Afternoon, 2:00.-1. Annual Address, “In my Mind's Eye, Hora-tio," E. C. Hewett, Pres. Illinois State Normal University. 2. Re ports of Committees. 3. Miscellaneous Business.

Papers limited to thirty minutes; Leaders in discussion ten minutes. Reports of committes limited to thirty minutes, except Reading Circle. which is given one hour. Leaders of discussion are at liberty to use manuscript if desired.

Executive Committee.-W. H. Sims, Chairman, Goshen, Ind.; Miss Margaret M. Hill, Rensselaer; James H. Henry, Martinsville; Dale J. Crittenberger, Anderson,

SPECIAL PROGRAMS.

HIGH SCHOOL SECTION.

TUESDAY, DEC. 28, 9 A. M. 1. "Mathematics in the High School,” J. A. Carnagey, Principal Madison High School. 2. "Limitations in Pedagogical Psychology," Jas. R. Hart, Supt. Union City schools. 3. "Psychology in its Relation to English Literature," A. M. Huycke, Prin. Wabash High School. 4. "Some Observations on Teaching Latin in the High School," George W. Hufford, Indianapolis High Schools.

Afternoon, 2:00.-I. "Zoology in the High Schools," O. P. Jenkins, Prof. Biology in De Pauw University. 2. "Report of Committee on Course of Study for High Schools," W. N. Hailman, Supt. La Porte schools. 3. Miscellaneous Business.

The discussions of these papers will be general instead of by specially appointed persons, thus giving opportunity to a greater number to participate. It is hoped that high school teachers will come expecting to add to the interest and profit of the meeting by brief, pointed expressions of their thoughts upon the sentiments of the papers.

The discussion of the Report on a Course of Study will occupy the greater part of the afternoon. R. A. OGG. Ch'n Ex. Com.

COUNTY AND VILLAGE SECTION.

TUESDAY, DEC. 28, 9 A. M. 1. "Supplementary Reading," R. M. Garrison, Morgan county. Discussion: E. A. Ogden, Parke county; Ed. Barrett, Hendricks county. 2. "The Township Principal," Jas. M: Boyd, Daviess county. Discussion: W. B. Carpenter, Knox Co. 3. "Is a Uniform Course of Study Possible and Desirable?" T. B. Felter, Harrison county. Discussion: A. C. Fleshman, Harrison Co.

Afternoon, 2:00.-I. "Township Institutes as a Means of Professional Improvement," Lewis C. Chamberlain, Jay county. General discussion. 3. "Libraries for District and Village Schools," Charles L. Kinney, Elkhart county. General discussion.

RAILROADS.-Railroad facilities are first-class. Reduced rates on all the roads in Indiana. The uniform rate will be one and one-third fares for the round trip.

Each delegate must purchase a first-class ticket to Indianapolis, for which full fare will be charged, and upon request the ticket agent will issue him a certificate of such purchase. Tickets for return will be sold, by agent at Indianapolis, for one-third fare, to all those presenting certificates countersigned by the Railroad Secretary of the Association. Ask local agent for certificate. If through tickets can not be purchased at your local station, pay to nearest point where such tickets can be procured.

Inquire for certificate at your local station in time to send to Railroad Secretary for them, in case they can not be procured from local agent. If further information is desired, addresss T. G. Alford, Railroad Secretary, South-Side High School, Indianapolis, Ind.

HOTELS.-Headquarters at the Grand Hotel. Rates $2.00 per day. Positive arrangements insure these reduced rates only to those having certificates showing payments of annual dues.

NOTICE. Please to have this program printed in the local papers of your county, and in every way in your power interest teachers in the work of the Association. If additional programs are desired, address

W. H. SIMS, Ch'n Ex. Com., Goshen, Ind.

MISCELLANY.

THE ILLINOIS STATE NORMAL, of which Edwin C. Hewett is President, was never before so large as it is this term.

IF vexed with a child when instructing it, try to write with your hand. Remember a child is all left hand--7. F. Boyes.

