To the Legislature of the State of new-York :
Pursuant to the provisions of the act, chapter 311, of the Laws
of 1844, the undersigned have the honor to transmit herewith the
Annual Report of the State Normal School, which has been received and approved of; which report contains a full statement
of the receipts and expenditures of money during the past year
in pursuance of appropriations made by law.
HENRY S. RANDALL,
Superintendent of Common Schools. '
6. Y. LANSING,
Cliuncellor o f the University,
(insbehalfof the Regents.)
Albany, Dec. 31,1853. .
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To the State Superintendent of Common Schools,
and the Regents of the UiLiversity :
The Executive Committee of the State Normal SchooI,
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REPORT: .
That the present condition of the institution, compared with
previous periods, will be best understood by noticing under distinct heads, such matters as may seem most worthy of,particularnotice. They are accordingly so presented.
~Vumberof pupils and graduates informer years.
Graduates.
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1st term,.
. year.
2d "
3d u
4th '6
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5th "
Third
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6th
Fourth ( 7th C 6
year.
8th ' 6
Pifih
9th 6 6
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Sixth \ 11th 66
year. ) 12thL6
Sav'th
13th
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14th "
15th ' 6
16th"
Ninth
17th 6'
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18th u
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Males.
98
185
197
205
178
221
198
208
175
196
223
219
232
236
232
227
276
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27,
37
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22
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Females.
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17
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25,
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331'
Total.
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63'
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32'
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The wholb number of pupils ~ h have
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of the school, fir a shorter or longer period, up to September,
1853, is 2,049.
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The 19th term (or the 1st of the 10th year of the State Normal
School) commenced on the third Monday of September last, and
the number of pupils in attendance is 273. They are divided
into four classes : Sub-juniors, Juniors, Sub-seniors and Seniors ;
thus making a course of study pursued during two years. These
classes are again arranged in divisions to suit the convenience of
recitations. The relative standing and advancement of the pupils will be seen from the following tab&:
Males.
Females.
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Seniors,..
Snbseniors,.
Juniors,.
Sub-juniors,.
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Course of Study and Text Books.
The following is the course of study prescribed for the school,
and a thorough acquaintance with the whole of it, on the part of
the male pupils, is made a cpdition of graduation :
SUB-JUNIORS.
Reading,.
TEXT BOOKS.
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................ Perkins.
.................... Brown.
............................ Worcester.
Geography and Outline Maps,.
Intellectual Arithmetic,.
Elementary ~ h t h m e t i c , .
English Grammar,
History,..
Chronology, Bems system,
Elementary Algebra, begun,.
............... Niss Peabody,
........... Perkins.
&hart.
JUNIORS.
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.................. Perkins.
.......... Mitchell.
Intellectual Arithmetic,.
Practical Arithmetic,.
Geography and Map Drawing,.
Writing.
Elementary sounds of the Letters,.
Reading,.
History
English Grammar,.
Elementary Algebra,.
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............................ Nandeville.
,.... ......................... Worcester.
.................... Brown.
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Bookkeeping,.
Preston.
English Grammar revietved,.
Brown.
Higher Arithmetic,
Perkins.
Geometry, Six Books;.
Perkins.
@onstitutioaalLaw, with select parts cf the Young's Science of
Rev. Statutes,rnost intimately connected
Government ; Rewith the rights and duties of citizens,.
vised Statutes.
. Drawing.
Elementary Algebra reviewed,.
Perkins.
Ratural Philosophy,.
Olmsted.
Lectures.
Perspective Drawing,.
Mathematical Geography and use of Globes, Lectures.
SENIORS.
Perkins.
Hfgher Algebra,.
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_Davies' Legendre.
Plane Trigonometry, as contained i n .
Surveying and Mensurat3orn..
Perkins.
Whetoric,.
Newman.
Aids to English Composition,.
Parker.
Thomson's Seasons,.
Boyd.
Physiology,
Cutter.
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Astronomy,
: Robinson.
Intellectual Philosophy,.
.@bercrombie.
Moral Philosophy,
Wayland.
Chemistry
Silliman.
Agricultural Chemistry,.
Norton.
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Lectures, Puge, a d
attendance in the
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The sallze course of study, omitti~gthe higher algebra, plane
trigonometry, surveying and astronomy, must be pursued by
.females, as a condikion for gradu'ating.
Pupils, bcfore being rebeived into the school, are subjected to a
thorough examination, and are classffied according'to their attainments. The time required to accomplish the course must greatly
depend upon the industry and talents of each individual scholar,
combined with the thoroughness of his knowledge of the elementary studies. It is extremely desirable that the pupil, on admission, should be found prepared for o m of the advanced classes.
If such could be the general result, it would render the school
more strictly professional ; and by diminishing the t h e needed
to complete the course, would tend materially to increase the
number of graduate.8.
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Few changes have been found necessary in the course of study,
or in the text-books. .A portion of the females pursue the whole
course of mathematical studies prescribed for the male pupils.
Many of them excel in these studies, while others have less taste
for them, or prefer those~relating to polite literature. For this
Past class, a critical study of some standard English poets has
been deeyed desirable, and during the present term they have
perused with, great profit and interest Boyd's edition of Thamson's Seasons.
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The Building.
Few =pairs have been found necessary, beyond wha* are incidental to the-proper preservatio~of so large a building. The bills
for some of the xepairs, alluded to in the last report, have been
paid within the last year, and the amount of them Is included in
the treasurer's report.
Indiun Pupils.
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Ofthe thirteen pupils in the school a t the date of the last report., four of the females left, m d their places were supplied by
the appointment of seven males; three of the Onondaga
tribe, two of the Tuscarora, one of the' Oneida, and one of the
Seneca. The whole number of Indian pnpils in attendance dming the soholastic year, 1852-53, was sixteen, one female
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By an act of tbe Legislature, passed July 21-, '185.3, Indian pupils who have'been. for seperal years instructed a t this school,
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will hereafter receive instru~tionat such academies as shall be
designated by the Superintendent of Common Schools. - I t is befieved that the chknge will be beneficial to the pupils; for many
of them are not suEciently advaqced in their educstion to be prepared ibr the course pursued in the Normal school; and the
school it&# will be relieved of what, in its present crowded state,
would be a serious burden.
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number of each sex composilig the school, exhibits an increasing
proportion of females. The came then assigned for this, still exists
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to an equal, and perhaps greatsr extent ; and during the last yesr
this proportion has continued to increase. I n most of the cities
and larger viilages of the State, several females are associated with
a male principal, in the instruction of the school ; and the eon&tion seems to be strengthening, that woman, %hen well educated, is in no respect hferior to man as a teacher of the young.
The representatio~in the school, from the several counties of the
State, has been nnusnally full. The following counties onlyhave
failed to Bend pupils : Allega-any,Broome, Hamilton, Queens, Richmond and Tioga. Of the cause of this failure the committee are
not advised. They know that in some of these kountfes, are institutions which are doing an excellent work in the education
of teachers, and they map furnish such instruction as to r e n h
less, the necessity of sending to this school.
For the first time, the committee believe, in the history of the
schcol, has it been found necessary to dismiss those who had
been admitted to fill vscancies, to makq room for others who had
been regularly appointed. A variety.of circumstances which may
be readily imagined, may frequeotly preve_nt some counties from
being fully represented. The city and county. of New-Pork are
entitled to gend thirty-two pupils to the school. Such are the
character and arrangement*-of the schools in thatbcitY, that in
them, to a considerable extent, are educated those who are to becohe their teachers. A Normal department of these schools has-
recedtly been established, in whibh those pupils of the public
schbols who are found to excel in scholarship, and who are desirous of becoming teachers, receive th$r professional training.
