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Union and Graded Schools-Plans, Elevations, &c.,
X, 563-612; XII, 701. Union School, Ann Ar
bor, Mich., VIII. Public Floating School,
Baltimore, V. 201. Haven School Building, Chi-
cago, XIII, 610. Newberry Public School, Chi-
cago, VI. 515. Putnam Free School, Newburyport,
Mass., XIII, 616. Public Schools No. 20 and No.
33, New York City, VI. 524. School Houses in
Philadelphia, XIII, 817. Graded School, Simcoe,
U. C., VIII, 679. Union Public School, Ypsilanti,
Mich., IV, 780. Norwich Central School, II, 699.
Grammar Schools-Plans. Lincolu Grammar School,
Boston, VI. 518. Dwight Granimar School, Bos-
ton, IV. 769. Fifteenth Ward (N. Y.) Public
Grammar School for Girls, I. 409. Central High
School, Philadelphia, I. 92; XIII, 831. Grammar,
Providence, XI, 5c8, 594. Prescott Grammar,
XVI, 711.

Normal Schools-Plans, Elevations, &c. Illinois State
Normal Schol. IV. 774. New Jersey State Nor-
mal School, III. 220. Massachusetts State Normal
School at Westfield, XII, 653. New York State
Normal School, XIII. 539. Philadelphia City
Normal Schools, XIV. 737. Girls' High Normal
School, Charleston, S. C., XIII, 620. Normal and
Model Schools at Toronto. U. C., XIV, 488. Os-
wego Training School, XVI, 213. New Britain, X.
51. Bridgewater Normal School, XVI. 466. Fra-
mingham, XVI. 469. Salem, XVI, 470.
Public Library, Boston, VII, 252. Cooper Scientific
Union, N. Y., I. 652. Dudley Observatory, Albany,
I. 594. Yale College in 1764, V. 722. American
Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb, Hartford, Ct.. I.
440. New York Institution for the Deaf and Dumb,
III, 346. New York Asylum for Imbeciles, Syra-
cuse. IV. 416. NY. State Geological Hall. IV. 781.
Harvard Hall, V. 530. Yale College, 1764, V. 722.

Apparatus for Physical Exercise. IX. 530; XI. 539;
XII, 677; for illustration, XIV, 569.
Blackboard and wall-surface, IX, 546, 563; X.
739; XVI. 575.

Crayons, how made, XVI, 574.
Dedicatory Exercises and Addresses, III, 193; IX.
633; XIII, 836; V. 648; XII. 655; XIII, 532;
XVI. 453; I. 645, 647.
Drawing-room and Desks, X, 554; XIV. 795; XVI.

722.

Furniture for Schools, IX, 551; X, 754; XII, 687;
Defective Construction, IX. 492, 518; XI. 537;
Chase's Adjustable Desk, XIII, 656; Mott's Re-
volving Seat, X, 563.

Library of Reference, I. 739; IX, 545.
Location and Playground, IX, 492, 503, 507, 510,
527, 542; X, 731.

Privies and Facilities for Cleanliness, IX, 520, 539;
X. 728; XI. 607; XIII, 853.
Warming, IX, 546, 552; X, 705, 727; XI. 584, 598;
XII. 832; XVI, 579, 713.
Ventilation in American Dwellings, V, 35. In School
Houses, IX, 563, 547, 568; X. 724; XIII, 612,
832, 858; XIV. 801; XV. 782; XVI. 716, 727.
Ornamentation, X, 731; Mrs. Sigourney on, 732;
Salem High School, XIV, 804; IX, 543.
Specifications, Terms of, X, 733; XII, 708.
Seats and Desks, Arrangement of, IX, 551; XI. 583;
XIII. 656; Octagonal Plan, XVI, 728; Barnard's
plan, with division, X, 760, 761.
Size of building, XVI. 716.
Stand, movable, for blackboard, XVI, 709.
Furnaces, XVI. 579, 582; Hot-water apparatus,
XVI. 713.

