P53nEu MIIUKLPMA SCIKXH. FOR amis ■HP I ■OHaBMBB BBHBRg •■■;■■•■■.■■■ ■■■ ; --" ."■•'•-■'■■■ •'■■■*• ■'■■•■■■■'■■.-«.'■_.■■ 3 SKETCH eiigayh ItMftTM OF THE PHILADELPHIA NORMAL SCHOOL FOR QIRLS FURNISHED FOR THE HISTORY OF NORMAL SCHOOLS IN PREPARATION BY THE BUREAU OF EDUCATION, AND AT THE REQUEST OF THE COMMISSIONER. WASHIIs T GTOX: GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 1882. 4654 pS"2> PHILADELPHIA NORMAL SCHOOL FOR GIRLS. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SCHOOL. Iii 1818 an act providing for the education of children at public ex- pense within the city and county of Philadelphia gave the controllers of public schools the power to establish a normal school, in order to qualify teachers for the sectional schools and for schools in other parts of the State of Pennsylvania. Under this act a model school was organ- ized, under the direction of the celebrated Joseph Lancaster, in the build- in*? yet standing on Chester street, above Pace. In 1836 it was so modified as to become in effect one of the city grammar schools, but it had served its end as a pioneer in the great work, and had blazed the path for the instruction of those who were to follow in building up the greater and more nearly perfect structure of the normal school system. The Philadelphia Normal School for Girls was established in 1848, and was placed under the charge of Dr. A. T. W. Wright as principal, with the following named teachers as assistants : Mr. E. W. Muuiford, teacher of drawing and penmanship. Mr. D. P. Alden, teacher of music. I Miss Elizabeth Jackson, teacher of mathematics. Miss Emma L. Field, teacher of history. Miss Mary E. Houpt, teacher of grammar. Miss Mary E. Brown, teacher of reading. The number of pupils in attendance — admitted on preliminary exam- ination — was 106; and the course of instruction was limited to two years, just half what it is now. In 1854, the school, having outgrown its original quarters, was removed to a new building, erected by the city for its accommodation, on Sergeant street, between Ninth and Tenth streets, where it remained until the completion of its present commodious and perfectly appointed building, at the' corner of Seven- teenth and Spring Garden streets, in November, 187G. The building, which is of Chester County greenstone, covers a space 120 by 160 feet, and is three stories high, with mansard addition. It was built and furnished at a cost of $275,000. It is capable of accommodating and furnishes in- struction to over 1,300 pupils, inclusive of the school of practice. The term of Dr. Wright as principal terminated in 1856. He was succeeded by Philip A. Cregar, esq., who held his post until 1861, at which date he was succeeded by the present principal. ft ^1 C\.\ ^ ;? PHILADELPHIA NORMAL SCHOOL FOR GIRLS. PERSONNEL OF GOVERNING BOARDS. I The following- is a complete list of the members of the board of pub-|T« lie education (formerly the board of controllers) who have served on I the committee on Girls' formal School at different times : John C. Smith 1848 to 1854, chairman 1848 to 1850, and 1851 to 18541 William S. Perot 1848 to 1854, chairman 1850 to 185l| James Peters 1848 to 1849, and 1856 to 1857] Nathan Nathans 1848 to 1849] Perry W. Levering.. _ # . 1848 to 1849 John H. Bringhurst 1849 to 1 B§ L | William Larzelere ■ 1849 to 18511 John W. Pugh 1849 to 1850 James Cowperthwait 1850 to 1 8541 John M. Pugh, m. d 1851 to 18SSH John Macavoy, at. D 1851 to 1-52 Jacob C. Slemmer .1852 to 1853 Nathan L. Jones 1852 to 1853, and 1855 to 1856, chairman 1855 to 1856 C. Campbell Cooper 1853 to 1854 Harlan Ingram 1853 to 1854 William Curran, m. d 1854 to 1856, chairman 1854 to 1855 Samuel Ashmead 1854 to lH5t Alexander Greaves 1854 to 1855; Edward W. Gorgas 1854 to 1855; Andrew H. Manderson 1854 to 1855 B. M. Dusenbery 1855 to 1860, chairman 1856 to 1858, and 1859 to 1860 George W. Vaughan 1855 to 1856, and 1861 to 1868, chairman 1862 to 1868 Charles M. Lukens 1856 to 1858, and 1871 to 1875, chairman 1871 to 1873 Washington J. Jackson , 1856 to 1857, and 1867 to 1870 James S. Watson 1857 to 1859 Thomas W. Marchment 1857 to 1858, and 1862 to 1864 Thomas W. Duffield 1858 to 1859, chairman 1858 to 1859 Edwin Booth 1858 to 1859 Thomas Allison 1858 to I860 Isaac Leech, jr 1859 to I860 R. Q. Shelmerdine 1859 to 1861 Edwin McCalla 1859 to 1862 James S.Chambers 1860 to 1861, chairman 1860 to 1861 William H. Flitcraft 1860 to 1862 Charles Welsh 1860 to 1861 William J. Reed 1861 to 1863, chairman 1861 to 1862 JohnMoffit 1861 to 1862 Thomas Fitzgerald 1862 to 1863 Robert W. Richie, M. D 1862 to 1863 John Noble 1863 to 1865 William M. Levick 1863 to 1867 George W. Nebinger, M. D , 1863 to 1868 Nathan Hilles 1864 to 1868 Lewis Elkin 1866 to 1868 A. S. Jenks 1868 to 1870, chairman 1*68 to 1670 John Price Wetherill 1868 to 1870 John G. Brenner 1868 to 1870 Ed. Armstrong 1868 to 1-7/$ Daniel Steinmetz 1870 to 1871, chairman 1870 to 1671 PHILADELPHIA NORM U, SCHOOL FOR GIRLS. Fames H. MacBride 1870 to 1877 David Weatherly, jr 1870 to 1874 Louis Wagner 1873 to 1875 rhomas R.Davis 1874 to 1875 lames Milligan, jr - 1875 to 1877 Simon Gratz since 1871, chairman since 1875 M. P. Hutchinson, m. d ..since 1875 lohn M. Campbell since 1875 Charles F. Abbot since January, 1877 Edward T. Steel since January, 1877 Wm. Y. Colladay from 1877 to January, 1880 A. S. Jenks ' since January, 1878 Richardson L. Wright since January, 1878 &eo. F. Barker from January, 1878, to January, 1879 Wm. F. Miller since January, 1879 Henry S. Godshall , since January, 1879 James V. Watson since January, 1879 Wm. M. Smith since January, 1880 TEACHERS. Following in the order of their appointment is a list of the teachers since the organization of the school : ee o IS ft 1848 1848 1848 1848 1848 1848 1848 1849 1849 1849 1851 1851 1852 1854 L855 L856 L856 L857 1859 L859 1859 1859 A. T. W. Wright, principal- . Elizabeth Jackson Emma L. Field Mary E. Houpt Mary E. Brown E.W. Mumford !. D.P.Aldeu Anna Vanarsdalen Mary E. Tazewell George Kingsley Ren6e N. Townsend Martha H. Rodgers W. M. Fenney John Bower Mary M. Spackman Philip A. Cregar, principal.. Thomas Bishop Matilda C. Barns Marian Ash Anna B. Duff Josephine Johnson Henrietta Thomas Year in which service ended Year of ap- pointment. 1855 1859 1849 1861 1849 1862 1866 1863 1855 1864 1852 1864 1849 1865 1850 1866 1861 1866 1852 1866 1866 1866 1862 1866 1854 j 1866 1856 ! 1867 1857 1867 1864 1868 1859 1868 1869 1866 1870 1869 1871 1885 1872 1866 1872 Mary H. Henderson Caroline Price Mary F.Ely Mary E. Durnett George W. Fetter, principal. Cornelius Everest Mary E. Tazewell Lavinia Whittaker Sarah A. Walker EllaBuzby Sarah W.Smith Mary C. Dickes... Gertrude Murdock Elizabeth W. Dickson Lydia F. Hamor Emma E. Geiselman Lelia E. Patridge Rebecca R. Bennett Margaret S. Rodney Eliza C. Bower "... Elizabeth A. Brown Mary Fisher 1864 1863 1867 1866 1866 1870 1872 1867 1875 1868 1880 1872 1871 1874 1873 1875 1878 1878 PHILADELPHIA NORMAL SCHOOL FOR GIRLS. © a SI 1873 1874 1874 1875 1875 1876 1876 1876 1876 1876 1876 1876 1876 1876 1876 1876 Name. a © ££ Anna M. Fullerton 1880 1877 1880 Clara R. Philips M. Maria Underwood Emma V. McLongblin Margaret S. Pricbard Susan R. Mitchell 1877 Mary A. Kereven Elizabeth Dornan Sarah A. Edwards C. J.Foulke Abbie A. Hinkle Emily J. Walters Mary McCn rdy Frances D. Moore Sidney' T. Skidmore 1877 [ 1878 ! 