EVENING SESSION.

The Institute reassembled according to adjournment at 8 o'clock and was called to order by the President, Mr. Stone.

Hon. Henry L. Barnard, LL. D. of Hartford, Conn., announced the death of Loring A. Andrews, and offered appropriate resolutions in honor of his memory. On motion of Gideon F. Thayer of Keene, N. H., Mr. Barnard was requested to prepare a biographical sketch of the life and services of Mr. Andrews.

On motion of Leander Wetherell, Esq., of Boston, the subject assigned for discussion was laid on the table, and the following gentlemen, in speeches of five minutes each, made statements as to the progress, condition, and interests of education: Messrs. Wetherell and Sheldon of Mass., Upson of N. J., Valentine of N. Y., Allen of Penn., Bulkley of N. Y., Kendall of R. I., Richards of Washington, D. C., Hedges of N. J., Goldthwaite of Mass., Sawyer of N. H., Thayer of N. H., and Camp of Conn.

Mr. Bulkley of Brooklyn, N. Y., offered the following resolutions, which were adopted unanimously:

Resolved, That the thanks of this Institute are due, and are hereby tendered to the Local Committee of this City, for the provisions made for our accommodations, and the facilities enjoyed during the session.

Resolved, That those Hotels which have liberally reduced their usual rates of fare, and have in various ways contributed to our pleasure and comfort, be tendered our hearty thanks.

Resolved, That our thanks be given to the following Railroad and Steamboat Companies for free return tickets from this meeting to our homes, viz.: the Eastern; Boston and Maine; Boston and Lowell; Nashua and Lowell; Wilton and Stony Brook; Essex; Old Colony and Fall River; Worcester and Nashua; Boston and Providence; Hartford, Providence and Fishkill; New Haven, Hartford and Springfield; Connecticut River; New Bedford and Boston and Taunton Branch; New Haven and New York; Hartford and New Haven Steamboat Companies; and the Boston and Worcester Railroad; also to the Trustees of the Centre and Universalist Churches for the free use of their respective buildings.

Resolved, That the several gentlemen who have given us lectures during the session be tendered our thanks for the same, and that copies be respectfully requested for publication.

Resolved, That our gratitude is due and heartily tendered to Dr. Butler of the Insane Retreat, for his polite invitation to visit the Institution, and for his courtesy and politeness, during the visit, thus made delightful to us all.

Resolved, That we cannot too highly commend this Institution, in view of its order and neatness; the complete adaptation of all its parts for the care, comfort and restoration of its subjects: for the skill and success in the treatment of the same; to the liberal patronage of the State; to the sympathy of the people; and the confidence of those whose friends may need that peculiar treatment, which this class of Institutions alone affords.

Resolved, That our thanks be hereby tendered to the Trustees of the Wadsworth Athenæum, and the Historical Society, for opening the rooms of these Institutions, and affording the members of the Institute the pleasure and profit of examining the wonders of art, ancient and modern, there exhibited.

Resolved, That we tender our thanks to A. G. Hammond, Esq., for his polite invitation to visit his house and see the "Night-Blooming Cereus" in full bloom.

Resolved, That we present our thanks to the Superintendent of Colt's Armory, for an invitation to visit the shop and witness the various operations in the manufacture of the celebrated Colt's Pistol.

Resolved, That as patriots and Christians we regard the present state of our be

loved country, with the deepest interest; that we look upon

the present rebellion as the result of the most unnatural and unholy war, waged against the freest and best government under heaven; prompted by the ambition of wicked men, who are resolved on the "rule or ruin" of the inheritance of our fathers, secured to us by their labor, sufferings, and blood.

Resolved, That, with all our hearts, we sympathize with the President of the United States, in his efforts to sustain the government and our institutions, in this hour of peril; and that we pledge our lives, our property, and our sacred honor, in vigorous and prompt action, in subduing the rebellion and establishing peace.

Resolved, That our sympathies and prayers are with and for our beloved fathers, brothers, and friends in the army and navy; that we tender to them assurances of the warmest love and kindest regards; that we pledge ourselves to watch over and provide for their loved ones at home, and trust that the day may not be distant when they shall return to us, and in the bosom of their families again rejoice in the peace and prosperity of our beloved country.

Wm. D. Ticknor of Boston offered the following resolution, which was adopted unanimously by a rising vote:

Resolved, That the heartfelt thanks of the members of the American Institute of Instruction be and are hereby tendered to Wm. E. Sheldon, Esq., for his faithful, energetic, and successful efforts to promote the interest of the Institute, during the two years he has been its Secretary.

On motion of Mr. Hedges of N. J., the Institute, after singing the Doxology, adjourned sine die.

QUESTIONS FOR CANDIDATES FOR CHELSEA HIGH SCHOOL, 1862.

HISTORY.

1. In what did the colonization of America originate?

2. At what date was the Confederacy of the United Colonies of New England formed? For what purpose? How long did it continue, and what terminated it?

3. What were the first Civil Communities in which the free toleration of religion was recognized?

4. What territory of North America did the French claim at the date A. D. 1750? On what was the claim founded, and how was it finally settled?

5. Give England's pretext for taxing the Colonies, and the reasons for the course the Colonies pursued in regard to it.

6. Name the Presidents of the United States in the order of their election with dates and times of service.

7. What difficulties arose when the American army was about to be disbanded, and how were they settled? In what proportion to their nominal value were the army notes sold?

