by familiar remarks and illustrations, that every pupil may know, before he is sent to his seat, what he is expected to do at the next recitation, and how it is to be done.

4. Teachers should only use the text book for occasional reference, and should not permit it to be taken to the recitation to be referred to by the pupils, except in case of such exercises as absolutely require it. They should assign many questions of their own preparing, involving an application of what the pupils have learned

to the business of life.

5. Teachers should endeavor to arouse and fix the attention of the whole class, and to occupy and bring into action as many of the faculties of their pupils as possible. They should never proceed with the recitation without the attention of the whole class, nor go round the class with recitation, always in the same order, or in regular

rotation.

6. Teachers should at all times exhibit proper animation themselves, manifesting a lively interest in the subject taught, avoid all heavy plodding movements, all formal routine in teaching, lest the pupil be dull and drowsy, and imbibe the notion that he studies only to recite.

RULES FOR DISTRICT LIBRARIES.

(Adopted by the State Board of Education, June 8th, 1866.)

1. The Librarian appointed by the Trustees shall properly label and number each book in the district library, and keep a catalogue of the same, showing the title and number of each book.

2. The library shall be open for drawing and returning books -(here insert such time as may be determined by the Trustees and Librarian).

3. Every child, attending school, shall be entitled to the privileges of the library; but when the number of books is insufficient to supply all the pupils, the Librarian shall determine the manner in which books may be drawn.

4. No person shall be entitled to two books from the library at the same time, and no family shall draw more than one book, while other families wishing books remain unsupplied.

5. No person shall loan a library book to any one, out of his own house, under a penalty of fifty cents for each offense.

6. No person shall retain a book from the library more than two weeks, under a penalty of ten cents for each day he may so retain it; and no person may draw the same book a second time while any other person wishes to draw it.

7. Any person losing or destroying a library book shall pay the cost of such book and a fine of fifty cents; and any person injuring a book by marking, tearing, or unnecessarily soiling it, shall be liable to a fine of not less than ten cents, nor more than the cost of the book, to be determined by the Librarian.

8. Any person refusing or neglecting to pay any penalty or fine shall not be allowed to draw any book from the library.

9. The Librarian shall report to the Trustees, quarterly, the amount of fines imposed and collected, and the amount received for membership dues; and all moneys accruing from these sources shall be expended for the purchase or repair of books.

10. Any person, other than pupils attending, resident in the school district, may become entitled to the privileges of the school library, by the payment of an admission fee of one dollar, and a monthly membership of twenty-five cents.

11. Any person resident in the district, who shall pay to the Trustees the sum of ten dollars, shall be entitled to a lifemembership privilege of the library.

12. The Librarian shall report, annually, to the District Clerk, on or before the tenth day of July, the number and condition of books in the library, the number and titles of books received by donation, the number and titles of books purchased, the amount of State School Library Fund expended, and the amount derived from fines and membership fees.

STATE SERIES OF TEXT BOOKS.

Adopted by the State Board of Education, June 8th, 1866, in accordance with Section ninety-six, of the Revised School Law.

[NOTE. The members of the State Board were unanimously of opinion that no change in text books ought to be made at present, with the exception of adding Clarke's Geography to the list. The

books marked "adopted" cannot be changed for a period of four years from and after December 8th, 1866; those marked "continued " remain in use under the action of the former State Board of Education, and, not having been acted upon by the present Board, may be changed at any time during the next four years, if any change should be thought desirable. No change is at present contemplated.]

Warren's Intermediate (continued for the present, with the recommendation that pupils be promoted as rapidly as possible into Clarke's Geography, and that as fast as practicable, Warren's Intermediate be superseded by Clarke's Common School Geography). Warren's Physical (continued). Shaw and Allen's (continued).

Cornell's Outline Maps (adopted).

Guyot's Wall Maps of Physical Geography (adopted).

GRAMMAR.

Greene's Introduction (adopted).

Quackenbos' English Grammar (continued).

READERS.

Willson's Entire Series, with charts (adopted).

PHYSIOLOGY.

Hooker's Elementary (adopted).

Hooker's Larger (continued).

HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES.

Quackenbos' Primary (adopted).
Quackenbos' Larger (adopted).

NATURAL PHILOSOPHY.

Quackenbos' Natural Philosophy (adopted).

ALGEBRA.

Robinson's Series (adopted).

MORAL TRAINING.

Cowdery's Moral Lessons (adopted).

ENGLISH COMPOSITION.

Quackenbos' (adopted).

PENMANSHIP.

Spencerian, and Payson and Dunton's (both recommended).

BOOKS RECOMMENDED FOR TEACHERS.

Sheldon's Elementary Instruction.

Sheldon's Lessons on Objects.

Willson's Manual.

Russell's Normal Training.

Russell and Murdock's Vocal Culture.

Russell's Exercises on Words.

Well's Graded Schools.

Page's Theory and Practice.

Emerson's School and Schoolmaster.

Northend's Teacher's Assistant.

Wickersham's School Economy.

Kindergarten Guide.

Guyot's Earth and Man.

Mitchell's Planetary and Stellar Worlds.

Agassiz's Methods of Study in Natural History.
Agassiz's Sketches of Geology.

Barnard's Journal of Education.
Life of Horace Mann.

Life of Dr. Arnold.

COURSE OF STUDY.

SIXTH GRADE.

Reading, taught from Willson's Charts, using the word method. Alphabet taught when words can be called at sight. A set of

alphabet blocks will be found very useful. In the absence of charts, Willson's Primer must be used, and it may also be taken up after the charts are learned. Drill of two minutes at each lesson on elementary sounds. Oral language, or talking, taught by means of simple object lessons.

Numbers, counting to fifty, by use of objects only. A box of beans, or kernels of corn, or marbles, or small pebbles, can be used for this purpose, in connection with the abacus, or numeral frame. The use of objects in counting, instead of abstract counting, will enable children to form a more correct idea of the relative size of numbers, and will give a better foundation for arithmetical instruction. The Arabic figures may be taught from the blackboard, in connection with objects. Roman numerals to ten. Short lessons in addition may be given, using the beans at first, each pupil having ten, and afterwards using the fingers. Counting in this grade should be allowed to fifty, and addition to ten.

Slate and Blackboard Printing and Drawing.-All pupils of this grade must be provided with a small slate and pencil. Daily exercises on both slate and blackboard, in printing, from Willson's Chart Number Eleven, or from the primer, or from copies set by the teacher-capital letters, small letters, Arabic figures, lines, angles, etc. The pupils of this grade should be allowed to use the blackboard, during the recitations of other classes, at least twice a day, fifteen minutes or half an hour each time. Amusement is better than listless idleness.

Object Lessons, to train the perceptive faculties-sensation, perception, attention-will embrace lessons on:

Forms, including lines-straight, curved, parallel, perpendicular, vertical, oblique, and horizontal; angles—right, acute, and obtuse; surfaces-square and triangular.

Colors, the most common, such as red, blue, and yellow, from Willson's Color Chart, or in the absence of that, by classifying the colors of objects, such as grass, flowers, or articles of dress.

Miscellaneous objects, as articles of food, dress, or furniture, their parts and uses; the names of animals, plants, and vegetables, and their simplest uses. In these lessons the time must not exceed five minutes; only one or two new words should be introduced at a time, and every word and idea should be fixed in the mind. For