OF THE iwwnsny of ii i mis ANNUAL report of THE State flannal a n b Craining School AT OSWEGO. For t li e Year 1868 . TRANSMITTED TO THE LEGISLATURE APRIL 20, 1 8 6 9. ALBANY : THE ARGUS COMPAN Y, P R I X T E R S . 1869 . STATE OF NEW YORK. No. 207. 1 1ST ASSEMBLY, April 30, 1869. ANNUAL REPORT OP THE STATE NORMAL AND TRAINING SCHOOL AT OSWEGO. STATE OF NEW YOKE: Department of Public Instruction, ) Superintendent’s Office, Albany, April 16, 1869. ) Hon. Truman G. Younglove, Speaker of the Assembly : Sir : In compliance with chapter 466 of the Laws of 1866, I herewith transmit to the Legislature the Second Annual Report of the Local Board of the State Normal and Training School at Oswego. With respect, your obedient servant, ABRAM B. WEAVER, Superintendent of Public Instruction. ©SWIEBD n^MMAlL & 'fflTiAHKniK'S REPORT. Hon. Abram B. Weaver, Superintendent of Public Instruction : We are happy to report that the condition of the Oswego Normal and Training School, for the year ending Sep- tember 30th, 1868, has been highly encouraging. The number in attendance has advanced to three hundred eighty-five during the past year, and we can hardly con- ceive it possible to bring together a more faithful, earnest and enthusiastic class of pupils. There has been a mani- fest desire to make the very best use of the opportunities afforded, and in everything to meet fully the requirements of the school. Changes in Course of Study. From the time the school came fully under the direction of the State authorities, the preparation required for admission to the elementary training class has been limited to a knowledge of the common English branches. This was found not sufficient, as a thorough preparation for a consideration of the principles and philosophy of education, and their practical application in methods of teaching. More discipline of mind, better habits of thought, a knowledge of the elements of algebra, and some information in regard to the natural sciences, so far, at least, as they are exhibited in the common phenomena of every day occurrences, seemed to be demanded. A more 4 Annual Report of the thorough knowledge of grammar, rhetoric and compo- sition, was very desirable, as also of drawing, penmanship, and vocal music. The elementary training class has been, hitherto, overcrowded with work, and it was important that they should have some relief. For these, and other reasons, it has been thought best to require one term more of prepara- tion before entering this class. This, it is hoped, will greatly obviate the difficulties referred to. Elementary algebra, rhetoric, grammatical analysis, physiology, zoology, botany, the elements of natural philosophy, chemistry, and mineralogy, in the form of object lessons, perspective drawing, penmanship and vocal music have been added to the elementary prepara- tory course. This includes nearly all the work of the advanced C class of last year, so that the time required to complete the general curriculum is not extended. The work is simply taken out of one preparatory grade and placed in another, thus shortening the time of the advanced preparatory course, and adding one term to the elementary preparatory course. Training Classes. Of these there are two; the elementary and the advanced. The work of these classes consists chiefly in a considera- tion of the philosophy of education, principles and methods of teaching, school organization and discipline, and observation and practice in teaching. The work of the elementary training class is confined to a preparation for teaching primary, intermediate and grammar schools, and the advanced training for the schools of higher grades. Before entering these classes, pupils must have a thorough knowledge of the branches of study, so that they have nothing here to do but to learn how to teach them. Each point in regular order is taken up and the method agreed upon. With the ele- mentary training class illustrative lessons are frequently State Normal School at Oswego. 5 given ; all are required to write sketches of lessons, which are subjected to the criticism of the teachers. In turn, each member of the class is called upon to give a lesson with children, under the criticism of both pupils and teachers. In the second term of twenty weeks, five hours each day are devoted to practice, under criticism, in the primary and intermediate grades. In each of these grades are three classes rising in order of advance- ment one above the other. The pupils in practice are arranged in six sections to correspond with the number of these classes, and to each section is given a subdivision of one of these classes. At the end of three weeks all change classes, so that at the close of the term, each pupil has taught every class in the two grades. In the advanced training class, the practice is princi- pally confined to the giving of criticism lessons. These lessons are given to normal classes under the criticism of both teachers and pupils. Here, as with the elementary class, sketches of lessons are prepared in some of the subjects, and submitted to the teacher for criticism. Preparatory Classes. Of these there are two in the elementary and two in the higher department. Their work is confined exclu- sively to acquiring a knowledge of the branches. The success of these classes during the first term of the year was not altogether satisfactory. There were several causes that combined to interfere with the work of the school. One teacher was sick for several weeks, and two others were called away to attend institutes a con- siderable portion of the term. There was also more or less irregularity of attendance on the part of pupils. The school was much more successful the last term, and did all that could be reasonably expected. 6 Annual Report of the Change of Teachers. The only permanent change in the corps of teachers that has occurred during the year, was occasioned by the resignation of Miss Emily A. Rice. For more than two years she had been connected with the school, hav- ing charge of the department of rhetoric and composi- tion. She rendered valuable service, and the Board wouid have been glad to retain her. She has accepted a position in a private school in New England at a large advance in salary. At the commencement of the year, Miss Sarah J. Armstrong was appointed to assist in the department of rhetoric, English literature and composition. She proved very efficient help, and, after the resignation of Miss Rice, took charge of these subjects. At the close of the fall term, Mr. Edward A. Trow- bridge resigned his position as teacher of vocal music, and no successor was appointed for the succeeding term. Mr. J. B. McLean has since been appointed to the position, and entered upon his duties September 9th, 1868. Mrs. M. H. Smith, the teacher of history and geogra- phy, had engagements that took her away from the school during the spring term ; but she has now returned, to remain permanently connected with the school. The preparation of Guyot’s series of geographies, and the numerous calls upon her to lecture before national, State and local associations of teachers, and educational boards, have taken her away from the school for a con- siderable portion of each year, from the time she first became associated with Prof. Guyot in this work. It is very gratifying to the friends of the school to know that her teaching will no longer be thus interrupted. The interests of the school will be greatly subserved by this change, and her duties will be less laborious. Miss Ellen Seaver was also called away during the last half of the fall and the first half of the spring terms to State Normal School at Oswego. 7 assist in organizing the Fredonia normal school. Although very strongly urged to retain her connection with that school as preceptress, at a salary of $1,200 per annum, she declined the flattering proposals made, and will remain permanently connected with our own school. Miss Matilda S. Cooper was also invited by the Cincin- nati board of education to organize and take charge of a training school in that city at a salary of $2,000 per annum. We? are happy to say that this proposition was also rejected, and we are left in the quiet possession of one of the ablest and most efficient corps of teachers in the whole country. At the close of the last year, Miss Kate A. Whitney resigned her position as assistant critic in the junior practicing school, to accept a position as teacher in a pri- vate school. Miss Tillie C. Staats was appointed to fill the vacancy, which she did with much credit to herself throughout the year. Library and Apparatus. Quite liberal additions have been made to both the library and apparatus. We have now a very respecta- ble collection in the department of chemistry, natural philosophy and mineralogy, which will enable us to make the instruction in these branches much more complete and thorough than in previous terms. This department will now prove one of the most useful and attractive in the school. The library contains many valuable books of reference. To these we hope to make additions from year to year. Boarding Accommodations. Through the friendly interest of many of our leading citizens, a large and commodious building, known as the “New Welland House,” has been purchased and fitted up with all the modern conveniences and comforts that could be desired for such a house. It consists of two 8 Annual Report of the buildings, connected by a covered way, and will accommo- date about one hundred and twenty boarders. One is occu- pied by pupils who board themselves. This is a two story wood building, and is twenty-five feet by seventy-nine feet. The other is a brick building, four stories above the basement, seventy-five feet by ninety feet on the ground. The cost of the whole was $30, 000. It is valued at $40, 000. The rooms and halls are carpeted and amply furnished. The house was opened at the commencement of the fall term of 1867. It was at once filled to overflowing ; and it is difficult to tell what would have been done with the large addition of pupils that came in at this time with- out the much needed accommodations that the new boarding house afforded. No effort is spared to make this a quiet and pleasant home for the pupils. At the opening of the first term the house was not fully in readiness, and necessarily there was more or less confu- sion for a few weeks. Being quite new business to all connected with the school, some mistakes were com- mitted, which gave rise to more or less complaint on the part of the boarders. Profiting by the experience of the first term, we have been able to remove the objections, and make everything very acceptable ; and the house is now full, and as popular as any department of the school. Good board is provided with well furnished, comfortable and pleasant rooms, including lights, fuel and washing, for from four dollars to four and a quarter dollars per week ; while in private families the same accommodations cannot be obtained for less than five dollars per week. During the first term, gentlemen were allowed to occupy the ground floor of the house, while the three stories above were devoted to the ladies. Owing to the crowded condition of the house, and the temptation to devote too much time to social pleasures, this arrangement was changed at the opening of the second term, and gentle- men are now only admitted as table boarders. State Normal School at Oswego. 