lege, and for three years fellow in romance languages at Chicago. Mr. Abbott is a young man of considerable experience, and well equipped for his specialty.

Through the kindness of Superintendent Noble Harter, Warsaw, Ind., THE EDUCATOR is favored with a reprint of "Studies on the Telegraphic Language" which he prepared for the Psychological Review in collaboration with Professor W. L. Bryan. It is a study in the psychology of an occupation in general, and of habit in particular. It will be found of much interest to all who are devoted to psychological research.

Miss Frances Benedict, former superintendent of the Worthington (Ind.) schools, has accepted a position as teacher of English in the Marion high school. Miss Benedict is a woman of fine attainments, and she will bring to her work not only a large degree of common sense, ability, and judgment, but also a wide range of experience. She is one of the few women who have successfully managed a system of public schools. She is a graduate of the Indiana State Normal, and has taken considerable work at the Indiana University. In securing her for the Marion schools Professor Moore has still farther strengthened his teaching force.

Mr. Walter H. Page has resigned the editorship of The Atlantic Monthly and has accepted an invitation to take a prominent post in the direction of the literary work of the allied houses of Harper & Bros. and the Doubleday & McClure Co. His successor in the editorship of the Atlantic is Mr. Bliss Perry, known in literature as the author of two novels and a number of essays and stories. Since his graduation from Williams College in 1881, Mr. Perry has been in the department of English, first at Williams, and afterwards at Princeton University, where he was lately appointed to the Holmes professorship of English literature.

They are building a handsome new structure at Bedford, Ind., to serve as one of the ward school buildings. It is of Bedford stone, of course, and will be modern and handsome. The community is taking great pride in it. The board, Messrs. C. S. Norton, E. K. Dye, and John Haase, inspected some of the best buildings of the state and have evidently profited by their experience. E. U. Johnson is principal. W. E. Alexander is still superintendent of the city schools. One of the teachers in the new building is Mr. E. C. Consalus who helped roll up the largest list of subscribers for THE INLAND EDUCATOR that Lawrence county ever gave.

The Indiana State Manual and Uniform Course of Study recently issued by the department of public instruction is a revision of that published in 1897. About the same commendation could be given that THE EDUCATOR gave last year, but the manual is now in the hands of the teachers who will soon learn its value if they have not already done so. The fact that the authors of the various text-books have themselves assisted in outlining the course should increase its value, but its great worth is in offering intelligent direction that enables the schools of the state to follow the same general course. In addition to the usual outlines for the grades, there are added several pages of miscellany and a suggestive course for Indiana high schools.

The main building of the Eastern Illinois Normal School at Charleston was dedicated August 29. An elaborate program was carried out to the entertainment of thousands of visitors. Dr. Richard Edwards of Bloomington was the orator of the day. The new school is well equipped, and will be especially strong in professional courses. The president, Dr. L. C. Lord, will teach psychology, and Francis G. Blair applied psychology. Professor Louis H. Galbreath, who has just recently died, had been engaged for the chair of pedagogy.

A second new normal school in Illinois at DeKalb is to be dedicated September 22. A parade of civic and military organizations, with about 10,000 school children is to be a feature of the celebration. The governor and his staff are expected. A great effort is being made to arouse interest in this school all over northern Illinois.

The fine new school building at Washington, Ind., which replaces the one that was burned some time ago is a model of excellence in every particular. The building is of brick with stone trimmings and has every modern convenience and equipment. The first floor, besides a spacious hall, has the superintendent's office, library, and eight rooms for the grades. The second floor is occupied by a large assembly room and six or eight recitation rooms and laboratories for the high school. The outside appearance and arrangements are especially commendable. The grounds at the front of the building, under the artistic hands of Hamlet Allen, principal of the high school, are a marvel of landscape gardening. Sufficient space has been provided at the rear of the building for large, separate play grounds for boys and girls. Superintendent Axtell is largely responsible for the general improvement in the Washington schools.

