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Description:Report of the Superintendent of Common Schools and of the Regents of the University, on the Normal School, to the New York State Senate. The report covers: the history of the school's establishment; its facilities, room and board provisions, staffing and other resources; regulations regarding courses of study, term schedules, requirements for admission and for certification; and financial information. The first addendum, "To County Superintendents of Common Schools," addresses the County Superintendent's role in selecting students to attend the Normal School and the role of education and educators in society. In "Remarks of the Hon. Samuel Young on the opening of the State Normal School," reflecting Young's philosophy of the educational process and its participants and offers an explanation of the Normal School's operations and its mission. The document is 24 pages in length. Adobe Reader is required to read and search this document; click http://library.albany.edu/speccoll/text/nysns/184501.pdf to view.
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Date: 1/31/1845
Physical Description: Black & White
 5.5 x 8.5 in.
 
Subjects  Presidents And Principals
 Page, David P. (David Perkins), 1810-1848
 Perkins, George R. (George Roberts), 1812-1876
 State Normal School (Albany, N.Y.)
 Campbell, William H., Rev.
 Potter, Alonzo, 1800-1865
 Legislative document (New York State). Legislature
 New York (State). Legislature. Senate
 New York (State). Legis. Senate. Ed. Committee
 Beck, Theodric Romeyn, 1791-1855
 Wendell, Peter, 1786-1849
 Albany (N.Y.)
 Young, Samuel, 1779-1850
 Teachers Training of
 Education Philosophy
 Hawley, Gideon, 1785-1870
 Dwight, Francis, 1808-1845
Collection: New York State Normal School Executive Committee
Physical Dimensions: 5.5 x 8.5 in.
Photograph Number: 184501
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