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JOHN S. MANN,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
Coudersport, Pa., will attend the several
Courts in Potter and M'Kean Counties. All
business entrusted in his care will receive
prompt attention. Office corner of West
and Third streets. 10:1
F. W. KNOX,
ATTORNEY AT LAW : Coudersport. Pa., will
regularly attend the Courts in Potter and
the adjoining Counties. 10:1
ARTHUR G. 01,31STED,
ATTORNEY & COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
Coudersport, Pa., will attend to all business
entrusted to his care, with promptnes and
fidCity. Office on Soth-west corner of Main
and Fourth streets. - - • 12:1
ISAAC BENSON
ATTORNEY AT LAW, Coudersport, Pa., will
attend to all business entrusted to him, with
remand promptness. Office on Second At.,
near the Allegheny Bridge. 12:1
CHARLES REISS3I A NN,
CABINET MAKER, having.erected a new and
convenient Shop, on the South-east corner
of Third and West streets, will be happy to
receive and fill all orders in his calling.
Repairing and reAtting carefully and neatly
done on short notice.
Cebiersport, Nor. 8, 1859.-11-Iy.
0. T. ELLISON,
PRACTICING PHYSICIAN, Coudersport, Pa.,
respectfully informs the citizens of the vil
lage and vicinity that he will promply re
ipoad,to all calls for professional services.
Odice on Main st., in building formerly oc
cupied by C. W. Ellis, Esq. t):22
SIETERI
SMITH & JONES,
ILF.RS IN DRUGS, MEDICINES, PAINTS,
ti Fancy Articles, Stationery, Dry GOods,
coteries, &c., Main st., Coudersport, Pa.
10:1
L OLMSTED, B. : S. COLWELL, A. C. TAGUARr.
D. E. OLMSTED & CO.,
ILERS IN DRY GOODS, READY-MADE
luthing, Crockery, Groceries, &c., Main st.,
Coudersport, Pa. 10:1
M. W. MANN,
ALBII IN BOOKS &STATIONERY, MAG
ains and Music, N. W. corner of Main
tvi Third sts., Coudersport, Pa. 10:1
OLUSTED 8 D KELLY.
OLMSTED & KELLY,
ILER IN STOVES, TIN & SHEET IRON
4 .-IP.E, Main st., nearly opposite the Court
14 '.e, Coudersport, Pa. Tin and. Sheet
?a Ware made to order, in good style, on
, ort notice. 10:1
COUDERSPORT, HOTEL,
GLASSMIRE, Proprietor, Corner of
in and Second Streets, Coudersport, Pot
,. Co., Pa. 9:44
ALLEGANY HOUSE,
IuEL H. MILLS, Proprietor, enalesburg
, Iler Co., Pa., seven miles north of Cott
"rt- the wPllsaville Road. 9:44 '
LYMAN : HOUSE,
LYMAN, Proprietor, Ulysses, Potter Co.,
This House is situated on the East
'ter of Main street, oppOsite A. Corey Ft
3 store, and is well adapted to meet the
bof patrons and friends. 12:11-1y.
EZR A STARKWEATHER, •
KSIIITII, would inform his former ens
,ets and the public generally that be has
lablished a shop in the building form
!occupied by Benj. Rennels in Couders
where he will be pleased to do all
of Rlactsmithing on the most reason
•terlals. Lumber, Shingles, and all
k i.
3of Produce taken in exchange tot
12:34.
Z. J. THOMPSON,
& WAGON-,MAKER and RE
•REtt, Coudersport, Potter Co.; Pa., takes
bethod of informing the pub
g'ttneral that he is prepared
1 4 fi '' ll work in his line with promptness,
'stirman-like manner, and upon the
o nnnodating terms. Payment for
11 2 invariably required on delivery of
/E . lac. All kinds of PRODUCE
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Backward, turn backward, 0 Time, in your
ilight,
Make me a child again, just for to-night!
Mother, come back ftom the ecnoless shore,
Take me again to your hiart as of yore-
Kiss from my forehead the furrows of care,
Smooth the few silver threads out of my noir—
Over my slumbers your loving watch keep—
Rock me to sleep, mother•—rock tne to sleep!
