of the people? I have for the past year had the supervision of the schools in this town, and for the last eight years, taught school in this and the adjoining towns. There seems to be a general want of interest on the part of parents; they are generally willing to sustain a school for several months in a year, but when a teacher is once secured and placed in charge of the school, their connection with it ceases. The teacher must take the whole responsibility; perhaps during the entire term not an individual will visit the school; or if the school is visited at all, it is perhaps at the close of the term, when the advice or influence of a visitor can be of but little avail. For the purpose of inciting the people to a sense of responsibility, would it not be well to appoint or select some men, of suitable qualifications, in each county, whose duty it should be to exercise a general supervision over the schools, and visit every town and district in the county?"

EUREKA.-L. ROUNDS, town superintendent of Rushford, has sent us a highly interesting account of an examination of the Eureka Public School; but as some months have passed since the communication was written, we omit the greater part of it. Besides the primary studies, the branches taught in the Eureka school are, Geography, Grammar, Philosophy, Physiology, Arithmetic, Algebra, and Geometry. Of the teachers in this school, Mr. R. remarks: "I consider Mr. DEAN and Miss STEELE, model teachers, capable, faithful, and systematic. They have demonstrated practically, that schools can be governed without the use of the rod; system, firmness, kindness, and a happy faculty to interest, are requisite qualities of a teacher. The citizens of Eureka generally, have taken a lively interest in the selection of good teachers, visiting schools and otherwise encouraging teachers and scholars. The Waukau school (town of Rushford) is in a prosperous condition. A new, large and elegant Union School house, nearly completed, is an ornament to the village of Waukau, and reflects credit on her enterprising citizens."

OXFORD.-A friend at Berlin writes that the people of the village of Oxford, Marquette county, have voted to borrow $3500, to erect a Union School house. The vote was carried unanimously.

MISCELLANEOUS.

A COPY of an address delivered at Geneva, by Rev. MCNAMARA, before the Walworth County Teachers' Association, was received at this office several weeks ago. We some time since gave some encouragement of giving this address a place in the JOURNAL, but the commencement of the second volume having been so unexpectedly long delayed, we have concluded that its publication at this late period would not be advisable.

A WELL written article, entitled "Sunday-Schools in the Valley of the

West," has been sent to us for publication in the JOURNAL. We may hereafter give it a place in our columns.

A POST-MASTER in Walworth county requests us to send no more JOURNALS to his office, unless to actual subscribers. We beg leave to remind this worthy official that we are required to send the JOURNAL to school district clerks, and shall continue to do so, even at the risk of disregarding the request of so great a dignitary.

BELOIT COLLIGE.-The annual commencement of Beloit College will be held on Wednesday, the 8th of July inst. This anniversary completes ten years since the founding of the institution. An oration will be delivered by Prof. EMERSON,

RACINE HIGH SCHOOL.-The examinations of the Racine High School, at the close of the term ending on Friday, June 19, evinced a thoroughness of mental discipline, which was highly gratifying to the friends of education/ It would exceed the proper limits of this article, to notice the examinations of the various classes in detail, although each deserves a favorable mention. We cannot however forbear to name some of the classes, which exhibited such complete mastery of the branches of study in which they were ex-mined, as to commend marked attention.

Miss AUGUSTA Snow's class in Plane Geometry, deserves especial mention; also Mrs. McMYNN's class in Spherical Geometry, evinced a thorough understanding of principles and a readiness of answer seldom surpassed,, The classes in Reading, Analytical Geometry, and Greck, under the charge of the Principal, (Mr. McMynn,) gave satisfactory evidences of successful progress. The Reading class, for correct and distinct enunciation, and for a happy adaptation of the voice to the sentiments read, left hardly any room for criticism; indeed it may be said, that this class, in its exercises, was successful. The examination of the class in Greek, and the class iu Analytical Geometry, would have been creditable to any institution of learning.

