Abstracts of Massachusetts School Returns

INDEX.

Abbott system, recommended, 429.
Absence, double price for, 390. On certifi-
cates for, 441. See Attendance, and Exam-
ination.

Accomplishments, so called, 149.
Accuracy, 219. See Studies.
Admissions to schools, 136, 220.

Air, quantity of, breathed, 397. In State Pri-
s ns, 401. See Ventilation.
Amusements, effects of, on schools, 148, 153.
Apparatus for schools, 8, 29, 47, 61, 88, 96, 97,
114, 116, 122, 125, 133, 141, 156, 158, 169,
191, 199, 207, 221, 285, 302, 335, 398, 410,
434, 457. Purchased, 55, 59, 105, 141. Dis
tribution and exchange of, 56. Law author-
izing purchase of, 94.
Appropriations. See Money.
Arithmetic, 11, 391, 392, 413, 414. On men-
tal, 11. Neglecting reading and spelling
for, 101. Ciphering through, 150.
Attendance of scholars, 6, 14, 18, 24, 25, 28,
35, 37, 40, 41, 45, 46, 47, 50, 52, 54, 57, 62,
66, 73, 78, 83, 84, 90, 92, 93, 103, 118, 119,
122, 146, 148, 155, 157, 163, 167, 176, 182,
192, 203, 228, 229, 239, 244, 245, 246, 261,
265, 286, 298, 301, 311, 325, 332, 336, 348,
351, 360, 367, 372, 380, 383, 385, 390, 394,
395, 396, 402, 405, 406, 408, 412, 416, 417,
420, 431, 441, 443, 447, 450, 452, 454, 457,
Apportionment of money according to, 13,
304, 432. In the Sandwich Islands, 18. Rule
respecting, 35. Compulsion respecting, 37,
66, 380. See Absence, and Punctuality.
Attention, on sustaining, in recitations, 439.

Backs, seats without, 64, 190, 201, 306, 392.
Put to seats, 64. See Seats.
Balls condemned, 148, 153.
Bells on schoolhouses, 392.
Bible. See Scriptures.

Blackboards, 16, 29, 47, 59, 61, 119, 127, 166,
189, 194, 207, 226, 371, 392, 398. Teaching
by the use of, 119. Painting sides of the
house for, 194.

Blinds for schoolhouses, 148.

Board of Education, 7, 10, 11, 16, 17, 30, 32,
39, 94, 125, 126, 152, 187, 188, 288, 321, 323,
377, 380, 384, 398, 403, 415, 421, 425, 434.
Abstract of committees' reports by the, 142,
203. Error as to expenses of the, 377.
Boarding of teachers, 240, 435.
Books, selection of, for schools. 10, 22, 28.
Want of uniformity in, 10, 16, 28, 51, 59, 80,
99, 120, 124, 131, 158, 176, 191, 215, 228,
236, 240, 245, 251, 275, 297, 298, 301, 302,
306, 315, 326, 328, 341, 343, 366, 371, 376,
379, 383, 388, 410, 415, 417, 435, 450. Bought
for scholars and left with teachers, 24. Im-
portance of suitable, 27. Introduction of,

29, 35. Occasional introduction of new, 53.
Deficiency of, 59, 77, 93, 176, 332, 351, 378,
420. Changes of, 78, 93, 124, 175, 352.
Defects in the reading, 106, 347. Children
kept from school for want of, 118. Defects
in the law respecting, 155. Introduction of,
by teachers, 158, 236, 288, 446. Want of
suitable, 169, 301. List of, recommended,
175, 470. Depositories for, 206, 214, 356.
On providing, 290, 292, 301, 443. List of
prescribed, printed, framed, and distributed,
410. Defects in the spelling, 433. Furnish-
ed, 443.
Boys. See Scholars.

Cards, use of, by scholars, 35.

Central schools, proposed, 212. On admis-
sion to, 220. See Town Schools.
Chewing tobacco in schoolhouses, 446.
Class books. See Books.
Classes, 80, 220, 221, 297, 400. On keeping
up the attention of, 439.
Clergy, visiting of schools by, 10. On pay-
ing, for visiting schools, 268.
Clothing, want of, for scholars, 118, 336, 402.
Colleges, 49, 158, 375.

