Register and ©ircular OF THE
State
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1894 — 1895.
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1894 — 1895.
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Post Office Square.
1895.
Hegister for the Year 1894-1895.
BOARD OF EDUCATION. His Excellency Governor FREDERIC T. His Honor Lieutenant-Governor ROGER
GREENHALGE, Lowell. WOLCOTT, Boston.
ADMIRAL P. STONE, LL.D., Mrs. KATE GANNETT WELLS, Hon. MILTON B. WHITNEY, GEORGE I. ALDRICH, A.M., Rev. ELMER H. CAPEN, D.D Hon. ELIJAH B. STODDARD, GEORGE H. CONLEY, Mrs. ALICE FREEMAN PALMER,
Springfield.
Boston.
Westfield.
Newtonville. College Hill.
Worcester. Boston.
Cambridge.
OFFICERS OF BOARD OF EDUCATION. Hon.
FRANK
C. B.
TILLINGHAST,
A. HILL, A.M., Secretary. Eso,.,
Assistant Secretary and Treasurer.
AGENTS OF THE BOARD. GEORGE A. WALTON, A.M. JOHN T. PRINCE, Ph.D
West Newton. West Newton.
ANDREW
Worcester.
G. T.
W. EDSON, A.M. FLETCHER, A.M
HENRY
T.
Northampton.
BAILEY,
JAMES W. MACDONALD, L. WALTER SARGENT
North
Scituate.
Stoneham.
A.M.,
Pittsfield.
BOARD OF VISITORS. ELMER H. CAPEN, D.D., GEORGE I. ALDRICH, A.M
College Hill.
Rev.
Newtonville.
INSTRUCTORS. DANIEL ELLEN M. DODGE. CAROLINE J. COLE. SOPHIA
B.
DRIVER. HARRIET L. MARTIN. O.
ADELAIDE TOWLE. HARRIET D. ALLEN. MARY E. GODDEN. E.
HAGAR,
A.M., Ph.D., Principal.
JESSIE
LEAROYD. ADAMS. F. WHITNEY.
P.
CHARLES CHARLES
E.
Mrs. GISH
MARY
A.
GARWOOD.
COMEY.
SUSAN L. WONSON. WILLIAM C. MOORE,
S. B.
STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, SALEM.
OF STUDENTS
t^EGISTEH
Term ending January
22, 1895.
SPECIAL STUDENTS. Edith
J.
Bradford, Vt.
Chamberlin,
Cotuit.
Lizzie E. Lovell,
Ethel B. Manchester,
.
.
.
.
.
ADVANCED Alice
M. Abbott,
Salem.
Townsend.
Lilla E. Stearns,
CLASS.
New
.
Harriet C. Beattie,
.
.
.
.
,
.
.
Market, N. H.
Salem.
Danvers. Peabody. Lawrence. Peabody.
Julia C. Carleton,
Elizabeth R. Osborn, Nellie S. Stackpole, Abigail Frances Wilson,
CLASS
A.
Annie Barker, Laura A. Bodge, Marion Louise Boyuton Edith M. Brown, Florence E. Gaun, Josephine E. Connors, Winnie E. Davison, Elsie M. Dearborn,
Lawrence. Peabody.
Imogene E. Edmands, Agnes M. Follen, Mabel R. Frizzell,
Wakefield.
Annie F. Gale, Grace E. Go wen, Cora J. Jaquith,
Tewksbury.
.
.
.
Alice L. Kimball,
Cora E. Laskey, Katharine G. Logan, Mary Manning, Annabelle McDiarmid,
Groveland. Gloucester.
Salem.
Winchester. Winthrop. Bradford Centre, Me.
Nahant. Canaan, Vt. Stratham, N. H. Beading.
Newburyport. Cambridge. Peabody. Everett.
Manchester.
STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, SALEM.
Isabelle H. Murray,
Melrose.
.
.
Edith A. Parker,
.
.
Danvers. Marblehead.
Nellie C. Nichols,
Martha B. Perkins, Minnie L. Proctor, Alice J. Small, Lilla
D. Stott,
Cora
P. Sylvester,
.
M. Tufts, Henriette M. Wenzel,
Alice
G.
.
Woodman,
Edith C. Arey, Ann E. Atkinson,
Cliftondale.
.
Groveland.
.
Nashua, N. H.
.
Salem.
•
Sadie M. Todd,
Mary
Somerville.
.
.
... .
.
Salem.
.
Melrose.
.
South Boston. Beverly.
.
CLASS
B.
...
Salem.
.
Chelsea.
Charlotte M. Baine,
.
Lalia A. M. Bishop,
.
Lynnfield.
Mary
.
East Cambridge.
.
Everett.
A. Boland,
.
