The anode is the electrode where oxidation (loss of electrons) takes place; in a galvanic cell, it is the negative electrode, as when oxidation occurs, electrons are left behind on the electrode. These electrons then migrate to the cathode (positive electrode).
In 1821, Boston started the first public high school in the United States. By the close of the 19th century, public secondary schools began to outnumber private ones. Over the years, Americans have been influenced by a number of European reformers; among them Pestalozzi, Herbart, and Montessori.he earliest continually operating school for girls in the United States is Ursuline Academy in New Orleans. It was founded in 1727 by the Sisters of the Order of Saint Ursula. The Academy graduated the first female pharmacist, and the first woman to contribute a book of literary merit.
Founded in 1875 by a former slave, William Hooper Councill and. opened as the âHuntsville Normal Schoolâ in downtown. Huntsville. In 1875, the Alabama legislature appointed 26 year old Councill. as the first principal of the State Colored Normal School at. Huntsville, which is now known as Alabama A&M University. The. school opened on May 1, 1875 with an appropriation of $1,000 in. the basement of a Huntsville church. The Colored Normal School.