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PENNSYLVANIA

SCHOOL JOURNAL.

"THAT WHICH MAKES A GOOD CONSTITUTION MUST KEEP IT, VIZ: MEN OF WISDOM AND VIRTUE; QUAL-

ITIES THAT, BECAUSE THEY DESCEND NOT WITH WORLDLY INHERITANCE, MUST BE CARE-

FULLY PROPAGATED BY A VIRTUOUS EDUCATION OF YOUTH."-Penn.

EDITED BY

THO. H. BURROWES.

VOL. XIV,—JULY, 1865 TO JULY, 1866.

LANCASTER PA.
WM. B. WILEY, PRINTER.

PENNSYLVANIA

SCHOOL JOURNAL.

Vel. XIV.

LANCASTER, PA., JULY, 1865.

TUESDAY MORNING: Organization; Miscellaneous Business; Address of Welcome; Response by the Association. Afternoon-1. Address by the President, F. A. Allen, of Tioga county. 2. Report: "The Relation of the Common School to Higher Institutions of Learning," by J. H. Shumaker, of Juniata county. Discussion of the Report. Resolutions and Motions.

Evening-Address by the Rev. Thomas K. Beecher, of Elmira, New York. Discussion: "" Whispering in School, how prevented."

WEDNESDAY MORNING: The Importance of the Co-operation of the Christian Ministry in the cause of Popular education, by; discussion of the report. Discussion: "Are

the older States of the Union entitled to a share in the public lands for Common School purposes Miscellaneous Business.

Afternoon-Discussion-"Efficient Agencies of a judicious School Government." Report by Prof. Brooks, of Millersville Normal School,-"The effect of Common School systems upon Parental Education." Discussion of the Report.

Evening-Address by Rev. F. S. Jewell, Principal of New York State Normal School. Subject: "The Position and Duty of the Church with regard to the Public School Teacher." Discussion: "The Self-reporting System."

THURSDAY MORNING: Reports of Committees. The Relation of the Educator to the State, by A. N. Raub, of Schuylkill county. Discussion of the Report. Discussion: "Ethics in School."

Afternoon-Election of Officers; Essay by Miss Jennie E. Leonard, of Clearfield county. Subject: "Our Plan for the Education of the Orphan Children of Soldiers and Sailors." General Discussion upon topics suggested by the Association.

Evening-Social Meeting; Addresses and Speeches; Resolutions.

Reports should not occupy more than 20 minutes. The programme is published that the teachers of the State may make its topics the subject of thought and discussion among themselves, and thus come prepared for an active participation in the business of the convention. The Executive Committee expect to have a large, enthusiastic and profitable meeting. The place of the meeting, the surroundings of the town, its numerous literary institutions,

No. 1.

Circular letters

all combine to call for a large attendance.
will be sent to the County Superintendents, urging them
to use their influence in promoting the interests of the
meeting, and cause a notice of it to be published in their
respective local papers.

Arrangements have been made to procure accommoda-
tions for the members at hotels and in private families, at
reduced rates. The following railroad companies upon ap-
plication have agreed to a reduction of fare to members of
the association, viz: The Atlantic and Great Western,
Pennsylvania Central, Philadelphia and Erie, Beaver Val-
ley, Pittsburg and Erie.
WM. F. WYERS,
WEST CHESTER, June 26, 1865.
Chr. Ex. Com.
N. B.-The members of the Executive Committee are
earnestly requested to meet for consultation at 8 o'clock,
a. m., on Tuesday, August 1st, at Meadville.

NATIONAL TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION. This body will hold its annual meeting for 1865, on the 16th, 17th and 18th of August, in the Hall of the House liver an address of Welcome, at 10 o'clock, a. m., on the of Representatives at Harrisburg. Gov. CURTIN will de16th. On the afternoon of the 17th, it is contemplated to have an excursion to GETTYSBURG. All the hotels of Harrisburg have consented to reduce their charges about onethird, in favor of the members of the Association, and the railroads centering at Harrisburg will grant free return tickets to members who pay full fare to them, respectively, on their way to the place of meeting.

THE STATE AND NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS.

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We have only space to express the hope, that both these bodies may be fully attended. Teachers of the State owe it to themselves to sustain their own organization, by their presence, in large numbers. The programme shows, that a rare treat and a valuable meeting have been provided for them, if they will attend and partake.

They owe it also to State pride and their character as members of a great profession, to attend the National Association. Armies of Teachers are coming from New England and the great West, and some even from the southern States. Let Pennsylnania give them a generous welcome. The full programme will be in the August number.

MR. STEVENS'S SPEECH, IN 1835. This eloquent and able production is in this number. All should read the arguments necessary, thirty years ago, to prevent the repeal of the Common School Law.