We hope to publish in our May number a tabulated statement of the sales of the Indiana Teachers' Reading Circle books for 1905-06. Judging from the reports we have thus far received there is a commendable interest in the books adopted for the current year, and we know that our readers will be delighted to note the sale of each book in the various counties of Indiana, as it will indicate quite clearly the degree of co-operation among both county and city superintendents.

Indiana University has adopted a tutorial system to assist students who fail to make passing grades in their classes. The system is similar to the one in vogue at Princeton. The plan was recommended by President Bryan to the trustees at their last meeting, and adopted. The students heartily approve of the idea, and feel that it will be of great value to those who find it difficult to keep up in certain lines of work. An analysis of the course of study at the university shows the fact that courses offered by sixty of the seventy-four members of the faculty are open to freshmen.

President Kelly, of Earlham College, has been honored with an invitation to become a member of the board of trustees of the University of the United States, now being organized at Washington.

If the power to do hard work is not talent, it is the best substitute for it.-Garfield.

A recent epidemic of diphtheria at Princeton, Ind., required the closing of the greater part of the graded schools for a period of three weeks. Twenty-three teachers and two supervisors were compelled to take an enforced vacation. Superintendent Barnes organized the teachers into a normal training class, and every school day of the three weeks the corps met and discussed educational methods and topics, or listened to practical lectures. Several excellent lectures were given to the teachers by men of local reputation. One of the enjoyable events of the three weeks was a banquet, to which each teacher contributed. President Par3-E. J.

sons, of the State Normal, happened to drop in at the close of the feast, and gave a very inspiring talk. The school board recognized this work as being of greater worth to the community and schools than the same time spent in the various schoolrooms, and paid. the teachers their full salaries.

The Westfield High School has five more boys than girls in attendance this year, and also has the largest enrollment in the history of the school. This year's senior class will graduate with one more boy than girls. Superintendent Jessup has done heroic work in building up his system, despite the handicap of insufficient equipment, due to a disastrous fire.

Mrs. Emma Mont. McRae, of Purdue University, will do Thanksgiving institute work in Randolph County this year.

A university professor analyzed the itemized household accounts which his wife had kept for the past nine years, during which time he had been connected with one of our wealthy universities. His average annual expenditure was $2,794. His average annual salary was $1,328.15. For the privilege of teaching he had paid the difference of $1,466 annually from private means.

We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing; while others judge us by what we have already done.-Longfellow.

The proportion of boys to girls in the Union City High School has been steadily increasing, till there are now five more boys than girls in the total enrollment for the current year. The second-year class has the unique distinction of having more than twice as many boys as girls. This year's high school attendance in Union City is the largest ever recorded in that town.

Superintendent W., B. Black, superintendent of the public schools of Hot Springs, S. D., writes: "Enclosed find one dollar. I can not get along without the EducatorJournal. Since I came here I appreciate it more than ever."

Professor Fred W. Clarke has resigned his position as teacher of chemistry in the Kokomo High School, to accept a position as chemist for the Indianapolis Board of Health.

Mr. Charlton Andrews, of Lafayette, has accepted a position as instructor in French and English in Washington State College, and will begin his work this month. This will not interfere with Mr. Andrews's courses in French and English in the Winona Summer School. The Journal wishes Mr. Andrews success in his new field.

Mrs. F. N. Stratton, who upon the death of her husband last year resumed her work as a teacher, has resigned her position at Kokomo to accept a promotion to the schools of Indianapolis. Seventeen years ago Mrs. Stratton left her work at Indianapolis to which she now returns.

Bind together your spare hours by the cord of some definite purpose, and you know not how much you may accomplish.-Wm. M. Taylor.

The people of Holton, Kan., are determined to make their public schools the best in the State, and with their able Hoosier superintendent, E. L. Holton, to supervise, they will not fail. They have recently erected a fine high school building, at a cost of $20,000. It is made of pressed brick, and equipped with the best modern heating apparatus. It has nine classrooms, an office and an auditorium which will seat five hundred people. Manual training and mechanical drawing have recently been introduced in the schools. The high school has five teachers, all college graduates.

