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State Normal School at Bridgewater, Mass.,Catalogue and Circular. Forty-Fourth Year, endingJuly 1, 1884Bridgewater State Normal School

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STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, BRIDGEWATER, MASS.

STATE

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NORMAL SCHOOL

AT BRIDGEWATER MASS,

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CATALOGUE AND CIRCULAR j

FORTy-FOURTH YEAR, ENDING JULY 1,1884.

nOSTON:WIUGIIT & l'OTTER PRINTING CO., STATE PRINTERS,

18 1'061' Olfl<"JCE SQU.\RI,.

1884.

STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION, 1884.

ESTABLISHED IN 1837.

HIS EXCELI,ENCY GEORGE D. ROBI~SON, Governor.HIS HONOR OLIVER AMES, Lieutenant-Governor.

HOD. E. B. STODDARD,

Rev. ALONZO A. MINER, D.D.,

THOMAS W. HIGGINSON, A.M.,

ADlIIIRAL P. STONE, LL.D.,

Miss ABBY W. MAY, .

HOD. M. B. 'WnITNEY,

FRANCIS A. WALKER, LL. D ,

EDWARD C. CARRIGAN, A.M.,

\<Vorcester, .

Boston,

Cambridge,

Springfield,

Boston,

Westfield,

Boston,

Boston,

Term Expires.May 25, 1884.

May 25, 1885.

May 25, 1886.

May 25, 1887.

May 25. 1888.

May 25, 1889.

May 25, 1890.

May 25, 1891.

OFFICERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.

BOARD OF VISITORS.

THOMAS W. HIGGINSON, A.~. FHANCIS A. WALKER, LL.D.

JOHN W. DICKINSON, A.M.

JOHN W. DICKINSON, A.M., Secretary.C. B. TILLINGHAST, Asst.-Secy. and Treasurer,

GEORG E A. WALTON, A.M., Agent,GEORGE E. MARTIN, A.M., Agent,

JOliN T. PRINCE, Agent,

NewtoDville.

Boston.

West Newton.

Bridgewater.

Waltham.

INSTRUCTORS.

ALBERT G. BOYDEN, A.M., PRINCIPAL.

Psychology, Science and Art of Teaching, Rhetoric.

FRANZ H. KIR lAYER.

Latin, French, German, Greek.

AB.TIlUR C. BOYDEN, A 1\1.

Mathematics, Chemistry, Civil Polity, and History.

CYRUS A. COLE.

Physics, Book-Keeping, Natural Science.

WILLIAM D. JACKSON.

Mathematics. Chemistry, English Literature.

EL1ZA B. WOODWARD.

Drawing.

MARY H. LEONARD.

Language. Geography, Astronomy.

ISABELLE S. HORNE.

Vocal Culture and Reading.

CLARA C. PRINCE.

Vocal Music, Ma.thema.tics.

CLARA T. Wl~G.

School of Observa.tion.

STUDENTS.

Term 102. September 6, 1883.

POST-GRADUATES.Leonard, Edith,Steele, Miranda,

Armstrong, Arthur W.,Pease, Frank A.,

SPECIAL COURSE.

. (Acadia College)..(D,trtmouth College)

Bridgewater.Gloucester.

Wolfeuille, N. S .Middleborough.

FOUR-YEARS' COURSE.Channell, Guy Carleton,\Varner, Milton Burrage,Bourne, Clara Augusta,Carroll, Carrie Alden,Copeland, Myra Dyer,Curtis, Harriet Eliza, .\Vetherbee, Blanche GonIon,Spring, George Frederick,Curtiss, Elmer Lewis, .Em~r50n, Philip, .Kendall, Frank Winsor,Taylor, Fr:1nk Turner,Allcn, Myra Daniel,Burt, J essamille, .Easton, Susie,Gilford, Annie Kittredge,Xoyes, Samh Dean,Pierce, Dora,:K ash, Bessie Potter,Adallls, Charles Eugene,Moran, John Joseph,Jr.,:;\iekcrson, Winfield Scott,

Reading, .Acushnet, .FairllaL'en,Dedham, .Oflrnpello, .Stoughton,Ell.st L11ar;hfield,Wellesley, .Boston,RW'ling, .Brookline, N. II.,Ncw Bedford,SeliJ EGd/ord, .Bridgewnler,Slaten Island, N. Y.,Provincetown, .East Bridgewater,Middleborough,Sew BldJunl,Delry.N. H., .Soulh BOoton, .Cotuit, Barnstllllte,

Entered Sept., 18'30.

Feb., 1881.Sept.,

Re-entered" 1883.Entered Feb., 188:2.

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Sheenan, John Joseph,Leonard, Eliza. Cook, .Millard, Mary Caroline,Atkinson, Edward Lincoln, .Atkinson, Fred Washington,Daniels, Ernest Darwin,Owens, John Griffith, .Smith, Lendo Goodrich,Parker, Annie Bell,Peirce, Mary Ware,Whitten, Fannie Bell,Boylston, Joseph, .Gurney, Edward Burnham,Long, William Joseph, .Buckley, Martha, .Edson, Nellie Maria,Fisher Emma CnrtVaughn, May Helen,Whitford, Winnifrecl Gage,

South Boston,. Entered Fcb., 1882.West Bridgewater,Fall R-iver,Reading, . Sept,Reading, .Franklin, .Quincy,Newton Centre,1l[onument,NOTth Attlebor01tgh,South Boston, .DuxbuTy, Feb., 1883.East Bridgewater,Nor'lh Attleborough,Campello, Sept.,Elmw'£l, E. B'rlgewatcl',NOTwood,Abington,Waltham,

TWO-YEARS' COURSE.SENIOR CJ,A$S.

