done nobly. We have some of that kind. Then we have other secretaries who have done nothing, and then we have others who have done still less. I have in mind now, one secretary who did his work well and sent in his reports promptly, who is now in his grave. I refer to Mr. C. D. Irelan, who was secretary of the Darke County Reading Circle. I did want to say to the County Examiners, if there are any here today, that we trust they are following the lead that we point out. In many counties, the examiners select books for reading and examine upon them. In such cases examiners become the leaders of the teachers. We have cases, however, where the books are selected but they do not lead the way into the Reading Circle, although they read the course. The trouble is, that they do not become members of the Reading Circle in such cases, and we lose the quarter membership fee, and they do not secure the culture they would get by becoming members of the Reading Circle.

I want to ask you County Examiners to lead gently over, all such cases into the Reading Circle, to the end that they become members of it. We regard this matter of the Reading Circle as very important and trust that you will do all in your power to aid us. This summer we have 694 persons who will have diplomas given to them. What I wish to say from now on, will be supplemental to what Dr. Thompson has said to you. For the benefit of the Executive Committee of this Association I turned the Treasury inside out this morning and then turned it back again. last year, we started out with a balance of $1511.79. I extracted from the publishers, $250. They do not like to admit that they owed it. They prefer to say that they spent it for advertising. I am not particular how they regard it, so we get the money.

This

The membership fees this past year, amounted to $1354.77. Then there are some belated fees, which amounted to $11.44. Then we had another item and that was the interest on the little note that I have been telling you about for a number of years, and which I have urged on you that we should not disturb, amounting to $50. That makes when added together $3177. Now then, you must remember that we have an outlay of about $1540, which when subtracted, leaves a balance of $1636.55. That balance is what makes the people think that we are rich. This report, however, is before we have paid our debts. This report is made to the Board of Control in May. I want my salary out of that fund; I can live on air myself, but my family must have something more substantial, so here is a deduction of $500 for that; for clerk hire here is an item of $200; for the expenses of the Board of Control $78.91; and the man who lettered the diplomas, wants $74; and then there is a matter of expressage of $20, making in the aggregate $859. That subtracted, leaves a remainder of $742.75. Now we have made a contract with the publishing house for 25,000 bulletins for $270, which I think I can prove by Mr. Corson is remarkably cheap, when we consider the advanced price of paper. Then it will take about $100 to distribute these to the counties. We send these packages to the Executive Committee in each county and I hope that the eighty-eight chairmen will take the package out of the office and cut the string on it, if they do nothing else. Then the Board of Control thought last year, that it would be well for me to knock around a little over the state and the result of my work is evident today. I will call that item of expense $100, so that after making the proper subtractions in this matter, I have $267 left. That represents the condition of

our Treasury before breakfast this morning. That is to say, our Treasury showed $267 this morning before breakfast and after consultation with the Executive Committee, it showed $67 after breakfast. I now have this $67 to pay the little necessary expenses that may come up this fall. I shall do the very best I can with it and if you send

for 500 copies of the Bulletin, I will not send them C. O. D., but you will get them all right. I want to say that there is a little reserve fund that we have been keeping from year to year. Not counting that little reserve, we have $67 for current expenses. That shows how rich we are at this date.

Resolved, That we, the members of the O. S. T. A. in its fifty-third annual session, at Put-in-Bay, take great pleasure in congratulating Manager McCreary on the very satisfactory entertainment given us.

We congratulate the executive committee on their success in securing rates so liberal from hotel, railroads and boat lines. We congratulate them especially on the most excellent program provided for this meeting; and to the president we express our appreciation of the very efficient manner in which he has presided over its various sessions.

We congratulate the association upon having the largest enrollment for many years; and further on the remarkable fact that every person who had been assigned to duty on the program has been present to perform that duty.

We heartily approve the action of the last General Assembly in making the payment of High School tuition mandatory; in encouraging centralization of schools, and in making larger levies for school purposes possible in special and village districts.

Resolved, That we instruct Our committee on legislation to urge upon the next General Assembly the passage of an anti-cigarette law.

We appreciate the honor done Ohio by the National Educational Association in choosing O. T. Corson as its president; and desire to offer a most urgent, sincere and cordial invitation to the N. E. A. to hold the session of 1901 within our borders at the city of Cincinnati.

Resolved, That in consideration of the possibility of the next annual meeting of the N. E. A. being held in Cincinnati, the time and place of the next annual session of the O. S. T. A. be left with the executive committee, to be acted upon by them as circumstances seem to determine.

MARY WILGUS, Ch'm.,
LURA B. KEAN,
A. F. WATERS,

F. B. DYER,

S. L. ROSE,

E. F. WARNER,
J. W. SMITH.

On motion of J. E. McKean of Akron, the following resolution was added to those included in the report:

Resolved, That this association approve the action of Attorney General Sheets in his proceedings against institutions which have been granting degrees in violation of commonly accepted educational standards.

