Examination Questions, 309. Going up Stairs, The Science of, 346. History in Common Schools-Humanitas, 181. er, 231. How to Teach, 345. In School Days-Whittier, 320. Is a Little Music Better than None? 147. Labor, Mental and Manual, 60. Learning and the Magazines-Editorial, 298. Magazines in Schools-S. P. Bates, 222. National Teachers' Association, programme, 4. On Punishing-H. W. Beecher, 25. Philosophic Abstraction, 291. Philadelphia-Editorial, 210. Philadelphia Supervision, 227. Respect the Body, 151. Salaries, Economy of Low, 53. School Houses-Hon. Newton Bateman, 20. School Directors, Duties of, 145. Slate Pencils, 287. Science for Children-Quin, 344. Soldiers' Orphans-Editorial, 238. State Superintendent Wickersham's Annual STATE TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION AT GREENSBURG: Address of Welcome-Rev. C. J. Plitt, 68. Higher Education, State Aid for-Rev. R. Permanent Certificates-S. D. Ingram, 111. 142. "Sunday, The Fourth,"-Editorial, 36. Teaching Grammar,-Jesse Newlin, 169. Teaching by the Page, 292. Teachers, Admission and Removal of, Ed. 297. The Children,-Dickens, 148. The "Widow's Mite," 325. Position of Pupils and Modes of Reciting, 309. The Little Girl and the Copy, 175. Practical, The-Mass. Teacher, 150. The Sun-Lippincott's Magazine, 50. Things that Never Die, 288. Professional Training, Hon. Newton Bateman 48 Tiptoeing in School, 285. Professional Courtesy-G. D. Hunt, 18. Punctuation, A Talk About, 171. Reading, Made Profitable and Delightful, 162. Reviews Editorial, 211. Tobacco, Effects of, 289. To Teacher and Directors-S. T. Kirk, 232. Ventilation, Axioms in, 344. Veteran School Mistress, A, 292. Wickersham, Hon. J. P., Biographical Sketch Words, Classification of T. R. Vickroy, 16. Again the JOURNAL salutes its readers at the commencement of a new volume. On its part nothing need be added to what was said, in the last number, as to the course to be pursued. It will hold on its course as usual, neither fearing for the cause in which it is engaged, nor promising great things for itself. Emergencies will be met as they shall arise; old practices, when found good, shall be continued as long as promotive of the end in view; new projects will be scrutinized, and only adopted when likely to prove better than their predecessors; tried friends will be cherished, and listened to as advisors as well as thanked as supporters, and new ones will be cordially welcomed, not only because their aid is needed, but because it is from the new recruits that the future leaders are to spring. Hold on, then, ye oldsters in the good work, and come on in thousands, ye youngsters. Let us make a brilliant campaign of it. The JOURNAL will do its part. STATE TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION. The annual meeting of the Pennsylvania State Teachers' Association will be held at Greensburg, Westmoreland county, commencing Tuesday, August 10th, and continuing three days. The people of Greensburg are making ample arrangements to accommodate all who may possibly attend. Ladies will be accommodated free of charge, and the hotel rates for gentlemen will range at WHOLE NO. 205. Associate, J. P. MCCASKEY the low rates of from $1.00 to $1.50 per day. The programme of exercises was not quite ready for this number of the JOURNAL, but it is nearly completed, and will be published in the issue for August, which will be mailed before August 1st; also, in the Daily Press and Age of Philadelphia, and the leading papers of Harrisburg and Pittsburg, in the issue of July 19th. HENRY HOUCK, RAILROAD Chairman Ex. Com. ACCOMMODATIONS FOR THE STATE TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION. Free return passes will be issued over the following railroads: Allegheny Valley, Huntingdon and Broad Top, Lehigh and Susquehanna, North Pennsylvania, Philadelphia and Baltimore Central, West Chester and Philadelphia. Excursion tickets will be issued for the Catawissa railroad. A few roads have not answered the application at this date, June 21st. The railroad superintendents and general ticket agents have been very liberal, and if the teachers avail themselves of these arrangements, the applications for the same favors next year can be made and received with much better grace. It has sometimes happened that only four or five teachers have passed over any part of some of the railroads. It is hoped that this year the reproach will not be cast upon the officers of the Association, of asking favors for the teachers, which they do not accept. When there is such a unanimous expression of good feeling toward the cause of education on the part of public corporations, let the teachers respond heartily with their presence and energy at the coming meeting. C. H. HARDING, Secretary. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION. The educational meetings to be held in Trenton, New Jersey, during the third week in August, promise to be a great success. Three national associations hold their annual meeting there during that week. The Association of State Superintendents meets on Monday, that of Normal School Principals and Teachers on Tuesday, and the general Association of Teachers on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. The arrangements for these meetings are by this time nearly completed. Papers or lectures have been promised from the following distinguished educators: Address by the President, Rev. L. Van Bokkelen, late Superintendent of Public Schools of Maryland. Major General O. O. Howard, United States Army Education in the South with reference to the Colored Population." An exercise in "Practice Teaching," with criticisms, and a discussion as to the necessity of such an exercise in a Normal School, and the best method of conducting it. Prof. Edward Brooks, Principal of the State Normal School, Millersville, Pa.