A.

Absence, cases of, 17, 52, 61, 65, 99, 110, 193,
209, 213, 221. Prospective evil of, to the
scholars, 17, 50, 213. Remonstrances against,
50, 221. From the examination, 79, 98, 107,
229. From school, for want of books and
shoes, 115. On the first day of the school,
127. On preventing, 140. See Attendance.
Abstract of School Returns, value and use
made of the, 51, 224, 219.
Air. See Ventilation.
Algebra, taught by females, 161.
Amusements, education and, 79. Interfering

with school attendance, 99. See Recreation
Apparatus for schools, 13, 36, 73, 85, 90, 92,
144, 159, 173, 247. See Money.
Apportionment of money. See Money.
Arithmetic, branches neglected for, 41. On
teaching, by black boards, 92, 106, 123, 163.
Taught by classes, 109. Error in teaching,
172. Hints on teaching, 188. Book-keeping
aids in learning, 195.
Assistant teachers, 89, 143.
Associations, Juvenile, in schools, for moral
improvement, 49 Common School, 242.
Attendance of scholars, irregular, 16, 61, 91,
138, 209. Meetings held to promote, 21.
Improvement in, 28, 163, 203, 238. Inter-
ference of amusements with, 99. On pro-
moting, 140, 250. Early rising leads to
punctual, 179. See Absence.

B.

Bible, use of, in schools, 150.
Black-boards, 71, 131, 159, 161, 163, 246, 261.
Geography taught by, 89, 106. Arithmetic
taught by, 92, 106, 123, 163. On dispensing
with, 106.

Book-keeping, taught, 195.

Books, deficiency of, 8, 216, 233. For learn-
ing to read well, 31, 88. Objections to the
law respecting, considered, 51, 52 On uni-
formity in, 61, 131, 133, 147, 216, 220. Rea-
diness of parents as to, 66, 95. Difficulties
and suggestions as to, 72. Complaints re-
specting, 86, 88, 266. The trade of mak-
ing, 88. Absence from school for want of,
115. Uniformity in the writing, 133. De-
positories of, 147. Each scholar should have
his own, 166. Effect of new and old, on
scholars, 166. On studying too many, 166.
On book-keeping, 195. Appropriations for,
by the town, 220. Specimen writing, 229.
Necessity for, in families, 244.

Boys, vagrant and truant, 50. See Scholars.

C.

Cabinet of minerals, 150.

Campan, Madame, on education, 18.

Children. See Scholars.

Civil institutions, on studying the character and
history of, 79.

Classes, advantage of few, 32, 251. Teaching
arithmetic by, 109. On the size of, 145.
Cleanliness, as to, 8, 60, 64, 161.
Clergy, resident, should attend school exami-
nations, 28. Duty of, 255.
Colored children, schools for, 1, 289.
Committee of parents for visiting schools
weekly, 90. See Prudential Committees, aud
School Committees.

Common School Associations, 242.
Cominou Schools, for colored children, 1, 289.

Music in, 1, 6, 49, 64, 67, 150, 179. Advan-
tages of music in, 1, 21, 67, 163, 268. Cases of
improved, 3, 4, 17, 21, 32, 33, 57, 65, 76, 77,
81, 85, 92, 97, 116, 117, 129, 140, 163, 173,
T'wo
185, 211, 268. Division of, 6, 32, 112.
departments of, in separate buildings, 6. Im-
portance of, 6, 9, 62, 75, 101, 103, 143, 178,
263. National importance of, 9, 18, 51, 62,
73, 126, 130, 134, 138, 156, 165, 222, 223, 229,
246. Plan for large, 13. Wisdom of the
laws on, 14, 51, 142, 241, 243, 249. Effects
of parents' visits on, 16, 146, 235, 259. Com-
pared to a watch, 16. Good, depend on good
teachers, 18, 33, 37, 50, 57, 59, 92, 131, 136,
158, 164, 167, 168, 171, 176, 200, 229, 232,
239, 254, 264. Too short, 22, 77, 120, 123,
143, 182, 193, 255. Importance of visiting,
22, 45, 76, 94, 103, 212. The theory respect-
ing, 23, 138. Defects in, 23, 41. Branches
to be taught in, 23, 48, 130. Importance of,
to the middling and poorer classes, 23. Poor,
an injustice to the rich, 24. On raising the
standard of, 25, 45, 92, 94, 109, 140, 194,
195, 226, 247, 264, 284. Injured by high
schools, 25, 181, 237, 282. Should be visited
by parents at commencement and close, 30.
Importance of excitement in,34. Commenc-
ed without notification to the committee, 38.
Character of complainants respecting the, 40.
Equalizing tendency of, 40, 43, 96, 118, 132,
224, 251, 264, 288. Morals of, and high
schools, 40, 223. Increased interest in, 43,
44, 65, 94, 118, 120, 123, 137, 141, 253, 268.
Children sent to, from private schools, 43, 80.
Social effect of, 43, 96. Moral influence of,
43, 49, 158, 205. Lectures upon, 44, 98, 116.
Rules adopted respecting, 47. On drawing,
in, 49. On creating a good spirit in, 49. As-
sociations in, for moral improvement, 49.
Visit-
Rights of scholars to attend the, 54.
ing of, weekly, 59, 169. Improved moral
condition of, 66. On uniformity and system
in all, in a town, 67, 127. Black-boards in,
89, 106, 123, 131, 159, 161, 163, 246, 261.
Among the Shakers, 71, 100. Exhibitions in,
72, 108. Greatest progress in the last part
of, 80, 121, 128. On new modes of teaching
in, 103, 106. On the length of time to be