Backward, flow backward, tt, tide of years;
I am so weary of toils arid of tears--
Tail without recompense—tears all in vain—
Take them and give me my childhoOd again!
I hare groiva *enry of dust and decay,
Weary of flinging my soul-wealth away--
Weary of sowing for others to reap;
Rock me to sleep, mother--rock me to sleep!
Tired of the hollow, the base, the l untrue,
Mother, 0 mother, my heart calls for youl
Many a summer the grass has grown green,
Blossomed and faded—our faces between—
Yet with strong yearning and passionatepain,
Long I to-night for your presence again ; I
Come from the silence so long and so deep,
Rock me to sleep, mother,-rock me to sleep
Over my heart in days that aro flown,
No love like mother-love ever was shown--
No other worship abides and endures,
Faithful, unselfish; and patient, like yours:
None like a mother can charm away pain,
From the sick soul and the world-weary britin ;
Slumber's soft calm o'er my heavy lids creep—
Rock me to sleep, mother--rock me to sleep!
Mother, dear mother! the years have been long
Since I last hushed to-your - lullaby song—
Since then, and unto my soul it shall seem,
Womanhood's years hare been but a dream;
Clasped to your arms in a loving embrace,
With your light lashes just sweeping my face,
Never hereafter to wake or to weep,
Rock me to sleep : motber—yock me to sleep !
1 50
MISCELLANY.
I was a close student at school, a young
aulbitioustlad of sixteen, somewhat home
spun but stron g in uprightness, and con
scious of pdwer. My dear father was sick,
and gradually undergoing that inetempy
achosis which the shallow thinker calls
death. It was a stormy day in January
the snow had fallen two feet deep, and L
started fur my home eight miles distant.
fly father had written to me that he want •
ed to see me; he wanted to give me in
junction after injunction not to forget my
duties to the Care of his wife--my
mother. He need not have sent it ;
could not, I never can, forget him or.her.
His desire to see we, growing out of a
feeling that he might at any hour " pass
onward," and triiie we counsel - was natu
ral, but not necesary. But his slightest
wish was law to 'me, and I started for
home - as I said, on foot. Weary walk,
this drudging in an unbroken suow path.
Before I reached the door I thought my
body would tire out completely; but it
did not—l accomplished it.
I ate my supper, chatted awhile with
my parents, and went to bed in my old
bed room. My. father and mother I left
in the kitcht.ta, gratified at my arrival and
proud of we.
I fell. asleep, woke, and dressed my
self, eante.juto the kitchen and took a seat!
betweerii my father and mother. They
looked surprised and inquired why I badj
left my bed. •
IEMME111:!
Said I—" Has nobody been here since
I went to bed?"
"No."
" Well," I replied, "there will scme
body come and that is why I left my bed
--at least, I have dreamed there would,
and the dream is no illusion to me but a
fierce reality."
My father smiled as if incredulcus; yet
as if he asked no better n)r braver de
, fender than his boy. At this moment,
my mother, a very cautious woman, heard
a rap at the door, and stepped to it, as I
supposed, to inquire who was there, and
what was wanted, but instead opened the
door, and in come a terrible gust of wind
and snow—for the night was hideous—
and with thein in marched a woman.
She walked - half way from the door to
the fire when she discovered me, and I
evidently took her aback by my presence.
I saw the creature in my dream. I knew
that I was destined to a struggle, and I
grew in strength as I looked at my dear
father and mother. She took a chair,
turned hor back to the fire and seated her
self in the shadow. I kept my seat and
appeared to give no attention td her.
" Who are you ?" inquired my father.
"Nhat's that to you?" said she.
" Everything if you , and to stay in my
house—nothing if you-are not."
:"
What if I will not tell you ?"
" Then you must leitvo my house !"
"Leave the house!" she exclaim, d;
should like to see anybody here try to put
me out."
" What if I call my men, and throw
you out neck and heels ?"
You haven't got any men; they have
ill gone home."
How do you know ?"