*Alexauder, Charles Sumner,Bean, Charles 'Vilson,Frauk. Charles Augustus, .Perkins, James Sawyer,*Stump, John William,Ames, Emma Nelsun,*Banchard, Florence Adeli,t,Burgess, Harriet Darling, .*Burt, Anita,Chace, Mary Brayton,*Delano, Emily Adelaide,Dickerman, Anna Lesta,Eddy, Louisa Dean, .Fisher, Mary Steele, .Gayron, ]\faria, .Hobart, Lilian Marsh,Johnson, Annie Isabell,Kendall, Nellie Fmncena,Luce, SU8ie LincollJ, .Mansfield, Jnlia,McGaughey, Sarah .1ane,

* Intermediate COlli se.

MarlbcTough.TJanveTS.Br·idgcwater.Danversport.Plainfield, Pa.Mattapoisett.South AbingtonHampton Falls, N. H.Bridgewater.Somerset.East FTeetown.Nor'th Easton.]Jfiddleborough.FTeetown.Rockland.West Hingham.South Natick.Atlantic, QUincyMattapoisett.Mlddtcbor·ough.Randolph.

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Moore, Nellie Mary, .*Pierce, Augusta Maria,Phinney, Ella Frances,Powers, Carrie AIm,!,Pratt, Lillian Gertrude,Sylvester, Emily Elizabeth,Tooker, Lucy Clements, .

SUB·SENIOR CLASS.

Marston, Richard Wallace,O'Brien, Robert Lincoln,Bearce, Roxa Theresa,Briggs, Mary Frances,Butman, Bessie Fornis,Chace, l"'[ary Emma, .Clarke, Sa.rah Bullens,Cushman, Agnes Jea.n,Davis, Mary Annie, .Earle, Gertrude AuguSl:!, .Emerson, Harriet Clark,Emerson, Mal'y Alice,Ford, Anne Maria,Garcelon, Octavia Lillian,Haskell, Lucy Thompson,Hopkinson, Sarah,Houghton, Fannie Marcell .. ,Howard, Lizzie Philena,Howes, Lizzie Lowe,IIussey, Marianna,Loker, Clara Evelyn,Merrill, Abbie Robinson,Miller, Alice Bessie, .Nightingale, Mary ElizaLJclh,Oakman, Carrie Frances,Parker, Martha Bridget,Poole, Viola Lincoln,Purrington, Sarah Drew,Roberts, Lillian Carrie,Saunders, Nellie Franccs, .Sprague, Emm,t Catherine,Stevenson, Mary Agnes, .Waterman, Susan vVashburn,Wentworth, Carrie Young,

* Iutcrmediate course.

Eust Derry, N. H.Lincoln.Waquoit, Falmouth.Bolton.North Abington,Ilanover.Bridgewater.

Yarmouth.Abington.It[attapoisett.Mattapoisett.lJeveTly.East Freetown.FaiThaven.BenwTdston.CCtmbridgeport.Somerville.Reacling.Reading.Weymouth.Boston.Rochester.Newton.Wi~st Acton.B1'idgewnter.Dennis.Nnlltucket.Weston.Turner Centl'e, Me.Alji'ed, Me. .Quincy.North 1Jfnrs/~ficl(t.

NOl'wood.Rockland.llfattapoisett.East Somel ville.Canton.Bri(lgewatel·.Bridgewuter.Bl·idgewater.South Berwick, Me.

STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, BRIDGEWATER.

EX·JUNIOR CUSS.

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French, Robert Carver,Lillis, .10hn William,Stover, Charles Albert,Atkinson, Grace Augusta,Barton, Gertrude,Bush, Annie Childs,Canavan, Ellen Agnes,Dixon, Sarah Ann, .Dodge, Ella Clark: .Foster, Emeline Crosby,Hatch, Grace Frances,King, Frances Eddy,Lillis, Annie,Miner, Julia Wilson,Pierce, Rhoda Williams,Pratt, Sarah Fenella,Pushee, Anna,Story, Amy Lorilla,Thomas, Georgiana W.,Turner, Susie Oakman,Washburn, Susan Lincoln,Williams, Lula Louisa, .

JUNIOR CI.ASS.

Baker, George A.,Brady, Stephen Ambrose Duuglas,Callahan, Corydon Howal'd,Chamberlin, Everett Francis,Kingman, Howard Greenleaf,Loud, Frederick Ellsworth,Mosher, Franklin Herbert,Arey, Lillian Forest,Austin, Winnie,Baxter, Louise Hall,Baxter, Orissa Marion,Bragg, Nancy Mellen,Brassill, Mary Elizabeth,Bryant, Sarah Helen,Chamberlin, Emily Grosvenor,Chapman, Clara May,Copeland, Mary Augusta,Crocker, Martha Anne,Curtis, Fannie Frost,Davis, Abbie Jane, .

Newport, R. I.Natick.East CambridgeSouth Berwick, JIe.Campello.Fall River.Bridgewater.Bnrnstable.Fall River.Brewster.South ScituateFranklin.Natick.Orange, N. J.Lakeville.North Raynham.Somerville.Hillsboro' B?'idge, N II.SO~tth Hanson.South Scituate.Halifax.JIilton.

West Dcnni.~.

New Bedford.West Bridgewater.North Abington.Elmw'd, E. B'dgewater.South Weymmtth.Dm·tmouth.West Barnstflble.Taunton.West Dennis.East Milton.Braggville, Holliston.South Weymouth.Kingston.North Abington.Abington.Bridgewater.Bridgewater.Stoneham.Ashby.