spent in, 108. Absences from, for want of
books and shoes, 115. Origin of the reform
in, 117. Superior to academies, 118, 205.
Beauty of the system of, 118, 288. Punctu-
ality of attendance on the first day, 127. Si-
multaneous commencement and close of,
127, 210, 226 Small and backward, need
the best teachers, 136, 216, 280. Obstacles
in, 137. Conspiracies in, 154. On employ-
ing both sexes in teaching, 155. On leaving,
to take care of themselves, 162, 164. Cause
of difference as to, in the same town, 164.
Superintendents of, 169. On manual labor
in, 174. System of visiting, introduced, 183.
Want of harmony in, 212. Index of a town's
character, 215. Leaving, before they are
done, 221. Length of summer and winter,
223. High character of, 237. Common
School Associations, 242. On beginning, ear-
ly in the season, 253. Effect of the teacher's
mind on, 254. Scholars not attending, at all,
255. Objections to visiting, 259. Effect on,
of the cooperation of parents, 268. Plan for
gradation in regard to, 288. See Examina-
tions, High Schools, Parents, Scholars,
School Government, Teachers, and Union
Schools.

Composition in schools, importance of, 123.
Conscientiousness in teachers, 44.
Conspiracies in schools, 154.

County Convention at Quincy, resolve by the,
224.

D.

Declamation taught by females, 161.
Desks in schoolhouses, 129.

Dictionaries in families, 244.

Distance, lines for learning, 261.
Drawing, in schools, 49.

Drawling, 107. See Reading.

Early rising, 179.

E.

Education, not a subject for retrenchment, 8, 9,
289. Importance of, 9, 22, 27, 50, 54, 80, 84,
94, 108, 130, 222, 223 263, 289 On wealth
and, 9, 24, 28, 40, 75, 94, 137, 222. Of the
mass of the people, 9, 40, 138, 224, 281, 289.
Female, 14, 18. Effects of parents' estimation
of, on their children, 16. Bonaparte and
Madame Campan on, 18. Increased interest
in, 27, 231. Want of practical efficiency in
Common School, 49. Should be kept free
from party and sectarianism, 51, 181, 281.
Connexion of, with the character of the gov-
ernment, 54, 97. Objects of, 59, 87, 130, 165,
239. Amusements and, 77. Parents should
read about, 89. Lectures delivered on, 98,
116, 224, 250. New era in, 108. Thorough-
ness in the elementary branches of, 133, 180,
244. Ornamental and solid, 180. Meetings
respecting, 183, 224. On giving the why
and the wherefore in, 188. Regard for, by
the Pilgrims, 211. Of very young scholars,
236. Must be gradual, 242. Should be be-
gun at home, 268. See Common Schools,
Teachers, and Thoroughness.
Enunciation, 172.

Examinations of schools, attendance on, by
parents, 16, 28, 65, 81, 109, 118, 141, 229, 238,
259, 268. Particular preparation for, 20, 55,
187,220. In Newburyport, 22. Attendance
of scholars at the, 46. Conducted by the
committees, 46, 84, 223, 240. Evaded by
the older boys, 79. Remarks on, 79, 91.

Neglected by parents, 91. Attended by
scholars of different schools, 91. Scholars
leaving before, 97, 127. Scholars absent
from, 98, 107, 229. Time of, kept secret, 127.
On general annual, 134. Thorough, 223.
Examinations of teachers, responsibility re-
specting, 31. On strictness in the, 33, 45,
117, 246, 248, 250, 281. Should always pre-
cede their commencement of the school,
33, 78, 125, 137, 200, 216, 284,285. Schools
commenced without, and the consequences,
38, 39, 78. Remarks on the law respecting,
52, 125, 176. Should be annual, 69. Should
take place long before the school is com-
menced, 70, 120, 122. Should all take place
at the same time, 134, 210, 226. Of teachers
who have certificates, 102, 125, 176, 276, 282,
284, 285. In the rudiments, 117. No apol
ogy in, that they have not lately reviewed,
117. Prudential committees should attend,
134, 175, 210. After engaging teachers,
176. Neglected, 200. Evaded in the small-
er districts, 205. Too great allowance for
bashfulness in, 246.

Example. See Teachers.
Exhibitions in Common Schools, 72, 108.

F.

Females, importance of educating, 14. On em-
ploying, as teachers, 63, 81, 84, 91, 113, 116,
119, 123, 126, 128, 135, 137, 141, 143, 154,
157, 160, 169, 174, 175, 194, 216, 225, 231,
246, 250, 267. Submission of large scholars
to, 91, 114, 160. On seasonably engaging,
113. Cause of their superior success as
teachers, 113, 137, 255. Deficient as teach-
ers, 116, 174. On employing both male and,
155. Studies taught by, 160, 161. In pri-
mary schools, 236.

First Class Book, Pierpont's, 86.

G.

Geography, taught by black-boards, 89, 106;
by globes, 92. Not properly studied, 172.
Illustration as to, 329.

Globes, recommended, 92, 159, 247.
Government. See School Government.
Gradation in schools, 288.
Grammar, not sufficiently studied, 41, 42. Not
properly studied, 49, 172.
Grammar Schools, 237. See High Schools,
and Town Schools.

Greene, S. S., Superintendent of Common
Schools in Springfield, 169.

H.

Health of scholars, teachers to attend to the,
106. Remarks on the, 108, 120, 158. Effect
of schoolhouses on, 129, 190, 191, 272. Ef-
fect of close application on, 236.

High schools, Private, on diverting the money
from, to Common Schools, 23, 25. Morals
of, and of Common Schools, 40. Children
from, sent to Common Schools, 43, 80. In-
creased appropriation for, 53. Evils of, 180,
181, 237, 282. No need of, 237.
History, neglected for other studies, 41. Re-
commended, 79.

1.

Ideas, on teaching single, 94. On teaching
clear and distinct, 236. See Words.