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I. EDUCATIONAL BIOGRAPHY-Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet.

II. TESTIMONIAL AND MONUMENT TO THOMAS HOPKINS GALLAUDET.

AMERICAN ASYLUM FOR THE EDUCATION of the Deaf AND DUMB.... Plan of the Building. Fig. 1, Perspective. Fig. 2, First Floor. Fig. 3, Second Floor..442 III. MAGNITUDE OF THE EDUCATIONAL INTEREST IN UNITED STATES.. .. .. .

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TABLE 6. School Funds and Statistics of Public Schools, Normal Schools, Reform
Schools, Institutions for Deaf Mutes, Blind, and Idiots, &c. Continued from No.3. 447
TABLE 7. Statistics and extracts from Official Reports of the Public Schools of
the Cities of Boston, Philadelphia and Providence..
TABLE 8. Population of the principal Cities and Towns..
TABLE 9. No. of Deaf Mutes, Blind, Idiotic and Insane..
TABLE 10. Newspapers and other Periodicals in 1850..

IV. CONSOLIDATION AND OTHER MODIFICATIONS OF AMERICAN COLLEGES...

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An Address at the Opening of Jefferson and Marshall Colleges, by Rt. Rev. A. Potter. V. NATIONAL UNIVERSITY. Remarks before American Association, by A. D. Bache, LL. D.449 VI. METHOD OF TEACHING LATIN, AND GREEK. By Tayler Lewis, LL. D., Union College...480 VII. DEBATING-A MEANS OF EDUCATIONAL DISCIPLINE. By J. N. McElligott, LL. D., N. Y..495 VIII. PHYSICAL SCIENCE. By H. J. Anderson, LL. D., New York..

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IX. SUBJECTS AND METHODS OF ELEMENTARY INSTRUCTION IN MATHEMATICS. Translated from a Report by Le Verrier-of a Commission on the Polytechnic School of France. By Prof. W. M. Gillespie, of Union College.... .... .... .....

.533 X. BENEFACTORS OF EDUCATION, LITERATURE AND SCIENCE. Thomas Handasyd Perkins.. .551 XI. LETTERS TO A YOUNG TEACHER. Number 2. By Gideon F. Thayer.. .......561 XII. MENTAL EDUCATION OF WOMAN. By Catharine McKeen, Mt. Holyoke Female Seminary.567 XIII. PACKER COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE FOR GIRLS, IN BROOKLYN, N. Y.. .578

Plan of the Buildings. Fig. 1, Front View. Fig. 2, Garden View. Fig. 3, Section of Hall. Fig. 4, Chapel. Fig. 5, Basement. Fig. 6, First Floor. Fig. 7, Second Floor. Fig. 8, Third Floor. Fig. 9, Fourth Floor. Fig. 10, Fifth Floor. XIV. CHAPTER FROM THE HISTORY OF NORMAL SCHOOLS IN MASSACHUSETTS....

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Labors of Rev. Charles Brooks. Plymouth County Association in 1839-Remarks by Rev. Dr. Putnam, John Quincy Adams and Daniel Webster.. .....589 XV. IDIOTS AND Institutions for THEIR TRAINING. By L. P. Brockett, M. D., Hartford, Ct.591 XVI. FAMILY TRAINING AND FIELD LABOR IN REFORMATORY EDUCATION..

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1. BAVARIA.

2. FRANCE.

3. GREECE.

Account of the Agricultural Colonies of France, particularly of Mettray..

XVII. EDUCATIONAL STATISTICS AND MISCELLANY. .. .. .. ..

Abstract of Educational Census of 1851.
Professional Education of Military Officers..
Educational Statistics of 1854..

4. GREAT BRITAIN. Ashburton Prizes for Teaching Common Things..

Female Adult Education in Evening School at Belfast..

Normal Lace School in Dublin. .......

Queen's Industrial School at Windsor.......

Educational Test of Competitive Examination for Public Office.

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School-houses converted into Monuments of distinguished men.....

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Dedication of Winthrop School-house, in Boston-Remarks by R. C. Winthrop..645 "6 Eaton School-house, in New Haven-Remarks by President Woolsey.646

Astor Library in New York.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .

Library for Factory Operatives in Lawrence, Mass..

Cooper Scientific Union, New York...... .

McKeen. Nicholas Tillinghast. Robert Kelly..