Rules for Care of School-house, XIII, 851, 857; for
use of Furnaces, XV. 803; setting furnace, XVI.
584.

XIX. EDUCATIONAL ENDOWMENTS AND BENEFACTORS.

Land Grants of the Federal Government for Educa-
tional Purposes, to 1854, I, 202; XVII, 65.
List of Benefactions to Harvard University, IX. 139.
List of Decensed Benefactors of Yale College, X, 693.
Boston Educational Charities, VIII. 528; IX, 606.
Individual Benefactors. Samuel Appleton, XII. 403.
J. J. and W. B. Astor. I, 638. Joshua Bates, VII.
270. John Bromfield, V. 521. Nicholas Brown,
III. 289. Peter Cooper, IV. 526. Thomas Dowse,
III. 284; IX. 355. Mrs. Blandina Dudley, II.
593. Edmund Dwight, IV, 5. Peter Faneuil. IX.
603. Paul Faroum, III, 397. John Green, XIII.

606. John Harvard, V,.523. Edward Hopkins,
IV. 668.
John Hughes, IV, 520. William Law-
rence, II, 33. John Lowell, V. 427. Theodore
Lyman, X, 5. James McGill, VII, 188. S. J,
North. VI. 104. George Peabody, I. 237; II, 642;
III. 226. T. H. Perkins, I, 551. Miss Caroline
Plummer, XIII, 73. John and Samuel Phillips,
VI. 66. Henry Todd, IV. 711. Stephen Van
Rensselaer, VI, 223. Matthew Vassar, XI. 53.
James Wadsworth, V, 389. David Watkinson, IV.
837. Samuel Williston, II. 173. William Wood-
ward, IV, 520. Elihu Yale, V. 715.

XX. MISCELLANEOUS.

The Gyroscope, or Mechanical Paradox. II. 238. Ex-
planation of the Gyroscope, by E. S. Snell, II, 701.
Treatise upon the Gyroscope, by Maj. J. G. Barnard,
III. 537; IV. 529; V. 299.

Lowe's Printing Press, IX. 636.

Stereoscope. Educational Uses of, DX, 632.

Museum of Zoology, IX, 61.

Indexes. Vol. I. ix.-xix.; II. 749; III. 819; IV.
839; V. 851; VI. 317, 623; VII. 723; VIII. 681;
IX. 637; X, 763; XI. 613; XII. 731; XIII.
865; XIV. 817; XV. 829; XVI, 791.
General Index to Vols. I. to V., V, 857.
Classified Index to Vols. I. to XVI. XVII. 17-
40.

XXI. EDUCATIONAL BIOGRAPHY AND LIST OF PORTRAITS.

Abbot, Benjamin, VI, 80.

Abbott, Gorham D., XVI, 600.
Agricola, Rudolph, IV, 717.
Adelung, J. C., XI, 451.
Alcott, W. A., IV. 629.
Alcott, A. B., XVI, 130.
Allen, C. H., XIV, 396.
Allen, F. A., XV. 681.
Allen, W., X, 365.
Alexander, de Villa Dèi, IV, 726.
Andrews, I. W., XVI. 605.
Acquaviva, Claudius, XIV, 462.
Andrews, L., XVI, 604.
Appleton, Samuel, XII, 403.
Aristotle, XIV. 131.
Arey, Oliver, XV, 484.
Arnold, Thomas K., IV, 545.
Astley, J., IV, 165.
Ascham, Roger, III. 23.
Aventinus, XI, 163.
Bailey, Ebenezer, XII. 429.
Baker, W. M., XVI. 166.
Baker, W. S., X, 592.
Baldwin, Theron, XV, 261.
Barnard, F. A. P., V. 753.
Barnard, Henry, I. 659,
Barnard, John, I. 307.
Barnes, D. H., XIV, 513.
Basol, Marquise de, III, 510.
Basedow, T. B., V, 487.
Basedow, Emile, V. 491.
Bateman, Newton, XVI, 165.
Bates, J., VII, 270.
Bates, S. P., XV, 682.
Beck, T. Romeyn, I. 654.
Beecher, Miss C. E, XV. 250.
Benton, A. R., XVI, 775.
Bell, Andrew, X, 467.
Bild, V. 66.

