Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Year Book, 1921
Oh November 27, 1920, the Salem State Normal School lost one of its most loyal friends by the death of Miss Harriet Laura Martin, who passed away at her home after a very brief illness. Miss Martin had been a member of the Salem Normal School faculty for fifty - one years, resigning from active service in December, 1918.
She was born in Salem, received her education in the schools of the city, and had always made her home there. In September of 1865, she entered the State Normal School with the twenty-third class, graduating at the completion of the regular two years' course, during the principalship of Dr. Daniel B. Hagar. Her unusual ability made it possible for the Board of Education to invite her to become an instructor of mathematics, and she began her duties at once in the autumn of 1867. Her term of service was unbroken but her teaching sometimes included other subjects besides mathematics. During the last few years, when the courses in higher mathematics were discontinued, she became the librarian, conducting classes in library practice, as well as attending to the duties which one naturally associates with that position.
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