Elizabeth R. Bradbury,
Mary G. Brogan, Laura M. Brown, Georgia H. Bucknam, Clara E. Burnham, Addie B. Byam,
.
.
Somerville.
.
Tapleyville.
.
.
.
Elliott,
Carrie E. Farnham,
Susan E. Farnham, Margaret M. Fearns, Lena S. Frederikson, Annie M. French, Margaret E. Grady, .
Estelle A. G. Jackson,
Helen G. Kennedy, Mabel F. Knowles, Grace S. Leavitt, Jeannette W. Locke, Ellen C. Mahoney, Mollie Belle Marsh, .
Beatrice B. McGlauflin,
Woburn.
.
Maiden. Salem. "Woburn. North Cambridge. North Cambridge. National City, Cal.
.
Beverly.
.
Marion E. Conn, Evelyn M. Dormer, Florence M. Dudley, Florence L.
Revere.
.
Charlotte A. Callahan, A. Cohane,
.
.
Ethel E. Cass,
Mary
.
Lawrence. Methuen. Bucksport, Me.
.
Jessie M. Caird,
Swampscott.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Peabody. Cambridge. Somerville.
.
Kingston, N. H. Melrose. Hartford, Conn.
.
Methuen.
.
.
.
.
Salem. East Lexington.
.
Salem. Lowell.
.
Lawrence.
.
Middleton.
.
5
STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, SALEM.
6
Catharine A. McLean,
Mary
L.
Mosman,
Carrie S. Nell son,
Ellen T. O'Hearn,
.
.
.
.
.
.
Catharine G. O'Leary,
.
,
Plummer, Mary A. Plummer, Henrietta M. Pushee, Mabel C. Reid, E. Gertrude
Edith E. Smith, Kate F. S. Smith,
Mary
T. Stewart,
.
.
.
Somerville. Chelsea.
.
.
Lynn.
.
.
Chelsea.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Salem.
.
.
.
.
.
C.
Colebrook, N. H.
.
.
.
Flora L. Danforth, A. Gertrude Deane, Sarah C. Dennett, Mary A. V. Farley, .
Fuller,
Gertrude P. R. Gannon, Ethelina J. Gordon, Jennie H. Gordon, Bertha M. Hill, Amy G. Hodgkins, Mabel Hooper, Jennie B. Hupper, Mary A. Hurley,
.
.
Peabody.
.
.
Beverly.
.
Peabody.
.
Lawrence.
.
Salem.
.
Salem. Danversport. Methuen.
.
.
.
Lynn.
.
Gloucester.
.
Clifton.
.
Lynn. East Cambridge. Manchester.
.
Topsfleld.
.
Beverly.
.
.
Abbie P. Lefavour, Mabel E. Lindsey, Eleanor A. Maling, Carrie A. Marchant, .
Everett.
.
.
Alice L. Lake,
West Newton. Norway, Me.
.
.
E. Killam,
Danvers.
North Andover. Ellsworth, Me.
.
.
Mary
Salem.
North Reading. Canaan, Vt. Peabody. Salem. Washington, D. C.
Margaret Clark, B. Genevieve Costello, Nora M. Cragin,
Amy A.
Shapleigh, Me. Beverly.
.
,
CLASS
Mary H. Callahan, Mary F. Calnane,
Med ford.
.
.
Eleanor M. Sullivan, Mary W. Todd, Carolyn G. Weeks, Grace L. Wheeler, Mary A. Whelton, Mattie E. White, Grace A. Woodbury,
Erne A. Brackett, Myra L. Burbeck,
Cambridge. North Reading. Cambridge. Beverly Farms. Lawrence.
.
Marblehead. Salem.
.
Gloucester.
.
STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, SALEM.
Woburn.
Catherine E. McCormick,
Annie C. McKenzie,
.
Elsie B. Porter,
Agnes R. Ronan,
.
Sarah E. Russell,
.
Ella F. Stevens,
.
7
.
.
Swampscott. Saugus. Revere.
West
Somerville.
Readville.
Margaret A. Sweetman,
Beverly.
Mary
Manchester. Milton, N. H.
R. Turner,
Lillian
Mary
.
V. Wallace,
E. Ware,
.
CLASS Ardelle Abbott,
.
Agnes A. Ashe,
Bessie A. Isabella
.
Dadmun,
M. Daly,
.
Adele Helene Duval, Grace F. Dwyer, Anna L. Fillebrown, Katharine A. Flynn, Katie A. Gaskill, Edith A. Gillelan, Florence W. Gooding, Anna E. Haley, Jennie C. Hardy, Grace E. Haskell, .
.
.
.
Hayden,
G..
Mary
E. Healy,
Revere.
Danvers Centre.
.
.
.
.
.
Hurst,
.