We may, thergfore, expect that some vacancies will always exist; and it seems quite proper that these should- be filled by pupils from any part of the State, who desire to enjoy the advantages of the school. ,
The committee have uniformly given preference to applicants
not residing in the county of Albany, and the followi,g other
counties have more than their quota of p ~ ~ p i in
l s the school:
Columbia, Erie, Esiex, Greene, Jefferson, Madison, Montgomery,
Onondaga, Ontario, Orange, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schoharie, St.
Lawrence, Schenectady, Washington, Wayne. and Westchester.
At least twenty applications for admission from the county of
Albany have been ref~~sed.-If the objection that the school had
become local in its influence, has ever been well founded, the
committee are happy to know that it does not now exist, and they
confidently look forward to the time as not far distant, when its
benefits will be enjoyed by every county in the State. The demand for the graduates of this school;.as teachers, is steadi1y.b
creasing, and many are occupying sitnations of the highest respectability. There is scarcely a city or large village in the State
in which they ar'e not employed in some of the public schools ;
and in many of the academies of the State, they are the teachers
in the English and Mathematical departments. Applications for
them are often received from other States. We are under the necessity of refusing the~e'a~plicadon-s,
as the school was established to supply the wants of our own State. We mention the fact,
to show that the few graduates 'who have gone to other States,
have created there a very favorable impression vtf the character
of the school.
Faculty.
The resignation of Mr. Silas T. Bowen, was alluded to in our
last report. His department of instraction was Intellectual and
Moral_Science,together with Geometiy. To make the departments of instructhn more distiuct, the Principal has assumed the
duties of professor of kental and Moaal Science ; and Gecrge W.
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Plympton, late of Olevelaad University, has been appoin'ted Professor of Mathematics and Civil Engineering. We have great
pleasure in bearing unqualified testimony to the ability and zeal
with which Prof. Blympton his discharged his duties. I n addition to thorough"instruction in abstract matheniatics, the class
has been carried through a course of field exercises, in which
they have b e e ~taught, the use of the instruments used-in surveying and engineering, and methods of plotting and calculating
areas, and of determining heights and distances. This instruction will qualify the young men to teach these branches in the
higher class oTschools, to which many of them are caljed.
Soon after the openisg of the second term of the year, Dr.
James H. Salisbury resigned his position as teacher of the Natural Sciences. This vacancy has been filled by the appointment
of Mr. Frances E. Dakin, who entered upon his duties at the
opening of the present term.
The committee have regarded good penmanship as indispensable in the teaohers of the common schools. That the pupils
of the Normal School may be instructed in the best manner, Mr.
Erastus B. Rice, who has for several years enjoyed an excellent
reputation as a teacher of writing in this city? has been 'employed.
The following is a full list of the present ofFicers of the school i
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Principal, and Professor o$ M o d and Intellectual Sciance. -
George W. Plympton,
Professor of Mathematics.
Francis E. Dakin, A. M.,
Teacher qf Natural Sciences.
Sumner, C. Webb,
l"eacher,of Arithmetic and Physiolcgy !
Truman H. Bowen,
Teachsr of the Xc<ence of Government, Grammar, acd Vocal ikfusic.
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Teacher of Grammar and Algebra.
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Principal o f the Experimentat School.
Erastus B. Rice,
leacher of ~ e m a n s h and
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Elizabeth C. Mance,
Teacher of Reading and Pdistory.
Louise Ostrorn,
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Library and .Apparatus,
The miscellaneous library remains as heretofore reported, with,
an addition of ten volumes. The total will therefore be, 769
vols., and 127 pamphlets.
There have been added to the Text-book Library, 130 volumes
by donation, and by purchase 282, which, with those previously
reported, make 5,746 volumes for the total number. It is proper
to state that many of these books are too mnch worn to be valuable, and that most of those which have been added by purchase
were to replace the volumes worn by use. The chemical and
philosophical apparatus have been compared with the catalogues,
aud found to be essentially the same as at the last report.
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. This important department continues to accomplish the purposes for which it was established. It prepares the pupils of the
Npmal BchoA for the practical duties of the school-room, by
affording them an opportunity to exhibit their skill in teaching,
under the instruction o f an experienced teacher; and may be
considered a model, after which the gradnates may form the
schooIs placed under their charge. On aecomt of the thoroughness of its instruction, it is regarded withgreat favor by the citizens of Albany, as is shown by the fact that the applications for
admission have far exceeded the number that could be accomodated. The pupils in the school at the time of makikig this
report are,
Pay pupils,.
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Free pupils,
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I n accordance with an intimation contained in the last report
- the committee have resolved gradually to abolish the free seats,
At no previous time have the prospects of the Normal School
been more gratifying. Its numbers, represemting nearly every
part of the State, hove been full during the past year. The confidence in the inflnence of the school on the educational interests
of the State seems to be so well established, that it may now be
regarded as a necessary part of onr public school system.
A statement of the receipts and expenditures of the Normal
School, from kept. 1852, to Sepi. 1863 is herewith subjoined, and
the vouchers for every payment are in the possession of the com,
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CH. L. AUSTIN,
T. BOMEYM BECK,
FRANKLIN TOWNSEND,
WILLIAM %FORSPTR,
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HENRY
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New-York State ~VbsmalSchool in account current with the
Executive Committee: ,
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Sept. 6. To balance in the hands of the treasurer
as per lase annual report..
1853.
C&t. 1. To cash received at various times from the
Comptroller, being the annual appropriation for 1852, '53,
cash received from the Comptroller 15th
December, 1852, and 2d June, 1858,
being appropriation for the support
of Indian pnpils,.
pash received for tuition in experimental, schooi,.
cash for interest on deposits,.
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Oct. 1. By cash paid for salaries of teachers,.
for support of Indian pupils for the
year,
for snpport of experimental school,
including qalary of teacher,.
for amount paid students for mileage
for board of .students,.
for stationery, text books, ehemi,
oals, tc.,
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915 50
922 15
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Carried forward,.
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Brought forward,.
By cash paid for repairs of building,.
for insurance, janitor9swages, fuel,
expenses of Principal's removal,
postages, and other incidental
expenses, fitr the year ending in
October, 1853,.
Balance in hands of the treasurer,
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A, Annual Register and Circular of the State Normal School for
the year ending July 14,1853, with the names of the Executive Committee, faculty and pupils, and a list of the graduates for the same period ;also an account of the qualifications
for admission, the sums allowed for travelling expenses, and
other matters importint to be understood by the pupil and
others, with the form of the diploma granted to graduates.
B, Pull programme of the class exercises, as 'adopted at the
beginning of the year.
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ALBANY, N. Y.,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING JULY 14, 1853.
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CHARLES L. AUSTIN,
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Teacher of Natural Philosophy, Chern<sfry,and Physiology
SUMMER C. WEBB,
Teacher of arithmetic and Bookkaeping.
TRUMAN H. BOWEN,
Teacher of Science of Gove~nntent,Grammar, and Vocal Husie.
JOHN FEE
Teacher
AMOS M. KELLOG
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Principal; of the
ELIZABETH C. HAMCE,
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LOUIPA OSTROM,
Teachcr of Geography ah d dlrau;lg.
STUDENTS.
Namei.
