PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL JOURNAL. 8007 VOLUME XXXIV. That which makes a good Constitution must keep it, viz.: men of wisdom and virtue; E. E. HIGBEE, EDITOR. LANCASTER, PA. INQUIRER PRINTING AND PUBLISHING COMPANY, 1885.. THA HAT the truths of the Bible have the power of awakening an intense moral feeling in man, under every variety of character, learned or ignorant, civilized or savage, that they make bad men good, and send a pulse of healthful feeling through all the domestic, civil, and social relations,-that they teach men to love right, to hate wrong, and to seek each other's welfare, as the children of one common Parent, that they control the baleful passions of the human heart, and thus make men proficient in the science of self-government,—and, finally, that they teach him to aspire after a conformity to a Being of infinite holiness, and fill him with hopes infinitely more purifying, more exalted, more suited to his nature, than any other which this world has ever known,—are facts as incontrovertible as the laws of philosophy, or the demonstrations of mathematics. Their influence never dies. In Death removes us from this to We see not in this life the end of human actions. ever-widening circles it reaches beyond the grave. an eternal world; time determines what shall be our condition in that world. Every morning, when we go forth, we lay the moulding hand upon our destiny; and every evening, when we have done, we leave a deathless impression upon our charWe touch not a wire but vibrates in eternity, we breathe not a thought but reports at the Throne of God. Let youth especially think of these things; and let every one remember that in this world,-where character is in its formation state, it is a serious thing to think, to speak, to act. acters. It had happened that amongst our nursery collection of books was the Bible, illustrated with many pictures. And in long dark evenings, as my three sisters with myself sat by the firelight round the guard of our nursery, no book was so much in request amongst us. It ruled us and swayed us as mysteriously as music. One young nurse, whom we all loved, before any candle was lighted, would often strain. her eyes to read it for us; and, sometimes, according to her simple powers, would endeavor to explain what we found obscure. We, the children, were all constitutionally touched with pensiveness; the fitful gloom and sudden lambencies of the room by firelight suited our evening state of feelings; and they suited, also, the Divine revelations of power and mysterious beauty which awed us. Above all, the story of a just man-man and yet not man, real above all things and yet shadowy above all things, who had suffered the passion of death in Palestine-slept upon our minds like early dawn upon the waters. Thomas De Quincey. "Acres of Diamonds"-R. H. Conwell, 113. A Fable and a Moral: Big Programmes, etc., 230. Aluminum: The Metal of the Future-J. A. Price, 481. Annual Report of State Superintendent, 265. Arbor Day at Lancaster: Four Thousand Trees, etc. -A Talk on Trees (S. P. Eby): Hints on Tree Planting Reports and Remarks, 243; Our Brothers, the Trees (Rev. J. Max Hark), and Remarks of State Supt. Higbee, 490. Artificial Arrangements: Scaffolding to Structure, 362. Bible Question, The: Opinion of Judge Mehard, 207. Breathing Chemically Considered-R.M.Streeter,240. Burst of Fine Weather in May-Leigh Hunt, 471. Concentration of Mental Power, 318. Cook County Schools, Elizabeth Lloyd, 275. EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT: July-State Association, Literary Department-Bangor High School, 26. "The Crusade Against Common Schools," 27. Excursion Among the Stars, No. 3, 28. Indian Local Names -Prison Management: Address of Ex-Gov. Hoyt at National Conference. 