Julia F. McCarthy,
Helen M. McManus, Katharine W. Murray,
Salem. Andover. Bradford.
.
Somerville. Somerville.
.
Cambridge. Hampton, N. H.
.
Somerville.
.
.
.
.
Salem. Cambriclgeport.
Belchertown. Methuen. Salem.
Woburn.
.
Georgetown.
.
Chelsea.
.
Townsend.
.
Maiden. Peabody. Groveland. Methuen. Salem.
.
Everett.
.
.
.
Katherine A. Hynes, Bessie M. Libby, Mabel A. Mann,
Somerville.
.
.
Mabel B. Humphrey,
Somerville.
Somerville.
North Cambridge.
.
.
.
Methuen. Lawrence.
.
.
L. Herrick,
Somerville.
.
.
Edith F. Hersey, Bertha R. Heselton, Katherine A. Howard,
Emma
.
.
Gertrude M. Heartz,
Emma
.
.
.
Mabel G. Delano, Katherine L. Dolan, Eleanor M. Driscoll,
Ellen
D.
.
Elizabeth G. Barry,
Blanche G. Carter, Mary H. Clancy,
.
Wakefield.
.
.
.
.
Andover. East Cambridge. Lawrence.
Lillie
M. Nickerson,
Selina A. Nolan,
Mabel E. Nowell,
.
Lynn. Andover. Saugus.
Ellen F. O'Connell,
Somerville.
Mary Alma
E. Perkins,
Salem.
L. Poore,
West Henniker, N. H.
Carrie L. Power, Mabel F. Proctor,
Melrose.
Clarissa E. Prouty,
Mary M. Quealy, Mary E. Regan,
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Grace E. Rowe, Gertrude E. Russell, Jennie R. Sanborn, Jennie C. Sargent, Eleanor M. Sheehan,
Edna
Melrose.
.
A. Skinner,
.
Grace M. Spinney, Ellen A. Sullivan,
Mary H. Swett, Jeannette P. Thompson, .
.
.
.
.
.
.
Cambridge. Reading. Manchester. Salem. Methuen. Maiden. East Cambridge. Peabody. Winchester.
Lynn. Rowley.
Georgietta M. Thornton, S. Todd, Lucy E. Tomlinson, Mabel E. Towne, Mary E. Welch, Susan A. Welch,
Edith
Mada
Danvers Centre. Townsend. North Andover. Cambridge.
Salem.
Boxford. Salem. Clarksburg. Somerville.
Wendell, Alice L. Westgate, Sara A. White, Edith Wingate, S.
Somerville.
Methuen.
Hampton, N. H.
Annie M. Yeabower,
Washington, D. C.
Henrietta L. Yelland,
Somerville.
SUMMARY Special students,
Advanced Class
Class
A B
4
class,
(senior),
Class C, Class D,
Whole number Whole number
for the term, for eighty-one terms,
.
.
.
6
-.
31
*.
52
.
36
.
68
.
197 4,062
1
STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, SALEM.
9
^EGISTE^ OF STUDENTS FOR THE
Term ending June
25, 1896.
SPECIAL STUDENTS. Bradford, Vt.
Chamberlin, Alice L. Kimball, Eleanor A. Mai inn.
Xewburyport.
Ethel B. Manchester,
Salem.
Florence L. Page,
Salem.
Edith
J.
.
Salem.
.
ADVANCED M. Abbott,
Alice
Harriet C. Beattie, Julia C. Carleton,
Elizabeth R. Osboru, Nellie S. Stackpole,
CLASS.
.... .... ....
X.-w Market, N.
Darners.
Peabody. Lawrence. Peabody.
Abigail Frances Wilson,
CLASS Edith
Ann
C
Arey,
E. Atkinson,
.
.
A. .
Elizabeth R. Bradbury, Edith M. Brown, Georgia H. Bncknam, Clara E. Bnrnham, Addie B. Byam,
Everett.
Gloucester.
.
Bucksport, Me.
B eve re. Somerville.
Woburn. Woburn.
Charlotte A. Callahan, .
.
Salem. Chelsea.
.
Marion E. Conn, Evelyn M. Dormer, Florence M. Dudley, Carrie E. Farnham, Susan E. Farnham, Margaret M. Fearns, Agnes M. Follen, Lena S. Frederikson,
11.
Salem.
.
North Cambridge. North Cambridge. Beverly.
Peabody. Cambridge. Nahant. Somerville.
10
STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, SALEM.
Estelle A. G. Jackson,
Hartford, Conn.
Helen G. Kennedy, Mabel F. Knowles, Grace S. Leavitt, Katharine G. Logan, Ellen C. Mahoney, Mollie B. Marsh,
Methuen. Salem. East Lexington. Peabody.
.
Lowell.