"J inquired at the last house on the
road before I came here. It.is Saturday
night, and I was told that your laborers
all went home, and that you lived alone."
I glanced at my father. He was pAe,
but his courage ebbed -not a whit. lie
helpless, not able to get out of his chair,
surmised strange oceurrences;for be had
Dabota to tie iliircipies of /htto initioctqc#, 4RJ Pi bis3ekiliolio4 'of fohlit, E.iteNttiht qqD ffelos.
POET RY.
ROCK ME TO SLEEP
The Sixth Sense..
L!1 I ; ; I Ijk . : t); / ' I 1t : ; :
received not less than eighteen hundred
dollars that very week froth large wheat
sales, and he saw what was before him.
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This was (Aber a decoy or a man in dis
guise, whose object was robbery. I could
see that all this • was rapidly passing
through my father's mind, but, it did not
bow him the ninth part , of an inch. So
I was still as if I suspected nothing but
a war of words. The hag had on an old
quilted hood. and an old bombazine cloak,
which reached to her feet and was belied
abotO the waist. . - •
" You are a woman ?" said father.
" Of course I am ; what do yen ask that
que.4►ion for ?"
" Have you a husband I 'r
" Ves."
" Where does he Jive ?"
"In Trxiston."
"Well, then,
.if you hare a husband
why do you not live at home, instead of
gadding around on such a night as this,
fit only for the fiends to be abroad ?"
" Why don't yuu set the North River
on fire ?" saiu she, leaping from her chair,
and springing toward my father at the
back side of my chair, and hissingthrough
her teeth, " I'll teach you why I am
here."
My mother screamed and run; my fa
ther made an ineffectual attempt to get
out otthe .way, but instantly yielded, re
solved to take what waited him; and I
was out of my scat as quick as the hag,
and as she passed. me on her way to grap"
pie with my father, I struck her with my
'fist a blow under the ear which, but for
! her &Al cotton hood, would have knocked
her down ; as it was it staggered her and
gave me time to get the chairs out of the
way and gather for a fight.
She recovered, and looking at .me for
r a moment, said as if in soliloquy :
'•oh, you choose to cross my path do.
you 7 Well, see if I don't settle you pret
ty quickly;" and thrusting her hand in.
to her cloak made a motion as if she
Would draw a dagger.
The intebtion maddened me and it bro't
foam from 'ply:lips. struch her half a
dozen blows as quick as lightning.
She let her dagger go, and clenched
me., The grip -satisfied me that I had
found my watch, aye, wore, iu strength,
and that my Skill as a boxer, and my al-1
most unparalleled ability as wrestler,
must save me, I had learned pugilism I
of a clever English teacher, and as to
wrestling, to that day I had never been
thrown down. I knew when I felt the
grip that I was dealing with a man. I
felt that my father and mother were re•
lying on me, and i grew stronger, as I be
foresaid.
tusseed, grasped, and let loose,
struck and parried, clinched, and wrest
led till, after various attempts we found
ourselves to what wrestlers call a "side
hold." I got the under arm, and lifted
him (for it was no longer her) threw my
leg around his and turned him. He fell
on the floor like a log. I intended to
break his bones, but he unhooked his
cloak (it had been unbuckled in theetrum
gle) acd leaped up like a cat. 1 struck
him before he .was balanced, staggered
him grappled my left hand info his throat
and struck him again, called on my moth
er to open the door: and as she did so,
pushed and kicked him out. He swore
that he would be the death of me I told
him to take himself olt of the State or I
would put the sheriff on his track, and
shutting the door in his face, walked to
my father.
Now let your doubter tell me how 1
came to see 'this matter beforehand—this
hooded, cloaked man. I had seen and
heard his threats to my father; and strug
;Jed with him to my dream, before he
carne to the Louse, and had awakened
and left my bed to go and see to my fa
ther's safety, and again to conquer him
in the kitchen. All the main features
of the occurrence were made known to
me before they took place, and by the
impression they- made on me, enabled-me
I doubt not, to save my parent's life:
EDUCATIONAL.
Proceedings ofthe Potter Court-
t3' Teachers' Institute.