1880 1880 : Elizabeth P. Watson i o g © ° 1877 1877 1877 1878 1878 1879 1880 1880 1880 1880 1880 1880 1880 1881 1881 Name. Kate S. Hershey Lydia M. Watson Ida E. Lever Caroline W. Greenbank Anna C. Walsh Grace E. Spiegel Clara J. Hendley Emma T. Mann H. Kate Murdoch Mary A. Campbell Emily S. Dinniu Louise H. Haeseler Anna H. Hall Mary E. Dwier Clara A. Burr .8 ® * § as 187i> 1881 1881 1881 1881 1881 1881 1881 1881 1881 1831 1881 1881 1881 1881 PRESENT FACULTY. George W. Fetter, principal, and professor of theory and practice of teaching. Matilda C. Barns, vice principal, and teacher of literature and moral science. Sarah W. Smith, teacher of physiology and geology. Margaret S. Pricbard, teacher of logic and trigonometry. Mary Fisher, teacher of drawing. Emma V. McLongblin, teacher of Constitution of the United States. Mary A. Kereven, teacher of grammar.. Sarah A. Edwards, teacher of mythology and orthography. C. Josephine Foulke, teacher of rhetoric. Lydia F. Hamor, teacher in charge of review of grammar school studies. Cornelius Everest, professor of music. Elizabeth Dornan, teacher of etymology. Sidney T. Skidmore, professor of natural philosophy and chemistry, and astronomy Ida E. Lever, teacher of arithmetic. Emma T. Mann, teacher of composition. H. Kate Murdoch, teacher of elocution. Clara A. Burr, teacher of methods of instruction. Anna C. Walsh, teacher of mensuration and geometry. Caroline W. Greenbank, teacher of general history. Grace E. Spiegel, teacher of physical exercises. Clara J. Hendley, teacher of algebra. Mary A. Campbell, teacher of geography. Louise H. Haeseler, teacher of arithmetic. Emily S. Dinnin, teacher of reading and botany. PHILADELPHIA NORMAL SCHOOL FOR GIRLS. 7 School of practice. Elizabeth P. Watson, principal. Anna H. Hall, assistant in primary department. Mary E. D\^ier, assistant in secondary department. The course of study embraces a period of four years ; one-half of the last year is spent in practical teaching and the other half in attending lectures on subjects calculated to aid in mental development and in studying the art of teaching. COURSE OF STUDY. First year. — Algebra, grammar, drawing, arithmetic, composition, rhetoric, reading, orthography, geography, etymology, music, history, geometry, physical exercises, penmanship, and the Constitution of the United States. Second year. — Algebra, moral science, drawing, arithmetic, composi- tion, rhetoric, elocution, orthography, botany, etymology, music, general history, geometry, physical exercises, penmanship, and mythology. Third year. — Algebra, physiology, drawing, arithmetic, composition, rhetoric, elocution, natural philosophy, literature, music, general his- tory, physical exercises, and astronomy. Fourth year. — Geology, logic, trigonometry, chemistry, free hand draw- ing, music, methods of teaching, and theory and practice of teaching. Diplomas are granted at the end of the third year, provided the pupils pass satisfactory examinations, and certificates of qualification to teach [are withheld until they have completed successfully the full normal course, or fourth year. SCHOOL OF PRACTICE. The school of practice is composed of over three hundred children, ranging in age from six to eleven years and running from first to fifth divisions, in both primary and secondary departments (ten grades in all), corresponding to similar departments in the public schools. These pupils come from all parts of the city and leave prepared to enter the grammar schools on examination. Since the establishment of the school in February, 1848, 6,168 pupils have been registered ; of this number 2,996 have graduated and 2,854 have been appointed to situations as teachers. Over 70 per cent, of the teachers now engaged in the public schools of this city have been pupils in this school. PHILADELPHIA NORMAL SCHOOL FOR GIRLS. RATIO OF TEACHERS TO PUPILS. The following statement shows the number of teachers employed, the average attendance of the pupils, and the average number of pupils to each teacher, per annum, since the establishment of the school: Date. 1848. 1849. 1850. 1851. 1852. 1853. 1854. 1855. 1856. 1857. 1858. 1859. I860. 1861. 1862. 1863. 1864. 1865. 1866. 1867. 1868. 1869. 1870. 1871. 1872. 1873 1874. 1875. 1876. U877. 1878. 1879. O . . GO fH f-t Average at- £2 tendance. 7 7 117 7 129 8 135 8 141 7 145 7 181 7 192 7 192 7 185 7 186 11 328 1 11 325 i 11 303 ; 11 303 11 314 11 293 11 305 11 336 11 355 12 368 12 432 12 495 12 520 12 520 12 525 i 13 582 13 641 | 24 774 25 896 25 913 24 935 The above does not include the permanent and pupil teachers in the school of practice. In this school there are constantly employed three permanent and ten pupil teachers. PHILADELPHIA NORMAL SCHOOL FOR GIRLS. 9 COST OF TUITION. The following statement shows the amount paid for salaries, the aver- age number of pupils in attendance, the cost of tuition, and the entire cost per pupil, for each year since the organization of the school: Date. ft® ^£ s3 « Vft o From Feb. From July From July From July From July From July From July From July From Jan. From Jan. From Jan. From Jam From Jan. From Jan. From Jan. From Jam From Jan. From Jan. From Jan. From Jan. From Jan. From Jan. From Jan. From Jan. From Jan. From Jan. From Jan. From Jan. From Jan. From Jan. From Jan. From Jan. From Jan. 1, 1848, to July 1 1, 1848, to June 30 1, 1849, to June 30 1, 1850, to June 30 1, 1851, to June 30 1, 1852, to June 30 1, 1853, to June 30 1, 1854, to Dec. 3J 1, 1855, to Dec. 31 1, 1856, to Dec. 31 1, 1857, to Dec. 31 1, 1858, to Dec. 31 1, 1859, to Dec. 31 1, 1860, to Dec. 31 1, 1861, to Dec. 31 1, 1862, to Dec. 31 1, 1863, to Dec. 31 1, 1864, to Dec. 31 1, 1865, to Dec. 31 1, 1866, to Dec. 31 I, 1867, to Dec. 31 1, 1868, to Dec. 31 1, 1869, to Dec. 31 1, 1870, to Dec. 31 1, 1871, to Dec. 31 1, 1872,toDec.31 1, 1873, to Dec. 31 1, 1874, to Dec. 31 1, 1875, to Dec. 31 1, 1876, to Dec. 31 1, 1877, to Dec. 31 1, 1878, to Dec. 31 1, 1879, to Dec. 31 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 187'0 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 $516 67 2,154 19 2,450 00 2, 515 52 3,945 83 3, 949 99 5,010 00 1,730 00 4,930 00 7, 162 87 5,700 00 5, 700 00 6,300 00 6,300 00 6,300 00 6, 750 00 7,073 33 7, 583 33 7,600 00 7,600 00 8, 400 00 8,510 00 9,060 00 9, 330 00 10,353 00 10, 353 00 10,353 00 10,353 00 11,088 00 14,464 66 16,972 00 18,531 65 17,211 27 91 117 128 135 141 145 181 181 192 192 185 186 328 325 303 303 314 293 305 336 355 368 432 495 520 520 525 582 641 | 774 | 896 I 913 ! 935 $13 62 18 41 19 14 18 63 27 98 27 24 27 67 19 10 25 67 37 30 30 81 30 65 19 20 19 38 20 79 22 27 22 53 25 88 24 91 22 61 23 66 23 12 20 97 18 84 19 90 19 90 19 72 17 78 17 29 18 68 19 96 20 62 18 51 Average cost of tuition, $22.89; average total cost, $31.29. The above does not include the School of Practice. In this school the cost per pupil is about $6 per annum. 