NOTE.-An effort was made to have a record kept of the proceedings of each Institute, and the following questions were prepared by the Normal Agent for the purpose of obtaining the same items of personal and professional information respecting each member from year to year:

1. Name (in ft II)?

2. Age (at last birth-day)?

3. Birth-place?

4. Present Residence and Post-Office Address?

5. What College, Academy, or High School heve you attended prior to your connection with this Institute?

6. How long (in months and terms) have you been connected with this Institute, includ ing the present session?

7. What experience have you had in teaching, giving the time in months and years, and at what wages, exclusive of board?

8. Are you engaged to teach this season, and where, and on what terms, and for what time? 9. Do you intend to make teaching a profession for life?

10. Of what Normal Class cr Institute, connected with any College, Academy or High School, have you been a member?

11. Have you atten ed a Teachers' Institute in this or any other State?

12. What books on Schools, Education, or Teaching have you read?

13. What books on Terching or Education do you own

14. What Educational Periodical do you subscribe for?

15. To what Teachers' Association-City, Town, County, or State, do you belong?

Date of these answers.

The record in some instances was not handed in, and has not been forwarded to the Agent, and the blanks were not in all cases distributed in time, or with sufficient explanation to secure full answers. The following summary, although not complete, will show the general results:

Whole number of Institutes held by appointment of the Normal Agent, 19; whole number registered, 1713; number who filled blanks, 992; number under 16 years of age, 35; number between 16 and 20, 360; number between 20 and 25, 377; number between 25 and 30, 121; more than 30, 85; born in New York, 439; Wisconsin, 89; Vermont, 76; Ohio, 65; Pennsylvania, 44; Massachusetts, 41; Maine, 40; England, 33; New Hampshire, 25; Illinois, 21; Connecticut, 16; Indiana, 13; Canada, 12; Michigan, 10; New Brunswick, 6; Wales, Nova Scotia, and Scotland, each 5; New Jersey, Ireland, and Norway, each 4; Mississippi, Germany, Siam, Prussia, Missouri, District of Columbia, and Spain, each 1-964; students of Universities, 98; Colleges, 64; Seminaries, 126; Academies, 343; High Schools, 203-834; have taught less than 1 year, males, 105, females, 159-264; from 1 to 2 years, males 79, females, 102 -181; from 2 to 5 years, males 89, females, 83-172; from 5 to 10 years, males, 27, females, 23-50; more than 10 years, males 30, females, 23-53; have taught for less than $10 per month last year, males, 1, females 88; from $10 to $15, males, 10, females 138; from $15 to $25, males, 153, females, 106; from $25 to $35, males, 96, females, 30; more than $35, males, 19, females, 0; who intend to make teaching a profession, males, 129, females, 170; have attended Normal Schools, 16; attended Normal Classes, 204; attended Institutes previously, 195; who own educational works, 213; who own Teachers' Library, 18; who have read one educational work, 206; more than one, 220; who subscribe for Journals of Education, 279.

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