Normal School Movement
Title
Normal School Movement
Description
A framed broadside announcing a public meeting to be held on August 23, 1869 for those people who were interested in establishing a normal school in West Chester to provide teachers for the First Normal School District (Chester, Montgomery, Delaware, and Bucks Counties)
The meeting was called by Board of Trustees of the West Chester Academy. During the meeting a resolution, proposed by Dr. William Darlington, was passed. This resolution endorsed the idea of establishing a normal school in West Chester and created a Committee of Fifteen to work with the Board of Trustees of the West Chester Academy to establish a normal school.
The meeting was called by Board of Trustees of the West Chester Academy. During the meeting a resolution, proposed by Dr. William Darlington, was passed. This resolution endorsed the idea of establishing a normal school in West Chester and created a Committee of Fifteen to work with the Board of Trustees of the West Chester Academy to establish a normal school.
Collection
Citation
“Normal School Movement,” WCU Libraries Online Exhibits, accessed April 19, 2024, https://onlineexhibits.omeka.net/items/show/3.