Common school libraries. See School libra-
ries.

Common schools should not be taught exclu-
sively in the summer, 3. Want of interest
in, 8, 19, 28, 32, 34, 37, 46, 47, 54, 56, 59,
60, 74, 78, 90, 105, 130, 139, 142, 149, 155,
156, 167, 170, 172, 260, 262, 271, 274, 279,
294, 298, 301, 302, 309, 311, 318, 333, 334,
337, 376, 379, 381, 395, 406, 410, 419, 444,
447. Visiting of, by parents, 8, 17, 19, 23,
29, 34, 47, 48, 51, 54, 56, 79, 99, 102, 105,
107, 120, 122, 124, 128, 133, 147, 155, 158,
159, 171, 172, 189, 196, 203, 210, 211, 225,
228, 232, 235, 242, 244, 245, 246, 247, 270,
271, 274, 279, 280, 290, 297, 309, 333, 334,
337, 343, 345, 351, 358, 359, 366, 369, 370,
379, 381, 384, 392, 395, 398, 410, 416, 425,
427, 429, 432, 439, 446, 447, 448. On pro-
longing, 8, 50, 76, 114, 134, 141, 208, 240,
265, 376, 378. All in a town should be ex-
amined by same committee, 10. On com-
mencing, simultaneously, 17, 61, 277, 291,
297, 384, 438, 440. Broken up by dis-
turbances, 18, 178. Sectarian and local
feelings respecting, 18, 67, 144. Vigilance
as to, 23. Importance of, 23, 24, 25, 49, 61,
67, 74, 82, 84, 94, 153, 157, 267, 270, 282,
315, 318, 319, 321, 330, 334, 336, 339, 375,
385, 413, 431, 455. Objections to the laws
respecting, answered, 27, 28, 165. Great ob-
ject of the system of, 27. Keeping children
from, 45, 239, 336, 337, 454. Last part of,
the most valuable, 46, 239, 241. On a union
of, 48, 145, 211, 228, 287, 317, 360, 373, 387,
399, 405, 429, 433, 436. Too short, 50, 103,

153, 160, 182, 193, 230, 351, 352, 395, 414,

425, 427. Scholars eager to attend, 59.
Modes of conducting, 93, 137, 328, 341.
Scholars withdrawn from, by parents, 135.
On the reporting of, in open town meeting,
352.

Examinations of teachers, 17, 33, 45, 53, 58,
124, 132, 182, 192, 198, 229, 275, 277, 283,
297, 326, 351, 388, 407, 412, 419. In a class
together, 18. Should not be confined to
what is required by the statute, 58. Pru-
dential committees should attend, 166, 183.
Second presentation for, 168. Teachers
embarrassed during the, 173. By-laws re-
specting, 388.

Explanations of words and terms, 51, 246, 328.

174, 199, 351. On work in, 59, 92, 149.
At the Poor House, 63. Te large, 77, 100,
121, 123, 134, 193, 204. Physical education
in, 85. Delayed from want of teachers, 94.
Objects of, 95, 321, 396. Insubordination
in, 106, 107, 121, 131, 158, 176, 177, 183, 198,
257. Value of annual reports respecting,
111, 141. Dependence of good, on the peo-
ple of the district, 115, 118. On discontin-
uing, 123, 414. Dependence of, on the teach-
er, 127, 159. Two in one house, condemned,
except, &c., 134. Origin of the system of,
143. No need of sectarianism' in, 143. In-
equality of the length of, in the same town,
144. The summer, not sufficiently prized,
148. Plans for visiting, 159, 232, 247. Laws
respecting, 165. Importance of good sum-
mer, 171, 186. Plan proposed respecting,
212. Low standard of, 224, 260, 273. De-
pendence of a town's character on, 230, 424.
Superintendent of, in Springfield, 253, 254,
255. On classification in, 255. On difficul
ties in, 257. Neglect of, for philanthropic
objects, 260. Withdrawing children from,
for private schools, 261. Not officially vis-
ited, 266. Manners in, 275, 277, 365. On
small, 284. On reading the law respecting,
in town meetings, 291. On causes of differ-
ence in, 294, 430. For families employed on
the Western rail-road, 298. Neglect to
notify respecting the opening and close of,
307. Particulars of one of the, in Lenox,
311, 312. On the introduction of very small
children into, 322, 370. Too little explana-
tion and illustration in, 322, 325, 390. Re-Geography, 205, 413, 450.
publican, 362, 385. Branches formerly not
taught in, 413. Lectures in, 434. Kept to
suit the convenience of teachers, 444. See
High Schools, Insubordination, Parents,
Prudential Committees, Scholars, School
Committees, and Teachers.
Composition, in schools, 64, 413.