10 PHILADELPHIA NORMAL SCHOOL FOR GIRLS. AGE OF PUPILS. A tabular statement is presented below showiug the average age of the pupils of the several classes admitted to the Normal School from its organization to the present time. Date of admission. February, 1848 . . . July, 1848 February, 1849 . .. July, 1849 February, 1850 . . . July, 1850 February, 1851 ... July, 1851 February, 1852 . . . July, 1852 February, 1853 . . . July, 1853 February, 1854 . . . July, 1854 February, 1855 . . . July, 1855 February, 1856 — July, 1856 February, 1857 — July, 1857 February, 1858 . . . July, 1858 February, 1859 - . . July, 1859 February, 1860 . . . July, 1860 February, 1861 . - - July, 1861 February, 1862 . . . June, 1862 Average age. years 3 years 4 years 2 years 1 years 9 years 10 years 1 years 2 years 2 years 10 years 2 years 11 years 1 years 4 years 10 years 11 years 1 years 10 years 8 years 11 years 9 years 1 years, years 6 years 2 years 6 years 7 years 3 years 10 years 7 months. months. months. month. months. months. month. months. months. months. months. months. month. months. months. months. month. months. months. months. months. month. months, months, months, months, months, months, months. Date of admission. February, 1863 .. June, 1863 February, 1864 .. June, 1864 February, 1865 . . June, 1865 February, 1866 . . June, 1866 February, 1867 . . ; June, 1867 |j February, 1868 .. || June, 1868 ! ! February, 1869 .. || June, 1869 j; February, 1870 . . [j June, 1870 !: February, 1871 . . ' June, 1871 February, 1872 . . June, 1872 February, 1873 . . June, 1873 February, 1874 . . June, 1874 February, 1875 . . June, 1875 January, 1876 - . . June, 1876 June, 1877 June, 1878 Average age. years 9 years 10 years 11 years 7 years 11 years 11 years 7 years* 7 years 8 years 6 years 4 years 9 years 6 years 7 years 7 years 6 years 6 years 10 years, years 8 years 7 years 5 years 10 years 8 years 7 years 2 years 6 years 6 years 5 years 7 months, months, months, months, months, months, months, months, months, months, months, months, months, months, months, months, months. months. • months., months, months, months, months, months, months, months, months, months, months. General average, 15 years 9 months. This makes the average age at the time certificates of qualification to- teach are granted about twenty years. Some remain five and six years before completing the course of study. DESCRIPTION OF THE BUILDING. Excepting the University of Pennsylvania aud Girard College, the Girls' Normal School is the largest building devoted entirely to educa- PHILADELPHIA NORMAL SCHOOL FOR GIRLS. 11 tional purposes in Philadelphia, the extreme length being 159 feet and the extreme breadth 118 feet, independent of the projections for balco- nies, &c. The height of the main cornice from the pavement is about 58 feet, with towers on the three fronts, and angles extending one and two stories higher, the highest tower being about 80 feet above the pave- ment. The whole is covered with a mansard roof, 12 feet high clear of the floor and principal rafters, thus furnishing an immense room for recreation and other purposes. The material used in the construction of the walls is Chester County greenstone, backed with Trenton brownstone. The dressings, such as hoods over the windows, balconies, pilasters, balustrades, consoles, quoins, &c, are of Ohio stone, from the Berea quarries. The base to the top of the water table, including step sills, platforms, hand rails, &c, is of Hummelstown brownstone. The sidewalks are paved with rubbed blue flagstone laid in cement. The building and grounds are thoroughly underdrained into a cul- vert, by connections from the roof, water closets, wash basins, &c, the whole trapped so as to exclude foul air. The interior arrangement has received the approval of the most critical, as admirably adapted to the wants and necessities of a large normal school. The basement or lower story contains the gymnasium, 44 by 41 feet; the laboratory of th^ same size, with a storeroom attached, 20 by 21 feet; three rooms for the use of the school of practice, and four rooms occu- pied by the janitor and his family. Two steam heaters, each of thirty horse power, occupy rooms embracing parts of this story, with the cellar 22 feet high, each surrounded with stone walls so as to prevent danger from fire. These boilers are so constructed that they cannot explode. The first story contains twelve rooms, viz: one for the committee and principal, one for the library and vice principal, one for the faculty, five for the Normal School, and four for the school of practice. The second story contains the grand auditorium or assembly room, 108 by 67 feet (with an elevated platform capable of seating 200 persons), furnished with the most approved slat-seated settees, upholstered, and capable of seating 1,200 persons; a lecture room, 45 by 32 feet, provided with graduated platforms and settees of the most approved style, lecture table, and other appliances; a side room, for the storage of philosophical apparatus, with a retiring room attached; and four class rooms for the normal school. The third story contains ten class rooms for the normal school and a drawing room 45 by 32 feet (with retiring room for teachers attached). The attic or mansard story, 20 feet high, covers the whole building. The sheathing of the roof keeps the lower part of the building cool in summer and furnishes an immense space for recreation and other pur- poses. A large tank, for the storage of water necessary in the build- 12 PHILADELPHIA NORMAL SCHOOL FOR GIRLS. ing, is placed in this story, which also serves as a reservoir in cas<> of emergency. Marble top washstands are placed in the halls of the different stories at convenient points. The building is heated by steam ; the halls by direct and the rooms by indirect radiation. All the hot-air flues are tin lined. To insure proper ventilation every room is furnished with at least one ventilating shaft, while the larger rooms have several of them. The steps and landings of the stairways are covered with patent rubber matting, and the halls with cocoa matting and carpet, thus mak- ing them all entirely noiseless. The surroundings are all that can be desired. The ground is on the summit between the Delaware and Schuylkill Eivers. Spring Garden street — one of the finest and widest avenues in thecity — is on the south, Seventeenth street on the west, and Braudywine street on the north. Through the liberality of city councils, additional ground on the east has been purchased, fenced in, and appropriately decorated, thus secur- ing light, air, and ventilation. DESCRIPTION OF THE FURNITURE MADE FOR THE SCHOOL. 