AIMORLIAD

SCHOOL ECONOMY.

A TREATISE

ON THE

PREPARATION, ORGANIZATION, EMPLOYMENTS, GOVERN-
MENT, AND AUTHORITIES OF SCHOOLS.

BY

JAMES PYLE WICKERSHAM, A.M.

PRINCIPAL OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, MILLERSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

"Doce ut discas."-SCHOOLMEN.

"All who have meditated on the art of governing mankind, have been convinced
that the fate of empires depends on the education of youth."-ARISTOTLE.

PHILADELPHIA:

J. B. LIPPINCOTT & CO.

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1864, by
JAMES PYLE WICKERSHAM,

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

POUCATION DEPT.

To the Lupils,

who have so eagerly treasured up his words in the lecture-room, and so faithfully followed his precepts in the practice of their profession; whose gratitude has been his richest reward in the past, and whose kind remembrance he is most anxious

to secure for the future;

This Volume,

in which they will not fail to find much that
will remind them of old classmates and
by-gone times, is respectfully dedi-

cated by their teacher

and friend,

THE AUTHOR.

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