-"The Spiritual Element in Education." Prof. Fordyce A. Allen, Principal of the State Normal School, Mansfield, Pa.-"Course of Study for a Normal School." Prof. Lewis B. Monroe, of Boston-"The Voice and its Training," with illustrations and readings. Prof. John S. Hart, Principal of the New Jersey State Normal School-"Method of Conducting Religious Worship in Schools." Hon. J. P. Wickersham, State Superintendent of Pennsylvania-"Higher Education." Mrs. Randall, of the Oswego Training School-"Method of Teaching Elocution," with readings. Miss Swayze, of the New Jersey State Normal School "Vocal Culture." Readings. Rev. Joseph Alden, D. D., LL. D., Principal of the State Normal School at Albany, New York-"What is the best Teaching for a Normal School?" Prof. Z. Richards, of Washington, D. C."Elementary Schools; Radical Faults, Radical Remedies." Rev. Geo. A. Leakin, Baltimore-" Periodic Law as applied to Education." Prof. Ellis Apgar, State Superintendent of New Jersey-"Method of Teaching Map Drawing in Schools." Prof. Austin C. Apgar, State Normal School, Trenton, New Jersey-"Method of Teaching Elementary Arithmetic." John D. Philbrick, Esq., Superintendent of Public Schools of Boston-"The Workshop and the School." Rev. B. G. Northrop, State Superintendent of Connecticut-" Rate Bills in Public Schools." Mr. White, of Boston-"Christianity in our Public Schools." AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. The month of early flowers and the first fruits of the garden has passed quietly but pleasantly. Much cleaning up around the buildings has been done, and the lads have been astonished at the change effected by an odd day devoted to improving roads and paths, removing rubbish, trimming trees and extirpating weeds. From this more than any other cause, a love for the school and a degree of home feeling seem to be springing up. Strawberries, too, on the table almost daily, and in quantity to satisfy even the boyish appetite; cherries without stint and in great variety, with an occasional treat of ice-cream, have served not only to please the palate, but to show that the garden was not worked or the ice-house filled for nothing. Our oats and barley look promisingly, and the large corn-fields, though late in the planting, are not only as good as our neighbors', but, owing to the prevalence of cold rains in May, turn out to have been seeded in the right time. The fine weather in the latter part of June has been quite propitious, and our Indian corn"child of the sun,"-is fairly astonishing us by its rapid growth-aided not a little, we flatter ourselves, by a good dressing of plaster and the frequent use of the cultivator. A small attempt has been made at fallow ploughing, either for wheat or winter barley. About an acre of the latter was sown on the farm last fall, and though it seemed quite unpromising-in fact like a failure-till the middle of May, yet it now looks so well and bids so fairly to yield a fine crop, that probably a dozen of acres of it will be sown the coming fall. This is, be believe, the same grain,— called Bere or Bear,—so much cultivated in Scotland and the north of England, and found to be valuable as a grain, and less severe upon the soil than wheat. At any rate, the price of barley has been so good latterly, and the yield so much greater to the acre than that of wheat, that it deserves a fair trial. In agricultural matters another part of our operations is rapidly attracting attention and becoming important. An hundred acres of the farm have been laid off, are being furnished with separate house, barn, &c., and devoted to experiments in practical agriculture, as the "Central Model and Experimental Farm." The whole will be worked in such manner, when all the necessary arrangements shall have been completed, that, without reference to cost, the best results shall be produced that can be taken out of good soil by abundant, careful, and skilful labor. Of this farm, twenty-five acres have been devoted to experiments in the grains and grasses and in potatoes, under all the various conditions as to the preparation of the ground, effect of lime, &c., kind and quality of seed, &c., that have been suggested as likely to test processes and establish reliable principles in agriculture by actual and continued experiment, each being designed to be continued for ten years, so as to avoid the accidents of weather, &c. Our students begin to take a lively interest in this Experimental Farm, which, though not worked by themselves, is our next neighbor, and often visited. Another matter of interest is the new turnpike to be constructed, certainly, this season, from the College gate to the end of Nittany mountain-about three miles,-and which will give us a continuous turnpike to Bellefonte. This the more attracts attention, as it is en gineered by our Professor of civil engineering, with a corps of assistants from the students; the survey being now actually in