its plan and equipment in Ohio. It is built of stone and pressed brick and has a basement eleven feet high, containing the heating and ventilating apparatus, and four fine playrooms. The central corridor contains two sanitary drinking fountains, and each room is perfectly lighted and ventilated. The office where Supt. Van Cleve receives his friends, and occasionally talks over matters with the "small boy" who calls upon him with a "note of introduction" from his teacher, is said to be a marvel of beauty and comfort. -D. M. Byam who has had charge of the Kipton schools for the past eight years, has accepted a good position with the National Publishing Company of Boston. -President L. D. Harvey of the Department of Superintendence of the N. E. A., has the program of the next meeting well under way. The time is February 26-28, 1901, the place University Hall, in the Fine Arts Building, 203-207 Michigan Boulevard, Chicago. of -The State Association Township Superintendents of Ohio I will be held in the Assembly Room of the Chittenden Hotel, Columbus, O., Dec. 26 and 27, 1900. I appeal to every township superintendent of Ohio and to all persons interested in the cause of township education to attend this grand educational gathering. An excellent program is in preparation by our Ex. Com. Last year forty counties of our great state were represented. This year we hope to have an increased attendance. If you wish to have your burdens lightened, and if you desire to aid in lightening the burdens of BOOKS AND MAGAZINES. Allyn and Bacon, Boston, Mass.: "Elementary English Composition." By Professor F. N. Scott, University of Michigan, and Prof. J. V. Denney, Ohio State University. Many of the teachers of Ohio have heard Prof. Denney in his practical and helpful talks on English, and will be glad to learn of his being one of the authors of this excellent book which teaches the pupil to regard composition as a means of expressing thought for a purpose, and not as an end in itself. Ohio contract price 60c. American Book Co., Cincinnati, Ohio: "Big People and Little People of Other Lands." By Edward R. Shaw of New York University. One of the "Eclectic School Readings Series" which contains much valuable information for children related in an entertaining and interesting manner. D. Appleton & Co., Chicago, Ill.: "Burke's Speech on Conciliation with America." Edited with Notes and a Study Plan for High-School Use by William I. Crane, Head of the Department of English, Steele High School, Dayton, O. The purpose of this edition is to aid the student to develop his power of argumentation. The Introduction outlines in a very clear and comprehensive manner this purpose, and presents a "Study Plan" which will be very helpful to all teachers and students of this great Speech. Following the text of the Speech are many valuable explanatory notes, and a very complete index. R. L. Myers & Co., Harrisburg, Pa.: "Jukes Edwards." A Study in Education and Heredity. By A. E. Winship, Litt. D. Thos. R. Shewell & Co., Chicago, C. W. Bardeen, Syracuse, N. Y.: Ill. Ginn & Co., Chicago, Ill.: "Mother Nature's Children." By Allen Walton Gould. Mailing price 70 cents. The book is beautifully illustrated, and aims to help the young to see and appreciate the spirit of Nature. "A Commercial Geography." By John N. Tilden, M. A., M. D. Revised and enlarged edition. For use in academies, high schools, and business colleges. "The Educational System of Silver, Burdett & Co., New York "The Elements of Arithmetic." By Ella M. Pierce, Supervisor of Primary Grades, Public Schools, Providence, R. I. Square 12mo, 149 pp. Illustrated. Introductory price 36 cents. The book is intended for pupils of the third grade. "Pope's Essay on Man and Essay on Criticism." Edited with Introduction and Notes by Joseph B. Seabury. The Silver Series of English Classics. ΙΟΙ pages. 12mo. Cloth 30 cents; Paper 20 cents. "An English Grammar." For the Use of Schools. By James M. Milne, Ph. D. 12m0, 384 pp. Half leather. Introductory price, 75 cents. In Horne's "Pennsylvania German Manual" we have something entirely new in the way of literature. Many people think that because some "Pennsylvania Dutchmen" cannot speak the English language with any degree of accuracy they are dullards. Not so. It is a misfortune, however, and a hindrance to their development and Mr. Horne has placed within their reach this German Manual which is adapted for both home and school use. The author and publisher is A. R. Horne, A. M., D. D., editor of The National Educator and Institute Instructor, and exprincipal of the Keystone State Normal School. The announcement of the “Atlantic Monthly" for 1901 gives assurance of the continued high standing of this excellent