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  Class in Mathematics First Floor - Room 22.
  This image depicts a class being led by Mathematics instructor Emma Ackerman, who joined the Normal faculty in the 1892-93 school year. In addition to being an instructor, Miss. Ackerman acted as the assistant to the head of the Mathematics department, David Smith between 1892-98. She left the Normal in 1898 after receiving her Bachelor's degree in Pedagogics.
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  Class in Mathematics First Floor - room 26 Prof. Sill Seated.
  This image depicts a math class being taught by the head of the Mathematics department, David E. Smith, with Principal Sill (the man seated) observing. The academic work in the Mathematics course included all the standard math courses one would have generally taken in high school, with more advanced courses such as Trigonometry, Calculus, Analytical Geometry, etc. generally being offered as electives. Students entering the Normal were only required to have completed Arithmetic and have some familiarity with simple algebraic equations. The reason for the Normal heavily focusing on arithmetic and elementary-level mathematics was due to the fact that the school existed to teach future educators who would likely end up teaching in the elementary - high school levels.
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  Class in Mathematics First Floor - Room 26.
  This image depicts a Mathematics class being taught by the head of the Math Department, David Eugene Smith. Dr. Smith originally joined the Normal faculty during the 1890-91 school year and would remain in his position until 1898, when he moved back to his home state of New York to be the principal of the Normal School in Brockport. During his seven years at the MSNS, Smith co-authored and published four textbooks relating to mathematics. Today, Smith is considered to be one of the founders of the field of mathematics education, and he was able to make students see the true beauty and depth of mathematics.
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  Class in Psychology First Floor - Room 3.
  This image depicts a psychology or “Mental and Moral Sciences” class being led by the man seen standing in the photograph, Perry Trowbridge. Psychology courses were required for all students, and were considered to be a part of the Pedagogy curriculum. The two courses were Elements of Psychology, which explored the basic principles of the field, and General Application of Psychology, which taught students how to apply basic psychological principles to the art of teaching. Students who wanted to receive their Bachelor of Pedagogics were also required to take an Advanced Psychology course, which also included lessons focused on philosophy.
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  Class instruction for Dietetic Program
  Three female students in white lab coats prepare food in a large kitchen space while taking notes and examining what appear to be rolls. One woman in the foreground appears to be eating the food, while the two others appear to be working collaboratively.
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  Class instruction for Dietetic Program
  A large group of students sits listening to an instructor lecture. There are plates of baked good on the counter space in the middle. All of the students who are visible are women wearing lab coats.
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  Class instruction for Dietetic Program
  A group of eight female students, listen to a female instructor of dietetics, who is holding half of a chocolate sheet cake. There are multiple plates on the counter in the middle of the group holding 9 x 9 square sheet cakes and 9" round sheet cakes. Everyone pictured is wearing a lab coat.
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  Class Led by Daniel Putnam
  This image depicts a class being led by the head of the “Mental and Moral Sciences” department and vice principal, Daniel Putnam. Putnam served as a professor of Pedagogy at the MSNS between 1868 and 1906 and was the acting Principal of the Normal 1881-83 and 1885-86. Putnam was also the President of the Michigan State Teachers Association, President and Treasurer of the Baptist Convention of Michigan, and served as the Mayor of Ypsilanti between 1889-91. Putnam is also responsible for writing the first comprehensive history of EMU, A History Of The Michigan State Normal School (Now Normal College) at Ypsilanti, Michigan 1849-1899 (published 1899).
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  Class of 1936
  The class of 1936 poses for the camera. From an envelope titled "Class of 1936, Dec 1938."
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  Class of 1936
  The class of 1936 poses for the camera. From an envelope titled "Class of 1936, Dec 1938."
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  Class of 1936 Posing in a Classroom
  The class of 1936, along with a teacher, poses in a classroom. From an envelope titled "Class of 1936, Dec 1938."
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  Class of 1936 Posing in a Classroom
  The class of 1936, along with two teachers, poses in a classroom. From an envelope titled "Class of 1936, Dec 1938."