to enable the Bureau to accomplish its work to the best advantage. III. Your committe find further occasion for an increase of the appropriation made to the Bureau, in the flourishing condition of the Pedagogical Library and Museum of School Apparatus, containing all books on education published in this country or in foreign countries; also containing plans and models of buildings, furniture, apparatus, and exhibits of pupils' work. The proper arrangements and display of this material and the preparation of catalogues and inventories, together with the other work that has been named, demand, in the opinion of your committee, an addition to the present clerical force equivalent to four clerks and two copyists, which addition your committee recommend that this convention of superintendents ask Congress in a memorial, addressed to the proper committee of that body. IV. Your committee would further recommend that the memorial herein named should suggest to the committee of Congress addressed the importance of locating the Bureau of Education in permanent quarters ―said Bureau having been removed five times within the nine years of its existence-and the provision of a fire-proof room or rooms for its library and museum, if possible. V. Your committe would further indorse and approve of the provision for transportation and exchange of documents, apparatus, and models illustrative of educational methods, as recommended by Commissioner Eaton. DEATH OF SUPERINTENDENT. THOMAS SEVERN, late Superintendent of the public schools of Reading, died at his home in that city, January 16th, at the advanced age of seventy-five years. He was a teacher during a great part of his long life, having taught a select school in Chester county for a number of years after which he had charge of one of the Reading grammar schools. He then went to Milwaukee, where he resided for some time; on his return to Reading he was elected to the Superintendency. position he held until last summer. He was a good teacher, and a man highly esteemed by his friends and acquaintances. As a mark of respect for the memory of their late Superintendent, his funeral was attended in a body by all the teachers and pupils of the city. At a meeting of the teachers held in the High School building, January 18th, the following preamble and resolutions were adopted: This WHEREAS, It has pleased the wise disposer of human affairs to remove from our midst our kind friend and diligent fellow-worker, Thomas Severn, late Superintendent of our City schools, we, the teachers of the public schools of Reading, desirous of manifesting our deep feeling upon the occasion of the death of a good and just man, whom we long knew and esteemed, do hereby unanimously approve the following resolutions: Resolved, That, while we bow in humble submission to the Divine will, we cannot but lament the departure of him whom we had known so well and loved so much for many years. VI. Your committee would further report that their personal examination of the several departments of the Bureau of Education enables them to confirm their previous impressions regarding the present efficiency of the management of said Bureau; and your committee take pleasure in stating that they believe that their own favorable impressions regarding the Commissioner's direction of this Bureau is shared by the teachers and directors of education generally in all sections of this country. Your committee therefore Resolved, That we always recognized in Mr. Severn, recommend that this convention of superintendents while acting in the capacity of Superintendent of our express their emphatic approval of the present conduct schools, a man of culture, an indefatigable and effiof said Bureau of Education, and their confidence in cient worker, a considerate and just overseer, and a the measures inaugurated and carried out by the pre-kind-hearted and liberal gentleman. Doing his work sent Commissioner. M. A. NEWELL, Chairman. A recommendation