EDITORIAL MISCELLANY.

SALARIES OF CINCINNATI TEACHERS.-The School Board of Cincinnati recently adopted, by an almost unanimous vote, the following liberal schedule of salaries to take effect at the commencement of the next school year:

Intermediate Schools.-Principals shall be appointed at $1,800 per annum, which sum shall be increased $100 annually, until the annual salary shall amount to $2,100: Provided, however, that no teachers in the employ of the Board, if appointed Principal of an Intermediate School, shall thereby suffer any reduction of salary. First male assistants and first German assistants shall be appointed at $1,200 per annum, which sum shall be increased $100 annually, until the annual salary shall amount to $1,500. Female assistants shall be appointed at $600 per annum, which sum shall be increased $50 annually, until the annual salary shall amount to $800.

District Schools.-Principals shall be appointed at $1,600 per annum, which sum shall be increased $100 annually, until the annual salary shall amount to $1,900. First male assistants and first German assistants shall be appointed at $1,000 per annum, which sum shall be increased $100 annually, until the annual salary shall amount to $1,300. Female assistants shall be appointed at $400 per annum, which sum shall be increased annually $50, until the annual salary shall amount to $700.

There shall be four music masters, at a salary not exceeding $1,500 per annum, each; two drawing teachers, at a salary of $800 per annum, each, which sum shall be increased annually until the annual salary shall amount to $900; one male teacher of gymnastics, at a salary not exceeding $1,500 per annum, and one female assistant, who shall instruct the girls in grades D, E, and F, at a salary of $800 per annum.

The salaries of teachers, now in the employ of the Board, for the next school year, shall be regulated by the number of years' experience of such teachers, in the same or equivalent position in regularly graded schools of good standing, counting the first year at the lowest salary named, and adding the annual increase for each year's experience, provided that no experience of less than half of a year shall be counted, and provided, that all teachers to be hereafter appointed shall begin with the lowest rate of salary, unless the Board shall upon the recommendation of the committee on salaries, make special exception in the case of an experienced teacher. All substitutes shall be paid at the lowest rate of salary named for the position.

A comparison of this schedule with the salaries paid by the leading cities of the country, shows that Cincinnati leads all in the wages paid female teachers. This will enable the School Board to go into the market and employ teachers of the very highest qualifications, thus not only maintaining the great excellence of the schools of the city, but securing for them an undoubted pre-eminence.

The salaries of the officers of the Board are to be as follows: Superintendent, $2,500; clerk, he employing and paying asssistant clerk or messenger and janitor, $2,500; superintendent of buildings, $2,500; librarian, $1,200; assistant librarians, not exceeding $650 and $350.

MT. UNION COLLEGE.-An invitation to deliver a lecture before the students of this institution afforded us recently an opportunity of paying it a brief visit, and learning something of its prosperity and prospects. The number of students in attendance is equal to the boarding capacity of the village-several seeking admission having failed to find boarding places. A large boarding hall is in process of erection, and is expected to be completed before the opening of the fall term. Everything we saw indicated a degree of prosperity full of promise and encouragement. We were assured by several of the trustees that the movement to raise an endowment fund would unquestionably be crowned with success-that over $80,000 had already been secured with a fair prospect of reaching $150,000 before the close of the year. Five soliciting agents are now in the field. The history of this institution shows a steady and substantial growth, secured through the unflagging zeal and untiring energy of the men in charge of it.

At the close of the chapel exercises on the morning after our lecture, the faculty and students presented us with a list of fifty-three subscribers to the MONTHLY, which is the largest list we have ever received from a single institution. We commend this example to other institutions largely attended by students expecting to be teachers.

THE HIGH SCHOOL QUESTION.-New Haven has just concluded a "High School Discussion "a local controversy involving principles of wide application. Such controversies seem to come to all our growing towns very much as the scarlet-fever and the whooping-cough come to children. Escape is the exception. The discussion in the City of Elms, after various side issues were thrown out, seems to have turned on this radical question: Is the system of public schools maintained as a charity "for the poor and needy," or is it an institution "for the good of all " irrespective of classes-i. e., for the benefit of the town, the State, and the community? If the former view had prevailed, the high school would have been abolished; if the latter prevailed, the school was to be maintained. The popular verdict was given in the most emphatic manner in favor of "schools for all," and the high school was, therefore, sustained, as an essential part of a vigorous and efficient system of public instruction. The Nation.

AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF INSTRUCTION.-The thirty-seventh annual meeting of the American Institute of Instruction will be held in Burlington, Vt., on the the 7th, 8th, and 9th days of August, 1866. The subjects announced for discussion are: 1. "Our schools-their Influence on Agriculture, Commerce, Manufactures, Civil Polity and Morality." 2. "Advantages of Graded Schools. 3. "Education and Reconstruction." 4. " Place of the Sciences and the Classics in a Liberal Education." Lectures will be given by Moses T. Brown, of Cincinnati, O.; Prof. W. S. Tyler, of Amherst College; Prof. S. S. Greene, of Brown University, and Milo C. Stebbins, of Springfield, Mass. Addresses will also be given by the President of the Institute, B. G. Northrop, and by Governor Bullock, of Vermont.

MEETINGS OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS.-The National Association of School Superintendents, B. G. Northrop, of Massachusetts, President, will meet at Indianapolis, Ind., on the 13th of August; the American Normal School Association, Richard Edwards, of Illinois, President, meets in the same place on the 14th of August; and the National Teachers' Association, J. P. Wickersham, of Pennsylvania, President, in the same place on the 15th, 16th, and 17th of August. A large attendance at these meetings is anticipated.

SALEM HIGH SCHOOL.-We witnessed the commencement exercises of this school, which occurred on the 7th of June, and had the pleasure of congratulating the citizens on the evidence presented of its successful management and high character. The graduating class, the second in the history of the school, consisted of three young ladies and one young gentleman, all of whom acquitted themselves with credit. The diplomas were conferred, with appropriate remarks, by Mr. W. D. Henkle, superintendent of the public schools, after which an address, alluded to elsewhere, was delivered by the writer. A fine concert of vocal and instrumental music was given in the evening. The fact that the occasion marked the close of Mr. Mendenhall's and Miss Prunty's connection with the school, added special interest to the exercises. Under their administration the Salem High School has taken high rank, and is justly the pride of the city. The retiring teachers carry with them elegant and valuable presents as tokens of the high regard of their pupils.

"EXPERIENCES."-We would call the attention of primary teachers to the article in this number having this modest title. It is an admirable record of school-life experience, and will be found exceedingly suggestive.

SCHOOL OFFICERS' DEPARTMENT.-The interest manifested by school officers in the MONTHLY has induced us to set apart a few pages each month for their more special benefit. We solicit from them and others brief contributions.

HISTORY.-At a recent meeting of the teachers of Boston, Mass., and vicinity, the subject of teaching history was discussed. A great diversity of opinion and practice was revealed. We should like to see this subject discussed at the meeting of our State Association at Zanesville.

OBERLIN COLLEGE.-The trustees and prudential committee have decided to make a vigorous effort to raise $150,000 for an endowment and for new college buildings. The present income of the institution is insufficient to meet the current expenses, and the large and increasing attendance of students calls for enlarged accommodations. Rev. E. H. Fairchild, principal of the preparatory department, has been appointed general financial agent.

STATE BOARD.-Commissioner Norris has appointed Dr. Thec. Sterling, of Cleveland, and Capt. Wm. Mitchell, of Columbus, members of the State Board of Examiners. The third member is not yet appointed. We are not informed why Messrs. Cowdery, Tappan, and Harvey retire from the Board. The new appointees are eminent teachers.

THE FISK FREE SCHOOL for colored children, at Nashville, Tenn., closed its first term June 15th. A large number of citizens crowded the chapel to witness the examination, many of whom were astonished at the progress made by the pupils. The school is supported by the Western Freedmen's Commission of Cincinnati and the American Missionary Association of New York. It is conducted by fifteen excellent teachers, and is attended by about one thousand pupils. It is said that old Tennesseeans are feeling a little solicitude for what is known down South as

white trash."