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Denyven, Christina Rohertson,Dow, Annie Marion,Felker, Laura Alice,1'0 tel', Harriet May,Fuzzard, Eliza,Hall, Annette Frceman,Uaney, Mary Elma,nolden, Gracc Mooar,Hutchinson, Harriet Eliza,Kimball, Annie Louise,Keohan, Mary Ellen,Lewis, Hattie Bancroft,Lilley, Sarah Minerva,Lincoln, Josephine Emmons, .Livingstone, Mary Agncs Graham,May, Alice Edith,Mitchell, Edith Faxon,Morgan, Marion Helen,Nash, Helen Ellsworth,Packard, Ella Mande,Palmer, Jcnnie Frances, .Parker, Carrie Frances, .Robinson, Clara Florilla,Sampson, Ruby Baker, .Simmons, Lillian Frances,Sylvester, Martha Wright,Walker, Susie Holbrook,\V'tterman, Sarah Shaw, .Williamson, Sarah Emma,Winslow, Alice Victoria,*Wright, Ella May, .

SUJIlIARY.

Post-Graduates,Special Course, .Four-Years' Conrse,Intermediate Course,Senior Class,Sub-Senior Class,Ex-Junior Class,Junior Class,

umber of gentlemen, 38; bdies, H2,

'* Intermediate course.

Oambridgeport.Oambridgeport.Ga.rnpello, Brockton.Reading.Cambridge.Dennis.Fairhaven.Reading.New Bedford.Oheste1', N. H.Weymouth.Rending.Oharlton.Hingham.Midcllebo1'ough.East Stoughton.Pawtucket.West Harwich.Abington.]'[ilton.East Stoughton.Quincy.Plymouth.Marshfield.Bridgewate1'.Hanover.South Abington.Woburn.Littleton, N. HLnkeville.Bridgewater.

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180

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Term 103. February 13, 1884.

POST-GRADUATES.Stump, John William, Plainfield, Pa.Leonard, Edith, Bridgewater.Manley, Ellen, B1·ockton.

SPECIAL COURSE.Armstrong, Arthur W" (Acadia College) Wolfeville, N. S.

FOUR-YEARS' COURSE.Channell, Guy Carleton, Reading, Entered Sept., 1880.Warner, Milton Burrage, Acushnet,Bourne, Clara Augusta, Fairhaven,Carroll, Carrie Alden, Dedham,Copeland, Myra Dyer, . Campello,Curtis, Harriet Eliza, Stoughton,Wetherbee, Blanche Gordon, East Marshfield,Spriug, George Frederick, Wellesley, Feb., 1881.Emerson, Philip, Reading, Sept"Kendall, Frank Winsor, Brookline, N. H.,Keyes, William, Bridgewater, .Taylor, Frank Turner, . New Bedford,Allen, Myra Daniel, New Bedford,Easton, Susie, Staten Island, N. Y.,Gifford, Annie Kittredge, Provincetown,Noyes, Sarah Dean, East Bridgewater, .Pierce, Dora, Middleborough,Adams, Charles Eugene, Derry, N. H., . Feb" 1882.Moran, John Joseph, Jr., South Boston, .Millard, Mary Caroline, Fall River,Atkiuson, Edward Lincoln, Reading, " Sept.,Atkinson, Fred Washington, Reading,Owens, John Griffith, Quincy,Smith, Leudo Goodrich, Newton Centre,Parker, Annie Belle, Monument,Peirce, Mary Ware, North Attleborough,Whitten, Fannie Belle, South Boston,Daniels, Ernest Darwin, Franklin,Boylston, Joseph, Dutr;bury, Feb., 1883.

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Gurney, Edward Burnham,Long, William Joseph,Edson, Nellie Maria,Fisher, Emma Curtis, .Vaughn, May Helen,Whitford, Winnifred Gage,Badger, Frederick,McClellan, Elizabeth Beals, .Whitman, Mabel Parks,

East Bridgewnte1', . Entered Feb, 1883.North .Attteborough,Elmwoocl, E. Bridgew't'r. Sept.,Norwood,Abington,Waltham,Oambridge, Feb., 188-1-.QUincy,Newton, .

TWO-YEARS' COURSE..SENIOU CUSS,

"Alexander, Charles Sumucr,"Curtiss, Elmer Lewis,Marston, Richard Wallace,"Sheehan, John Joseph, .O'Brien, Robert Lincoln,Perkins, James Sawyer,Briggs, Mary Frances,Butman, Bessie Fornis,Clarke, Sarah Bullens,Cushman, Agnes Jean,Davis, l\Iary Annie,"Delano, Emily Adelaide,Earle, Gertrude Augusta,Emerson, Harriet Clark,Emerson, Mary Alice,Fisher, Mary Steele,Ford, Anne Maria, .Haskell, Lucy Thompson,Hopkinson, Sarah, .Howes, Lizzie Lowe,Hussey, Marianna, .Loker, Clara Evelyn,"Merrill, Abbie Robinson,Miller, Alice Bessie,Nightingale, Mary Elizabeth,Oakman, Carrie Frances,Parker, Martha Bridget,"Pierce, Augusta Maria,Poole, Viol!t Lincoln,Purrington, Sarah Drew,Roberts, Lillian Carrie, .

". Intermediate course.

Marlbo1'ough.Boston.Yarmouth.Dorchester.Abington.Danversl1ort.lJfallapoisell.Beverly.Fairhaven.Bernardston.Oambridgepo1't.East Freetown.Somerville.Reading.Reading.Freetown.Weymouth.Roclteste1'.Newton.Dennis.Nantucket.Weston.TU1'ner Oentre, Me.Alfred, lJfe.Quincy.North Mra'shfielcl.Norwood.Lincoln.Rockland.Mattapoisett.East Sornert"ille.

