Abatements of school taxes of indigent, children provided for in Act of 1839, ii. 28; of 1841, iii. $37, 228; unequally borne under the system of quarter or rate bills in cities, iv. 5 5, 9. Abbott's Teacher, recommended iii. 48; extracts from, i. 39; ii. 48, 197; iii. 23, 37. Abbott, G. D. on a national school li- Abbreviations, how taught by slate and Act concerning common schools of 1839 Address to the people of Connecticut, i. 7; to a French public school i. 114; of the Secretary of Board, respecting Con. Common School Journal, ii. 5. Adults, school for, ii. 131, 271. Academies, patronized by the State, in New York, i. 80; in Pennt ii. 195; teachers' department in. I. 91; ii. 172 iii. 131, 134. African schools, in Boston, iv. 14; in Portland, iv. 16; in Worcester, iv. 66. Agrarianism, the consequence of a sep- Aids to mental development, i. 23. Alcott, Dr. W. A., essay on schoolhous- Andover, schools in, i. 189. Annals of Education, recommended, Apparatus for schools recommended, i. 170; ii. 207; iii. 61, 117, 251; | Burtlett, Dr., on the health of Lowell, kell, ii. 127; N. B. Chamberlain, | Basle, canton of, ii. 321. Apprentices, schools for recommended, Aptness to teach, iii. 149. Ashley, Lord, labors of in behalf of Austria, school system of, ii. 312. Assessors, when to be called out, iii Atmosphere, lesson on, i. 38; compo Avon, school in, i. 89; ii. 22; iii. 176. Austin, Mrs., translator of Cousin's Report i. 83; on National Education, Bache, A. D. Report on education in. Bacon, Rev. Leonard, circular by, i. 74; Barkhamsted, schools in, i. 190. Bartlett, H., on value of education to Batavian Republic, school law of, ii. 290. Bavaria, school system of, ii, 325. Beauty, the sense of, ii. 41; Mrs. Sig- 309. Bethany, schools in, i. 189. Bingham, Caleb, library founded by, Bissell, Judge, remarks by, i. 47. cises on, iv. 63; uses of, iv. 48, 161. Books, value of, i. 96; ii. 129. 131. Boston, school system of, ii. 36 ; iii. 155, 18. Bridgewater, schools in, i. 190, Brookfield, schools in, i. 190. discourse by, ii. 102; report on spelling books, iii. 74; on schools of Hartford, iv. 7. Butler, Hon. Benjamin F., remarks on school libraries, i. 149 Calcutta, Black hole of, iii. 112. Campbell, Gov., extracts from message of, ii. 131. iii. 51; Canaan, schools in, i. 188. Canterbury, schools in, i. 182; school house in, iii. 52. Canton, schools in, i, 189. Carlyle, Thomas, on national education, iii. 376. Carter. J. G. lecture by, iii. 69. Catholic children, in Hartford, iii. 27; in Lowell, Mass., iii. 156. Central Society of Education, England, ii. 133, 261. Certificate of school visitors, iii. 219. Chamberlain, N. B., catalogue of appa. ratus by, iii. 124. Channing, Dr., on education of teachers, i. 21; on self culture, iii. 40, 81. Chapin, Rev. Dr., report of, ii. 145. Charleston, S. C., high school in, iii. 171. Charlestown, Mass. schools in, iii. 158; iv. 15. Chatham, schools in, i. 181. district, powers of, iii. 218; of society, powers of, iii. 219. Common education should be the best education, ii. 152; should be practical i. 113. Common schools in Connecticut, history of, i. 2; iii. 225; condition of in 1837, i. 3; in 1838, i. 187; in 1839, ii. 219; in 1810, iii. 177; in 1841, iv. 173. in Mass., (see Mass., N. Y., Maine, &c.) Common Schools, causes which have diminished the interest in, i. 51; ii. 213; iii. 243; iv. 176; tribute to, ii. 161; effects of private schools on, ii. 79, 152, 159, 161; iii. 83, 146, 168, 152; iv. 9; education in, better than in private, iv. 13; results of, iv. 13. Common School Conventions, i. 1745; ii. 20, 35. Common School Journal, edited by H. Mann, i. 43; prospectus of, 43; extracts from, i. 51, 56; ii. 15, 30, 75, 77, 78, 92, 109; iii. 119, 179, 187; iv. 46, 57, 81, 102. Common School Journal, (see School Journals.) Common School Library, (see School Library.) Compass, points of, how to teach, iv. 45. Cheerfulness, promoted by music, iv. Comparison, faculty of, cultivated by 53. Cheshire, schools in, i. 189. Chest, how injured, ii. 87. Children, should be comfortable in school, ii. 30; out of school, ii. 98. Children in manufacturing establishments, (see factory) Children, young, length of session for, iii. 120, 128. Chinese education, ii. 105. Christian Library, catalogue of, iii. 123. Christianity in common schools, ii 102. Church, Judge, Commissioner for common schools, i. 5; iv. 173; efforts in Salisbury, ii. 67; remarks at Danbury, ii. 81; on schools in Salisbury, iii. 195; at Litchfield county convention, i. 22 Churches and schoolhouses, i. 70. Chylcification, lesson in, i, 59 Chymification, lesson in, ii. Cincinnati, school system of, i. 119; iii. 167; iv. 17; rules and regulations respecting, i. 60. Cities, common schools in, i. 165; iii. 155; iv. 5, 23; moral and educational wants in, iv. 23, 24; course of instruction different, ii. 87. Civilization, American, iii. 175. Classification of scholars, ii. 48, 147, 207; iii. 41, 101. Clergy and common schools, ii. 174, 178. Clerk of school district, powers of, iii. 219; of school society, iii. 219. Cleveland, Ohio, schools in, iii. 166. Cleanliness in schoolhouses, of children, ii. 124 Clinton, DeWitt, extract from, i. 61 