9 The building is in charge of Mr. Poucher, one of the teachers of the school, upon whom devolves. the govern- ment of the house, the employment of the help, the fur- nishing of the tables, and the general supervision and care of everything pertaining to the house. Graduates. The whole number of pupils who have graduated from the school since its first organization, is two hundred and forty-two. Of this number, one hundred eighty-two are now engaged in teaching, thirty are married, three are deceased, and two, besides those who are married, have left the profession. With one or two exceptions, all who ever graduated from the school have, for a greater or less length of time, been engaged in teaching. We think few schools can show a better record, in regard to the salaries of its graduates, than our own. Five and six hundred dollars are quite common salaries, even for those who have had no experience in teaching except what they have gained in the practicing school, while the older and more experienced often receive from eight hundred to one thousand dollars. Of those at present teaching, one hundred eighteen ladies receive from four hundred to eighteen hundred dollars per year. The success of the graduates has been quite flattering. It has very rarely occurred that one has failed to give entire satisfaction. They enter upon their work with a definite knowledge of the way they are to proceed. With them it is no hap-hazard or guess work. They have prin- ciples to guide them, and a method for all their work. They have made the art, as well as the science of teaching, a study. They know where to begin the successive steps to be taken, and have a plan to guide them in all their work. The training here received is worth more to them than ten years’ experience, gained in the ordinary way, even by the most observing and successful teachers. 10 Annual Report of the Other Training Schools. Since the opening of this school there have been organ- ized no less than ten other training schools, modeled after our own, and in charge of graduates from this school. There is a growing necessity felt for schools of this char- acter in all our larger towns. The importance of having- teachers trained for their work, is being more and more realized, and the time will come when no others will be employed. The services of such teachers are much more valuable than they would be without this special training. The people are beginning to understand this, and are will- ing to pay accordingly. Those who are thoroughly trained for their work have no difficulty in obtaining lucrative positions, for the demand is far greater than the supply. If teachers understood their own true inte- rests, they would make no delay in qualifying themselves properly for their work. There are but few„teachers who could not, in this way, at least double their present salaries and greatly enhance their own usefulness, and thus experience far more pleasure and satisfaction in their work. Normal School Building and Grounds. The grounds occupy nearly one-half of an entire block, and are located on West Seneca, between Sixth and Seventh streets, and are two hundred and thirty-four feet on Seneca street, by one hundred and eighty-five feet on Sixth and Seventh streets. This is on high ground, in one of the pleasantest portions of the town, and the view in every direction, embracing the lake, river, harbor, and surrounding country, is very fine. A more desirable site could not have been selected in the whole town. The main building is of cut limestone, and is three stories high above the basement. It is fifty-one by fifty-two feet on the ground. There are two wings, both of wood and two stories high. The west wing is seventy-nine feet by one hundred and five feet on the ground. It is occupied by State Normal School at Oswego. ] 1 the hall of the normal school and by the practicing school. The east wing is thirty-one feet by sixty-six feet, and is occupied by the janitor, the office and the high school. There are broad piazzas running across the entire front of both wings, in each story, covering a surface of two thousand four hundred and thirty- six square feet. The building was formerly occupied for a private school, at one tiihe as a public house, and again as a boarding house. For several years previous to its purchase by the Board, it was unoccupied, and had become quite dilapidated. It was owned by a stock company, who were glad to have it occupied for some useful purpose, and were willing to sell it to the city for a training school, at a merely nominal sum. The price paid for the build- ings and grounds as they stood was $11,500. The improvements since made have cost the city $16,840.82, making the entire cost $28,340.82. The present value of the buildings and grounds is estimated at $60,000. The furniture cost $5,500. As it is all nearly new, it has not materially depreciated in value. The same is true of the apparatus, which is all new, and cost $4,396.53. Departments in the School. We have none but normal pupils in the school. A little more than a year ago the city high school was brought to the building, with the consent and advice of Hon. Victor M. Bice, then Superintendent of Public Instruction. It was soon found, however, that the two classes of schools could not be worked well together. In the normal and training department, all the work must be arranged and carried out with reference to teaching. The esprit de corps of the teachers must be a constant and felt presence. With the two different classes of pupils, it is hardly possible to do this. The students in training are much older than the academic pupils, are limited in their means for acquiring an education, often to a few dollars that have been husbanded out of the meagre earn- 12 Annual Report of the ings of many years of severe toil ; they have a definite object in view, toward which they are struggling with an eager purpose ; their time at school is, at best, but very limited, and they are desirous of crowding the greatest possible amount of school work into a given time ; and, to accomplish their object, they are willing to work early and late, and would never be satisfied to be tied down to the ordinary advancement of an academic class. They are capable of doing more, and there are many good rea- sons why more should be required of them. Not being in sympathy with each other in their aims and purposes, little jealousies are likely to spring up to disturb the harmony of the school, and injure its efficiency. These are conclusions to which we have been brought by our limited experience, and all further effort to com- bine these two different classes will be entirely abandoned. The practicing school is a department of the public schools, under the control of, and sustained entirely by, the city school board ; so that there are no pupils in this department that properly belong to the training school, and they have never been reported as such. The only names we report are strictly normal pupils, those who are candidates for the teacher’ s profession. This is the only department in the school ; and, as already stated, three hundred eighty -five have been registered during the past year, and diplomas have been conferred upon fifty-three graduates. Board of Instructors. Edward A. Sheldon, Superintendent and Professor of Didactics. Salary, $2,300. John W. Armstrong, Head-Master and Professor of the Natural Sciences. Salary, $2,000. , Isaac B. Poucher, Professor of Mathematics. Salary $1,800. Herman Krusi, Professor of Modern Languages. Salary for half time, $850. State Normal School at Oswego. 13 Emerson J. Hamilton, Professor of Ancient Languages. Salary for each recitation daily per year, $266. John B. McLean, Teacher of Vocal Music. Salary for one recitation daily per year, $200. Charles C. Curtiss, Teacher of Penmanship and Book- keeping. Salary for one recitation daily per year, $200. Mary Howe Smith, Teacher of Geography and History. Salary, $1,200. Matilda S. Cooper, Teacher of Arithmetic and Gram- mar, and methods in the same subjects. Salary, $1,200. Ellen Seaver, Teacher of Mental Arithmetic, Spelling, Impromptu Composition, Botany, and methods of giving various Object Lessons. Salary, $1,200. Sarah J. Armstrong, Teacher of Rhetoric, Geography, and Impromptu Composition. Salary, $700. Anna T. Randall, Teacher of Reading and Elocution. Salary, $1,200. Mary E. Perkins, Teacher of Drawing. Salary for three recitations daily per year, $200. Mary D. Sheldon, Teacher of Light Gymnastics. Salary for five recitations daily per year, $200. Emerson J. Hamilton, Mary D. Sheldon, John B. McLean, and Mrs. Anna T. Randall were appointed Sept. 7, 1868, and the appointments were confirmed Oct. 1st, 1868. All the other teachers were appointed July 11th, 1868, and the appointments were confirmed by the State Super- intendent of Public Instruction on the 11th of August, 1868. Local Board. Gilbert Mollison, President ; Daniel G. Fort, Treas- urer ; John K. Post, Secretary; Samuel B. Johnson, Robert F. Sage, Thomas S. Mott, Benjamin Doolittle, John M. Barrow, Abner C. Mattoon, David Harmon, Delos De Wolf, Thompson Kingsford, Theodore Irwin. The members of the Board were appointed by Hon. 14 Annual Report of the Victor M. Rice, May 9th, 1867, and the officers were elected May 11th, 1867. Financial Statement. Receipts. Received from the State $21,780 01 “ other sources 100 00 $21,880 01 Liabilities and Disbursements. Overdraft, Oct. 1st, 1867 $982 92 Contingent expenses 3,798 31 Teachers’ wages 11,285 01 Paid for library and text books 1,555 55 “ furniture 182 89 “ apparatus 3,712 83 “ insurance on building 362 50 $21,880 01 Respectfully submitted, GILBERT MOLLISON, J. K. Post, Secretary. President. State Normal School at Oswego. 