Excerpt from Report of the Special Committee of the Assembly on the State Normal Schools: Transmitted to the Assembly, May 19, 1879 The undersigned, the special committee appointed pursuant to a resolution passed January 28, 1878, to consider and report whether the State normal schools are fulfilling their original purpose, and what, if any, further legislation is necessary to increase their useful ness, and concerning the equities which the localities where the nor mal schools are situated claim to have, in regard to academic depart ments connected with such schools, submit the following report: The purpose for which the normal schools were established, is shown in their name in the acts under which they were established, and by that part of the history of education ln this State, which has a bearing upon the subject. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.