Elizabeth L. Adams,
Charlotte M. Anderson,
M. Elizabeth Atwood,
Emily A. Andrews,
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Kate M. Allen,
Ellen Adams,
Harriet E. Abbott,
Huldah A. Allen,
Jeannette B. Beach
@. Louisa Barstow,
Mary J. Barr,
Ellen MI. Babbitt,
Clarissa L. Baldwin,
Sarah E. Buck,
Mary E. 'Burch,
Caroline F. Brytora,
Mary L. Bsaty,
Eliaa Brown,
Agnes Brown,
Amanda S. Beach,
ETannah M. Bunnell,
Sarah A. Brown,
Sarah F. Bnckelew,
Mary E. Best,
Sarah E. Bender,
Meriba A. Babcock,
Esther Bemet,
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Celestine Burtis,
Mary Buckelew,
Sarah T. Bowers.
k a b e l Beers,
Cynthia A. Barns,
Carrie A. Crosby,,
Mary E. Cook,
Sarah A. Coonley,
Mary Chambers,
Mary E. Crounse,
Matilda A. ~ o r n o c &
Julia C. Collier,
Agnes B. Chandler, .
Louisa Campbell,
Julia Coley,
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Jane Chamberlain,
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Magdalene Chamberlain,
Eliza M. Clark,
Mary Crapo,
Crosby,
MarJ
Marion J. Coley,
Esther D. Crary,
Anra B. Cowles,
Janett A. Follins,
0. Louisa Crawford,
Mary A. Cutler,
Margalia Case,
~ r G e t t eH. Darbee,Erndine C. ~ a v i e s ,
Harriet M. Dixon,
Betsey H. ~ a v i s ,
Jane B. Dayton,
"Emily F. Dicbson,
Jane M. Drat&,
Electa E. Dewey,
Frames A. Denton,
Elizabeth B. Densmore.
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Towns.
Noosick Falls,
Brooklym,
New-Pork,
Danby,
Rochester,
Ogden,
i a Payette,
Bethelem,
Dryden,
~l"bany,
Albany, Afbany,
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Wawayanda, Albany,
~lban6
Scipio,
Soipio,
Greenwich,
Albany,
togden,
Rome,
Knox,
Otisco,
Smyma,
Bratoga Springs,
Txoy,
Albany, '
Williamsburg,
New-Pork,
Albany,
Ontario,
Easthampton,
@rawford,
Butler,
Lexington,
Mamakating,
Mamlzestes,
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Rensselaer.
Kings.
New-Pork.
Tompkins.
Monroe.
Monroe:
Onondaga.
Albany.
Tompkins.
Albany.
Albany.
Albany,
Orange.
Albany.
Albany.
Cayuga.
Cayuga.
Washirrgton.
Albany.
Monroe.
Oneida.
Albany.
Onondaga.
Chenango.
Saratoga~
Eensselaer.
Albany.
Kings.,
New-York,
Albany.
Wayne.
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Orange.
Wayne.
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S. Louisa Dubois,
C. Jane Dayton,
Elizabeth M. Dougal,
Joanna De rorce, dntoinette Edwaids,
Cornelia E. Eastman,,
Emmeline H. Easrgate,
Almira 5. Frye,
Mary A. Ford,
Julia A. Fravor.
Mary Poster,
'Elizabeth Flagler,
Nary A. Fox,
Caroline S. Franklin,
Cornelia M. Pitch,
Esther Ford,
Sarah C. Griffin,
Janet Garling,
Louisa B. Griswold,
Elizabeth A. Bratwick,
Lydia C. Goss,
Anna M. Gardiner,
Cornelia A. Bermond,
Mary E. Goodell,
Cornelia H. Gaige,
Harriet Gorsline,
Sarah Graham,
Adelaide Gregory,
Lucia Green,
Mary 3. hatfield,
Sarah M. Kart,
Harriet Ravens,
Mary A. Hatfield,
Caroline K. Haswell,
Caroline A. Howard,
Mary T. Howe, '
Roxaline Hogaboom,
Arabella Higby,
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Towns.
Coun&es.
Schodack,
Rensselaer.
Athol,
Warren.
Florida,
Montgomery.
Ballston,
Saratoga. Glenn,
Montgomery.
Marshall,
Oneida.
Wawarsing,
h ~ster
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Bhemung,
Chemung.
Hoosiek Falls,
Bensselaer.
Albany.
Albany, '
Sherburne,
Chenango.
Albany,
Albany.
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Athens,
Greene.
Onondaga.
Salina,
~ ~ ~ d o n v i l l e ,Orleans.
Columbia.
Chatham,
Cobleskill,
bcoharie.
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Albany.
Albany,
Columbia.
Canaan,
Albany.
Albany, '
Albany.
Albany,
Aibany,
Albany.
Sfioharie,
Sooharie.
Yonkers,
Westohester.
Duanesburgh,
Sohenectady,
Phelps?
Ontario.
Albany,
Albany.
Albany,
'A1 bany .
Cattaraugus,
Erie.
Mount Pleasant, Westchester.
Kirkland,
Oneida.
North Sparta,
Livingston*
'Hudson,
Columbia.
Bethlehem,
Albany.
Albany,
Albany.
Lansing,
Tsmpkins.
Lexington,
@reme. Willsboro,
Essex.
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Margaret A. Hewitt,
Cornelia W. Huntington,
Susan T. Hutchinson,
Almira Hogt,
Harriet J. Huestis,
Cornelia H ~ ~ b b a r d ,
Sarah I(.Hare,
Sarah A. Huestis,
Alice if. Hepinstall,
Harriet Havens,
Jane Hare,
Elizabeth Hopperton,
Anna Hyler,
Mary F. Hurdiss,
Eliza C. Ingersoll,
Adeline H. Irish, '
8usai P. Jones,
Catharine R. King,
Mary A. King,
Maria King,
Eliza B. Knapp,
Julia E. Kennedy,
Frances M. .Ig,app,
Jane A. Welley,
Lydia R. Keyes,
Eliza M. Ihowles,
~ l g e l e c a hKolhamer,
Sarah J. Lovejoy,
Lucy A. Lake,
Anna M. Lighthall,
Eliza A. Leonard,
Margaret E. Losee,
Sarah W. Longworth,
Abby 23. Lee,
Barbara A. Eiddle,
Jane A. McLaugblin,
B.Anna Myers,
Martha A. Mattoon,
Louisa Moore,
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Towns.
Counties. '
Bethlehem;
Albany.
Buffalo,
Erie.
Amherst,
Erie.
Schodack,
Rensselaer.
White Plains,
Westchester.
Sangerfield,
Oneida.
Eancaster,
Erie.
White Plains,
Westohester.
Albany,
Albany.
. North Sparta,
Livingston.
,
Erie.
Lancaster,
Syracuse,
Onondaga.
Greenbush,
Rensselaer.
Albany,
Albany.
Hunter,
Greene.
Lewiston,
Niagara.
Amsterdstm,
Montgomery.
Southold,
Suffolk.
Llbany,
Albany. Portville,
Cattaraugus.
Glenville,
Schenectady.
Broadalbin,
Fulton. ,
Pornfret,
Chautanque.
' Florida;
Montgomery.
New-York,
New-York.
Mechanicsville, Saratoga.
Herkimer,
Herkimer.
~ i l l i ~ m s t o w n , Oswego.
Middlefield,
Otsego.
Albany,
Albany.
Troy,
Rensselaer.
Saratoga,
Sa~atoga.
Williamsburgh, Kings.
Albany,
Albany.
Duanesburgh*,
Schenectady,
Putnam,
Washington.
Albany,
Albany.
Vienna,
Oneida.
Brutus,
Cayuga.
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Towns.
Lucinda S. Miles,
Watertown,
Half Moon,
Mary A. Mott,
Hannah J. Moakler,
Albany,
Emma S. Montgomery,
Albany, Elizabeth Uiller,
Albany,
Eleanor Miller,
Albany,
Elizabeth Myers,
Sandlake, Belvidere Monroe,
, Buffalo,
Mary A: McBowsn,
Albany,
Henrietta Middlemas,
Bethlehem,
Catharine W, hiSorris0~1: RIa~flakating,
Harriet E. Mason,
Malone, ,
h t h A. Moore,
Rochester,
Sarah A. Morehead,
Albany, '
Susan M. Miles,
Greenbush,
Anna M. Moclair.
