of her own department and is so eager for more hours, more books, better tools and appliances for work, that the harmonious arrangement of a yearly programme becomes a sure test of a principal's ability. Certainly the one at Framingham gives full evidence of a consistent and fair adjustment of rival studies and of hours. Programmes also develop the needs of a school, and Framingham's need is now that of a gymnasium and a kindergarten. The original appropriation in 1888 for May Hall was too small to include the construction of a gymnasium; and, moreover, its needs in relation to study were not so well understood as now. We have extra rooms neither for a kindergarten nor for increased instruction in sloyd. Fortunately, the land on the northeast side of May Hall offers an excellent site for a building to answer these purposes, while that on the east side is suitable for the erection of a boiler house, if it is deemed best to conduct the heat from a central station rather than to have three separate heating plants, as at present. The internal changes of the school have been few within the last twelve months. The principal has removed to a house of her own, within easy access of the school, to which she gives as liberally as ever of her time and strength, returning each morning refreshed by the change in her surroundings. Her place at Normal Hall has been taken for the current year by Miss Moore, each teacher being expected to take her turn annually as lady overseer of the boarding hall. At Crocker Hall Miss Sarah Pratt is not only overseer but lady superintendent of the two boarding halls, assisted by Miss Snow. For sixteen years Miss Pratt has been at the head of the department of physics, history of education, etc., and lately has felt the necessity for a difference in occupation at least, though not for entire rest. Therefore she consented to lessen her duties as teacher and to take upon herself those of lady superintendent, a change which is fortunate for the entire school, as such a position includes, besides the knowledge of domestic science and wise expenditure, the moral and intellectual equipments of a cultured womanhood. Miss Davis, assistant principal, has returned from her year's vacation abroad with renewed enthusiasm in her work. Miss Hart, teacher of natural sciences, is now on leave of absence for a year. 66 66 The school has had the privilege of listening to lectures which have been generously given by Miss Sarah E. Pratt, on Prehistoric Man;" by Mrs. E. C. Johnson, on "Prison Discipline;" by Mrs. Florence Howe Hall, on "The Art of Conversation;" by Mrs. William W. Goodwin, on "Teachers' Work;" by Mr. B. T. Washington, on "The Tuskegee Normal School;" by Rev. J. C. Stockbridge, on "Horace Mann;" by Mr. J. T. Prince, on "Comenius;" by Mr. G. H. Bartlett, on 66 Principles of Design;" by Mr. H. D. Eastman, on "Birds of Framingham;" by Mr. G. H. Browne, on English Composition;" by Mr. M. Anagnos, on "Greece; "Greece;" by Mr. J. C. Clark, on "The Telephone;" and by Dr. D. A. Lincoln, on the " Physiology of Fatigue." Short informal addresses have also been made. by Miss Rose Cleveland, Mrs. Steel of Chattanooga, Miss Blakely of Aintab, Turkey, Hon. F. A. Hill, secretary of the Board of Education, and by the official visitors of the school. Two musical entertainments have been given by Father Locke and by the Tuskegee Quartette. Mr. William Tiffany of Cambridge took several of the pupils through the Boston Art Museum, giving them the benefit of his explanations and comments upon the paintings, statuary, etc. The graduating class of 1892 presented the school with a large, heavy white silk flag of the State, and the class of 1893 gave it a fine etching of Eaton College. The statistics of the school are as follows: Number admitted: September, 1894, 60; February, 1895, 0; total, 60. Number graduated: January, 1895, 7; June, 1895, 36; total, 43. Whole number of pupils for the year 1894–95, 138. Average age of those admitted in September, 19 years, 5 months. Occupation of parents: merchants, 21; mechanics, 44; farmers, 34; professions, 19; manufacturers, 7; railroad men, 6; U. S. service, 5; laborers, 2; total, 138. - Residences of pupils: Massachusetts, Middlesex County, 57; Worcester County, 33; Norfolk County, 11; Franklin County, 2; Suffolk County, 2; Dukes County, 2; Essex County, 1; total, 108. - Other States, New York, 7; New Hampshire, 7; Maine, 6; New Jersey, 2; Wisconsin, 1; Missouri, 1; Illinois, 1; Connecticut, 1; Ohio, 1; Pennsylvania, 1; South Carolina, 1; District of Columbia, 1; total, 30. Number from Massachusetts