THE

LECTURES

DELIVERED BEFORE THE

AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF INSTRUCTION,

AT

BANGOR, ME., AUGUST, 1848;

INCLUDING THE

JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS,

AND

A LIST OF THE OFFICERS.

PUBLISHED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE BOARD OF CENSORS.

BOSTON:

WILLIAM D. TICK NOR & CO.,

Corner of Washington and School Streets.

MDCCCXLVIII.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1849, by

WILLIAM D. TICKNOR & CO.,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts.

CONTENTS.

JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS,

LIST OF OFFICERS,

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LECTURE I.

FAILURES IN TEACHING. BY JOHN KINGSBURY, . 1

LECTURE II.

THE CO-OPERATION OF PARENTS AND TEACH-

ERS. BY JACob Batchelder,

LECTURE III.

THE QUALIFICATIONS OF THE TEACHER. BY

REV. NATHAN MUNROE,

LECTURE IV.

ON SCHOOL GOVERNMENT. BY J. D. PHILBRICK,

LECTURE V.

THE IMPROVEMENT OF COMMON SCHOOLS. BY

WM. D. SWAN,

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