PISCATAQUIS COUNTY INSTITUTE. Resolved, That we, the members of the Piscataquis County Institute, consider these schools of the greatest importance to our common system of Education, and as promoting the true interest and permanent welfare of the State. Resolved, That we believe the experiment of a Teachers' Institute as tried in this county, to be successful, and fully answering the most sanguine expectations of its promoters, and we would respectfully call the attention of our Legislature to continue the provision for the same. Resolved, That the moral suggestions, the method of instructing, and the knowledge communicated, during the term of this Institute, must have a beneficial effect upon the schools that may be respectively placed under our charge. HANCOCK COUNTY INSTITUTE. Resolved, That we feel grateful for the interest manifested in the cause of Education by the establishment of these institutions; and that we regard their continuation as the true policy of the State, desiring the happiness and prosperity of all free citizens. Resolved, That the beneficial influence of these sessions. will essentially improve the system of classification and government,-secure a better mode of imparting instruction, and disseminate a greater amount of useful knowledge in our Common Schools, through the labors of more efficient teachers. FRANKLIN COUNTY INSTITUTE. Resolved, That in devising means for the improvement of the condition of the Common Schools, and elevating the standard of the qualification of teachers, by the establishment of Teachers' Institutes, our Legislature evinced the highest wisdom. WASHINGTON COUNTY INSTITUTE. Resolved, That in our judgment nothing could have been devised better calculated than the Teachers' Institute, at so little expense, in so short a time, to improve the qualification of teachers, and that the appropriations for its support ought to be annually repeated, until some other institution better calculated to accomplish its object, is established. YORK COUNTY INSTITUTE. Resolved, That the recent Act of the Legislature making provision for holding Teachers' Institutes in the several counties of this State is eminently calculated to remove this defect, (want of qualifications in teachers,) and thereby, in many respects, improve and elevate our Common Schools. PENOBSCOT COUNTY INSTITUTE. Resolved, That the information communicated during the sittings of this Institute, is of a character that will tend to elevate our Primary Schools. Resolved, That it shall be treasured up in our minds, carried to our homes, and faithfully imparted to those over whom we may be placed as teachers. BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR 1848--9. YORK, HORACE PIPER, of Parsonsfield. CUMBERLAND, WILLIAM R. PORTER, of North Yarmouth. LINCOLN, BENJAMIN F. TALLMAN, of Woolwich. HANCOCK, ARTHUR F. DRINKWATER, of Bluehill. WASHINGTON, AARON HAYDEN, of Eastport. KENNEBEC, OXFORD, SOMERSET, PENOBSCOT, WALDO, RICHARD H. VOSE, of Augusta. STEPHEN EMERY, of Paris. STEPHEN COBURN, of Skowhegan. BENJAMIN GRIFFIN, of Belfast. PISCATAQUIS, SAMUEL ADLAM, of Dover. FRANKLIN, OLIVER L. CURRIER, of New Sharon. WILLIAM GEORGE CROSBY, of Belfast, Secretary of the Board of Education. STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD. 1. School Laws and School Districts. HAYDEN, VOSE, AND DRINKWATER. 2. Qualifications and Education of Teachers. CURRIER, HAYDEN, AND GRIFFIN. 3. Schoolhouses. PIPER, CURRIER, AND TALLMAN. 4. Intellectual Instruction. PORTER, DRINKWATER, AND WORCESTER. 5. Moral Instruction. ADLAM, SAVAGE, AND COBURN. 6. Physical Education. VOSE, EMERY, AND PIPER. 7. Vocal Music. EMERY, SAVAGE, AND GRIFFIN. 8. School Government and Discipline. DRINKWATER, VOSE, AND PORTER. 9. Classification of Schools and Pupils. COBURN, WORCESTER, AND HAYDEN. 10. Education in New Settlements. SAVAGE, ADLAM, AND DRINKWATER. 11. Registers and Returns. GRIFFIN, PIPER, AND VOSE. 12. Text Books. WORCESTER, PIPER, AND PORTER. 13. Libraries and Apparatus. TALLMAN, PIPER, AND DRINKWATER. |