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The article on Meteoric November Meteors Showers, by Professor Miller, found in this issue of THE EDUCATOR is commended to all our readers as well filled with both interest and information. This is the big year for meteors, and coming, as it does, but every third of a century, it will be the single opportunity of a life time, for the great majority of people, to witness the large fall of meteors. The discussion that Professor Miller gives to the relation between comets and meteors brings out some points not generally known. We hope every subscriber will find time to read the article.

Next year Paris will invite Is Paris Worthy? the world to witness her great exposition of the products of art, science and industry. Such a display is supposed to be in the interests of culture and of civilization. It asks the other nations to come and see that this, the foremost of the great Latin nations, is up with the rest of the world in all that makes for human progress. Such an exposition is a most worthy endeavor. It is well calculated to encourage the best. It is a great instructor, and, as the French Commissioner General declared only just the other day, “it is through education and instruction that man enters into life." The crowds will come and admire, and go away and praise. All this ought to make a red-letter day in the history of the French Republic. It ought to show the world the glory of republican government-a realization of the spirit that] hastened across the sea in sympathy with the "spirit of '76." But how shall we harmonize all this fine sentiment with the military system that hangs over France like a great nightmare-a

The Honorable Henry R. PatA Good Word tengill, ex-state superintendfor Indiana. ent of public schools in Michgan, and now editor of the Michigan School Moderator, has this to say in his issue of September 7: "Institute work in Indiana by ye Moderator editor this summer again emphasizes the fact that the Hoosier teacher is more mature, makes more of a profession of teaching, and as a rule is ready for higher work in the institute. From one-fourth to one-half the teachers are men. In White county, of 164 teachers, not one receives less than $35 per month, and only beginners receive that. Experienced teachers of rural schools get from $50 to $62 per month." This is very nice indeed. It would hardly be generous for Hoosier teachers themselves to indulge in such gratulatory expressions about themselves; but when a man of Mr. Pattengill's standing volunteers the statement we feel like passing it along, first to encourage Indiana teachers, and second to urge on our Michigan friends to higher standards. Let Indiana teachers, too, make sure that they continue to deserve such high praise.

The resignation of Dr. R. Dr. R. G. Boone. G. Boone from the presidency of the Michigan state normal college at Ypsilanti will be of interest to a large circle of teachers throughout this group of states who know him so favorably as a teacher and as an institute instructor. The real cause of the resignation is not stated, though it has been known for some time that there was friction between the president and the powers. Of one thing we are sure, namely, that the school loses more than Dr. Boone does. Of greater interest still

is the announcement that he has been chosen to fill the vacancy at Cincinnati, Ohio. There were numerous eminent educators whose names were used in connection with the Cincinnati place, and Dr. Boone's appointment will be gratifying to many friends. We were pleased to notice that while the position was open a petition of influential citizens was sent to the board of education asking that political considerations be not allowed to enter into the selection of a superintendent. Readers of THE EDUCATOR will have the pleasure at an early date of reading an article from Dr. Boone, copy for which is already at hand.

Dewey

Comes Home.

By the time THE EDUCATOR reaches its readers Admiral Dewey will have gone through the first part of a reception which is likely to be the warmest ever accorded a returning hero in America. September 28 is the date set for the arrival of the "Olympia" at New York, and the next day is set for the naval parade. The Admiral is said to dread the ordeal of reception which will doubtless last for weeks. It is perfectly natural that there should be the greatest kind of enthusiasm. The picturesque way in which he led his fleet into a harbor planted with mines, and the brilliance of his victory, together with the coolness and the modesty of the man himself have combined to give him the warmest place in the hearts of Americans. When the cry goes up" What's the matter with Dewey?" it is doubtful if there will be a man, woman or child in the Union, excepting perhaps Mr. Norton of Harvard, who will not be willing to respond "He's all right!" Let us hope that he will not become a victim of his friends, and be so very much received as to be killed with kind

The Yellow Label.

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result is the same. Please,' therefore, keep us posted. Notice the date on your label, and if any changes are necessary send word directly to the office.

Sympathy.

