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sachusetts, will have something to say that will be of general interest.

Superintendent Edward Ayres of Lafayette, who is in the Clark University summer school, has promised to give our readers an account of the work there.

Among prominent Kentucky educators from whom our readers may expect something we may mention Professor Ruric N. Roark of A. & M. College, Professor Charles S. Thomas of Centre College, Professor J. C. Willis of the Southern Normal School, Superintendent E. H. Mark of Louisville, Superintendent McHenry Rhoads of Frankfort, Superintendent J. G. Crabbe of Ashland, and Superintendent Edward Taylor of Bowling Green.

From Illinois we shall have articles from Professor S. E. Harwood of Carbondale, Superintendent A. E. Fritter of Normal, Professor Raines of Freeport, and Miss Julia E. Kennedy of Chicago.

In addition to this large list of contributors we shall have something of interest from Professor T. D. A. Cockerell of New Mexico, Professor R. Heber Holbrook of Pennsylvania, Mrs. Carrie B. Adams of Indiana, Miss Berta K. Brown of Ohio, Miss Bessie L. Putnam of Pennsylvania and Miss Anna L. Moore of Wisconsin. In this large range of contributions there will be something of value for all grades of teachers.

The Educational Information, Book Reviews, Questions and Answers, Correspondence, and Editorial, will be continued and strengthened.

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The International Date Line.

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The answer in the July INLAND EDUCATOR that was made to the first problem in Arithmetic, Indiana State Board Questions, has elicited several replies from persons who differ from us. The correctness of the answer depends, of course, upon the location of the Date Line with reference to Manila. All the authorities we have been able to consult place the line just west of the Philippines and the problem was solved on that basis. We shall try to find the latest agreement before our September issue, and shall announce the result of the inquiry in that issue.

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diana University, who has succeeded in making a very helpful suggestive study for the teachers. This phase of the work furnishes an opportunity of coming in touch with one of the world's greatest thinkers. Such contact will be beneficial to the teachers and to the schools. The discussions in THE EDUCATOR will be made by Professor A. R. Charman, who is a student of Plato, and who, for the coming year, will have charge of history and philosophy of education in the State Normal. Professor Charman knows the needs of the teachers of Indiana thoroughly, and he will conduct this work with a view to doing the best thing for them.

We are delighted with Dr. Henderson's book. No better book could have been chosen to supplement Plato. If Plato is philosophical Social Elements is intensely practical. If Plato deals with the past, Social Elements deals with the present. It will serve to open teachers' eyes to things as they are. We hope it will make them see that there are mighty problems at our very doors, and that the best educated person is he who can comprehend the conditions present and meet them successfully. Our readers will be struck with the beautiful simplicity with which Dr. Henderson deals with these problems. The teachers of Indiana have a great treat in store, and we hope they will all take up the study of these two books.

County Institutes.

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This is the season of county institutes. In Indiana the usual instructors in the state have work and a number of instructors from other states have appointments. Among these we notice the names of Bernard Bigsley of Michigan, W. H. Mace of New York, Lelia E. Partridge of Pennsylvania, Thos. Newlin of Oregon, W. W. Black of Illinois, R. Heber Holbrook of Pennsylvania, W. M. Evans of Illinois, J. L. Orr of Ohio, Arnold Tompkins of Illinois, R. G. Boone of Michigan, B. C. Welgamood of Ohio, Geo. W. Twitmyer of Pennsylvania, H. R. Pattengill of Michigan, Byron W. King of Pennsylvania, W. D. Mowry of Massachusetts, Matilda Coffin Ford of New York, S. E. Sparling of Wisconsin, R. S. Moore of Iowa, S. E. Harwood of Illinois, C. O. Merica of Wisconsin, Laurine Corbin of Wisconsin, G. Stanley Hall of Massachusetts, C. A. McMurray of Illinois, O. E. Wright of Ohio, G. Dallas Lind of Ohio, C. Victor Campbell of Illinois, Adda P. Wertz of Illinois, Louis H. Galbreath of New York, and M. E. Clark of Illinois. These are strong men and women. Most of them are well known in the Superintendent McTurnan of Madison county will have G. Stanley Hall at his institute at Alexandria, September 5-9, and extends an in