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SUB.SENLOR CL.lSS.

Saunders, Nellie Frances,Sprague, Emma Catherine,Stevenson, Mary Agnes,

French, Robert Carver, .Lillis, John William,*Nickerson, Winfield Scott,Stover, Charles Albert,Barton, Gertrude,*Burt, Jessamine,Bush, Annie Childs,Canavan, Ellen Agnes,Dixon, Sarah Ann, .Dodge, Ella Clark, .Downey, Margaret,Foster, Emeline Crosby,Boward, Lizzie Philena, .King, Frances Eddy,*Leonard, Eliza Cook,Pratt, Sarah Fenella,Lillis, Annie, .Miner, Julia Wilson,Pierce, Rhoda Williams, .Turner, Susie Oakman, .Washburn, Susan Lincoln,W'aterman, Susan Washburn,Williams, Lula Louisa, .

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Canton.Bridgewater.Bridgewater.

NewJlort, R. I.Natick.Cotuit, Barnstable.East Camb1·idge.Oampello.Bridgewater.Fall Rive1·.Bridgewnter.Barnstable.Fall River.Braintree.B1"ewster.Bridgewater.Franklin.West Bridgewate1·.North Raynham.Natick.Orange, N. J.Lakeville.South Scituate.Hal~rax.

Bridgewate1".Milton.

EX·JUNLOR CLASS.

Brady, Stephen Ambrose Douglas,Callahan, Corydon Howard, .Chamberlin, Everett Francis, .Kingman, Howard Greenle:lf,Loud, Frederick Ellsworth,Mosher, Franklin Herbert,Arey, Lillian Forest,Austin, Winnie,Baxter, Louise Hall,Baxter, Orissa Marion,Bragg, Nancy Mellen,Brassill, Mary Elizabeth,Bryant, Sarah Helen,Chamberlin, Emily Grosvenor,

'" Intermediate course.

New Bell/m'd.W~st Bl·iclgewater.North Abington.Elmwood, E. B'dgew'1·.South Weymonth.Dartmouth.West Barnstable.1'nunton.West Dennis.East Milton.Bruggville, Holliston.South Weymouth.Kingston.North Abington.

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Chapman, Clara May,Copeland, Mary Augusta,Crocker, Martha Anne,Curtis, Fannie Frost,Davis, Abbie Jane, .Denyven, Christina Robertson,Dow, Annie Marion,Felker, Laura Alice,Foster, Haniet May,Fuzzard, Eliza,Haney, Mary Elma,Holden, Grace Mooar,Hutchinson, Harriet Eliza,Keohan, Mary Ellen,Lewis, Hattie Bancroft, .Lilley, Sarah Minerva,Lincoln, Josephine Emmons,Livingstone, Mary Agnes Graham,May, Alice Edith,Mitchell, Edith Faxon,Morgan, Marion Helen,Nash, Helen Ellsworth,Packard, Ella Maude, .Palmer, Jennie Frances, .Parker, Carrie Frances, .Robinson, Clara Florilla,Sampson, Ruby Bakel',Simmons, Lillian Frances,Sylvester, Martha Wright,Walker, Susie Holbrook,Waterman, Sarah Shaw, .Williamson, Sarah Emma,Winslow, Alice Victoria,*Wright, Ella May, .

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Abington.Bridgewater.Bridgewater.Stoneham.Ashby.Oambridgepol·t.Oambridgeport.Oampello, Brockton.Reading.Oambridge.Fairhaven.Reading.New Becljonl.Weymouth.Reading.Oharlton.Hingham.Middleborough.East Stoughton.Pawtucket, R. I.West Harwich .Abington.Milton.East Stoughton.Quincy.Plymouth.Marshfield.Bl'idgewatel'.Hanover.South Abington.Woburn.Littleton, N. H.Lakeville.Bridgewater.

JUN IOR CLASS.

Andrews, Harry Newell, .Haines, Charles Conant, .Nowland, James Martin,Alden, Lam'illa Evangeline,Carmichael, Adaline Florence,Clarke, Laurie Etta,Colbert, Josephine Bertha,Cushing, Lucia Anna,

* Intermediate course.

Essex.Newmarket, N. H.Ashland, Me.Berkley.South Braintree.Reading.South Braintree.South Abington.

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Ellis Carrie Clark, .Emerson, Elnora Augusta,Field, Mary Harris,Grant, Helen Louise,Halliday, Katharine,Keene, Aunie Nichols,Keith, Annie :Maria,Kilbrith, Ella Frances,Merritt, Julia Ella, .O'Rourke, Susan Alice Clare,Osborne, Mary Lavinia,Pierce, Mattie Angelia,Snow, Susie Whitney,Stetson, Ruth Hinckley,Walker, Susie Everet,Washburn, Ellen Reed,

SVilDlAUY.

Post-Graduates,Special Course,Four·Years' Course, .Intermediate Course,Senior Class,Sub-Senior Class,Ex-Junior Class,Junior Class,

Number of gentlemen, 39 j ladies, 132.

Mattapoisett.Reading.Taunton.Oampello, Brockton.Oalais, Me.Oohasset.Bridgewater.Bryantville, Pembroke.Marshfield, Vt. ISouth Braintree.M dclleborough. •Stoughton.South BraintTee.South Yanl'touth.Steep Brook, FTectown.Micldleborough.

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Number for the year: Gentlemen, 43 j ladies, 167 j total,210.

STATE NORMAL SCHOOL,

BRIDGEWATER, MASS.