1 Class rooms. — The class rooms are furnished with 836 desks, each to accommodate one pupil. They present a surface of 20 by 26 inches on the top, and are made of black walnut, finished in oil and shellac. The lids are made to lift, are held in position when raised by a fold- ing support of steel, and are provided with rubber cushions to deaden the noise when lowered. The ornamental walnut border, forming a guard on the front of the desk, is protected at each end and in the centre by a handsome metallic post, which is imbedded at its base in the solid wood of the top. The ink well is placed in an opening on the top, to the right of each pupil, and is covered by a nickel plated hinged lid, fitting tightly to a rim, which excludes dust. The standards which form the support of the desk are of novel and appropriate design, sufficiently strong and heavy, by their peculiar shape and thorough brac- ing, to secure perfect rigidity. They are finished in maroon japan, with the prominent parts lightened with bronzing. Each desk is provided with a walnut chair of handsome shape and design. The base consists of an iron tripod pedestal, the lower part of which is firmly fastened to the floor, while the upper part is attached to the bottom of the chair and revolves on a centre formed by a heavy wrought iron rod solidly cast in the lower portion. By means of stops, the chair is allowed to revolve a half circle only, thus permitting the pupil to enter or leave from either side, as preferred. While every ad- 1 This furniture was manufactured by the Keystone School and Church Furniture Company, of Philadelphia, from original designs specially prepared by that company for the school. PHILADELPHIA NORMAL SCHOOL FOR GIRLS. 13 vantage of a loose chair, in convenience of movement, is afforded, an ingenious arrangement makes the movement a noiseless one. Assembly room. — The assembly room is fitted up with solid curved back settees, the seats of which are solid board, curved and upholstered with fine tapestry; Each is provided with a foot rest and book rack. The room will seat from 1,100 to 1,200 pupils. The platform is provided with chairs and walnut settees (movable), capable of accommodating nearly 200 persons. Lecture room. — The lecture room is fitted up with settees of walnut, with folding seats and tops, the latter being used for taking notes. A book box is also provided in the rear of each pupil, for temporary use. The settees are fastened to a platform, starting from the front of the room, Avith a 3-inch rise to each seat, thus enabling each pupil to have an unobstructed view of all experiments. Laboratory. — The laboratory is fitted up with folding-seat settees and two large cases for apparatus, chemicals, &c. This room also con- tains a fume closet (inclosed with glass sash), which connects with a flue and carries off all gases generated in experimental chemistry; and a lecture table, with all necessary appliances, 30 feet long on a raised plat- form, so as to show all experiments. Fifteen feet of this table are cov- ered with slabs of natural slate, one inch thick, to resist the action of chemicals. A portion of this slate is movable, and under it there is a tank provided with water pipes, &c. Dratving room. — The drawing room is provided with 55 adjustable tables, the tops of which, by a peculiar arrangement, can be raised and lowered at will, adjusted to any angle, or turned to secure any light. These tables can be made to serve all the purposes of an easel. With each table there is a revolving chair, the same as used in the class rooms. School of practice. — The school of practice is provided with double desks of primary and secondary grade. Blackboards.— The blackboards throughout the building are slate in walnut frames, with shelf for eraser, crayon, &c. They are 4 feet in width and from 5 to 25 feet in length. In the lecture rooms they are fitted in movable supports, arranged to reverse at will. Map cases. — Map cases are provided in all rooms in which geogra- phy and history are taught. In these the maps are arranged on spring- rollers, so that when not in use they can be easily rolled up out of sight and kept free from dust and exposure. RULES ADOPTED BY THE COMMITTEE — GRADUATION, PROMOTIONS, &C. Any pupil of Class B who, by reason of her physical disability or death in her family, shall be prevented from attending the examination for graduation, may, nevertheless, be permitted to graduate, if she shall have earned a term average of 90 or upwards during an attendance of not less than eight months of the term. 1 'Such pupil cannot receive a "certificate of qualification to teach." 14 PHILADELPHIA NORMAL SCHOOL FOR GIRLS. Any pupil of Class B who shall attend more than one-half of said ex- amination, and shall earn an average of 70 or upwards on the branches ot' study on which she shall be so examined, may be permitted to gradu- ate in case either of the reasons above named shall prevent her from attending the entire examination. 1 Any pupil of Class C or D who shall be so prevented from attending* the examination for promotion at the close of the term may, neverthe- less, be promoted, if she shall have earned a term average of 90 or up- wards during an attendance of not less than six months of the term. 2 Any pupil of Class C or D who shall attend more than one-half of said examination, and shall earn an average of 60 or upwards on the branches of study on which she shall be so examined, may, neverthe- less, be promoted, in case either of the reasons above named shall pre- vent her from attending the entire examination. 2 The fact of physical disability of a pupil shall in all cases be certi- fied by her family physician. At all examinations, the pupils of Classes B and C shall receive a mark for spelling, to be determined as follows: A unit shall be deducted from a maximum mark of 100 for each misspelled word found in the papers of the examination for promotion or graduation at the end of the term. % To entitle a pupil to be promoted to a higher class in the school, she must have obtained at the examination for promotion held at the close of the term a general examination average of not less than 60 and the following special averages : For promotion from D to C, the pupil must have obtained an average of 60 or upwards in arithmetic and 60 or upwards in spelling. For promotion from C to B, she must have ob- tained an average of 60 or upwards in arithmetic and spelling. For promotion from B to A, she must have obtained an average of 50 or upwards in arithmetic and a general average of 70 or upwards. All pupils of Class A shall have as nearly as possible the same term of service as teachers in the department of practice, and their "teach- ing" averages shall be determined by the principal of that department. If any pupil shall fail to receive for her work as a teacher in that de- partment an average of 70, such pupil shall have a second trial; and her "teaching" average during such second term of service shall be marked by the principal of that department and the principal of the Normal School, separately. The mean of the two marks so given shall, then, be the " teaching " average of the pupil. Wherever the mark shall be less than 70, it shall be accompanied by a note or memorandum stating fully and explicitly the reasons of the respective principals for their estimates of the pupiPs work. A "certificate of meritorious conduct" may be granted by the com- mittee to such pupils of Class B as may be deemed worthy of receiving 1 Such pupil cannot receive a "certificate of qualification to teach." 2 Such pupil must, also, have earned the special averages required in arithmetic and spelling. PHILADELPHIA NORMAL SCHOOL FOR GIRLS. 