
who
it
success-
possess good .
natural ability and right habits of study find no serious difficulties in passing the required examinations.
LIBRARY, APPARATUS AND MUSEUM. The
institution has a valuable library, containing, in
works for
oeneral reference and reading and in text-books, about nine thouIt has, also, a fair
sand volumes.
supply of philosophical appa-
and a museum containing a large
ratus,
illustrating various
collection of specimens
departments of science.
LABORATORIES. The school
is
furnished with chemical and physical laboratories,
which are thoroughly equipped and which afford ample opportunities for
The
experimental work.
the manufacture
of simple
illustration of chemistry
pupils are carefully trained in
and inexpensive apparatus
for
the
and physics.
ART ROOM.
A
room has been handsomely
casts,
up and furnished for the
facilities for instruction
purpose of affording higher departments
fitted
drawing.
of
A
large
and training
number of
in the
beautiful
models and patterns have been obtained from London, and
have been conveniently arranged
members
in the
room, thus giving to the
of the school advantages not formerly enjoyed.
ESSEX INSTITUTE AND PEABODY ACADEMY OP SCIENCE. The important advantages most useful
institutions
normal school.
museum and
The
are
large
offered freely
and,
in
by these well-known and
enjoyed by members of the
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.
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EXPENSES, AID, ETC. Tuition
free to those
is
who comply with
the condition Šf teach-
may
ing in the public schools of Massachusetts, wherever they
have previously resided.
The text-books required from the school
library.
are mostly furnished, without charge,
It is
recommended, however, that pupils
should bring with them, for purposes of reference and comparison, the text-books which they have already studied; and they should, especially, be provided with a dictionary
The
price which
is
and
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.
rooms
who
a recent atlas.
from three
accommodations
fur-
prefer to board themselves can obtain good
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
is
Commonwealth makes an annual
distributed at the close of each term
pupils from Massachusetts
sums varying according
even the moderate expenses
find
who
merit and need the aid, in
to the distance of their residences
Salem, but not exceeding in any case one dollar and per week.
In this distribution, the
nection with the school
is
first
1893.
cents
term of a pupil's con-
not reckoned, unless she enters prepared
to complete the prescribed course of study in less
Salem, May,
fifty
from
than two years.