Proceedings, Abstracts of Lectures and a Brief Report of the Discussions of the National Teachers' Association, the National Association of School Superintendents and the American Normal School Association

NOTE.-The following named persons sent their annual membership fees to the Secretary after the Louisville meeting:

Kate S. French, 21 Broadway, Baltimore, Md.

Sadie L. Gillman, 630 Lexington Street, Baltimore, Md.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

Proceedings for 1877.

OLD BOARD.

The Board met August 13, at 8 P. M., and appointed JOHN HANCOCK, W. F. PHELPS, and E. S. JOYNES, an auditing committee, to audit the accounts of the Treasurer and Secretary. In order to attend an evening session of the Kentucky Teachers' Association, the Board adjourned to meet at 8 A. M., August 14, 1877.

Board met at 8 A. M., August 14, 1877, pursuant to adjournment. The Auditing Committee reported the accounts of the Treasurer and Secretary correct. The Secretary was, on motion, directed to report the accounts to the Association.

It was agreed to call the Department of Elementary Schools together at 2 P. M., and the Department of Higher Instruction immediately after the adjournment of the General Association.

On motion of E. S. JOYNES a Committee on Programme was appointed, to whom should be referred all papers, letters, etc., not in the programme, and that the President of the Association be made chairman of the committee.

M. A. NEWELL, E. S. JOYNES, and I. W. ANDREWS, were appointed the committee.

Adjourned.

NEW BOARD.

The Board met at Liederkranz Hall at 10:45 P. M., August 15, 1877. On motion of E. T. TAPPAN the Secretary was authorized to appoint the Publication Committee.

On motion of S. H. WHITE the Publication Committee was directed to have the volume ready by Dec. 1, 1877.

On motion of J. P. WICKERSHAM the Secretary was directed to present, to-morrow, to the General Association, the subject of life-membership, and the sale of volumes of the Proceedings.

W. H. BARTHOLOMEW offered to the Association, in behalf of the Teachers of Louisville, Sixty Dollars, which was the amount they had raised to appropriate for a boat ride on the Ohio, which ride the Association had declined on account of want of time.

On motion of W. D. HENKLE the sixty dollars were accepted with thanks. On motion of W. F. PHELPS the President was authorized to appoint a Transportation Committee when the place of meeting shall be determined. Different places were placed in nomination for the next place of meeting. Several formal invitations were presented by J. P. WICKERSHAM for Philadelphia, and R. D. SHANNON urged St. Louis. An informal vote of those present showed 14 for St. Louis and 9 for Philadelphia.

On motion the final decision of the question as to place of meeting was left with the Executive Committee.

On motion of E. T. TAPPAN the Executive Committee was requested to fix the time of meeting in the week in which the first of August shall

come.

The following resolutions, offered by E. T. TAPPAN, were adopted: Resolved, That the Committee on Publication be instructed, in cases where the papers presented at this and future meetings of the Association shall exceed the limit of forty minutes in the reading, as heretofore prescribed, to omit in the publication so much of each of said papers as may be necessary to bring them within such limits.

Resolved, That the President be authorized to take steps for the incorporation of the Association, or of the Trustees of its permanent funds, in such form and by such authority as he may, with competent legal advice, find best suited for our efficient work.

Resolved, That the President be authorized to appoint local committees in the various cities to solicit proper persons to become life-members or life-directors of this Association.

Adjourned.

The Board met in Liederkranz Hall, at 1 P. M., August 16, 1877.

On motion of E. T. TAPPAN the Board proceeded to elect three Trustees as required by the Constitution.

On motion of E. T. TAPPAN, O. J. WILSON, JOHN HANCOCK, and AARON F. PERRY, were chosen Trustees.

On motion of Dr. LEMUEL MOSS the whole subject of publication be left to the Publication Committee.

On motion of E. T. Tappan the President was directed to inform all persons who shall hereafter read papers before the General Association or any of its Departments that such papers shall be read in person, that no papers previously used will be accepted, and that no papers shall exceed forty minutes in the reading.