Corporal punishment. See Punishment.
County School Convention, 289.

Female teachers, in the winter and through the
year, 8, 76, 114, 145, 147, 182, 216, 233, 243,
265, 418, 419, 425. Recommended, 35, 48,
76, 111, 114, 147, 283, 287, 333, 352, 355,
358, 373, 394, 400, 403, 405, 413. Success
of, 38, 69. On committing the younger
scholars to, 72. Paid by subscription, 83.
Employment of, 85, 116, 164. Government
by, 168. On selecting, 186.
Fractions, 413.

French, a smattering of, 149.
Fuel, 200, 281, 290, 321, 332, 418.

Government. See School Government.
Governments, on studies respecting, in schools,

74.

Grammars, 10, 205, 365, 413, 450, 453. Vote
respecting, 449.

Guardians. See Parents,

Health, impaired by punishments, 65. Im-
paired in schoolhouses, 77, 84, 190, 193, 263,
283, 284.

Dancing parties, effects of, on scholars, 148, High Schools, Private, evil effects of, on Com-
153.

Definitions, 51, 246, 328. See Words.

Desks in schoolhouses, 67, 286, 289, 303, 308,
392, 420.

Discipline, 74. Importance of, 204. See School
Government.

Dull scholars, 64, 73.

Education, importance of, 8, 23, 43, 94, 112,
164, 232, 271, 277, 282, 293, 307, 315, 321,
352, 375, 386, 397, 421. Should be moral as
well as intellectual, 15, 48, 77, 95, 143, 194.
Duty respecting, 23. Remarks on, 65, 344,
360, 370. The object and end of, 66, 133.
Physical, 85. Extensive signification of, 94.
Washington on, 167. Two plans for furnish-
ing, 208.

Encouragement of scholars, 64.
Evening schools, 206.

Examinations of schools, absence of scholars
from, 5, 51, 56, 134, 217, 318, 352, 408. Of all
the schools in town should be made by the
same committee, 10. Attendance of parents
at, 19, 51, 75, 79, 85, 91, 108, 122, 124, 147,

mon Schools, 47, 205, 254, 261, 362, 385.
See Common Schools, and Town Schools.
Hubbard, Mr., communication by, 220.
Humphrey, Heman, 370.

Idleness in schools, 60.
Instructers. See Teachers.
Instruction, not sufficiently addressed to the
understanding, 118. Formal and mechani-
cal, 118. Thorough elementary, indispensa
ble, 145. See Studies.
Insubordination of scholars, 4, 70, 91, 107, 108,
158, 176, 177, 183, 184, 198. See Common
Schools, School Government, and Teachers.
Intelligence, connection of morality and, 77,
95, 143, 146.

Interest in study, the great object of the teach-
er to promote, 102.

Intermissions and recesses, 85, 117, 376.

Laws, on sustaining the, 102.
Lectures, to parents, 48. In schools, 434.

Lexington, two young ladies supported at the
Normal School in, 39.
Light, in schoolhouses, 193.

Manners and morals of teachers, 45, 58, 77,
98, 132, 173, 179, 187, 196, 272, 277, 346,
350, 365, 371, 387, 446, 455. Of children,
275, 277, 365. See Morality.
Manufacturing establishments, the schooling of
children employed in, 145, 425, 433.
Meaning of words, explanation of the, 51, 68.