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Mayor Harrison appointed an The Chicago daske sense with Schools. Dr. Harper at the bead, to make restoumendations for the future policy of the Chitag: schools. The main recommends: 1 The reduction of the school board from twenty-one members to eleven, and the appointment of a tasiness manager. 2 The redaction of the salaries of women teachers, and the payment of higher salaries to men than to women. The election of a superintendent for a term of six years, to have general charge crer the teaching and teaching froes of the city-his appointments, promotions, and dismissals to standness overruled by

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azerice with this one that serious doubts ay are as to whether this is a proper move. De high school in our opinion, has one supreme morson to perform, and that is to fit for life by taming the modeste live the most they can here and now. We believe that the right high-school ne shood prepare a student equally well for mline or for entering the business world. Every : sodeos abould leave the high school as fully educased as it is possible for him to be educated at thas period in his life. If this commercial high school is to take on the trade idea, or the special

dea, we docbt whether it has a place in the pable school system. The sixth resolution will certainly be approved by every one who believes that teaching is a profession. This is the one line of special or professional work in which the state ajatised in engaging. These recommendations are offered in the right spirit, and they show that Chicago is awake to the present educational conditions. If such ideas as these can be carried out there is encouragement for the present and hope for life more abundant.

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The whole contact of the vale der; that the bac & Spurs de part of our pats pose: whenever a cenas ir paY ST made they will be met in the rigid spirit. We and be maraimasters or exemy, and we shall be. Wabout boasting we may cầm this as an Amerian characteristic. Captain Phie p's command to his mentorirain from cheering their sooves and Commodore Schley's remark that there was givy enough in the rivory for Aimiral Sampern, himself, and all the others are recent splendid examples of fine lageness of sn.

Among the gratifying features of the Cuban campaign is the manner in which the surrender of Santiage was scared. After the repeated and positive refusals of General Toral, with a stab born pride that preferred death to surrender, is required marvelous patience to refrain from an attack that could not fall of success in the end. In a war waged for humanity it seems peculiar y significant that such a substantial result could be effected in such a humane way,

Admiral Dewey remains master of the situation in the Philippines, equal to every emergency whether it be to restrain the insurgents, treat with the Spaniards or repe! the bluff of a German manof-war.

EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION.

Mr. S. S. Phillips of Ladoga, Indiana, takes a position next year as teacher of history in the sixth, seventh and eighth grades of the Crawfordsville schools.

Superintendent F. S. Morgenthaler has been reelected at Rockport for the fifth year. An excellent kindergarten is sustained in connection with the school.

R. M. Grindle, of the Tipton schools has been " elected to a position as principal of a ward school in Kokomo and will accept. The Tipton schools lose a good man.

In the Woman's Tribune of May 28 Harriet Hiekox Heller, whom some of our readers will reAn Interpretation.” member, has an interesting article on “Childhood

Irving King is to be principal of the Friends' Academy at Bloomingdale, Indiana, for the com

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ing year. He is a graduate of Earlham, class of '96, and is considered a good man.

The annual session of the Tipton county Normal School is in progress, with E. F. Allen and R. M. Grindle as instructors. Classes have been organized in pedagogy, physical geography, algebra, geometry and Latin.

Mr. Elmer Martin Deem and Miss Cora Jane Redding were married Wednesday, July 13, at Newcastle, Indiana. Mr. and Mrs. Deem will be at home at Spiceland after September 1. THE EDUCATOR extends congratulations.

A. C. McClurg & Company have printed a very suggestive little Drill Book in Dictionary Work which was compiled by Thomas Metcalf and Charles DeGarmo. We think this book will prove very helpful in the hands of teachers.

