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THE STATE NORMAL SCHOOL.
727
placed under the care of the Secretary of the Navy; but its administration
continued to be mainly conducted under the supervision of the Bureau of
Navigation which had been formed and put in charge of it in July?
1862. Since March, 1869, the supervision of the Secretary over it has been Avithout this intervention. On
March 3, 1873, a law Avas passed extending the course
of study to six years, the rule applying to all classes
admitted after the passage of the act, but not to those
which had previously entered. Since 1864, classes
of naval constructors, or civil and steam engineers,
called cadet engineers, have been permitted to be
educated at the academy, the number of such being
limited to fifty, and the course for them being two years
at the school, and now also two years on board ship. john p. Kennedy.1
The State Normal School, for the educating and training of teachers for
the public schools, was founded by the Legislature in 1865. It was organized
in January, 1866, and held its first session at Red Men's Hall, on Paca
street in Baltimore. It was afterwards removed to the Union Club building,
at the corner of' Charles and Fayette streets, and finally to the spacious
building that Avas erected by the Legislature for the school opposite Lafayette
Square.
For more than ten years, a great part of the industries and general business of the country had been much depressed, from causes which we have
already, to some extent, indicated, being the inevitable reaction from the
extravagant expenditure and fallacious prosperity brought about by the war.
As a natural consequence, the burden fell heaviest on the working classes,
among whom there was much privation, and consequent discontent. And
there were not wanting those, who, for selfish purposes, or worse, stimulated
thfjse irritated feelings, and encouraged the Avorkingmen in the idea that they
were the victims of the oppression of " capitalists." A deep tide of ill-feeling
and rancor was aroused by these pernicious teachings.
The great lines of railroad shared in the general depression, and did Avhat
they could to lighten it. To enable the manufacturing and other interests
that depended upon their transportation to keep in operation and give
1 John Pendleton Kennedy, LL.D., author and
politician, was born in Baltimore, October 25,
1795, and died at Newport, Rhode Island, August 18,1870. He graduated at Baltimore Col^
lege, in 1812, and the degree of LL.D. was
conferred upon him by Harvard University in
1863. In 1814, he was a volunteer in the battles
of Bladensbifrg and North Point; practiced law
in Baltimore from 1816 to 1838; was a member
of Congress in 1837-9 and 1841-5, and a prominent leader in the whig party; member of the
Maryland House of Delegates in 1820 and 1822,
and Speaker in 1846; and was Secretary of the
United States navy in 1852. In 1831, he was a
delegate to the Convention of Friends of the
manufacturing interest held in New York, and
was one of a committee to draught an address
advocating a protective policy. He commenced
his literary career by the publication, in fortnightly numbers, of the Red Book in 1818-19.
Among his various speeches, reports, addresses,
etc., are A Review of the Cambridge Free Trade
Report by Mephistophiles, 1830 ; Report on United
States Commerce and Navigation, 1842; Report on
the Warehouse System, 1843 ; Defence of the Whigs,
1844; also, author of the novels Swallow Barn,
1835; Horse-Shoe Robinson, 1835; Rob of the
Bowl, 1838; and Quid Libet, 1840; Memoirs of
William Wirt, 1849; and many historical and.
literary essays, reviews, etc.
| Title | History of Maryland - 3 |
| Creator | Scharf, J. Thomas (John Thomas) |
| Publisher | J. B. Piet |
| Place of Publication | Baltimore |
| Date | 1879 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000764 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | THE STATE NORMAL SCHOOL. 727 placed under the care of the Secretary of the Navy; but its administration continued to be mainly conducted under the supervision of the Bureau of Navigation which had been formed and put in charge of it in July? 1862. Since March, 1869, the supervision of the Secretary over it has been Avithout this intervention. On March 3, 1873, a law Avas passed extending the course of study to six years, the rule applying to all classes admitted after the passage of the act, but not to those which had previously entered. Since 1864, classes of naval constructors, or civil and steam engineers, called cadet engineers, have been permitted to be educated at the academy, the number of such being limited to fifty, and the course for them being two years at the school, and now also two years on board ship. john p. Kennedy.1 The State Normal School, for the educating and training of teachers for the public schools, was founded by the Legislature in 1865. It was organized in January, 1866, and held its first session at Red Men's Hall, on Paca street in Baltimore. It was afterwards removed to the Union Club building, at the corner of' Charles and Fayette streets, and finally to the spacious building that Avas erected by the Legislature for the school opposite Lafayette Square. For more than ten years, a great part of the industries and general business of the country had been much depressed, from causes which we have already, to some extent, indicated, being the inevitable reaction from the extravagant expenditure and fallacious prosperity brought about by the war. As a natural consequence, the burden fell heaviest on the working classes, among whom there was much privation, and consequent discontent. And there were not wanting those, who, for selfish purposes, or worse, stimulated thfjse irritated feelings, and encouraged the Avorkingmen in the idea that they were the victims of the oppression of " capitalists." A deep tide of ill-feeling and rancor was aroused by these pernicious teachings. The great lines of railroad shared in the general depression, and did Avhat they could to lighten it. To enable the manufacturing and other interests that depended upon their transportation to keep in operation and give 1 John Pendleton Kennedy, LL.D., author and politician, was born in Baltimore, October 25, 1795, and died at Newport, Rhode Island, August 18,1870. He graduated at Baltimore Col^ lege, in 1812, and the degree of LL.D. was conferred upon him by Harvard University in 1863. In 1814, he was a volunteer in the battles of Bladensbifrg and North Point; practiced law in Baltimore from 1816 to 1838; was a member of Congress in 1837-9 and 1841-5, and a prominent leader in the whig party; member of the Maryland House of Delegates in 1820 and 1822, and Speaker in 1846; and was Secretary of the United States navy in 1852. In 1831, he was a delegate to the Convention of Friends of the manufacturing interest held in New York, and was one of a committee to draught an address advocating a protective policy. He commenced his literary career by the publication, in fortnightly numbers, of the Red Book in 1818-19. Among his various speeches, reports, addresses, etc., are A Review of the Cambridge Free Trade Report by Mephistophiles, 1830 ; Report on United States Commerce and Navigation, 1842; Report on the Warehouse System, 1843 ; Defence of the Whigs, 1844; also, author of the novels Swallow Barn, 1835; Horse-Shoe Robinson, 1835; Rob of the Bowl, 1838; and Quid Libet, 1840; Memoirs of William Wirt, 1849; and many historical and. literary essays, reviews, etc. |