Albany,
S. Cornelia Nelson,
Winfield,
Juliette Wewman,
-Albaly,
-Emily M. Noyes,
Vernon,
Edinburgh,
Clotilda E. Noyes,
Laura A. Ott,
Albany,
Lucretia Osborn,
Sherman,
Anna 6. Perrine,
~~ons,
Mount Morris,
Caroline C. Potter,
Harriet N. Parsons,
Albany,
S. Amelia Plumb, ,'
Scriba,
Ruth Perkins,
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Marathm,
Schoharie,
Charlotte Parrott,
Sing Sing,
Maria A. Pugsley,
Decatur,
Helen M. Pierce,
Albany,
Maria Pairy,
Duanesburgh,
Wartha L. Quick,
Litchfield,
Ellen M. Byder,
Litohfield,
. Julia E. Zyder,
Albany,
Emily F. Rawsoq
Sonthampton,
Eliaa I. Rose,
Brownsville,
Ann Rogers,
, Aurora,
Mary E. Riley,
Tames.
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Jefferson.
Sasatoga.
Albany.
Albany. "
Albany.
Albany.
Rensselaer.
Erie.
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Albany.
Albany.
Sullivan.
Franklin.
Monroe..
Albany.
Rensselaer .
Albany.
Herkimer.
A1bany
Oneida.
Saratoga.
Albany.
Chautauque.
Wayne.
Livingston.
Albany.
Oswego. .
Cortland.
Schoharie.
Westohester.
Otsego.
~16any.
~ihenectad~.
Herkimer.
Herkimer .
Albany.
Sraffolk.
Jefferson.
Erie,
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- Towns.
Caroline E. RandaIl,
Vienna,
Deborah Strickland,
Philadelphia,
Lucy M. Smith,
, Albany, ' Julia M. bcovil,
*Albany,
Virginia A. Smith,
- Chateaugay,
Julia A. Smith,
Parma,
Catharine A, Swan,
Albany,
Ellen M. Smith,
Albany,
Rebeczca J. Searl,'
New-York,
Helen
M.
Skidmore,
Utica,
Josephine Stewart,
, ~ew-York,
Helen A. Southard,
Clifton Park,
Sarah Sperbeck,
Daanesburgh,
Caroline C. Spencer,
Maryland,
Bethlehem,
Angeline Snyder,
Schenectadp,
Elizabeth M. Spier,
Schoharie,
Margaret.R. Stiles,
. Julia A. Strickland,
OgdBn,
Eliza E. Sicklor,
Geneva,
Adelaide Townsend,
Miagari Falls,
Ellen C. Turner,
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Syracuse,
E. Augusta T h o ~ p s o n , Albany, .
Louis't P. Teall,
Albany,
A. Augusta Tayntw,
Eaton,
Harriet TEurber,
Great Bend,
Sarah A. Vissoher,
Albany,
Mary H . Van Antwerp,
Albany,
Sarah M. Van Zandt, . Albany,
Margaret E. Van Derzee, Bethlehem,
- Stuyvesant,
Agnes Van Allen,
Catharine A. Van Derzee, Albmy,
Julia V& Emberg,
. Norwich,
S. Elizabeth Wilson,
Albany,
Jenette C. Wright,
Portville,
J. Elizabeth Winters;
-4lbany,
~&aq,
Eliza A. Walsh,
Albany,
,
Mary L. Wilson,
Names..
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~ount&.
Oneida.
Jefferson.
Albany.
Albany.
Franklin.
Monroe.
Albany.
.Albany.
Xew-York.
Oneida.
New-Pork.
Saratoga.
Schenectady.
Otsego.
Albany.
Schenectady.
Schoharie.
Monroe.
Ontario.
Niagara.
Onondaga.
Albany.
Albany.
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Jefferson.
Albany.
Albany.
Albany.
Albany.
Columbia.
Albany.
Chenango.
Albany.
Cattaraugus.
Albany'
Albany.
Albany.,
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Albany,
Charlottee,
Syracuse,
Brooklyn,
Dnanesburgh,
Brookhaven,
Bethel,
Galway,
Brookhaven,
Albany,
Xarnes.
Cornelia T . Wilber,
Maria Williams,
Cornelia S. Williams,
Lorinda @. Whipple,
Caroline M. Weaver,
Catharine Woodhull,
Phebe Ann Wood,
Rebecca B. Walls,
Mary Jane Woodhull,
Sarah P. Young,
MALES.
3\Pumes.
John B. Abrams,
Seth C. Arnold,
Joseph C. Arnold,
James H. Aikin,
Oren L. Abbott,
Henry Bouck3
Philip Bmst,
William B. Brown, .
Edmund G . Butts,
Lyman W. Hiss,
John C. Burdick,
Alpheus Barns,
William G . Browason,
George Baumis,
Martin W. Brigham,
Edward Bliss,
James Bueklfout,
, Frank J. Bosworth,
Rugh M. Bmta,
" C. Edward Barsfow,
~ i d e b nP. Babcoek,
Williah C. Barians,
James ch&ry,
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Duanesburg,
Burlington,
Burlington, .
- Princetown,
West Seneca,
Fulton,
Brunswick,
Marcellus,
~ o r t r i ~ h t ,.
Smithfield,
Johnsburg,
Crawford,
Fenner,
Westerlo,
Smithfield,
$mithfield,
West F a r m ,
Bike,
Amsterdam,
Mannibal,
Brookfleld,
Kingston,
Lindley
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Counties.
Albany.
~hadtau~ue.
Onondaga.
Kings.
Schenectady.
Suffolk.
Sullivan.
Saratoga.
Suffolk.
Albany.
Toms.
Carmel,
Carmel,
~ewiston,
Webster,
.
Livingston, ,
Isaac H. Collyer,
Athens,
Albert B. Carpenter,
Lawrence,
James M. Chapel,
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Schenectady.
Oren S . Curtice,
Webster.
Rhinebeck,
Adam Cochrane,
Caldwell,
William M. Chaplin,
Eapoli,
Deerpark,
Franklinville,
William Cornelius,
Oneida Castle,
Lewis
Curtiss,
Chautarague,
Alabama, .
' Levi S. Dominy,
Chazy,
Riley De La Mater,
Milan,
New Fane,
,
Alexander F. Dix,
Harvey G. Eastmao,
Marshall,
Eden,
Abram Elmendorf,
Rosendale,
Harpersfield,
Ira,
Trenton,
Sharon,
emetrius France,
Cattskill,
Meander Fredehburg, - , Gilboa,
NewScotland,
Brandt,
Athens,
Barnet Z. Green,
Italy,
Walter D. Green,
, William H. Green,
Bergen,
Cornwall,
Elijah D. Gorham,
~awling,
Tames H. Gallup,
Knox,
Joseph G . Cole, - Benjamin D. Crane,
Cornelius C. Cusick,
Roswefl Curtice,
Putnam.
Putnam.
Monroe.
St. Lawrence.
Dutchess.
,
+mesa
Thomas H. GemmelZ,
George D. ~ a n o , ,
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Isaac P. Gates,
John 3. Hall,
William H. Hamilton,
Geo. E. Hatfield,
Marcus C. Humphrey,
Rensselaer Howell;
William B. Hult,,
Harrison Hannahs,
John P. Haynes,
Peter W. Hoagland,
James H. Hickok,
Robert W. Henry,.