by the same committee that Mr. Orr's paper on education in the South be published by the Bureau as a circular of information was also adopted. Resolutions were adopted tendering thanks to the Board of Education of the District for providing a place and the means of holding the meetings of the convention: to the various gentlemen who had interested and instructed the convention with valuable papers, and to President Wickersham for his many efforts in behalf of the Superintendents' Department, National Educational Association. Letters, signed by the members of the convention, were read, which expressed their great appreciation of the services of Dr. Philbrick as Educational Commissioner at the Paris Exposition, and of General Eaton, as Educational Commissioner of the National Bureau of Education. quietly and unpretentiously, without the slightest manifestation of arrogance or presumption, that he did it effectually and well was evidenced in the admirable condition in which he left our schools when he vacated his office, and the affectionate regret we all felt when that event occurred. loss, we most profoundly sympathize with his much Resolved, That, in her deep grief at her unexpected afflicted widow, and sincerely trust that the Gracious Giver of all good, will lighten her bereavement, and enable her to endure to the end this addition to her already great suffering, so long borne with uncomplaining Christian fortitude. Resolved, That as the Board of Control have kindly granted Monday afternoon to the teachers, that they attend the funeral services in a body. Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be presented to the widow of the deceased, and that they be published in the daily papers of the city, the Pennsylvania School Journal and the National Educator. Signed by the committee on behalf of the entire corps of teachers of the city of Reading. ANNA J. H. PRINTZ, SUMMARY OF INSTITUTE WORK. T sors J. H. Shumaker, J. S. Ermentrout, N. C. Schaeffer, J. S. Stahr, D. B. Brunner, D. E. Schoedler, R. K. Burkholder, R. H. Koch, Hon. A. K. McClure, Rev. C. Z. Weiser, Miss H. B. Swineford, and Rev. T. DeWitt Talmage. Topics: Reading, geography, history, arithmetic, language, mental science and methods of instruction. Lectures: The World's Teachers, Memory, Sunbeams, and the Bright Side of Things. Expenses, $501. HE reports here given of the late Institute sessions in the several counties of Pennsylvania, although condensed into as brief compass as seems advisable, occupy more space than was supposed. They will, however, be read with care by Superintend BLAIR.-Dec. 23, five and one-half days; 123 ents and others interested in this work; members enrolled, or 79 per cent. Instructors, Profs. and being thus placed together for compari-W. H. Schwartz, E. O. M. Haberacher, and D. W. J. H. Shumaker, E. A. Angell, Rev. S. W. Duffield, son or criticism, they may suggest directions Croft. Topics: Arithmetic, grammar, history, geoin which Institutes in different parts of the graphy, composition, spelling and chemistry. State may be improved. The active Superin-tures: Common Sense, Fuss, Vocal Music, Some tendent keeps his Institute in view during Things that Ought to be Righted, Invisible Forces, the entire year, noting "points" and devis- Institute are already being reaped in the increased inand Chemistry Illustrated. "The good fruits of our ing and maturing plans for a profitable session, many months in advance of the time at which it is to be held. ADAMS.-Dec. 2, five days; 174 members enrolled, being in excess of the number of teachers in the county. Instructors: Prof. Mark Baily, Hon. B. G. Northrop, M. Valentine, D. D., Profs. P. M. Bickle, J. V. Montgomery, R. H. Carothers, Col. Sanford, and Tod Ford. Topics. Orthography, reading, writing, arithmetic, geography, grammar, composition, the kindergarten, etymology, drawing, astronomy and science of teaching. Lectures: China and Japan, Palestine and Egypt, "Go West, Young Man," and The New Era in Europe. Expenses, $545. ALLEGHENY.