This institution is one of the five State Normal Schools under the direc­tion of the Massachusetts Board of Education. It was established by theCommonwealth. with the co-operation of the citizens of Bridgewater, andreceived the first class Sept. 9,1840. The number of pupils who have beenadmitted is 2,981: gentlemen, 959; ladies, 2,022. The number of grad­uates I;; 1,793: gentlemen, 604; ladies, 1,189. The number of graduatesfrom the four-years' course is 62: gentlemen, 41; ladies, 21.

CONDITIONS OF ADJlISSION.

"Candidates for admission, proposing to qualify themselves to becomeschool teachel's, must have attained the age of seventeen years complete ifgentlemen, and sixteen years if lad~es, and be free from any disease orinfirmity which would unfit them for the office of teacher; " must presenta satisfactory certificate of good intellectual ability and high moral char­acter; must declare their full intention of faithfully observing the regula­tions of the school while members of it, and of afterwards teaching in thepu blic schools of Massachusetts;* and must pass a satisfactory examina­tion in reading, spelling, writing, arithmetic, geography, the history of theUnited States, and English grammar. Graduates of high schools andteachers will find the course of study in the school very profitable mentallyand pecuniarily.

The examination for admission takes place on WEDNESDAY, the fil'st dayof each term, beginning at eight o'clock, A.1\:[.

THE DESIGN OF THE SCHOOL, AND COURSE OF STUDIES.

The Board of Education, by a vote passed May 6, 1880, stated thedesign of the school and course of studies for the State Normal Schools asfollows:-

"The design of the Normal School is st1'ictly professional; that is, toprepare, in the best possible manner, the pupils for the work of organizing,governing and teaching the public schools of the Commonwealth.

"To this end, there must be the most thorough knowledge,first, of thebranches of learning required to be taught in the schools j second, of the bestmethod of teaching those branches; and, third, of right mental training.

*Persons intending to leach in other Stales are admitted by paying fifteen dollars a term fortuition.

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" The time of one course exteuds through a period of two years, of theother through a period of four years, and is divided into terms of twentyweeks each, with daily sessions of not less than five days each week.

STUDIES.

" Two-Years' Course.-Arithruetic, Algebra, Ge0Dtetry, Book-keeping."Physics, Astronomy, Chemistry."Physiology, Botany, Zoology, Mineralogy, Geology, Geography."Language, Reading, Orthography, Etymology, Grammar, Rhetoric,

Literature, Composition."Penmanship, Drawing, Vocal Music, Gymnastics, Military Drill."Psychology, Science and Art of Education, School Organization, His­

tory of Education."Civil Polity of Massachusetts and of United States, History, School

Laws of Massachusetts."Four-Years' Course.-In addition to the studies named above, the four­

years' course includes advanced Algebra and Geometry, Trigonometry andSurveying.

"Advanced Chemistry, Physics, and Botany." Drawing, English Literature, General History."Latin and French required; German and Greek as the principal and

visitors of the school shall decide."Intermediate Course.-Students may take an intermediate course by

adding one, two, or three terms to the two-years' course. Graduates fromthe shorter course may take two additional years' work, and thus completethe four-years' course.

" New classes in the study of the languages are formed only at the begin­ning of the fall term.

" The above is an enumeration of the studies. Thp, order of the studiesin the course is determined by the principal of each school, with the appro­val of the visitors of that school."

The present order, distribution and range of studies in the two-years'course :-

JUNIOU CLASS.

GEOMETRY, 5.*-The definition and division of geometry. The teach­ing of forms for the properties, relations, and classification of lines, angles,surfaces, anel volumes. Teaching the demonstration of propositions con­cerning lines and angles, triangles, quadrilaterals, ratios and proportion,the relations of rectilinear figures, and circles. The application of thisknowledge in problems, and in original demonstrations.

ELElIIENTARY CHEMISTRY,5.-The descriptive study of the most impor­tant elements and their comJ~ounds. The chemistry of common life: Com­bustion, candle, decay, fermentation, respiration, foods, dyeing, bleaching,

* The figure after the name of tb~ study indicates the number of lessons a week ill that study.

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poisons, metals with their uses. The subject is taught by experimentswith simple apparatus. Each student prepares the apparatus, performsthe experiments in the laboratory, observes, records his observations andinferences, makes the applications, and teaches.

ELEMENTARY PHYSICS, 5. - Properties of matter j molecular forces j heat j

gravitation j light j souJ\d j electl"icity j machines and motors. The subjectis taught by experiments. Each student prepares the apparatus, performsthe experiments in the laboratory, observes, records his observations andinferences, makes the applications, and teaches.

DRAWING, 4. - Geometrical, freehand, and design, with pencil and onthe blackboard.

VOCAL MUSIC, 4. -Training the voice and ear in singing. Teaching toread music in all the keys at sight. Method of teaching. Practice inchorus singing.

ELEMENTARY MINERALOGY, 2. - Lessons to show what a mineral is.Differences in minerals. Application of the knowledge in distinguishingminerals from one another. Teaching the qualities, varieties, and uses ofthe different minerals. The students work in the laboratory, where eachone is furnished with the needed applicances and with specimens of eachof the minerals studied. Each student observes, records his observation,and teaches.

EX·JUNIOR Cf,ASS.

ALGEBRA, 5. - Definition and division of algebra. Notation; numericalprocesses; use of processes in equations, simple and quadratic.

ARITHMETIC, 4. Elementary Oourse. - Teaching the numbers to onethousand, with the expression, the operations upon, and the relations of,the numbers. Teaching is done with objects prepared by the students.SCientific Oourse.- Definition and division of arithmetic. The system ofnumbers j the expression, operations upon, and relations of, numbers.Teaching the principles, definitions, and rules of arithmetic.