Albert M. Kusted,
Jonathan C. Hoyt,
Albert N. Hatch,
Peter Jirneson,
Chancey Jimeson,
John Kelley,
Geo. A. Kelley,
Amos P. Binney,
Nathaniel ~ e n n e d y ;
Samuel A. Lewis,
Wesley H. Loomis,
Lewis S. Loomis,
La Fayette Eyttle,
Peter La Page,
Thomas La Fort,
Warren B. Mason,
John BT. H. Miller2
Julius F. Merritt,
Archibald P. McDonald,
Moses McAra,
Austin J. Mudge,
Samuel Q. MoDongal,
Towns.
Stamford,
Middlefield,
Greenfield,
Batavia,
Union Vale,
New Lots,
Macedon,
North Java,
Kewburgh,
Bergen,
Counties.
Delaware.
,
Otsego.
Saratoga,
Genesee.
Dutehess.
Kings.
Wayne.
Wyoming.
Orange.,
Genesee.
Oneida.
Grafton,
Rensselaer.
New-York,
New-Pork.
StanfGrd,
Dutchess.
Hopewell,
Ontario.
Pleasant Valley, Dutohess.
Thompson,
Sullivan.
Fsbius,
Onondaga.
Cattaraugus,
Erie.
fersaillei,
Cattaraugus.
,
Greene,
Chenango.
Florida,
Montgomery.
Onondaga.
Onondaga, Erie.
Cattaraugus,
Florida,
- Montgomery. IChampion,
Jefferson.
Columbus,
Chenango.
Watertowa,
Jefferson.
Albany,
Albany.
Onondaga Castle, Onondaga.
Malone,
Franklin.
-$chodack,
Rensselaer.
Pierpont,
8t .?~awrence..
Florida,
Montgomery.
Ohio,
Herkimer .
Bolton,
~ar'ren.
Ava,
Oneida.
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James H, Mills,
Hubert H. Merrill,
William W. Merritt,
Prc!nticeTMulford,
John H. Miller,
Thomas C. Masten,
1javid H. Mattice,
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Honeus Neddy,
Adoniram H. Newland,
Chester H. Northrup,
Hiram I). Noble,
John D. 07Dell,
Baardmon-Pratt,
David S. Pratt,
11. Augnstus Phillips,
John S. Powell,
Erastus Printup,
I. Mewton Parker,
Daniel W. Pie~ce,
, Nicholson H. Parker,
Benry W. Phillipg
William ~. Payne,
John Pilkington,
James E. Pilkingta,
Charles H. Parker,
Gilbert W. Pollock,
John 0. Parrish,
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James D. Parrish,
Aastin A. Pierce,
f ames E. Ryan,
Alexander H. Rowe,
Warnilten Bobinson,
Albert 8. La.uliEson,
Stephen L. Reed,
Boardnlan D. Stacy,
George L. Seybolt,
Towns.
Counties.
Wallkill,
Orange.
champion,
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Pierpont,
St Lawrence.
Sag Harbor,
Suffolk.
drcadia,
Wayne.
Kingston,
Ulster.
i d d e b h ,
Schoharie.
Onondaga Castle, Onondaga.
Lamrenceville,
St Lawrence.
Herkirner.
Warren,
Floyd,
Oneida.
Hopewell,
Ontario.
Lawrence,
St. Lawrence.
Ulyses,
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Tompkins.. ,
Groton,
, Tompkins.
Coeymans,
Albany.
Pembroke,
Genksee.
Pembroke,
Genesee." ,
South Valley,
Cattargym.
P embroke,
~eliesek.
Martinsburgh,
Lewis.
Rntland,
Jefferson.
Paris,
Oneida.
Oneida.
.
Paris,
Erie.
Hamburg,
Arcadia,
Wayne.
Washington.
'Hebron,
Rebrori,
Washington.
South Valley,
Cattaraugus.
Amenia,
Dutehess.
Gallstin,
Columbia.
Steuben. ,
Corning,
Gilboa,
. S~hoharie,
0tsego.
Middlefield,
Lawrence,
St. Lawrence,
Mount Hope,
Orange.
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JPames. .
- Towns.
Counties.
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Daniel H. Skidmore,
Brookharen,
Suffolk.
Harvey R. Scherrnerhorn, Schodack,
Bensselaer.
- Chenango.
Walter Sabin,
Sherburne,
Martin Vi B. Shattuck,
Batsvia, '
Genesee.
Homer Stull,
Rush,
Monroe.
Tyre,
- Seneca.
~ i l l i a mE. Stevenson,
dbram B. Smith,
Virgil,
Cortland.
Greenwood Stevenson,
Sacpiloit,
Oneida.
George C. Thomas,
Albany,
Albany.
Bolton,
Warren.
Ezekiel Thomas,
Onondaga,
Onondaga.
Jamers~nL. Thomas,
Hamilton B. Taylor,
Preble,
Cortland.
East Schodack, Bensselaer.
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Miles E. Traver,
James B. Van Schoyk,
Tompkins,
Delaware.
Washington.'Oian Gaasbeek, Kingston,
Ulster.
David van Etten,
Kingston,
Ulster.
Beekrnan Van Gaisbeek, Kingston, '
Ulster. '
Washington.
Henry C. Young,
Easton,
J. Frank Wright,
Marcellus,
Onondaga.
, Clarkstowla,
Bockland.
Spencer Wood,
Robert E. Wileox,
Conquest,
Cayuga.
Henry S. Wagoner,
Wheeler, Ste~ben. .
Westohester.
Jared G . Wood)
Bedford,
Lyman C. Wilder,
Hoosiok Falls,
Kensselaer.
John 'CV. Wilson,
Webster,
Monroe.
Jared A. Weeks,
Bllery,
Chauta&~que.
Samuel Wright?
Mentz,
Cayuga.
William H. Wood,
West Troy,
Albany.
William White,
Bergen,
Geneaee.
Chenango. Devolson Wood,
Srnyrna,
Clinton L. Woodrnff,
Sheldon,
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Wyoming.
Ladi'es,.
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Gentlemen,.
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number of -?ndim youth (fthe Sfaie of Mu.+York
School." Passed Burcia 23, 1850.
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the Shte
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Lucis Green,
Towns.
Oattaraugus,
Da-dak-ooh.
6. Cornelius Cusick,
C'oanties.
Erie.
.
[Watching the door.]
Lemiston,
Niagara.
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Tha-Pn-d%-ne-gea. ITh? union of two beauWqi pieoes of aood.1
Qharles Doctor,
Alabama,
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Genesee.
Da-gar-no-d~a. [An arrow mming through the air.]
William Oorna!ius;
~arnedGreen,
Chantey 'Jemison,
Peter Jemison,
- Noh-si-&-hat.
Nathaniel Kennedy,
Thomas La Fort,
Honues Nedciy,
Oneida Castle.
Brand t,
Versaif lies,
Cdtaraugus,
m i s family is powe&I.]
Cattara~xgus,
Onondaga,
Ononctag?,
so-m-es-'md-dy.
Nlcholas R, Parker,
Oneida.
Frie.
' Cattaraugus.
Erie.
Erie.
Dnorzdrtga.
Onondagct.
[KIfillinp deer.]
Pernbroke,
Genesee.
.
Gai-l~h-go-wa. [Important subject.]
J. Nekton Parker,
Pembroke,
Qeaesse.
Ga-ne-YO-squa-ga-oh. [Ribs lying about.
Daniel %V. Pierce,
South Valley,
~attarku~us.
Ra-~oh-w~h-oh. [The main body cf a stem.]
Erastus Printup,
Jamemon L. Thomas,
Alabama,
Onondaga,
South Valley,
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Genesee.
Onondaga.
Cattaraiigus.
GRADUATES
Of the seventeenth term, ending Feb. 10, 1853.
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~Varnes.