32. Niagara Restored, 34. Items from Reports, 34. August-School Legislation, 66. Our State Normal Schools-State Meeting at Harrisburg-Matters Personal: "The Pennsylvania School Department Needs Reform," 69. Excursion Among the Stars: No. 4, 72. State Reading Circles: Course of Reading Adopted in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Illinois, 73. Supervising Principals in Philadelphia, 74. October-Editorial Notes, 159. Thursday, October 29th; School Arbor Day, 160. Twenty Days a School Month: What is Meant by the New Law, 161. Outside the StateEducation of the Hand: New Manual Training School in Philadelphia, 162. November-" Twenty-Day Act," etc.Reports of Superintendents on Tree-Planting-Teachers' Institutes, 195. "Never Planted a Tree"-Senator HarlanArbor Lodge, 196. School Directors Hostile to Progress, 197. Early Local Institutes, 198. All Around Training: Where Hand and Brain May be Developed Simultaneously, 199. Bryn Mawr College, 200. December-Editorial Notes, 251. An Itinerary Week, 254. Two Good Laws-Teachers' Examinations and Certificates, 256. January-Association at Eldred-Department of Superintendence-National Educational Association at Topeka, 282. Gen. Grant a "Clean Man"-Memorial Trees-Peabody Fund-A Modest Scientist -An Immortal Student, 283. Thanks" Going-Need of Better Teaching-Figures from Fifty-first Annual Report, 284. Four Years After: Some Reference to Dr. E. E. Higbee: Interesting Letter from Ex-State Supt. Hickok, 285. General Eaton Řesigns, 289. Notes for the History Class, 290. February-Editorial Notes, 331. Soldiers' Orphan Schools, 332. Hon. Francis W. Hughes-Reorganization of S. O. Department, 333. The Soul Behind Them, 334. Notes for History Class-IL: On the Name "America," 335. March-Death of John D. Philbrick-"Education," 364. Florida Arbor Day-Meeting of Principals; Course of Study, Examinations at State Normal Schools, 364. Our Normal School Policy, 365. Local Institutes, 367. April-Arbor Day, Thursday, April 15: Proclamation of Governor Pattison, 398. The Orphan Schools-School Buildings, etc., 399. History of Education in Pennsylvania: Dr. Wickersham's New Book, 400. State Teachers' Association at Allentown, 401. What is the Truth? 402. Orphan School Contracts, Letters of Dr. Wickersham to Gen. Louis Wagner and Others, 402. May-State Association, 442. The Orphan Schools, 443. Protect the Schools; Responsibility of Superintendents, 444. Change in Examinations-Thursday, April 15th, 446. Notes for History Class-No. 3, 447. June-End of Volume-Programme of State Association-The Orphan Schools -Of Parental Duties-Office of School Director - Arbor Day at Lancaster. Obituary: Wm. H. Dill, 484. EDUCATIONAL Interests of thR COMMONWEALTH: Fifty-first Annual Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction of Pennsylvania-Comparative Statistics-New Buildings-Too Great Demands upon Common Schools-State Normal Schools--County Institutes-Physiology and Hygiene-Arbor Day-A Word to Teachers-E. E. Higbee, 265. Education for Use-T. J. Chapman, 151. Education of the Hand, 162. Educational Training-Wm. Henry Rawle, 234. Essentials of Successful Teaching-J. D. Moffat, 103. Excursion among the Stars, No. 3, 29; No. 4, 72. Experiment in Primary Education: Experience in Training a Child-Mary Putnam-Jacobi, 177, 221. Extracts and Selections of Educational Interest, 41. Finish in School Work: Thoughts for Teachers, 438. First-class Teacher: What He May Be Worth, 426. Fifty Years a Teacher: Miss C. F. Whiting, 22. Forest and Orchard, 396. Forestry Question, The, 194, 389. Four School Arts: Proper Use of Senses, etc., 50. Four Years After: Reference to Supt. Higbee, 285. Future Reading of the Pupil, 386. General Exercises: Information Gained, etc., 355. Heating and Ventilation-H. S. Jones, 314. Hints for District Schools: The Little Ones, 232. Indian School at Carlisle, 477. Industrial Feature of Education-Chas. A. Riddle, 95. In Remembrance of Her: Learned for Life, 274. Irregular Attendance: Some Harmful Results, 237. J. V. Montgomery: In Memoriam-A. R.Byerly, 278. Legends in Words, 145. 216. Linnæus, Who Was? Story of a Great Botanist, 61. LITERARY DEPARTMENT-Reading and Culture-Ameri can Men of Letters-Books on Nature, 37. Summer Read" ing, 78. Novel Reading, 171. American Men of Letters Books as Christmas Presents, 261. How to Start a' Scholars' Library-James Russell Lowell's Works, 341. Arrangement of School Libraries, 376. Goethe and His Works, etc., 462. Broader Culture Needed, 497. Little Gentleman: Sketch of Boy Life, 441. Local Institutes: Their Design and Management— J. M. Coughlin, III. Looking-glass Story, 395. Madam How and Lady Why: Earthquakes, 16; Volcanoes, 55; A Grain of Soil, 153; The Ice Plough, 189; The True Fairy Tale, 319; The Chalk Carts, 357; Madam How's Two Grandsons, Analysis and Synthesis-Charles Kingsley, 429. |