progress. In the meantime, the College studies proper go on with their usual quiet and order. As the end of the term approaches, the examinations are perhaps more thought about, and greater attention is paid to preparation for recitation; and contrary to a very generally entertained opinion, manual labor does not seem to indispose or unfit for study. This, however, is probably due to the fact that ten hours of physical exertion each week-which is the average in all cases, is so slight a tax upon the muscles, as not to amount to a cause of difficulty or disturbance between mind and body. So we get along studying, and working, and enjoying ourselves; caring little for the outside world, though in every act and in all our pursuits preparing for its trials and its duties when the fullness of time shall call us to its realities. Though forgetful of the world, it is not, however, to be supposed that we are altogether satisfied to be "by the world forgot." On the contrary, it has lately been whispered amongst us that means will be adopted, about the end of the present term-say during the last week of July-to challenge a rigid inspection of this Institution by all who feel an interest in its great object, and to submit not only its claims, but its results thus far to the test of the senses as well of the judgment. "Come and see for yourselves," will be the invitation. For particulars, see the newspa pers. BOOK NOTICES. MANUAL OF PHYSICAL AND VOCAL TRAINING, for the use of Schools and for Private instruction. By Lewis B. Monroe, Supt. Physical and Vocal Culture in the Public Schools of Boston, Mass. Illustrated by Hammat Billings. 12mo. Pp. 102. Philadelphia: Cowperthwait & Co. 1869. Based on the great and original work of Dr. Rush on the human voice, whose system has been brought down to present improvements in science by Profs. Bell of London, and Russell of Massachusetts,-this cannot but be a good work. Of course the portion of it relating to general physical culture is and must be brief in a book of such small compass, and is only included as leading to the training of the voice. But in the main design-the education of the voice-the reader will find all he needs, and that set forth methodically, perspicuously and yet scientifically. The selections for practice, throughout the book, are admirable. In fact, it is the only text-book of sterling merit and practical size we know of, on the subject of which it treats. B. THE ELEMENTS OF THEORETICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE AsTRONOMY. For the use of Colleges and Academies. By Charles J. White. A. M., Assistant Professor of Astronomy and Navigation in the United States Naval Academy. With numerous illustrations. One Vol. demi-octavo. $2.00. Pp. 272. Philadelphia: Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger. 1869. This work, by Prof. White, of the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, comes fairly up to date ”—containing the latest information upon all branches of the subject treated. A highly interesting description of the spectroscope is given, and of the important discoveries made through its agency, concerning the heavenly bodies, and, very recently, concerning the real motions of some of the brighter stars-the mode of conducting these latter delicate experiments being clearly explained. mathematical processes and explanations are found than in most other text books,-involving, however, little beyond the elementary principles of geometry and trigonometrybut these are so lucidly presented and so useful to the More student who would understand how certain results in astronomy are arrived at, that the book is for this reason the more valuable. It contains also what we had not been able to find in any other text-book within reachnamely, a table of fixed stars, the value of whose parallax has been obtained with a fair degree of accuracy, among these Vega, Sirius, Arcturus, the North Star and Capella-the latter being distant from us 4,130,000 times our distance from the sun. The appendix contains an interesting table of Astronomical Chronology; also tables of the transits of the planets, the constellations, northern, southern and zodiacal; variable stars, binary stars, etc. The only thing still wanting (nor is it given in any other text-book we know of) is a list of the stars with names properly accented and pronounced, the language from which obtained, and the meaning of the same, so far as these facts can be arrived at. The work is issued in attractive style, and is a valuable addition to the list of textbooks in this science now before the public. THE FIRST SIX BOOKS OF VIRGIL'S ENEID, with explanatory notes, a Lexicon and Map; together with an Appendix containing Dr. S. H. Taylor's questions on Virgil. and a Metrical Index. Illustrated with numerous Engravings, and a Fac-simile of one page of the oldest existing Manuscript of the Latin Text. By Edward Searing, A. M., Prof. of Latin, Milton College, Wisconsin. 