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XVIII. OBITUARY. T. Romeyn Beck. Zadoc F. Thompson. Joseph Curtis. Joseph

XIX. EDUCATIONAL JOURNALS, for March and April....

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Plan of Voluntary Association for the Improvement of Common Schools

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Legal Provision respecting the Education and Employment of Factory Children..
Report on History and Improvement of Public Schools in Rhode Island...

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Journal of Rhode Island Institute of Instruction.....

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Normal Schools, or Professional Education of Teachers.........

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Tribute to Gallaudet, with History of Institutions for the Deaf and Dumb..

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The Crimes of Children; with an Account of Institutions and Agencies designed for their prevention and reformation in different countries.....

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Gradation of Schools;-or the Organization, Administration, and Instruction of Public Schools in Cities and large villages....

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Schools of Applied Science,-or Institutions and Courses of Instruction designed for persons engaged in Agriculture, Engineering, Achitecture, and other Industrial Pursuits......767 Books on Education, Teaching, Schools, and School Systems.....

F. C. Brownell-Public School Apparatus.....

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INDEX TO VOLUME I.

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BARNARD'S AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EDUCATION.

Abbott's, J., Teacher, contents of the, 769.

on Bible and prayer in schools, 344.

Abendberg, school for idiots at, 595.
Academies in the United States in 1850, 368.

"number, teachers, pupils and income, 368.
Adams, John Quincy, on normal schools, 589.
Adult education for females in Ireland, 634.
Agricultural colonies in France, 611.
Agricultural school, plan of, by J. A. Porter, 329.
Agricultural schools, in Germany, 328.
Agnew, Prof., on Woman's offices and influence, 6.
ALABAMA, extent and population of, 366.

Juvenile population, 5 to 10; 10 to 15; 15 to
20 years, 368.

Colleges in 1850, pupils, teachers & income, 368.
Academies 66

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Libraries, state, college, and school, 369.
Whites in coll., acad., and public schools, 368.
who can not read or write, 368.
native born
do., 368.

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Educational funds in 1854, 371.

Common school funds, 371.
Asylum for deaf and dumb, 371.
Statistics of the deaf-mute, blind, insane, 650.
Newspaper and other periodicals in 1850, 651.
Albert, Prince, remarks on science and art, 388.
Alcott, W. A., on condition of school-houses, 423.
confessions of a school-master, 771.

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Ashburton, Lord, prize scheme for teaching

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common things, 629.
"address to teachers, 629.

Astor, John Jacob, bequest of, 204, 648.
Astor Library, N. Y., 7th annual report of, 648.
Atheneum in Boston, Mass., 560.

❝ 1853, 7.
1854, 8.
fifth session of, 1855, 8, 234.

American Asylum for deaf and dumb, 421.

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plans and description of, 441.

American Institute of Instruction, in 1855, 234.
66 lectures before,
American Journal of Education, plan of, 111, 134.
66 union of with College Review, 2.
independent publication of, 111.

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Amherst College, statistics of, 405.
Anderson, H. J., on physical science, 515.
Anglo-Saxon language, 33.

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66 introduction of study of, 55.
66 importance of studying, 57.
Apparatus, for agricultural schools, 331.
66 for common schools, 785.
Architecture applied to schools, 787.

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schools of, 328, 626.

Archives of American Association, 5.

Arctic lands and islands, ext. in sq. miles, 365.

Area in square miles of the American States, 365.

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United States, 367.



in Columbia, S. C., 652.
in Holland, 400.

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author Board of Education in Conn., 667.
appointed as secretary. 669.

address to people of Conn. in 1838, 670.
plan of operation as secretary, 673.
abolition of board and sec'y in 1842, 677.
examination of charges as to expenses,678.

66 letter to committee on, 679.

mode of ascertaining condition, 686.

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mode of disseminating information, 697.
improving teachers, 699.
"school-houses, 700.
"city schools, 701.
"factory children, 704.
"exciting public interest, 706.

schedule of inquiries by, 686.

66 Conn. Common School Journal, 700.
topics for teachers' meetings, 709.

plan of voluntary association, 721.
labors in Rhode Island, 723.

testimonial by teachers of R. I., 735.
letter to teachers of R. I., 735.

return to Connecticut in 1850, 736.
labors in, 737.

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Joseph Curtis, 654.
Joseph McKeen, 654.
Robert Kelly, 655.
Zadoc Thompson, 655.
Nicholas Tillinghast, 655.
George Peabody, 237.
Henry Barnard, 657.

