brief sketches of the work of the different members of the classes. It was soon found that it would be impossible to secure the material for such a chapter with any effort which could be made, and consequently this plan was abandoned. A. list of the names of all graduates, without note or comment, has been inserted. Much labor has been expended to make this list accurate, but probably some errors will be found.
I wish here to thank those who volunteered to prepare sketches of their own classes, some of whom have devoted much time and labor to the work. I hope the valuable material which they have collected may yet be used for some good purpose.
To a few persons I am under special obligations which I desire to acknowledge in this public way. To Miss Frances Stewart I am indebted for assistance in many directions to Miss Genevieve M. Walton I am indebted for a part of the history of the Library; to Miss Gertrude E. Woodard for assistance in obtaining material for the cuts and for aid in other matters to Misses Mary and Ruth Putnam for reading and correcting proofs; to Professor Julia A. King for valuable assistance in various ways and to Professor Austin George for the preparation of the chapter on "The Normal School in the Civil War," and for his valuable aid in carrying the book through the press. No one can be more sensible than I am of the imperfections of this history, but, notwithstanding these, I venture to hope that it may have some interest to the friends of the "Old Normal," and something of value to the cause of the professional education of teachers.
DANIEL PUTNAM.
State Normal College,
Ypsilanti, Mich., Dec. 1899.