Lawrence. Cambridge. Cambridge. Darners. Lawrence. Marblehead. Medford. Shapleigh, Me,
.
Catharine A. McLean, Carrie S. Nellson,
.
Nellie C. Nichols,
.
Catharine G. O'Leary, Edith A Parker, E. Gertrude Plummer, .
Mary A. Plummer, Minnie L. Proctor,
Cliftondale.
Henrietta M. Pushec,
Beverly.
Edith E. Smith, Kate F. S. Smith,
Lynn.
Chelsea.
.
.
Mary T. Stewart, Eleanor M. Sullivan, Mary W. Todd
Chelsea.
.
:
Mattie E. White,
Grace A.
Salem.
North Reading. Washington, D.
.
.
Woodbury,
Salem.
CLASS Charlotte M. Baine,
Mary
A. Boland,
.
Effie A. Brackett,
.
Mary
G. Brogan,
.
Jessie
M. Caird,
Mary H. Callahan, Mary F. Calnane, A. Cohane,
B.
Swampscott. East Cambridge. Colebrook, N. H. Lawrence. Tapleyville.
North Andover. Ellsworth, Me.
.
Ethel E. Cass,
Mary
C.
.
Maiden. Salem.
Nora M. Cragin,
West Newton. Norway, Me.
A. Gertrude Deane, Florence L. Elliott,
National City, Cal.
Amy
Salem.
B. Genevieve Costello,
A. Fuller,
Gertrude P. R. Gannon, Jennie H. Gordon,
Margaret E. Grady, Bertha M. Hill, Amy G. Hodgkins, Jennie B Hupper, .
Mary Mary
A. Hurley, E. Killam,
.
Peabody.
Salem.
Methuen Melrose.
Lynn. Gloucester.
Lynn. East Cambridge. Manchester.
STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, SALEM.
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Alice L. Lake,
Topsfield.
Abbie P. Lefavour, Mabel E. Lindsey, Carrie A. Marchant,
Beverly.
Marblehead. Gloucester.
Catherine E. McCormick Beatrice B. McGlauflin,
Middleton.
Annie C. McKenzie,
Swarapscott.
Elsie B. Porter,
Saugus.
Woburn.
Mabel C. Reid,
Somerville.
Elizabeth G. Roberts,
Rollings ford, N. H.
Agnes R. Ronan, Sarah E. Russell,
Revere.
.
West
.
Margaret A. Sweetman, Mary A. Whelton,
Salem.
.
CLASS Ardelle Abbott,
Clancy,
Isabella
Mabel G. Delano,
.
.
Sarah C. Dennett, Katherine L. Dolan, Grace F. Dvvyer, Anna L. Fillebrown, Edith A. Gillelan, Florence W. Gooding, Anna E. Haley, Jennie C. Hardy, Grace E. Haskell, Ellen G. Hayden, .
.
Somerville.
.
Somerville.
.
Somerville. Everett.
.
North Cambridge.
.
Bradford.
.
Somerville.
Hampton, N.
.
Somerville.
.
Salem.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
L. Herrick,
.
Edith F. Hersey, Bertha R. Heselton, Katherine A. Howard, .
.
Chelsea.
Mabel A. Mann, Julia F. McCarthy, Helen M. McManus,
.
•
Georgetown.
Townsend.
.
.
Katherine A. Hynes, Bessie M. Libby,
Woburn.
.
.
.
.
.
.
II.
Cambridge. Belchertown. Methuen. Salem.
.
.
Mabel B. Humphrey,
Emma Hurst,
.
.
Gertrude M. Heartz,
Emma
Peabody.
.
E. Healy,
Centre.
.
.
.
Mary
Dan vers
.
Dadmun,
M. Daly,
Revere.
.
.
Margaret Clark, Bessie A.
Somerville.
Methuen.
.
Blanche G. Carter, II.
C. .
Agnes A. Ashe,
Mary
Somerville.
Beverly.
Maiden. Peabody. South Grovel and. Methuen. Salem. Everett.
Andover. East Cambridge.
12
STA
Katharine W. Murray, Nickerson, Lillie Seliua A. Nolan,
I
U
SCHOOL, SALE
.
.
M
Mabel E. No well,
.
.
.
Ellen F. O'Connell.
Mary
E. Perkins,
Carrie L. Power,
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Georgietta M. Thornton Edith S. Todd, Lucy E Tomlinson.
Mada
S.
L
Cambridge.
.
Jeannette P. Thompson,
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Martha W. Bell, Alice A. Brown, Rosa M. Bumstead, .
Catharine A. Burden. Ethel M. Carnmett,
.
Somerville.
.
Methueu.
Hampton. N. H.
.
.
Washington.
D. .
.
.
.
Lawrence. Jewett City. Couu. Jewett City. Conn. Maiden. Groveland.