-Aug. 26, five days; 393 members enrolled, 95 per cent. Instructors: Dr. John H. French, Profs. T. E. Wakeham, J. W. Caldwell, Andrew Burtt, Rev. W. B. Watkins, E. F. Jeffers, D. D., and Dr. Black. Topics: Mental philosophy, grammar, geography, derivation of English words, origin of English language, science of civilization, orthography, metric system, and educational waste. Expenses, $231. Lec terest teachers take in their schools and in educational meetings." Expenses, $141. BRADFORD.-Aug. 12, ten days; 300 members enE. Quinlan, Rev. David Craft, J. A. Wilt, Arthur rolled, or 44 per cent. Instructors: E. L. Hillis, E. Head, J. P. Keeney, J. T. McCollum, W. H. Brown, J. S. Crawford, E. B. McKee, E. B. Burgen, Hon. George Moscrip, Rev. G. C. Jones, and Prof. Baxter Owen. Topics: Arithmetic, grammar, geography, drawing, orthography, reading, penmanship, sounds of letters, history, and theory and practice of teaching. Lectures: Self-Culture," Genius? 'Tis Labor,” Spelling Reform. Expenses, $200. BUCKS.-Oct. 14, five days; 280 members enrolled, or 92 per cent. Instructors: Dr. John H. French, Bernard Bigsby, J. V. Montgomery, George L. Mans, Tod Ford, George Kennan, B. Leighton Beal, Rev. Mary E. Speakman, S. J. Coffin, George C. Young, Joel Swartz, and Abby Sage Richardson. Instruction was given in arithmetic, grammar, geography, industrial drawing, music, elementary teaching and methods of instruction. Lectures: "Go West, Young Man," Our Life in Siberia, The Phonograph, "No Man Owns Deeper than He Plows." Expenses, $663. ARMSTRONG.-Dec. 23, five days; 249 members BUTLER.-Dec. 30, five days; 195 teachers enenrolled, or 92 per cent. of the teachers of the county. rolled, 75 per cent. Instructors: E. V. DeGraff, J. Instructors: Prof. J. H. Young, Dr. J. H. French, W. Shoemaker, Rev. C. L. Streamer. Topics: OrProf. E. V. DeGraff, Wm. B. Hall (music), Frank thography, reading, language, voice culture, geoBeard, Esq., and Col. J. P. Sanford. Topics: Read-graphy, arithmetic and school discipline. Lectures: ing, spelling, arithmetic and grammar received special attention, though all the common branches were considered. Expenses, $536. BEAVER.-Dec. 30, twentieth session, five days; 270 teachers enrolled, or 90 per cent. of the teaching force in the county. Instructors: Prof. Geo. P. Beard, Dr. S. G. Williams, and Prof. G. E. Little. Topics: The teachers' "profession;" school organization, recitation and government; teaching reading, geography and drawing. Lectures: The Earth more than Six Thousand Years Old, Washington Irving and American Education. Expenses, $312. BEDFORD.-Sept. 23, five days; 215 members enrolled, 91 per cent. Instructors: Profs. Geo. P. Beard, D. M. Sensenig, Miss M. L. Sanford, Wallace Bruce, and Prof. Bridenbaugh. Topics: All the branches taught in our country schools, but more especially the primary branches. Lectures; Success and its Requirements, Landmarks of Scott, Washington Irving. The Labor Question, and Our Educational Policy. Expenses, $237. The Proper Study of Mankind, How to Say Things, and Elements of Personal Power. Expenses, $243 CAMBRIA.-Jan. 3, 1879, five days; 103 teachers enrolled, 47 per cent. Instructors: M. W. Cramer, John S. McKay, Miss Fannie Ells, Wallace Bruce, and John H. Young. Topics: Language, reading, pronunciation, drawing, arithmetic, history, elocution, spelling aud natural science. Lectures: Landmarks of Scott, Familiar Spirits, Language Study, and What to Read. Expenses, $137. CAMERON.-Dec. 16, five days; 83 members enrolled, being in excess of the number of teachers in the county. Instructors; Prof. E. V. DeGraff, Dr. J. H. Vincent, Dr. R. P. 'Heilman, Miss H. B. Swineford, Dr. B. B. Hamlin, and Rev. J. H. Vrooman. Topics: Reading, grammar, geography, composition, drawing, writing, physiology, school management and government. Lectures: Our National Progress, That Boy, That Boy's Sister, and Learning to Read. Expenses, $300. CARBON.