magazine. "Fiction" will be presented by Miss Mary Johnston, Miss Sarah Orne Jewett, and Kate Douglas Wiggin; "Short Stories," by F. J. Stimson, Miss Alice Brown, W. R. Lighton and others; "Studies of the National Life," by prominent citizens, and statesmen. "The Reconstruction Period," to be discussed under different heads, by such eminent men as Woodrow Wilson, Hilory A. Herbert, W. E. B. Du Bois, Thomas Nelson Page, William A. Dunning, and others, will be especially interesting to teachers and all students of history. In the December "Delineator" are two Christmas stories by wellknown authors. One a negro story by Paul Laurence Dunbar, the colored protege of William Dean Howells, entitled "One Christmas at Shiloh." It tells of the home-coming of a reformed. negro, and is very touching. The other by Beulah Marie Dix, who has dated her story in Colonial times and entitles it "In the Reign of Peggy." Kemble illustrates Dunbar's story with some of his famous negro faces, and F. M. Arnold illustrates the Colonial story. During the past year "St. Nicholas" Magazine, which has been for nearly thirty years the leading children's monthly magazine of the world (and now the only one), has introduced several new departments which have been extremely attractive and have greatly increased the circulation. One of these is "Nature and Science." The editor of "Nature and Science" gives careful attention to every question asked by his young readers. No one who does not see “St. Nicholas" can realize what an interesting magazine it is, and how exquisitely it is illustrated; it is a surprise to young and old. Of literature it contains the choicest, and in art it has never been surpassed by any grown folks' periodical. The new volume begins with November, 1900, and the subscription price is $3.00 a year. If there are children in your home, you can hardly afford to be without it. "The Helmet of Navarre." A great novel, full of life, adventure, and action, the scene laid in France three hundred years ago, began in the August, 1900, "Century," and will continue for several months in 1901. New subscribers to "The Century Magazine" who begin with the number for November, 1900, will receive free of charge the three previous numbers, August, September and October, containing the first chapters of "The Helmet of Navarre," or, if these numbers are entirely exhausted at the time of subscribing, they will receive a pamphlet containing all of the chapters of "The Helmet of Navarre" contained in the three numbers. Ask for the free numbers when subscribing. $4.00 a year. The Century Co., Union Square. N. Y. A good school for teachers and for those preparing for the profession of teaching. Over 2,000 teachers receive instruction here every year. Instructors all thorough, experienced, efficient. Latest approved methods of teaching discussed and exhibited. Special classes formed for those preparing for examination. Classes in every grade including advanced classes in Mathematics, the Sciences, Latin, Greek, German and French, are sustained every term. School the entire year, holiday week excepted. Students can enter at any time and find suitable classes, Expenses reasonable. We furnish room, board and tuition, ten weeks, for $29. Room and board in private families. Send for catalogue. H. S. LEHR, President, ADA, OHIO. TRI-STATE NORMAL COLLEGE, ANGOLA, INDIANA, Opens the Next Year September 4. Twenty-eight dollars pays board, furnished room, and tuition for a term of 10 weeks. One hundred dollars pays for 40 weeks. All our work accepted in the best colleges in Ohio without examination of the student. We guarantee great saving of time and money. Angola is one of the cleanest and prettiest towns in the world. One hundred fine lakes of pure water in the county. All grades of work done every term, and work adapted to Ohio people. Nearly half our students come from Ohio, and they are fine people. Ask for catalogue. BY SEPTEMBER 4TH, 1900, THE OPENING OF THE 28TH YEAR OF THE SCHOOL THE NEW SCIENCE HALL, 60x120 feet and three stories high, will be completed and equipped with the latest and most approved apparatus. THE LIBRARY ROOM now 50x 60 feet and containing 10,000 volumes, will be made one-third larger and 3,000 of the latest and best reference books will be added. DORMITORY. More than 100 new rooms for students will be in readiness and a new dining hall will be erected. THE COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT, now the largest and best equipped in the land, will be greatly improved. INSTRUCTORS. Four additional instructors will be added to the Faculty. THE SCHOOL WILL ENTER UPON THE WORK OF THE NEW YEAR WITH LARGELY INCREASED FACILITIES, yet the expense to the student will be no greater than heretofore. The