THIRD BIENNIAL REPORT

OF THE

STATE NORMAL SCHOOL

AT

CEDAR FALLS, IOWA.

SCHOOL YEARS, 1879-80 AND 1880-81.

PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

DES MOINES:

F. M. MILLS, STATE PRINTER.

1881.

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa, October 1, 1881.

HON. C. W. VON COELLN, Superintendent of Public Instruction of the State of Iowa:

SIR-As required by section 9, of Chapter 129, of the laws of the Sixteenth General Assembly, the Board of Directors of the State Normal School at Cedar Falls herewith transmit their report for the biennial period ending June 27, 1881.

Respectfully submitted,

EDWARD H. THAYER, President.

WM. C. BRYANT, Secretary.

FACULTY.

PRINCIPAL:

J. C. GILCHRIST, A. M.,

PROFESSOR OF MENTAL PHILOSOPHY, MORAL PHILOSOPHY, AND DIDACTICS

D. S. WRIGHT, A. M.,

PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS AND NATURAL SCIENCE.

M. W. BARTLETT, A. M

PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE.

MISS S. LAURA ENSIGN, A. M.,

TEACHER OF GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY.

W. N. HULL,

PROFESSOR OF ELOCUTION, DRAWING, AND ACCOUNTS.

MISS IDA B. McLAGAN,

PROFESSOR OF VOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC.

MISS ANNA E. MCGOVERN,

ASSISTANT TEACHER.