289. In schoolhouses, 286, 301. See Schools
and Schoolhouses.

Increase in the number of branches studied,
286.

Institutes, Teachers'. See Teachers' Institutes.
Instructers. See Teachers.
Instruction, thoroughly given, 93, 120. Not
sufficiently practical, 158, 172, 187. Minutiæ
of, neglected, 184. Given without book, 188.
How to be given, 206, 264, 275. See Moral
Instruction, Names of things, and Memory.
Intellect, 186, 252, 287, 295, 300. See Moral
Instruction.

Intercourse between teachers and parents, 164.
See Parents.

Itinerant teachers, to be avoided, 75.

K.

Knowledge, value of, 25. Both power and
pleasure, 266. See Education.

L.

Language, to be learned early, 308.
Languages, the learned, not essential to emi-
nence,
309.
Laws, in regard to visiting schools, 216.
School, not intended to limit the responsibil-
ity of parents, 307.

Libraries, school, 34, 40, 55, 65, 95, 105, 117,
137, 155, 163, 219, 246, 259, 312, 318, 321.
Exchange of, between districts, 81.
Linear drawing, examination in, 284.
Low, John J., donation of apparatus by,

M.

22

Manners, rude, 77, 295. Good, 142, 204. Im-
portance of attention to, 79, 95, 106, 112, 121,
155, 171, 176, 180, 235, 251, 262, 274, 276,
287, 289. Of teachers, 142, 221, 255. Im-
provement in, 148, 212, 216.'

Manufacturing districts, activity of, in regard to
schools, 199.

Maps, drawing of, 47, 49, 54, 85, 140. In pri-
mary schools, 134. Outline, approved, 226.
Meetings, of teachers, proposed, 19. Approved,
30, 36, 56, 101, 111, 134, 230, 298. Of dis-
tricts, for educational objects, 56, 128, 154,
173, 313.

Memory, too much appealed to,3, 99, 104, 108,
117, 119, 188, 240, 287, 320.
Ministers of the Gospel declared unfit to be on
school committees, 280.

Mitchell's Geographical Reader, noticed, 200.
Money, loss of, by the employment of incom-
petent teachers, 74. Misuse of, 250. See
Distribution.

Moral character of teachers, 8, 255, 264, 268.
See Teachers.
Moral instruction, not necessarily sectarian, 52,
59, 83, 151, 175, 269. Remarks on, 70, 71.
In manufacturing towns, important, 80.
Method pursued in, 298. Earnestly recom-
mended, 105, 112, 113, 140, 146, 262, 300,
304, 305. Deficiency of, 161, 166, 179, 233,
251. More important than intellectual, 186,
252, 287, 295, 300. Needed to regulate char-
acter, 315, 316.

Morals, improved by education, 244. See
Manners.

Multiplication table, importance of, 275.
Music, in schools, recommended, 1, 34, 53, 62,

66, 67, 78, 109, 117, 121, 129, 134, 159, 163,

174, 183, 184, 192, 194, 200, 227, 247, 251,
254, 258, 259, 264, 266, 309. Attainable by
all who can read, 294.

N.

Names of things, the teaching of, without ideas,
2, 4, 92, 94.

Natural history, specimens in, 251.
Natural philosophy, written examination in, 2,

283.

Neatness, recommended, 184. See School-
houses and Manners.
Newspaper, school, 147.

Normal schools, teachers from, approved, 21,
72, 109, 116, 131, 134, 200, 202, 223, 286, 299,
302. Supply from, not equal to the demand,
91. Favorable opinion of, 109, 148, 215. A
pupil from one of the, described, 275.

0.

Opinion, public, power of, 86.

Oral instruction, in a primary school, 134.
Order. See Discipline and Corporal Punish

ment.

Orthography, should be taught by writing, 125.
See Spelling.

Outline Maps. See Maps.

P.

Parents, interference of, with teachers, 34, 120,
192, 218, 263. Coöperation of, 37, 39, 48, 57,
63, 73, 74, 85, 89, 98, 107, 108, 111, 122, 133,
137, 150, 152, 153, 156, 163, 181, 202, 205,
206, 212, 220, 254, 265, 272, 306, 314, 317,
323. Good effects of visits from, 56, 121,
211. Responsible for the absence of their
children, 198, 288. Neglect of, to aid the
teacher, 114. Should furnish apparel and
books betimes, 141. Should not speak ill of
teachers, 172, 192, 265, 290, 320. Serious
appeal to, 192, 220.

Parsing, technical, remarks on, 3.
Penmanship, examination in, 47. Neglect of,
272.

Penn, Wm., remark of, 151.
Physiology, importance of, 28, 70, 99, 117, 121,
131, 171, 212, 313.

Pic-nic, school, good influence of a, 253.
Prayer, in school, recommended, 35.
Primary schools, impo ance of, 30, 32.
Principles, to be taught rather than words, 236,

240.