HIGH SCHOOL SECTION. The first special session of the High School Section was held in Assembly Hall at the close of the General Session on Wednesday afternoon, June 27. Professor Knott, of Toledo, in a paper full of practical suggestions, treated the subject of "Chemistry in the High School." The subject was discussed by Mr. Culler of Kenton. Mr. Sarver, of Canton, who held the second place in the discussion, but was unable to be present, had delegated Professor Wright to take his place on the program. As the General Session had been protracted beyond the appointed hour, and Mr. Wright was obliged to leave by the 5 o'clock toat, the session was closed after Mr. Culler's discussion.

The second session of the High School Section was called to order shortly after 9:30 a. m. on Thursday, June 28, by the president, Professor Loomis, of Cleveland. The program was carried out as planned, and proved to be crowded with good things. Professor Holden, who was greeted by the Wooster "Yell" from a select corner of the hall when he stepped upon the platform, showed the rare good taste to cut himself short at the close of his alloted half hour, in the midst of a very interesting paper, in order not to infringe upon the time belonging to other members of the program. Miss Wilgus, of Xenia, followed with an intensely interesting paper on a subject which is the touchstone of the living teacher-"Self-training." Miss Wilgus is "alive" and she kept her audience "alive."

was manifest in the discussion of the various subjects.

D. T. Davis of New Philadelphia read a paper on the "Benefit of Ear Cultivation." In it he discussed the mental effect of tones at some length. An interesting discussion on "Mental Effects" followed, Messrs Glover, Gantvoort and Davis participating.

"When Introduce Minor Scales?" was the subject of an able paper by B. C. Welgamood of Tiffin. He would have little to do with music in minor keys in the lower grades because its usually sad character has little in keeping with the buoyancy of the child mind.

Prof. N. Coe Stewart then read a very fine paper on "Is Individual Recitation

Practicable in Sight Singing Work?" On motion of Prof. Gantvoort of Cincinnati the Section voted unanimously to request that Mr. Stewart's paper be published in the OHIO EDUCATIONAL MONTHLY.

The election of officers resulted as follows: President, B. C. Welgamood of Tiffin; Secretary, W. A. Putt of War

ren.

On motion of Mr. N. Coe Stewart the Section unanimously extended a vote of thanks to the retiring officers for their interest during the past year. S. H. LIGHTNER, President.

W. A. PUTT, Sec. pro tem., for F. B. JAGGER, Secretary.

Franklin. W. T. Heilman, Canal Winchester; C. L. Dickey, Clintonville; Jacob A. Shawan, O. T. Corson, Margaret W. Sutherland, C. S. Barrett, Abram Brown, R. A. Metcalf, John S. Royer, W. E. Henderson, E. E. Richards, W. G. Compher, John M. Mulford, W. H. McFarland, Iona Frankenberg, Caroline Wendt, Anna Schilling, Belle T. Scott, Augusta Becker, Anna Knies, Mary Esper, W. H. Hartsough, L. D. Bonebrake, Martin Hensel, Mary Gordon, Metta Philbrick, Maud Buxton, J. W. Jones, Katherine Rodenfels, Annice Fishbach, C. B. Galbreath, Hattie Lazarus, W. O. Thompson, L. S.

Hamilton.-A. B. Johnson, Avondale; E. W. Wilkinson, J. M. N. Downes, O. P. Voorhes, G. B. Bolenbaugh, E W. Coy, Clara B. Jordan, Fred W. Dearness, Edward M. Sawyer, S. T. Logan, Anson McKinney, G. W. Oyler, G. H. Denham, F. E. Swing, F. P. Goodwin, Mrs. C. D. Klemm, John A. Heiser, John C. Ridge, Elizabeth Little, Mary McGowan, R. G. Boone, W. S. Strickland, Mrs. W. S. Strickland, Blanche Neal, H. V. Creel, Blanche Acomb, L. S. Farquhar, George F. Sands, Harrison Wright, J. R. Fortney, A. J. Gantvoort, Frank R. Ellis, M. P. Ryan, Alice Paddock, Cincinnati; Mabelle Brown, A. J. Willey, College Hill; Emma A. Johnson, Fruit Hill; J. W. Lyle, Mrs. J. W. Lyle, Elmwood; J. L. Trisler, Hartwell; S. T. Dial, Lockland; U. D. Clephane, Mack; F. B. Dyer, Lillie Shumard, Madisonville; G. W. Clemens, Mt. Summit; T. L. Simmermon, Pleasant Ridge; C. S. Fay, Wyoming.

Hancock.-J. W. Zeller, Findlay. Hardin.-Warren Darst, S. D. Fess Ada; F. J. Stinchcomb, Dunkirk; L. M. Magley, Florence Tipton, Rose Patterson, Margaret Thompson, Tee Doll, Inez Baldwin, J. A. Culler, E. S. Neeley, E. P. Dean, Kenton.

Harrison.-H. V. Merrick, Cadiz.