On accuracy in the, 205. See Definitions.
Memory, not alone to be exercised in pupils,
195.

Mental discipline, requisite in teachers, 194.
Money, on the distribution of, 2, 12, 145, 184,
211, 212, 230, 231, 287, 305, 373, 382. Dis-
tributed according to the wants of districts,
13. According to attendance of scholars,
13, 304, 432. On appropriations of, for
schools, 20, 21, 23, 32, 37, 39, 46, 48, 68, 72,
76, 82, 86, 101, 103, 147, 158, 165, 169, 189,
191, 222, 230, 231, 291, 307, 329, 355, 361,
363, 368, 383, 397, 431, 457. Appropriation
of, for music, requested, 82. On distribut
ing, according to scholars, 276, 323. Ap-
portionment of, according to the efforts of
districts, 316. Paid to unapprobated teach-
ers, 441. Misappropriation of, 441.
Morality, teaching of, in schools, 6, 16, 42, 198,
222, 308, 317, 333, 365, 403, 414, 420, 428.
Neglect to teach, 15, 143, 184, 237, 249, 272,
376. Connexion of intelligence and, 77, 95,
143, 146. Watching over scholars', 146. Im-
portance of, in teachers, 173. Evil of knowl-
edge without, 222., See Teachers.
Mothers, interest of, in schools, 424, 425.
Music in schools, 24, 82, 221, 284, 312. Ap-
propriation for, requested, 82. May be learnt
by all, 221. Effects of, 221.

Page's Lecture, 452.
Parents and guardians, coöperation of, 4, 36,
43, 45, 54, 56, 57, 66, 73, 76, 79, 86, 90, 112,
120, 127, 140, 142, 146, 149, 156, 162, 163,
167, 178, 187, 191, 219, 223, 226, 258, 260,
290, 311, 341, 359, 394, 398, 405, 420, 430,
447. Influence of, on a school, 4, 12, 29, 36,
45, 48, 56, 66, 71, 74, 79, 87, 90, 115, 121,
127, 130, 132, 156, 158, 164, 170, 216, 427.
Should not encourage complaints by their
children, 4, 132. Visiting of schools by, 8,
17, 19, 23, 29, 34, 47, 48, 51, 54, 56, 79, 99,
102, 105, 107, 120, 122, 124, 128, 133, 147,
155, 158, 159, 171, 172, 189, 196, 203, 210,
211, 225, 228, 232, 235, 242, 244, 245, 246,
247, 270, 271, 274, 279, 280, 290, 297, 309,
333, 334, 337, 343, 345, 351, 358, 359, 366,
369, 370, 379, 381, 384, 392, 395, 398, 410,
416, 425, 427, 429, 432, 439, 446, 447, 448.
Indifference of, as to schools, 19, 28, 34, 37,

46, 47, 54, 56, 59, 74, 90, 105, 130, 139, 142,
149, 155, 156, 167, 170, 172, 262, 271, 274,
279, 294, 298, 301, 302, 311, 318, 333, 334,
337, 376, 379, 381, 395, 406, 410, 419, 444,
447. Should cultivate an acquaintance with
teachers, 29, 124, 142, 156, 158. Weekly
reports to, 35, 80. Should compel attend-
ance of children, 37, 66, 380. Children kept
at home by, 45, 239, 336, 337, 454. Lectures
to, 48.
Should have friendly interviews
with teachers respecting difficulties, 52. Ne-
cessity of the cooperation of, where corpo-
ral punishment is disused, 56. Interference
of, 73, 88, 155, 191, 203, 204, 244, 275, 279,
290, 297, 300, 320, 337, 341, 345, 437. Should
inquire into the progress of their children,
90, 132, 170. Questions to, 98. Should urge
the obedience of their children, 132. Child-
ren withdrawn from examination by, 135.
Human misery dependant on, 157. Combi-
nation of scholars broken up by, 158. In-
terested, 160. Plan for the visiting of schools
by, 232. Should obtain information respect-
ing Common Schools, 342.
Partiality in schools, 64.
Partridge, George, bequest of, 415.
Pay of school committees, 8, 176, 266, 268.
Plymouth County, Normal School in, 425.
Prayer in schools, 15, 16, 206.
Private Schools. See High Schools.
Profaneness, rebuked, 445.
Pronunciation, 171.

