Resident Editors' Department. THE ROLL OF HONOR. LUCIUS A. WHEELOCK, Usher in the Dwight School, Boston, has enlisted in Capt. Fowle's company, Tiger Regiment, for nine months' service. We have not heretofore displayed our Roll of Honor, because we had no names to inscribe upon it. No doubt scores of teachers from our State are now serving in the armies of the Union, but from want of sufficient information we have been unable to record their names. We would, therefore, invite our readers to send us the names of such, stating the company and regiment to which they belong, and in what capacity they are serving. Mr. Wheelock enlists as a private from entirely patriotic motives. He retains his connection with the school, his place being supplied during his absence. If he only makes as good a soldier as he is a teacher, nothing more can be asked of him. Here is a good example; who will follow it? For ourselves we do not feel like asking any man to go to the war, for the knapsack is not yet strapped to our own shoulders. But we think every able-bodied man in the community should ask himself the question,- Is it my duty to go to the war? As he answers it to his conscience, so let him do. AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF INSTRUCTION. HARTFORD, CONN., Aug. 20, 1862. THE American Institute of Instruction commenced its Thirty-third Annual Meeting at the State House in this City, at 24 o'clock P. M. A. P. Stone, Esq., President of the Association, in the chair. Rev. Dr. Joel Hawes of Hartford invoked the divine blessing. Rev. A. E. Washburn, in behalf of the Committee of Arrangements, and the citizens and teachers of Hartford, extended a cordial welcome to the members of the Association. Hon. D. N. Camp, in a few remarks, introduced His Excellency, Gov. W. A. Buckingham, who expressed his deep interest in the objects of the Association, and warmly welcomed the teachers to the capital of the State of Connecticut. The President appropriately responded to the words of welcome extended by the representatives of the City and State. The President then read his annual address. On motion of J. W. Bulkley of Brooklyn, N. Y., the reading of the minutes of the last annual meeting was dispensed with and the records approved. Messrs. Hedges of N. Y., Northrop and Adams of Mass., Sawyer of N. H., Allen of Conn., Valentine of N. Y., and Greene of R. I., were appointed a committee to nominate officers for the ensuing year. A committee on teachers and teachers' places was appointed, consisting of Messrs. Bulkley of N. Y., Boyden and Hardon of Mass., Allen of Penn., and Phelps of Conn. The topic, "Methods of Teaching Geography," was discussed, according to assignment. A. G. Boyden, Esq., of Bridgewater Normal School, opened the discussion, and was followed by Messrs. Hewitt of Ill., Allen of Penn., Greenleaf of N. Y., and Bartlett of Conn. On motion of the Secretary, W. E. Sheldon, Esq., the subject was laid on the table, and the Institute, on motion of Mr. Northend of Conn., adjourned to meet at 8 o'clock P. M. EVENING SESSION. The Institute met in the Central Congregational Church. The President in the chair. The minutes of the afternoon session were read by the Secretary and approved. An interesting and able lecture was delivered by Samuel Eliot, President of Trinity College, Hartford. On motion of Mr. Wetherell of Boston, the Institute adjourned to meet the next morning, at 9 o'clock, in the Vestry of the Central Church. THURSDAY MORNING. The Institute assembled at the Vestry of the Central Church, at 9 o'clock A. M., and was called to order by the President. Prayer was offered by Rev. Geo. Trask of Fitchburg, Mass. The records of the evening session were read by the Secretary, and approved by the Institute. On motion of Nathan Hedges, Esq., of Newark, N. J., the topic, "Methods of Teaching Geography" was taken from the table and discussed by J. W. Dickinson of Westfield, Mass., and Rev. B. G. Northrop of Saxonville, Mass. On motion of H. E. Sawyer of Concord, N. H., the subject of "Methods of Teaching Geography" was laid on the table, and the question "How can the Study of English Grammar and of the English Language be made more Efficient and Beneficial" was taken up. This discussion was opened by