8vo. 421 pages. New York. A. S. Barnes & Co. 1869. This is the most beautiful school edition of a portion of the Æneid we have ever seen; tinted paper, generous margin, large and clear type, handsome binding and numerous beautiful and characteristic illustrations, with accuracy of text, full and instructive notes and a rich vocabulary, render it all that the school student could desire,as far as it goes. But we are not amongst those who are willing to indorse the modern and cramping system of only reading a portion of the classical authors. Such, however, is the practice, and the present editor only ministers to it by this curtailed edition, which, did it contain the whole poem, would be an ornament to the library of the general scholar. . B. THE STUDENT'S OLD TESTAMENT HISTORY. The Old Testament History. From the Creation to the Return of the Jews from Captivity. Edited by William Smith, LL D. With Maps and Woodcuts. Large 12mo. Pp. 715. Cloth, $2.00. New York: Harper & Brothers. 1869. This is the latest addition to the series of Students' Histories issued in uniform style, by the Messrs. Harper. The historical accounts found in the Old Testament are here given in continuous narrative and in the style of ordinary history, with such collateral information supplied as needed to keep the thread of the narrative unbroken, and, subsequently, to connect the history of the Jewish race with that of cotemporary nations treated in profane history. Besides all necessary explanations, notes, references and citations, this work contains information on a large number of other subjects,-among them, an account of each of the Books of the Bible, the geography of the Holy Land and of certain contiguous regions, together with the political and ecclesiastical antiquities of the Jews, and full historical and genealogical tables, etc. There is something radically wrong in our religious training, both at home and at school, or why should the Bible possess so little attraction for youth? To tens of thousands who see it daily in their homes, it is rather repulsive than otherwise. They take up the last novel, or the latest work in some interesting department of natural science or natural history with eagerness, but anathema maranatha may be written in the dust that ac cumulates upon the lids of their Bibles. Books like this, thus popularizing Bible truth-cannot be multiplied too greatly or distributed too widely. This Old Testament History and the New Testament History, of the same series, would be very useful, especially to the Sunday school teacher, and should find a place in every Christian home. MORAL CULTURE OF INFANCY, AND KINDERGARTEN GUIDE. With Music for Plays. By Mrs. Horace Mann and Elizabeth P. Peabody. Second Edition, materially revised. 12mo., 216 pages. New York: J. W. Schermerhorn & Co. 1869. The first portion of this interesting work-about onehalf, contains all that can well be put upon paper as descriptive as a guide to the practice of Froebel's method of infant culture in the garden. No teacher can study it without unconsciously transplanting therefrom to the school very many valuable ideas. The other half is an able and original essay on the "Moral Culture of Infancy." by Mrs. Horace Mann. Like her most distinguished husband and most other true reformers in education, Mrs. Mann's forte is not the making of text-books or the practicalizing of particular methods of teaching, but the ennunciation of great educational truths for others to work out. Here is a mine of that kind of material which will richly repay the working. B. On A NEW METHOD OF LEARNING THE FRENCH LANGUAGE. Embracing both the analytic and synthetic modes of instruction. Being a plain and practical way of acquiring the art of reading, speaking and composing French. the plan of Woodbury's method with German. By Louis Fasquelle, LL D., Prof. of Mod. Lan. and Lit. in the University of Michigan, and author of several French text-books. Revised and improved edition. 12mo. 508 pages. New York: Ivison, Phinney, Blakeman & Co. 1869. This is a full and satisfactory treatise, somewhat on the phrase method, but interweaving all the grammatical No better book can be taken principles of the French. up by the adult acquiring a practical knowledge of that language, either with or without a teacher. It is perhaps too cumbrous for the very young pupil, or on the other hand, for the student already engaged in various other studies. The general index is remarkably good and aidful in the use of the work, affording access to hundreds of idiomatic and other difficulties which the student often wants to refer to, but knows not where to find in the book without just such a guide. Paradise. B. WALLACE'S MALAY ARCHIPELAGO.-The Malay Arcbipelago: The Land of the Orang-Utan and the Bird of A Narrative of Travel, 1854-1862. With Studies of Man and Nature. By Alfred Russel Wallace. With Maps and Numerous Illustrations. Crown 8vo Pp. 638. Cloth, $3.50. New York: Harper & Brothers. 1869. Mr. Wallace is an enthusiastic English naturalist, who spent about eight years among the islands of the Malay Archipelago, collecting birds, reptiles, insects, and certain species of mammalia, the number of specimens secured amounting to nearly 120,00, many of them unknown to science, and many others not before accurately described. Besides the rich entomological region found here, these islands are most interesting, from their wonderful vegetation, birds of strange forms and gorgeous plumage, varieties of the human race, with their curious modes of life, and their remarkable colonies of Europeans. The author, starting from Singapore, visited Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Celebes, the Malaccas, and nearly all the principal islands, pushing his explorations as far as New Guinea |