Reported for the Potter Journal
SATURDAY, Nov. 17
[The following should have been in
serted previous to the day proceedings of
Monday, but we did not receive it in
ti e.—EDITOR.i
The evenino• r' session was
. opened with
a discussion of the following question :
" How can the cause of Education be best
promoted in
.thin County?" by Messrs
Cooper, Lewis, Coleord, Lyman, Rev.
Scott, Gilliland and 'Prof Sanders, and
Mivses Hackett, Fox, Lyman and Clark,
The question awoke an able and animat
ing discussion. A warm interest was ex . -
hibited on the part of the speakers in ev
erything that tended to advance the in
terest of Education.
Prof Cooper then addressed the Insti
tution upon tho following topic : "Suc
cess in teaching." As the architectdraws
It plan before be begins to erect a build
inn', so the educator ought to decide what
„ .
la good education is, and the Means of ob
taining it, before be commences to erect
a temple for the Spirit The life of ev
ery individual is determined by his early
culture. A teacher is successful, only
When he trains all the powers of the pu
pil, and makes :him a useful member of
society.. The true teacher must under
stand - the nature of the mind and the
means of developing and improving its
Pavers; should' know how' the mind
changes as the child passes from 'youth.
to maithend i :and how study without:in-
CreaSe of years affects it. The leacher
should prepare the mind of the pupil to
receive wisdom, before placing a book in
Iris hand; should teach the pupil to think
and not merely to repeat the words of the
lesson. The common way is -to have the
pupils give words, instead of thoughts.
True teaching incites and stimulates cu
riosity, but never•-cloyi it. Do not spoil
scholars by flattery. Cultivate the child's
moral nature by holding up coned ; ex
amples, by telling stories in which per
sons act'from correct principles, and-,al
- ways expressing a due appreciation of ev
ery generous and , noble act. The mind
is as much subject to laws as flatter'is,
and may be cultivated with us much cer
tainty of obtaining the desired end.
Reading by , Prof Sanders. Adjourned..
MONDAY EVENING, Nov., 19. -
Assembled at the usual hour, and af
ter election of cfficers for the evening,
proceeded to discuss the question before
the Institute. The question, What is
the best mode of interesting primary
6 - lasses ? was taken up by Prof. Cooper.
The principal means was to present thing
easy of comprehension; to follow the nat
ural bent of disposition; show them pic
tures, &e. Mr. Jenson, had little expe
rience, but thought,teliing stories, a good
way; little minds Were inquisitive, and
the way to interest them is to feed their
inquisitiveness. The meeting was ad
dressed in turn by Messrs. Lyman, Mon
roe, Davidson and Lewis. The latter
gentleman did not believe in presents or
any outside inducements: thought it
very desirable to win/the students affec
Lion, and in contrast showed the effect
of fear on a sebolar's mind. Ile advised
teachers to be simple in speech, concise
lin definition, and if they wish to interest
I their pupils, first interest themselves. A
I lively discussion followed until the goes
den was dismissed. and Prot Sanders led
the Choir in music. After a short re
cess the audience assembled to hear Prof.
