The number of graduates, that is of those who have fulfilled the prescribed course, is, of course, very much less. Up to the end of the first term in 1860, the number is as follows: Framingham, 740; Westfield, (?); Bridgewater, 813; Salem, 218.

Other details regarding the present condition of the Schools will be found in the Reports of the Visitors.

At the session of the legislature in 1860, a special appropriation of $5,500 was made" in aid of the Westfield and Salem Normal Schools, and for other purposes." This amount was in accordance, in part, with the request of the Board for means to enlarge the buildings at those places. The amount was not fully adequate to meet all the needs; but feeling that it was not proper to expend upon a partial enlargement what was intended for an entire one, the Board adapted its plans to the means at its disposal; $1,500 were given to the Westfield School, and $1,000 to that at Salem, where some generous, but unknown, donor had conditionally pledged $1,000 more. These sums have all been expended. The building at Westfield has been enlarged by the addition of wings, and repaired wherever needed. The building at Salem has been improved by the enlargement of the attic, and its division into convenient and capacious rooms, and by new furnaces. The much needed painting of the interior awaits further appropriations. A view of the building at Westfield, with cuts of the floor plans, and a plan of the rooms at Salem as now completed, are herewith presented.

The Board wish to call especial attention to the need of enlargement and improvement in the building at Bridgewater. Being the first building constructed for a State Normal School in America, and therefore erected without the results of the experience which have now admirably adapted the other three buildings to their use, it is small, poorly contrived, and inconvenient. Neither its main school-room nor its recitation rooms meets essential wants. It has, also, now become impossible to warm the building with the means in use. The building is well located, and needs suitable enlargement and repairs to establish the school in as high prosperity as locality and other material conveniences can

secure.

The Board ask for a special appropriation for this purpose.

Exterior of the STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, at Westfield, Mass.

By the resignation of Hon. George S. Boutwell, the post of Secretary became vacant. The Board deeply regretted the loss of an officer who had occupied this responsible post with so much. honor to himself and benefit to the State. Although intending to retire a year since, he was re-elected, and consented, at the urgent request of the Board, to continue temporarily in the service. The votes passed at that time were as follows:

Resolved, That the Board of Education have received with great regret the resignation of the Hon. GEORGE S. BOUTWELL, the Secretary of the Board. They place the highest value upon his services and recognize in his administration of the important and laborious office with which he has been charged, distinguished ability and wisdom. His course has been prudent, firm, and conciliatory, equally honorable to himself and useful to

PLAN OF THE STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, AT WESTFIELD, MASS.-The main edifice is 60 by 40 feet, not including the portico at each end. The wings are 25 by 38 feet each. A, A, Entrance Halls. B, B, Dressing Rooms. C, Wash Room. D, D, Closets. E, Chemical Laboratory. F, Pneumatic Cistern. G, Closet for Chemical Apparatus. H, H, H, H, Recitation Rooms. I, Teachers' Room. J, Room for Philosophical Apparatus. K, Principal School Room. L, L,

Stairs.