Indiana university was particularly fortunate in escaping a small-pox epidemic. There were three cases in Bloomington, but general vaccination and the enforcement of the board of health rules prevented the spread of the disease. There is not now a single case in Bloomington.

The university of Chicago press has reprinted a paper delivered at the Los Angeles meeting of the N. E. A. by G. W. A. Luckey, entitled The Development of Moral Character. It is reprinted without comment of any kind, presumably to give a wider circulation to a most excellent address.

The Bluffton (Ind.) schools are greatly pleased with the new plan of gradation introduced by Superintendent Wm. A. Wirt. It is simply a division of the school year into three parts, or the division of the eight years into twenty-four periods, making the steps between the grades short and easy.

Professors James B. Royce of New Marion, and Rudolph Acher of Osgood will conduct the seventeenth term of the Ripley county (Ind.) normal school this year, April 9 to June 1. They are both state normal school men, and will certainly conduct a school that will be of large help to the Ripley county teachers.

Superintendent J. W. Hamilton, of the Monticello (Ind.) schools, has prepared a leaflet for the use of teachers and students the purpose of which is to facilitate the use of books accessible to the teachers and students of Monticello. This is a service that may well be imitated in many places where valuable books are too much unused.

The statement in last month's EDUCATOR that Daniel Freeman of Crawfordsville, Ind., had been promoted to the position of Latin teacher in the high school was incorrect as to the position. It was science in the high school instead of Latin. Miss Moore is giving excellent satisfaction as Latin teacher, a position she accepted at the beginning of the school year.

The young women of Northwestern university are very proud of their edition of the college paper issued March 15. Editor-in-chief, department editors, and reporters were elected by the young ladies from among their number, and they proceeded to show their brothers how a college paper should be run. The issue is very attractive and is creditably written.

The plans for the reconstruction of Wylie Hall, Indiana university, provide for a threestory building, brick with stone trimming. The construction will be absolutely fire-proof. The

accommodations for the departments that occupied old Wylie Hall will be much better in the new building. The building will be ready for use at the opening of the fall term.

Professor Henry Cohn of the department of German in Northwestern university, is in a critical condition by reason of a stroke of paralysis. Professor Cohn is a well-known teacher, is distinguished for his energy, and has done much to arouse interest in his favorite study. His affliction is partially attributable to overwork incident to his interest in the two flourishing German literary clubs maintained by students of the university.

The report that the conservative house of D. Appleton & Co. had gone into the hands of a receiver aroused a good deal of surprise. It appears that the recent failure of Harper and Brothers helped to reduce confidence in such a way that the Appletons were not able to make certain large loans to meet maturing obligations. The house owns a large amount of very valuable property, and little doubt is felt that the embarrassment is only temporary.

The Rochester normal university announces to the teachers of Indiana that Professor Sanford Bell of Indiana university, will be at the head of their department of pedagogy for the summer term. This announcement indicates the high standard of excellence set by the R. N. U. Their superb faculty of university trained instructors together with their excellent curriculi entitle them to take a place in the front rank among the normal schools of Indiana.

We are in receipt of a copy of the announcement of the spring term and summer session of Indiana university. It is a neat pamphlet of forty-six pages, and gives full information concerning the work that will be given from April 3 to August 24, 1900. A copy will be sent to any one on application to the registrar of the university, Bloomington, Ind. The courses in nature study by Dr. D. W. Dennis, and pedagogy and psychology by Dr. W. L. Bryan are especially attractive to teachers.

The North Central History Teachers' Association will hold its third regular meeting in Chicago on Friday and Saturday, April 13 and 14, 1900. The sessions will probably be held in Fullerton Hall in the Art Institute. The subject for discussion Friday afternoon is: How should work in civil government in schools be related to the work in history? Saturday morning's discussion will be upon the use of "sources." The secretary, Mr. Harry S. Vaile, Maywood, Ill., will be glad to furnish further information.

There is to be an exhibit of school work at the N. E. A. at Charleston this year. Teachers desiring to have their schools represented may get full information by addressing Mr. Asbury Coward, Charleston, S. C.