15 DETAILED STATEMENT Of Receipts and Expenditures of the Local Board of the Oswego Normal and Training School , for the year ending September 30 th, 1868. Receipts. Received from the State on requisition . $21 , 780 01 “ V. C. Douglass (refun’d) 100 00 $21,880 01 Disbursements. Overdraft, Oct. 1st, 1867 $982 92 Contingent Expenses. Oswego Gas Light Co., consumption of gas $92 94 Parmenter & Walker, crayon 2 80 E. A. Sheldon, disbursements 233 76 Kinyon & Smith, hardware 238 J. J. Hart, towels 1 50 Collins & Co., hardware 3225 Hamilton, Coe & Co., stationery and paper hangings 85 06 James Arden, delivering baggage 13 70 M. E. Adriance, stationery 84 88 D. A. Lathrop, music for piano 4 50 Daily Palladium, printing schemes. . . 21 75 J. O’Geran, plumbing 2047 P. Malone, cleaning, and janitor’s ser- vices 473 50 Advertiser and Times, paper and print- ing 20 00 R. J. Oliphant & Co., paper and print- ing 127 75 Chas. Pickert, painting 697 65 Carried forward $1,914 89 $982 92 16 Annual Report of the Brought forward $1,914 89 Mileage of pupils 968 70 Corlies, Macy & Co., parchment for diplomas. 35 25 George Lindsley, labor 1250 O. W. Bates, hardware 13 20 Louis Lafour, charcoal 54 40 A. C. Mattoon, traveling expenses. ... 5 00 C. C. Curtiss, inkstands, rulers, pens, &c., for bookkeeping class 129 30 O. Peck, tuning piano 2 00 Mrs. Whitney, ribbon for diplomas. . . 5 75 Jas. Hennessey, labor 750 C. H. Woodruff, door springs 7 00 Z. D. Stevens, measuring graining. ... 6 00 E. Convers, door springs 7 25 Lewis & Co., carting baggage for pupils 36 75 J. P. M. Peck, ribbon for diplomas. . . 36 28 Farwell & Sloan, lime 1 40 Gibbs & Rogers, carpenter work 3 75 J. Hughes, manure for trees 1150 D. Perry, ornamental trees 28 50 Advertiser and Times, blanks and ad- vertising 43 50 A. G. Cook, coal 295 50 G. II. Hees, stationery 575 W. E. Bowen, delivering baggage .... 340 Lake & Co., mason work 93 78 C. Morrison & Co., advertising for boarding places 20 10 Lippencott & Kinyon 774 C. H. Butler & Co., chemicals 5 40 N. M. Andrews, brooms, matches, and candles 17 13 T. S. Brigham, advertising boarding places 2 00 Carried forward $3 >781 22 $982 92 $982 92 State Normal School at Oswego. 17 Brought forward J. L. Pool, paper hangings Pickert & Drury, papering and paint- 13, 781 22 $982 92 $2 44 14 65 Teachers’ Wages. Olive A. Pond, temporary supply $10 00 A. T. Morrow, “ “ .... 19 17 Mary D. Sheldon, teaching gymnastics. 38 33 Herman Krusi, services as teacher .... 800 00 Matilda S. Cooper, “ “ .... 1,100 00 Mary E. Perkins, “ “ .... 100 00 Isaac B. Poucher, “ “ .... 1,600 00 Ellen Seaver, “ “ .... 527 50 Mary H. Smith, “ “ .... 615 00 Mrs. AnnaT. Randall, servi’sas teacher. 350 00 Edward A. Trowbridge, “ “ 125 00 Emily A. Rice, “ “ 645 00 John W. Armstrong, “ “ 1,900 00 Edward A. Sheldon, services as sup’t. . 2,383 65 C. C. Curtis, services as teacher 200 00 Sarah J. Armstrong, services as teacher. 500 00 Tillie C. Staats, “ “ 100 00 Delia A. Lathrop, “ “ 217 50 Eliza A. Wrenn, “ “ 53 86 Library Account. Mason Brother’s, Song Garden $14 40 Chas. Scribner & Co., geographies . . . 91 00 Hamilton, Coe & Co., books 382 60 Mary E . Adriance, binding books .... 13 30 Chas. C. Curtiss, books for bookkeeping class 169 56 Daniel Appleton, German books 15 75 Leopoldt & Holt, “ “ 20 84 Cowperthwait & Co., Green’s Gram- mars Carried forward 2 20 16 3,798 31 11,285 01 $727 61 $16,066 24 18 Annual Report of the $727 61 $16)066 24 37 20 251 09 90 69 18 00 37 00 31 50 9 90 13 15 27 00 10 00 302 41 1,555 55 Furniture Account. Bickford & Gillett, desks and chairs. . $53 00 L. H. Goldberg, wash bowl and pitchers 3 50 McMahon & Keenan, stoves and pipe . 35 69 G. S. Benz, cases for apparatus ...... 46 25 Bickford & Gillett, school settees 44 45 182 89 Brought forward Anna T. Randall, Reading books Hamilton, Coe & Co., books Mary E. Adriance, “ Ivison, Phinney & Co., “ Chas. Jerome, “ Moss & Co., “ E. A. Sheldon, disbursements George H. Hees, books A. S. Barnes & Co., books G. R. Lockwood, “ D. Appleton & Co., “ Apparatus Account. Thos. McAllister, philosophical app . . $269 00 W. E. Blossom, beans for bean bags . . 8 25 J. W. Armstrong, expenses to New York to select apparatus 25 20 D. A. Lathrop, gymnastic apparatus . . 14 18 Bickford & Gillett, “ 5 00 Jesse King, “ 36 75 J. F. Lume, philosophical apparatus . . 2,465 48 M. H. Smith, globe 15 00 L. Lippencott, making cases for appa’s . 388 30 E. A. Sheldon, disbursements 14 67 James Greene, philosophical apparatus, 471 00 3,712 83 Insurance. O. J. Harmon, ins. Normal school bld’g. $122 50 W. Newkirk, “ “ “ 70 00 Carried forward $192 50 $21)517 51 State Normal School at Oswego. 19 Brought forward $192 50 W. H. Herrick, ins. Normal sch’lbld’g. 35 00 0. R. Paddock, “ “ “ 105 00 D. Harmon, “ “ “ 30 00 $21,517 51 362 50 Total liabilities and disbursements $21,880 01 We hereby certify that we have examined the within statement of accounts and expenditures for the- Normal and Training School at Oswego, during the past year, and believe the same to be correct. J. K. Post, Secretary. Oswego, April , 12, 1869. GILBERT MOLLISON, President. State of New York, ) Comity of Osviego. f Sworn and subscribed to before me, this 12th April, 1869. J. Shepard Fitch, Notary Public. APPENDIX. Names and addresses of pupils who have been in attendance at the Osioego Normal and Training School during the year beginning October ls£, 1867, and closing September 30£A, 1868. Name. Abbey, Charles I) Adkins, Sarah E Adle, Emma A Adriance, Julia L Allen, Edna A Allen, Frances L Allen, John G Allen, Margaret A Ailing, George E Ailing, Mary R Alvord, Delia M Alvord, Ida C Aplin, K. Louise Armstrong, Clara J Arnold, Fanny Arnold, Helen M Arnold, Marcia A Avery, Jennie H Bailey, Alice F Baldwin, Frances S Barker, Hannah J Bassett, Way land, G. S. . . Beaman, Alice Beaman, Mary E Bennett, Ida W Bettis, Addie F Post Office Address. County. St. Lawrence Jefferson. Fair Dale Oswego. Oswego Oswego. Oswego Oswego. Oswego Oswego. Cato * Cayuga. Rochester Monroe. Rochester Monroe. Hunter Greene. Hunter Greene. Oswego Oswego. Oswego Oswego. Moscow Livingston. Springbrook Erie. Frewsburg Chautauqua. Cayuga Cayuga. Foster Center .... Provid. Co., R. I. Westfield Chautauqua. Trenton Mercer Co., hh J. Waverly Tioga. Clay Onondaga. Yolney Oswego. Antwerp Jefferson. Antwerp Jefferson. Lyons Wayne. Oswego Oswego. Appendix. 21 Name. Poet Office Address. County. Bidwell, Leslie F West Plattsburgh. Clinton. Bishop, Charles T . Oswego Oswego. Bishop, Lena B , Lorraine Jefferson. Blaisdel, Susan . Guilford Dearborn Co. Ind. Blodgett, Leonora L , S. W. Oswego Oswego. Bloomer, Jennie , Horseheads Chemung. Bond, Lucy E , Geneseo Livingston. Boyd, Andrew J . East Groveland . . . Livingston. Bradie, Maria K , Menden Monroe. Bramble, Althea . Havana Schuyler. Brennan, Kate S , Syracuse Onondaga. Briggs, Charles J . Sherman Fairfield Co., Ct. Briggs, Jennie A , Whitestone Queens. Brown, Emma C S. W. Oswego . . . . Cayuga. Brown, Francis H , Meridian Cayuga. Brown, Grace A . Comae Suffolk. Brown, Lyman K . Mayfield F ulton. Brown, Manily T . North Barton . . . . Tioga. Brown, Mary J . West Eaton Madison. Brown, Sarah A . Pulaski Oswego. Browning, Charles H . . . . Junius Seneca. Bruce, Cornelia A . Lenox Madison. Bruce, Ida E . Aurora Kane Co., 111. Bump, Almerin P . Hartford W ashington. Bunyan, Agnes , West Charlton. . . . Saratoga. Burhans, Cornelius . W awarsing Ulster. Burke, Ellen B . Madrid St. Lawrence. Burtch, Frances E . Antwerp Jefferson. Butin, Lilia G . Chicago Cook Co., 111. Byrnes, De Etta . Durhamville Oneida. Cady, Mary A . Brockport Monroe. Campbell, Gertrude I . . . . Oswego Oswego. Campbell, Harriet D. . . . . Horseheads Chemung. Card, George N . Copake Columbia. Card, Milton H . North Hector Schuyler. Carpenter, Mara E . Osceola Lewis. Carpenter, Rosamond H . . Havana Schuyler. Carrier, Mary E . Little F alls Herkimer. 22 Appendix. Name. Post Office Address. County. Cately, Alice M • Tully Onondaga. Chadwick, Margaret E. . . Fairport . . . .* , Monroe. Chase, 1ST ellie S . Hermon , St. Lawrence. Chase, Olive A . Broad albin , F ulton. Chatfield, Anna E . N ewburgh . Orange. Chesebro, Minnie A . . . . . Phoenix , Oswego. Chisholm, Lucy . Chazy , Clinton. Church, Lizzie A . Lewis , Essex. Churchill, Jennie H. . . . . F ulton Oswego. Clapp, Eva II . La Fayette . Onondaga. Clark, Hattie . Oswego Oswego. Clarke, Harriet A . Baldwinsville . . . . Onondaga. Coats, Ella F . Watkins , Schuyler. Coats, Vesta L . Oswego Oswego. Cook, Ida I . La Fayette Onondaga. Cook, Sophie . Ticonderoga Essex. Coon, Emily . Oswego , Oswego. Cooper, Arthur . Woodstock Ulster. Crabb, Eugene M . Redwood , Jefferson. Crooks, Helen A . Ontario. Currier, Florence M. . . . . Hinmanville , Oswego. Curtis, Hannah . Maine Broome. Curtis, Lewis T . Maine Broome. Curtis, Angie E . Hannibalville . . . . Oswego. Dalrymple, Harriet A . . . . Oswego Oswego. Davidge, Samuel P . Newark Valley . . . Tioga. Davis, Ada . Coram , Suffolk. Davis, Harriet E . Miller’s Place Suffolk. Day, Delia M . Livonia Center . . . . , Livingston. Dean, Ellen P . Cazenovia Madison. De Lano, Marion H . Ticonderoga Essex. De Lano, Teen J . Ticonderoga , Essex. Dempsey, Kittie L . Oswego Oswego. Denniston, Eliza J . Vail’s Gate Orange. Denton, Sarah L . Mendham , Morris Co., N. J. Dikeman, Charlotte N . . . East Rush . Monroe. Dikeman, Frances . East Rush , Monroe. Dildine, Mary E . Hammond’s Port . . , Steuben. Appendix. 