ton.

The report was unanimously adopted. The Association adjourned sine die.

STATE EXAMINATION.

At the state examination of teachers held in Columbus, December 28, 29 and 30, 1897, 74 applicants were registered and 41 certificates were granted, of which number 14 were high school life, 26 common school life and one special life in music. The following are the successful applicants:

High school life-E. R. Booth, Cincinnati; J. E. Collins, West Union; A. M. Farlow, Barlow; Watson H. Gregg, Quaker City; George B. Haggett, Louisville; James Ross, Carysville; D. C. Rybolt, Galion; J. F. Smith, Findlay; W. O. Smith, Arcanum; O. M. Soule, Seven Mile; Ira W. Stahl, Rockford: Nettie M. Alderman, Ironton; Nettie Anderson, Winton Place; Mary B. Furness, Walnut Hills.

Common school life--Charles A. Arganbright, Lafayette; Sheldon F. Ball, Toledo; B. O. Bristline, Bradner; Edwin M. Craig, New Vienna; James A. Frazier, Asbury; A. C. Fries, Grove City; C. E. Githens, Wellsburg; D. F. Grier, Courtland; Henry A. Hartman, Van Wert; F. L. Lytle, Copley; J. C. Little, Waynesville; G. E. Miller, Linton Mills; I. L. Mitchell, Cleveland; W. M. Plum, Ashville; J. W.

ardson, Holgate; Alfred Ross, Moors Hill, Indiana; J. E. Scama

horn, Brilliant; J. L. Selby, Greenville; A. L. Sigrist, Dundee; T. M. Taylor, Dunlap; Elmer T. Trott, Byesville; John I. Ward, Toledo; W. G. Wolfe, Quaker City; W. W. Young, St. Marys; May Trumper, Bryan.

Special life, music-Arnold J. Gantvoort, Cincinnati.

Examinations for 1898 will be held June 21, 22 and 23 and December 27, 28 and 29.

The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, J. D. Simkins, St. Marys; clerk, C. W. Bennett, Piqua; treasurer, W. W. Boyd, Marietta; additional members of the board, Charles Haupert, Wooster, and J. P. Sharkey, Eaton.

FIELD NOTES.

The Bellevue Public Schools are in a very flourishing condition, the High School attendance having reached one hundred and ten. The Principal of the High School is H. C. Bates who has three assistants.

Supt. Warner is to be congratulated on the good work he has accomplished.

The next meeting of the TriCounty Teachers' Association which embraces Ashland, Medina and Wayne counties will be held at Orrville January 28 and 29. Supt. J. B. Mohler of Orrville is making

preparations for a large and enthusiastic meeting.

The Fremont High School, Will D. Ross, Principal, has an enrollment of two hundred and fifteen pupils and a senior class of thirtysix.

The Stark County Teachers' Institute held its annual fall session at Louisville December 26 and 27. The instructors were Mr. J. A. Leonard and Miss Lelia Patridge. Our correspondent writes that "it is generally conceded that this was the best short session of the institute ever held in the county."

Supt. E. D. Lyon of Mansfield and his corps of teachers are enthusiastic in their Reading Circle work. The city circle enrolls fiftysix members and a carefully prepared program for the year has been printed. The O. T. R. C. is surely growing in importance and value to the teachers of Ohio each year.

two new

Salem dedicated school buildings in November. The High School in that city enrolls one hundred and thirty-six pupils. W. H. Maurer is Principal.

John E. Nelson, formerly of Ohio, but now superintendent at Marengo, Illinois, is succeeding admirably in his work in that town. He has a corps of ten teachers with one hundred in the High School.

-We are under obligations to Supt. F. J. Roller of Niles for a copy of the Annual Report of the

Public Schools of that city. This Keport contains the course of study and many very valuable suggestions from the superintendent.

The Granville Public Sl:ools have an enrollment of three hundred and thirty-two with seventy-five' in the High School, seventeen of whom are in the graduating class. Twenty-two Boxwell graduates from the township attend the High School, the tuition being paid by the township board. G. A. Chambers is superintendent.

The Guernsey County Teachers' Institute was held at Cambridge the week beginning December 27. The instructors were Dr. J. P. Gordy of the Ohio State University, and Supt. J. C. Hartzler of Newark.

- Since Supt. Arthur Powell took charge of the Marion schools eight years ago the High School has increased from eighty-seven to two hundred and twenty-one, and the grades below the High School from twelve hundred and sixtyseven to nineteen hundred and sixty. A comparison of the increase in the High School with that below the High School is very suggestive. On account of the large increase in the High School this year an additional teacher has been employed. It is to the credit of the teachers of Marion that twenty-three of their number are reading the O. T. R. C. Course, and that several others are taking the University Extension Course in history.

The editor had a pleasant visit to Cuyahoga county December 10 and 11. On the first named date it was his privilege to take part in the dedicatory exercises of the new public school building at Glenville. The schools in this rapidly growing suburb are in a very flourishing condition and exceptional satisfaction with the work of Supt. Cully was expressed by every one.