.
Lawrence. Lawrence.
.
Salem.
.
Somerville.
.
Swampscott. Everett.
Silvia Fitz Gerald.
Flynu, .
.
Warrentina F. Lincoln, Emma L. Lord, Carrie C. Mildram.
Somerville.
Cambridge.
.
.
.
H C
Somerville
.
.
Anna L Hodgdon. Anna G. Kinsella.
Wakefield.
Clarksburg.
.
Margaret C. Connor. Josephine L. Dacey, Florence N. Day. Eleanor M DriscolL Edith A. Farnum,
A
Boxford.
Somerville.
CLASS
Katharine
Cambridge. Reading. Methueu. Winchester.
Salem.
.
Sara A. White. Edith Wingate, Annie M. Yeabower. Henrietta L. Yellaud.
Katie A. Gaskill,
Melrose.
Lyun. Rowley.
.
.
Wendell. Westgau*.
t
Townsend. North Audover.
.
Gertrude E. Russell,
Alice
Melrose
.
.
Jennie R. Sanborn, Edna A. Skinner,
Mabel E. Towne, Mary E. Ware, Susan A. Welch,
Salem.
.
Clarissa E. Prouty,
Mary M. Quealy, Mary E. Regan, Grace E. Rowe,
Somerville.
.
.
Lawrence. Lynn. Audorer. Saugus.
.
.
.
.
Somerville.
Salem. Maiden. Maiden. Wells. Me.
STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, SALEM.
Jessie M. Mildram.
.
Elizabeth G. Nelligan, Bessie L. Norton,
Alma
.
.
.
L. Poore,
.
Lulu F. Rider, Eleanor M. Sheehan. Grace M. Spinney,
.
Ellen A. Sullivan,
.
.
.
.
Elizabeth B. Tower.
Mary
E. Welch,
.
.
.
Edith M. Whitford. Minnie F. Wilson,
.
.
.
13
Wells, Me.
North Cambridge. Salem.
West Henniker.
N. H.
New
Bedford. Salem.
Maiden. East Cambridge. Concord, N. H. Salem. Meli Sanbornton. N.
II.
SUMMARY.
Special students.
Advanced Class
A
class.
(senior),
..... ... ....
."j
G
39
Class B,
30
Class C,
58
Class D,
Whole number Whole number Whole number
30 for the term.
17+
for the year. for eight y-t\vo ten
2i'l is,
u
STATE
itctte
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SALE
School.
Ipopr^al
Salem, Mass.
was established by the Commonwealth of 14 sachusetts. with tbe liberal co-operation of the city of Salem and the ra Bailroad Company, for the direct preparation of female teachers to instruct in the common and high schools required by law. It is under the charge of the State Board of Education and of a special Board of Visitors. During the period ition
that has elapsed since the
reception of
the
fir-:
:.
—
tember. 1854, four thousand eighty-five ladies have been of the
school,
two thousand
thirty-five
whom
of
.
in
Sep-
members
have received
diplomas upon the honorable completion of the prescribed course of study.
SCHOOL YEAR AND TERMS .ining nineThe school year is divided into teen weeks of study, with a week's recess near the middle of each
term
New fall
classes are to be admitted hereafter at the beginning of the
term only. Terms li
18 l€
"
begin.
September 3. February 4 September 8.
1895, -
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EXAMINATIONS FOR
"
Jane 25 January ;ne23. January
.
1895.
Examinations for admission in September. I 895, will be held on Thursday. June 27. and on Tuesday. September 3. Candid; »e between those dates. :"..
:
STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, SALEM.
REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSION
15
SEPTEMBER,
IN
1895.
Candidates for admission must bave attained the age of sixteen
from any disease or infirmity which would They must present a certifiunfit them for the office of teacher. 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 by the faculty of the school under years, and
must be
free
the direction of the Board of Visitors
examination
in
;
and pass a satisfactory
reading, spelling, writing, arithmetic, geography,
English grammar, the history of the United States, drawing and
As an
physiology.
alternative,
jects for examination,
candidates
may
present, as sub-
one language other than English, algebra
or geometry, one of the natural sciences,
and general history or
literature.
Examinations for admission in September, 1896, will be held on Thursday and Friday, June 25 and 2G, and on Tuesday and Wednesday, September 8 and 9.
REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSION
IN
1896.
Candidates for admission to any one of the normal schools must have attained the age of seventeen years complete, if males, and
and must be free from any disease or infirmity which would unfit them for the otlice of teacher. They must present certificates of good moral standing, give evidence of good intellectual capacity, and be graduates of high schools whose courses of study have been approved by the Board of Education, or they must have received, to the satisfaction of the principal and the Board of Visitors of the school, the equivalent of a good highsixteen years,
if
females
;
The examinations
school education.
for
admission shall cover
such elementary and high-school subjects as may be determined by the Board. For 1896 and thereafter the examinations will embrace the following groups 1. Languages. (a) English, with its grammar and literature, and (b) one of the three languages, Latin, French and German. :
2.
and
— —
Mathematics. (c) the
— (a) Arithmetic,
(b) the elements of algebra
elements of plane geometry.