Prudential committees, on an early choice of,
17, 61, 94, 379, 388, 441, 455. On coöpera-
tion of, with the school committees, 28, 30,
69. On the law for their contracting with
teachers, 33. Should contract conditionally,
44, 142, 189. The hiring of teachers by, 83,
232, 235, 242, 264, 283, 284, 293, 325,
327, 330, 340, 346, 357, 379, 397, 407, 421,
429. Consultation of the inhabitants by, be-
fore hiring, 124. Hints to, on their duty,
188. Importance of good, 232. Should at-
tend the examination of teachers, 166, 183.
The visiting of schools by, 242. Ignorant of
the law, 251. Tardiness of, 261, 283. Non-
cooperation of, with the school committees,
273, 319. Suggestions as to reports by, 277.
Should not contract before teachers are ex-
amined, 327, 357, 405. See Teachers.
Prussia, no sectarianism in the schools of, 143.
Schools of, 198. Children in, compelled to
attend school, 380.

Punctuality, want of, 57, 78, 90, 92, 286, 310,

341, 365, 392, 435, 444, 448. Washington
on, 286. See Attendance.

Punishments, 46, 56, 57, 65, 75, 76, 107, 132,
156, 279, 280, 365, 367. Votes on, 65. Facts
respecting, 65. Certain kinds of, condemn-
ed, 65. Prohibition of corporal, 81. See
School Government, and Teachers.

Qualifications. See Teachers.
Questions, information given by, 46, 257.
R.

Rail-road, school for families employed on the
Western, 298

Reading, 53, 106, 204, 242, 253, 263, 276, 285,
286, 288, 293, 328, 336, 340, 343, 354, 408,
420, 449. Occasional introduction of new

books for, 53. Poor, 105, 167. Defects in
the books for, 106, 347. Monotonous, 118.
Defects in, and remedies for them, 69, 74,
191, 195. Neglect of, for arithmetic, 101.
On early habits of, 171. Rarity of good,
178, 195. Benefit of a taste for, 211. Teach-
ers deficient in, 238, 370. Causes of defi-
ciency in, 281. Naturally, 312. Change of
books for, 352. Remarks on, 379, 391, 449.
Effect of giving particular attention to, 434.
Recesses and intermissions, 85, 117, 376.
Registers, enlarged form of, recommended,
140. Benefit of, 435.

Religion, in schools, 143. On teaching, else-
where, 184. Teaching of, in schools, 245, 306.
See Morality.

Reports, weekly, to parents, 35, 80. Value of
the annual, 111, 141. Abstract of, by the
Board of Education, 142.

Review of studies, 14, 35, 291.
Rule of Three, 413.

Sandwich Islands, attendance on schools in
the, 18.

Scholars, reports by, 4, 178, 204, 244, 270, 345.
Insubordination of the larger, 4. Absent from
examinations, 5, 51, 56, 134, 217, 318, 352,
408. Apportionment of money according
to attendance of, 13, 304, 432. Must make
personal exertions, 25, 60. Taken from
school too early, 26. Exclusion of, under
six years of age, 26. Influence of school-
houses on, 32, 79, 194, 199, 240, 298, 346,
415. Kept at home, 45, 239, 336, 337, 454.
Taught by conversations and questions, 46.
Should study out of school, 51. Eager to
attend examinations, 59. Want of industri-
ous and studious habits in, 60, 131. Indif-
ference of, 60. Attending other schools when
theirs is not kept, 61. Provision for pauper,
63. Encouragement of, 64. Treatment of
dull, 64, 73. On partiality to, 64. Home
influence on, 66, 90. On separating the
younger from the older, 72, 96, 109, 111,
115, 125, 147, 162, 170, 211, 360. Too long
confined, 85. Neglecting reading and spell-
ing, for arithmetic, 101. Should face the
teacher in school, 102, 178, 306, 400. On
large and small, in the same school, 116.
Want of clothing for, 118, 336, 402. Leave
school too young, 148. Indulgence of, as to
their studies, 156. Purloining by, 157. Hav-
ing completed the ordinary studies, 160.
Striking interest awakened in, 162. Should
not be questioned about the qualifications of
teachers, 171. Absenting themselves from
school, 174. Too many, in a school, 204,
223, 291, 448. On large and small, togeth-
er, 211, 360. On educating, in the town,
213. On the constant and early attendance
of, 228, 292. On calling out on the floor,
448. On distributing money according to,
276, 323. On treatment of, 307. Should
not face each other in school, 308. Habits to
be formed by, 315. Bad habits of, from bad
teachers, 319. Absent from examinations,
on reporting, in open_town meeting, 352.
The ages for, 370. Rewarded for getting
out of the highway, 402. See Attendance,
and Teachers.

