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Title: Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the ... session of the Legislature of the State of California
Year: 1853 (1850s)
Authors: California. Legislature
Subjects: Legislative journals
Publisher: Sacramento : State Printing
Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: San Francisco Public Library

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he school was removed to San Jose, was a formative period. Therewere many changes in the principalship. Ahira Holmes was succeededby George W. Minns. The latter held the place but a short time, as hetook a leave of absence at the end of his first year of service. Whileabsent, Mr. H. P. Carlton acted as principal. Principal Minns havingresigned in 1867, Mr. George Tait succeeded him. Mr. Tait, however, didnot serve the year out, but resigned in February, 1868, Mr. Carltonbeing elected principal to serve until the end of the year. In 1868William T. Lucky became principal of the school. He served until hewas succeeded by Professor Charles H. Allen, in August, 1873. The second period, the period of growth and expansion, commenceswith the principalship of Charles H. Allen. He straightway began togather about him a strong corps of teachers, men and women of strongpersonality and in thorough sympathy with normal school work.Among those who, during this second period, devoted the best part of
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64 REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. their lives to the training of teachers for the California schools were:Mary J. Titus, Cornelia Walker, Lucy M.Washburn, J. H. Braly, HelenS. Wright, Ira More, Mary Wilson (now Mrs. Mary W. George), MaryE. B. Norton, Lizzie P. Sargent, C. W. Childs, George R. Kleeberger,A. H. Randall, and, standing next to the principal himself, who workedas a veritable steam engine, the magnetic Henry B. Norton. The Normal School opened at San Jose with as many students as ithad in San Francisco, and with a two years course. In 1873-74, with Charles H. Allen as principal, the faculty consistedof J. H. Braly, vice-principal; Miss E. W. Houghton, preceptress; MissLucy Washburn; Miss M. J. Titus, principal of the Training School.Miss Cornelia Walker was elected in November, 1873. Changes took place rapidly. Regular practice work for students wasbegun in the Training School. Rooms were fitted up for the museum.Students from other States and Territories w

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