GEOGRAPIIY·,5. Elementary Oourse. - Scientific Oourse. - Definition anddivision of geography; the earth as a sphere j distribution of light andheat; parts of the earth's surface j the sea j the atmosphere j life of thecontinents j the study of each continent. Preparation of apparatus for theteaching by the students in both courses.

LANGUAGE, 2. - Construction of sentences, letter-writing, elementarycomposition. All class exercisesare made lessons in language to theextent of securing the correct expression of the ideas acquired in the ex­ercise.

GRAMMAR, 5. Elementary Oourse. - Scientific Oourse. - Definition anddivision of grammar. The proposition and its parts. Words in a prop­osition; or parts of speech, their inflections and relations in the proposition.

VOCAL CULTURE AND READING, 2.BOTANY, 2. Elementary Oourse. - Parts of the plant. History of plant­

life. Differences in the parts of plants. Habits of plants. Uses of parti-

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cular plants. Special subjects, - forest trees, grains, woods. Teachingdone with the plants; no use of books. Secondary Course. - Study of theplant with thc book for analysis.

SUB-SENIOR CLASS.

ARITIIMETIC, 4. - Applications of arithmetic. Commercial papers. Men­suration. Preparation of apparatus for teaching.

RliETORIC, 4. Elementary Course. - Definitions j perception j memoryand imagination; taste; the novel, wonderful and picturesque; beauty andsublimity j wit, humor and ridicule; figures of words. Scient~fic Course.­Detinition and province of rhetoric; figures of rhetoric; style, kinds ofstyle, qualities of style, and rules for forming style. Method of teachingcomposition-writing. Writing compositions.

CIVIL GOVERNMENT, 4. - Principles of civil government; civil govern­ment of the States befure their independence; the constitutional govern­ment of Massachusetts; the constitutional government of the United States.Teaching elementary lessons on the facts and principles of our govern­ment. Stndy of English and American history for the causes of our institutions.

ZOOLOGY,2. Elementary Course. - Parts of the animal; differences inthe parts of animals; differences in the habits of animals; the resem­blances and grouping of animals; the uses of particular animals j theinternal parts of animals. Secondary Course. - The study of the struc­ture of animals; the classification of animals j stndy of some classes ofanimals.

Each student works in the laboratory, dissects typical forms, studies thespecimens from the cabinets, makes collections of insects, and teaches thetopics.

PIIYSIOLOGY AND HYGIENE, 4. - Teaching the structure of the humanbody, its different systems, their functions, the conditions of health. Thesubject is illustrated by means of a human skeleton, specimens of theinternal organs, a life-size manikin, and specimens obtained from the loweranimals.

DRAWING, 4. - Perspective, model and design, with pencil and on black­board.

VOCAL CULTURE AND READING, 3.

SENIOR CLASS.

ASTRONOMY, 3. - Phenomena of the heavenly bodies; their form, size,location, motions, effects of their motions and the causes of the phenomena.

ENGLISH LITERATURE, 3. - Historical study of the English language.Poetry, - ballads, ancient and modern j Idyls of the King j Paradise Lost;Deserted Village. Prose, - Essays of Bacon, Addison, Lamb, Macaulay.In all, characteristics of thought and diction, with biography of authors andcollateral reading.

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BOOK-KEEPING, 2.-Exchange of property; mercantile papers; accounts,four forms, embracing single and double entry.

"VOCAL CULTURE AND READING, 4.GEOLOGY, 2. - The structure of the earth, and the history of the

structure.EDUCATION, 11. Psychology. - Definition and division of psychology.

The intellect, - reason, the prcsentative, represent:1tive and reflectivepowers. The sensibilities, - the appetites, instinct, desires, affections.The will and the moral nature. The subject is taught from the facts of thestudent's consciousness. The end sought is the knowledge of the diJferentpowers of the mind, the order of their development, the conditions andproducts of their activity, and the ability to use this knowledge in theeducation of children.

Science and Art of Teaching. - Principles of education, as derived fromstudy of psychology. The art of teaching, - definitions; knowledge of themind, the pupil, the subject; selection and arrangement of topics; methodsof teaching j teacher's preparation; language, voice and manner of theteacher j means of making the teaching impressive j object and method ofcriticism. Course of study arranged for the primary, intermediate andhigher grades j method of teaching the topics in the primary course andpractice with children.

School Organization. - What it is to organize a school. Advantages of agood organization. Opening of the school. Classification of the school.Distribution of studies. Arrangement of the exercises. Provisions relatingto order.

School Government. - Definition of government and what governmentimplies in the governor and in the subject. School government j definitionthe teacher's right to govern, and the end of school government. Themotives to be used in school government, and the method of their appli­cation.

History of Education. School Laws of Massachusetts.

THE RANGE OF STUDIES IN THE FOUR.YEARS' cOUnSE.

All the work of the two-years' course, with the following subjects added:ADVANCED ALGEBRA; GEOMETRY OF PLANES AND VOLUMES, CONIC

SECTIONS j TRIGONOMETRY; SURVEYING.CHEMISTRY. - Qualitative analysis, -liquid compounds in preparation

for the analysis of water; solid compounds in preparation for analysis ofminerals and soils. Organic Chemistry, - descriptive study and classifica­tion of the carbon compounds, with simple analysis; daily laboratory prac­tice by each pupil. Chemical Philosophy. Quantitative Analysis forspecial students. Preparation of chemicals and apparatus, and practice inteaching during the whole course.

