The act that passed the house and the senate was printed as chapter 157 of the laws of 1909.
Laws of 1909, Chapter 157
KEENE
157:1, laws 1909. On or before May 1, 1909, the governor and council and the
board of trustees of the State Normal School shall organize as
a joint board for the location and establishment of a normal
school in Keene.
157:2. [...]
Declarations (laws)
Legal declarations relating to Normal School development and legislation.
Laws of 1909, Chapter 157
Declaration of principles, Resolution 1906
The New Hampshire State Normal School was founded in Plymouth in 1871. By 1905, Concord, Manchester, Nashua and Portsmouth had their own teacher training schools, but all of these together were providing about 80 graduates per year, while the school districts of the state needed about 350 teachers per year. Most of the teachers [...]
Declaration of principles, 1905
The New Hampshire State Normal School was founded in Plymouth in 1871. By 1905, Concord, Manchester, Nashua and Portsmouth had their own teacher training schools, but all of these together were providing about 80 graduates per year, while the school districts of the state needed about 350 teachers per year. Most of the teachers hired were inexperienced. The New Hampshire State Teachers’ Association adopted a “Declaration of Principles” in 1905, and a resolution in 1906, each calling for more normal schools to meet the demand for teachers trained to a set of standards, or norms.
State of New Hampshire Report of Trustees of State Normal Schools
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
Report of Trustees
OF
STATE NORMAL SCHOOLS
1910 _______________
CONCORD, N.H.:
IRA C. EVANS CO., PRINTERS,
1911. ____________________
OFFICERS _____________________
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
His Excellency Henry B. Quinby;
Henry C. Morrison, Superintendent Public Instruction
ex officiis.
George D. Towne, M. D., Manchester. Term expires February, 1911
Henry H. Clark, Franconia. Term expires February, 1912.
Charles R. Corning, Concord. Term expires February, 1913.
Benjamin F. Dame, Newmarket. Term expires February, 1914.
James H. Fassett, Nashua. [...]
Fifty-Sixth Report Upon The Public Schools Of New Hampshire
REPORT
OF THE
SUPERINTENDENT
OF
PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
(Henry C. Morrison)
BEING THE
FIFTY-SIXTH REPORT UPON THE PUBLIC
SCHOOLS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
___________________
CONCORD. 1910.
(P. 376-7)
CHAPTER V.
THE STATE NORMAL SCHOOLS.
PLYMOUTH
Involved in the primary purpose of the school, which is the training of teachers, are three functions, each of which is an important matter. They are, (a) the academic or theoretic side of the training process, sometimes loosely thought of as normal school proper; [...]