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Program from the Sixth Annual Examination and Commencement of the Ohio Central Normal School from the collections of the Worthington Historical Society (WHS) may be used for educational purposes as long as it is not altered in any way and proper credit is given: "Courtesy of the Worthington Historical Society, Worthington, OH." Prior written permission of the WHS is required for any other use of Program from the Sixth Annual Examination and Commencement of the Ohio Central Normal School. Contact WHS at info@worthingtonhistory.org to request permission.
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Program from the Sixth Annual Examination and Commencement of the Ohio Central Normal School is text, with genre program. Its dimensions are 5.44 in. x 6.69 in.. It is 4 pages long.
It was created in July 1878.
Worthington Historical Society is the Contributor.
This program, from 1878, lists those who received diplomas at the Sixth Annual Commencement of the Ohio Central Normal School, which was housed in the old Worthington Female Seminary building. The seminary closed in 1857 as students chose to go to the new Ohio Wesleyan Female College in Delaware.
The Normal School opened in 1871, at a time when the need for trained teachers was arising. The school drew students from all around Ohio, and in the class of 1878, only three of the 35 students were from Worthington; Ella J. Martin, Eda J. White and Mary Young.
Ohio lagged far behind other states in recognizing the need for trained teachers. The Ohio Teachers Association, formed in 1847, opened some schools. City school districts began to demand educated and more highly trained teachers, and so a market grew. Private normal schools were started to help fill the demand. Large cities such as Columbus and Cincinnati also started their own district normal schools, and the competition brought about the demise of many private normal schools.
It covers the topics private schools, education and teachers.
It features the people Rev. Charles H. Young, 1838-, Mary Young, Eda Jane McFadden (née White), 1858-1891 and Ella J. Martin, 1849-1939.
It features the organization Ohio Central Normal School.
It covers the city Worthington. It covers the area Old Worthington.
You can find the original at Worthington Historical Society.
This file was reformatted digital in the format video/jpeg2000.
The Worthington Historical Society identification code is 59-G-58a.
The Worthington Memory identification code is whs1146.
This metadata record was human prepared by Worthington Libraries on October 12, 2020.