Chas. Ansorge of Dorchester, Mass., and continued by Hon. John D. Philbrick of Boston, Prof. S. S. Greene of Providence, S. B. Woolworth, Secretary of the Regents of N. Y. University, and Erastus Benedict of New York City Board of Education. Dr. Butler, Superintendent of the Insane Asylum, extended an invitation to the members of the Institute to visit "The Retreat." Hon. J. D. Philbrick moved that the invitation of Dr. Butler be accepted, and the Institution be visited at 44 P. M. On motion of J. W. Dickinson the Institute took a recess of 5 minutes. At 11 A. M., Joshua Kendall, Esq., Principal of Rhode Island Normal School, gave a lecture, after which the Institute adjourned to meet at 24 o'clock P. M. AFTERNOON SESSION. At 24 o'clock P. M., the Institute was called to order by the President. The Secretary stated that a gold watch, lost by a lady member of the Institute, was found and returned by an honest servant girl-Miss Nichols of No. 13 Prospect street. Major General Wm. H. Russell of New Haven, Conn., was introduced as the lecturer of the hour. At the conclusion of Mr. Russell's lecture, the question "Ought Military Instruction to be generally introduced into our Schools? was presented. The subject was discussed by Hon. J. D. Philbrick, Superintendent of Public Schools of Boston. The Association adjourned at 4 P. M. to visit the Retreat for the Insane. EVENING SESSION. The Institute assembled at 7 P. M. at the Universalist Church :- the President in the chair. The subject assigned for discussion, “Ought Military Instruction to be generally introduced into our Schools?" was reassigned for 9 o'clock, Friday morning. Rev. B. G. Northrop read the annual report of the Board of Directors which was accepted by the Institute. At 8 o'clock the President introduced Rev. Merrill Richardson of Worcester, Mass., who delivered an address on "Popular Education as related to National Welfare." On motion of Mr. Hedges, voted to adjourn to 9 o'clock Friday morning. FRIDAY MORNING. The Association met at 9 o'clock A. M. in the vestry of the Central Church. Meeting was called to order by the President. Prayer was offered by Henry E. Sawyer of Concord, N. H. The Secretary read the records of the afternoon and evening session, which were approved. Wm. D. Ticknor of Boston, Treasurer, read his annual report, showing a balance of $239.20 to the credit of the Institute. The report was accepted. On motion of Mr. Ariel Parish, the following resolution, offered by Mr. Richards of Washington, D. C., was taken up for consideration: Resolved, That the American Journal of Education, published by Henry Barnard, LL. D., is, in the opinion of this Institute, a work of great labor and merit, presenting the most complete history of education and of educators ever published; and that it ought to be possessed by every professional teacher and friend of education. Remarks were made by Messrs. Parish, Sawyer, Hedges, and Woolworth, and the resolution was unanimously adopted. On motion of W. E. Sheldon the speakers were limited to ten minutes, which on motion of Mr. Wetherell of Boston was amended and only five minutes allowed to each person, in the further discussion of the military question. Messrs. Thayer of Keene, N. H., N. T. Allen of West Newton, Chas. Northend of New Britain, Ct., J. W. Bulkley of New York, Leander Wetherell of Boston, Ariel Parish of Springfield, B. G. Northrop of Saxonville, F. A. Allen of Penn., Chas. W. Jones of Roxbury, Geo. E. Allen of West Newton, Wm. T. Adams of Boston, Trask of Fitchburg, Greenleaf of Brooklyn, N. Y., H. E. Sawyer of Concord, N. H., S. B. Woolworth of Albany, N. Y., and Dr. Dio Lewis of Boston, participated in the discussion. On motion of Nathan Hedges of N. J., the subject was laid upon the table, and the Institute took a recess of five minutes. Gideon F. Thayer of Keene, N. H., offered the following resolutions: Resolved, That in the demise of Rev. DANIEL KIMBALL of Needham, within the past year, the Institute has lost an old and valued member and Vice-President of the Association. Resolved, That as a scholar, a teacher, a friend of temperance, of peace, of Christianity, and of universal good will to man, Mr. Kimball stood in the foremost rank of the philanthropists of our