DURING the convention of the WESTERN Literary InstITUTE AND COLLEGE OF PROFESSIONAL TEACHERS, held in Cincinnati, October, 1837:

It was unanimously resolved, That the WESTERN ACADEMICIAN AND JOURNAL OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE, edited by JOHN W. PICKET, A. M., be made the organ of the college, and that its literary character is such as to entitle it to the full patronage of the college, and the friends of education, in every section of the country.

It was further unanimously resolved, That a volume containing the Transactions of the college be published, corresponding in size and execution with the preceding volumes, to be delivered to subscribers at the following prices; $1,00 per volume, neatly bound; $0,80 unbound.

The proposition of Mr. James R. Allbach, proprietor of the Academician, to publish the work, was laid before the college, and unani、 mously adopted,

INTRODUCTION.

This Fourth Volume of the Transactions of the College of Teachers, will be found to contain much fresh matter of interest. To those especially who attended the crowded meetings of the college, it will exhibit memoranda to awaken recollections of lively and useful discussions, which will invest the volume with additional attractions.

Among the subjects here presented are some topics of former volumes; but it is believed they will not be the less interesting on that account; the annual produce of the earth is still new, although the congeners have before existed.

The committee, if they had consulted only their own tastes, might have omitted, or farther curtailed several articles; but it was discovered that every article had certain warm admirers, of good hearts at least, if not very cultivated understandings; and it was deemed most advisable on the whole, to gratify as great a number of readers as possible.

Of course each reader will select for his own perusal such parts of the volume as are most agreeable or useful to himself: and as this is a cause which requires the sympathy and aid of all, he will not find fault, because entertainment and instruction have been provided here for a great variety of tastes and intellects.

We are confident, that there is nothing in the volume which

may not serve either to revive, or to excite for the first time a warm interest in that noble cause to which it is devoted.

With the earnest wish that the volume may promote the true good of mankind, with all its merits and imperfections, we lay it before the public. May they read not so much to praise or blame, as to practice and inculcate the valuable suggestions and views which will be found contained in this publication.

NAMES OF THE MEMBERS.