Russell, Prof. W. C, Whitford, and Prof. Butler, who have so generously given their time and talents to promote the glorions cause of education in our midst.

Resolved, That our earnest thanks are due to the Principal and Professors of the Milon Academy for their welcome and entertainment as hosts, and their efforts as individuals to make our meeting interesting and profitable.

Resolved, That the choir, which has enlivened and inspired the daily exercises of the Insti tate by their sweet songs, are entitled to a cozy niche in our memories.

Resolved, That two hundred and twenty teachers rise up with one voice and cry Long live the citizens of Milton!" and may their well loaded tables and bright hearth-stones never b invaded by a lees grateful company.

The following was then offered in behalf of the students of Milton Academy.

Resolved, That as members of the Milton Academy we feel that the present Teachers' Insti tute has been a source of the greatest benefit, as well as pleasure and interest, to us, both as teachers and taught, and that to the generous self-sacrifice of time and effort on the part of the managers, are we especially indebted for fresh aids, and incentives to more vi.crous effort in the cause of education, and a higher standard of excellence in the profession of the educator.

MADISON.

The opening session of the Teachers' Institute for this city was held at the Assembly Chamber on Monday evening, November 21st. Notwithstanding the very unfavorable weather, the attendance was quite large. This Institute was the last of the series appointed by Chancellor Barnard, under the auspices of the Board of Regents of Normal Schools.

The speaking began with appropriate remarks from his Excellency, Governor Randall. He alluded to the munificent grants made by the General Government in aid of popular education, and pointed out to the teachers the important duties which devolved upon them as agents for the State in securing the ends of this bounty.

Chancellor Barnard then came forward and remarked that in the course of the proceedings of the present series of Institutes, over fifteen hundred teachers, and persons proposing to teach, will have been assembled in sixteen different places, scattered widely apart over the State, and will have availed themselves of the class instruction and lectures of experienced teachers, and have been hospitably entertained for a week by the citizens of these various localities. At least five hundred families had been reached, and schools and teaching made subjects of conversation for that period of time, and at least ten thousand people had been in attendance on the evening lectures, which had been given by many of the most eminent teachers and professors of the several colleges and high schools of the State. At least twelve hundred schools for the coming winter, with their forty thousand children, will be improved by the better qualifications of teachers, and the deeper interest of parents and school officers secured by this new and effective agency of popular education. These statistics show the two-fold character of the Institute-reaching at once

the teacher and community, the school and the homes, thus making the work both broader and more permanent. Promising to pursue this topic at a later stage of the proceedings, the Chancellor closed by calling upon any of the Normal Regents, many of whom were present, to make such remarks as they chose.

None of those gentlemen responding to this invitation, Prof. Butler, of the State University, was announced, and delivered his very interesting address on common-place books, as helps to retain, recall, and increase our knowledge.

Nov. 22-The Institute met according to the notice given last evening. The first half hour was spent in opening exercises and enrollment of members, after which a brief outline of the objects of the Institute was given by Mr. Ogden. Mr. C. H. Allen followed upon the subject of Arithmetic, embracing Notation and Numeration. The last hour and a half were spent in the presentation and discussion of several points, by Mr. Ogden, as preparatory to a course of teaching.

The opening address for the afternoon consisted of remarks made by Prof. Allen on the best method of teaching Geography. At 2:45 the subject of English Grammar was taken up by Prof. Ogden, and discussed in an interesting manner. The lecture at 4 o'clock was by Prof. Butler, on the subject of "The Teachers Incentives to Mental Culture." Dr. D. B. Reid, late of Edinburgh, Scotland, and now Professor in the University, delivered the evening lecture, on "The benefits arising from cultivating Physical Science." Prof. Russell, who had been expected in the morning, was then introduced to the audience, and made a few introductory remarks on elocution, illustrated by some of his inimitable recitations.

The exercises of Wednesday morning were opened by singing and prayer. Prof. Russell next occupied the Institute with elementary instruction in elocution. After singing by the choir, Prof. Allen gave some instruction in the best methods of teaching Mental Arithmetic, illustrating various principles by forming a class and assigning them the performance of different examples. Prof. Ogden then gave some hints on the organization and management of schools.