Lewis. -He said : we had. come to pay
the oblations of our brightest hopes on
the altar of devotion to the - highest in
terests of our kind. Under the glorious
supervision of the teacher, waywardness
and obstinacy had given way to willing
obedience, and come to walk in the path
of duty. Compare the wild uncultivated
rugged past, with the present improved
and beautiful appearance of the surround
ing county. Religion had been the mo
tive power, and educator. The Architni
dean lever that had elevated the people
to a love 'ot science, literature and the
arts. Reviewed the past of nations; the
hovered sons of the old Thirteen, worthy
in their lives, to them were we indebted
for planting germs of progress which had
grown ad institutions of power, and were
blessing the whole Land. The Hand of
Providence was plainly 'to be seen in the
planting of this Quakercelony. The des
tiny of nations in a great'ineasure.depend
and on the intelligence and humanity of
their rulers cited from the career of Na
poleon. The school teacher was a war•
rior fighting for the final ' triumph of
Truth and Justice. The instructors ofi
!youth begin at the fountain head of .hu
' man life and their profession, in grancluer
is second to none in the world. Like the
soft-materials of the rock in its incipient
stages on which the tiny insect can trace
its name and elraraeter, yet when its
granite particles have beCome consolidat
ed can dash aside the mountain torrent
or turn away the deadly thunder bolt and
only yields to the touch of the magic rod
of the chosen servant of the Almighty,
so the human heart in its infancy is sus
ceptible to all the influences of truth and
religion ; yet when hardened by the tread
of Time and chilled by the frosts of age
is hard and unimpressible , as the flinty
rock . ; consequently the importatice, of
the teacher's vocation. His habits and l
manners would be copied, Pnd above all
would the influence of his morals be felt
on the tender mind of childhood. The
teacher could not be too sound in any de
partment of virtue; for he was the ruling
spirit, the controlling power of his pecu
liar-Institution... A large fund of general
information wasnecessary in order that
all the demands of his pupils may be an
swered. Ho spoke eloquently and at
length of all the duties and relations of
the teacher; urged them onward to the
discharge of every responsibility. His
remarks were folhiried by reading and el
ocutionary exercises by Prof. Sanders; as
the concluding exercises of the day. The
Institute then adjourned.
TUESDAY MORNING, NOY.. 20.
The assemblage was found to conaiit
of 51 persons. A hymn was sung by the
, , a •
choir, and prefer -was offered, by Prof.
Sanders. Then followed reading report
of Monday, by thd Sec's. =The critics
read an accurate repeat of all , errors .of
Speech and action in the nieuibers - of_the
Institute. This was, followed by ; giving
sentiments containing gemS of wisdom
and poetry ; then came exereises in Arith
metic? difficult, exa M ples were explained,
and the, tinderlying;princip* brought, to
view. ; - Misses B.IM. and /...E. LYuitiri
went .to the :board and ,-.4terriontitnoll
- power Their , eiplanationa
were approved andl abeented• At n
o'clock the Arithmetic class ,adjonined,
and - alt took a recess; of five minutes.
When again . assembled, Prof Sanders
conducted au exercise in Phonetics and
Orthography; he toOk the first word in
the Dietiocary; which is' A, and Com
mented on its frequent mis-spelling. He
said it was erroneously used oftener than
any' other word ill the language. The
members were thoroUghly drilled on the
word in all its possible applications, and
shown that when - no other rule would ap
'
ply, euphony determines whether A. or
-
An should be used. The Professor's ex
planaiious were of prineiples, and care- 1
ful y selected examples were given ; such
as tubraced- the widest extent of appli
cation. ' After listening with the greatest
interest until noon, the classes adjourned.'
1 t54,,, , - ArrEgNuoNlsEssit's.N. -yirra .1. 0
Assembled at 1, o'clock and were ad
dressed by Prof Lewis' on the subject of
holdin ,, a Levee. The'question was car
ried and the succeeding , Friday evening
fixed upon for the occasion. The teach
ers were to assemble on that:evening and
relieve the monotony of daily drills by a l
mutual interchange of "Courtesies. The
motion to have refreshments was lost at
the -suggestion of Prof Cooper. On
the committee of arrangements • were
Messrs. 1 Jenson and Shove, • with
Misses Corey and Nelsen. Considerable
pleasantry was desplayed during the ar
rangements for the occasion, and the ut
most good feeling and satisfaction pre-;
veiled.
The remainder of the time until recess
was occupied by. Prof. Lewis.who took
the stand and analyzed several difficult
sentences for the benefit of Grammar
teachers. After recess Prof. Cooper
drawed on the_ board a diagram of tie
moon's orbit around the earth, and closed
by a discourse concerning the atmos
phere and its phenomena. "They were
governed by taws fixed and immutable as
those governing any other part of the ma
terial universe." He explained that the
motion of the air was occasioned by want
of complete equilibrium in its various
parts, and gave in their order the rates i
of speed belonging to gales, breezes and
hurricanes;' he else explained the causes
of Trade Winds. They were occasioned
in the first Place by excessive heating of
the atmosphere in the equatorial regions,
and the subsequent flossing inward of colder air from the polar reoions to sup- 1
ply the vaccuuno produced, by expansion
and rising up of the air at the Equator.