-Nov. 18, five days; 102 teachers enBERKS.-Oct. 21, sixteeth session, five days; 443 rolled, 75 per cent. Instructors: Prof. James Johonteachers enrolled, 82 per cent. Instructors: Profes-not, E. H. Barlow, H. Coppee, Rev. E. Ferrier, L. S. Barber, L. Huber, J. W. Sturdevant, and S. H. Hollinger. Topics: Language, reading, arithmetic, physical geography, elementary astronomy, mental science and school government. Lectures; Knight Errantry of Science, Social Forces, Select Reading, and Historical Whitewashing. Expenses, $171. CENTRE.-Dec. 24, four days; 200 teachers enrolled, 83 per cent. Instructors: Profs. N. C. Schaeffer, John S. Stahr, W. A. Buckhout, Wallace Bruce, and W. A. Krise. Topics: Primary teaching, natural science, mental science, and school government. Lectures: Robert Burns, Education Among the Greeks and Romans, The Results and Tendencies of Modern Science. Expenses, $239. CHESTER.-Nov. 4, five days; 405 teachers enrolled, 95 per cent. Instructors from abroad were: Prof. E. V. De Graff, W. A. Buckhout, J. V. Montgomery, N. C. Schaeffer, Edward Brooks, D. M. Sensenig, and Miss Lelia E. Patridge. The home talent consisted of Profs. Geo. L. Maris, Richard Dar lington, James Thompson, Dr. Franklin Taylor, and Miss Mary E. Speakman. Topics: Reading, writing, drawing, arithmetic, geography, history, language, physical culture, botany, entomology, etc. Lectures: Beyond the Sea, Mary A. Livermore; Our Girls, by Elizabeth Cady Stanton; France in the Sunbeam, by Dr. W. H. Warren; Washington Irving, by Wallace Bruce; and Readings by Helen Potter. Expenses, $1,224. CLARION.-Dec. 23, five days; 203 teachers enrolled, 90 per cent. Instructors: Profs. R. H. Holbrook, J. A. Cooper, and G. E. Little, Mrs. M. Thrasher, Will Carleton, J. P. Sanford, J. B. Solomons, J. J. Pennepacker, and J. F. Rinier. Topics: Science of teaching, school management, teaching reading, arithmetic, etc., drawing and school expositions. Lectures: Mammoth Cave, Old Times and New, Science of Home, Are We Growing Wiser? Teachers' Libraries, Education at the County Fair. Teachers' Union Reading Circle. Expenses, $381. CLEARFIELD.-Dec. 30, five days; 185 teachers enrolled, 87 per cent. Instructors: Profs. A. N. Raub, E. H. Barlow, Hon. Henry Houck, F. G. Harris, Tod Ford, Hon. Schuyler Colfax, and John Patton, jr. Topics: Orthography, English grammar, arithmetic, literature, elocution, and school management. Lectures: The Law-giver of Israel, "Go West Young Man," Life of Abraham Lincoln, Sights and Secrets of European Travel. An exposition was held in connection with the Institute which proved a very pleasant and profitable feature. CLINTON.-Dec. 31, four days; 120 teachers enrolled, 70 per cent. Instructors: Profs. Sensenig, Raub, Peoples, Bentz, Armstrong, Twitmyer, and Col. Sanford. Topics: Arthmetic, mensuration, geometry, principles of teaching, primary instruction and school ethics. Lectures: Wanderings in Sunny Lands, Success and its Requirements, and Climate. COLUMBIA.-Dec. 23, five days; 152 teachers enrolled. 80 per cent. Instructors: M. W. Cramer, Wm, Noetling, D. J. Waller, N. J. Walker, and C. J. Arms. Instruction was given in all the common branches, and several essays were read on natural science in our schools. Lectures: Boys, and Our Public Schools and their Objects. Expenses, $80. CRAWFORD.-Oct. 21, five days; 195 teachers enrolled; 40 per cent. [50 teachers went home the first day without enrolling, on account of typhoid fever in the town in which Institute was held.] InstructHon. S. R. Thompson, Prof. Geo. P. Beard, Rev. R. B. Dilworth, Prof. E. G. Little, Mrs. R. J. ors: Dewoodie, S. H. Prather, and S. P. Bates. Topics: Arithmetic, teaching language, history, geography, theory of teaching, drawing and penmanship. Lectures: Inconsistencies, The Successful Teacher, American Education, and "How Do You Do?" Expenses, $272. District Institutes are now being held semimonthly with great success and profit, with an average attendance of fifty teachers at each meeting. CUMBERLAND.