After singing, the first address in the afternoon was delivered by Prof. Pickarts, on the art of teaching. Prof. Whitford, Principal of the Milton Academy, occupied the next fifteen minutes in making an earnest appeal to the teachers for greater enthusiasm in their schools.

The remainder of the afternoon was spent in singing, the answering of various questions by Prof. Allen, and elocutionary exercises by Prof. Russell, till 4 o'clock, when Dr. Carr was announced, and proceeded to address the teachers on "What we Breathe."

Prof. Bean, of Waukesha, delivered the evening lecture. He invited the attention of the audience to the subject of Language; not the ancient languages, nor the modern languages, but to those principles which underlie the forms of speech in every tongue.

The regular exercises were suspended on Thursday, it being Thanksgiving. The children of the city assembled at 2 o'clock, and listened to Scriptural readings by Prof. Russell, and remarks by W. S. Baker.

On Thursday evening the Institute repaired to the University, South Building, where they were received by the Resident Faculty, according to previous invitation, and cordially welcomed to the "sociable" of the occcasion. During the evening they were regaled by experiments in Chemistry and Philosophy, by Drs. Carr and Sterling, and last, but not least, by a well spread board, to which everybody did ample justice.

The address in the evening was listened to by a large audience, Chancellor Barnard doing justice both to himself and his subject. The music by the German choir, and also by Mrs. Reid, was excellent, as were the recitations by Prof. Russell.

The morning session on Friday opened, after singing and prayer, with further instruction in elocution by Prof. Russell, directed chiefly to the children of one of the ward schools. Accompanying these exercises, Mr. Baker gave them a short drill in making gestures with the arms, upward, downward, and obliquely, forward, backward, and to the right and left. Chancellor Barnard announced that the pith of the proceedings of the various Institutes which had been held in this State would be published in a single volume, to be got out by subscription. In Massachusetts and Connecticut, the proceedings of each Institute were published separately, but he thought the plan proposed would work better here.

Mr. Allen spent the remainder of the forenoon in instruction in the best methods of teaching Orthography, and in answering questions which had been propounded by the teachers at various times during the previous days of the Institute.

In the afternoon, after singing, Mr. Beckley gave instructions in Perspective Drawing, illustrated upon the blackboard. Some of the pupils of the ward schools were present, and, after attending to the drawing, sang several pieces under the direction of Mr. Jones, teacher of vocal music in the city schools.

At the close of the recess, Mr. Tullis, Principal of the University Commercial School, gave a short lecture on Penmanship. The next quarter hour was occupied by Prof. Pickard, of the University, in a very satisfactory discussion of auxiliary verbs.

The lecture of the afternoon and evening was by Dr. Reid, upon Ventilation, illustrated by diagrams and numerous experiments.

A vote of thanks was passed, tendering to the "citizens of Madison the earnest thanks of the teachers from abroad, in attendance upon the Institute, for their kindness in furnishing us homes during the week, and for their efforts to render our stay among them pleasant as well as profitable." At a later stage of the proceedings, Prof. Conover, Principal of the High School, replied to these resolutions in a very neat and happy speech. Further resolutions were passed, thanking Mr. Main for the use of his

piano, the Faculty of the University for their entertainment of the teachers on Thursday, and the choir of the High School for the excellent music which they had furnished during the session of the Institute, under the direction of Mr. Lovewell.

Thus closed the last regular Institute of the series. About one hundred and twenty-five teachers were in attendance.

Interesting Institutes of from two to four days continuance were also held at La Crosse, Waukesha, and Milwaukee, the exercises of which were of the same general nature as those already described. As these were not of the series regularly appointed by Dr. Barnard, pursuant to responses to the circular issued, and as we wish to close the account of the proceedings with this number of the Journal, we give no extended notice of them.

The number in attendance at the various Institutes, whose names have been recorded as members, is as follows: Appleton, 75; Baraboo, 125; Beloit, 150; Elkhorn, 175; Eau Claire, 31; Galesville, 40; Kenosha, 100; Milton, 225; Mineral Point, 67; Madison, 120; Richland Center, 60; River Falls, 70; Sheboygan, 65; Waupun, 120. There were at La Crosse about 35; at Waukesha, about 100; and at Milwaukee, about 100.