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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 <a href='../text/nysns/184501.pdf'>http://library.albany.edu/speccoll/text/nysns/184501.pdf</a> to view. 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 of Common Schools, to the New York State Assembly. The report covers legislation regarding educational budgets and expenditures and offers an historical overview of how monies were distributed for both schools and libraries. It also provides pupil attendance figures and a comparison of tuition fees and teachers' salaries. It argues aid from the State is imperative in order to allow all children, regardless of means, to be educated. Union College is presented as an example of an accessible institution. The discussion of 'The Education of Common School Teachers' begins on page 22. This part of the report argues for the State to provide for teachers' education and for their provision in the State's common schools. The document is 40 pages in length. Adobe Reader is required to read and search this document; click <a href='../text/nysns/1844021.pdf'>http://library.albany.edu/speccoll/text/nysns/1844021.pdf</a> to view. 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 <a href='../text/nysns/1844022.pdf'>http://library.albany.edu/speccoll/text/nysns/1844022.pdf</a> to view. The annual report of the New York State Normal School Executive Committee to the Legislature for 1846. Covers topics such as: Buildings and Accommodations; Statistics of the School; Organization and Instruction; Second Term; Third Term; Punctuality and System; Discipline; Library and Apparatus; Experimental School; The Prospects for the School; and Statement of Receipts and Disbursements. There are also attached Documents: A. Copy of the Diploma of the State Normal School; B. Subjects of Sub-Lectures; C. Programme; D. Suggestions in aid of the Experimental School. To be read by each Normal pupil, on entering as a visitor or teacher; E. Names and Counties of Graduates. The document is 31 pages long. Adobe Reader is required to read and search this document; click <a href='../text/nysns/184601.pdf'>http://library.albany.edu/speccoll/text/nysns/184601.pdf</a> to view. The annual report of the New York State Normal School Executive Committee to the Legislature for 1847. Includes: The Progress of the School; the Condition of the School; Library and Apparatus; Experimental School; and the prospects of the school. There are also attached Documents: A. Names and residences of the pupils who received the diploma of graduation March 10, 1846; B. The amount paid to each student during the summer term ending September 17, 1846; C. The following [is the] course of study for the school and the thorough acquaintance with the whole of it, on the part of the male pupils, is made condition for graduating; D. Names and residences of the pupils who received the diploma of graduation September 17, 1846. The document is 15 pages long. Adobe Reader is required to read and search this document; click <a href='../text/nysns/184701.pdf'>http://library.albany.edu/speccoll/text/nysns/184701.pdf</a> to view. The annual report of the New York State Normal School Executive Committee to the Legislature for 1848. Includes: Statistics; History of the Past Year; Library and Apparatus; Experimental School; and a debit and credit report. There are also attached Documents: A. Names and Residences of the Pupils who received a Diploma of Graduation April 1, 1847 and Names and Residences of the Pupils who received a Diploma of Graduation September 16, 1847; B. Courses of Study; C. The Act for the Establishment of a Normal School, passed May 7, 1844; D. A sample form, which will illustrate a pupil's having met the requirements for graduation while in the Experimental department; and E. Programme. The document is 31 pages long. Adobe Reader is required to read and search this document; click <a href='../text/nysns/18480101.pdf'>http://library.albany.edu/speccoll/text/nysns/18480101.pdf</a> to view. Report of the select committee appointed to enquire into the condition and operation of the Normal School. Covers the establishment of the Normal School and the use of the Literature Fund. Of specific note are issues of spending, attendance, staffing, and governance. The findings of the select committee are overwhelmingly favorable and declare that the Normal School should be established permanently 'at the seat of government' so that it would be 'subject to visitation by members of the Legislature.' State land is offered to erect a 'suitable edifice.' The committee states that funding will be appropriated for the building and that the annual appropriations will be continued. The document is 5 pages long. 