Professor John A. Carnagey has been reelected superintendent of the schools at Columbus, Ind. During the ten years of his efficient administration there has been marked progress in every department of the school.

Superintendent James McGinnlss, who has been in charge of the Owensboro schools for the past nine years, signified his intention of retiring a month ago. The school board has since selected for the place McHenry Rhoades, Superintendent of the Frankfort, Ky., schools. His salary is $2,000.

The many teachers who know Professor C. W. Farr and his excellent work will sympathize with him in the loss of his wife. Mrs. Farr was born in Tipton, Ind., and educated at DePauw university. Her life, brought early to its close, is described as one of sincerity, usefulness, self sacrifice and Christian charity.

The Owensboro, Ky., city teachers were invited to attend the southern Indiana teachers association at Evansville April 5, 6 and 7. The invitation came from Superintent W. A. Hester and was gladly accepted. Thirty-six have sent on their enrollment fee and have chartered a steamboat for the trip, the school-board having wisely ordered the school closed for the time.

Circular letters are going out to every high school in the state from Mr. Frederic Austin Ogg of the history department at the state university asking for information about courses in history and the training of the teachers. The questions are pertinent and searching. It seems worth while to urge prompt and full replies because of the value which such an amount of information will have.

The northern Indiana teachers' association, held at Logansport, March 29-31, had the largest enrollment in its history. President David Starr Jordan and Hon. O. T. Corson were the instructors. A detailed report will be given of

both this and the southern Indiana meeting in the May EDUCATOR. The northern association next year goes to Anderson, and Superintendent J. W. Hamilton of Monticello will be president.

The recent meeting of the northern Indiana superintendents' club at Delphi was considered very satisfactory. The visit to the Delphi schools showed a healthful and progressive spirit among both teachers and pupils. Various live topics were considered such as the adopted text-books, half-day sessions, current criticism, efficiency of teachers, and so forth. The limit of this club to twenty members seems to be an excellent feature.

During the next term of school at the academy of Northwestern university a new experiment is to be tried, in the way of furnishing reviews of common school branches for the benefit of those who desire to teach. Every year numbers of students go out from the school to teach in the public schools, and it is the intention to devote some time to the professional training of these young people. Much interest has been aroused in the study of pedagogy, and this opportunity for additional professional work will, no doubt be appreciated.

Something of an experiment in education at Northwestern university was tried a short time ago. The faculty of the academy secured a large loan collection of reprints of famous paintings, and held an art exhibition which extended over three days. The students of the academy were addressed upon the subject of art by Professor Stuart of Garrett Biblical institute, and literary and musical programs were rendered in the academy library, where the exhibition was held. Much interest in the project was manifested by the students, and it is believed that good will certainly result from this attempt to interest secondary-school pupils in the masterpieces of the world's great artists.

"Art Study Pictures" by the Art Study Company, 356 Dearborn street, Chicago, is a semimonthly publication in portfolio form, presenting with each number an assorted group of ten reproductions from famous paintings, ancient and modern. These seem especially available for art clubs or individual culture, and pleasant to possess besides. The cover is quaint with old English lettering and decorative poster design, and just inside is a life-sketch of the artist-or general article on the artist-group-illustrated in the number. Foot-notes give references for more extended readings. Then follow the reproductions on separate leaves of strong white

paper, nine and a half by seven and a half inches, the half-tone prints, from copper-plates, being five by seven inches, and exceptionally fine in clear detail and faithful light and shadow. Sixteen folios are out, to date,-a real little artlibrary, representing such artists as Bonheur, Dupre, Murillo, Raphael, Landseer, Van Dyck, Millet, Rossetti, Corot, and Burne-Jones. At the rate of 10 cents per portfolio, or $2.40 per annum, the prints cost only a cent apiece, and the portfolios themselves,-nothing at all,— making the whole quite a discovery for the economical collector.

The subject of Tours to Paris is receiving'a great deal of attention, just now. The "Ward Tours" of Columbus, Ohio, V. C. Ward manager, offer some very attractive features. A postal card will bring you full information.

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