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Description:	Continuation of the annual report of the Executive Committee of the New York State Normal School of 1844 beginning at page 41 of 78. Report of the committee on colleges, academies and common schools, in regard to the distribution of the Literature Fund and the establishment of a normal school to educate teachers, to the state assembly. The section on normal schools addresses the definition of normal or model schools and offers background on their precedence in Europe. A constitution for the normal school is outlined. The report closes with how a higher morality can be achieved in students with proper instruction delivered by professional instructors and with a reminder of the cost of such measures. An "Act For the establishment of a Normal School" is on page 79. This document is 38 pages in length. Adobe Reader is required to read and search this document; click http://library.albany.edu/speccoll/text/nysns/1844022.pdf to view.
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Date:	3/22/1844
Physical Description:	Black & White  5.5 x 8.5 in.
Subjects	State Normal School (Albany, N.Y.)  Legislative document (New York State). Legislature  Appropriations and expenditures  Clinton, DeWitt, 1769-1828  Education. New York (State)  New York (State). Legislature. Assembly  Albany (N.Y.)  Teachers Training of  Education Philosophy  New York (State). Legis. Assembly. Ed. Committee  Governors, (N.Y.)  Shunk, Francis Rawn, 1788-1848  Howe, S. G. (Samuel Gridley), 1801-1876.
Collection:	New York State Normal School Executive Committee
Physical Dimensions:	5.5 x 8.5 in.
Photograph Number:	1844022
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