Excerpt from Annual Catalog and Year Book of General Information of the Northwestern State Normal School, Ediboro, Pa, 1909-1910: Twelfth District, the Counties of Erie, Crawford, Mercer, Venango, and Lawrence The Edinboro State Normal School was recognized as a Normal School by the state authorities on January 23, 1861. It is thus the oldest Nor mal School in the state except one; and from that date until the present time it has been one of the strongest educational factors in the state. The school gives promise of greater usefulness in the future. During its history about students have received their education here, and more than graduates have gone forth to work in the schools of this Commonwealth. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.