common schools, ii, 178, 215; in Penn., ii. 195. College graduates not necessarily educated, ii. 102. Collector of district, iii. 219. Colored children, schools for, i. 156; iv. 23, 67. (see African schools.) Colquhoun, extract from speech by, on education in Scotland, ii. 250. Columbia, schools in, i. 189. Combe, Dr., quoted, iii. 111. Combe, Mr. George, respecting education in U. S., iii. 172. Committee, School, faithful, iii. 86; of the study of geography, iv. 44; by geometry, 52. Composition, exercises in, i. 139; how taught, iv. 57; of short sentences, iv. 57; by framing words into sentences iv. 58; by journal writiug, iv. 58; by letter writing iv. 59; how taught on black board, iv. 91. Compulsory system of education, i. 122 157; ii. 294; iv. 27, 28, 152. Confessions of a School Master, notices of, ii. 63; extracts from, ii. 63, 76, 93, 142. Connecticut, first civil constitution of, ii 99; true policy of, ii. 103; peculiar advantages of, in respect to, i. 50; elevation of by good schools, i. 67 Connecticut Common School Journal, origin of, i. 1; resolution of General Assembly respecting, iii. 24; expenses of, to Mr. Barnard, iii. 224. Connecticut State Lyceum, i. 152; ii. 83, 177. Connecticut State Convention, ii. 20, 35 Co-operation of parents, (see parents.) Conscience, ii. 144. Conservatism, true spirit of, iv. 12. Convention, (see common school convention.) National call for, ii. 20. Conversation, how taught, iv. 56; ii. 41; between two teachers, ii. 79. Cornwall, i. 190; ii. 121; iii. 77. Counters or blocks in arithmetic, how to make and use, iv. 48. County Superintendents, (see superintendents. Courtesy, lecture on, iii. 56. Cousin, M., report by, on schools of Prussia, i. 120, 129; on schools in Holland, ii. 235; on children in factories, iv. 152; comparison by, of the school systems of Prussia and Holland, ii. 292. Coventry, schools in, i. 180; ii. 229; iii. 204. Crayons, how to make, i. 70; iv. 51 Crime and ignorance, ii. 134, 189, 273, 335; and education, iv. 171. Cunningham, Prof., editor of Educator, ii. 19: iv. 30; account by, of Glasgow Normal school, iv. 29. Cuvier, Baron, report by, on schools of Holland, ii. 282. Daily progress in knowledge, i. 110. Danbury, schools in, i. 190; ii. 221; iii. 202; school meeting in, ii. 84; village of, schools in, ii. 23. Davis' Teacher Taught, notice of, iii. 53; extracts from, on classification or order of exercises, iii. 41; on penmanship, 45; on arithmetic, 67; on moral education, 70. Deaf and dumb, schoo's for, ii. 205. Defects in common schools, iii. 34. Defining, method of teaching, iii. 43; how taught by black board, iv. 48. Denmark, school system of, iii. 332; iv. 26. Denzer's rule respecting rewards and punishments, ii. 46. Deposit Fund, (see town deposit.) Desks in schoolhouses, i. 144; iií. 115. Dinter, School Counsellor, noble sentiment of, ii. 61; ii. 105. Dick, Dr., on education and war, ii. 191. Dictation, spelling taught by, iv. 33. Discipline in schools, ii. 107. Didaktik, or art of teaching, i. 132; ii, 16 Disputes about school matters, ii. 154. Distribution of school money, i. 161; ii. 212; iii. 83, 235. Districts, (see school districts.) District Commitee, duties of, iii. 219; how they can improve winter schools, ii. 54, 185. District school libraries, (see school li braries.) District school as it was, notice of, ii. 59; extracts from, on the old schoolhouse, ii. 59; on first summer at school, 61; first winter in school, 61; fine specimen of female teacher; how they used to read, 75; to spell, 75; to write, 94. District system, modified for cities, ii. 218; ii. 252. Dix, Gen. John A., Report on school system of N. York, 1. 75; upon education of teachers, 91; extracts from report by, ii. 98. Doane, Bishop, on the education of the poor, i. 152. Domestic instruction, ii. 80; iii. 174. Drawing in schools, i. 23, 35; method of teaching in Prussian schools, ii. 301, how taught iv. 39; in model schools, Ireland, 39; in European schools, 40; in Mass., 40, 116; reasons for introducing in common schools, 63; how taught in Female Seminary, Wethersfield, 117. instruction in primary schools, Boston, 119; in school at Ealing, ii. 264. Dublin, national model school in, iv. 35, 40, 42; hospital, mortality in, iii. 111. Dunn's Schoolmaster's Manuel, notice of, ii. 15; extracts from, on the conditions of happiness in teaching, 15; on teaching the alphabet, spelling, reading, 16; on arithmetic, grammar, and geography, 31; on punishment, 45; on Pestalozzi, Fellenberg, and Jacotot, 106. Dupin, Baron, Report of, relative to the labor of children in factories, iv. 149. Duppa, B. F. i. 89; on schools at Ealing, ii. 264. Dutch and German schools, notice of, iv. 29: extracts from, 32, 40, 58. Duties of Parents and Teachers, lecture on, by D. P. Page, ii. 14, 34, 41. Dwight, Dr. extract from, ii. 15. Dwight, Edmund, donation of $10,000 by, i. 96. Dwight, T. Jr., Schoolmaster's Friend, ii. 110, 113; extracts from, on reading, ii. 110; on geography, 112; on teachers duties before and out of school, iv. 30; on teaching music, iv. 50; extract from leuture by, i. 37. Ealing, industrial school, ii. 263. Early associations, i. 21. East Haddam, schools in, i. 190; iii. 188 |