country. Resolved, That his integrity was unimpeached, his purity unspotted, his fidelity as a citizen unrivalled, and as a husband and father, he was a model to all men in those relations. Resolved, That we sympathise most sincerely with his suffering friends, and pray that those consolations which they severally need, under their serious bereavement, be extended to them by the benignant father of us all. Resolved, That these resolutions be entered on the journal of the Institute, and that the Secretary transmit a copy thereof to the family of the deceased. Mr. Parish of Springfield offered the following resolutions in reference to the decease of President Felton: Resolved, That in the recent death of CORNELIUS CONWAY FELTON, late President of Harvard College, the American Institute of Instruction has been bereaved of one of its most esteemed and valued members. As a scholar, -a genial associate and gentleman, -a thorough teacher, -a friend and staunch supporter of the cause of education, from the primary to the collegiate department, a noble citizen and patriot,—his removal causes a vacancy in the deliberations and counsels which will not be soon nor easily filled. We desire to tender to the family and friends of the deceased, our heartfelt sympathy in this their irreparable bereavement. Appropriate remarks were made by Messrs. Parish, Wetherell, and W. D. Ticknor. L. Hall Grandgent of the Mayhew School, Boston, then read a lecture on the "Rise and Progress of Education in Europe." Adjourned to 24 o'clock P. M. AFTERNOON SESSION. The Institute assembled at 24 o'clock and was called to order by the President. Messrs. Valentine of Brooklyn, N. Y., Wilson of Taunton, Mass., and Hedges of Newark, N. J., were appointed a committee to distribute, collect, and count votes, for the election of officers for the ensuing year. The following officers were unanimously elected: Vice-Presidents - Samuel Pettes, Roxbury, Mass.; Barnas Sears, Providence, R. I.; Gideon F. Thayer, Boston, Mass.; Benjamin Greenleaf, Bradford, Mass.; William Russell, Lancaster, Mass.; Henry Barnard, Hartford, Conn.; William H. Wells, Chicago, Ill.; Alfred Greenleaf, Brooklyn, N. Y.; William D. Swan, Bos ton, Mass,; Charles Northend, New Britain, Conn.; Samuel S. Greene, Providence, Recording Secretary — Samuel W. Mason, Boston, Mass. Corresponding Secretaries-B. W. Putnam, Boston, Mass.; John Kneeland, Roxbury, Mass. Treasurer-William D. Ticknor, Boston, Mass. Curators - Nathan Metcalf, Boston, Mass.; Samuel Swan, Boston, Mass.; J. E. Horr, Brookline, Mass. Censors - William T. Adams, Boston, Mass.; James A. Page, Boston, Mass.; C. Goodwin Clark, Boston, Mass. Counsellors - Daniel Mansfield, Cambridge, Mass.; Charles Hutchins, Boston, Mass.; J. W. Allen, Norwich, Conn.; George N. Bigelow, Framingham, Mass.; Richard Edwards, Bloomington, Ill.; T. W. Valentine, Brooklyn, N. Y.; J. E. Littlefield, Bangor, Me.; Moses T. Brown, Toledo, Ohio; Henry L. Boltwood, Lawrence, Mass.; Joseph White, Williamstown, Mass.; George T. Littlefield, Somerville, Mass.; William E. Sheldon, West Newton, Mass. The President announced that members of the Institute could visit the Armory of the Colt Manufacturing Co., at 6 o'clock P. M.; also that A. G. Hammond, Esq., had invited the members of the Institute to visit his residence, after the evening session, to witness the "Night-Blooming Cereus" in full bloom. Hon. D. N. Camp, Commissioner of Common Schools for Connecticut, delivered a lecture on "The Relation of the Teacher in advancing Civilization;" after the close of the lecture the Association took a recess of five minutes. The President stated that he had just received a telegram from Hon. Wm. D. Swan, announcing that he should not be able to meet with the Institute at its evening session. On motion of Mr. Hedges, the topic "Methods of Instruction best adapted to develop in Pupils the power of Communicating Knowledge," was taken from the table. Rev. Dr. Joel Hawes made some excellent and pertinent remarks upon the subject; also expressing his unfeigned pleasure in having the Institute assemble in Hartford; he commended its object and aims and sincerely desired success to attend it. On motion of Mr. Wilson of Taunton, Mass., the Institute adjourned to 8 P. M. |