We have received volume I of the report of the Commissioner of Education for 1896-7. Like all the volumes issued under the present commissioner, this one is of large educational value and worthy of a place in the pedagogical library.

George H. Gise of Lucerne, Indiana, desires to secure one teacher in each county to solicit for the Journal of School Geography. Liberal commissions will be paid. We can commend this journal as one of the very best of its kind. Write for samples and terms.

The Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, Ohio, is fast taking its place as one of the strongest colleges of the great middle West. It is openly denominational but strictly non-sectarian. Recent liberal endowments have made possible great improvements in facilities, and the standard is now as high as in any college in America.

We have received from George S. Cottman of Irvington, Indiana, secretary of the Indiana Audubon Society, copies of the constitution of the organization and the Indiana bird law, with a request that all who are interested in the protection of birds become members of the society and send the fee of $1.00 to the secretary. This movement deserves the encouragement of all lovers of birds. Professor Charles S. Thomas, who for a number of years has been connected with the department of English in Indiana University, has accepted the chair of English Language and Literature at Centre College, Danville, Kentucky. Professor Thomas is a young man of sterling worth and one in every way fitted to fill the high position to which he has been called, with distinction and honor to himself and his native state. While we regret very much to lose Professor Thomas from Indiana we congratulate Kentucky upon securing his services.

Professor W. R. Houghton of Connersville, Indiana, has written a new book on True Life, or Lessons on the Virtues for Opening Exercises in School. The volume will contain interesting and valuable material for opening school every day in the year. It will meet the requirements of every grade, and will be a great help to many teachers who find it difficult to secure suitable material for opening exercises. The book will be published by the Fayette Publishing Company, Connersville, Indiana, and will be ready August 20. We suggest that those interested in such a publication write to the publishers. J. F. Clifford is secretary and treas

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WITH THE NEW BOOKS.

A great number of new text-books on a wide variety of subjects are found on the lists of publishers as recently published or ready for immediate issue. The crop of annotated English classics is perhaps the most in evidence, and it is possible to find editions constructed from almost every conceivable standpoint. While one cannot help being impressed with the thought that often the "editing" is a matter of small worth, it is still a matter for congratulation that attractively printed and bound editions of the more important masterpieces are accessible to all who wish to read. And then the editorial matter is generally placed in such a way that it does not intrude if the reader wishes to skip it.

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It is a delight to have such careful pieces of work as are generally found in the Riverside Literature Series, and in Ginn's series of Standard English Classics. The last number of the Riverside Series to reach us is Dryden's Palamon and Arcite, edited with introduction and notes by Arthur Gilman. The introduction is brief, judicious and full of suggestion, while the notes are few in number and never draw attention away from the real point at issue. (Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Boston, price 25 cents.) In Ginn's series there are several recent issues. Sprague's editions of Paradise Lost, Books I and II, and Lycidas are issued together in one volume. The introduction to Paradise Lost, made up mainly of selections from the critical comments of Masson and Himes, forms a good basis for the understanding of that work. The notes probably err on the side of copiousness, much being given that the reader could find for himself in any unabridged dictionary. (45 cents.) George Eliot's Silas Marner is edited by R. Adelaide Witham. The inexperienced teacher will find considerable help in the questions and topics or special study. Otherwise the editoria work is rather slight, (60 cents.)

Shakespeare's Macbeth, the Hudson text, introduction, notes and critical comments, has been incorporated in the series. Hudson's work is so well known that it does not need any special commendation. In spite of all new-comers it is still one of the most satisfactory editions of the great dramatist. (35 cents.) By far the most

notable book in the group before us is Tennyson's The Princess, edited by Professor A. S. Cook of Yale University. It was a piece of work well worth doing and it has been splendidly done. The short section of the introduction called "Suggestions to Students" is of particular value as clearly presenting the attitude that the student should have and as pointing out the aims of all his study. The "critical comments" have been carefully chosen from a wide field, and the notes are unusually full and stimulating. Coleridge's Ancient Mariner, edited by Gibbs is another little book of worth. The original version of 1798 is given for purposes of comparative study and the selections from criticisms upon the poem are numerous and helpful. (30 cents.)

