THE

LECTURES

DELIVERED BEFORE THE

AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF INSTRUCTION.

AT

HARTFORD, AUGUST, 1845,

INCLUDING

THE JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS,

AND

A LIST OF THE OFFICERS.

PUBLISHED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE BOARD OF CENSORS.

BOSTON:

WILLIAM D. TICKNOR & Co.,

Corner of Washington and School Sts.

1846.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1846, by

WILLIAM D. TICKNOR & CO., In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts.

CONTENTS.

JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS,

LIST OF OFFICERS,

Page.

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LECTURE I.

By JOEL

DIGNITY OF THE TEACHER'S OFFICE.

HAWES, D. D.,

ADDRESS

ON THE FORMATION AND EXCELLENCE OF THE

FEMALE CHARACTER. BY JOEL HAWES, D. D., .

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.

LECTURE II.

THE DUTIES OF EXAMINING COMMITTEES. BY PROF.

E. D. SANBORN,

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LECTURE III.

ON THE BEAU IDEAL OF THE PERFECT TEACHER.

By DENISON OLMSTEAD, LL. D., •

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