PHYSICS. - Aconstics, Optics, Magnetism and Electricity, with laboratory

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practice by each pupil. Preparation of apparatus and practice in teachingthroughout the course.

BOTANY. - Anatomy, Physiology, and Morphology of Plants, with theuse of the microscope and projection.

DRAWING. - Light and Shade, Freehand, and Applied Design.ENGLISH LITERATURE, studied historically.GENERAL HISTORY. - The development of the Aryan People, - the

Greeks, Romans, and Teutonic People to the present time.LATIN. - The object in this study is to acquire the ability to understand,

read and teach the language. The authors read are Cresar, Cicero, Virgil,Horace, and others if the students are prepared for them. Method of teach­ing. Practice in teaching. Pupils who come well prepared can extendtheir study of the subject. Greek is studied in the same way.

FRENCH AND GERMAN. - The object in the study of each is to under­stand, speak, and teach the language. Methods of teaching and study,­with a child as a vernacular,-by hearing and understanding, speaking,reading, and writing the language; with a person as a second language,­reading, hearing and understanding, speaking and writing.

VOCAl, CULTURE AND READING.PREPARATION OF TOPICS for teaching various subjects; and PAPERS on

educational topics.

PRINCIPLES A~D METHOD O}' THE SCHOOL.

Principles.-The ultimate object of the ~ormal School is to make theNormal student, as far as possible, an educator.

The aim of the school is to give the students a thoro'ugh knowledge ofthe principles and the method of education, and of the objects and subjcctshe will need to teach, with such f,tcility in the application of these princi­ples and this knowledge as will enable him to organize and control his ownschool and to educate his pupils.

The mind is developed by the right exertion of all its powers.The presence to the mind of the proper object of thought is the condi­

tion for its activity. The manner of presenting the object to the minddetermines the kind of activity excited and the kind of knowledge ac­quired.

There must be the selection of the 7'ight objects of thought for the pupil,and tbe arrangement of the ideas to be taught in the natural and logicalorder. The idea must be acquired from the object of thougbt, and be cor­rectly expressed in speech and in writing.

There must be the constant use of such motives as will secure rightmoral action. The products of the continued right exertion of all tbepowers of the mind are knowledge, mental power, and good character.

The principles of education are derived from the study of the mind.The method of teaching and training is determined by these principles.

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The teacher, as an educator, must know the different mental powers, theorder of their development, and how they are called into right activity;and he must know each pupil as an individual. He must also know thedlfferent kinds of knowledge, the order and the method of their acqui­sition.

He is to form right habits of observation, of thought, of feeling, ofaction.

A course of studies is required for the training of the mind. The courseneeded for this purpose is a series of objects and subjects for study ar­ranged according to the order of mental devclopment. It includes studiesfor tra,ining the perceptive faculties, the memory, and imagination, in theacquisition and expression of distinct ideas of individual objects, as thebasis of the studies for training the reflective power in the acquisition andexpression of general ideas and truths, and knowledge systematically ar-ranged. .

Method.-Alllessons are conducted upon the topical plan, presenting theobject or subject as a whole, its parts, and the relation of the parts. Thetopics for the study of an object are arrangeu in the natural order. Thesubject is analyzed into its main divisions, and each division is outlined intopics logically arranged.

The lessons thus analytically arranged are taught to the class at the timethe lesson is assigned, so far as is necessary to teach them how to study thelesson so as to be able to teach or present it to the class. Nothing is to be done(or the student which he can do for himself.

After preparation of the lesson, the class are thoroughly examined. Theoutline of topics is first stated, to present the lesson as a whole. The stu­dents are examined upon the method of teaching by having them teach thetopics to the class, with criticisms by the class and the teacher. They areexamined upon the subject-matter by having them present the topics to theclass, with additions and criticisms by the class and the teacher. After theteaching or presenting, the teacher thoroughly qnestions the class on allthe important points of the lesson.

After acqniring some knowledge of teaching, students are required toteach new topics to the class, and to drill the class on topics previouslytaught.

A review of the preceding lesson is made, in its outline and main points,to fix the facts in the mind by repetition, and to connect the topics with thelesson of the day. Each main division of a subject is reviewed, in its out­line and main topics, to teach the rebtion of the topics. The subject, as awhole, is reviewed before leaving it, in its outline and main points, to teachall the parts in their relations.

The teaching of the topics by the students secures the most thoroughpreparation of the lesson j for the student must know the subject, the logi­cal arrangement of it, and how to teach it, or fail. It ~ives the student com­mand of himself, makes him self-reliant, develops his individuality.

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All the class exercises, from the beginning of the course, are conductedupon the principles and by the method that has been indicated. After thestudents have been trained in this way, to teach philosophically, in as fulla measure as the time will allow, they come in the last term of the courseto tbe study of psychology, and tbere learn the philosophy of their work byfinding in the study of the mind the principles which underlie the methodthey have learned to use; they also observe their application with pupilsiu the" school of observation," and have some practice in teaching classesfrom this school.

Text-books are used as books of reference in the preparation of lessons.Statements of important principles and definitions are required to bememorized verbatim. The committing of text-books to memory is avoided,the students being trained to depend upon objects of thought rather thanupon words.

Students are expected to govern themselves; to do, without compulsion,what is required; and to refrain voluntarily from all improprieties of con­duct. Those who are unwilling to conform cheerfully to the known wishesof the principal and his assistants, are presumed to be unfit· to becometeachers.

It is not deemed necessary to awaken a feeling of emulation, in orderto induce the students to perform their duties faithfully. Faithful attentionto duty is encouraged for its own sake, and not for the purpose of obtainingcertain marks of credit.

EXAMINATION, GU,\l)UATION, EMPLOYMENT.