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The last volume in the Athenaum Press Series is Selections from Landor, with introduction and notes by W. B. Shubrick Clymer. Two-thirds of the

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From the same publishers come several modern language books of value. Stern's First Lessons in German, and Méras and Stern's First Lessons in French are remarkably sensible works, both constructed on the same plan, the "conversational" method. Beginning with the very simplest constructions the lessons gradually increase in difficulty. ($1.00 each.) One of Musset's

short stories, Histoire D'un Merle Blanc, is edited by Agnes Cointat and H. Isabelle Williams, assistants at Smith College. It is neatly bound in boards. (30 cents.) An elaborate piece of work is the edition of Schiller's Wilhelm Tell, by Arthur H. Palmer of Yale. In addition to the critical text there is an introduction of seventyfour pages, treating of the place of this play and its author in German literature, the circumstances attending its writing, legend, history, myth, poetic treatment, dramatic structure, verse, diction, and style. An appendix contains many matters of interest. A complete vocabulary and extended notes complete the critical machinery. The illustrations and the large double-page map of the scene of the play are valuable features. ($1.00.)

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The war between the United States and Spain bas awakened additional interest in the Spanish people, their history and language. The American Book Co. issue several books well fitted to give one an introduction to the Spanish language. The most extended of these is A Practical Course with the Spanish Language by Monsanto and Anguellier, a combination of grammar and exercise book. In the way of primers and reading-books there are McGuffy's First Spanish-English Reader, Worman's Second Spanish Book, Mantilla's Libro de Lectura, No. 1 and No. 2.

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The American Book Co. has also recently published The Rational Spelling Book, in two parts, by Dr. J. M. Rice, who is at present the editor of The Forum. These books are the first practical results of Dr. Rice's investigations which created such interest a few years ago. The preface states in an admirably concise form the principles that should control the work in spelling. The most striking features are the careful grading of the ex

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1. Why is a school better governed with few rules than with many? 2. What is the chief merit of the question method in teaching?

3. Why should teachers read educational works and educational journals?

4. Name two characteristics of effective punishment.

5. Explain the object of the kindergarten. Ought it to be

a part of our system of free public education? Why?

6. What do you understand by the presentative power of the mind?

7. What are the sources of knowledge?

S. What is it to be thoroughly educated?

9. What caution should be observed in the use of newspapers in school?

1. A school is better governed with few rules than with many, (a) because the government becomes a matter of principle on the part of the governed and (b) because it leaves the teacher free to deal with individual cases as they deserve.

2. The question method calls for closer touch between teacher and pupil. If properly used it is capable of stimulating larger interest and closer

attention.

3. The teacher owes it to himself and to his pupils to know what the world has done and is doing in education. By reading educational works he may come in touch with the best educators of the world, and by reading educational journals he may keep abreast of the best thought of the times.

4. Reformation and growth in the virtue that has taken the place of the vice.

5. The object of the kindergarten is to direct the impulsive activities of the child into a proper system of desires looking toward perfect self-direction. It ought to be a part of our system of free public education because so many parents are unable and unfit to direct the growth of their children, and the sooner they can come under proper training, the better.

6. The presentative power of mind is that function used in knowing objects present. The law of presentation is that the mind grasps into one whole all sensuous elements presented and leaves none isolated.

7. The sources of knowledge are all manifestations of consciousness whenever found in the universe. Knowledge is universal.

8. To be thoroughly educated is to be all that is possible for one to be at any particular time. It is to be thoroughly self-directive. It is to be so trained and developed that one may meet successfully whatever conditions arise in life.

9. I doubt seriously whether the newspaper has any place in the school. I am sure that great care would have to be exercised in selection. Good

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