PLYMOUTH COUNTY TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION. The Thirty-third Semi-annual Meeting of this Association will be held at Hingham, on Friday and Saturday, June 8th and 9th. The Exercises will be as follows: FRIDAY, JUNE 8th. The Meeting will be organized for the transaction of business at 9 o'clock, A. M., after which there will be a discussion. At 2 o'clock, P. M. a discussion. At 3 o'clock, a Lecture by Rev. Joshua Young, of Hingham, to be followed by a discussion. Evening Session.-At 8 o'clock, a Lecture by Rev. William Rice, of Springfield, Member of the Board of Education. SATURDAY, JUNE 9th. At 9 o'clock, A. M., a discusssion. At 10 o'clock, a Lecture by Solon F. Whitney, Esq., Principal of the Watertown High School, to be followed by a discussion. At 2 o'clock, P. M., a discussion. At 3 o'clock, Reports of Committees. The subjects for discussion are,— 1st,-How may Parental Coöperation be best secured? 2d,-To what degree does School Life influence Future Character? 3d, General Exercises in School: What shall they be, and how conducted? 4th,-Will Material Wealth compensate for a Neglect of Educational Privileges? Teachers are requested to make preparation for the discussions. Ladies are invited to present essays upon the subjects. Teachers attending the meetings of the Association will be entertained by the citizens of the town. Free return tickets will be furnished by the Secretary, on the Old Colony and Newport, and South Shore Railroads, good only on the days of the meeting, and to the station from which an advance fare was paid. LEWIS E. NOYES, SECRETARY. DE WITT C. BATES, PRESident. TO CORRESPONDENTS. We have in type, but crowded out of the present number, an article on writing "Compositions," in which we have embodied an excellent practical exercise, given at the Educational Meeting, by Mr. L. W. RUSSELL, of Watertown: and we have on file, besides smaller favors, an article on teaching Geography, by the author of the excellent article on teaching Grammar; one entitled, Governed too Much, by a friend whose words always deserve attention; and Letters to Pupils, by an ex-teacher, from whom we are sure our readers will be glad to hear. We have also an article from our valued contributor W. H., and a Report of the Educational Meeting. Thanking all our contributors heartily for their favors, we would respectfully intimate that there is no time when Oliver is not ready for more. SARGENT'S ENTIRELY NEW SERIES OF READERS, AND PRONOUNCING SPELLER. Send for the Latest and Best before making a Change. In consequence of the great success of Mr. EPES SARGENT in his specialty of preparing Readers for schools, there has been a large demand for new books from him; and he has consequently prepared an entirely new and improved Series of Readers, which have been carefully and elegantly electrotyped, and are now ready. The smaller books are beautifully illustrated, and all those improvements, which constan consultation with our best teachers has suggested, are included. We defy contradiction in saying that the Series is the Best, the Handsomest, the most Carefully Prepared, and, we may add, the Cheapest, ever published. Mr. Sargent's long experience, careful scholarship, high culture as a literary man, and acknowledged taste, added to his admitted success in ONE Series of Readers, of which millions are sold annually, are a guaranty that committees will find it for the interest of schools to examine his New Series before making any change. The most striking evidence of his previous success may be found in the extent to which the latest compilers of Readers and Speakers have made use of his original labors in selection; his works appearing to have been The magazine from which compilers have taken nearly two-thirds of their pieces. The New Fifth Reader, ust issued, is the greatest book of its class before the public. The ELOCUTIONARY INTRODUCTION embraces all the instruction of any practical value; and the Reading Lessons comprise the best elocutionary pieces in the language. It is eminently a book FOR THE TIMES, AND UP WITH THE TIMES-far in advance of any competing work. Sargent's New Pronouncing Speller has among its features a NEW AND IMPROVED SYSTEM OF NOTATION, and is exciting the greatest interest among teachers for the thoroughness and ingenuity of its system of indicating pronunciation. Copies for examination furnished on application to the Publisher. Aug., '64.-tf. JOHN L. SHOREY, 13 Washington Street, Boston, Mass. THESE BLACKBOARDS ARE MADE OF WOOD, coated with Munger's Eureka Liquid Slating, and secured in a frame like a School Slate; thus being left free to expand and contract. They are in all respects equal to slabs of slate, and superior to them in the color and fineness of the surface. We have on hand various styles, suitable for Nursery, School, and all other uses to which a Blackboard may be applied. For APPLICATION TO WALLS, and RENOVATING OLD BLACKBOARDS, this Slating is too well known to need comment. It has stood the test of TEN YEARS' CONSTANT USE, and, during the last year, in New England alone, has been applied to over Seventy-five Thousand Square Feet of surface, and in not a single instance has it failed to give entire satisfaction. We have several men constantly employed in applying the Slating to old and new Blackboards, and every foot of surface is warranted. Price of Coating Surfaces, 10 Cents per Square Foot. TESTIMONIALS. I have several Blackboards in my school, coated with the Eureka Liquid Slating, some of which have been in use more than five years. They are better to-day than when the slating was first applied. It deserves the best things that can be said of it, without qualification or abatement. (Signed) J. P. PAYSON, I have used one of your Slated Blackboards nearly ten years. The surface, though excellent at first, seemed to improve all that time. I have used two other boards for several years, and it is my opinion that, when properly made, they will last a lifetime. (Signed) E. ROBBINS, SOUTH BOSTON, MAY 3, 1865. We have used the Eureka Liquid Slating upon all our Blackboards since September, 1864, and I do not hesitate to say that they are superior to the best slabs of slate. (Signed) C. GOODWIN CLARKE, Master Bigelow Grammar School, Boston. I am of opinion that the Eureka Liquid Slating will always give satisfaction when properly applied. (Signed) JOHN D. PHILBRICK, Superintendent Public Schools, Boston. You can put me down in favor of the My Blackboards are excellent. universal use of the Eureka Liquid Slating. (Signed) D. W. JONES, Principal Cumins School, Roxbury. It is my opinion that Blackboards made from the Eureka Liquid Slating are superior to every other material, solid slate not excepted. It is a wonder that so smooth a surface should never become glazed, so as to refuse to receive the chalk. Their greatest excellence, however, is the distinctness with which the lines may be seen from any part of the room. (Signed) F. B. SNOW, Principal Bridgam School, Providence, R. I. I know of no inducement that would influence me to remove the Slating from our Blackboards, and return to the former painted surface. 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