15 the same. 1 — (Besolutioii of the board of public education, adopted June '9, 1874.) GENERAL RULES. No holidays, other than those designated by the rules and by-laws of the board of public education, shall be given to the school, unless the same shall have been authorized by the committee at a meeting regu- larly held pursuant to notice; provided, however, that in cases of special exigency, where there shall not be sufficient time for holding a meeting of the committee, the chairman of the committee may take such action as he may deem proper. Whenever the conscientious discharge of a religious duty which is imposed by the rules or usages of any sect or denomination shall be offered as the excuse for absence of a pupil of the school, said absence shall be excused. The teachers of the school are not permitted to receive presents brought or sent to the school by the pupils thereof. BY-LAW OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC EDUCATION GOVERNING THE EX- AMINATION OF MEMBERS OF THE GRADUATING CLASS OF THE GIRLS 1 NORMAL SCHOOL. The examination held at the Girls' Normal School at the close of the third year's course of study therein shall also be an examination of the qualifications of the members of the graduating class of said school to become teachers in the public schools of this district. Said examination shall be upon the studies taught during the third year of the course, and shall be conducted by the faculty of said school under the supervision of the committee on qualification of teachers, in such manner as may be prescribed by said committee and the com- mittee on Girls' Normal School. A principal's certificate shall be awarded by the committee on quali- fication of teachers to each pupil of said school who, having obtained a general average scholarship of 85 or upwards at the examination aforesaid, shall also obtain a general average of 85 or upwards for her work as a teacher in the school of practice and for her scholarship dur- ing the fourth year of the Normal School course. ■ In like manner^an assistant's certificate shall be awarded to each pupil who shall have obtained averages of 70 or upwards (and less than 85) at the said examination and during the fourth year of the Normal School course. A pupil who, having obtained an average of 85 or upwards at th. j examination aforesaid, shall receive an average of 70 or upwards (and less than 85) during the fourth year of the course shall be entitled to an assistant's certificate. 1 The committee grant this certificate to meritorious pupils of Class B who, for .satisfactory reasous, are compelled to leave the school prior to the examination for graduation. 16 PHILADELPHIA NORMAL SCHOOL FOR GIRLS. It shall be the duty of the committee on Girls' Normal School to cer- tify to the committee on qualification of teachers the averages which shall be earned by the pupils of said school during the fourth year of the course; and said averages shall be attested by the principals of the Girls' Normal School and of the department of practice therein. There- upon the committee on qualification of teachers shall issue certificates to the pupils who shall be entitled thereto. RULE OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC EDUCATION GOVERNING ADMISSION TO THE GIRLS' NORMAL SCHOOL. At the stated meeting of the board which immediately precedes the admission of a new class to the Girls' Normal School (or sooner if neces- sary) the committee on that school shall present a report stating the quota of pupils which the respective school sections shall be entitled to promote to the Normal School in the manner hereinafter specified. When the board shall have taken action on said report, the principals of the grammar and consolidated schools in said sections shall be noti- fied by the committee on Girls' Normal School of the number of pupils who, if properly qualified, will be admitted from said schools, respec- tively. Prior to their admission to the Girls' Normal School said pupils shall be examined in arithmetic, definitions, spelling, reading, penmanship, principles of grammar, parsing, composition, geography (excepting physical geography), and history of the United States; and no pupil who shall fail to obtain a general average of 60 or upwards at said examination shall be admitted to the school. Said examination shall be conducted by a committee of principals of the girls' grammar schools, who shall be selected by lot by the Normal School committee. The questions at said examination shall be such as can be answered from the text books authorized to be used in the senior classes of the girls' grammar schools, except that in the examination on geography and history of the United States the questions shall be such as can be answered from the text books used in the first division of the grammar schools. Each grammar or consolidated school may send to tj^e said examina- tion double the number of pupils who, if properly qualified, would form the quota which the school may be entitled to promote to the Girls' Nor- mal School, and such of said pupils as shall make the highest general averages (not less than 60) shall be selected to form the quota of the school. Such of the remaining applicants for admission to the Girls' Normal School as shall have made the highest general averages (not less than 60) shall be selected to fill any deficiency in the supply of the pupils required for the Normal School which may be caused by the failure of PHILADELPHIA NORMAL SCHOOL FOR GIRLS. 17 any grammar or consolidated school to secure its quota of pupils at said examination. No pupil of any grammar or consolidated school shall be allowed to attend said examination unless her name appears upon a certificate signed by the principal of the school from which she is sent, and coun- tersigned by the member of the board of public education who repre- sents the section in which said school is located, stating that said pupil has for not less than six months immediately preceding the date of said certificate been a member of the senior class of the school, and that she will be at least fourteen years of age on the first Monday of September following the date of the certificate. The Hebrew Educational Society, the Beck School, and the Univer- sity School shall each be entitled to send four pupils who are of the re- quired age to said examination upon a certificate signed by the princi- pal and visiting directors of the school, and two of said pupils shall, if properly qualified, be admitted from each of said schools. The course of instruction, as before stated, is four years. At the end of the third year the pupils graduate and receive their diplomas. The fourth year is a post graduate course, and none can receive certificates of qualification to teach who do not pursue this course. Appended will be found the questions and results of the graduating class of June, 1879, at their final examination, and the results of their work for the post graduate year, 1880, with a statement of the number and grade of certificates granted. REPORT. To the Board of Public Education Of the First School District of Pennsylvania . Gentlemen: At the annual examination of Class B of the Girls' Normal School, for the term ending June 30, 1879, 159 pupils were ex- amined. Fifty-seven obtained an average of 85 or upwards and 93 an average of 70 or upwards (and less than 85). These pupils are not entitled to certificates until they have completed the fourth year of the course, in accordance with the by-law of the board u governing the examination of members of the graduating class of the Girls' Normal School." The annexed report contains the questions, and the tabular statement of the averages, prepared by Professor Fetter ; also, the names of the successful graduates. Respectfully, LEWIS ELKIN, M. P. HUTCHINSON, M. D., JOHN FITZPATRICK, TH. KENNEDY, GEORGE F. BARKER, Committee. Philadelphia, June 10, 1879. 