16
STATE
RMAL SCHOOL, SALEM.
3.
History and Geography.
4.
Sciences.
— The history and
government of Massachusetts and the United States, with related geography and so much of English history as is directly contributory to a knowledge of United States history.
— (a)
Physical geography,
(6)
civil
physiology
and
hygiene, (c) physics, (d) botany and (e) chemistry. 5.
Drawing and
Jfusic.
—
>
(a)
Elementary, mechanical
and
freehand drawing, with any one of the topics, form, color and
arrangement, and (6) musical notation.
ORAL EXAMINATIONS. Candidates
will
be questioned orally either upon some of the
foregoing subjects or upon matters of
common
the school, at the discretion of the examiners. the object
is to
interest to
them and
In this interview,
gain some impression about the candidates' personal
and
them au opportunity to furnish any evidences of qualification that might not otherwise become known to their examiuers. Any work of a personal, genuine and legitimate character that candidates have done in connection with any of the groups that are set for examination, and that is susceptible of visible or tangible presentation, may be offered, and such work will be duly weighed in the final estimate, and may even determine it. To indicate the scope of characteristics
their use of language, as well as to give
this feature, the following kinds of possible presentation are sug-
gested, but the candidates 1.
A
2.
Any
may
readily extend the
list
:
—
—
particularly such a book of book of drawing exercises, exercises as one might prepare in following the directions in "Au Outline of Lessons in Drawing for Ungraded Schools," prepared under the direction of the Massachusetts Board of Education, or in developing any branch of that scheme.
laboratory note-book that
is
a genuine record of experi-
ments performed, data gathered or work done, with the usual accompaniments of diagrams, observations and conclusions. o."
Any
essay or article that presents the nature, successive
steps and conclusion of any simple, personally conducted investi-
gation of a scientific character, with tables •4.
such diagrams, sketches,
and other helps as the character of the work may suggest. Any exercise book containing compositions, abstracts,
analyses or other written work that involve? study in connection
with the literature requirements of the examination.
SPECIAL DIRECTIONS. Languages.
I.
English.
(a)
— The importance of a good foundation The plan and
cannot be overrated.
in
English
the subjects for the examina-
upon by the colleges and high technical schools of New England. While it is hoped that candidates may be able to study all the works given in this tion will be the
same
as those generally agreed
plan, the topics and questions will be so prepared for 1896,
and any candidate may expect to meet them who has mastered half of the works assigned for reading (or a bare majority of them) and half of the works thereafter until
further announcement, that
assigned for study and practice, the selection to be at the candidate's option.
No
candidate will be accepted in point
deficient
in
English
ivork
/r-hose
of spelling, punctuation,
'i<ll>>m
or
is
notably
division of
paragraphs.
Heading,
1.
— A limited number of
Candidates
ing.
be
will
required
books to
will
be set for read-
present
evidence of a
general knowledge of the subject-matter, and to answer simple
The form
questions on the lives of the authors. will usually be the writing of a
topics, to be
of examination
paragraph or two on each of several
chosen by the candidates from a considerable number
perhaps ten or fifteen
The treatment
—
set before
of these topics
is
them
in the
—
examination paper.
designed to test the candidates'
power of clear and accurate expression, and will general knowledge of the substance of the books. part or the whole of this test, candidates
may
call for
only a
In place of a
present exercise
books, properly certified by their instructors, containing compositions or other written
of the books. will
be
—
:
work done
The books
set for
in
connection with the reading
this
part of the examination
— Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream; Defoe's His-
1896.
tory of the
Plague in London; Irving's Tales of a Traveller; Scott's
Woodstock ; Macaulay's Essay on Milton; Longfellow's Evangeline
George
Eliot's Silas
1897.
Marner.
— Shakespeare's As
You Like
It; Defoe's History of the
Plague in London; Irving's Tales of a Traveller; Hawthorne's Twice Told Tales ; Longfellow's Evangeline ; George Eliot's Silas
Marner.
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— Milton's Paradise Lost, Books
and II; Pope's Iliad, The Sir Roger de Coverley Papers in The Spectator I and XXII Goldsmith's Vicar of Wakefield; Coleridge's Ancient Mariner; Southey's Life of Xelson ; Carlyle's Essay on Burns; Lowell's Vision of Sir Launfal ; Hawthorne's The House of the Seven Gables. Study and Practice. 2. This part of the examination presupposes a more careful study of each of the works named below. The examination will be upon subject-matter, form and structure, and will also test the candidates' ability to express their knowledge with clearness and accuracy. The books set for this part of the examination will be 1898.