School apparatus, 8, 29, 47, 61, 88, 96, 114,
116, 123, 125, 133, 156, 158, 169, 191, 198,

199, 207, 221, 285, 302, 335, 398, 410, 431,
434, 457. Purchased, 55, 59, 105. Distri-
bution and exchange of, 56. Law authoriz-
ing the purchase of, 94. Importance of, 97,
441, 198.

School books. See Books.

School committees, want of cooperation with,
7, 8, 176. Unpopularity of the office of, 7.
Proposition to have none, 7. Law requir-
ing, 7. Payment of, 8, 176, 266, 268. Re-
sponsibility of, 42, 48, 225, 232, 449. Not
approving teachers to whom they would not
send their own children, 54. On sustain-
ing, 72, 192, 225, 364, 365. Importance of
the office of, 77, 155. Value of the annual
reports of, 111, 141. Should limit their cer-
tificates to literary qualifications, 129. Op-
position to, by parents, 135, 155, 191, 247.
Cannot give half-way certificates, 186. Hints
on succession in, 261. Defence of, 267.
United visits of the town and prudential, 272.
Remarks on, 283, 294, 303, 364. By-laws
adopted by, 388. On the right of, to discon-
tinue schools, 414. Lectures by, in schools,
434. On the commencement of the term of,
436.

School districts, union of, for purchasing libra-
ries, 7. Non-subdivision of, 49. Reduction
of, 104, 155. Defective, 144. On harmony
in, 275. Boundaries of, 381.
School examinations. See Examinations.
School government, importance of, 4, 57, 64,
70, 76, 108, 127, 132, 133, 183, 198, 204, 210,
216, 258, 279, 300, 345, 367, 369, 445. Right
of teachers to exercise, 19, 57, 108. On the
prevention of faulty, 52, 56, 57. Defects in,
52, 56. Should be paternal, 94, 132. By
females, 168. Interference of parents with,
203, 204, 258, 290, 300, 338. Hints on, 207,
307, 348, 365, 427, 450. On dismission for
want of, 216. Evils of want of, 300. Causes
of difficulty in, 300, 338, 407. See Parents.
Schoolhouses and school-rooms, complaints re-
specting, 6, 12, 24, 36, 44, 49, 52, 59, 69, 77,
86, 100, 101, 102, 103, 106, 108, 112, 115,
119, 122, 134, 139, 148, 164, 166, 169, 178,
182, 184, 187, 193, 194, 199, 200, 227, 231,
235, 237, 242, 243, 245, 246, 247, 252, 255,
263, 264, 273, 280, 283, 284, 292, 298, 301,
306, 308, 309, 315, 317, 321, 332, 343, 345,
349, 350, 359, 371, 374, 376, 389, 392, 393,
395, 397, 400, 402, 404, 405, 410, 415, 420,
430, 439, 446. Economy of neat and comfort-
able, 32. Influence of, on scholars, 32, 79,
194, 199, 240, 298, 346, 415. Improved and
repaired, 37, 63, 67, 111, 130, 147, 150, 153,
198, 382, 441. Recitation rooms in, 38,
Good, 41, 135. New, 59, 63, 82, 98, 105,
130, 173, 175, 198, 199, 222, 244, 273, 289,
309, 338, 374, 400, 411, 419, 441,457. Chairs
used, in, 62. Not injured, 79, 111, 131. Too
long for the width, 122. Shades and shut-
ters for, 139. Building of, by the town, 155.
Absence of, 169. Comfortable, 190, 264,
289, 292, 402, 410. Hints on, 203, 240, 255.
Location of, 227, 298, 395, 402. Meeting-
houses and, 244. Not repaired, 389, 446.
Class-rooms in, recommended, 392. Trees
and yards around, 402. Money misappro-
priated for, 441.