-Nov. 18, five days; 207 members enrolled, 90 per cent. Instructors: E. V. De Graff, Maria L. Sanford, Delia J. Smith, Sara R. Hogan, E. A. Angell, and Tod Ford. Topics: Spelling, geography, history, language, penmanship, reading, neatness and order, free-hand drawing, school organiza. tion and discipline. Lectures: The Labor Question, Elements of Personal Power, “Go West, Young Man.” Expenses, $332. DAUPHIN.-Nov. 19 and Dec. 17, 41⁄2 days each; 220 members, 99 per cent. Instructors: Profs. A. N. Raub, N. C. Schaeffer, D. J. Waller, Jr., S. A, Baer, Rev. J. B. Young, Col. Sanford, and Rev. J. H. Leeser. Topics: Arithmetic, geography, history, reading, primary teaching, school government, drawing, grammar, orthoopy, and physiology. Lectures: Education among the Greeks and Romans. SelfHelp, Our Public Schools and their Foundation, Echoes from Round Top, How to Train the Memory, Co-operation of Parents with Teachers. Expenses, $389. DELAWARE.-Nov. 11, five days; 150 members enrolled, or 91 per cent. of the teachers of the countyInstructors: Dr. J. H. French, Profs. W. A. Buckhont, Bernard Bigsby, Geo. L. Maris, M. E. Schiebner, G. W. North, Grace Anna Lewis, Esther J. Trimble, Mary E. Speakman, Rev. Henry A. Warren, Mrs. E. Cady Stanton, Rev. J. Hyatt Smith, and Miss Helen Potter. Instruction was given in arithmetic, geography, history, natural history, language, grammar, English literature, and primary work in the school room. Lectures: The Forces in a Sunbeam, A Yankee in Secessia, Our Girls, New York to Jerusalem. | Expenses, $734. ELK.-Dec. 30, five days; 84 teachers enrolled, 95 per cent. Instructors: Profs. H. S. Jones, N. H. Schenck, C. S. Riddell, Geo. Kennan and Mrs. C. S. Riddell. All the common branches were touched upon, and prominence given to school government. Lectures: Living, School System, Young Men and Maidens of Olden Time, Life in Siberia, Vagabond Life in Europe. Expenses, $221. ERIE.-Nov. 18, five days; 216 teachers enrolled, 70 per cent. Instructors: Dr. John H. French, Rev. R. B. Dilworth, Profs. H. S. Jones, J. A. Cooper and Nathan Sheppard. Topics: Arithmetic, geography, language, industrial drawing, map drawing, history, reading, and organization and management of schools. Lectures: Living Educational Forces; Dickens, with Readings; and Our Boys and Girls. Expenses, $260. FAYETTE.-Dec. 23, five days; 175 teachers enrolled, 75 per cent. Instructors: Miss Maria L. Sanford, Prof W. D. Henkle, Hon. T. B. Schnatterly and A. C. Nult, Esq. Topics; History. geography, grammar, use of dictionary, school government, etc. Lectures: The Labor Question, Luther and the Reformation, and Debauchery of Public Morals. Expenses, $291. FOREST.-Dec. 16, five days; 37 members enrolled, or 71 per cent. Instructors: Prof. J. A. Cooper, Geo. R. Dixon, S. D. Owen and J. W. Walker. Instruction given in school government, and all common A. Willits, Wallace Bruce, E. B. Raffensperger. branches. Lectures: Educational Forces, Educa- | Montgomery, Maria L. Sanford, J. P. McCaskey, A. tional Problems; Visit to Ed. Museum Depository, Toronto; and Force and Friction. Expenses, $79. FRANKLIN.-Nov. 18, five days; 240 teachers enrolled, 89 per cent. Instructors: Profs. Angell, Hillman, Ennis, Palm, Westlake, Lyte, Miss McCalmont, Wallace Bruce and Tod Ford. Topics: Mental science, natural science, composition and letter writing, English grammar, elocution and school discipline, Lectures: Landmarks of Scott and All the Way to Naples. Expenses, $282. LAWRENCE.-Oct. 28, five days; 223 members enrolled, 94 per cent. Instructors: Hon. S. R. Thompson, Geo. P. Beard, G. E. Little, Miss O. J. Patterson, E. T. Jeffers, Rev. Wm. M. Taylor, Hon. J. W. Wallace. Topics: School organization, course of study, geography, arithmetic, drawing and language. Lectures: English Language and Literature in the School Room, Reminiscences, Sight and Scenes in Eastern Lands, Correlation and Conservation of Forces, and American Progress. Expenses, $207. LEBANON.