Salem State University - Clipper Yearbook

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1926 YEAR BOOK 1926 . L- 1 .Y 7 I- - - At some of the legislature hearings that have been held concerning the new building and its equipment, the question has been raised by different committees whether it is not desirable to open the Salem school to men as well as women. The new principal is of the opinion that the presence of bright and earnest men would improve the character of the school and increase its usefulness. It may be advis- able, therefore, for the Board of Education to take measures to enlarge the scope of the school in this respect. The Board of Education did take measures, for the bright and earnest men were first admitted in September, 1898. Only two were enrolled that year, but the male membership of the school increased to 27 in 1913 and to the maximum of -12 in the year 1915-1916. There are now thirty-one in the school. In 1908 the Commercial Department was organized as a two-year course with a membership of 6-1, of whom 23 were enrolled in a special one-year course leading to a certificate. and 41 in the regular two-year course. The course was prolonged to three years with the class entering in 1909, and the first class to graduate from this was that of 1912. With the class entering in 1915, the course was four years of which the third year was spent in ofiice work approved by the school. With the class entering in 1921, the course required three and one-half years of resident study and one-half year of ofhce work. This class graduated in 1925 and was the Hrst to receive, from the school, the degree of' Bachelor of Science in Education. 9 The present Junior High Department originated in 1918-1914. The course was then called the advanced elementary course and consisted of one year of elective work in addition to the elementary course. This class received a diploma for their year of' elective work in 1914 and had received a diploma the preceding year from the elementary course. With the class entering in 1914 the course was called Intermediate Course and was a three-year course, the first year of which was identical with the first year of the Elementary Course. Beginning in 1924 the name was again changed to Junior High and each of its three years was different from the Elementary Course. From the beginning and in all the courses, teaching exercises of various kinds formed a large and important part of the school work. During the senior year of the original course, object lessons were given to classes of primary school children. but all this work was carried on in an unsystematic way until a training school was established on the first floor of the present Normal School building in 1897. This included a kindergarten and the first three primary grades. One or two grades were added each year until it comprised all the grades below the high school. Prac- tice teaching was also carried on in the Bertram School in Salem from September, 1907 to June, 1913, and in the Farms School, an ungraded school in Marblehead. from September, 1908 to June, 1920. A new Training School building was 'Hrst occupied on December 2, 1913. Now most of the practice teaching of the nine weeks for Elementary Seniors and nine weeks each for Junior High Sophomo1'es and Seniors is carried on in this Training School, which has an enrollment of' approximately 1100 pupils. The total number ot' students admitted from the opening ofthe school in 185-11 is 54597, ol' which 1,918 graduated and 1911 received certihcates for special courses of' one, two, or three years. The largest class that ever graduated from the school was that ol' 1915, with 178 members. This year's graduating class, however, ex- ,wcts 'ro exceed this number. I3

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