PORTRAIT OF SAMUEL R. HALL, Principal of the first Teachers' Seminary in the U. S.,.....
I. THE AMERICAN DOCTRINE OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION,.
Address to the People of New Jersey-Rt. Rev. Bishop Doane,..................................................
Penn, Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Jay, Rush,......................
Educational Policy of Massachusetts-Horace Mann,..
II. NAVAL EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES,.......
REPORT OF VISITORS OF NAVAL ACADEMY FOR 1864,........................... .....................................
III. COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR ADMISSION TO OUR NATIONAL SCHOOLS,........
Speech of Senator Anthony of Rhode Island in U. S. Senate,...
Opinion of General Thayer and others,.....
IV. NATIONAL LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC CONVENTION IN 1830-31,.
V. NAVAL AND NAVIGATION SCHOOLS IN ENGLAND,..........
VI. THE PUBLIC OR ENDOWED GRAMMAR SCHOOLS OF ENGLAND,........
REPORT OF THE QUEEN'S COMMISSIONERS, 1861-1864,.
Origin-Endowment-Government-Statutes-Foundation Scholars,.
Course and Subjects of Instruction-Classes-Promotions-Prizes,........
Results-Introduction of Modern Languages and Science,..........
Physical Training-Discipline-Monitors-Fagging,......
Religious Teaching and Influence-Domestic and Sanitary Rules,..
Fees and Charges-Holidays-City Schools,......
Summary of General Recommendations by the Commissioners,....
VII. HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF AMERICAN EDUCATION,...
The American School Society-1830 to 1833,..
Biographical Sketch of its Officers,..
VIII. ENGLISH TEACHERS AND EDUCATORS,....
Sir Henry Wotton, Provost of Eton College,......
IX. ENGLISH PEDAGOGY,...................
MENTAL ARCHITECTURE, OR APHORISMS ON EDUCATION,.
X. NATIONAL TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION IN 1864,.......
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Introductory Discourse before the National Teachers' Association,................. 145
XII. LIBERAL EDUCATION, OR THE AMERICAN COLLEGE CURRICULUM,................ 155
A Lecture by S. P. Bates, Deputy Superintendent of Common Schools in Penn.,.... 175
XIII. COLLEGE PROFESSORSHIP OF PEDAGOGICS,................................................................... 175
Abstract of a Lecture by Prof. Hill, of Harvard College,..
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XIV. NATIONAL BUREAU OF Educational STATISTICS,....
Read before the National Teachers' Association by S. H. White,...........
XV. ASSOCIATIONS FOR EDUcational PurpOSES,..
Read before the National Teachers' Association by J. L. Bulkley..