Course catalogs and circulars of information from the New Jersey State Normal School at Montclair from 1909 to 1927
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The table of contents lists Literature, Editorial, School News, Organizations, and Athletics.
The Literary essays, poems, play, and one minute stories were written by Newark Librarian John Cotton Dana, and student contributors Marguerite M. Miller, Florence D. Nettleship, Alexander Goldberg, Elma Mitscher, E. Dvorken, Blanche E. Berle, Alex Goldberg, and Mary R. Maurer. Miss Mildred Versoy was thanked for her editorial notes.
School News included the following headings: Social Government News, Our Court System in Working Order, Our Principal Attends Noted Educational Gathering, Chapel Notes, Visitor’s Day March 6, The Japanese Festival, Arts and Crafts Club, and Trip to Washington.
Social News headings include: Our Grads, Entertained, Married, Engaged, and Present Class Officers. There’s an In Memoriam for Myra Hornung.
Athletics headings include: Gymnatic Exhibiton, Girls Basketball, Our Boys’ Team.
The Exchanges section lists other newspapers.
There are four pages of local advertisements.
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The first page includes a photomechanical picture of W. Spader Willis, Principal of the Newark State Normal School.
This Christmas Number includes Literature, School News, Athletics, and Practice Notes.
The Literary essays, play, and poems were written by student contributor's Sallie Robinson, Alice W. Holland, Pauline Glassman, and Gertrude A. Kennaly.
School News included the following headings: Teaching of Science, Our New Teachers, The Reciatal, History Repeats Itself, Our Hallow E’en Pary, Chapel Chimes, The Country School, Social Government News, Normal Nuggets, and A Tribute.
Athletics headings include School Spirit, Normal A.A., Basketball, Junior B. vs Junior A., Synopsis of Game, and Athletics in the School Curriculum.
Practice Notes include short examples of student work and dialogue.
There are four pages of local advertisements.
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Volume II, No. 2. (there is no Volume II, No. 1 in the collection). No publication date, but the latest date mentioned was March 5. The Annual Subscription costs 50 cents. The editor-in-chief was Helen J. Mac Caskie.
The table of contents calls this issue the Mother Goose Number and lists Literature, School News, Athletics, Practice Notes, and Our Mother Goose.
The following people contributed: Associate Editor: Pauline Glassman; Business Managers: Ruth Landesman and Albin Frey; Circulation Managers: Jennie Rogers, George Whyte; Literature: Mildred Versoy, Isabelle Folsome, Adelaide Scarlet, and Georgianna Seaman; School News: Sadie Lipson, Julia Timer, and Ruth Meyer; Practice Notes: Blanche Maybaum, Mary L. Masterns, and Gertrude Ernst; Athletics: Gertrude Kennaly.
There are six pages of local advertisements.
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Volume III, No. 2, Anniversary Number, May 1916. The annual subscription costs 50 cents, single copies twenty cents. The Editor-in-Chief is Julia Timer, the Associate Editor is Eleanor Cobb.
There is no table of contents. The following people contributed: General Manager: Syd Lasser; Literature: Harriet Gregory (Chairman), Rae Steiger, and Gertrude Kraemer; Among Ourselves: Jennie Danzis (Chairman), Beth Harrison, and Morris Garrabrant; Athletics: Emma Kroll and Alex Perlman; School News: Samuel Koplowitz (Chairman), Grace Lawrence and Jesse Allison; Subscription Manager: David Levine; Art Advisor: Mr. Warren English; Editorial Advisors: Miss Eda G. Willard and Mr. Andrew P. Sloan.
There are five and ¾ pages of local advertisements.
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Bound New Jersey State Normal School at Montclair course catalogs 1909-1920.
A history of the State Teachers College, written for the centennial of its founding in 1955. Inscribed by the authors on the title page.
This series is divided according to the publications' origins, and includes the following sub-series:
The Signal and State Signal - Includes some issues of The Signal and its successor publication the State Signal, a student publication established in 1885 that continues to be published today. The Signal began as a literary magazine created by students of both the Normal School and the Model School. In addition to poems and short stories, it reported general news about the schools (athletics, courses, cultural activities, etc.), and information about faculty, graduating
seniors and alumni as well as providing editorials. Of particular interest is the May-June 1917 issue which includes a history of (p. 193) and a farewell to (p. 195) the Model School which closed in 1917. After a lapse of 10 years, the publication returned in the fall of 1929 as a student newspaper providing full coverage of campus activities. This collection includes scattered issues of The Signal from 1885 to 1919, and some issues of the State Signal from 1933 to 1975. Issues from 1933 document the school’s move from Trenton to the new Hillwood Lakes campus (Ewing), and the 1955 issue documents the centennial celebration of the Normal School.
Student Handbooks - The Student Handbook (1938-1939; 1939-1940) was published by the Student Executive Board and provides information about academics, social groups, athletics, and general policies. A Hand Book for the Women’s Athletic Association (1939-1940) provides information about women’s intramural and school sports activities.
Bonner Scholar Publications - There are a few issues of a publication from TCNJ’s Bonner Scholars. The Wall (2017-2018), which became Street Light (2018, 2023), features stories about homelessness in Trenton.
Miscellaneous Student publications - This sub-series includes a booklet of two plays written in 1921 by the Normal School’s History and English classes; a 1942 satirical student newspaper; a 1960 literary magazine and a photographic essay about Front & Warren Streets in Trenton (ca. 2000s).
Miscellaneous Faculty Writings - Included is Geography of New Jersey, by State Teachers College President Roscoe L. West and former Head of Geography Department, Ella Huntington, 1938, and two papers on women in politics given by Trenton State College faculty members Allen H. Merriam (Indira Gandhi: Prime Minister) and Marian B. McLeod (Bernadette Devlin: Irish Political Heroine) as part of a conference titled Women in Politics: Studies in Role and Status, 1974.
Outside Publications – This includes a variety of booklets and pamphlets and press clippings written by sources outside the school that discuss aspects of the institution. Of particular interest are issues of the Education Bulletin published by the New Jersey State Board of Education, 1915-1919, 1948 and Curricula and Entrance Requirements of the State Teachers Colleges and State Normal Schools, 1929, published by the State Department of Public Instruction.