23 Name. Post Office Address. County. Dobbie, E. Valina . Oswego Oswego. Doolittle, Abbie A . Oswego Oswego. Doris, Alice M . Mumford Monroe. Doris, Elizabeth L . Mumford Monroe. Doris, Letitia J . Mumford Monroe. Douglass, Henry M , . South Richland . . . Oswego. Drake, Julia A , . Syracuse Onondaga. Draper, Clara , . Dryden Tompkins. Dudley, Emma M , . Meridian Cayuga. Dunning, Frances M. . . . . Hammond’s Port . . Steuben. Dunning, George . . Coopersville Clinton. Dunning, Kate A . . Coopersville Clinton. Earl, N ellie . . Oswego Oswego. Edwards, Eva S . . Prattsburgh Steuben. Edwards, Henry L . . Spiceland Henry Co., Ind. Edwards, Lindley M . . . . . Spiceland Henry Co., Ind. Espey, Samuel A . . Uniontown Fayette Co., Pa. Everts, James D . . Searsburgh Schuyler. Ewart, Kate S . . East Groveland. . . Livingston. Fairchild, Fanny M. . . . . . Ilion \. Herkimer. Farnham, Amos W . . . . . . Fair Dale Oswego. Ferguson, Sarah M. . . . . . Wright’s Corners. . Niagara. Fitzpatrick, Julia A. . . . . . Greig Lewis. [of 0. Flower, Antoinette A . . . . Belleville Hastings Co., P. Forsyth, Mary . . Oswego Oswego. France, Aaron R . . Corn wall ville , Greene. Franks, Maria B . . Jersey City Hudson Co., N. J. French, Armina . . Friendship , Allegany. Frisbie, Amanda . . Willsborough , Essex. Frisbie, Jeannette C. . . . . Willsborough , Essex. Furman, G. Monroe .... . . Haverstraw , Rockland. Gage, L. Jennie . . Macedon , Wayne. Gallagher, Kate A . . Oswego , Oswego. Galloway, Eudora F . . . . . Rochester . Monroe. Gardner, Ella A . . Oswego . Oswego. Gaylord, Margaret K . . . . Utica , Oneida. Gibbs, Lilia A . . Westfield , Chautauqua. Gilbert, Josephine M. . . . . Phoenix , Oswego. 24 Appendix. Name. Post Office Address. County. Gillispie, Letitia J , Pulaski . Oswego. Goodell, Dora E , Lowville . Lewis. Gooclell, Mary L . Rochester . Monroe. Goodsell, Jennie F , Corning . Steuben. Gray, May E . Oswego . Oswego. . Green, Cassius M . Oswego . Oswego. Green, Sturgis H . Adel . Dallas Co., Iowa. Griggs, Ida A . New York . New York. Griswold, Aurora M . . . . . Oswego . Oswego. Haight, Esther A . Crum Elbow . Dutchess. Hammond, Anna . North Scriba . Oswego. Hammond, Marcia C. . . . . Dexter . Jefferson. Hall, Alice . S. W. Oswego .... . Oswego. Hall, Alice E . Euclid . Onondaga. Hall, Belle . Pulaski . Oswego. Hall, Jr., John A . Jamestown . Chautauqua. Hall, Mary . S. W. Oswego . . . . . Oswego. Hall, Mary F . Spencer . Tioga. Harkness, J. W arren. . . . . Keeseville . Clinton. Harkness, Miranda. ..... . Keeseville . Clinton. Harper, Amelia A . York Mills . Oneida. Harris, Susan A . Lima . Livingston. Harsha, Mary C . Fair Haven . Cayuga. Haviland, Mary E . Brooklyn . Kings. Hastings, Aaron H . Dublin . Wayne Co., Ind. Henderson, Mary E . Oswego . Oswego. Henry, Susan R . Gowanda . Cattaraugus. Herries, Isabella . Sterling Center. . . . Cayuga. Hicks, Elvenia 0 . McGrawville . . . . . Cortland. Hill, William . Lackawack . Ulster. Hinckley, Lucy M . Ledyard . Cayuga. Hodgkins, E. Theodocia . . Carthage . Jefferson. Holbrook, Fanny L . Oswego . Oswego. Homan, Ellen 0 . Yaphank . Suffolk. Hood, Helen F . Chittenango . Madison. Hopkins, Amanda J ... . . W estfield . Chautauqua. Howard, Elizabeth F . . . . New Haven . Oswego. Howard, Ellen E . Ogdensburgh .... . St. Lawrence. Appendix. 25 Name. Poet Office Address. County. Howard, James S Ogdensburgh . . . . . St. Lawrence. Hubbard, Margaret S . . . . Hannibal . Oswego. Hubbard, Zilpha S Sterlingville . Jefferson. Hughes, Jennie E Rochester . Monroe. Hughes, Charlotte A Cleveland . Cuyahoga Co., 0 . Hunt, Emma S Oswego . Oswego. Jagger, Mary E West Hampton. . . . Suffolk. Johnson, Sarah M Mexico . Oswego. Jones, Eleanor E Springville . Erie. Jones, Lewis II Spiceland . Henry Co., Ind. Jones, Miriam P Nashua . Hillsb’ro Co.,N.H. Joslin, Sylvia P Springville . Erie. Keeler, Esther J Malone . Franklin. Kellogg, Charlotte R . . . . Springville . Erie. Kellogg, Corralinn A . . . . Oswego . Oswego. Kellogg, Fannie E Whitehall . Washington. Kellogg, Martha M Cato . Cayuga. Kendall, Harriet D Attica . W yoming. Kenific, Mary J Oswego . Oswego. Kimber, Fannie C Barrvtown . Dutchess. King, Eudora A Livonia . Livingston. Kingsford, Elizabeth .... Oswego . Oswego. Klohs, Charlotte M Malone . Franklin. Kyle, Bertha C Lewis . Essex. Lackey, Mary A Little Genesee . . . . Allegany. Lafferty, Susan Oswego . Oswego. Laing, Marion Harlem . New York. Lantry, Thomas A North Lawrence . . St. Lawrence. Laramy, Lizzie Batavia . Genesee. Lathrop, Delia A Plank Road . Onondaga. Lawrence, Maria E Fulton . Oswego. Lawrence, Mary L Fulton . Oswego. Leach, Sarah H Winfield . Herkimer. Lepper, John R Amsterdam . Montgomery. Lewis, Martha E South Canton .... . St. Lawrence. L’Hommedieu, Nancy H. Ronkonkoma .... . Suffolk. Little, Jennie E Hudson . Columbia. Low, Viola Grahamville . Sullivan. 26 Appendix. Name. Poet Office Address. County. Macken, Chauncey B. . . . . Wellsville Allegany. Marsden, Frances M , Oswego Oswego. Martin, Fanny E . Dexter Washte’u Co.,M’h Maybee, Sarah H . East Norwich Queens. McAuley, Margaret L. . . , . Oswego Oswego. McBride, Mary E . Mumford Monroe. McBride, Ruth . Mumford Monroe. MCcne Eliza Oswego Oswego. MCculloch, Martha A . . . , . F ulton Oswego. McElroy, Alice E . Oswego Oswego. McFarlane, Jeannette.. . . Westbrookville . . . Sullivan. McLaughlin, Mary J , Oswego , Oswego. McLean, Ida E . Oswego Oswego. McLeish, Anna . J ohnstown Fulton. Merriam, Eunice J . Malone F ranklin. Merritt, Ellen J . Potsdam , St. Lawrence. Miller, Adaline B . Miller’s Place , Suffolk. Miller, Augusta . Copake , Columbia. Miller, Catharine L . Miller’s Place . Suffolk. Moore, L. Franeelia . Lima , Livingston. Moore, Maria L . Plattsburgh , Clinton. Morey, Amelia . Binghamton , Broome. Morey, Charles R . Georgetown , Madison. Morey, Helen . Bino'hamton , Broome. Morris, Ruth . Richmond , Wayne Co., Ind. Morrison, Kate L . Whitestone , Queens. Morrow, Alcinda L . Marion Grant Co., Ind. Morrow, Andrew T . Marion Grant Co., Ind. Morse, Susan J . Oswego , Oswego. Mott, Elzina E . Blue Point Suffolk. Mulvany, T. Jefferson . . . Chittenango . Madison. Munson, Henrietta E. . . . . Hebron . W ashington. Muzzy, Alcie N . Peru . Clinton. Myers, Melinda M . Sterling Valley . . . , Cayuga. Nelon, Bridget M . Oswego . Oswego. Neville, Rebecca A . Hannibal . Oswego. Newby, Nathan . Spiceland Henry Co., Ind. Newkirk, Adaline E. . . . . Oswego Oswego. Appendix. 27 Name. Post Office Address. County. Nipper, Nellie . . . Kinney’s 4 Corners Oswego. Noble, Ida R . . . Canton St. Lawrence. North, Olive . . . Alexander Genesee. Olmstead, Caroline L . . . . Union Broome. Oot, Josephine R . . . Minetto Oswego. Orr, Mary H Cayuga. Otis, Clarinda . . . Oswego Oswego. Parks, Minnie A . . . Victor Ontario. Parsons, Emma S Broome. Parsons, Jennie A. . . . . . . Binghamton Broome. Pease, Le Roy. ...*... Oswego. Peet, Nira H . . . Watkins Schuyler. Perkins, Anna H . . . Fair Dale Oswego. Perkins, Hannah F . . . Oswego. Phelps, Alice M . . . Plymouth Wayne Co., Mich. Phillips, Emily E . . . . Madison. Pierce, Ruth A Cortland. Pitman, Marv R . . . Buffalo Erie. Pond, Olive A . . . New Britain Hartford Co., Ct. Poucher, Florence M . . . . Oswego Oswego. Pratt, Adelle Broome. Ransom, George B . . . . . . Plattsburgh Clinton. Reynolds, Ellen Madison. Reynolds, Hartwill . . . Columbia. Reynolds, Velma C . . . . . Fulton Oswego. Rice, Belle 0 . . . Greigsville Livingston. Rice, Maria C . . . Hannibal . . . ■ Oswego. Rice, Sarah E . . . Fulton Oswego. Richards, Charles W . . . . Acra Greene. Rider, Lucy . . . Buffalo Erie. Rider, Mary J . . . Graefenberg Herkimer. Riggs, Mary E Oswego. Riggs, Matthew B . . . . . . Amity Orange. Robb, Jeannette A. . . . . . Malone Franklin. Robinson, Jane ... Clyde Wayne. Romans, Mary A ... La Porte La Porte Co., Ind. Roode, Kittie A . . . Hastings’ Center . . Oswego. Root, Martha J . . . Pulaski . . .' Oswego. 28 Appendix. Name. Post Office Address. County. Root, Mary A . Whitehall . Washington. Rope, Mary A . Oswego . Oswego. Ross, Minnie A . Oswego . Oswego. Ross, Sarah A . F airport . Monroe. Rowland, Martha M . . . . . Miller’s Place. .. . . Suffolk. Salisbury, Ellen F . Pulaski . Oswego. Salmon, Lizzie . Oswego . Oswego. Salmon, Lucy M . F ulton . Oswego. Sanders, Ella L , Hannibalville .... . Oswego. Sanford, Emily S . East Setauket. . . . . Suffolk. Sawyer, Laura A , Lawrenceville . . . . St. Lawrence. Schenck, Linna A . Fulton . Oswego. Searles, Josephine , Elmira . Chemung. Seymour, John S , Whitney’s Point . , . Broome. Shaw, Alice J Ellington . Chautauqua. Sheaf, Mary L Oswego . Oswego. Sheldon, Amelia C Hopkinton . St. Lawrence. Sheldon, Mary D Oswego . Oswego. Sheldon, Phinnie C Versailles , Cattaraugus. Sherman, Auronett M . . . . Greenwich . Washington. Sherman, Josephine I. . . . F ulton , Oswego. Sherwood, Ferdinand A. . Maine . Broome. Simmons, Charles M Potter . Yates. Simons, M. Adeline Meridian . Cayuga. Sisson, Eugene P Georgetown . Madison. Smith, James H Oswego . Oswego. Smith, Hannah M Logan . Schuyler. Smith, Helen M Attica . W yoming. Smith, Lucinda . . . . North Scriba , Oswego. Sprott, Mary Fortsville . Saratoga. Squier, Mary C Chittenango , Madison. Steere, Kate C Adrian Lenawee Co, Mich. Stetson, William S Coopersville , Clinton. Stevens, Frances A Oswego Oswego. Stevenson, Agnes A N ewburgh Orange. Stewart, Mary C Sterling Valley . . . Cayuga. Stockwell, Frances C . . . . Meridian Cayuga. Stoddard, Fanny M Hancock Delaware. Appendix. 