I
;
—
—
:
1896.
— Shakespeare's
II Penseroso,
3Ierchant of Venice; Milton's L' Allegro,
Comus and Lycidas ; Webster's
First Bunlier Hill
Oration.
— Shakespeare's
Merchant of Venice; Burke's Speech on Conciliation with America; Scott's Marmion; Macaulay's Life of 1897.
Samuel Johnson. 1898. with
— Shakespeare's Macbeth:
Burke's Speech on Conciliation
America; De Quincey's Flight of a Tartar Tribe; Tennyson's
The Princess. (b) One only
German.
of the
three
languages,
Latin,
French
and
— The translation at sight of simple prose, with questions
on the usual forms and ordinary constructions of the language. II.
(a) Arithmetic.
— Such an acquaintance with the subject as may
be gained in a good (6) Algebra.
Mathematics.
grammar
— The
school.
mastery of any text-book suitable for the
lowest class in a high school, through cases of affected quadratic equations involving one (c)
unknown
quantity.
Geometry. — The elements of plane geometry as presented in
any high-school text-book. While a fair acquaintance with ordinary book work in geometry will be accepted, candidates are advised to train themselves, so far as practicable, to do original work with both theorems and problems, and an opportunity will be offered them, by means of alternative questions, to test their ability in such work. III.
Any
school
HlSTOKY AND GEOGRAPHY.
text-book on United States history
will
enable
candidates to meet this requirement, provided they study enough of
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geography to illumine the history, and make themselves familiar with the grander features of government in Massachusetts and the United States. IV. (a) Physical Geography.
Sciences.
— The mastery of the elements of
subject as presented in the study of geography in a good
this
grammar
If the grammar-school work is supplemented by the study school. 'of some elementary text-book on physical geography, better prep-
aration
still is
assured.
Physiology and Hygiene.
(b)
— The
chief elementary facts of
anatomy, the general functions of the various organs, the more obvious rules of health, and the more striking effects of alcoholic drinks, narcotics and stimulants upon those addicted to their use. (c)
(d)
,
and
(e)
Physics, Chemistry and Botany.
— The
ele-
mentary principles of these subjects so far as they may be presented in the courses usually devoted to them in high schools.
Drawing and Music
V. (a)
Drawing.
(b)
Music.
— Mechanical
—
and freehand drawing, enough to enable the candidates to draw a simple object, like a box or a pyramid or a cylinder, with plan and elevation to scale, and to make a freehand sketch of the same in perspective. Also anyone of the three topics, form, color and arrangement.
— The
elementary principles of musical notation,
such as an instructor should know schools.
in
teaching
singing in the
Ability to sing, while not required, will be prized as an
additional qualification. It
may
be
sai'd,
in general, that
tory high school, even
if it is
if
the ordinary
work of a
of the second or lower grade,
statuis
well
done, candidates should have no difficulty in meeting any of the
academic tests to which they
may
be subjected.
They cannot be
too earnestly urged, however, to avail themselves of the best high-
school facilities attainable in a four-years course, even though they
should pursue studies to an extent not insisted on, or take studies not prescribed, in the admission requirements.
The importance of a good record in the high school cannot be over-estimated. The stronger the evidence of character, scholarship and promise, of whatever kind, they bring, especially from
schools of high reputation and from teachers of good judgment
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and
STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, SALEM.
fearless expression, the greater confidence they
may have
in
guarding themselves against the contingencies of an examination
and of satisfying the examiners of their fitness. Reasonable allowance in equivalents will be made candidate, for satisfactory reasons, has not taken a study
in case a
named
for
examination.
The following approximate time allowances brevity of the papers that
may
will
be set for examination
2.
Language, two hours. Mathematics, two hours.
3.
History and geography, one hour.
4.
two hours. Drawing and music, one hour.
1.
indicate the :
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Sciences,
5.
COURSE OF STUDY. The Board
of Education has prescribed the following branches
of study for the two-years course in the normal schools of
State
:
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Arithmetic, algebra, geometry, book-keeping
;
the
physics, astron-
omy, chemistry, botany, physiology, zoology, mineralogy, geology, geography reading, orthography, etymology, grammar, ;
rhetoric, literature, composition
gymnastics
;
;
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,
The order
in
and history.
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
advanced chemistry, higher mathematics (including plane and solid geometry, higher algebra and trigonometry), general history, Latin and French; Greek or German, in addition, is optional with the principal and the Board of Visitors physics,
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
STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, SALEM.
and training
instruction
in
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the Latin, French and
German
lan-
guages, the higher mathematics, and the other branches required Graduates of to be taught in the high schools of Massachusetts. the school who may desire to take the advanced course are requested to communicate with the principal as early as possible.
