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Description
Memorizing mottoes was a long-standing tradition in early American education and was practiced at F.S.N.S. from the 1880s to the 1940s. Each school day opened with Morning Chapel exercises that included a short religious program, school announcements, and the quotation to be memorized by the students.
The students recorded all their daily mottoes in a notebook, known as their "motto book." These quotes or parts of poems were intended to inspire students to work hard, develop a good moral character, be successful students, and be good citizens. This is a page from the 1886-87 motto book of F.S.N.S. student Dora Bither.
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About This Item
- Title: Motto book page, Farmington State Normal School, 1886
- Creator: Dora Bither
- Creation Date: 1887-12-19
- Subject Date: 1887-12-19
- Location: Farmington, Franklin County, ME
- Media: Ink on paper
- Dimensions: 19.5 cm x 13 cm
- Local Code: Motto Books
- Object Type: Text
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- Farmington State Teachers College (Me.)
- Farmington State Normal School (Me.)
- University of Maine at Farmington
- Universities and colleges
- Mottoes
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- college
- education
- Farmington State Normal School
- FSNS
- motto book
- mottoes
- students
- UMF
- University of Maine at Farmington
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