We should fail of doing justice to the examination in this notice, were we to omit to speak of the declamations. Among the youthful orators who acquitted themselves with credit we will mention HORATIO G. BILLINGS, ROBERT A. CAMPBELL, WILLIAM H. MYRICK, and EARNEST W. SCHWEFEL. Declamation exercises in public schools, academies and colleges, are not unfrequently tame, soul-less and unsatisfactory-a mere repeating of words and sentences committed to memory, accompanied with awkward and repulsive gesticulations. A great neglect of early elocutionary training is everywhere apparent among public speakers of all professions. The young men whose names we have mentioned, have evidently acquired by study · and practice, some of the true uses of action and voice on the platform; they possess the elements of oratory, and in this department, have a brilliant future before them, if they rightly apply themselves.

SPECTATOR.

RACINE COLLEGE.-The corner-stone of the new college building at Racine, will be laid July 4th, 1857, accompanied with appropriate exercises.

NEW SCHOOL BUILDING.-A new public school-house is being erected in the village of Palmyra, in this State, which will reflect much credit on the citizens of that place. Mr. A. J. CRAIG, an earnest friend of education, superintends its erection.

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS. A convention of teachers and friends of education is called, to be held at Philadelphia on the 26th of August next, for the purpose of organizing a National Association of Teachers.

BACK NUMBERS.-Subscribers to the first volume, who may have failed to receive any of the numbers of the JOURNAL, can be supplied with the missing numbers, by giving notice to this office.

FIRST VOLUME.-We can supply bound copies of the first volume of the WISCONSIN JOURNAL OF EDUCATION to all who desire to obtain it; any person ordering it, and accompanying the order with $1.25, will have the bound volume of the JOURNAL sent to him by mail, with the postage pre-paid by us. Teachers, school-officers, and others, who have failed to preserve the numbers comprising the first volume, would do well to avail themselves of this offer of the bound volume.

N. Y. STATE TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION.-The twelfth annual meeting of this Association will be held at Binghampton, on the 28th, 29th and 30th days of July, 1857. The meeting is expected to be one of more than usual interest. The Directors of the N. Y. and Erie Railroad have given assurance of reduced fare to those attending the meeting; other railroads are expected to do the same.

MADISON SCHOOLS.-The new buildings are slowly progressing. We hope another year will find them completed.

KENOSHA PUBLIC SCHOOLS.-If any teacher has the time, we would advise him to go to Kenosha and spend a day in the schools. Messrs. McKINDLEY, BUTLER, and STONE, are hard at work there. The ladies are Mrs. STONE, Misses BRIGGS, WHIPPLE, JOHNSON, SPENCE, HAWKS, HEAD, O'NEIL, and EHLF. They are wide awake. Success to them.

RACINE.-The Free-will Baptist Church has been purchased by the Board of Education, and fitted up for school purposes.

FOURTH ANNUAL MEETING

OF THE WISCONSIN STATE TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION, AT WAUKESHA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12TH, 1857.

ORDER OF BUSINESS AND EXERCISES-10 O'CLOCK, A. ¥.

1.-Prayer, followed by reading the Report of last Annual Meeting. 2.—Address by the President.

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3.-Report of the Executive Committee.

4.-Report of the Editorial Committee.

5.-Miscellaneous business-appointment of Committees, &c.

10.-Address by Prof. J. B. Turner, of Illinois. SubjectKnowlege, the Function of Books and of Teachers."

THURSDAY SESSION.

11.-Miscellaneous business, Reports of Committees, &c.

"Wisdom and

12.-Report by J. B. Pradt, of Sheboygan. Subject-"Practical Instruction in Christian Morality in Public Schools."

13.-Report by Mrs. B. F. Walker, of Racine. Subject-"Method in Teaching."

14.-Discussion. Resolved, That in the education of the sexes, separate schools are both desirable and necessary.

15.-Report by D. J. Holmes, of Sheboygan. Subject-"The best method of securing regular and punctual attendance at School."

16.-Miscellaneous business.

AFTERNOON SESSION.

17.—Address by D. Y. Kilgore, of Madison.

18.-Discussion. Resolved, That the Legislature of this State ought to make an Annual Appropriation for the support of Teachers' Institutes 19.-Report by A. A. Griffith, of Waukesha. Subject-"Reading." 20.-Report by G. McWhorter, of Milwaukee. Subject - "English Grammar."

EVENING SESSION.

21.-- Address by Hon. Horace Mann, President of Antioch College, Ohio.