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AN "Outline of Oral Lessons in the Cincinnati District Schools," just issued by the new Supt., Hon. E. E. White, is suggestive and what would be expected from its author.

THE INDIANA NORMAL COLLEGE, at Covington, is getting fairly started. It has over fifty students present, and the different departments are being well organized. J. V. Coombs is principal.

EVERY man who has kept school for ten years ought to be made a Major-General, and have a penshun fur the rest of his nateral days, and a hoss and a wagon to do his going round in.-Josh Billings.

EDINBURG. The schools are reported in excellent condition. Supt. Eagle has a new feature in his high school course-the study of the Theory and Practice of Teaching. Why is this not a good feature?

GEOLOGY OF INDIANA, a neat map, on a card 3 x 5 inches, may be had by sending a two-cent stamp to Prof. J. C. Branner, of the State University, at Bloomington. It indicates the great geological sections.

THE TRI-STATE NORMAL, located at Angola, is in a very healthy condition and is doing some good work. The attendance is large and constantly increasing. Pres. Sniff is certainly the right man in the right place.

THE Parke County Association held its annual session Nov. 26–7. Since Parke county several years ago fixed upon these days for its annual meeting, at least a dozen other counties have adopted the same days for similar meetings.

IT has been decided that the next National Educational Association will be held at Chicago. The Journal approves this decision. Chicago is a wonderful city, and when it can be "taken in" along with the association, the attraction is doubled.

THE SCIENTIFC AMERICAN, published by Munn & Co., New York, presents weekly to its readers the best and most reliable record of various improvements in machinery, while the scientific progress of the country can in no way be gleaned so well as by the regular perusal of its pages.

GOSHEN.-The Supts. and Teachers' meeting held at Goshen Nov. 12 and 13 is reported as a great success. The attendance was good and the exercises were especially interesting and instructive. The address of Supt. Hailman on "The Rejected Stone is very highly complimented.

PUT THIS ON YOUR BLACKBOARD.--John hired a horse and buggy to drive to a town ten miles distant, for $10. When half way he overtook Henry, wishing to go to the same town and back to the place where he was overtaken, who agreed to pay his proportionate part of the $10. How much must each pay?

PROVIDENCE.-The annual report of the Providence, R. I., schools is on our table. The school committee speak in highly commendable terms of their Supt., our old friend H. S. Tarbell, and Mr. Tarbell's part of the report shows that he is incorporating in the schools some of the good features of the Indianapolis schools.

KOSCIUSKO COUNTY.-E. M. Chaplin, as acting secretary, has issued a beautiful circular card containing the course of reading for the Kosciusko county teachers. It does not take the regular Reading Circle course, but insists on one professional book and recommends the best of books named by the State Board to be read for examination.

THE INDIANAPOLIS BUSINESS UNIVERSITY, located in the When Block, is a good school of its class, honestly managed and doing what it purports to do. Trook, Heeb & Redman are the proprietors and instructors, and are honorable young men, determined to build up a school on merit, and not "blow," as is too often the case with this class of schools.

KENTUCKY.-The teachers of Kentucky are waking up to the value of organization and united effort in order to growth of their profession and of themselves in their profession. Quite a number of the counties have organized teachers' associations for the purpose of discussing matters of interest to the cause of education. A meeting held at Dixon, Ky., and another at Henderson, Ky., during November, are spoken of

as quite interesting. At the latter, and taking an active part in the discussions, we note two Indiana teachers, Profs. W. E. Lugenbeel and E. E. Smith, as also Prof. E. S. Clarke, formerly at Aurora, Ind., but now at Henderson, Ky.

STEUBEN COUNTY held its institute early in Nevember, and as usual managed to hit some bad weather; but as usual managed to do some good work and have a good institute. Thos. W. Harvey, author of Harvey's Grammar, was present all the week and did good service. Alex. Frobes, of Chicago, was present two days and was cheered at the close of every exercise he gave. W. A. Bell did some work and gave an evening lecture. Mrs. Kate B. Ford, of Detroit, Mich., was present a part of the week, recalled because of the merit of work done in former institutes in this county. Several of the county teachers gave valuable assistance. Supt. Carlin is doing a good work.

