"For every evil under the sun,
There is a remedy or there is none.
If there is one, try to find it;
If there is none, never mind it."

Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?

Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.

A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.-The Bible.

ARBOR DAY PROCLAMATION.

On the 11th day of April, 1882, the general assembly of Ohio by joint resolution, authorized the governor of Ohio to issue a proclamation annually, setting apart a day in April for the planting of forest trees, and recommend that the day be devoted to that purpose. Therefore, I, George K. Nash, Governor of Ohio, do hereby designate Friday, the 20th day of April, 1900, as Arbor Day, and recommend that this day be observed by the people, children and adults, in the planting of forest trees. In this way our homes and their surroundings may be made more attractive, the lands occupied by schools, colleges and other educational institutions can be rendered more pleasant, and the parks in our towns and cities more inviting. I earnestly ask the people of Ohio to devote one day to this pleasant task. In testimony whereof I have hereunto sub

scribed my name, and caused to be affixed the Great Seal of the State, at Columbus, this the 19th day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred, and the one hundred and twenty-fourth year of the Independence of the United States of America. By the Governor:

GEORGE K. NASH. CHARLES KINNEY, Secretary of State.

A PRACTICAL LESSON IN RHYTHM. By J. J. Burns.

In studying this very important subject an occasional exercise like the following, is of worth. After mastering the meter of such poems as Thanatopsis, or Thompson's The Snow-storm found in the fifth reader, select a paragraph of good prose, and making such changes as are needed, imitate the rythm of the poetry. The prose for this lesson is the beginning of A Pen Picture by William Black in the same fifth reader:

By Lavender had Sheila been transformed,

In the half hour of their stroll, to a heroine;

And as they sat at dinner on this

At the late examination chorus

Out of my doors I was bearing my

self; when lo in the threshold, Fondly embracing my feet, Creusa, my wife, clinging to me, To his fond father, the mother presented her little Iulus: "If about to die, thou goest, at least take us with thee! If, having tried, thou findest hope in arms now retaken, Guard first this thy home. To whom is the little Iulus

song, as the matter was given us in the MONTHLY, was to be a doing into English of a passage of Virgil, beginning:

Hinc ferro accingor rursus clypeoque sinistram

and I was wondering what penalty would fall upon the aspirant should he dare:

Then with my sword I was girt, to

my shield my left hand nicely fitting,

own in the bond of our wedlock?"

Crying aloud such words, with her

groans all the house she was filling,

When unexpected and strange to tell a wonderful portent. For, in the midst of the hands, and in sight of his sorrowing pa

rents.

Look! a light tongue of flame from

the top of the head of Iulus Seen was to pour its light, and to flicker over his soft hair All unhurt by the touch, and about his temples was feeding.

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NATIONAL Educational Association, Charleston, S. C., July 7-13, National Council, meeting, July 7 and 9, and the regular sessions of the general association being held July 10-13.

OUR readers will note that we devote a few pages this month to "Art in the Public Schools," and we feel certain that all will be glad to learn that each month hereafter some suggestions bearing upon this

important work will appear. We hope in this manner to keep our readers in touch with what is actually being done in different sections of the state along this line. Miss Carrie O. Shoemaker, Principal Hubbard Avenue School, Columbus, and chairman sub-committee on Education-Art in Public Schools-,Ohio Federation of Women's Clubs, has charge of this work, and will gladly receive brief accounts of what is being done in any of the schools of the state. All communications bearing upon the matter should be addressed to Miss Shoemaker as above indicated.

VOLUME VIII, No. 3, of the Ohio Archæological and Historical Quarterly is a valuable number, containing much interesting information and several carefully prepared maps. In this volume will also be found the fifteenth annual report of the secretary which includes a brief history of the work already done by the society and many valuable suggestions as to what ought to be done in the future. All teachers and other friends who are interested in this important work, should address the Secretary of the Society, E. O. Randall, Columbus, Ohio.

THE Chicago meeting was a success from the standpoint of either attendance or program. President Downing is an excellent presiding

officer, and the session meetings moved right along on schedule time. No one regretted more than he the absence of several speakers, but certainly no fair-minded person would attempt to criticise a presiding officer because some of the speakers announced by him were so unfortunate as to be ill while the meeting was in progress. We congratulate Mr. Downing upon the success of his great meeting. In this issue will be found an interesting account of this meeting written by an Ohio superintendent who kindly came to the aid of the editor whose writing arm was very much disabled at the time. We regret very much that we are not permitted to give the name of this friend to whom we are so much indebted.

THE following interesting statistics are taken from the report of the United States commissioner of education for the year 1897-98.

Total enrollment in all schools and colleges both public and private, 16,687,643.

Estimated population for 1898, 72,737,100.

Estimated number of children, five to eighteen years of age, in 1898, boys, 10,831,573; girls, 10,626,721; total, 24,458,294.

Number of pupils enrolled in the common schools in 1870-71, 7,561,582; in 1897-8, 15,038,636.

Per cent of the school population (i. e., children five to eighteen

years of age) enrolled in the common schools for 1870-71, 61.45; for 1897-98, 70.08.

Average daily attendance for 1870-71, 4,545,317; for 1897-98, 10,286,092.

Average number of days schools were kept open during the year for 1870-71, 132.1; for 1897-98, 143.1. Aggregate number of days' schooling given in 1897-98, 1,471,435,367.

Whole number of different teachers employed, male, 131,750; female, 274,443; total, 409,193.

Percentage of male teachers in 1870-71, 41; in 1879-80, 42.8; in 1889-90, 34.5; in 1897-98, 32.2.

Average monthly salaries of teachers, male, $45.16; female, $38.74.

Number of school buildings, 242,390.

Estimated value of school property, $492,703,781.

Receipts for school purposes, income of permanent school funds and rent of school lands, $9,213,323; state taxes, $35,600,643; local taxes, $134,104,053; other sources, state and local, $20,399,578; total, $199,317,597.

Expenditures-buildings, furniture, libraries and apparatus, $32,814,532; teachers' and superintendents' salaries, $123,809,412; all other purposes, $37,396,526; total, $194,020,470.

Expended per capita of popula

tion-in 1870-71,-$1.75; in 189798,-$2.67.

Average yearly expenditure per pupil, $18.86; average daily expenditure per pupil, 13.2 cents.

In many respects, by far the most important election held in the state is the school board election, but in too many instances it is either passed over without much concern, or carried on in the interest of a few persons who have some political ambition to gratify or some personal grudge to satisfy. We believe, however, that each year finds a larger number of persons who take a part in this important election solely because of their interest in the welfare of the schools, and it should never be forgotten that it is to the people that we must look for any and all needed reforms. Each community in the state has its full share, no doubt, of spasmodic reformers who are ever ready to correct existing evils by favoring some new law which will, in their judgment, make the schools good in spite of the educational sentiment or lack of educational sentiment which may exist in the community. As a rule such individuals, however good their intentions may be, hinder rather, than help true reform. Their confidence in law is such as to lead them to believe that laws once enacted will enforce themselves, and as a result their efforts for reform cease as