and other States, 138. KATE GANNETT WELLS, Board of Visitors. STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, SALEM. DANIEL B. HAGAR, PRINCIPAL. INSTRUCTORS. DANIEL B. HAGAR, A.M., Ph.D., Psychology Applied to Principles and Methods of Teaching, School Management, History of Education, School Laws of Massachusetts, Civil Government and General Exercises; ELLEN M. DODGE, Mental Philosophy, English Literature and Composition, and German; CAROLINE J. COLE, English Literature, General History, Geography and English Composition; SOPHIA O. DRIVER, Latin, English Grammar, Advanced Geometry and English Composition; HARRIET L. MARTIN, Algebra, Geometry, Advanced Arithmetic and English Composition; E. ADELAIDE TOWLE, Physiology, Object Lessons and English Composition; MARY E. GODDEN, United States History, English Grammar and English Composition; HARRIET D. ALLEN, Reading, Elocution, Physical Culture, English Composition and School Records; JESSIE P. LEAROYD, Botany, French and English Composition; MARY A. COMEY, Arithmetic, Geography, Penmanship and English Composition; CHARLES E. ADAMS, Physics, Chemistry and Manual Training; CHARLES F. WHITNEY, Drawing; WILLIAM C. MOORE, S.B., Astronomy, Mineralogy, Geology, Zoology, Bookkeeping and Arithmetic; GISH GARWOOD, Vocal Music; SUSAN L. WONSON, Gymnastics. This school holds its own fairly well in point of numbers. The raising of the requirements for admission has not seriously diminished the number of candidates for entrance. The larger part of the patronage of the school comes from sections. of the State in which there are good high schools, and there ought to be little difficulty in meeting the new demands of the Board. The long and honorable history of the school has served to entrench it strongly in the confidence of the people of northeastern Massachusetts, and it is not likely to be affected in any marked degree by the imposition of a higher demand or by the creation of new schools of the same class in different parts of the Commonwealth. The year has been marked by faithful and effective work on the part of both teachers and pupils. The high order of the public exercises at the close of both the winter and summer terms gave evidence of unusual strength of character and fitness for the work of teaching among the graduates. The body of teachers remains the same this year as last year. It is altogether probable, however, that the removal of the school to the new building will render imperative the employment of additional teachers. The visitors feel that in the event of such increase it will be desirable to make the proportion of male teachers larger than it is at present. Although the new building is not so far advanced towards completion as it was hoped it might be by this time, yet the work has gone steadily forward, and will undoubtedly be completed before the next school year. So far the workmanship is excellent, and the building promises to be one of the most commodious, convenient and substantial structures of its class in the country. It ought to be possible to predict a future for the Salem Normal School in its new quarters not less illustrious and useful than its past. STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE, 1895. 1. The whole number of pupils belonging to the school during the year was 221. Of this number Essex County sent 109; Middlesex, 71; Suffolk, 9; Barnstable, Berkshire, Bristol and Norfolk, 1 each. The State of Maine sent 7; New Hampshire, 12; Vermont, 3; Connecticut, 3; the District of Columbia, 2; and California, 1. 2. The number present during the term which closed Jan. 22, 1895, was 197; the number during the term which closed June 25, 1895, was 175. The whole number of pupils who have been members of the school since its opening in September, 1854, is 4,085. 3. The number graduated from the regular course, Jan. 22, 1895, was 23; the number graduated from the same course, June 25, 1895, was 29; and from the advanced course, 4. The whole number of graduates of the seventy-nine classes is 2,064. 4. The number that entered the school Sept. 4, 1894, was 69 (including 3 special students); the number that entered Feb. 5, 1895, was 23 (including 1 special student). 5. The average age of those admitted Sept. 4, 1894, was 18 years, 9 months; of those admitted Feb. 5, 1895, 20 years, 8 months. 6. The fathers of the 92 pupils admitted during the year are by occupation as follows: mechanics, 32; merchants and traders, 11; farmers, 8; clerks, 6; agents, 5; professional men, 4; seamen, 3; laborers, 3; teamsters, 2; miscellaneous, 15. The occupation of 1 |