Academy, The, reprint from, 234
Adams, C. K., quoted, 289
Admission, by certificate, 327;
to colleges, 325; to schools of
technology, 13; examinations,
modifications in, 87; examina-
tions, purpose of, 328
Agriculture and Mechanic Arts,
Colleges of, 3; congressional
action concerning, 90
Algebra, fallacies regarding its
teaching, 132

American Institute of Instruc-
tion, address before, 196
American Social Science Associa-
tion, address before, 124
American Statistical Association,
301

Amherst College, pioneer in
gymnastics, 271
Apprentice-system, 158n
Arithmetic, Boston School Com-
mittee's rules regarding, 209,
235; confused with logic, 222,
241, 248-254; its difficulty
shown, 226; home lessons in,
236-240; inadequacy of school
training in, 220, 246; impor-
tance of simplifying, 209, 217,
242; occupies too much time,
137n, 215, 240; opinions of
psychologists regarding, 213,
227; related to algebra, 132;
true and false, compared, 210,
220; its value in mental cul-
ture, 213, 244; waste of time in
study of, 223n, 239
Art and athletics, 284

Arts, useful, need of training in,
84

Associated Charities of Boston,

address before, 152, 154
Athletics, art and, 284; advan-
tages and disadvantages, 274-
283; distinguished from gym-

Carpentry and wood-turning, 184
Certificate, admission by, 327
Chandler Scientific School, 126
Charity and public-schools, 154
Cheering, in athletics, 280
Chemistry, as a subject for ex-
amination, 26; in colleges, 312;
in secondary education, 101
Chile, the affair with, 270
Christian Register, The, reprint
from, 134

City boy, disadvantages of, 160,
175-179

Civil War, the, athleticism before,
260; changes due to, 19, 31n,
268-270; its effect on educa-
tion, 88; extraordinary char-
acter of, 270; West Point
graduates in, 30

Clark, J. E., quoted, 247
Clarkson Memorial School of
Technology, address at, 81;
how established, 108

Class distinctions and industrial
education, 129, 141
Classical colleges, "atmosphere"
in, 49; danger of sophistry in,
23; difficulties of smaller, 45;
disciplinary studies in, 57;
diminution of attendance upon
(1850), 81; electives in, 57;
English teaching in, 111; and
English high schools, 324; ex-
aminations in, 24; late entrance
into, 26; modified entrance
requirements, 87; relations to
community, 82; and technolog-
ical colleges, 21-32, 33n, 93, 111
Cobden, R., his power in speak-
ing, 295

College, athletics question in,259,

.

276; development of modern,
91; disciplinary studies in, 56;
faculties and athletics, 281;
graduates in schools of tech-
nology, 8; heroes," 261; his-
tory and economics in, 289,
310; life, its charm, 74; rela-
tions to professional schools,
62-66; science-study in, 312
Colleges, of Agriculture and
Mechanic Arts, 3, 90; for wo-
men, 305

Color-blindness, 198
Columbia University, its course

in statistics, 300; its law school,
67; its school of mines, 43, 126
Columbian Exposition, 6

Committee of Ten," its pro-
gramme, 326; and schools of
technology, 323

Confederation of 1781-87, 268
Cooke, J. P., quoted, 25
Cooking in public schools, 163,
169, 191

Cornell University, 43
Country life, advantages of, 158,
175-179

Cramming," 24

Crime and physical condition, 267
Cyclopedia information, 189

Dartmouth College, its schools
of science, 126

Deafness, often unsuspected, 201
Dewey, D. R., 301

Dickinson, J. W., 153, 163
Discipline in college studies, 56
Disinterestedness in education,
13, 46

"Dividend, predetermined," its
fallacy, 96

Divinity schools and universities,
69
Domestic manufactures, decay
of. 177

Drawing, in elementary schools,
139, 147; discussed by Dr.
Runkle, 162n, 185

Drexel Institute, 104
Dwight, President, 41; Profes-
sor, 67

Ear, its education neglected, 120
Economic studies in colleges,
289, 310
Education, through arithmetic,

209-254; "atmosphere" in, 49,
68; disinterestedness in, 13, 46;
engineering, 9; effect of Civil
War upon, 88; in English, 111-
122; a 'free hand in, 105-
107; importance of, to New
England, 167; industrial. 125-
131, 141, 153, 184; the kinder-
garten principle in, 161; leisure
in, 55-58; liberal, 55-77; in
morals, 134n; public, its scope,
154; through applied science,
101
Educational Review, The, re-
prints from, 54, 304
Elective system, the, 56
Emerson, G. B., 45
Engineer, character of the, 59
Engineering education, the prob-
lem of, 9

English, the problem of teaching,
111-122; proficiency in as re-
lated to graduation, 122; its
study in elementary schools,
213: suggestions regarding
students', 118-122