It is often remarked that absolutely nothing will serve a teacher as a substitute for a clear knowledge of the subjects to be taught. We would rather emphasize this than take exceptions to it, but if there is one quality which more nearly than another will make up for the lack of knowledge it is sympathy. It will cover up a mass of professional unfitness and a world of pedagogical ignorance. Happily the best professional qualifi cations are not inconsistent with this full sister to charity, and pedagogical study is apt to beget rather than to destroy it; but let us be sure that whatever else we possess we have sympathy. A fine example of it was shown when Superintendent Soldan of the St. Louis schools instructed the teachers to exercise special care for the health and comfort of their pupils during the opening days while the weather was intensely hot. We have no doubt that hundreds of superintendents did the same thing, and that teachers, generally, have the physical welfare of students at heart, but there is little danger that this fine quality will be too much or too often praised, wherever we find it.

To attend the average teachers' Discipline. meeting in these days and note how rarely anything is said about discipline or would almost think that it had ceased to be a problem of the schoolroom. Such an impres sion would be wrong, of course, for human nature is not yet perfect, and youthful activities still come in conflict with that condition for study which requires a reasonable degree of quiet. Yet, problems of discipline are not the bugbear that they once were; first, because we understand child nature better, and second, because ideals of a well-ordered schoolroom have changed. We no longer think that the processes of activity which belong to a busy school either can or should be noiseless. But best of all the teacher understands herself and her work bet

ter. In a paragraph on "Wise Discipline," in The Teachers' Institute, Colonel Parker makes the startling assertion that "in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred the causes of punishment are to be found in some weakness of the teacher." That seems rather hard on the teacher to say nothing of the pupil. We should like to see statistics before accepting the Colonel's per cent, but honestly, isn't there a large element of truth

in the statement? Test it by calling up experiences in which you have thought it necessary to maintain order by punishment, and does it not appear that as good or better results could have been reached by other and milder means? We do not insist that severity is not necessary sometimes, but we are all learning that there are more powerful motives with a boy than mere force, and that threatening, sending home, and scolding, all of which Colonel Parker regards worse than the rod, are about out of date in a well-ordered school. The best antidotes to disorder and mischief are plenty of work and a cheerful teacher.

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Brief Items of Current History

Next to the Dreyfus trial, which overshadowed everything else while it continued, interest has centered largely in the Transvaal. It appears that according to an agreement in 1881 between the Boer republic and Great Britain there was to be a certain equality of rights among all white persons living in the Transvaal. For example, the right to vote was granted to foreigners, or Outlanders as they are called, upon one year's residence. Since then the period has been advanced to fourteen years. Meantime the Outlanders have increased until they number three-fifths of the population and pay nine-tenths of the taxes. Most of the foreigners are Englishmen. Under the protest of Great Britain the naturalization period has been reduced to five years, and some other concessions have been granted. Additional reforms are asked for, however, and as these are in the interests of fairness to the majority it seems certain that England will insist upon a readjustment.

An interesting and important conference was held in Chicago in mid-September. It is called the Trust Conference and has met in response to a popular demand for an investigation of trusts. The avowed purpose is to seek for the truth. There are many people who think the trust a great evil and who regard the general tendency towards combination as threatening dire calamity. Others regard the trust with complacency and see in it a large stride towards cooperation and popular ownership of the great industries. A different view still, set forth in an interesting article by Mr. Geo. E. Roberts, director of the United States mint, in the September Review of Reviews, considers that the trust can not possibly control prices permanently. This view is quite different from the belief commonly held that the trust arbitrarily does

Another Pseudo Critic.

It is nearly four hundred years since Sir Francis Bacon announced to the world his conviction that deductive philosophy was dead. It seemed rash, indeed, for one man to foretell the overthrow of a system that had been venerable for centuries, but Bacon was at least consistent in two particulars: he showed why the old system was at fault, and he offered something different. It so happens that the system he proposed has received so nearly universal acceptance that when an adherent of the old school is found he at once attracts attention as a curiosity. For example, Mr. Collis P. Huntington, a few weeks ago, had an audience and embraced the opportunity to make some caustic remarks about failures in the present school system. Mr. Huntington calls himself a self-made man, and as such doubtless feels quite justified in posing as an example of success. He does not have much to say about the aid he has had from the United States government in the shape of loans