-Jan. 20, five days; 201 members, being in excess of the number engaged in teaching in the county. Instructors: Prof. A. N. Raub, Supt. T. F. Gahan, Hon. Henry Houck, Rev. Dr. Reinmund, Miss Lelia E. Patridge, Wallace Bruce and Tod Ford. Topics: Common branches and school government. Lectures: Landmarks of Scott, We Girls, and "Go West, Young Man." Expenses, $359. LEHIGH.-Dec. 9, five days: 285 members en FULTON.-Dec. 9, five days; 56 teachers present, 79 per cent. Instructors: Profs. S. D. Hillman, R. M. McNeal, Miss S. H. McCalmont and Col. Sanford. Topics: Primary school work, elocution and calisthenics, civil government, physiology, mental and natural science, and theory of teaching. Lectures: The American Schoolmasters, Education for Citizenship, and Old Times and New. Expenses, $HI. GREENE.-Dec. 23, five days; 129 members enrolled, or 70 per cent. Instructors: Dr. A. B. Miller, Prof, Geo. P. Beard, H. M. Craig, Dr. Geo. Fraser, F. S. DeHaas, Miss Florence Chichester, and Miss S. B. Albert. Topics: Mental science, school economy, methods of instruction, grammar, spelling and drawing. Lectures: The Teacher, Religious Element in Education, and Jerusalem. Expenses, $180. HUNTINGDON.-Dec. 16, five days; 151 teachers enrolled, 70 per cent. Instructors: Profs. D. M. Sen-rolled, 91 per cent. Instructors: Profs. N. C. senig, W. H. Schuyler, Edward Brooks, Miss L. E. Patridge, Miss Jessie E. Wilson and Wallace Bruce. Topics: Moral training, physical culture, school gov ernment, thoroughness in teaching, pronunciation, spelling, grammar, history, arithmetic, necessity of reading educational literature, etc. Lectures: The New Bonanza, Robert Burns, We Girls, and Home Education. Expenses, $269. INDIANA.-Dec. 30, four days; 237 teachers enrolled, 96 per cent. Instructors: Dr. Jno. H. French, Prof. J. H. Young, Rev. A. Donaldson, Rev. A. J. Bolar, Miss Jane E. Leonard. Topics: Use of text books, teaching writing, school organization, primary teaching, arithmetic, geography, metric system, and the study of the dead languages. Lecture: Our Boys and Girls. JEFFERSON.-Dec. 30, five days; 150 teachers enrolled, or 78 per cent. of all the teachers in the county. Instructors: Hon. Henry Houck, Dr. Geo. P. Hays, Supt. A. J. Davis, and Prof. M. Thrasher. Topics: Methods of instruction, school government, school expositions, physiology, constitution of the United States. Lectures: Our School System, Character and Manners, Are We Growing Wiser? How to Think, and The School Law. Expenses, $190. JUNIATA.-Dec. 9, five days; 130 members were enrolled, of whom 103 are engaged in teaching, 98 per cent. Instructors: Miss Maria L. Sanford, Profs. Geo. P. Beard, E. A. Angell, J. T. Ailman, W. H. Groninger, Silas Wright, Rev. E. E. Berry and Rev. Joel Swartz. Topics: History, arithmetic, grammar, geography, astronomy, reading, composition, school organization, methods of instruction, etc. Lectures; He Who Cannot Paint Must Grind the Colors, The Labor Question, Common Sense, Self-Culture. penses, $279. | Schaeffer; Geo. H. Desh, Rev. A. R. Horne, Geo. L. Maris, Prof. Carver, Miss H. B. Swineford, J. S. Ermentrout, R. H. Koch, Rev. C. Z. Weiser, Dr. W. B. Erdman and Prof. M. H. Richards. Topics: Spelling, reading, writing, arithmetic, English language, grammar, physical geography, history, constitution of the United States, English literature, composition and algebra. Lectures: Education Among the Greeks and Romans, Memory, Female Education and Woman's Sphere, Rights and Lefts, English Idioms, Thoughts on School Discipline. Expenses, $218. LUZERNE.-Eleventh session, Dec. 16, five days; 400 teachers enrolled, 70 per cent. Instructors: Rev. D. Copeland, Profs. J. W. Shoemaker, A. H. Berlin, P. Martin, A. B. Dunning, Wallace Bruce, J. C. Geyer, L. R. Fowler, A. D. Albert, J. E. Ross and Miss H. E. Brooks. Topics: Reading, grammar, arithmetic, school-room hygiene, history, science of common things, geography, writing and civil government. Lectures: How to Study, Landmarks of Scott. LYCOMING.