STATE OF NEW YORK,
No, 70.
IN ASSEMBLY,
» Fenrvary 27, 1878.
WURPY-LOURTE ANNUAL REPORT OF NTE SUPERTNTEN D-
ENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION AND RHE RBGENTH O1
‘CH UNIVERSLYY, ON THE NEW YORK STALE NORMAL
SOHOOL AT ALBANY,
RW the Degistatares
Premnant to the act chaptor BIB of tho Taws of 1848, the undorelgned
Dorowith tranamié thir annual roport, contalning a Qdb atafement of
thels provocdings, and of the oxpenditurer of monoy for the eupport of
nuld xchool, toyothor with a dotailed xtatomont of the progress, voudition
and prospects thervof, as shown by the accompanying repork of the
exveutive committons
NBIT GILMOUR,
Superintendent of Preble Tnstotection,
* By order of the Regents.
* 2 RO BENEDICT,
: Chancellor of the Universit.
.
To the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Regents af th
The Executive Committee of the State Normal
er this their annual report, as required by law, for the sebuol ye
1877.
“During this year, embracing the sixty-ffth and
and thirteen students were registered. “These. acliled 20
made the whole number in attendance during the y:
representing forty-six coun he Si
eight were males, and two hundve} and forty:
males was 19.5 years, and of the females, 18.4 years.
The number of graduates of the sixty-fifth term. or
year, was:
The number of graduates of the sixty-sixih term, or the s.
year, wa:
These, without exception. d
Every scholar, on entering the
to teach ‘in the schools f the Stat
for his wor
Many of those whe ¢ enter the seb de nok remtin Te rece
Fer br
the course of instruction in the classes of
is believed that those who accomp!
teachers of schools which cannot secure the der’
clear that the usefulness of the schoo! is not liz
course.
‘Phere have been no chan:
have pursued their work
the sehool so prosperous
applications were num
the opening of the present rer
course. Fre:
duates. It
vives
Reruns, Steax.
i dollars x
rey and the tye
W. HL Wiz
appropriation of Sve thot
purvbuse of settees and eraer Pr
The committee frst mi at
sury. and that the d:
were ck Th
4 [Assexsiy,
Mr. W
er has executed his contract. The wi
seems io have heen done tn the
of the contracter and the com.
s heating powel
ent. The quality
ir exme into the rooms ofter
il wanting a system of ventilation Ww!
2 crowded recitation rooms, For this 2:
setiees the committee respectfully ask an appro
‘ion of five thousand ddlars,
The condition of the School is prosperous in numbers in the character of its
te snd jn the united zeal with which teachers and seholers perform their
6 dutie:
Respectfully submitted,
8. B, WOOLWORTH,
ROB, H. PRUYN,
JACOB &, MOSHER,
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Dr.
¢ from last year (Assembly document No. —)
ation for Support Of ves. wees cee es
ion, special, for repairs, apparatus, ef
hool, tuition,..... ..-..-
2,812 54
420 97
. $22,576 04
pacaaeeeneny
is statement does not include the appropriation of $5,000, made in chapter 275
ing, the expenditure of which is particularly
Execerrve Comarree,
Gilmour, Superintendent of PubSc Instruction and chairman, ex officios
Sens & Woolworth, LL.D. ; Prof. Jacob S. Mosher, 1D.; Hon. Robert H.
ayn. LL.D.
Pacciry.
lent and Professor of Mental and Moral Phi-
Husted, A.M., Professor of Mather:
ate Allen, A.M., Professor of Shc ol
‘qnomy and Superintendent of the
r of Mathematics,
rowing und Penmanship.
atlints Cir
nt Gece
cn
the and AL
No. 70.] 5
CIRCULAR.
wae Norman Scroon,
‘The design of the h
schools of the State of
branches W
has showa #0 be bes
the minds of others should themse!
Besides receiving from the faenity instruction h
ave, at the proper stages, of their progress. required to
schools, for a term of nine weeks, under the supervision and eritic
and other teachers.
‘The course of instruction and practice occupies two year
into two terms oftwenty weeks each. Tae students are divide
‘These, for purposes of recitation, are subdivided into as man,
stances may require.
ution is to fe
York. Stures
called to teuct
Courss oF Sreprs.
* Junior Class— First term.
Arithmetic, elgebra, English grammar, geography, physiology, map dav.
penmanship.
Junior Class—Second Term,
bra continued, higher arithmetic, elocution, natural philosophy,
rhetoric, English grammar, geometry, history of the United States,
Senior Class — First Term.
Geometry confined, ethics, natural philosophy continued, acy
government, higher algebra, the English language, history, mental pt
hand and industrial drawing,
meTEy,
Senior Class —Second Tern.
. English Htereture, mental philosophy, trigonometr
geology, book-Reepiag, evidences of € _
‘Composition and vocal musie receive pret
* Terms of ADMIssto:
All candidstes for admission to the school must furnish s:
good moral character.
Candidates for admission to the lowest class mast, if ladies, be
teen years of age; and, if gentlemen. not less than eig vr
satisfactory examinetion in spelling, reading, writing, grograph
English grammar, and must subscribe a declaration that their objec
themselves with the school is to prepare themselves for the work
the public schools of the State.
"Those who desire to enter on an advanced standing au
examination above meationed, pass 2 satisfactory exami
which have been pursued by the class to which they seek adn:
‘Those who would avail themselves of the best advantaves
Hion should take the whole course. A large part of the
Much of ¢ ist to those entering au advanced c
course be omitted, it should be the latter part.
Prasoss Exmirtep To Aputsstox.
Each county is entitled to twice ay pupils as
Assembly. Shadents ai inted by the Superintende}
-recommendation of th subject to
When the quot ates ha
will be appol
cation w the preside
Hleadly epen fo ail who desire bo f2
a
c the
;
8
CERTIFICATE of AprorsTMENT.
Superinterdeat of Pe?
of
aged
ment usa pupil in the State Norma!
Assembly district in the county of
School Commissioner of the carnty of
~ Dated si.
The recommendations in each case should be sent to the Superintendent of Public
Instruction for approval
Torrtoy axp TExr-zoors.
d text-hooks are furnished free of charge. Uleage a
Fare necessarily paid in coming by public conveyance to the
those who are present at the beginning of the term and rem
By an act of the Legislature, passed April 11, 1839, “ere
nalitied teacher who shall have in possession a dipl
Normal SeacoL”
é equal to the
i be paid to
close.
veacher shall be
ma from the State
Minesce.
‘The following table will show the sum a student of each county will receive at the
end of the term as traveling expenses :
Amount paid to
gach pupil
tT
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Countl
Renssela
Richmond.
Tas Mopst Scxoot. *
‘This school is designed to furnish models of organization, government and
tion, and to afford ample opporiauiiies for observance and practice on the p
the pupils of the Normal School. . ; :
‘Applications for admission to the model school should be made to the superin
ent, Mr. Alley, For tuitiou and text books, a charge is made of twenty doc:
term of nineteen weeks. es
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