Emelie E. Andrews,
C. Louisa Barstow,
h r a h E. Bender,
Esther D. Crary,
Julia Coley,
Mary IS. Crosby,
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Mary E. Cook,
Mary A. Fox,
Mary E. Goodelle,
Almira H'oyt,
Susan P,. Hutchinson,
Eliza C. Ingersq11,
Susan P. Jones,
Eliza M. ~no.\a-les,
Louisa Moore, S. Cornelia Nelbon,
Clotilda E. Noyes,
&th Perkins,
Maiy E. Riley,
Deborah Strickland,
Helen k.Skidmore,
.Julia M. Scovll,
Mary M. Van A-ntwerp,
Agnes Van Allen, '
Mary L. Wilson,
Phebe Ann Wood,
Post-oflces.
Albany,
Hannibal,
Bethlehem Center
Knox,
Albany.
Albany,
Spenaerpozt, ' Monroe.
La Fayette,
Onondaga.
Athens,
Greene.
Yonkers,
Westohester.
North Chatham, Columbia.
Willihmsville,
Erie.
Hunter,
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Greene.
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Xarnes.
Joseph C . Arnold,
C. Edward Barstow,
William J. Brownson,
James Buckhout,
Edward Bliss,
Tully C. Estee, .
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John S . Haynes,
William 33. Hull,
.James H. Mills,
Hiram ?. Noble,
Boardman Pratt,
Devolson Food,
William White,
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Post Oflces.
Burlington Flats
Hannibal,
Turner,
Morriaania,
Peterboro,
Water Valley,
Potter Hill,
Stone Church,
Middletown,
Floyd,
Lawrence,
Smyrna,
Bergen,
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Males
Total,.
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Counties.
Otsego.
Oswego.
Nadison.
Westchester.
Maaison.
, Erie.
Rensselaer.
Genssee.
Orange.
Oneida.
St. Lawrence.
Ghenango.
Genesee.
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LADIES.
J\Parnes.
Charlotta M. Anderson,
Mary L. Beatty,
EIlen B. Babbit,
Mary E. Bureh,
Magdalene Chamberlain,
M.Jane Chamberlain,
Barah A: Coonley,
Frances A, Dentop,
Elizabeth B. Densmore,
Harriet &I. Dixon,
Jennie B. Dayton,
Jennie Fry,
'Post.Ofices.
' Counties.
Albany,
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Albany.
Greenwich,
Washington.
Syracuse,
Ononchga.
Castleton,
Bensselaer.
0wasco Lake,
Cayuga.
Owasco Lake,
Cayuga.
Bethlehem Centre,Alba~y.
Wu$tsbors,
Sullivan.
Manehester Centre Ontario.
Albany, _
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Easthampton,
SnBolk.
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Cornelia A. Germond,
Sarah M. Hare,
Mary A. Hatfield,
Sarah M. Hart,
Mary T. Hcwe,
Anna M. LighthaX,
Catharine Monison,
Lucretia Osborn,
Martha L. Quick,
Margaret E. Vand
Maria Williams,
Charlotte M. Wearer,
-Catharine Woodhull,
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Post Osces.
Counties.
Barfou Hill,
Schoharie.
Strykersville,
Wyoming.
Hudson,
Columbia.
Kirkland,
Oneida.
Ludlowville,
Tompkins.
. Albany,
Albany.
Westboro,
Sullivan.
Sherman,
Chautauque.
Bramanls Corners, Schenectady.
Cedarhill, *'
Albany.
Gerry,
Chautauque.
Duanesburgh,
Schenectady.
Patchogue,
Suffolk.
MALES.
Seth C. Arnold,
Burlington Flats,
Philip Brust,
Haynersville,
William R, Brown,
Marcellus,
J. Ga Nun Cole,
Carmel,
Benjamin D. Crane,
C?armei,
-James Cherry,
Painted Post,
Levi S. Dominy,
West Chazy,
Athens,
.Isaac 11. Colyer,
South Trenton,
Homer T. Fowler,
-Harrison Hanriahs,
Oriskany,
J. Henry 'Hikok,
MiddEetown?
New-York,
Peter W I-Ioagland,
Felt's Mills,
Hubert H. ~ e r i i l l ,
Chester L. Northup,
Jordanville,
,Washington Van Gasesbeck, Woodstock,
Abram P. Smith,
East Virgil,
J. Frank Wright,
~yracnse,
Females, 3 . .
Males,
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Otsego.
Rensselaer.
Onondaga. .
Putnam..
Putnam.
Steuben.
Clinton.
Greene.
Oneida.
Oneida.
Orange.
New-Pork.
Jefferson.
Herkimer.
Ulster.
Cortland.
Onondaga.
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The Normal School of the State of New-Pork was established
by an a-et of the ~egislature;in 1844, "for the instruction and
praEtice of Teachers of Common S~hooIsin the science of Education and the art of Teaching." I t was first estiblished for five
years, as an experiment, and went into operation on the 18th
of December, 1841, in a building provided gratuitously by the
city of Albany, and temporarily fttted up for that purpose. The
first term opened mith twenty,nine pupils, and closed with ninetyseven. The number in attendance, the second term, was abo&
two hundred. The average number is now about two hundred
and dftv.
I n 1848, an act was passed by the Legi
manent establishment of the State Normal School? appropriating
$15,000- towards the erection of a suitable building. *Thefollowing year an additional appropriation of $18,000 was made for -its
completion. A large and commodiiiils edifice, containing a dwelling-house for the Principal, was aqeordingly erected on the corner of Lodge and Howard streets, adjoini& the State Geological
ahd Agricultrual Rooms. To this building the school was removed
on the 31st of July, 1849.
The object of this institution is to improve teachers of common
schools ; and the course of study, and the conditions of admission,
have been' adopted with reference to that object.
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Each countg in the State is entitled to sen'd to the school a
number of pupils (either male or female) equal to twice the number of mernljers.of thae Assembly in such county. The pupils are
appointed by the town superintendents, at a meeting called by
the superintendent of the county town for that; purpose., This
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,meeting should be held, and the appointments made at least two
weeks before the commencement of each term, or as soon as information is received as to the number of vacancies. A list of
the vacancies s t the close of each term will be published in airsular form, and also in the principal Albany gapers.
P e r s a s failing ta receive appointments from their respective
eountiev shoBld, after obtaining testimonials of a good moral*
character, present themselves, the first day of the term, for exp the facuIty. If such examination is satisfactory,
amination b
they will receive appointments from the Executive Committee,
without regard to the particular county, Provided ariy tacanoies
exist. In such case, the pnpil will cot receive mileage.
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,Pupils onee admitted to the school will have the righ't to'remain until they gradnate, unless they forfeit that right by voluntarily vacating their places, by improper conduct, or by failing
to exhibit good evidences of scholarship: and,fair promise of sdecess as teach
The following i s the form of ~ertificateof appointment which
ought to be given to each pupil appoiited ,by the town superin%endent;;I
At ameefing of the town superintendents of the county of
held at
on the
day of
for the purpose of filling
was duly
vacancies in &heState Normal School,
appointed a pupil of that institution.
(Signed b ~ the
- chairman and secretary.)
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QUALIFI~AT~ONS
OF APPLICANTS.
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Females sent to this school must be at least sixteen years:o%
. - .State,
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r-ge, and males eighteen, and must be residents of this
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The selections should be made i i t h reference to the 'mo&k
morth and abilities of the candidates. Decided preference Gght
to be given to those who, in the judgment of the superintende&s,
give the highest promiseof becchng ti16 most efficient tea&&
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of common schools. It is also desirable that fhose, only, should
.be appointed who have already a good knowledge of the common
branches of ,study, and who intend t o r e m a i n in t h e school until
they graduate.
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All tkie pupils, on entering the school, are required to sign the
following declaration :
." W e , the sztbsciibers, hereby
DBCLARE, that It is o;r i n t ~ n : i o nto d e ~ o k
the bmimess of teaching the schools of the State, and that our sole
obpct in resorting to this firmal School i s the better t o p r ~ p a r eourselves f o ~
ibis intpor:ant duty.??