institution is equipped in every way for doing thorough work in the following DEPARTMENTS: Preparatory, Teachers, Psychology and Pedagogy, Kindergarten, Penmanship, Scientific, Classic, Higher English, Biology, Geology and Mineralogy, Engineering, Elocution and Oratory, Pharmacy, Medical, Fine Art, Law, Commercial, Phonography and Typewriting, Review. EACH DEPARTMENT IS A SCHOOL WITHIN ITSELF and while there are other departments, yet this is none the less a special training school for teachers, or a special school of Pharmacy, or a special school of Oratory, etc., etc. TEACHERS AND THOSE PREPARING TO TEACH' have here an opportunity of entering a greater variety of classes in professional work than at most special schools and with reference to the high grade of work done, we refer to any educator who is famillar with the school, whether he be a patron of it or not. VALUE OF CREDITS. The credits received here are accepted at the best universities everywhere. As a result of the many advantages offered, the institution has grown to be THE LARGEST NORMAL SCHOOL IN THE UNITED STATES and offers, for one tuition, a greater list of subjects from which students may select their work than any other school While the attendance is large, yet the classes are so sectioned that each student has every advantage of reciting that he could have if the enrollment did not exceed 300. EXPENSES ARE MUCH LESS HERE THAN AT ANY OTHER SCHOOL offering anything like equal advantages. One tuition, $10 per term, covers all the work of the different departments, excepting private lessons in music. Good board and well-furnished room, $1.50 to $1.90 per week. All letters promptly answered. Catalogue mailed free. Address, H. B. BROWN, President, or O. P. KINSEY, Vice-President. Many people who feel the need of a better education are often at a great loss to know which college to attend. To them these pertinent facts should be of interest and assistance. IT IS A FACT, That the National Normal University is the oldest independent Normal in the United States, and enjoys a prestige possessed by no other institution of the kind. That it has sent out more graduates who have attained to distinction in the various avocations of life than any other similar institution. That in this institution have been originated many of the educational methods which are considered the most practical of to-day. That it is now recognized as the leader of up-to-date progressive methods of instruction. That students who received their training here experience less difficulty in securing desirable, well-paying positions. That no other institution of the kind maintains a more able body of trained and exper ienced teachers; and there is no other place where a student receives the same kindly, careful, personal attention, as is given him here. That students are offered a greater variety of studies to choose from for the one rate of tuition. That the library and apparatus at their command is more extensive. That a course of study can be completed in this institution, better, in less time, and at less expenditure of money, than in any other similar institution. That there is not a more pleasant and healthful town than Lebanon, Ohio. Its beautiful surroundings; its intelligent and hospitable people, who always manifest a deep interest in the comfort and welfare of the students, make Lebanon a most desirable place to attend school. That the cost to you of superior training, for which this school is noted, is not more than for ordinary training elsewhere. You cannot possibly make a mistake in attending the "fountainhead," where 100,000 successful men and women have received their training. Send in your name, and let us mail you a Catalogue and full Information. C. K. HAMILTON, Sec'y, LEBANON, OHIO OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENTS OF Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmacy. Four Years' Graded Course in Medicine, Three in Dentistry, and Two in Pharmacy. Annual Sessions, seven months. ALL INSTRUCTION EXCEPT CLINICAL BY THE RECITATION PLAN. Students graded on their daily recitations and term examinations. Large class rooms designed for the recitation system. Laboratories are large, well lighted, and equipped with all practical modern apparatus. Abundant clinical facilities in both Medical and Dental Departments. CONSIDERING SUPERIOR ADVANTAGES, FEES ARE LOW. Session for 1900-1901 Begins Wednesday, September 12, 1900. FOR CATALOGUE AND OTHER INFORMATION, ADDRESS GEO. M. WATERS, A. M., M. D., Dean Medical Department. OTTO ARNOLD, D. D. S., Dean Dental Department. GEO. H. MATSON, JR., G. PH., Dean Pharmacy Department. OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, 700-716 North Park St., Columbus, O. |