Private schools, injurious influence of, 14, 73,
79, 86, 98, 127, 159, 160, 239, 311, 316.
Privies, indispensable to every school, 172.
Prizes in schools, objections to, 9, 275. Exper
iment of, injurious, 41. See Emulation.
Profane swearing, denounced, 143. See Man-

ners.

Pronunciation, early, of elementary sounds,
urged, 151.

Prudential committees, should not appoint
teachers, 19, 21, 144. Duty of, 51, 57, 71,
128, 131, 177, 183, 235, 263. Not to be taken
from the parents in rotation, 137, 157. Re-
sponsibility of, 187, 200, 241. Should select
teachers betimes, 192, 236. Method of nom-
inating, proposed, 200. Not to receive school
money in advance, 216. Selection of, 236.
Proposed change in the duties of, 281.
Public schools. See Schools and Common
Schools.

Punctuality, importance of, 88. See Attend-

ance.

Punishment. See Corporal Punishment and
Discipline.

Q.

Qualifications, of teachers, 8, 27, 31, 125, 192,
212, 223. Must be raised, 268. See Teach-

ers.

Quantity, learned, no criterion of knowledge,
1, 84.

Questions, printed, examination by, 2, 100, 104,
117, 282, 285.

R.

Reading, in the Boston schools, 4. Remarks
on the manner of teaching, 275. Without
understanding, 31, 123, 125, 160,314. Meth-
od of examination in, 46. Defective, 139,
151, 210. Should be made a study, 228.
Recitations, different quality of, 1. In concert,
75. Rules for, 126, 166.

Record, and report, of offences, required, 13.
Registers, how kept, 126. Neglected, 138, 170,

186. Utility of, 163, 165, 216. Good effects
expected from the new, 208. Show the neg-
lect of parents, 267.

Regulations, school, proposed, 307.
Rejection of teachers, 115.
Remuneration of teachers, 169.

Reports, in regard to schools and teachers to
be particular, 312. Printed, recommended,

314.

Returns, school, the reading of, recommended,
314.

Reverence to be cultivated, 63.
River, definition of a, 216.
Roxbury, schools of, commended, 249.
Rush, Dr., remark of, 151.

S.

Scholars, the understanding of, to be developed,
4. Not to be too early withdrawn, 50. Ex-
pulsion of, 64, 83, 265. Morals of, 71. See
Morals. Method of managing bad, 305.
Scholars, elder, annoyed by the younger, 302.
Advantage of, to the younger, 86, 249. Ex-
ample of, 89. Unusual attendance of, 110.
Respect of, for female teachers, 248. Not to
report their own conduct, 146. Not to with-
draw themselves, 158. Bad example of, 227,
230, 265.

School committees, the proper selection of, im-
portant, 11. Responsibility of, 36. Duty of,
35,137. Should appoint all the teachers, 101,
144. Should act independently, 158. Should
be furnished with a room, 196. Inability of,
to do what is required, 5, 201. Proposal to
release, from visiting schools, 217. Require-
ments disregarded, 232. Vote not to pay for
the services of, 280.

School districts, large, approved, 26. See Un-
ion Districts.

239. Bad specimens of, 70, 71, 86, 95, 97,
120, 129, 133, 143, 173, 178, 192, 193, 196,
199, 225, 246, 253, 267, 309. Bad, a hin-
drance to education, 112, 279, 296, 308.
Mistake in selecting sites for, 310. Of Kings-
ton, commended, 297. Amusing description
of bad, 267, 291, 304. Qualities of good,
207. Provided by the town, 91, 101. Should
be adapted to the end in view, 132. Effect
of good, on the habits of pupils, 136, 148,
164, 172, 176, 180, 190. Should all be built
and repaired by the towns, 154. Should be
well furnished, 190, 194, 226.

School laws, alteration of, proposed, 281.
School libraries. See Libraries.

School money, equal distribution of, 189. See
Distribution.

School record, new, approved, 72. See Reg-
ister.

Schools, Common, condition of the Boston, 5.
Should be neutral ground between hostile
parties, 16. Importance of, compared with
higher seminaries, 17. Important, 53, 105.
Failures of, 54. Importance of sustaining
the, 60, 66. Separated for the two sexes,
61. Broken up, 71. Injured by family quar-
rels, 74. Dependence of, on public senti-
ment, 87. The poorest, need the best teach-
ers, 116, 193, 296. Bad case of, 120, 204,
211. How improved, 140. Excellent spec-
imens of, 197. Not to be made a bugbear
to children, 290. Want of employment in,
315. Defects of, 122. Deteriorating, 229.
Unequal length of, in the same town, 145.
Long suspension of, detrimental, 160. See
Normal, Private, High, Winter, Summer,
and Primary Schools.

Schools, select. See Private Schools.
Seats, with back to the teacher, approved, 20.
Ill-constructed, 117, 129.

Secretary of the Board of Education, mistake
corrected by, in relation to the interest of the
School Fund, 279. Defence of, against the
charge of suppressing remarks of committees
at variance with his own opinions, 279.
Sectarianism, in Common Schools, condemned,
16, 35, 52, 60, 63, 83, 89, 95, 96, 104, 137,
166.