29 Name. Stone, Ella S Strong, Anna H Summers, Emma L Swanger, Emma I Swanger, Maria M Sweet, Caroline J Tappen, Emma H„ Taylor, Anna H Taylor, Helen M Teague, Ella T Teague, N. Adel Terry, N. Wesley Terry, S. Curtiss Thompson, Nellie Titus, Mary J Travis, Sarah J Trowbridge, Mary L Tubbs, Rhoda A Turner, Alexander M . . . . Turner, Martha J Tuttle, Mary E Tuttle, Mira A Y an Hovenbergh, Sarah J. Van Husen, Nancy L. . . . Y an W agenen, Charlotte E. Wait, Mary G Wales, Lucretia H Walker, Foster W Walker, Mary E Wallace, LucyM Wallace, Mary L Warner, Sarah W aughop, Maryette C . . . Werner, Julia A Wetherell, Joseph Wheeler, Sophronia M. . . Wheelock, Emma White, Frances E Post Office Address. County. Cato Cayuga. Oswego Oswego. Oswego Oswego. Ogdensburgh .... St. Lawrence. Os;densburgh .... St. Lawrence. o o Phoenix Oswego. Jericho Queens. Norfolk Nlorfok Co. Ya. Parish Oswego. Oswego Oswego. Oswego Oswego. Searsburgh Schuyler. Watertown Jefferson. Broadalbin Fulton. Hingham Shebo. Co., Mich. N ewburgh Orange. Mexico Oswego. Oswego Oswego. Fair Haven Cayuga. Fair Haven Cayuga. Syracuse Onondaga. Chenango Forks . . Broome. Oren Onondaga. Buffalo Erie. Fulton Oswego. Wakefield Mid’sex Co., Mass. Scriba Oswego. Le Roy Genesee. Hancock Delaware. Oswego Oswego. Oswego Oswego. Fulton Oswego. Washington Tazewell Co., Ind. Albany Albany. Malta Morgan Co., O. Hammond’s Port . . Steuben. Summit Station . . . Onondaga. Port Byron Cayuga. 80 Appendix. Whitmore, Francis E . . . . Georgetown Madison. Whitmore, Otis H Georgetown Madison. Whitney, Rose Binghamton Broome. Wicks, Inez A Trenton Oneida. Williams, Helen M N orth Lawrence . . St. Lawrence. Williams, Marshall G . . . . Newark Valley . . . Tioga. Willsie, Cornelia Kiantone •Chautauqua. Wilson, Julia A Canastota Madison. Wiltse, Ellen Fenton ville Chautauqua. Winchell, Cornelia M . . . . Oswego Oswego. Winder, Anna M Richmond Wayne Co., Ind: Witherell, Mary L Oswego Oswego. W olsey, Maria P Valhalla Westchester. Woolworth, Clara K.... Port Leyden Lewis. Woolworth, Gilbert M. . . Port Leyden Lewis. Wright, Kate S Wellsville Allegany. Young, Melinda Upper Aquebogue. Suffolk. Total 385 Graduates for the Term Ending February 4th, 1868. Elementary Clapp, Eva H., Clark, Hattie, De Lano, Teen J., Dobbie, E. Lina, Edwards, Eva S., Gage, L. Jennie, Galloway, F. Eudora, Jones, Miriam P., Jones, Lewis H., Advanced Boyd, Andrew J., Crooks, Helen A., Dunning, George, Hicks, Elvenia O., Training Class. Lawrence, Maria E., Leach, Sarah H., Lathrop, Delia A., Martin, Fannie E., McFarlane, Jennette, Parsons, Jennie A., Parsons, Emma S., Pitman, Mary R., Wales, Lucretia H. Training Class. Hughes, Jennie E., Macken, Chauncey B., Riggs, Mary E., Taylor, Helen M. Appendix. 31 Closing Exercises of the Oswego Normal and Training School. Tuesday , February 1868. Order of Morning Exercises. 1. Opening Exercises. 2. Lesson with Children ; Animals Hattie Clark. 3. Essay — “Brave in the right” Eva H. Clapp. 4. Essay — “ Unknown ” Eva S. Edwards. Music. Chorus — 11 There’s room enough for all.” [Lowell Mason.] 5. Lesson with Children ; Spelling Maria E. Lawrence. 6. Essay — “ Poetry ” Sarah H. Leach. Music. Chorus — “ We are sons of hardy toil:” [Lowell Mason.] 7. Lesson with Pupils; Natural Philosophy. . . George Dunning. 8. Essay — “Progress” Jennie Hughes. Music. Chorus — “ Light beyond the clouds.” [Lowell Mason.] 9. Lesson with Children; Number L. Jennie Gage. 10. Essay — “ Life is but a strife ” A. J. Boyd. 11. Essay — “Life” E. Lina Dobbie. Music. Chorus— “ O, Boatman, chant thy roundelay.” [German.] Afternoon Exercises. Music. “ Ovido.” [Lowell Mason.] 1. Lesson with Children ; Objects Teen J. Delano. 2. Essay — “Chivalry” Miriam P. Jones. Music. Chorus— “ Hark ! the Alpine hunter’s hom.” [Mason.] 3. Lesson with Children ; Geography Lucretia Wales. 4. Essay — “ Labor ” i George Dunning. Music. Chorus— “ The Wanderer’s Staff” [Mason.] 5. Lesson with Pupils ; Algebra Chauncey B. Macken. 6. Essay — “ Shadows ” Emma S. Parsons. Music. Instrumental— “ Silvery Waves.” [A. P. Wyman.] 7. Lesson with Children ; Language Lewis H. Jones. 8. Essay — “Reforms” Helen A. Crooks. Music. Chorus— “ While about the brow of night.” [Arranged from Marcadanta.] 32 Appendix. Programme for the Evening. 1. Prayer. Music. Te Deum. [J. R. Thomas.] 2. Salutatory Lena O. Hicks. 3. Essay — “ The Responsibility of a Teacher’s Voca- tion” .* Chauncey B. Macken. 4. Recitation — “Liberty and Independence ” F. Eudora Galloway. Music. Solo— “My trundle bed.” [J- C. Baker.] 5. Essay — “ The Esthetics of Education ” Fannie E. Martin. 6. Essay — “Earthly Happiness” Helen M. Taylor. 7. Essay — “ The Past, the Present, the Future ” Lewis H. J ones. Music. Instrumental— “ Poet and Peasant.” [F. Von Supe.] 8. Essay — “ Phantoms” Jennie A. Parsons. 9. Essay, with Valedictory Jennette McFarland. Music. Chorus— “ From our own native mountains.” [From the Child of the Regiment.] 10. Address Lieut. Gov. Woodford. Music. Solo— “The Forsaken.” [Virginia Gabriel.] 11. Presentation of Diplomas. Music. “ Graduates’s Song.” Benediction. Graduates for Term Ending July 8, 1868. Classical Class . — Henry M. Douglass, Mary D. Sheldon, Agnes A. Stevenson. Advanced Training Class . — Fanny Arnold, Henry M. Doug- lass, Isabella Herries, Mary C. Stewart, Maria M. Swanger, Emma I. Swanger, Laura A. Sawyer, Eugene P. Sisson, Ellen Wiltse. Elementary Training Class . — Clara J. Armstrong, Ellen B. Burke, Elizabeth L. Doris, Fanny M. Fairchild, Marcia Hammond, Susan B. Henry, Alcinda L. Morrow, Anna H. Perkins, Mary A. Romans, Mary E. Riggs,* Martha J. Root, Charlotte E. Van Wagenen, Nancy L. Van Husen, Minnie A. Ross, Julia A. Wer- ner, Sophronia M. Wheeler. * Graduated from advanced Training Class. Appendix. 33 Programme of Closing Exercises of the Oswego Normal and Training School. Wednesday , July 8th, 1868. Order of Morning Exercises. 1. Opening Exercises. 2. Lesson with Children ; “ Sounds ” Anna H. Perkins. 3. Essay — “ Labor ” Marcia Hammond. 4. Essay — “ Cob Houses ” Elizabeth L. Doris. Music. Chorus — “ O, hail us ye free.” [Hernani.] 5. Lesson with Children ; “ Size ” Mary E. Riggs. 6. Essay — “The Secret of Success” Emma I. Swanger. 7. Essay — “ Seek to Lose and Lose to Find” . Isabella Herries. Music. Instrumental Duet — “ The Twins.” [Schubert.] 8. Lesson with Pupils ; “ Chemistry ” Eugene P. Sisson. 9. Essay — “Ships in Port” Martha J. Root. Music. Quartette — “ O’er the dark blue Sea.” [White.] 10. Lesson with Children; “Form” Mary A. Romans. 11. Essay — “Morning” Mary C. Stewart. Music. Solo — “ The Woods.” [Franz.] Afternoon Exercises. Music. Chorus. 1. Lesson with Children; “ Mineralogj r ” Fanny Arnold. 2. Essay — “ The night reveals what the day conceals ” Susan R. Henry. Music. Duet — “ We are wandering o’er the Mountains.” [Wallace.] 3. Lesson with Children ; “ Color ” Fanny M. Fairchild. 4. Essay — “ Burial Places ” Laura A. Sawyer. Music. Instrumental Solo — “ Adagio,” in B flat. tBeethoven.] 5. Lesson with Children ; “Botany” Charlotte E. Van Wagenen. 6. Essay — “Earth’s Meccas” Alcinda L. Morrow. Music. Solo — “ Under the Daisies.” [Millard.] 3 M Appendix. 7. Lesson with Children; “Objects” Soplironia M. Wheeler. 8. Essay — “Threads” Minnie A. Ross. 9. Recitation Ellen B. Burke. Music. “ Joy ! Joy ! Freedom to-day.” [Gipsy’s Warning.] Evening Exercises. 1. Prayer. Music. “Old Hundred.” 2. Salutatory Henry M. Douglass. 3. Essay — “ Crowns and the Crowned” Agnes A. Stevenson. 4. Poem — “The Ghost of Composition” Ellen Wiltsie. Music. Duet — “ Two Merry Alpine Maids,” [Glover.] 5. Essay — “Lights” Clara A. Armstrong. 6. Essay — “Fort Donelson’s Contribution to Civilization ” Maria M. Swanger. 7. Poem — “ The Orchestra of Nature ” Mary D. Sheldon. Music. Trio — Gently fall the Dews of Eve.” [II Giurmento.] 8. Essay — “Harmony of the Fine Arts” Julia A. Werner. 9. Essay, with .Valedictory .*. . Nancy L. Van Heusen. Music. Solo — “ Bird of Beauty.” [Scott.] 10. Address Prof. J. B. Condit, D. D. Music. Chorus — “ When daylight’s going.” [La Somnambula.] 11. Conferring of Diplomas. Music. “ Graduate’s Song.” Benediction. Daily Programme of Oswego Normal and Training Appendix. 35 1-4 o o a o w. to bo a a C . O m . S- u 2 U 2 Jd 2 3 ® S o SI- qj . bObO c a a o 2 g • a slts-g -S a aa^ .5 ^ ^ L c 3 •£ o 3 -rH o . t-< s-i o U at SSo <»o^ O O 0 NOP 4 t> ^ ► a .2 S © g B-eiJ G£t 02 CO ^ 0 D OQ 02 ^ :os .2 a § a a-S.s 2 sS a R rt in ^a < of 5 § P S ^ oj (B O fl « G* *-< .2 ^^n^r^OoO glOlOWOW i-I ei 44 44 c* co -c o o c o o o o WOKJiniOOKJ TT CO H H Tf CO H O £h 6* -Ah C* 03 36 Appendix. Daily Programme — ( Continued'). Appendix. 37 Classical Class. Teachers. — Mr. Krusi. Mr. Krusi. IS • U :S Mr. Krusi. Mr. Hamilton. Mr. Hamilton. Subjects. B.— French . A.— French . C.— French . German Latin Latin Advanced Training Class. Teachers. 1111 _a.fi o p ® 2 n ® U.Z Miss Seaver. Mr. Poucher Mr. Krusi. .. Mr. Curtiss . Mr. McLean. * Subjects. School Economy Gymnastics Arithmetic (Methods). Grammar (Methods) . . Botany Algebra ("Methods! Philos’phy of Educat’n Penmanship Vocal Music Advanced Preparatory. A. Class. Teachers. Mr. Armstrong. . Miss Sheldon . . . Mr. Armstrong. . AT ^ ! ! u h § :g*jj l Mrs. Smith Mr. Curtiss Mr. McLean Subjects. Chemistry . . Gymnastics . Geology Geometry . . . Botany TIia+rki*v Phys. Geog. . Penmanship Vocal Music. Advanced Preparatory. B. Class. Teachers. Miss I. Cook — Mrs. Smith Miss Seaver *: ; a • • B : : 0 : : £ < : :U § : T5 Mr. Poucher Mr. Curtiss Mr. McLean Subjects. Opening exercises. Gymnastics Physical Geog’phy Botany unemisiry Intermission Study VJCU1HCUJ Algebra Penmanship Vocal Music Time of day. 9 to 9:15 . 9:15 to 10 . 10 to 10:45 . 10:45 to 11:30 . 11:30 to 12:15 . 12:15 to 1:15. 1:15 to 1:45 . 1:45 to 2:30 . 2:30 to 3:15 . 3:15 to 4 . bfltUD a c o o S 5 U *<>• CS c3 £ CS CXP> >>Ph > »-i U S- c3 cS'O d a> a> 3 1 a a g i OOp( o o o_ ta ja i 65 o Ph i 38 Appendix. A complete list of the names of the graduates of the Oswego Normal and Training School , including dates of graduation , and also , the salary of each , so far as known : * [References used in List. — * Graduated from Elementary Training Department, t Graduated from Advanced Training Department. % Graduated from Classical Depart- ment. T Left the profession. § Married. || Not Teaching.] Names. Dates of graduation. Salaries. Anderson, Medora C.