, ourselses t o
As this s&ould be signed irr good hith on the part of the pupils,
theysshould be made acquainted with its import before they are
-appointed. I t is expected of the superintendents that they will
select such as will sacredly fulfil their engagements in this particular.
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Pupils, on entering the school, are subjected to a thorough ex,.amination, and are classified according to their previons attain_ m a t s . The time required to accomplish the Eourse will depeud
upon the attainments and talents of the pupil, varying from one t~
f o u r terms. V e r y few, however, need expect to graduate in one
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ty will receive at the end of the term as travelling expenses : Amount paid ta
each pnpil.
counties!
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Albany,.
Allegany,
Broome
.Cattaraugus,.
Cayuga,.
Chautauque,
Chemung,
.~ h e n a n ~ o ,
.Clinton,.
"Columbia,
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$0 \0,00
7 68
435
8 76
,5 16
10 0 8
5 94
3 38
4 86
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Amonnt paid*
each pupil:
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..........................................8 49
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Delaware,
Dutchess,
Erie,
Essex, ...
Franklin,
,Fulton,
Genesee,
Greene, i..
Hamilton,
Herkimer,
Jegerson,.
Kings,
Lewis,
Livingston,
Madison,
Monroe,.
Montgomery,
New-Pork,
Niagara,
Oneida,
Onondaga,.
Ontario,
Orange
Orleans,
Bswego,.
Otsego
Putnam,
Queens,.
Rensselaer,
Richmond,
Rockland,.
Saratoga,
Schenectady,
Schoharie,.
Seneca,
St.Lawrence
Steuben,
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........................................ .: 4 38
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4 28
........................................ 7 14
.......................................... 3 0 3
.......................................... 7 63
.................................... 1 26
...................................... 4 3 8
........................................... 9 OQ*
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.......................................- 4 3 8
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,...,.*.....-...............................- 3,5:
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........................................ 1 86
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1 50
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S~iffolk, ;; ;
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Tioga,
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Tompkins,
.Ulstkr,.
Warren,
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Wayne,
Westchester,
Wyming',.
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$itli.the use of text-books without eharge. They are, however,
$el6 responsible for their loss or injury. If they already owla
the books of the course, they will do well to bring them, together
$i&
such other baoks,for reference as they may possess. Besides
this; each student receives three cents a mile on the distance:
from his coanty seat to Albany, to defray travelling expenses.
Mo pupif will seeeive mileage, unless the appointment is obtained
from the county in which said pupil resides, such appointment
6eing regularly made by the town superintendents. ThL ghoney
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at the close .of each term.
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APPARATUS.
:& well-assorted apparatus has been proanred, sufficiently extkhsive to illuslcata all the important principles in Natural PhiIosophj-, S.wveying, Chemistry, and Human Physiology. Extracirdinary facilities for the study of Physiology are afforded by the
&useurn of the Medical College, which is open at all hours for
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LI,BRARY.
ides & abundant supply of text-booksup& a11 the branches
6 3 t h course of study; a well selected n~%icellaneouslibrary has
&en procured, EQ mhich a11 the pupils may have access free of
&arge. In the selection of this library, particul8r care. has been
exercised tq procure most of the recent mbrks u p m edecation, a
well as several valuable standard works ~ ~ p o the
n Nat&l
Sciences, History, Mathematics, &e. The State. Library is also
freely accessible to all.
TERMSAND VACATJONS.
The Fatl Term will begin on the third Monday in September,
and continue twenty weeks.
The Spring Term will begin the last ~ c k d in
a ~ e b i u a r and
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continueetwenty weeks.
PROXPTATTEKDANCE.
As the school will open on Monday, lt would be for the advantage of the pupils, if they shonld reach Albany by the Friday or
Saturday preceding the day of opening. The faculty can then
aid them in securing suitable plices for boarding.
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As the examination of the pupils p'reparatory for classification,
will commence on the first day of the term, it is exceedingly important that all should report themselves on the first morning.
who arrive a day after the time; will subject not only the
Those
teachers to mnch trouble, but themselves also to the rigors of s
private examination. After the first week, no student, exeept
for the strongest reasons, wiil be allowed to enter the school.
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PRICEOF BOARD.
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The price of board, in respectable families, varies from $2.00
to $2.50, exclusive of washing.
Tbe ladies and gentlemen are not allowed to board in the same
families; and gent1,einen of the school are not allowed to call
upon ladies of the school after six o'clock P. 18. Particular care
is taken to be assured of the respectability of the families who
propose to take boarders, before they are recommended to the
pupils.
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EXPERIMENTAL
SCHOOLConvenient rooms in the building are appropriated to the accommodation of this school. I t is under -the immediate supervision of a permanent teacher.
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The object of this school is to afford each Normal pupil an
opportunity to practice the methods of instruction and discipline
inculcated at the Normal School, as well as to exhibit his apt-'
ness to teach," and to discharge the various other duties pertaining to tpe teacher's responsible office. Each member of the gradu~
sting ciass is reqnired to spend at least two weeks in this depart-
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DIIPLONA.
STATE OF NEW-YoRK,
NORMALSCHOOL^ ALBANY,
3.Y., 1date.l
To whom it may concern:
This certifies that A. B., having been a mezqber of the State
Borxnal School, and having completed the prescribed course of
study, is deemed by the Faculty of the Institution to be well
qualified to enter upon the duties of a Teacher.
Signed by each member of the Faculty.]
In accordance with the above Certificate we, the Executive
Committee, have granted this &PLONA.
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[By an aet of the Legislature, passed April 11,1849, <' every teacher shall be deemed a
qualifiedteaeher, who shall haye in possession a, Diploma from the State Norma3 S&ool."]
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The following are the Programmes of Exercises of the Fall
Term, 1853-54. They remain the sane for the Spring Term,
with the exception that the exercises commence one hour earlier :.
PROGRAMME:
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FOR FIRST THIRD O F FALL TEEM-SIX
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Opening Exercises.
WEEKS.
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Principal.
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Plympton.
.......... Prof.
Mr. Felt.
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Mr. Bomen.
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Hance.
....................... Miss
Miss Ostrom.
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Mr.
Webb.
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Seniors, (ladies,) Thompson's Seasons,.
Seniors, (gentlemen,) Higher Algebra,
Snb-Seniors, Spelling,
Juniors, No. 1, Grammar,
Juniors, No. 2, History,.
Sub-Juniors, No. 1, Geography,
Jub-Juniors, No. 2, ~ l e m e n t a Arithmetic,
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Rest, and change of classes.
10.5, until 10.15.
Seniors, Rhetoric,
Sub-Seniors, No. 1, Geometry,.
Sub-Seniors, No. 2, Grammar,.
Juniors, No. 1, Algebra,
Juniors, No. 2, Intellectual Arithmetic,.
Sub-Juniors, Reading,.
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untilll.
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Principal.
Prof. Plymptoa
Mr. Boweu.
Mr. Felt.
Mr. Webb.
Miss Hance.
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Rest, and change of classes.
Seniors, Chemistry,.
Sub-Seniors, No. 1, Grammar,.
Juniors, No. 1, History,.
Junior?, No. 2, Practical Arithmetic,.
Sub-Jiuniors, No. 1, Grammar,.
Sub-Juniors, No. 2, Geography,
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Mr. Dakin.
Mr. Roweu.
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Miss Hance.
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Mr. Webb,
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Mr. Felt.
................ Miss
Ostrom.
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11.55, until 12.15.
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Plympton.
........ Prof.
Mr. Dakin.
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Miss Ostrom.