Every person has two educations, one which he receives from others, and one more important, which he gives himself.

Supt. T. A. Mott, Richmond schools, and N. E. A. Director for Indiana, writes that the Indiana headquarters during the meeting of the Department of Superintendence at Louisville, Feb. 27, 28, and March 1, will

be at the Galt House. The special rate for each person is $1.50 per day, European plan. Prof. Mott further states that Supt. Chas. A. Prosser, New Albany schools, and his Board of Education will give a reception to all Indiana superintendents and teachers who may attend the above-named meeting. The reception will be held in the New Albany high school building, 4:00 p. Wednesday, Feb. 28, in honor of Prof. John W. Carr, President of the Department of Superintendence of the N. E. A.

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Superintendent J. R. Hart, now of the LaFollette (Tenn.) city schools, and for many years secretary and treasurer of the Indiana State Teachers' Association, writes: "Please find enclosed my check for one dollar, for the Educator-Journal for 1906. You may put me down as a perpetual subscriber, as I shall always want the Educator-Journal as long as I am in the school business. Our corps of teachers take several school journals, but from every standpoint the Educator-Journal is the best. Long may it live, grow and prosper."

At a meeting of the history section at the Teachers' Association last spring, the following committee was appointed to investigate the present status of the history work that is being done in the elementary schools of Indiana: Professor Kemp, Indiana State Normal; Professor Hodgin, Earlham College; City Superintendent J. E. Layton, Attica; County Superintendent J. W. Dunn, Knox; Professor R. M. Stickles, Evansville High School, and City Superintendent H. B. Wilson, Franklin, Ind. Professor Kemp was appointed chairman of the committee and H. B. Wilson permanent secretary. The secretary has recently addressed a letter to each member of the committee, embodying the following facts and items:

1. What, in detail, does the task assigned the committee at the time of its appointment involve?

2. How do you think we should go about the execution of the task? Specify details.

3. What is the first thing that should be done after these replies have been digested? 4. If a letter of inquiry is sent out in "getting at" the present status of the work,

to whom should it be sent, and what detailed questions do you suggest to be embodied in the questionaire?

5. Are you willing to attend one or two meetings of the committee, if it seems necessary to call these, bearing your own expenses?

Professor W. J. Kent, of Ann Arbor, Mich., has been appointed teacher of science in the Vincennes University, to succeed Professor O. M. Duncan, who retires to take a course in medicine.

The Hon. John L. Griffiths, United States Consul to Liverpool, delivered a lecture on "Hours in England," Friday, January 5, at 8 p. m., in the Caleb Mills Hall, Shortridge High School. The proceeds of the lecture go to the Teachers' Relief Association, an organization formed in 1903, with Messrs. A. M. Sweeney, T. C. Day and John H. Holliday as trustees.

The Fortnightly Club, of Bloomington, composed chiefly of Indiana University professors, together with representative professional and business men, recently held an open meeting. The principal part of the program was an old-fashioned spelling match. The two captains were Judge Reinhard, dean of the law school and formerly judge of the Appellate Court of Indiana, and Judge James B. Wilson, of the Monroe and Lawrence Circuit Court. The Indiana speller was used, and one by one the dignified professors and business men went down.

The last man to leave the floor was Professor Horace A. Hoffman, dean of the department of liberal arts in Indiana University. The last woman to leave the floor was Mrs. Woodburn, wife of Dr. James A. Woodburn, of the department of history.

Of all virtues, magnanimity is the rarest; there are a hundred persons of merit for one who willingly acknowledges it in another. Hazlitt.