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The annual report of the New York State Normal School Executive Committee to the Legislature for 1849. Includes: Statistics; Library and Apparatus; Experimental School; and a debit and credit report. Before the body of the formal report, the document addresses the death of David Perkins Page, the founding principal of the Normal School, and George R. Perkins being the new principal. There are also attached Documents: Courses of Study; Graduates for the term ending March 30, 1848 and Graduates for the term ending September 21, 1848. On the last page, there is a rendering (a lithograph) of the Normal School Building, signed 'Print of Rich. H. Pease.' The Pease family was an established and prominent family of printers in Albany, New York. The document is 23 pages long. Adobe Reader is required to read and search this document; click <a href='../text/nysns/184901.pdf'>http://library.albany.edu/speccoll/text/nysns/184901.pdf</a> to view. The annual report of the New York State Normal School Executive Committee to the Legislature for 1850. Includes: Attendance and graduation statistics; Library and Apparatus; the Experimental School; the New Building. There are attached Documents: A. Course of Study; B. Graduates of the Ninth Term ending April 5, 1849 and of the Tenth Term ending September 27, 1849; C. Amount of mileage paid at the end of each term to the students of individual counties. On the last page of the document (page 24), there is a rendering (a lithograph) of the Normal School Building, signed 'Print of Rich. H. Pease.' The Pease family was an established and prominent family of printers in Albany, New York. The document is 23 pages long. Adobe Reader is required to read and search this document; click <a href='../text/nysns/185001.pdf'>http://library.albany.edu/speccoll/text/nysns/185001.pdf</a> to view. The annual report of the New York State Normal School Executive Committee to the Assembly for 1851 includes: Attendance and graduation statistics; Classification of students by year and gender; Course of Study; the Building; Faculty. Attached documents include: A. Graduates of the terms ending April 4, 1850 and October 3, 1850; B. Indian Pupils name list; C. Constitution of Association of Graduates and a Circular for the Association of Graduates of the State Normal School; D. Program (schedule); E. Amounts of mileage paid at the end of each term to the students for individual counties; F. A message to the Graduates of the State Normal School from Principal George Perkins addressing the addition of the principles of agriculture to the curriculum. The document is 39 pages long. Adobe Reader is required to read and search this document; click <a href='../text/nysns/185102.pdf'>http://library.albany.edu/speccoll/text/nysns/185102.pdf</a> to view. Annual report of the Executive Committee of the State Normal School to the Legislature for 1868. The report covers administrative matters, curriculum matters, attendance and graduation statistics, and offers a financial report. Attached documents include: Annual Register and Circular with: names of the Executive Committee members, faculty, students, and graduates; the Order of Exercises of the Class Graduating January 31, 1867; design of the school; terms of admission; course of study; a sample diploma; travel expenses allowed; term definitions; the new Model School and the Primary School with student lists. There are copies of the 'Order of Exercises' programs for the 45th & 46th terms, January 31 and July 11, 1867. The report is 41 pages long. Adobe Reader is required to read and search this document; click <a href='../text/nysns/186802.pdf'>http://library.albany.edu/speccoll/text/nysns/186802.pdf</a> to view. Continuation of record 187006031, the Catalogue of the Graduates of the State Normal School, Albany, N.Y., for the Twenty-Six Years ending June 30, 1870. Here are lists of graduates by year and term of commencement, first ladies then gentlemen, up to the 52nd term, ending June 30, 1870 (pages 53-89). For each term, the number of graduates by gender is provided. What follows is a report (much like the legislative reports for the years 1845-1870), which includes: names of current faculty; design of the Normal School (that is, the school's mission); course of study; terms of admission; a sample form of the certificate of admission; term definitions; a sample form of the diploma; and travel expenses allowed, listed by county. The catalogue is 38 pages long. Adobe Reader is required to read and search this document; click <a href='../text/nysns/187006032.pdf'>http://library.albany.edu/speccoll/text/nysns/187006032.pdf</a> to view. A digital reproduction of the exterior of a letter sent to George R. Perkins (principal of the New York State Normal School, January 1, 1848-July 8, 1852) by Charles R. Coburn of Owego, NY on March 21, 1848. The letter's text is also available. A digital reproduction of a letter sent to George R. Perkins (principal of the New York State Normal School, January 1, 1848-July 8, 1852) by Charles R. Coburn of Owego, NY on March 21, 1848. The letter reads: Dear Friend, I am requested by the trustees of the school in this village to write to you to see if you have a pupil that will graduate this spring that you can recommend for this school. It is the school that I have taught some time. We want a superior teacher or none. We must have an [sic] man of experience, good disciplinarian, apt to teach, willing to keep up with the real improvements of the day, good moral character if pious all the better. The wages will be about $30 for the first 3 months and if good satisfaction is given they will be raised to $35 per month and board himself. If you have a teacher that will answer our purpose please to write to me without delay. Give my respects to Miss Chichester and tell her that her friends are well. I am at presently engaged in the Owego Academy. Yours with respect and etc. Charles R. Coburn

    

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