* Feb. 6th, 1867 T§ Andrews, Esther A.* $800 Andrews, Jane* . . . . Class of 1862 500 Andrews, Margaret L.* . . . . . . . . Class of 1864 !§ Armstrong, Clara J.* July 8th, 1868 II Armstrong, Sarah J.* 500 Arnold, Fannyf . . . . July 8th, 1868 II Barber, Mary* . . . . Class of 1862. Barker, Mary* . . . . Class of 1862 ir§ Barlow, Mary E.* July 10th, 1867 325 Barstow, Ellen L.* Feb. 6th, 1866 1 § Becker, Helen* . . . . Class of 1862 nr § Benedict, Harriet N.* July 10th, 1867 500 Bishop, Electa R.* . . . . July 10th, 1867 500 Black, Jenny* . . . . Class of 1862 600 Blackwood, Belle* Feb. 6th, 1866 325 Blood, Eliza A. * Class of 1862 450 Bond, Maggie L.* . . . . Class of 1865 400 Boyd, Andrew J.f Feb. 5th, 1868 II Bradt, Amelia H.* Feb. 6th, 1866 350 Brant, Alida R.* Feb. 6th, 1867 325 Brant, Louisa H.* .... Class of 1863 ir§ Brewster, Sarah P.* Class of 18626. Brown, Ada B.* Feb. 6th, 1867 ir§ Brown, Amelia* July 10th, 1867 500 Bruce, Ellen M.* Class of 1862 400 Bryan, Mary* .... Class of 1865 325 Bryant, Marie E.* Feb. 6th, 1866 475 Bunnell, Hannah K.* Class of 1863 500 Burke, Ellen lx* .... July 8th, 1868 650 Burt, Kate B.f Feb. 6th, 1867 600 a July 10th, 1867. b Died June 17t,h, 1868. Appendix. 39 Names. Dates of graduation. Burt, Kate M. * . . Class of 1865 Burt, Margaret M.* . . Class of 1864 . . . . Burt, Marion F.* . . Feb. 6th, 1866. . . Campbell, Anna* . . Class of 1863. Card Floronoo* , . . Class of 1863 . . . . Carpenter, Marion N.* , . . July 10th, 1867. . Carpenter, Sarah* . . . Class of 1863 . . . . Carter, N. Jane* . .. Class of 1863.... Case, Pamelia C.* Chalmers, Angeline* . . . Class of 1865 Chalmers, Julia A.* . .. Feb. 6th, 1867... Chandler, Eliza* Charles, Libbie S.* . . . July 10th, 1867 . . Clancey, Marie L.* . . . Class of 1864 Clapp, Eva H.* . . . Feb. 5th, 1868. . . Clapp, Leonora T.* . . . Class of 1862 . . . . Clark, Charles D.* Clark, Hattie* . . . Feb. 5th, 1868. . . Clark, Florence* . . . Class of 1863 . . , Coats, Phoebe* . . . Class of 1863. . . , Cole, Ella J * . .. Feb. 6th, 1867.., Collins, Hannah J.* Cooper, Fanny* . . . Class of 1863. . . Cooper, Matilda S.* . . . Class of 1862 . . . Copley, Euphemia D.* . . . Class of 1863. . . Cragin, Lucy M.* . . . Class of 1863. . . Crooks, Helen A.f . . . Feb. 5th, 1868. . Cross, Helen G.* . . . Feb. 6th, 1867. . Curtice, Delia* • . . . . . . Class of 1865. . . Cyrenius, Frances J.* . . . Feb. 6th, 1866. . Davies, Adaline E.* . . . Feb. 6th, 1867. . Davis, Anna E.* . . . Feb. 6th, 1867. . Davis, Kate H.* . . . Class of 1862. . . Davis, Helen* Davis, Mary E.* De Lano, Teen J.* . . . Feb. 5th, 1868. . Dinsmore, Lizzie* . . . Class of 1865. . . Dobbie, E. Yalina* . . . Feb. 5th, 1868. . Salaries. $400 350 350 500 400 II 1 § 1,500 325 325 450 325 600 3 75 1 § 1 f § 600 18 1,200 600 600 §400 450 500 350 325 500 500 750 18 325 325 40 Appendix. Names. Dates of graduation. Salaries. Doris, Elizabeth L.* July 8th, 1868 $500 Douglass, Henry M.fJ II Drew, Jennette A.* Feb. 6th, 1867 600 Dugane, Sarah D.* Class of 1864 1,800 Dunning, Georgef Feb. 5th, 1868 500 Edwards, Eva S.* Feb. 5th, 1868 II Ells, Amelia A.* Feb. 6th, 1867 325 Fairchilds, Fanny M. * . . . . July 8th, 1868 475 Fenner, Emma J.* Foster, Mary F.* Feb. 6th, 1867 325 French, Arminiaf Feb. 6th, 1867 325 Funelle, Amanda P.* Class of 1862 1,100 Funnelle, Lena S.* 750 Gage, L. Jennie* Feb. 6th, 1868 325 Gage, Mary E.* Class of 1865 1 § Galloway, Eudora F.* Feb. 5th, 1868 500 Gibbs, Frances M.* Feb. 6th, 1866 350 Gibbs, M. Elizabeth* July 10th, 1867 cl 325 Gilbert, Christina H.* 700 Gilchrist, Augusta L.* Feb. 6th, 1866 550 Gill, Emily I.* Feb. 6th, 1866 300 Gray, Laura M.* Feb. 6th, 1867 450 Hall, Defransa A.* July 10th, 1867 400 Hamilton, Anna E.* . . . . Class of 1864 350 Hamilton, Mary L.* 450 Hammond, Marcia C. * July 8th, 1868 350 Hanen, Anna M.* Feb. 6th, 1866 5. Hanen, Mary J.* . . . . Class of 1862. Hanford, Marion A.* . . . . Clas^kof 1864 500 Hannon, Mary J.* 400 Haskell, Sarah M * Feb. 6th, 1866 700 Henry, Susan R.* 600 Herries, Isabellaf July 8th, 1868 400 Hicks, Elvenia O.f Feb. 5th, 1868 600 Holbrook, Mary M.f Feb. 6th, 1867 1,400 Hopson, Edla E.* July 25th, 1866 II Hubbard, Amelia E.* . . . . Class of 1864 §400 a February 6th, 1867. b Died November 8th, 1867. Appendix. 41 Names. Dates of graduation. Salaries. Hubbard, Maria H.* July 10th, 1867 a II II Hughes, Emily L.* $400 Hughes, Jennie E.f . . . Feb. 5th, 1868 400 Hyland, Mary J.* , . . . Class of 1864 325 Jenkins, Helen M.* 1 § Jenne, Amelia H.* ... Feb. 6, 1867 1 § Jones, Lewis H.* school. Jones, Miriam P.* . . . Feb. 5th, 1868 500 Jones, Rebecca* . . . Feb. 6th, 1867 700 Kenific, Maggie* . . . Feb. 6th, 1866 300 Kerr, Kittie* 300 Ketchum, Angeline H.* . . . July 10th, 1867 500 Keyes, Sarah L.f . . . Feb. 6th, 1867 II Kilbourn, Mary A.* 1 § King, Jennette C.* . . . July 10th, 1867 450 Lapping, Martha* . . . Class of 1865 325 Lathrop, Delia A.* 1,000 Lawrence, Maria E.* . . . Feb. 5th, 1868 900 Leach, Sarah H.* . . . Feb. 5th, 1868 325 Leary, Jennie K.* , . . . Class of 1865 330 Lee, Mary V.* 1,000 Lee, Nellie* .. . Class of 1865 1 Leffin, Lizzie* . . . Class of 1865 If § Leonard, Mary A.* . . . July 10th, 1867 325 Lewis, Matilda* . . . Class of 1862, private school. Lines, Anna M.* , . . . Class of 1863 400 Locke, Abbie A.* Feb. 6th, 1867 1,000 Macken, Chauncey B.f , . . . Feb. 5th, 1868 II Manning, Delia* 375 Martin, Fannie E.* Feb. 5th, 1868 325 Maxwell, Fanny C.* ... July 25th, 1866 600 McCool, Celia E.* . . . July 25th, 1866 II McCumber, Martha C.* , . . . Feb. 6th, 1867 600 McDowell, Nora* 325 McElroy, Alice E.* ........ . Feb. 6th, 1867 b 500 McFarlane, Jennette* 800 McGonegal, Mary A.* 1,000 a Feb. 6th, 1867. b July 10th, 1867. 42 Appendix. Names. Mead, Emma A.* Merriam, Emily M.* Miller, Martha* Morgan, Abbie B.* Morris, Harriet N.* Morrison, Emma S.* Morrow, Alcinda L.* Morton, Lizzie H.* Mnlliner, Mary L.* Nichols, Eliza J.* Norman, Louise* Osborne, S. Katharine*. . . . Paddock, Amanda G. *. . . . Parsons, Alice M.* Parsons, Elizabeth* Parsons, Emma S.* Parsons, Flora M.* Parsons, Jennie A.* Parsons, Laura S.* Parsons, Mary A.* Peacock, Anna E.* Pease, Fanny W.* Penfield, Philomela* Perkins, Anna H.* Perkins, Emily H.* Perkins, Mary E.* Pike, Anna L.* Pitman, Mary R.* Plumb, Louisa C.* Porter, Lucretia* Potter, Harriet A.* Powers, Louisa A.* Pride, Martha A.* Quackenbush, A. Cordelia* Ranger, Sarah A.* Riggs, Mary E.* Robbins, Delia* Dates of graduation. Salaries. Feb. 6th, 1868 $450 July 10th, 1867 a 1,000 Class of 1862 f § July 25th, 1866 1,000 July 10th, 1867 700 Feb. 6th, 1867 325 July 8th, 1868 900 July 10th, 1867 325 Feb. 6th, 1866 400 Class of 1863. 400 Class of 1862 600 July 10th, 1867 600 Class of 1863 1,000 Feb. 6th, 1867 450 Class of 1862 450 Feb. 5th, 1868 b 350 Class of 1862 500 Feb. 5th, 1868 565 Class of 1862 500 Class of 1862 ^ § July 10th, 1867 500 Class of 1862 450 Class of 1865 f July 8th, 1868 400 Class of 1865 1" § Class of 1865 600 Feb. 6th, 1866 400 Feb. 5th, 1868 600 Class of 1862 If § July 25th, 1866 500 Feb. 6th, 1867 600 Class of 1864 500 Feb. 6th, 1866 750 Class of 1864 % § Class of 1865 325 July 8th, 1868c 450 Feb. 6th, 1866 400 a Feb. 6th, 1867. b July 10th, 1867. c Feb. 5th, 1868. Appendix. 48 Names. Dates of graduation. Salaries. Robertson, Elizabeth* . Class of 1865 $400 Romans, Mary A.* .... July 8th, 1868 500 Root, Emma L.* Feb. 6th, 1867 550 Root, Martha J.* July 8th, 1868 400 Rope, Kate E.* July 10th, 1867 375 Ross, Minnie A.* 500 Rowe, Martha* Class of 1862. Safford, Louisa M.* Feb. 6th, 1867 • T § Salmon, Mary J.* Feb. 6th, 1866 325 Sawyer, Laura A.f .... July 8th, 1868 || 500 Sayre, Harmie J.* July 10th, 1867 575 Scott, Mary E.* Class of 1865 325 Scott, Tillie A.* 375 Seaver, Ellen M.* 1,200 Seeber, Martha A.* . . . . Class of 1862 400 Sheldon, Edward A.* . . 2,300 Sheldon, Mary D.J . . . . July 8th, 1868 • II Sisson, Eugene P.f .... 600 Slater, Louisa* Class of 1863 . . 325 Smith, Ida B.* July 25th, 1866 300 Smith, Mary E.* Feb. 6th, 1867 325 Smith, Mary LI.* 1,200 Smith, Rhoda R.* 400 Staats, Margaret J.* . . , 400 Staats, Matilda C.* • II Starr, Ellen D.* Feb. 6th, 1866 600 Sterling, Sarah C.* . . . . 500 Stewart, Mary C.f .... July 8th, 1868 350 Stevenson, Agnes A.J . • f§ Stevenson, Rosanna* . . 350 Stickney, Jennie H.* . . , 1,500 Stoel, Martha W.* .... 500- Stowell, Alice* Class of 1865 350 Sumner, Harriet B.* . . . II Swan, Mary H.* Feb. 6th, 18676 900 Swanger, Emma I.f . . . , July 8th, 1868 • i§ Swanger, Maria M.f . . . • II a July 10th, 1867. b Died January 22d, 1867. 44 Appendix. Names. Taylor, Helen M.f Taylor, Sarah* Thurman, Gertrude* Tiffany, DeWitt C.* Town, Margaret A.* Trowbridge, Edward A.* Tubbs, Helen M.* Tuttle, Helen A.* Tyler, Anna M.* Van Husen, Nancy L.* Van Wagnen, Charlotte E.*. . . . Vaughn, Sena C.* Wales, Lucretia H.* Watson, Jane S.* Weed, Eliza H.* Weed, Frances E.* Weller, Eugene D.* Werner, Julia A.* Wheeler, Sophronia M.* Whitney, Emma H.* Whitney, Kate A.* Williams, Mary* Wilson, Helen M.* Wiltsie, Ellenf Yocum, Jane P Total, 242. Dates of graduation. Salaries. Feb. 5th, 1868. Class of 1865. Feb. 6th, 1866a, July 25th, 1866 $480 Class of 1865 310 Feb. 6th, 186V 1,400 Class of 1862. 350 Feb. 6th, 186 V || Class of 1865 600 July 8th, 1868 900 July 8th, 1868 500 July 25th, 1866 500 Feb. 5th, 1868 325 July, 10th, 186 V 5V5 Class of 1862 350 Class of 1862 400 Class of 1862 July 8th, 1868 5V5 July 8th, 1868 500 Class of 1862 f Feb. 6th, 1866 850 Class of 1863 § Class of 1862 J July 8th, 1868 || Class of 1865 450 (Circular.) OSWEGO NORMAL AND TRAINING SCHOOL. STATE OF NEW YORK : ' Department of Public Instruction, ) Superintendent’s Office, Albany, Aug. 1st, 1868. j To School Commissioners and City Superintendents of Schools : The fall term of the Oswego Normal and Training School will open on the second Wednesday in September, and the spring a February 5th, 1868. Appendix. 