THE PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL JOURNAL. VOLUME XLVI. That which makes a good Constitution must keep it, viz.: men of wisdom and virtue; N. C. SCHAEFFER, EDITOR. LANCASTER, PA.: 1897. Abraham Lincoln's Address at Gettysburg. OURSCORE and seven years ago, our fathers brought Fou war. forth upon this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. We are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation or any nation-so conceived and so dedicatedcan long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that. We are met to dedicate a portion of that field as the final resting-place of those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it far above our power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here; but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us, the living, rather to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they have thus far so nobly carried on. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us; that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they here gave the last full measure of devotion; that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain; that this nation. shall, under God, have a new birth of freedom; and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. CONTENTS OF VOLUME XLVI. Abraham Lincoln; Retentive Memory, etc.-F. B. Cardenter, 158. Address at Montreal-J. P. McCaskey, 25. American Ideal in Education-M. E. Nevin, 438. Bands of Mercy in Schools, 214. Be Good to Live With, at Home and in School Room: Some Thoughts and Suggestions- War Cry and Watchword-Good Books and Good People-Suggestive Ideas from Older Classes Rhythmic Beat in Poetry-Indian Be Ready, 109. Better Way, The-Manual Training in Philadel- Bible Readings for Schools, 171. Blackie's Rules of Conduct, 250. Care of Teeth and Health-R. R. Andrews, 17. Chapel, The (Music)—Uhland, 44. Child or Knowledge; Centre of System-G. S. Children and Good English-Kenyon West, 125. Children and Literature: The Daffodils-Kate Child's Motive an Essential Factor in Educa- Child Training in the Kindergarten-Anna H. City Schools in Relation to Colleges and Uni- College Education for Farmer, 103. College Graduates: State Certificates, 135, 364, College Woman, The; What Becomes of Her? Commencement: Thoughts for Thoughtful-J. Comparison of Governments-N. C. Schaeffer, Compulsory Education: Pressure as a Civilizer Contagious Diseases in the Schools, 531. Convention of the City, Borough and Town. ship Superintendents, 461. Special Truant Schools: Their Advantages-John Morrow, 462. The Grammar School Course of Study- J. M. Berkey, 463. How to Economize Time below High School-H. V. Hotchkiss, 467. Neglected Phases of Civil Government-N. C. Schaeffer, 470. New Lines of Co-operation wise-John A. Gibson, 476. Selection of Correspondence Teaching: University of Chi- Cost of a Dinner; Suggestion for Schools, 437. Democracy of Learning-Lyman Abbott, 518. District High Schools: Expedient and Neces- "Do" Method, The-E. P. Keysor, 523. Does Gain Offset the Loss?-J. S. Kieffer, 214. Don't Kill the Birds-Editorial, 270. Dwelling in the Shadow-Wm. Riddle, 403. Earlier Disbursement of School Appropriation -Wm. McGeorge, 385. EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT. July - Editorial Notes-School Legislation, 37. The Philadelphia Museum: Exhibit of Products and Manufactures, 38. Five Years Old; An Interesting Document from the Early Years of Our School System, 40. Items from Reports of Superintendents, 42. September-Editorial Notes-The National Ed- ucational Association, 130. Summer Days: New Castle, Niagara, Canada, etc., 131. October-Autumn Arbor Day: October 22, 178. Editorial Paragraphs, 189. Library Legisla- Pension Fund of Cincinnati, 185. New Meth- ods, 185. Items from Reports, 186. November-The University of Pennsylvania: day Number, 223. Pennsylvania German So- ciety: Annual Meeting, 224. "Thoughts for Arbor Day," 226. English Literature, 229. December-"The Drink Road: "The Famous Liquor Law of Bergen in Norway, 268. Pub- Martin, Esq., 271. Items from Reports, 274. January-Figures from Annnal Report, 311. Teaching as a Business, 313. Pennsylvania Museum, 514. First Call to Chattanooga, 315. February-Directors' Convention, 351. Pro- gramme of Chattanooga Meeting. 357. Light and Darkness: Figures Contrasted, 359. Bishop Spalding's Latest Book, 360. Compar- ison of Governments, 361. Some Pleasant Words, 362. Certificates to College Gradu- |