Examinations, oral and written, are made in each study; and the resultin each must be satisfactory to enable the student to advance to the studiesnext in order.

The diplomas are given only to those pupils who have satisfactorilypassed the examinations in all the studies of the prescribed courses. Cer­tificates are given to those who take an intermediate conrse, and to collegegraduates who take a special course.

Graduates,from either cmtrse, are in qUick demand to fill good positionsin the public schools, especially those who have taught before coming to theschool, and those graduating from the longer cmtrse.

LABORATORIES, ART.ROO~I, AND LIBRARY.

The institution has seven laboratories furnished with the best approvedmodern appliances for teaching bow to teach and study the physical andnatural sciences.

CHEMICAL laboratories, one for the elementary course, the other for ana­lytical work, qnalitative and quantitative.

PHYSICAL laboratories, one for the elementary course, the other for theadvanced course, with apparatus for projection.

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A MINERALOGICAL laboratory, and cabinets of typical specimens ar­ranged for study.

A BIOLOGICAL laboratory for dissection and microscopic work, and cabi­nets of typical specimens arranged for study.

The laboratories are furnished so that each student has a place at thetables, and performs thc experiments.

An INDUSTRIAL laboratory, furnished with carpenters' benches and tools,a turning lathe and jig-saw, in which the students are instructed in the useof tools in making sets of apparatus for use in the different studies of thecourse.

The ART-ROOU is fitted up with the best kind of furniture aud instru­ments, with a large number of the finest examples of casts, models, and flatcopies, affording excellent facilities for teaching in the various departmentsof drawing, and furnishing a constaut study of art to the members of theschool.

The school has a valuable LIBRARY of books for reference, with a cardcatalogue arranged for direct use in the studies of the course.

EXPENSES AND PECUNIARY AID.

TUITION IS FREE to all who comply with the condition of teaching in theschools of Massachusetts, wherever they may have previously resided.Pupils who fail to comply with this conditiou are to pay a reasonable sumfor tuition. A fee of two dollars is paid by each pupil, at the beginning ofeach term, for incidental expenses.

BooKs.-Text-books in nearly all the studies are furnished to studentswithout charge.

For the assistance of those students who are unable to meet the expens;;sof the course of instruction in the school, the State makes an annual appro­priation, which is distributed at the close of each term among pupils from~[assachnsetts who merit and need the aid, in sums varying according tothe distance of their residence from Bridgewater, but not exceeding in anycase one dollar and a half a week. This aid is not furnished during thefirst term of attendance. It is expected that those who do not completethe prescribed course of study, and those who do not teach in the publicschools of Massachusetts, will refund any amount they have received fromthe bounty of the State. Applications for this aid are to be made to theprincipal in writing.

NORMAL HALL.

The State has erected upon the school premises a very pleasant andcommodious boarding-hall, which will accommodate all the pupils whodesire board. Two students occupy one room. Eaeh room has twoclosets, is carpeted, supplied with furniture, including mattress and pillows,heated by steam, lighted by gas, and thoroughly ventilated. One wing ofthe all is occupied by the gentlemen. .

The hall is under the charge of the principal, who resides in the houseand boards with the students. No pains are spared to make the hall inevery respect a home for the pupils. It has a beautiful location, and everyroom is pleasant. A reading-room, supplied with newspapers; periodicals,and some of the best new books, and a gymnasium, are provided for thedaily use of the students.

The hall was built and furnished by the State. The boarders are to paythe current expenses, which include board, fuel, light, washing, and theexpense of keeping the hall and its furniture in good condition The aimis to make these expenses not more than eighty dollars a term, or fourdollars a week for gentlemen; and for ladies not more than seventy-fivedollars a term, or three dollars and seventy-fi7e cents a week. Boarderswho remain for any period less than half a term will be charged twenty­five cents a week additional.

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PAYMENTS.

Forty dollars for cach gentleman, and thirty-seven and a half dollars foreach lady, at thc beginning of the term; and the same amount for each atthe middle of the term. The object of this payment in advance is to securethe purchase of supplics at wholesale cash prices, thereby saving to eachboarder much more than the interest of the money ad vanced.

FURNITURE.

Each boarder is required tu bring bedding, towels, napkins and napkiuring, and clothes-bags. Each occupant will.want, ordinarily, four pillow­cases, three sheets, two blankets or their equivalent, and one coverlet for adouble bed. It is required that every article which goes to the laundl'y bedistinctly and indelibly marked with the owner's name.

Pupils living on the line of the railroad, and wishing to board at home,can obtain tickets for the term at redneed rates. This arrangement shouldbe made only in case of necessity, as it is found to be a decided hindranceto good work.

CA.LENDAR.

The school-year begins on the first Wednesday in September, and isdivided iuto two terms of twenty weeks each, including a recess of oneweek, near the middle of the term.

1884.

Summer graduation, Tuesday, July 1.

BIENNIAL CONVENTION OF THE BRIDGEWATER NORMAL ASSOCIATION ON

WEDNESDAY, JULY 2.

ADDRESS BY THmiAS WENTWORTII llIGGINSON, A. M.

VACATION, - NINE WEEKS.

Entrance Examination,Fall term bcgins,

RECESS, - THANKSGIVING WEEK.

1885.Winter graduation,

Wednesday, Sept~ 3.Thursday, Sept. 4.

Wednesday, Jan. 21.

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VACATION,-TIIREF: WEEKS.

Entrance Examination,Spring term begins,

RECESS, - APRIL 18-28.

Wednesday, Feb. 11Thursday, Feb. 12.

Summer graduation .

BRIDGEWATEU, May, 1884.

. Wednesday, July 1.