Primary Department Created In Experimental School

Primary Department created an Experimental School as a separate department. The department prepared students age five to seven using the Pestalozzian or object method of teaching. All female Normal School students spent one week in the department and one hour per week discussing the training method. The first supervisor of the department was Lydia K. Keyes SNS ‘54. A tuition of $20.00 a year was charged per pupil.

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Academic Colleges, Schools & Departments Milne School

Source Details

(Annual Report of the Executive Committee, February 6, 1863, p. 11, and accompanying Annual Register and Circular of the State Normal School for the Year ending July 10, 1862, p. 35; For Youth & The State, p. 11) French indicates that the Juvenile Department was open in 1862. This appears to be a misreading of the record. (French, p. 100)