4654 2 18 PHILADELPHIA NORMAL SCHOOL FOR GIRLS. REPORT OF THE EXAMINATION OF CLASS B. Following are the questions given to Class B of the GirPs Xormal School, for graduation, on the completion of the third year's course of instruction, ending June 30, 1879: PHYSIOLOGY. 1. Name four forms of muscles, and give an example of each. 2. Of how many bones is the spinal column composed, and how are these 'named according to their location ? 3. Into what is the food changed in the stomach, and by what agency?. 4. Into what constituents may the blood be separated? 5. Locate the larynx, and name the cartilages which form it. C. Give five facts descriptive of the brain. 7. Name the valves of the heart, and give their use 8. Give the name and number of the pair of cranial nerves that bestows the sense of smell. Tell where it ramifies. 9. Describe the lachrymal apparatus. 10. How are the vibrations from sonorous bodies conveyed to the auditory nerve ? GEOMETRY. 1. Define cone, right pyramid, and similar polyhedrons. How is a dihedral angle measured ? 2. How is the radius of a sphere found, when the zone orsegmenthas but one base ? "When the surface of a cube is given, how is its diagonal found? 3. Show that the surface of a sphere equals four of its great circles. Name three things which determine the position of a plane. 4. What relation exists between the volumes of a cone and cylinder having the same base and altitude ; also, between zones of equal spheres ? When will a plane passed through a pyramid divide its edges and altitude proportionally ? 5. Prove that a triangular prism may be divided into three equivalent triangular pyramids. 6. How many feet of sheet lead 3 feet wide will be required to line a cistern 16 feet square at the top, 36 feet square at the bottom, and 24 feet deep ? T. A hexagonal pyramid 10 feet at each side of the base cost $150. What is the cost of one of equal height, which is 15 feet at the base ? 8. A cubic foot of brass is to be beaten into a circular plate xs" °f an inch thick. What will be its diameter ? • 9. A lot 90 feet by 50 feet is surrounded by a ditch 5 feet wide*. To what depth must this ditch be dug in order that the soil taken from it may raise the surface of the lot 2 feet? 10. The height of a cone is 150 inches and its weight 81 pounds. What is the height of a frustum of this cone if its weight be 57 pounds ? 1. Name two conquests of Britain, with an important event pertaining to each. 2. What three great dynasties have ruled in France from 987 to the present time ? Name one important king of the first, with an event of his reign. 3. In whose reign was the foundation of the present English House of Commons laid ? What was the cause of the Hundred Years War between England and France? Name two battles in this war, aud give the success of each. 4. In whose reign did the great French Ee volution break out ? State three causes that led to it. Mention four prominent characters of this period. 5. Give one event that led to the English Eevolution. What change in the govern- PHILADELPHIA NORMAL SCHOOL FOR GIRLS. 19 merit did this revolution make ? In whose reign were England and Scotland consti- tutionally united ? 6. In whose reigns were Richelieu and Mazarin prime ministers'? Mention two great aims of the former's ministry. In what way was the administration of the lat- ter remarkable ? 7. To what dynasty did Henry IV of Germany belong ? What was the cause of the difficulty between him and the Pope ? Give the result of this contest. 8. In what wars did the following mouarchstake part? Frederick the Great, Maria Theresa, and Queen Anne. State the cause of the last of these wars, and name a promi- nent commander who tookr>art. 9. In what battle did Napoleon conquer the Prussian kingdom ? Name two Aus- trian generals and two kings who took part in the Thirty Years War. 10. Give five facts descriptive of the Crimean War. 1. Write the relative major and minor key notes, under the signatures of one, three, and five sharps. 2 Write the major scale under the signature of one flat with its harmonic and melodic relative minor scales. 3. Place a note upon F (first space) and another on A (second space); state the in- terval, and what it becomes by inversion. 4. Write a major, minor, diminished, and augmented triad, with F for the lowest note of each of these triads. 5. Write a measure in -^ time, with a note for each part, and indicate whero the accents occur. 6. Give an example of a triplet of eighth notes in a measure off time, and an ex- ample of a triplet of sixteenth notes in a measure of f time. 7. Write two measures in \ time; in one give an example of notes to be sung short and detached, and in the other of notes to be connected. 8. State what da capo, dal segno, and staccato mean. 9. State what major, minor, augmented, and diminished intervals become by in- version. 10. State what letters a^e the tonic, dominant, and subdominant in. the scale of D flat major. PHYSICS. 1. Define the terms force, simple force, and compound force. 2. Explain the easy compressibility of solids and the difficult compressibility of liquids. 3. What peculiarity of molecular attraction produces structure ? What peculiarity of the same produces elasticity ? . 4. By what amount of weight is a body buoyed up in water? In air? What is the amount of atmospheric pressure on every square inch of surface ? 5. State the law of refraction and define index of refraction. 6. How are musical overtones produced? What causes discord or dissonance? What is the maximum of discord? 7. What is true of the amount of expansion of different solids when equally heated \ Of different gases when equally heated? Define coefficient of expansion. 8. State three different effects which may be produced on the body by the heat it receives. What becomes of the heat which changes water into steam of the same temperature as the water? 9. Name the essential parts of a voltaic cell. What is the quantity of an electric current? What is its intensity? 10. Define and describe an electro-magnet. 20 PHILADELPHIA NORMAL SCHOOL FOR GIRLS. ARITHMETIC. 1. Define equation of payments, drawee of a draft, and commission. 2. Define bill of exchange, poll tax, and duty. 3. Name the metric unit of weight, of length, and of liquid measure, with the value of each in denominations now in use. 4. How may two fractions of diiferent denominators, having each a unit for its numerator, be added? How subtracted? Why? 5. Three times a certain number is 7| more than twice the sum obtained by increas- ing the number by 1£. What is the number? 