Sexes, the, separate rooms for, proposed, 61.
Sherman, Roger, alluded to, 54.
Singing. See Music.

Spelling, by writing, 2, 111, 125, 138, 275, 277.
Method of examination in, 46. Fault in the
teaching of, 130, 138. Progress in, 210.
Studies, proper to be pursued, 183. Elemen-
tary, neglected, 197. Higher, superficially
learned, 213. Should be systematically pur-
sued, 214. Increased number of, 286, 289.
Higher, objections to, answered, 313.
Subordination, must be enforced, 155. See
Discipline and Corporal Punishment.
Summer schools, perversion of, 63. Impor-
tance of, 149.
Superintendent of schools, recommended, 5.
Experiment of a, in Northampton, 184.
System, Common School, remarks on, 35, 36,
71, 87, 90, 114, 164, 168, 171, 177, 197, 247.
The, based on laws, 120. Not properly car-
ried out, 159. History of the, 182. Un-
known to the ancients, 307.

T.

240. Conduct of a, at an examination, cen.
sured, 304.
Teachers, dignity and qualifications of, 2. Du-
ties of, compared with those of a minister, 8.
Dependence of schools upon, 9. Example
of, important, 16, 18, 132, 155, 212. Not to
change books without permission, 17. Should
not be appointed by the districts, 19. Ele-
vation of necessary, 15, 21, 22, 142, 169, 202,
250. Education of, in the art of teaching,
19, 116. Misrepresentations of, by children,
21. Dismission of, 23. Responsibility of,
24, 27, 66, 318. Character of, 20, 21, 30, 31,
32, 51, 55, 59, 63, 71, 72, 99, 122, 131, 142,
156, 165, 175, 179, 199, 212, 213, 240, 247,
254, 255, 283, 302. Improvement of, 62.
Incompetent, 64, 98, 143, 274. Should be
acquainted with music, 67, 248. Impolicy of
changing, often, 99, 112, 147, 197, 227, 249.
Selection of, 113, 145, 185, 192, 202, 208, 22
223,
245, 248, 277. Of more importance than the
books, 117. Good, deficient supply of, 118,
161, 162, 225, 302. Should make teaching a
business, 118, 161. Power of, not limited to
the schoolroom, 133. Fine specimen of, 152.
Experienced, to be preferred, 144, 308, 311.
Interference with, case of, 153. Must avoid
self-conceit, 156. Good, made by good
schools, 163. Duties of, 164, 169, 180. Must
know how to govern, 167. Teaching by rule,
anecdote of, 169. Remuneration of, 169, 237,
254. First impression made by, 191, 307.
Should secure respect, 206. Should be work-
men,210,315. Best, best schools, 214. Poor,
worse than none, 224, 277. Self-discipline
recommended to, 230. Should be perma-
nent, 247. Moral qualifications of, 252.
Boarding-place of, 254. Should be models
for their pupils, 255, 257, 273, 297. Should
not be tied to text books, 264. Language of,
to be guarded, 274. Not to teach till ap-
proved, 278, 288. Large supply of, from
one district, 289. Satirical rules regarding,

293.

Teachers, female. See Female Teachers.
Teachers' Institutes, commended, 134, 136, 166.
Good effects of, 222, 223, 230, 290.
Teaching, mere names of things, condemned, 2.

Superficial, 84, 204. Words before letters,
approved, 104. Too many things, con-
demned, 144. Improvement in the art of,
222, 275. Preparation for, necessity of, 256.
Terms, school, too short, 154, 181, 201. Com-
parative length of, 177.

Text books, subserviency to, 9, 102, 104, 108,
109, 119, 129, 147, 158, 169, 257.
Thinking, one object of teaching, 132.
Time, waste of, by children, 270.
Trees, the planting of, around schoolhouses,
commended, 148, 207.

U.

Understanding of children, to be developed, 4,
287. See Memory and Names.
Union districts, approved, 26, 71, 141, 154, 170,
186, 250, 311, 312.

V.

Vacations, during a short term, not advisable,

167.

Ventilation, neglect of, 20, 58, 213. In new
schoolhouses, 150. Importance of, 207, 308.
Ventilator, 81.

Visitation of schools, by committees, required
by law, 218. By a district, described, 226.
By committees, how best made, 243.
Visiters at Academies and Common Schools,
contrasted, 231.

W.

Wages of teachers, 244.

Water, abundance of, to be provided, 86.
Wesley, John, anecdote of, 50.
Whispering, in school, forbidden, 73, 82, 166,
235. Absence of, 146.

Whittling, the Yankee propensity for, account-
ed for, 172. Exercise of, 178.
Winter schools, taught by females, 89, 147, 149,
165, 174, 189, 194, 220, 237, 243, 248, 253,
258, 262, 273, 274, 75, 316.

Words, taught before letters, 104, 113. Not
the same as ideas, 135, 171, 225.
Writing, neglect of, 272.