Governor Hanly has received the report of the Indiana State Normal School at Terre Haute. President W. W. Parsons calls at

tention to the fact that the 1,908 students in the school last year were the largest number since the school was established. The faculty has been increased and the course in a number of subjects has been extended. There are twenty-two heads of departments,▾ twelve assistants and four laboratory assistants. The board of visitors, appointed under the law this year, consisting of State Superintendent Bayliss, of Illinois; Superintendent Hamilton, of the Vincennes schools, and County Superintendent Tapy, of Columbia City, makes a report highly commending the work of the school. The report says the Legislature will be asked for $100,000 for a library building on a site already bought across the street from the main building. The request for $100,000 for girls' dormitories will be repeated. At the last session it was not received with much favor, but the Normal authorities believe the example of other States which lead in normal work will be followed.

Constant efforts should be made by all persons interested in education to secure for teachers adequate compensation for their work.-N. E. A. Resolutions.

Professor S. Stanhope Orris, of Princeton University, and one of the foremost scholars of the United States, is dead, after an illness of three years. He was seventy years old.

In ninety-nine cases out of a hundred the parent who is always finding fault with the teacher's way of dealing with children is the parent that neglects his own children in a shameful way.

We note with pleasure Governor Hanly's reappointment of Superintendent J. H. Tomlin, Shelbyville schools, as a member of the Board of Trustees for the Indiana State Normal School. Mr. Tomlin has served as a member of this board for twelve years, and his appointment for four years more is evidence of his efficiency. He grows in the estimation of school officials and educators as they become better acquainted with him. He is thoroughly professional, and a man of

decided ability. His first appointment as trustee was made by Gov. Matthews, the second by Gov. Mount, and the third by Gov. Durbin.

At the recent State Teachers' Association we heard much favorable comment upon "The Child's Calendar Beautiful," by R. Katherine Beeson. A copy of this meritorious work should be upon the desk of every teacher in Indiana especially. It is published by the Burt-Terry-Wilson Company, Lafayette, Ind.

We regret to note the fact that the directors of Martha's Vineyard Summer Institute, at Cottage City, Mass., have decided to close the school. It has been under the efficient management of Dr. Wm. A. Mowry for quite a number of years. That he has done an important work is recognized by all who have had the pleasure of attending the school. We embrace this opportunity to thank him for past favors and to extend him our best wishes.

Superintendent H. G. Brown, Lebanon schools, is accomplishing much by means of parents' meetings.

A modern high school building has been completed at Linton, Ind. The schools there are under the supervision of Professor J. H. Haseman. The principal of the high school is Miss Laura M. Moore, who is well equipped for her professional work. Her assistant is Ira P. Baldwin, formerly connected with the Lafayette High School.

Superintendents who may learn of a desirable vacancy for a successful teacher of the Gregg system of shorthand will confer a favor by addressing the Educator-Journal Company, Commercial Club Building, Indianapolis, Ind.

We feel under special obligations to both county and city superintendents in Indiana for strongly recommending the EducatorJournal to prospective advertisers in other States. The following endorsement of December 8, 1905, is particularly gratifying, as

it came to us unsolicited from one of the most prominent educators in Indiana, who has been president of the State Teachers' Association. He wrote as follows:

"I am sending you the name of what I regard to be the best teachers' journal published in Indiana. The Educator-Journal, of Indianapolis, Commercial Club Building, is, to my mind, one of the strongest educational publications we have in the western country. I am satisfied that if you should see fit to advertise in it, your advertising will bring you desired results."

The letter quoted above is quite significant, because of the fact that it was written by an educator who has been prominently advertised as a regular contributor for another periodical.

The Cornell University Register for 19051906 shows that 3,385 students were regularly enrolled in the university, exclusive of students of the summer session and the short winter courses in agriculture, being an increase of 155 over last year. The total number of professors, assistant professors, etc., on the instructing staff is 473, an increase of 44 over the previous year. Those desiring more definite information concerning this great institution should address the registrar of the university, at Ithaca, N. Y.

The B. F. Johnson Publishing Company, Richmond, Va., favored us with one of the most beautiful school calendars that we have seen this year.