On the morning of December 11 a visit was made to the Western Reserve University which is developing at a very rapid rate under the presidency of Dr. Thwing. On the afternoon of the same day a talk was made to the Cuyahoga Teachers' Association which was largely attended by the superintendents and teachers of the county.

Greenville, December 18, was an enthusiastic one. Supt. R. W. Mitchell of Celina made two excellent talks and the general discussion on "How To Make the Coming Institute Most Helpful" was participated in by a large number of teachers. The school commissioner made a talk at the afternoon session.

The Sixty-first Annual Report of the Cleveland Public Schools shows a total enrollment of 52,987 with 3,241 in the different High Schools.

The following paragraph on

"Reading" is quoted from a recent report of Supt. E. M. Van Cleve of Barnesville.

The importance of good instruction in reading can scarcely be overestimated; the ability to read is the aims in teaching this subject, which key to all recorded knowledge. The the teacher should constantly keep in mind, are to enable children (1) to read understandingly, fluently and intelligibly; (2) to gain thought from the printed page; (3) to distinguish good from bad reading; and (4) to form a taste for literature and the habit of reading good books. The attitude of the teacher is all important; if she enters into the instruction enthusias

tically the pupils will be inspired by her enthusiasm; every effort should be made to make the reading lesson interesting.

The Society of Psychological and Pedagogical Inquiry have selected the following subjects for special investigation for 1897-8.

3. Child Study. The Nature of the Child as Revealed in its Folklore, its Imaginative Stories, its Fears, and its Choice of Plays.

(a) Studies of Childhood. Sully. (b) Mental Development of Child and Race. Baldwin.

(c) Religious Consciousness of Children. M. W. Calkins, in New World, December, 1896.

(d) Theological Life of California Children. Barnes, Pedagogical Seminary, Vol. II.

(e) Study of Conversion. Starbuck, American Journal of Psychology, January, 1897.

(f) Some Aspects of Religious

Growth. Starbuck, American Journal of Psychology, October, 1897. (g) Study of Fears. G. S. Hall, American Journal of Psychology, January, 1897.

(h) Old Age and Death. Scott, American Journal of Psychology, October, 1897.

The fall meeting of the Richland County Teachers' Association was held at Shelby in November. The morning session was devoted. to Round Table discussions in which Miss Ada Gedney of Shelby talked of Methods of Teaching Primary Numbers, Supt. W. S. Lynch of Belleville of Civics in the Public Schools, Miss Sarah Maryin of Mansfield on Methods of Teaching History, Miss Mary Aberle also of Mansfield on The Cultivation of the Reading Habit. Supt. Lanehart of Butler and Supt. T. S. Huggart of Shelby both took part in the dis

cussions.

In the afternoon Miss Bertha Ruess and Mrs. Anna Mills, both of the Mansfield High School, made excellent addresses, the one giving a review of Halleck's psychology, the other speaking on the Literature Work of the Reading Circle. The Rev. Dr. Meese of Mansfield delivered a vivid descriptive lecture on Through Norseland. The last address of the day was from Dr. Bashford of Delaware. It was necessarily brief but with its brevity came a promise of his presence at a future meeting. The attendance of teachers from all parts of the county was

large and the general verdict was that the session was one of the most profitable held for some years.

The Putnam County Teachers' Association held its second session at Leipsic, O., Dec. 11, 1897. "A Greeting", an original poem, was read by J. W. Gilmore. Dr. C. W. Bennett, of Piqua, O., in discussing "Methods in Geography", said that, as a rule, teachers fail most in teaching reading; next in teaching geography. Geography is too often presented as a bundle of dry facts rather than real facts connected with the earth. Observation and correct expression should be taught in connection with geography. History, literature, and geography are used more in life than other branches; hence the importance of teaching geography well.

F. E. Brooke read a carefully prepared paper on "Making a Citizen." P. D. Amstutz showed why the profession of teaching "Needed Legislation" to give it the protection other professions have.

privileges, visiting parents, restoration of damages, and apology.

Dr. Newman talked on "How Make Schools More Practical."

The regular session of the Erie County Teachers' Association was held at Vermilion, Ohio, December 4.

Many of the superintendents of the various towns in the county were present and greatly helped to make the meeting a success.

Most of the time was taken up by discussing the various subjects on the program; the Round Table was made prominent, and many of the teachers took an active part in the discussions, thus making the meeting helpful, interesting and useful to those who were present. The subjects in which the most interest was manifested, were those relating to the discipline of the school and to the teaching of multiplication.

During the noon intermission, Supt. E. J. Shives very ably entertained the teachers, by using his Phonograph, and explaining the mechanism of the machine.

-The Preble County Teachers' Association held a very enthusiastic meeting at Eaton December 11. The Round Table discussion of the

Reading Circle work and the "Individuality" fad proved that the teachers are all wide-awake.

Prin. E. W. Wilkinson of Cincinnati and Supt. J. W. McKinnon of Middletown made addresses in the afternoon to an audience of five