-Dec. 16, five days; 202 members, 75 per cent. MIFFLIN Jan. 27, 5% days; 93 members, 87 per cent. Instructors: Prof. Wm. Noetling, Rev. D. J. Waller, jr., Dr. Jno. H. French, Prof. Browne, Miss Mary Butler, Hon. H. Houck, Dr. A. A. Willits, Rev. J. B. Young. Topics: Orthography, reading, geogra phy, grammar, arithmetic, language, school discipline and object lessons. Lectures: Model Wife, Echoes from Round Top, Our Boys and Girls, Our Common Schools and their Foundation Principles. Ex., $227. MONROE.-Jan. 6, five days; 110 members, 80 per cent. Instructors: Profs. Henry Carver, R. H. Koch, LANCASTER.-Nov. 11, twenty-seventh session, five | C. K. Canfield, W. A. Campbell, Rev. E. B. Raffens days; 564 members enrolled, 98 per cent. Instruct-perger, J. F. Meredith, and Dr. J. H. Shull. Topics: ors: Dr. E. Brooks, Dr. J. P. Wickersham, Profs. Orthography, geography, grammar, reading, arithmeJames Johonnot, John S. Stahr, N. C. Schaeffer, S. S. tic, history, composition, constitution of the United Haldeman, E. Hubbard Barlow, E. O. Lyte, J. V. | States, elocution and theory of teaching. Lectures : Ex The Humors of the Pulpit and the Pew, The Teacher, | Work of our Schools, Remedial Education, and How We Live. Expenses, $97. PIKE.-Jan. 20, five days: 65 members, 90 per cent. Instructors: Profs. C. H. Verrill, J. F. Dooley, W. A. Campbell, B. B. Smith and Wm. Westfall. Topics: Grammar, arithmetic, history, geography, spelling, reading, composition and letter writing. Lectures: What Shall We Study? Relation of Teachers to Patrons and Patrons to Schools, Whispering in School, Advancement of Public Schools in Pennsylvania during the Past Ten Years. Expenses, $108. MCKEAN.-Aug. 26, five days; 100 members enrolled, being in excess of the number of teachers in the county. Instructors: Profs. A. N. Raub, and O. C. Snyder, and W. H. Curtis, Co. Supt. Topics: The common English branches and methods of teaching them, letter-writing, and self-culture of teachers. Lectures: Language, Self Help, The Voice of History. Expenses, $81. MERCER.-Nov. 11, five days; 225 teachers enrolled, 60 per cent. Instructors: Profs. E. V. De Graff, S. R. Thompson, G. E. Little, and S. R. Prather. Topics: Reading, writing, arithmetic, grammar, orthography, and school discipline. Lectures: The Elements of Personal Power, Masters and Men, "How Do You Do?" and Inconsistencies. Expenses, $262. | MONTGOMERY.-Oct. 28, five days; 259 teachers enrolled, 76 per cent. Instructors: Prof. James Johonnot, D. M. Sensenig, Geo. L. Maris, J. V. Montgomery, Dr. H. W. Warren, Wallace Bruce, Stuart Rogers, A. D. Eisenhower, Miss Maria L. Sanford, and Miss E. J. Trimble. Topics: The principles of teaching, elementary arithmetic, grammar, reading, history, school discipline, moral culture, drawing, physical culture, organization of schools, English literature, and composition. Lectures: Forces in a Sunbeam, Landmarks of Scott, the Labor Question, Social Forces. Expenses, $571. MONTOUR.-Dec. 23, five days; 81 members enrolled, being in excess of the number of teachers of the county. Instructors: Prof T. F. Gahan, Wm. Noetling, D. J. Waller, Wm. Boal, N. C. Schaeffer, J. D. Cook, and Mrs. A.S. Burrows. Topics: Principles of teaching, primary reading, primary arithmetic, phonetics, school management, school discipline, English grammar, and language lessons. Lectures Education Among the Ancient Greeks and Romans, and A Short Ramble Over Beaten Paths. Expenses, $96. NORTHAMPTON.-Dec. 30, 42 days; 265 teachers enrolled, 88 per cent. Instructors: Dr. W. C. Cattell, Profs. Porter, Coffin and Hardy, of Lafayette College, Prof. N. C. Schaeffer, H. S. Housekeeper, Rev. A. R. Horne, and Col. Sanford. The teachers also took an active part in the proceedings. Topics: Arithmetic, geography, spelling reform, school discipline, English Literature, requisites of the teacher, metric system, algebra, school hygiene, etc. Lectures: Our English, Wonders of the Plant World, and Old Times and New. Expenses, $190. NORTHUMBERLAND.