8. In what year was the Constitution of the United States adopted? What was the form of government from the close of the war at that time, and what was gained by the adoption of the New Constitution?

GEOGRAPHY.

1. For what purpose is the surface of the earth divided into imaginary circles, such as the equator, parallels of latitude, and meridians of longitude?

2. What is meant by climate, and what influence has it on animal and vegetable life?

3. In what does a Republic differ from a limited Monarchy? Which is preferable, and why?

4. What is meant by the Atlantic and Pacific slopes, and what may hence be determined with regard to the river systems of North America?

5. Load a vessel at New York for New Orleans: freight the vessel from New Orleans for Liverpool; thence to Smyrna; thence to St. Petersburg; thence to Canton; thence to New York, touching at Calcutta. State the various articles taken as freight at the different ports; and, commencing with the voyage, name the different waters through which you sail. 6. What are the trade winds? Within what limits do they occur, and what causes them?

7. Name the islands and groups of islands in the Mediterranean Sea. 8. How is each of the following political divisions bounded, and what is the capital of each: Prussia, Arabia, Michigan, Brazil?

ARITHMETIC.

1. What is the difference between the greatest common divisor and the least common multiple of two or more numbers? Find the least common multiple of 5, 16, 24, 32, and 48; and give the reasons for your method. 2. Upon what does the value of a fraction depend?

21 of (61++ of 5

31

6

4. What is the difference between a decimal and a vulgar fraction? Add together 31, .0004, 1241§, 11.0101, .1, 93.

5. of a link is of what fraction of a mile?

6. A bought 15684 lbs. of sugar and lost thirty-three and one-third per cent. of it, and sold twelve-and-a-half per cent. of the remainder for what did A receive for what he sold?

$.095 per
lb.;
7. A has bought of B as follows:

April 15, 1857, on three months' credit, a bill of
May 1,

"" four 66

66

$300 00

600 00

B has also bought of A as follows:

May 15, 1857, on three months' credit, a bill of

When shall B pay to A the balance of the debt?

66

$300 00

900 00

8. If a two-penny loaf weighs 8 oz. when wheat is 6s. 9d. per bushel, how much bread can be bought for 3s. 4d. when wheat is worth 13s. 6d. per bushel ?

9. Four men buy a grindstone 3 feet in diameter, what length of radius shall each wear off successively so that each may wear off of the stone? Make the answer correct to four places of decimals.

10. The diameter of a bushel measure being 18 inches and the height 8 inches, required the side of a cubic box which shall contain that quantity ?

GRAMMAR.

1. Which division of Grammar treats of the correct spelling of words? When are w and y consonants, and when vowels?

2. When may a common noun become proper? Write an example of a common noun; a proper noun; a collective noun; an abstract noun; a verbal noun. Write a sentence in which a proper noun is used as a

common noun.

3. Write the plurals of money, echo, thief, chief, portico, goose, courtmartial, handful, Knight-templar, eight, if, madame, swine.

4. Write the feminine forms of boy, king, son, youth, nephew, wizard, monk, steer, bridegroom, Jew, host, duke, actor, abbot, emperor, hero, marquis, tiger, negro, executor, landlord, husband, gentleman.

5. Give the synopsis of the verb choose in the second person singular: also conjugate the verb choose in the present indicative and present potential, interrogatively and negatively, at the same time.

6. What is a verb? How are verbs classified according to their form? How, according to their use? What are the properties of a verb? Define them.

7. Name the participles of begin, break, freeze, hurt.

8. What is a sentence? Analyze the following extract from Pope's Essay on Man," and parse the italicised words:

"Remember, man, 'the universal cause

Acts not by partial, but by general laws,'
And makes what happiness we justly call
Subsist not in the good of
one,
but all."

INTELLIGENCE.

PERSONAL.

C. A. Daniels has been appointed Principal of the High School, Malden.

S. G. Cowdrey has been appointed teacher in Woburn, in place of Dyer Freeman resigned.

Harrison E. Leland has been appointed Principal of the Washington School, Neponset, Dorchester,

BOOK NOTICES.

THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EDUCATION. Edited by HENRY BARNARD, LL. D. No. 3, New Series. September, 1862.

Mr. Barnard has decided to bring together in a single volume the Papers on Military Education, he designed to publish in successive numbers of his Journal. The present number is devoted to the military schools of France and Prussia. Our nation is suffering sadly from the want of properly trained officers. More attention must be paid in future to military education. Everybody feels this, peace men as well as war men. Mr. Barnard, in thus devoting his pages to a description of the best military schools of Europe, meets a public want.

This Journal, devoted as it is to all departments of education, deserves the support of teachers, and of all who have the cause of education at heart.

ATLANTIC MONTHLY.-The October number has reached us. Autumnal Tints, by Thoreau, is a good article, and just in season. The most valuable article is The Sanitary Condition of the Army, by Dr. Jarvis. It cannot be too widely circulated. David Gaunt is completed, and Mr. Axtell continued. Hawthorne gives us Leamington Spa. The publishers never issue a poor number.

HALL'S JOURNAL OF HEALTH. The October number contains an article on Curiosities in Bread, describing a method of making bread without yeast by forcing into it carbonic-acid gas; also Health Tracts, and Soldier Tracts.

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