45 term on the third Wednesday in February. Each county is entitled to as many pupil teachers in said school as it has repre- sentatives in the Assembly. Appointments are made by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, on the recommendation of the School Commisssioner of each School Commissioner District, and on the recommendation of the principal superintendent of schools of each of the cities. Such recommendation is a duty imposed upon the Commission- ers and City Superintendents, and the undersigned desires and expects that it will be promptly and faithfully performed. A much greater number of pupil teachers can be accommo- dated in this school than was originally contemplated by the Legislature ; and for the want of qualified applicants the quotas of some counties may not be filled, while the number of worthy and qualified applicants in other counties may be greater than the quota to which such counties are strictly entitled. Therefore, you need not limit your recommendations to the number to which your county is entitled by representation in the Assembly, but encourage aspiring, qualified and promising young men and women who intend to make teaching their vocation, to attend this school. It is suggested that you advertise, to receive applications, and to examine applicants for appointment at a specified place, and at a time not later than fifteen days before the opening of the term. Recommendations should be made as early as practicable, and mailed promptly to the Superintendent of the School at Oswego. To gain admission to the school, pupils must possess good health, good moral character, and average abilities. They must pass a fair examination in Spelling, Reading, Geography and Arithmetic (as far as the roots), and be able to analyze and parse simple sentences. Ladies must be at least sixteen years of age, and gentlemen eighteen. Those who pass the examination will receive a formal appointment from the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and be admitted to all the privileges of the school. 46 Appendix. Form of Recommendation. To the Superintendent of Public Instruction : hereby recommend as possessing the health, scholarship, mental ability and moral character, requisite for an appointment to the Oswego Normal and Training School. (Date.) School Commissioners of County. The Design of the School. The design of this school is to furnish competent teachers for the public schools. Board of Instructors. Edward A. Sheldon, A. M., Superintendent and Professor of Didactics. John W. Armstrong, D. D., Head-Master and Professor of Natural Science and Moral Philosophy. Isaac B. Poucher, A. M., Teacher of Arithmetic and Algebra. Herman Krusi, Teacher of Form, Geometry, History and Philo- sophy of Education, and- German and French Languages. Emerson J. Hamilton, A. M., Teacher of Latin and Greek Lan- guages. C. C. Curtiss, Teacher of Writing and Bookkeeping. Mary H. Smith, Teacher of Geography and History. Matilda S. Cooper, Teacher of Methods in Arithmetic, Gram- mar and Natural History. Ellen Seaver, Teacher of Botany, Methods of giving Object Lessons and Moral Instruction. Mrs. A. T. Randall, Teacher of Reading and Elocution. Sarah J. Armstrong, Teacher of Rhetoric and Composition. Mary E. Perkins, Teacher of Drawing, and Assistant Critic in the Primary Practicing School. Martha McCumber, Principal and Critic of the Junior Practic- ing School. Tillie C. Staats, Assistant Critic in Junior Practicing School. Kate Davis, Principal and Critic of Primary Practicing School. Appendix. 47 Course of Instruction. Elementary Preparatory Course. It is desirable that all pupils on entering the school should be thoroughly qualified in the common English branches, to enter at once upon a discussion of the best methods of teaching them. Experience, however, has shown that very many of those who apply for admission have not the knowledge of these subjects requisite for entering the training class , where principles and methods only, and their practical application in the school room, are considered. To meet this necessity, this course has been intro- duced, and is designed to be a thorough review of the subjects named. Those who have already a fair knowledge of these branches, have good health, and are apt to learn, may complete the course in two terms of twenty weeks each. Subjects of Study — B Class . — Practical Arithmetic, reviewed; Mental Arithmetic, reviewed ; Grammar, reviewed ; Geography, reviewed ; Reading and Spelling, Penmanship, Drawing, V ocal Music ; Impromptu Compositions, semi-weekly ; Essays, semi- monthly ; Light Gymnastics, daily, under the instruction of a graduate of Dio Lewis’s School of Physical Culture. Subjects of Study — A Class. — Higher Arithmetic, Elementary Algebra, Grammatical Analysis, Rhetoric and English Litera- ture, Physiology, Zoology, Botany, Penmanship, Reading, Gymnastics, Vocal Music. Perspective and Object Drawing. Impromptu Compositions, semi-weekly ; Essays, semi-monthly. I ' Elementary Training Course. This course is limited to one year of two terms, each twenty weeks, and includes instruction in methods of teaching the branches named in the elementary preparatory course (a thorough knowl- edge of which is required to gain admission to this class), and miscellaneous subjects calculated to cultivate the perceptive facul- ties. Special attention is directed to objective teaching, and to the philosophical yet simple methods of primary instruction, including lessons in form, size, measure, color, language, number, place, weight, sounds, objects, animals, plants, human body, moral instruction, inventive drawing, writing, physical exercises, read- ing and spelling. 48 Appendix. Thorough instruction is given in the philosophy of education, school organization and government, and the theory of teaching generally. Nearly one-half the time of this course is devoted to observa- tion and practice in the model and practicing schools, under the supervision of competent critics. Impromptu compositions, criticism lessons and essays, weekly. Students having satisfactorily completed the preceding course will receive a diploma, which will be signed by the Superinten- dent of Public Instruction, the superintendent of the school, the head-master, and the officers of the local board, and will serve as a certificate of qualification to teach common schools. Advanced Preparatory Course. Students to be admitted to this course, must pass a satisfactory examination in the studies of the elementary preparatory course. Those familiar with none of the branches herein named, require a full year to complete the course ; others, who have mastered a portion of them, may complete it in less time. The students of this division are arranged in two classes, accord- ing to their acquirements. Those conversant with some of the studies of each class may take up only such studies as are neces- sary to pass the required examination for the “ advanced training course .” Each class occupies one term of twenty weeks. Subjects of B Class. — Higher Arithmetic, Algebra, Chemistry, Physical Geography, Bookkeeping (double entry), Natural Philo- sophy, Geometry, Botany, Analysis of Flowers, Light Gymnastics, Impromptu Composition^, semi- weekly ; Rhetorical Exercises and Essays, monthly. Subjects of A Class. — Algebra, Geology, Chemistry, Geometry, Trigonometry, Astronomy, Mineralogy, Moral Philosophy, His- tory, Surveying. Impromptu Composition, semi-weekly ; Light Gymnastics, daily ; Rhetorical Exercises and Essays, monthly. Advanced Training Course. This course occupies one term of twenty weeks, and is devoted to instruction and practice in the best methods of teaching the branches named in the advanced preparatory course, and particu- Appendix. 49 larly arithmetic, algebra, geography, grammar, reading, penman- ship, botany and object lessons. Special attention will also be given to the philosophy of educa- tion or mental philosophy, in its practical application to the business of teaching ; school history, school law, science of government, school organization and discipline ; to the theory and practice of teaching, and school economy generally ; frequent criticism lessons and compositions. A portion of the time ip devoted to observation and practice in teaching, under criticism. As familiarity with any subject is essential to a consideration of the best methods of teaching it, no pupil is admitted to this course until properly prepared in all the subjects of the advanced preparatory course. Those who satisfactorily complete this course receive the follow- ing Diploma. Oswego Normal and Training School. Oswego, N. Y., , 186 . This is to certify that has completed the advanced training course of the Oswego Normal and Training School, including a thorough course of instruction and practice in the best methods of teaching, and is deemed qualified to teach the English branches usually pursued in the high schools and acade- mies of the State. Supt. of Public Instruction. Supt. Oswego N. and I School. Head-Master. Preset Board of Education. Secretary. Classical Course. In addition to the subjects named in the elementary and advanced preparatory and advanced training courses, in this department, 4 50 Appendix. sufficient instruction will be given in the Latin, Greek, French and German languages, to qualify pupils to teach them so far as they are usually pursued in the high schools and academies of the State. The student may, at his option, take German or Greek ; but a knowledge of three of the languages named will be required to entitle the holder to a special diploma for this department. This course may be pursued in connection with the Advanced Preparatory and Advanced Training Courses, in which case it will extend the time of these courses to three and one-half years, on the supposition that the pupil has no knowledge of any of the subjects named. To those who complete the Classical Course a separate diploma will be given, indicating their fitness to teach the elements of the languages pursued. Classical Course. Latin. — Harkness’ First Lessons, Four Books of Caesar, Six Orations of Cicero, Six Books of Virgil. Greek. — Harkness’ First Book, Greek Reader, or its equivalent. French. Otto’s French Grammar, Fasquelle’s Colloquial Reader, Select Dramas of Racine, Corneille, &c. In the latter part of the Course there will be exercises in Composition and Conversation. German. — Aim’s Course, Adler’s Reader, Select pieces from Schiller and Goethe, Exercises in Composition and Conversation. Fecapitulation. It will be seen from the preceding course of study that stu- dents who have thoroughly mastered the subjects named in the Elementary Preparatory Course can in one year complete the Elementary Training Course , and receive a diploma which enti- tles them to teach in any common school in the State. Those prepared to enter directly on the Advanced Training Course may complete it in one term of twenty weeks, and receive a diploma indicating their fitness to teach the subjects usually pursued in the high schools and academies of the State. Others require more time, according to their proficiency. It is proper to state, in this connection, that those who have had no instruction in any department of the school can hardly hope to graduate in less than two terms. Appendix. 