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Miss Ibnce.
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Xr. Bowen.
....... Mr.
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Webb.
.................1 Mr.
Felt.
Seniors, Trigonometry,
Sub-Seniors, No. 1, Natural Philosophy,.
Sub-Seniors, No. 2, Drawing,.
Juniors, No. 1, Reading
Juniors, No. 2, Gramrmr,.
Sub-Juniors, No. 1, Practical Arithmetic,
Sub-Juniors, No 2, Grammar,.
12.15, until 1.
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:Rest, and change of classes.
................ Principal.
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Plympton.
Mr. Dakin.
........ Prof.
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Mr. Rice.
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Mr. Felt.
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Seniors, Intellectual Philosophy,
Sub-Seniors, No. 1, Algebra,
Jub-Seniors, No. 2, Natural Philosophy,.
Juniors, No. 1, Writing,
Juniors, No. 2, Algebra..
Sub-Juniors, Intellectual Aritbmetic,
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Miss Ostrom.
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PROGRAMME :
FOR SECOND THIRD O F FALL TERX-SIX
9, until 9.20..
Opening Exercises.
...........I Prof.
Plppton.
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Miss Ostrom.
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Mr.-~alrL
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Miss IIance.
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Mr. Bowen.
...................... Mr. Webb.
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Seniors, Trigonometry md Surveying,
Sub-Seniors. No. I. D r a w i n ~
sub-senior< No. 2, N a t u r a ~ ~ h i i o ~ h ~ , .
Juniors, No. 1, Reading,
Juaiors, No. 2, Grammar.
I ~ u b - ~ " n i o r skrithmetic,'
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.... Mr. Bowen.
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Plymptora.
.................... Prof.Webb.
...................... Mr.
Mr. Felt.
........... Miss Ostrom.
11.55.
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....... Principal.
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Prof. Plympton.
.................. Miss
Ostrom.
...................... Mr. Bowen.
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........................ MissHance.
Seniors, Theoiy and Practice of Teaching,.
Sub-eeniors, No. 1, =gher Arithmetic,.
Sub-Seniors, No. 2, Drawing,.
Juniors, No. 1, Grammar,
Juniors, No. 2, Reading,.
Sub-Juniors, Grammar,
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Rest, and change of classes.
Mr. Belt.
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........ MProf.r . ' ~Plymptan.
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...................... Mr. Felt.
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Mr.Rice.
...................... Miss
Hance.
Seniors, Physiology,
Sub-Seniors, No. 1 Natural PhiIosophy,.
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Sub-Seniors, No. $ Algebra,
Juniors, No. I, Algebra,.
Juniors,No. 2, Writing,
Sub-Juniors, Geography,,
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Mr. Felt.
Seniors, Chemistry,.
Sub-Seniors, No. 1, Science of Government,..
Sub-Seniors, No. 2, Geometry,.
Juniors, No. 1, Arithmetic,.
Juniors, No. 2, Algebra,
Sub- Juniors, Intellectual Arithmetic,.
11.55, until 12.15.
12.15, until
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....-.......... Principal.
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Prof. Plympton.
..... Mr. Bowen.
......................Miss Hance.
.................... Mr. Webb.
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Rest, and change of elasses.
11, until 11.10.
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Rest, and change of classes.
Seniors, Intellectual Philosophy,.
Sub-Seniors, No. 1, Geometry,..
Sub-Seniors, No. 2, Science of Gover~ment,.
Juniors, No. I, History,.
Juniors, No. 2, Arithmetic,.
Sub-Juniors, Spelling,
until 11,
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Opening exercises.
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........................... Prof. Plympton.
Bowen.
........... Mr.
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Mr. Webb.
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Seniors, Astronomy,
Sub-Seniors, Science of Government,.
Juniors, No. P, Arithmetic,
Juniors, No. 2, Reading,
Sub-Junlors, Grammar,.
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9.20, until 10.5.
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10.5, until 10.15.
Miss Hanee.
Mr. Felt.
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Rest, and change of classes.
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Principal.
................. Prof.
Plymptw.
Mr.
........ Mr. Dakin.
Webb.
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...................... Mr. Boweu.
Seniors, Moral Philosophy,.
Sub-Seniors, No. 1, Geometry,.
Sub-Seniors, No. 2. Naturd Philosophy,
Juniors, No. 1, Intellectual Arithmetic,.
Juniors, No. 2, Grammar,
Sub-Juniors, Intellectual Arithmetic,.
10.15, until ll.
.......... Miss Ostrom.
11, untii 11.10.
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Rest, and change of classes.
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Mr. Dalik.
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Miss Ostrom.
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Prof. Plympton.
........ Mr.
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Bowen:
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Mr. Felt.
Seniors, Chemistry,.
Sub-Seniors, No. I, Drawing,
Sub-Seniors, No, 2, Higher Arithm'etic,..
Juniors, No. 1, Grammar,
Juniors, No. 2, Algeb:?,
Sub-Juniors, Arithmetic,.
J1.55.
..................... Mr. Webb.
11.55, &ti1 12.15,
Recess.
................... Mr,
Principal.
Dakin.
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Prof. Plympton.
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....................... Mr. Felt.
Ostrom.I................... Miss
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Miss Hance.
Seniors, Aids to Com osition,
Sub-Seniors, NO. 1, Rat-aral ~ h i ~ o s o p l i ~ , ~ .
Sub-Seniors, No. 2, Geometry,.
Juniors, No. 1, Algebra,
Juniors, No. 2, Geography:.
Sub- Juniors, History,.
12.15, until l.
1, until 1.10.
Rest, and change of classes.
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Seniors, Phgsiology, .........................
.:
Mr. Webb.
=ce.
........ Mr.
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Miss Ostrom.
....................... Miss Hmm.
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Mr. Felt.
Sub-Seniors, Writing and Book-keeping,
Juniors; No. 1, Geography,.
Juniors, No. 2, History,.
Sub-Juniors, Algebra,
1.10, until 1.55.
1.55, until 2.
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PROGRAMME O F AFTERNOON EXERCISES.,
All the afternoon exercises of the Fall Term c h m e n c e at 34
and end at 49. In the Spring term they take place one hour
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Instruction i n vocal music,.
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Fridays,. ............a.e........,... ) Mr. T. H Bowen.
Juniors and Sub Juniors, on Mondays and I
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Compositions are required from each pupil once in three
weeks, commencing with the third week and ending with the
eighteenth week, thus making six compositions
Term.
The eomposi tions are corrected as follows ;
........................ by the Principal.
............... Prof. Plyrnpton.
... .;......... Mr. Dakin.
................... Mr. Webb.
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................... ~ rFelt.
............... Miss Ostrom.
............... Miss Hance.
The Seniors',. ,
cc Sub-Seniors7,No. 1,.
", Sub-Seniors', No. 2,.
Zc Juniors';No.l,
Juniors',Mo. 2 , .
Sub-Juniors7,No. 1,.
Sub-Juniors',No 2 ,
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Selected Compositions are publicly read every third Wednesday, c commencing the fourth week and ending with the nineteenth, thus making six times. At this exercise all the Teachers,
as well as pupils, are expected to be present.
Field exercises, with snrveying-and engineering instruments, .
are given to the gentlemen of the senior class by the Professor
of Mathematics. These exercises consist of land surveying, with
trigonometrical, and other methods of areas, and heights and distances-taking levels for rail-roads and canals-calcolations
for
excavations and embankments, and locating and describing
curves. 'The objects of these exercises are to make the pupils
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In the afternoons uf those Wednesdays whirh are ~ o otherwise ocslapied, lectnres are given by the several teachers, to the
classes, on such subjects 8s are peculiary appropriate to their dnties in the school, and to those of the profession for ,which they
are preparing.
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