The peculiarity of their moving westward
was accounted by taking into considera
tion the fact that the carat moves much
faster at the equator than at the poles; con
sequently the air with its feeble impetus
from those- extremes, could not immedi
ately partake Of its more rapid motion
there, and took a retrogressive motion
westward and produced the Trade Winds.
This interesting discourse was very hap
pily delivered and was received with the
keenest interest and appreciation. At 4
o'clock Prof Sanders commenced his drill
in Elocution; 1 1 and Continued to amuse
and interest his hearers until 4/ o'clock,
and adjourned.
TUESDAY. EVENING.
The Institute opened at 6.30 Prof, S
Lewis in the Chair. Questions for dis
cussion. Resolved that composition and
declamation ought to be introduced into
common schools. The disdnssion was
cuMwenced by ;Prof- Cooper,[who declar
ed for the affirmative; he sai d practice in
composition while at school gave the stn
dent
. a facility of thought and readiness of
expression; necessary in every business
project of afterlife; to have it successful
it.was necessary th Teacher should tin
detstand it himself. He was lib favor of
declamation partly on account of the great
amount of information embodied in the
pieces usually 'spoken. Prof-i S Lewis
was then called for- He thought the
proper way was to connect these studies
with grammer and elocution-
~
Had nevi
er known any great advantages' to arise
from these exercises usually conduct-
ed; it confirmed a stereotyped manner of
expression and did more , harm that (rood,
as he estimated it. Various Speu'lers
took the floor and many ideas *ere gain
ed, and the resolution was finally carried.
After the discussion there was singing by
tho chOir, and then the audience listened
to a long, brilliant and profound 4ssay by
Frof Sanders, follqwed by readinghumor
ons pieces, , when the Institute adjourned
for the night.
WED'NESD'AY lidOteNifiti, NOV. 21.
Teachers Institute wet at 9a. M. sing-
e e
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7 1RM: ti. n sl;o9: Per ANNUZIC
ing by the choir. Reading the,...Scriti.
taps 'and prayer , : by Rev ": : -ME &nit%
Minutes:of pre.vietis tuaetiag read and ittr
proved. Critics report read by -Miss Bish:
op , On motion, 31r. Maynard Oil isigi
DoWns were unanimously chosen 0044,
and W. A.: Monroe and Miss I.3nrtis, sec.:
retaries. • Prof. Lewis qffered thu follow:.
.
in; sentiment : ii The, Bliiiitied tif mid.
et,
most be chiefly his own Work." .
prof Sanders . then conducted ari ex:
ertiloYiiiiikttio*Tiliy, in.iiblait '116,04
instructions for the Spelling:of Sethi five
thoUsand English words. Rieliii. - '':i
-10 i 30, A: At. exerOisellit Arithinetiti;
conducted by Prof. Cooper - Reedit • .
Singing by the choir.. Exercises iii Arilli;
meats, conducted b,t , Prof, Stlideiiidiii
lug Whibb he eitdatned some'of thelis;
culiar properties of the figure nine:' '
)1-4.4., AFTERNOON SESSION. "14.4 1, ' , ,••• I
. Commenced at 1 :30-P. at. Eterelftiti
in Gitnniidt, eondueted by Pief..COOper:
Lecture by Prof. Lewis. Recess. , -- •
2 , : 1 ; 40, P. IR., Prof. Cooper I , ;‘•tured ici
.