51 In case pupils enter directly upon the regular courses as they are laid down in the different departments, requiring no prepara- tion on the subjects of previous courses, and take all the subjects indicated, the time required for each is as follows : Elementary Department. Preparatory Course, 2 terms ; Training Course, 2 terms. I ull time, 4 terms or 2 years. Advanced Department. Preparatory Course, 2 terms ; Training Course, 1 term. F ull time, 3 terms or one and one-half years. Classical Department. Classical studies only, 3 terms, or one year and a half. Combined time of all the courses, five years. On the supposition that the student enters the lowest class in the school, and takes the full curriculum, the time required to secure diplomas in the different departments is as follows : Elementary Department. Preparatory Course, 2 terms; Training Course, 2 terms. Full time, 4 terms, or 2 years. Advanced Department. Elementary Preparatory Course, 2 terms ; Advanced Prepara- tory Course, 2 terms; Advanced Training Course, 1 term. Full time, 5 terms, or two and one-half years. Classical Department. Elementary Preparatory Course, 2 terms ; Advanced Prepara- tory Course, 2 terms ; Advanced Training Course, 1 term ; Clas- sical Course, proper, 3 terms. Full time, 8 terms, or 4 years. Special Privileges of Pupils. The tuition and the use of all text-books are free of charge. Students, however, are held responsible for any injury or loss of books ; and they are advised to take with them any text-books or books of reference they may have in their possession. The !Y2 Appendix. amount of fare paid on public conveyances in going to the school is refunded to those who remain a full term. Library and Apparatus. Aside from a respectable library of text, miscellaneous and reference books, the students have access to very large and choice public libraries, containing thousands of volumes of valuable books. Large additions have just been made to the chemical and philosophical apparatus. In short, the school is provided with every needed facility for illustration and instruction. Terms and Vacations. The year is divided into two terms of twenty weeks each. The fall term commences on the second Wednesday in Septem- ber ; and the spring term, the third Wednesday in February. The school will rest during holiday week. All pupils should be present promptly at the opening of the term. The examination for admission and classification will commence on Wednesday; and absentees will subject the teachers to the inconvenience, and themselves to the unpleasant ordeal, of a pri- vate examination. On arriving at Oswego, students may leave their baggage at the railroad depot, retaining their checks, and report themselves at the boarding hall on the corner of West Second and Cayuga streets. Boarding. All the ladies of the school, not residing in Oswego, will be required to board in the boarding house provided for the accom- modation of the school, unless excused by the proper committee. Here they will be under the immediate care of the teachers of the school who board in the building. The house is pleasantly located in the central part of the town, but a short distance from the school, and is capable of accommo- dating from one hundred to one hundred and twenty-five pupils. Efforts will be made to make this a pleasant home, and, as far as is consistent with this idea, to lessen the cost of living to the pupils. 53 Appendix. The terms for board are as follows : 1. There will be a charge of from seventy-five cents to one dollar per week for rent of room, and thirty-five cents for fuel to each pupil, to be paid in advance, at the time of entrance, for the whole term. The rooms are all carpeted, and otherwise pro- vided with the necessary articles of furniture. No deduction will be made for absence during the first two weeks of the term, nor for absence from any cause after the time of entering, for. a period of less than five weeks. These terms are on the supposition that not less than two occupy the same room, and furnish their own sheets, blankets, comfortables, pillows, pillow-cases, napkins and towels. Any who prefer to room alone can do so by paying one-half the regular rent additional ; and where all the bedding and other arti- cles enumerated are furnished by the house there will be an additional charge of twenty-five cents per week. In the choice of rooms, the following ordeiywill be observed : The Training Classes will have the first choice. The Advanced Preparatory A will have the second choice. The Advanced Preparatory B the third choice. The Elementary Preparatory A the fourth choice. The Elementary Preparatory B the fifth choice. These selections to be made at the close of each term, for the succeeding term. New pupils will select their rooms as they arrive. 2. The other expenses of living, except washing (board, light, breakage and wear and tear of kitchen and dining room furni- ture), will be divided pro rata among the boarders, each one paying a proportionate share. For the past term they have been two dollars and seventy-five cents per week to each pupil. This will be required monthly in advance. Thus each pupil will have to pay eleven dollars at the beginning of the term, and at the commencement of every four weeks thereafter. If it is found, at the end of any month, that the cost has been less than eleven dollars, then the balance in favor of the pupil will be refunded ; and, if it is found that the cost has exceeded this amount, then the pupil will be expected to pay this excess. After further experience more reliable data can be given. To the regular boarders of the house there will be a charge of 54 Appendix. forty cents per dozen for washing. To those hoarding themselves or rooming out of the house, fifty cents will he charged. All articles should he distinctly marked with the name of the owner. No deduction will be made for hoard in cases of absence for less than one week, either at the beginning or at any time before the close of the teTm, nor for absence during the holiday week, as a large portion of the expenses must be kept up the same as dur- ing other portions of the term. In accordance with the terms above stated, the cost of living will be, for a term of twenty weeks, to those who provide them- selves with the articles enumerated, and where the rent is seventy-five cents per week, $77 ; where the rent is one dollar, and other conditions the same, $82 ; where everything is furnished by the house, five dollars must be added to each of the above amounts. This makes the highest cost to the pupil, when the most desirable rooms are rented, and everything is furnished, four dollars and thirty five cents per week; and the lowest price, where the pupils furnish themselves, three dollars and eighty-five cents. This estimate does not include washing. 3. To those who desire to board themselves, rooms will be rented in an adjoining building, connected with the boarding house by a covered passage, where every convenience will be afforded for this purpose. The charge for furnished rooms will be one dollar per week, where the pupils furnish their own light bedding, as required in case of boarders, and fuel. If fuel is furnished, there will be an extra charge of twenty-five cents per week, and where the light bedding is provided, twenty-five cents more will be added, making the entire cost, where everything is furnished, one dollar and a half per week. Pupils may, in this way, reduce the Expenses of living to two dollars or two and one half dollars per week. Those who desire to have their washing done in the boarding house laundry will be charged fifty cents per dozen. A few gentlemen may bo accommodated as table boarders in the boarding hall, but none will be allowed to room in the build- ing. The charge is three dollars per week. Board may be procured in private families for four and a half dollars per week, including light and fuel. Appendix. 55 Model and Practicing Schools. The practicing schools include about four hundred children, and embrace the Primary and Junior grades. The model schools are designed to exhibit the highest order of excellence in teaching, while the practicing schools afford an opportunity for the N ormal pupils to manifest their natural apti- tude to teach, and to put into practice the principles and methods they have learned, both from observation and instruction. Conclusion. Allow me to urge you to use all proper means to extend infor- mation in regard to this school, and induce young persons, who possess the requisite qualifications, to participate in its benefits. The record of your experience must bear witness that the great- est need of the schools is the acquisition of more teachers who are thoroughly qualified. I invite your thoughtful attention to that record, confidently believing that it will induce you to give a cheerful and prompt response to this call for your official action. ABRAM B. WEAVER, Superintendent of Public Instruction.