English high school, the, its
curriculum, 324

Entrance, by certificate, 327; to
colleges, 325; to schools of
technology, 13, 330; require-
ments, modifications in, 87

Ethics, the teaching of, 134n
Examinations, dangerous tenden-
cies of, 24; in English univer-
sities, 24; real scope of en-
trance, 328

Executive faculty, not trained
heretofore, 157

Faculties, college, their duty in
matter of English, 121; their
relation to athletics, 281
Fairbairn, Dr., quoted, 254
Fallacies and statistics, 291
Farm and village life, advan-
tages of, 158, 175-179

Flint, C. L., 45
Francis, J. B., 45

"Free hand," a, in education,
105-107

Gazetteer information, useless-
ness of, 62, 137, 189
Geography, a course of study
quoted, 211; its elaboration in
modern teaching, 211, 244; ex-
cess of, in elementary schools,
137n

Geometry, fallacies regarding its
teaching, 132-135

Germany, debt of our colleges to,
310

Girls, manual training for, 191
Gladstone, W. E., his power in
speaking, 295

Graduates, college, in schools of
technology, 8; proficiency of,
in English, 122

Grammar, excess in schools, 137n
Grammar schools, cooking in,
168, 169, 191; manual train-
ing in, 139, 163; metric sys-
tem in, 217; overwork in, 209;
and science-study, 102; sewing
in, 163, 169, 192

Greece, art and athletics in, 284
Gymnastic, the true, of teaching,
222, 250
Gymnastics, distinguished from
athletics, 273; desirability of,
271, 274: and religious be-
liefs. 264; stimulated by ath-
letics, 278

Hall, G. S., opinions on arith-
metic, 227-229

Hamilton, Sir W., on mathemat-
ics, 213; Lady, anecdote of,
182
Harvard Graduates' Magazine,
reprint from, 258
Harvard University, 7; course
in statistics, 300; its medical
school, 70; modified entrance
requirements in, 87; relations to
Lawrence Scientific School, 40
Hawaii, affair in, 270

Hemenway, Mrs., and cooking
schools, 193

High schools, and colleges, 323;
English, 324; liberal studies
in, 61; military drill in, 272n;
modified by new conditions,
99; proficiency of graduates
from, 56, 188; should give
ampler development, 187;
science-study in, 101

Hill, F. A., 153n
Historical studies, development
of, 289, 309

Home lessons, their disadvan-
tages, 236-240

Howison, G. H., opinions on
arithmethic, 227, 229
Huling, R. G., 323-327

Industrial development, and ap-
prentice system, 158u; and
schools of technology, 19, 88
Industrial education, defined,
125; advantages of, to youth,
142; and class distinctions, 129,
141; develops slow pupils, 145;
and labor, 144, 166; in public
schools, 153; time to be given
to, 185; a scheme of, 131, 184n
International Congress of Educa-
tion, address at, 3

James, Wm., opinions on arith-
metic, 227

Johnston, J. F. W., Notes on

North America, 81

Journal of Social Science, reprint
from, 124

Kindergarten, the, 161, 162n

Labor and Capital, Senate Com-
mittee on, testimony before,
137, 180

Manhood cannot be made by col-
leges, 76n

Mann, Horace, quoted, 169
Manual training, cost in city and
country compared, 179-182;
development of, 182; in ele-
mentary schools, 139, 163; for
girls, 191; relation to mental
growth, 197-206; and science-
study, 164; a test for defects,
203
Mass. Institute of Technology,
42, 126; college graduates in,
8, 74; course in statistics, 300;
development of. 90; entrance
examinations at, 330; estab-
lishes a mechanic arts course,
141; founded by W. B. Rogers,
89; its graduates, 76n; liberal
studies in, 49, 78; trustees of,
45; a valedictory to its class of
1887, 331

Mass. Teachers' Association, ad-
dress before, 234

Mathematics, Hamilton on, 213;
mental culture and, 213, 244;
teaching of, 132–135, 209–224
Mechanic arts, colleges of, 3, 90;
high schools, 99

Mechanics, principles of, should
be taught early, 130, 136
Medical schools and universities,
69

Mental culture and mathematics,
213, 244

Metric system as a school study,

217
Michigan, University of, 88
Military drill, 272n
Morality, the teaching of, 134n
Morrill, Senator, 90

National Educational Associa-
tion, addresses before, 3, 174;
its "Committee of Ten," 323-
326
New England, changes in village
life in, 160, 168; and education,
167; values in early, 292
New England Association of
Colleges and Preparatory
Schools, address before, 322
New England colleges, associated
action regarding entrance, 13;
loss in numbers about 1850,
81
Normal schools, inadequacy of,
107, 316: manual training in,
140