School libraries, recommended, 7, 8, 12, 16,
72, 88, 93, 96, 97, 120, 156, 158, 169, 201,
211, 249, 266, 280, 285, 312, 360, 384, 398,
403, 411, 415, 421, 425, 434. On contribu-

tions for, 12. Provision for purchasing, 304,
322. Remarks on, 368.
School Library, The, recommended, 7, 94, 152,
162, 221, 280, 289, 312, 335, 374, 403,
415,
421, 425, 434.

School meetings, not attended, 32.
Schools. See Common Schools, High Schools,
and Town Schools.

Scott, Sir Walter, cited, 366.

Scriptures, use of, in schools, 51, 198, 207, 210,
272, 317, 388, 403.

Seats in schoolhouses, chairs used for, 62. Bad,
63, 77, 88, 102, 103, 119, 134, 166, 169, 173,
182, 190, 199, 246, 264, 297, 303, 308, 317,
343, 359, 397, 420, 440. Without backs, 64,
190, 201, 297, 306, 392. Backs put to, 64.
Crowded, 116. Should not be on an inclined
plane, 119. Hints on, 166. Want of, 405.
Slates, in schools, 391.
Smith, Abiel, donation of, 1.

Spelling, 51, 204, 242, 253, 274, 276, 285,
328, 336, 347, 408, 420. Writing the words,
in, 51. On defects in, 74. Neglect of, for
arithmetic, 101 Want of instruction in, 105.
Mistaken notion respecting, 167. Neglect
to instruct in, 187. Evening schools for, 206.
Teachers deficient in, 238. Declension in,
274. Hints on, 279, 306, 390. Defects in
the books for, 433.

State Prisons, air in, 401.

Sterling, George W., donation by, for pur-
chasing a school library, 304.
Stoves, in schoolhouses, 31, 148, 389, 418.
Studies, reviewing of, 14, 35, 291. Too many,
in schools, 30, 201, 210, 233, 274, 290, 408.
Too advanced, 30, 35, 68, 89, 91, 121, 145,
149, 150, 182, 237, 242, 264, 272, 281, 281,
290, 293, 336, 340, 351, 354, 419, 420, 435,
448. On thoroughness in, 30, 46, 70, 89, 92,
119, 137, 151, 156. Time for introducing
advanced, 51, 90. Not to be left, till well
understoood, 70. Should discipline the mind,
75. Confined to what are prescribed by the
statute, 118, 187. Too many, at one time,
119. The ordinary, completed, 160.
Sullivan's Moral Class Book, 448.
Summer schools, not sufficiently prized, 148.
Importance of good, 171, 186. Teachers
for, 186. See Female Teachers.
Superintendent of schools, 253-255.

Teachers, on the qualifications of, 4, 34, 40,
50, 52, 54, 58, 64, 66, 73, 75, 77, 90, 100,
102, 110, 117, 126, 129, 131, 141, 144, 151,
153, 165, 175, 178, 182, 191, 194, 202, 219,
227, 228, 229, 236, 256, 260, 263, 275, 277,
293, 295, 312, 315, 325, 327, 334, 339, 350,
353, 357, 369, 370, 387, 389, 407, 418, 445.
May have knowledge, but no capacity to
communicate it, 4, 28, 98, 104, 122, 165, 173,
183, 195, 325, 353, 369, 407, 445. On ener-
gy of character in, 4, 53. Influence of the
example of, 4, 64, 319. Importance of a ca-
pacity for government in, 4, 183, 387, 407.
On the selection of, 6, 33, 110, 117, 119, 159,
183, 187, 227, 229, 248, 264, 354, 370, 401,
453. On reëngaging, 6, 40, 318, 320, 329,
354. Defective in writing, 11, 288, 370.
Teaching without certificates, 17, 45, 104,
110, 129, 176, 211, 235, 251, 257, 263, 282,
302, 316, 326, 333, 389, 414, 421, 441, 446.
Should bring certificates from their former

