A report of the exercises opening the Keene Normal School appeared later that day in the Keene Evening Sentinel.
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Exercises Opening Keene Normal School
The opening exercises on Tuesday, September 28, 1909, featured a scripture reading by Principal Jeremiah M. Rhodes, an invocation by Rev. E. A. Renouf, addresses by Martin V. B. Clark, Mayor of Keene, Col. Bertram Ellis, president of the Board of Education, Principal Dr. James E. Klock of the Plymouth normal school, and Superintendent of Public Instruction Henry C. Morrison.
More Money Wanted
When the renovation of the Hale property is completed, there will be $5,000 remaining of the funds appropriated for the purpose, and superintendent of public instruction Henry C. Morrison approached the city with a proposal to purchase the adjoining Pearson property (the site of Miss Fiske’s seminary) to add to the normal school site.
Keene Evening [...]
Laws of 1909, Chapter 157
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. [...]
State Boards Conference
On October 30, 1908, Superintendent Sutcliffe of the Newport-New London school district addressed a conference of Cheshire county school boards, advocating more normal schools and recommending one be located in Cheshire County.
Keene Evening Sentinel
October 30, 1908
Page 3
STATE BOARDS CONFERENCE
For Cheshire County Held in Keene with Good Attendance
A conference of school boards for Cheshire county was held in this city [...]
Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction 1908
The 1908 Biennial Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, Henry C. Morrison, reemphasized the need for more normal schools, pointing out that the normal school at Plymouth had an average of 37 graduates per year, and that Manchester no longer maintained its training school. He suggested a total of four new schools, including [...]
Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, 1906
The 1906 Report of Superintendent of Public Instruction Henry Clinton Morrison recognized the problem and recommended the establishment of more normal schools.
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION (Henry C. Morrison)
BEING THE FIFTY-FOURTH REPORT UPON THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE
1906
(P.196)
CHAPTER XII.
THE RECRUITMENT OF THE TEACHING FORCE
Our facilities for the training of teachers are [...]
More Money Wanted
When the renovation of the Hale property is completed, there will be $5,000 remaining of the funds appropriated for the purpose, and superintendent of public instruction Henry C. Morrison approached the city with a proposal to purchase the adjoining Pearson property (the site of Miss Fiske’s seminary) to add to the normal school site.
Keene Evening Sentinel
June [...]