MADISON.-Prof. J. H. Martin has lately made a great improvement in our city schools. He has compiled a spelling book from words occurring in the geographies, popular science, and histories used in the schools. This speller is a neat little book of seventy-two pages, printed by the school board and furnished to the people at cost. An examination of the book and Prof. Martin's instructions for its use will convince any one of the value and thoroughness of the methods adopted. We feel that we can congratulate Madison people upon this new feature of instruction, and are sure that it will add to Prof. Martin`s already high and well deserved reputation as an educator and instructor.-Madison Courier.

Calendars for 1887.-A writer in the Hartford Post, speaking of Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co.'s Calendars, says: "Hardly a better method of injecting a little wholesome leaven into one's life exists than that of hanging one of these classics at your desk at home or office, and noting, as you eye the date, some axiom or aid to more comfortable living." Of the eight beautiful Calendars for 1887, two are new. These are compiled from the works of Robert Browning and Nathaniel Hawthorne. The Calendars published in previous years, made up of selections from Emerson, Holmes, Longfellow, Lowell, Whittier, and Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney, are also reissued for 1887.

Especial ettention is called to the fact that these Calendars, although not less artistic than those of previous years, and containing many features which render them of greater value, are sold at one-half the price, namely, fifty cents. Houghton, Mifflin & Company, Publishers, 4 Park St., Boston; 11 East 17th St., New York.

THE CITY SUPERINTENDENTS of the Southwestern corner of the State had a very pleasant meeting at Evansville on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 12 and 13. Present: J. W. Layne, Robert Spear, W. H.

Mushlitz and others, of Evansville; A. J. Snoke, of Princeton; P. P. Stultz, of Mt. Vernon; W. W. Parsons, Terre Haute; W. F. Hoffmann, Washington; R. G. Boone, State University, Bloomington: A. B. Milford, Wabash College; E. J. Clark, Henderson, Ky.; C. J. Lemon, Shawneetown, Ill.; N. T. Groves, Newburgh; Harvey Lucas. Owensville; R. W. Wood, Jeffersonville; J. C. Hall, Princeton; E. E. Smith, W. T. Fry, from the state at large, and a number of other leading educational men were on hand, together with several ladies.

The following questions were discussed: How may Libraries be established and maintained? For what grades are women best adapted? for what men? What grades should command the best talent and the highest salaries? Preventives of tardiness and irregularity. To what extent should superintendents determine methods of instruction? Adjourned Saturday afternoon, to meet at Washington, Ind.. Feb. 18 and 19. W. F. Hoffmann elected chairman of Ex. Com.

CITY SUPERINTENDENTS' ASSOCIATION.

City Superintendents of Indiana and Ohio held an interesting meeting at Muncie on Nov. 4, 5 and 6. The association was organized by electing Supt. Vancleve of the Troy, O., schools, chairman, and Supt. Griffith, of the Frankfort, Ind., schools, secretary. The discussions. which embraced quite a range of subjects, were all the more interesting from being informal. The drift of thought seemed to indicate the introduction of industrial education in small cities as impracticable if not undesirable. High school graduates, with supplemental professional training, were regarded as the best supply for city school teachers. One Supt. had tried the experiment of making high school graduates janitors, and found them of great assistance to him by reason of their superior intelligence.

The Indiana Superintendents thought deportment a factor in determining the promotion of the pupil. Some of their Ohio brethren objected to this.

Prof. R. G. Boone, of Indiana University, gave some excellent talks in the course of the discussions. Dr. David S. Jordan, of the State University, delivered his lecture Higher Education," Friday evening to a large audience. The music of the school children, under the direction of Miss Love, was most excellent.

The next meeting will be held next spring at Troy, O. The Executive Committee consists of Supts. Vancleve and Cromer, Ohio, and Supts. Study and Black, Indiana.