Professor W. P. Burris, formerly superintendent of schools at Bluffton, Ind., but now dean of college for teachers in the University of Cincinnati, writes:

"I hope that you will continue to exalt the standard of educational journalism in this section of the country, where competition among high-class educational periodicals is not sharp."

Dr. T. S. Lowden, formerly head of the pedagogical department in DePauw University, but now connected with Clark University, at Worcester, Mass., where he received his doctor's degree in June, has lecture engagements in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Iowa,

and we hope that he may be employed for institute work in Indiana for the following dates: August 6th, 13th, and September 10th.

A representative of the Educator-Journal was greatly pleased with his recent visit to Indiana Central University, which is located near Garfield Park, Indianapolis. The institution opened auspiciously in September, under the management of Dr. J. C. Roberts, who is president. We hope that the school may be inspected by county superintendents, especially as it deserves a liberal patronage.

NOTES ON THE RECENT INDIANA STATE TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION.

About 1,600 people were present at the first general meeting of the convention.

Dr. William L. Bryan, president of Indiana University, and retiring president of the Teachers' Association, gave the first address. Before introducing the new president he talked for some time on the life of Abraham Lincoln. His able eulogy on the greatest American citizen was heard intently.

At the conclusion of his address President Bryan introduced Dr. Hughes, his successor as president of the association, as “a man whom we all admire and in whom we all believe," Dr. Hughes immediately took advantage of the situation to provoke a laugh by saying: "I do not know whether the last applause was intended for President Bryan, for Mr. Lincoln, or for myself." When the laughter had subsided he further said: "President Bryan talked to you about Abraham Lincoln. I am going to speak to you about yourselves. I am inclined to think he had the better subject, but that, my friends, is not my fault. I shall endeavor to do the best I can with the material at hand." His subject was "The Reactions of the Teaching Profession." He showed the reflexive action of teaching in the building of character in the teacher himself, how the teacher makes his profession, and is at the same time made by it.

The musical part of the evening program was pleasing. Mr. Hugh McGibeny, of Indianapolis, gave two violin solos, and Miss Jean Brumbaugh, of Frankfort, a vocal solo. At the forenoon's session of the general assembly on Thursday every available seat

in the Claypool Hotel assembly room was taken. "The Disproportion of Boys and Girls in the Higher Grades of Our Public Schools, and Especially in the High Schools," was the topic discussed. Dr. E. B. Bryan, president of Franklin College, gave the principal talk on the subject. He pleaded for a broad basis of culture in education. "Since modern life is so highly diversified and specialized," he said, "many have come to the mistaken conclusion that early education should be specialized, or even limited. There never was a time that demanded more than now," said Dr. Bryan, "that the young man and woman should stand on a broad basis of general culture. Life is so complex that no one can afford to be fitted for one work and profession, and that alone."

Dr. Bryan quoted statistics from sixteen representative counties of the State and from sixteen representative high schools, to show that the girls in the higher grades and in the high schools greatly outnumbered the boys, and that there is a great falling off of boys in the high school course.

This condition resulted, Dr. Bryan said, in this that the professions were being filled by men who had not a broad culture. Men were to be the leaders, but the figures showed that the women were outstripping them in the preparation for life, and, at that, in outstripping them in a "boy-made” course of study.

Dr. Bryan said he had only one suggestion toward a solution; that more depended, in the training of boys and girls for efficient service, upon method than matter; more upon the spirit, the motive and attitude than on any particular thing that can be taught.

County Superintendent G. H. Tapy, of Whitley County, discussed the problem from the point of view of the public schools. He said that a part of the disproportion between the numbers of boys and girls in the schools was due to the "very nature of things"; that boy nature chafes more under the rules and restrictions of the school than does girl nature. He spoke for manual training for boys, and said that there should be more men in the corps of teachers.

Mrs. Rosa Mikels, principal of the New Castle High School, discussed the problem from the viewpoint of the high school. She