employers, 17. Right of, to enforce obedi-
ence, 19, 57, 108. On employing cheap and
dear, 23, 37, 40, 47, 80, 98, 117, 147, 151,
169, 189, 231, 243, 248, 256, 263, 264, 284,
292, 293, 308, 309,310, 315, 332, 351,358,372,
389, 431, 459 Incompetency and inefficien-
cy of, 28, 37, 46, 47, 69, 103, 110, 141, 149,
169, 194, 224, 226, 234, 238, 254, 263, 308,
310, 345, 370, 389, 407, 435, 436, 438, 453,
457. Late examination of, 33, 45, 132.
Weekly reports by, 35, 80. Honorable of-
fice of, 40, 64, 126. On the morals and man-
ners of, 45, 58, 77, 98, 132, 173, 179, 187,
196, 272, 277, 346, 350, 365, 371, 387, 446,
455. Rejected, 47, 58, 168, 197, 236, 310,
334, 439, 453. Inadequate supply of, 47, 69,
173, 226, 310, 407, 435, 436, 438, 447, 457,
Good, 49, 62. Meetings of, 50, 237, 249.
Knowledge of human nature by, 53, 196.
Should be able to teach all the branches
studied, though not specified in the law, 58.
On hiring, early or late, 69, 100, 124, 169,
189, 241, 297, 348, 354, 379, 394, 397, 414,
429, 455. Responsibility of, 64, 142, 225,
247, 258. Faithfulness of, 64. Hints to, 64,
365, 390. Treatment of dull scholars by,
64. Votes furnished to, 65. Too young, 69.
Deficient in reading, 69. May have literary
qualifications, but want capacity to govern,
71, 104, 123, 129, 173, 183, 260, 277, 293,
295, 325, 334, 353, 369, 445. Young, should
be placed in small schools, 74. Favoritism
in selecting, 90, 227. To awaken an inter-
est in scholars, 102. Scholars should face
the, in school, 102, 178, 306, 400. On hiring
experienced, 117, 214, 256. Formality in
the manner of teaching by, 118. Certificates
of, should be conditional, 129. Effect of an-
nual reports on, 141. Without talent for
despatching business, 153. Introduction of
books into schools by, 158, 236, 288, 448.
Re-presented for examination, 168. Should
be general scholars, 178. Detailed qualifi-
cations of, 178, 179, 194. For summer
schools, 186. Systematic and unsystematic,
187, 429. Fail to supply themselves with
the books used, 192. Benefit of the law re-
specting, 205. On dismission of, 216, 219,
364, 401. Coöperation with, 219, 223, 226,
258, 260, 290, 311, 322, 359, 398, 399, 405,
430, 448. Charlatanic, 224. Must be sought
for, 231. Deficient in spelling, 238. Causes of
failure in, 248, 369. Effects of well quali-
fied, 256. Information given by, through
questions, 257. Must know more than they
teach, 327. The appropriate business of,
339. Evil of changing, 347, 436. Rights
and duties of, 366. Interference with, 368.
On contracting with, by the week or month,
368. On the age of, 370, 445. Instructions
given to, by committees, 379. Should visit
each others' schools, 414. Disregard com-
mittees, 419. Should obey committees, 421.
On employing, to keep successive schools in
the same year, 438. See Prudential Com-
mittees.

Tobacco, in schoolhouses, 446.
Town schools, required by law, 19. Economy
in having, 20. Plan for, 20. Rule in, re-
specting attendance, 35. Use of cards in,
35. Propositions respecting, 72, 161, 199,
212, 352, 355, 411. Commended, 81, 137.

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