— .-Dec. 16, five days; 183 members enrolled, 70 per cent. Instructors: Miss Maria L. Sanford, Rev. D. J. Waller, jr., M C. Horne, N. C. Schaeffer, and Hon. Schuyler Colfax. Topics: History, arithmetic, reading, geography, primary instruction, method of teaching and school discipline. Lectures: Interests of our Public Schools, Labor Question, Education, University Life in Germany, Personal Recollections of Abraham Lincoln. Expenses, $211. PERRY.-Dec. 2, five days: 136 teachers enrolled, 75 per cent. Instructors: Prof. J. H. Shumaker, Dr. E. Brooks, Miss L. E. Patridge, Rev. J. Edgar, W. E. Baker, Col. J. P. Sanford. Topics: Spelling and pronunciation, reading, language exercises and pri mary composition, school-room hygiene. Special attention was given to methods of teaching all common school branches. Lectures Invisible Forces, We Girls, The Old and the New, Home Education, Hygiene of the School Room. Expenses, $207. POTTER.-Oct 1, five days; 173 teachers enrolled, 70 per cent. Instructors: Profs. F. A. Allen, H. S. Jones, Geo. R. Dixon, C. W. Wasson. Topics: School government, school discipline, methods of teaching, physiology, history, geography, botany and composition. Lectures: Living, Force and Friction, Will it Pay? Be Somebody. Expenses, $200. SCHUYLKILL.-Dec. 16, five days; 415 teachers enrolled, 82 per cent. Instructors: Dr. J. H. French, Prof. Mark Bailey, Rev. S. H. Bell, Wallace Bruce, and Rev. De Witt Talmage. Methods of teaching the following branches were discussed by instructors and teachers: Reading, arithmetic, language in all its departments of technical grammar, composition, etc. Geography without the text-book and with outline maps and globes, and penmanship with and without copy books. The County Superintendent, Jesse Newlin, occupied a portion of each session in exposing, and suggesting remedies for, defects in teaching, governing, etc., gathered while visiting schools. Lectures: The Lifted Veil, Womanhood in Shakespeare, The Bright Side of Things. Expenses, $1158. SNYDER.-Oct. 21, five days; 120 members enrolled, being in excess of the number of teachers in the county. Instructors: Miss M. L. Sanford, Mrs. A. S. Burrows and Prof. Wm. Noetling. Topics: Reading, writing, drawing, arithmetic, spelling, grammar, methods, discipline, geography, vocal music and school government. Lectures: Martin Luther, The Labor Question. Expenses, $90. SOMERSET.-Dec. 23, five days; 146 members enrolled, or 60 per cent. Instructors: Prof. Geo. P. Beard and Miss Jane E. Leonard. Topics: Geogra phy and history. Lectures: Organization and School Government. Expenses, $139. SULLIVAN.-Nov. 4, ten days; 50 teachers present, 50 per cent. Instructors: Dr. S. F. Colt, Prof. E. E. Quinlan and Prof. G. W. Ryan. Topics: Practical lessons on methods of teaching the common branches. Lecture: The Mind. SUSQUEHANNA.-August 19, eleventh session, five days; 306 teachers enrolled, 60 per cent. Instructors: Prof. S. J. Coffin, J. H. Harris, Dr. A. T. Brundage, Prof. Alonzo Reed, W. E. Tilden, H. B. Larrabee, H. L. Fairchild, and H. H. Jessup, D. D. Topics: Algebra, pronunciation, civil government, penmanship, arithmetic, geography, English literature, drawing, physiology, composition, astronomy, metric system, and theory and practice of teaching. Lectures: The Geological Ages, Education and the Republic, Christian Education in Mohammedan Countries, California: Its Mines, Pines, Vines and Heathen Shrines. Expenses, $200. TIOGA.-Aug. 19, five days; 300 members enrolled, of whom 240 were teachers, and the remainder directors, ex-teachers, or those preparing to teach. Instructors: Prof. F. A. Allen, Rev. Dr. A. W. Cowles, Prof. E. Francis and Mrs. Leon O. Bailey. Topics: Reading, drawing, object teaching, penmanship, school government, language and music. Lecture: Recreations in Art. Expenses, $286. |