Birmingham, scientific school at, 388

Bishop, N., experience as superintendent, 453.
on school attendance, 458.

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on truancy, 461.

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on separation of sexes in school, 461
Blind, number of in the U. S., in 1850, 650.
Blind, institution for in Massachusetts, 379

Iowa, 379,
Illinois, 375.
Indiana, 377.

Michigan, 447.

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Kentucky, 377.

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Louisiana, 377.

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Mississippi, 447.

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Missouri, 448.

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Bolivia, extent and population of, 365.

Bologna University, 254.

Bonn, university of, 402, 404.

Books on theory and practice of education.
BOSTON, public schools in, 458

Population in 1855, 458.

Number of pupils in public schools, 458.
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Evening schools, 460.

Truant children and absentees from school, 450.
Truant officers, 460.

Primary schools, pupils in, 461.
Grammar schools, pupils in, 461.
High schools, pupils in, 461.
Cost of school-houses, 461, 645.

Education of boys and girls together, 461.
Bowdoin College, statisties of, 405.
Brazil, territory and population, 365.
Breslau, university of, 404.

Brinsley, John, Latin accidence, 311.

British America, extent and population, 365.
British Honduras, extent and population, 365.
Brockett, L. P., on idiots and their training, 593.
Brooks, Charles, educational labors of, 587.

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Cherokee Indians, public education, 120.
mode of teaching English lan-
guage among, 121.

Chili and West Patagonia, extent and pop., 365.
Choate, Rufus, address at dedication of Peabody
Institute, 239.

City schools, gradation of,

Cities in U. S., population of in 1840 & 1850, 476.
Civil engineering, 182.

Classical education, 67, 86.

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language, study of, 176.

Clement of Ireland, 254.

Cleveland, American Association at, in 1851, 6.
Clerc, Laurent, testimonial to, 422, 433.
Cole, David, classical education, 67.
College Society, 335.

COLLEGES, improvements practicable in, 174, 269.
Stimulants to incite to effort, 270.
Grade of honor, 271, 273, 275.

Prizes in form of books, &c., 272.
Manner of awarding distinctions, 272
Foundation of scholarships, 273, 274.
Industry in encouraged, 274.
Degradation and promotion, 275.

Increase of number of instructors, 275.

Object of University examination, 276.
Classification, 277.

Academic degrees, 277.

Open university plan, 278.

Degree of Bachelor of Arts, 278.

English Universities, 278.

Government in colleges, 279.

Difficulties of government in, 279.

Distribution of honors, 172.
Arrangement of, 176.
Denominational, 176.
American system, 177.

Course of instruction, 178, 181, 183.

Age of admission, 185.

Requirement for admission, 184.

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Colleges and Universities, outcry against, 164.
Commerce, study of, 322.

Common things, teaching of, 629.
Composition, extempore exercises in, 467.
Compulsory school attendance,
CONNECTICUT, extent and population, 367.
Whites, colored, 367.

Whites 5 to 10, 10 to 15, 15 to 20, 367.
Colleges in 1850, teachers, pupils, income, 368.
Academies, teachers, pupils, income, 368.
Public schools, teachers, pupils, inc., 368, 372
Whites in coll., acad., and pub. schools, 368
over 20 who can not read or write, 368
native born do., 368.

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Libraries, state, college, school, &c., 369.
School fund, 372.

Common school system, 373.
Teachers' institutes, 373.
Normal schools, 373.

State reform school, 373.
The blind, 373.

The deaf and dumb, 373.
American Asylum, 373.

Mr. Barnard's labors in, 669.

Cooke, R. S., on Prof. Hart's account of ligh

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Journal of 4th session of Assoc., 9.
Cooper, Peter, 204, 652.

Cooper Scientific Union, 652.

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"engraving of, 551.
Coote, author of the English schoolmaster, 301
Corne, M., report on juvenile crime, 613, 617
Corporal punishment in school, 112, 130.

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in family, 112.
object of, 108.

Correction, paternelle, in the French code, 621.
Costa Rica, extent and population in 1850, 265.
Courteilles, Vicomte, at Mettray, 618.

Cousin, extract from,

Crimes of children, extent, causes and cure, 345.
Cracow, university of, 403.

Curriculum, necessity of 180.

Curtis, Joseph, 655.

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