A
neiv class is
formed
at the beginning
TWO-YEARS COURSE The following are the course, with the number of
of each fall term.
IN DETAIL.
studies which are carried through the
exercises per
week
:
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Reading (2) English composition, including rhetoric (2) vocal music (2) spelling, defining and etymology (4) drawing (2) ;
;
;
;
;
gymnastics (5). Class
English
grammar,
D
(loivest).
anatomy and physiology, geography and
arithmetic, each four exercises per week.
Class C.
English grammar, geography, arithmetic
and geometrv, 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.
Astronomy
(half
terra),
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
aimed at in this school are the acquisition of the necessary knowledge of the principles and methods of education and of the various branches of study, the attainment of skill in the art of teaching, and the general development of the mental chiefly
powers.
From
the beginning to the end of the course
ducted with especial reference to the best ways
all
studies are con-
of teaching them.
Recitations, however excellent, are not
each pupil learned.
is
teach others
able to
deemed
that
satisfactory unless
which she has herself
In every study the pupils in turn occupy temporarily
the place of teacher of their classmates, and are subjected to their criticisms as well
those
as
Teaching
their regular teacher.
of
exercises of various kinds form 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
upon
the topical plan.
The commit-
are used, to a large extent, as books of reference.
memory
ting of text-books to
Text-books
avoided as far as possible, the
is
scholars being trained to depend upon thoughts rather than words.
The great object
of the school
think and speak for themselves reliant
;
is
make the pupils investigate, make them independent, self-
to
to
and ready to meet whatever
difficulties
may
arise.
DISCIPLINE.
The
discipline
of
the
school
made
is
as simple as possible.
Pupils are expected to govern themselves, to do without compul-
and to refrain voluntarily from all improThose who are unwilling to conform cheerfully to the known wishes of the principal and his assistants are presumed to be unfit to become teachers. It is not deemed necessary to awaken a feeling of emulation sion what
is
required,
prieties of conduct.
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 of
its
own
Faithful attention to duty
sake, not for the
is
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. At the beginning of the senior term a special examination is had in all the branches taught in the
common
who pass it successYoung ladies who possess good
schools, and only those
fully are permitted to graduate.
natural ability and right habits of study find no serious difficulties in
passing the required examinations.
STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, SALEM.
ZO
LIBRARY, APPARATUS AND MUSEUM. The
institution has a valuable library, containing, in
works for
general reference and reading and in text-books, about nine thou-
sand volumes.
It has, also, a fair
supply of philosophical appa-
and a museum containing a large collection of specimens illustrating various departments of science. ratus,
LABORATORIES. The school
is
furnished with chemical and physical laboratories,
which are thoroughly equipped and which afford ample opportuniThe pupils arc carefully trained in ties for experimental work. the manufacture of
simple
illustration of chemistry
and inexpensive apparatus
for
the
and physics.
ART ROOM.
A
room has been handsomely
purpose of affording
facilities
np and furnished for the
for instruction
higher departments of drawing. casts,
fitted
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 OF SCIENCE. The important advantages offered by these well-known and most useful institutions are freely enjoyed by members of the normal school. The large and, in some respects, unequalled museum and 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 discussion 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 may have previously resided. Ladies designing to teach in other States
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TATE NORMAL
or iu private schools
term for
may
SALE
be admitted by paying
fifteen dollars
a
tuition.
The text-books required from the school
library.
are mostly furnished, without charge,
It is
recommended,
:hat pupils
ho"^
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 and a recent
The
at"
which is paid by the pupils for board (not usually including' washing, or separate fire and lights) varies from three to four dollars per week, according to the accommodations furPupils who prefer to board themselves can obtain good nished. rooms for about one dollar a week. price
Pupils lick
who come
by railroads obtain season
'ne-half of the usual rat-
bs
For
to the school daily
the
who find even the moderate expe burdensome, the Commonwealth makes an annual
ssistance of those
of the school
appropriation.
This aid
is
distributed at the close of each term
among
pupils from Massachusetts who merit and :he aid, in sums varying according to the distance of their residences from Salem, but not exceeding in any case one dollar and fifty ÂŤ
per week.
In
this distribution
nection with the school
is
the
first
term of a pupil's con-
not reckoned, unles-
to complete the prescribed cou:^
NEW SCHOOL
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enters
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lepared
study in less than
BUILDIKC-
hoped that the noble and commodious building now in process of erection for the use of the Salem Normal School will be ready for occupancy before the close of the present year. The school will then be furnished with unsurpassed conveniences and facilities for the accomplishment of its important work. It is
Salt:m. April, 1895.