22.-Miscellaneous business.

FRIDAY MORNING.

23.-Report by J. G. McMynn. Subject-"Arithmetic."

24-Report by F. C. Pomeroy, of Milwaukee.

25.-Reports of Committees.

26.-Discussion of Reports.

27.-Miscellaneous business.

Prof. S. N. Sweet will attend the Association, and take part in the exercises.

By order of Executive Committee.

A. A. GRIFFITH, Secretary.

A. C. SPICER, President.

BOOK TABLE.

We wish to call the attention of Teachers and School Officers to our advertising columns.

The advertisement of the Holbrook School Apparatus Company will be noticed." Those wishing information in regard to School Furniture, Ink Wells, or almost any-, thing else relating to school houses, will do well to address Taleott & Sherwood. 194 Lake Street, Chicago, and we will assure them that they will receive a prompt, straightforward, gentlemanly reply. Messrs. Talcott & Sherwood are agents for the best apparatus, and those wishing to purchase, had better do so through them. Teachers visiting Chicago will always be welcome at 194 Lake street.

BARNARD'S AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EDUCATION. We do not purpose saying at this time what we wish to say in regard to this publication. We do wish to urge every man who desires to see something of the length and width and depth of the subject of education, to become a subscriber. Subscribe for it to-day. See advertisement.

COLTON'S GEOGRAPHIES. These Geographies are among the best published. No expense has been spared to make them accurate, topographically and typographically. Geography is regarded as a science, and facts are given to illustrate principles. J. H. Colton & Company, 172 William street, New York.

PEABODY'S HISTORY. Here is another book that is recommended by those who have used it. Bem's chronological method is incorporated in the plan, and all who are acquainted with this method of Mnemonics, know that it is the best ever invented. The accomplished authoress has well done her work, we would say, after reading her history once.

See advertisement of Sheldon, Blakemon & Co., No. 115 Nazsan Street, New York. A. S. BARNES & Co., have published a new series of readers. We do not see how they can be surpassed, so far as the first three are concerned. We have not seen the rest of the series. We wish teachers would examine the first of this series. We have not yet tested it in the school room, but it seems to us to be good. This Company advertise Geographics, Mathematical works, School Histories, and Parker's Natural Philosophy. Porter's Chemistry is not advertised, but it is a capital book. See advertisment for farther particulars.

TATE'S PHILOSOPHY. This work will secure attention from those that wish a good work on this subject. It has stood the test in England, and, we dont not, it will become popular in the United States. It has rare merit. Published by Hickling, Swan & Brewer, who are about publishing a new Dictionary of the English Language, and who also publish some of the best school books in the world, such as Hillard's Readers, First book of French Conversation, and Worcester's School Dictionaries. There are thousands who will hail the appearance of that new dictionary with joy. See advertisement, Hickling, Swan & Diewer, 181 Washington Street, Boston.

PHILLIPS, SAMPSON & Co., advertise Sargent's Readers again. The reputation of this series is established, and they are getting just what they deserve-a great sale. The same House advertise other books good enough, but "too numerous to mention.” WOOD'S BOTANICAL WORKS. These works have been used by almost all teachers of the science of Botany, and, so far as we know, all approve them. We have used them, and the teacher having this branch of study in charge, says, "I like it, upon the whole, better than any other with which I am acquainted." Address, Merriam, Moore & Co., Troy, N. Y.

THE AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL SERIES, published by Ivison & Phinney, is in part advertised this month. Sanders' Readers, Thompson's Arithmetics, &c., are known throughout the United States, and, we believe, are us popular now as they have beca heretofore. All their books possess merit. See advertisement.

We cannot call particular attention to the advertisement of II. Cowperthwait & Co., but we think it will interest every teacher who will peruse it. Notice a new Geography. MCGUFFY'S NEW SERIES OF READERS. This is a new edition, revised and improved. " The old series had an immense sale and we think the new will maintain the popularity of the old. The Readers now in use in this State are Sanders', McGuffy's, Sargents, Webb's and the "National Series." There may be others used to some extent. Most of these are advertised by us, and those wishing to adopt a series can obtain all necessary information by looking over our advertising list.