DAYTON.-H. H. Vail, principal of the Second District School, has resigned to accept a position in the publishing house of Sargent, Wilson & Hinkle, Cincinnati, and A. P. Morgan, of the Dayton High School, goes to Wisconsin as an agent for the same house. O. S. Cook, of Illinois, occupies the position made vacant by Mr. Vail's resignation, and at our last advices he had not accepted an agency.- -The board of county school examiners announce a teachers' institute to be held in Dayton commencing July 23d, and continuing at the pleasure of the institute, say four weeks.

FAIRFIELD COUNTY.-The third normal institute of this county will be held at Lancaster, commencing July 9th, and continuing five weeks, to be followed by a county teachers' institute continuing one week. Rev. J. F. Reinmund, J. C. Harper, and J. C. Hartzler will constitute the board of instructors—a guaranty that the institute will be a success.

FRAME'S SCHOOL REGISTER.-This register is prepared in accordance with the official forms and instructions contained in the new edition of School Laws, and will be found well adapted for use in common schools. It was compiled by Mr. C. Frame, principal of one of the ward schools of Zanesville, and is published by Hugh Dunne of the same city.

THE LITTLE CORPORAL.-Our little folks are delighted with this sparkling and instructive paper. It fights the good fight most gallantly.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE OHIO TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION.

TUESDAY EVENING.

The Association met in the Second Street Methodist Episcopal Church, Zanesville, at 8 o'clock P. M., July 3d, 1866, and was called to order by the President, Eli T. Tappan, of Athens.

The exercises of the evening were opened with prayer by the Rev. D. D. Mather, of Zanesville.

On motion of W. D. Henkle, of Salem, Messrs. U. T. Curran, of Glendale, A. Armstrong, of Ripley, G. B. Brown, of Toledo, and G. A. Carnahan, of Cincinnati, were appointed assistant Secretaries.

Mr. A. T. Wiles, of Zanesville, in behalf of the teachers and citizens of Zanesville, delivered an address of welcome to the members of the Association, to which the President responded.

The Inaugural Address was delivered by the President, Mr. E. T. Tappan.

Mr. Wm. E. Crosby, of Cincinnati, moved that those portions of the address relating to High Schools, be referred to a committee. Carried.

Mr. E. E. White then announced the order of business for Wednesday.

Mr. Hancock moved that provision be made in the programme for an appropriate "celebration of the Fourth," between the hours of 11 o'clock and 12. Carried.

The Association adjourned to meet at 8 o'clock, Wednesday A. M.

WEDNESDAY.-MORNING SESSION.

Prayer was offered by Rev. J. F. Reinmund, of Lancaster. The President announced as a committee to report on High Schools-Messrs. W. E. Crosby, of Cincinnati, W. H. Young, of Athens, Wm. N. Edwards, of Troy.

Rev. J. F. Reinmund, of Lancaster, presented a report on Object Lessons. (See Report B.) The report was discussed by Messrs. Reinmund, Cowdery, Hancock, Henkle, Edwards, Crosby, Mitchell, White, Venable, and Hartshorn.

At 11 o'clock, the Declaration of Independence was read by Mr. E. E. White. General Leggett, of Zanesville, made a spirited address to the Association, appropriate to the occasion.

AFTERNOON SESSION.

The Association was called to order at 2 o'clock.

A motion to change the time of the annual meeting from July to the holidays, was discussed at some length, but a final vote was deferred until the evening session.

The following resolution offered by Mr. Cowdery, and discussed by Messrs. Cowdery, Rickoff, Norris, Tappan, Hancock, Harvey, Andrews, Crosby, and White, was unanimously adopted:

Resolved, That the series of measures suggested by Hon. E. B. White, in his report on Normal Schools to the Legislature at its recent session,—namely, County Teachers' Institutes, District Normal Institutes, and a State Normal School, as essential to give completeness to our Public School System,-meet our most cordial approval, and we most earnestly commend these suggestions and this entire report to the attention of the General Assembly as deserving early, if not first, consideration among the subjects of school legislation.

Mr. Mitchell offered the following resolution, which was unanimously adopted:

Resolved, That the Executive Committee be instructed to prepare and cause to be circulated among the teachers and active friends of education in the several counties of the State, a petition asking for the legislation necessary to the establishment of a State Normal School, and that this be aggregated through the School Commissioner's office, and by him presented to the Legislature at the next session.