6. A, buying calico, finds that paying 12| cents a yard she will lack 37| cents to pay for it; but paying 91 cents a yard she will have 50 cents remaining. Required the nuinber of yards and her money. 7. A, B, and C received from India 2,000 yards of silk, invoiced at 82 cents a yard, duty 8 cents a yard ; also, a lot of shawls, $4,100, duty 30 per cent, ad valorem. They sell at an advance of 50 per cent, on the invoice value. What is each one's gain, if A owns ■$■ of the money invested, B f , and C the remainder ? 8. If 304 florins in Amsterdam equal 205 Berlin dollars, and 41 Berlin dollars equal 28 Turkish piasters, and 112 piasters equal 11 marks of Hamburg, and 55 marks equal 3G milreis of Rio Janeiro, how many florins in Amsterdam will buy 63 milreis? 9. B mixed 50 pounds of coffee, worth 30 cents a pound, with 60 pounds at 40 cents and 80 pounds at 50 cents. He sold 100 pounds of the mixture at an advance of 10 per cent., on 60 days' credit, receiving a note which he had discounted at bank. What was his gain on the sale? 10. What is the final value of an annuity of $100 in arrears for three years, at 6 per cent, compound interest? RHETORIC. 1. Name three figures of rhetoric founded on the resemblance and one on the rela- tion of objects. 2. Define and illustrate the following figures: synecdoche, vision, antithesis, ono- niatopajia, and allusion. 3. Name five sources of obscurity in composition. 4. What properties of style are affected by the following faults: solecisms, redun- dancies, colloquialisms, improper use of synonymes, and long parentheses? 5. What is meant by the plot of a fictitious composition ? State four essential char- acteristics of a good plot. 6. What are the distinguishing features of the tale, novel, and romance? 7. Define biography. What style is most effective in this variety of narrative? Against what tendency should the biographer be on his guard? 8. Define heroic line, metre, perfect rhyme, and primary pause. 9. Name the two leading divisions of dramatic poetry. Describe the ode, and name four classes of odes. 10. Name three divisions of pastoral poetry. Explain the distinction between a satire and a lampoon. MYTHOLOGY. 1. How did the Greek philosophers explain the legends concerning their divinities? 2. What did Jupiter, Neptune, Vulcan, and Mars originally represent ? 3. Why was the lion consecrated to Vulcan ? What is represented by the lameness of the fire god? 4. Name five departments over which Apollo presided. 5. Why was Neptune sometimes known by the name of Hippios ? Whose messenger was Mercury ? 6. Why were the altars of Mars stained with the blood of the horse and the wolf? PHILADELPHIA NORMAL SCHOOL FOR GIRLS. 21 7. Name five works of Vulcan that were said to have been presented to mortals. 8. Which was the most celebrated religious ceremony in Greece ? In whose honor was it instituted? 9. What punishment were the Furies believed to inflict upon those that escaped or defied public justice ? Why was the god of the underworld called Pluto ? 10. What was the cause of the Trojan war ? By what stratagem did the Greeks gain an entrance into Troy ? BOTANY. 1. Name five plants belonging to the rose family. 2. Name the four parts of a complete flower, with the divisions of each part. 3. Define the following : A parasitic plant, a runner, a tuber, and pollen. 4. Name five poisonous plants. 5. To what class does each of the following belong ? The fruit of the tomato, acorn, strawberry, pea, and pineapple. 6. Explain the process by which the matter absorbed by the plant is made to aid in its growth. 7. Give two facts about the leaves and two about the flowers of plants belonging to the lily family. 8. Name three parts of plants in which the nourishment maybe stored, with an ex- ample of each. 9. Give two ways in which a fern differs from a violet. Define the great class to which the fern belongs. 10. How can you tell from the veining of a leaf the character of the stem and the number of cotyledons belonging to the plant ? METHODS OF TEACHING. 1. Define' each of the powers used by the child in gaining, keeping, and using knowledge. 2. In what order ought the teacher to appeal to these powers ? Why ? 3. Give some reasons why questions are asked, in teaching. Name and define some faulty kiuds of questions. 4. Tell what things should be required in the answers given by children. 5. In the management of a recitation, how may order and attention be secured? 6. In evecy lesson, what powers of the child are especially trained by the reviews and drill exercises ? . 7. Give some reasons why lessons on form are useful to young children. 8. Give one of the simplest definitions of a horizontal line and of a vertical line. Tell how these definitions may be illustrated. 9. Give the plan of a lesson intended to teach what we mean by " lines perpendicu- lar to each other." 10. Give briefly the plan of a lesson intended to teach the meaning of "triangle." What drill should be given in this lesson ? 1. Define pure quadratic equation, numerical equation, affected equation, root of an equation, and surd. Give an example of each. 2. Give the rule for clearing an equation of a surd, also the rule for clearing an equation of fractions, and explain why the sigu of a term is changed by transposi- tion. 3. Define similar surds. Toll when a surd is in its simplest form, and give the rule for changing surds having different indices to surds having a common index. 4. Prove that every q i uadratie equation of the form z- -f- 2pz = q has two roots, and 22 PHILADELPHIA NORMAL SCHOOL FOR GIRLS. only two ; also, prove that any quantity with a negative index is equal to the recip- rocal of the quantity with the sign of its index changed. 5. Given a ±V^x±^ = &3 to fmd x% 6. Simplify y - , >.. , also multiply 4 \/ | -J- 5 -/ 1 by •/ £ -{- 2-/ i, and find the sum of\/x* — &y and 2x -/^^^ 2 //. 7. Given x -f- y = 6, and 4af.y -}- # 2 -f- y 2 — 52, to find the values of x and y. 8. Given 8 (2a?-4) 2 =(2a>— 4) 4 -f 16, to find the value of x. 9. Two men, A and B, set out at the same time, from the same place, to travel to Boston, it heing 39 miles distant ; A traveled £ of a mile an hour faster than B, and arrived at Boston an hour sooner. Required each man's rate of travelling. 10. A person has a certain number of oxen, and provender for a certain number of days; if he sells 75 oxen, his provender will last 20 days longer; hut it he buys 100 more oxen, his provender will be exhausted 15 days sooner. How many oxen has ho and how many days will the provender last? LITERATURE. 1. Name five novels of Sir Walter Scott; include the first of the series, and state which it is. 2. Who is the author of the Inductive Philosophy? Name his great work. Give his method of reasoning, and tell whose philosophy he, in some measure, supplanted. 3. Name three dramatists of the Elizabethan era and two satirists of the age of Queen Anne. 4. Give a quotation from Milton and one from Wordsworth. 5. Give the character and author of the "Faerie Queen." 6. Name five Scottish poets, and one poem of each. 7. Who is said to be the inaugurator of the last and greatest era of English poetry ? Name two of his poems. Why is his poetry not generally popular? 