Rensselaer Union, Volume 7, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 December 1874 — A Circular. [ARTICLE]

A Circular.

Tito following circular has been issued by the Superintendent of Jasper county, to township trustees aud teachers: To Trustees and Thai hers : Since the grade of litany of the licett'c* granted in t lie county', as well a* actual observation, indicates that more thorough and accurate scholarship—is a thing to be desired in tlie Hth nipt to improve our public schools, I take flic liberty to suggest the following method of conducting Township 1-iistitutes: Let ihe teachers of each township constitute a class for study and recitation during tlte winter, ou the following subjects and in the order mentioned ; Arithmetic.— Decimal f rae t i ons, proportion, interest, discount, partnership. Geography.— Motions of the earth and their results, physical structure of continents, oceanic and atmospheric currents, distribution of animals and plants, and the characteristics of the different races tVf men. , i Grammar. —The noun and its properties, t he pronoun, inodes and tenses of the vet b, analyses of sentences, and punctuation. History. —Discoveries and early settlements, French and Indian war. causes and campaigns ot the Revolution, the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution, the was of 1812, and the Mexican war. Physiology. —Organs and process of digestion, circulation, respiration, tlte nervous system, and the five senses. Orthography. -Eiemeutarv sounds, classification of words, rules "for spelling, derivation of words, aud method of teachiug definitions. It is suggested that a teacher be as>]>ointed for each of these subjects, and that the exercisesof-each session of the Institutes consist in part ot the recitation of these subjects ih class, after thorough study betweeu the sessions. Discussions and other exerctses may be interspersed with these recitations, to give variety to the sessions. I.q .trustees I suggest that this will give a basis for substantial and regular work. ’Teachers, a majority if not all of you need this study and review ; your houor and v ,repntatiou demand that you make yourselves worthy of your high calling! I suggest thw as a method to aid you in securing muchneeded improvement. Will you give

it a fair trial ?

J. H. SNODDY,

i*up£finteudent of Jasper Co.