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the geography " am: He
. gp,v a lucid
explanation of the nausea of thii Medi
cal winds, the Etesian wind,t Situmnp; -
the Sirocco, also the wind's that blow frOnt
the ninth-west and south.-west. He alhO
gave an explanatiOri of the 6adie lif tali
r from evaporation to condenitithia tiitia:o;
turn to the earth ; also how the humiditj .
or capacity of the air for containing Iva-, '
ter was increased by the degree of heat; )
He said that a cubic yard of air, at 73° '
Far., would contain one cubic inel of ifi;.
ter in the form of invisible irtiPpr. The
reasons for there being no rain in sonic
placcsi, as well as the reason for the great
amount, in other places; were also duly
explained. Prof. C. also illustrated the
orbit Cf the moon around that earth{ ititi
the blackboard. Redess; . '
.27 -4 --;:t." EVENING SESSIGth. 514 .7 1 . 1 ' 01 ' /-
Called to order at 6 i 30, by Prof Lei.:
is, who proceeded to deliver a lecture od-
the subject of School Organitatiod, di:lr
ing which he favored the Institute with
an outline of his plan for organizipi
schools. Prof. Cooper elucidated the aitl%•
jects of day and night; eclipse,s etc., in
very satisfactory [inane. PrOt SatiderS
delivered a very able discourse updd,
"The public schools—the foundation df
our government."
Oo met'on,'ridjourned.
THURSDAY MORNING, NOV. 21
Morning exercised; reading Scriptard
and prayer, by Prof. Sanders. Singing;
by the choir. 2d. Secretaries report wad
read and lapproved. 3d. Report '.of Crit
ics. 4th. P. E. Maynard was cleated
Secretary, and Miss S. Horton assistant;
Mr. Clark and Miss L. Hacket, *ere
elected critics for the day. , Prof. Sanders'
then call,d for the Compositions accord
ing to p4vions arrangement, and madd
some remarks to those who failed to sous:
ply. The next subject talked upon was
Penmanship. Prof. Sanders reddintriedil l
led the Spbncerian system, and explained
I the methdd of teaching it. Recess. , ,
Ist exercise, singing by the choir. 2d . :
Arithmetic, conducted by Prof. Cooper.
Method of reducing Vulgar. W - Deeinifff
fractions, and also that of reducing Re:
petends to the Vulgar fractions from'
which eiey were formed, explained:
Recess. Compositions were read by Prof: '
Sanders, , and bad spellintt dpolten., df. -
2d exercise conducted by Prof. Sanders;
in Spelling. Adjourned until Ii
.P. sr: -
. 1-' 1 ,442. A"17.11NOON SESSION. -7:-..rii ;- Z. ,
Prof. Copper opened Graminar exercise
in absence pf Prof. Lewis. mr. wig.. A:
Monroe made some remarks on-Penman
ship. He thought the Spencerian systeni
too laboredifor general use. Prof. Lewis'
recornniendd flourdhing for. teaching
Penmanship. Prof: Cooper also made
some remarks.' He thought it heft td
train pupild, upon at finger tudielnent.
Recess. ) • - •
Exercise in Physical Geography. 'lst
Color of the, Oce,an and , its caused. 2d.-
Method ofsonnding expiaing. 3r3. Me i ':
tions ? . .viz : { Tides, Currents, .ete:, , and
their caused were fully explain•ed And
pointed out en the outline maps. Exei:.
cise closed by exhibiting some specie'-'
of coral rock's,
shells, mosses etc. .t . '`cesii.:.
Prof. Sanders took the flool'and reconi,
mended a more thorough study of Vire.
ical and ^Astronomical GeographY. ‘ .2d.
Analysis—al. the 'class participating.
Ird., Reading by ladies. 4th. Reading
by gentlemen. Adjourned till e'venin'g._
i4i- , -1... Ev,msart4l SESSION: 7 14 * - z4, 24..
Opened. by. Prof. - Lewis; who tizairi
•
brought the s bject of school organization
I before the audience stoWinga'progra n ine
I
for recitation and dtudy. He then made
wore remarks respecting; the best inannek 4
of teaching Penmanship. • Ha next made
some observatiees about street cdueatiba i
and contrasted our present goveinment
with that of the ParitenV. .
2d. exercise; essay by Ur. Siinve Sub
ject, " Personal appearance of the Tiacii---
er." The essay.. Wits an able one; and:.
rWattredeived Wq.h mita apida ifs's. Reei2s.s."
After calling to order, Prof-. Sanders
favored ni with some thiscellaceogs re-- ,
marks, and a Very amtmino• A
illuratio . n - Of:
mathemetical 4iii. 2d. Ceetdre by Ppd.'
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