8. What science has Hugh Miller made especially popular ? Name four of his works on this subject. 9. Give a sketch of the author of the Vicar of Wakefield. 10. Give a criticism on Lord Byron, and name his most popular poem. ELOCUTION. Extract from Sterne's sketch of the critic at the theatre : "How did Garrick speak the soliloquy last night?" "Oh! against all rule^ my lord, most ungrammatically! Betwixt the substantive and the adjective, which should agree together in number, case, and gender, he made a breach thus — stopping, as if the point wanted settling; and betwixt the nominative case, which, your lordship knows, should govern the verb, he suspended his voice in the epilogue a dozen times* three seconds and three-fifths by a stop watchj my lord, each time. 1 * PHILADELPHIA NORMAL SCHOOL FOR GIRLS. 23 O U O S3 be KJ £-, a X o 'd « £h bJD o . w <-= £-1 O O ef- <1 o • iH ..fB, • ft CO CM © CO so C« N .-i o e> oo 00 c© eo co CO © oc ifl CO —i •aS'BJfJA'B xe.iana-9 OD © CD lO © OB io CD os OS os ffi SI CO OS CB co OS § £2 OS OS eo OS CM os S cm OS CI OS — s O oo on © r-- ^ CD 00 s? T> ,_, - © M «* © OS OS OS OS OD CO CM © t~ © 50 O © CO O © CO CO CO O OS C*J cs O CD OS © OCSCSOSOSOSCSOS •HOI^BlUBl0a(J jG];oq[}.£j£ 'Qjn^'Bja^ii °-§HIiABXQ[ •SABSsg; •oriSttj^; "63eiox3'X3> jeaie^q^j •a\i$.9uiq9*) •0E.I0^9qjJ a •-< eo ■* eo eo cm o i-i -h ce io cs o. 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NORMAL SCHOOL FOR GIRLS. 29 Philadelphia, July 13, 1880. In accordance with the provisions of by-law 16 of the board of pub- lic education, the committee on qualification of teachers have issued teachers' certificates to the graduates of the Girls' formal School who are named in the following report. LEWIS ELKIN, Chairman. REPORT. To the Committee on Qualification of Teachers Of the Board of Public Education.. Gentlemen : Pursuant to the provisions of by-law 10 of the board of public education, we certify that the following named pupils of the school, who graduated Juue 20, 1879, have successfully completed the fourth year of the course, with the averages set opposite their re- spective names. Eespectfully, SIMOST GEATZ, M. P. HUTCHINSON, M. D., EICHAEDSON L. WEIGHT, JOHN M. CAMPBELL, A. S. JENKS, WM. F. MILLEE, H. S. GODSHALL, Committee on Girls 1 Normal School. Attest : Georoe W. Fetter, Principal of Girls 1 Normal School. E. P. Watson, Principal of the School of Practice. * S£ S S 03 a si £ b 3 |§ 1 ' (■> a 3 ^W £« bi^ 2p> 13 © d cc _ oo a; +' r-i a bt« >- a _^ to 111 © co 9 a General teaching average in School of Practice during year ending June, 1880. 93. 8 91.6 70 93. 6 91. 2 85 92.8 93.9 85 92.5 91.4 73 92. 3 94.7 85 92.1 89.3 78 92. 1 88.3 75 . 92 94.8 90 91.9 88.5 75 91.4 87.9 75 91.4 91.3 85 91. 2 89.1 80 91.1 89.6 90 90.1 , 88.3 85 89.7 90.6 70 89.6 83.2 71 89.6 83.6 75 88.9 ■ 89 71 88.4 82.9 80 88.4 83.2 80 87.5 84 78 87.5 88.5 70 87.3 83.3 85 87.3 86.4 87 86.8 81.1 72 86.6 82 85 • 86.3 84.2 80 86.1 83.6 70 85.9 87.6 80 85.7 83. 2 76 .85. 6 84.5 70 85. 5 79.2 70 85 • 83 79 84.6 80.9 80 84 78.6 80 83.8 82.5 70 82. 9 83.6 80 82.8 83.6 71 PHILADELPHIA NORMAL SCHOOL FOR GIRLS. 31 Names. Laura V. Bigelow Margaret T. Young Elizabeth P. Clendeunin May Robinson Marion A. Kenney . , Maria R. Harper Sallie B. Saunders Anna V. Baker Laura E. Quinu Regina C. Smith Matilda H. Bower Anna Louisa Shindler. . . Minnie G. Wilkinson Ellie E. Stephens Helena W. Phleger Annie Hey Elizabeth J. Tibben Sarah Ellen Schofield... Sallie P. Fisher Mary A. Butler Clara L. Morris Emily Hergesheimer Nellie M. Young Ida B. Duran Joanna Barr Ethie Lanning Bessie H. Sheik Winnie M. Dugan Ada V. Hubbs Sarah Lockrey Mary E. Lutz Leah W. Pinto Mary S. Dalrymple Isabel L. Becmeister Clara M. Reber Emma M. Harpur Ida V. Cherry o <* Is* a> *~ ^ m ° ^ ? g w av '- ^^ t 08 O J'cg |§ | « S3 g.S^ O o a 82.8 81.3 80 82.8 80.1 70 82.7 81.2 72 82. 7 79.6 70 82.3 79.3 70 82.1 85.3 70 81.9 79.4 70 81.7 83.6 80 81.4 83.8 75 . 80.8 91.5 80 v 80.7 82.8 80 80.1 84.8 70 79.8 87 75 79.8 79.6 80 79.6 70.7 80 79.3 80.9 80 79.3 76.4 70 79.2 82.4 70 79.2 89.2 78 78.8 83. 2 75 78.8 82.4 80 78.8 78.6 70 78.7 85.4 75 78.6 80.2 85 78.3 78. 2 70 78 81.9 80 ■ 77.8 85. 3 75 77.4 79. 6 75 77.2 89. 3 ' 76 77.2 83.1 71 •77.6 85. 3 70 76. 5 77.6 70 76. 4 78. 4 75 70. 4 78. 9 75 76. 2 82. 3 so 76. 2 78. 9 70 76.1 71.2 75 32 PHILADELPHIA NORMAL SCHOOL FOE GIRLS. 05 s P Names. « p Sooa O C 'r^i % ®» pS CO f* a P ©.pa £=^ _^ to « p £.&£ Pr^ P General teaching average in School of Practice during year ending- June, 1880. 85 Flora V. Stuard 75.9 75.9 75.8 75. 6 75.1 74.9 74.9 74.9 73.9 73.8 73.7 73.6 73.4 73.3 73.2 72.4 72.1 71.7 71 70.9 70.5 70 70 70 74 82.6 82.1 86.9 78.6 78 71.2 79 85.1 85.4 77.8 80.3 75 78.6 74.2 72.4 75.4 78.8 79.5 70.9 76.4 77.8 79.2 82.6 78 86 Rebecca M. Nelson i 75 87 Sarah Cummings 78 88 Alice Anthony 75 89 Jennie S. Hammitt 70 90 Marion S. Reynolds 72 91 92 93 Sallie S. Dietrich Marion Jones Mary S. Bailey 75 80 70 Q4 Ida E. Case 70 95 Emma Myrtetus 70 96 Laura F. McPherson 80 97 Annie M. Mason .. 70 98 Ella McCreery 73 99 Emma V. Prettyman 70 100 Augusta Whiteman .... 70 101 Kate E. Crispenn 80 109 Snsan G. Haydock 70 103 104 105 106 Mary S. Enos Lizzie C. Daymon Kate L. Ashmead Mary E. Nuttall ' 70 70 78 78 107 Clara Kaufman 70 108 Margaret Macauley 80 Attest GEORGE W. FETTER. E. P. WATSON. PHILADELPHIA NORMAL SCHOOL FOR GIRLS. 33 Following is a list of graduates of June 20, 1879, whose general aver- ages for scholarship at the examination for graduation and for their work as teachers in the School of Practice and their scholarship during the year ending June, 1880, entitle them to receive principals' certifi- cates : Names. 1 Evelyn S. Kigler 2 Enrilie S. Crease 3 Jane F. Crawford 4 j Kate Turner 5 Eleanor L. Tiel 6 Elizabeth G. Patterson 7 Georgina Carruthers . . . 8 Flora E. Bond win 9 Mary B. Ayres 10- 1 Blanche Mclntire 11 j Harriet K. McGrotty . . 12 Rebecca J. Sellers 13 Kate V. Campbell 35 9 fcfi sL -£ ico a - p» g-g^ 'S'S O WOO £ S 9 a a - £^ >> 23 £ o- ^3 T '<■ ■ r.Srr So °° So °9 e3 2 oo neral t in Sch during June, ] O o O 90 97.6 95.2 90 94.8 92 90 89.6 91.1 87 86.4 • 87.3 85 93.3 95.1 85 90. 6 93.9 85 93.9 93.8 85 91.2 93.6 85 93. 9 92.8 85 94.7 92.3 85 91.3 91.4 85 88.3 90.1 85 88. 3 87.3 G EORGE W. FETTER. E . P. WATSC m. Attest 4654- 34 PHILADELPHIA NORMAL SCHOOL FOR GIRLS. Following is a list of graduates of June 20, 1879, whose general aver- ages for scholarship at the examination for graduation and for their work as teachers in the School of Practice and their scholarship during the year ending June, 1880, entitle them to receive assistants' certifi- cates: 5 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 Martha J. Smith Ida B. Durand LillieH. Hare Florence B. Shuff... Mary G. Umsted Ida P. Brooke Mary N". Whinna ... Ida B. Croll Emma R. BushoDg.. Julia Cooper Mina Jacob L. B. F. Matchette . . Margaret L. James . Laura V. Bigelow .. Anna V. Baker Regina C. Smith Matilda H. Bower . . Ellie E. Stephens.. . Helena W. Phleger . Annie Hey Clara L. Morris Ethie Lanning Clara 1S T . Reher Marion Jones Laura F. McPherson Kate C. Crispenn ... Margaret Macauley . Effie Martin C arena Whitaker. . . Louisa Stuckert Sallie P. Fisher Flora Y. Stuard Sarah Cnrnmin