Bingham, Caleb, V. 325.
Bishop, Nathan, XVI.
Blewett, B. T.. XVI. 431.
Bodiker, J., XI, 437.
Boccaccio, VII. 422.
Boyd, E. J., XV. 645.
Braidwood, J. III, 348.
Bridgman, Laura, IV. 383
Brainerd, J., XVI, 331.
Borgi, Jean, I. 583.
Bromfield, John, V. 521.
Brooks, Charles, I. 581.
Brougham, Lord, VI, 467.
Brown, J. Horace, XV, 764.
Brown, Nicholas, III, 291.
Buckingham, J. T., XIII, 129.
Buckley, J. W., XIV, 28.
Burrowes, T. H., VI. 107, 555.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

Burtt. Andrew, XV, 679.

Burton, Warren, II, 333.
Busch, V. 727.
Butler, Caleb, II. 54.
Butler, J. D., XVII.
Butler, Cyrus, III, 310.
Buss, Johannes, V. 293.
Caldwell, C., XVI, 109.
Calhoun, W. B., XV, 212.
Cæsarius, J., IV, 2 5.
Carlton, Oliver. XV. 523.
Carter, James, V. 337.
Carter, J. G., V. 407.
Cecil, Sir W., IV. 161.

Dunnell, M. H., XVI, 783.

Duncan, Alexander. II, 311.

Dwight, Edmund, IV, 5.
Dwight, F., V, 803.
Dwight, Theodore, XIV, 558.
Dwight, Timothy, V. 567.
Eaton, Theophilus, I, 298; V, 30.
Ebrardt, U., XI. 160.

Edson, H. K., XVI. 750.
Edwards, B. B., XIV, 381.
Edwards, Richard, XVI. 169.
Elyott, Sir Thomas, XVI, 483.
Emerson, G. B., V. 417.
Erasmus, IV. 729.

Cheever, Ezekiel, I, 297; XII, 530. Ernesti, I. A., V. 750.

Cheke, Sir John, IV, 168.
Chrysoloras, Emanuel, VII, 440.
Clajus, Johannes, XI, 412.
Claxton, Timothy, VIII, 253.
Clerc, Laurent, III, 349.
Coburn, C. R.. XV. 679.
Coclenius, C., IV. 2 5.
Coffin, J. H., XVI. 784.
Colburn, Dana P., XI. 289.
Colburn, Warren, II, 294.

Everett, Edward, VII, 325.
Faneuil, P., XI. 603.
Farnum, Paul, III, 397.
Farnham, G. L., XV. 483.
Faville, O., XVI, 750.
Fellenberg, E., III, 591.
Felton, C. C., X. 265.
Fenelon, XIII.477.
Fisk, Wilbur, VI, 297.
Fliedner, T., I.; III. 487.

Colet, John, VIII. 291; XVI, 405. Ford, Jonathan, XIV, 395.

Comenius, V. 25.

Cosmo de Medici, VII, 445.
Conover, A. M., XIV, 393.
Cowley, A., XII, (51.
Courteilles, M. de, III, 704.
Corston, William, X, 363.
Corte, P. A.. IV, 491.
Cowdrey, M. F., XVI. 589.
Craig, A. J., XIV. 394.
Crato, V.

Cross, M. K., XVI. 751.
Cruikshank, J., XV. 485.
Crozet, Claude, XIII. 31.
Curtis, Joseph, I, 655.
Curtis, T. W. T., XV. 607.
Dante, VII, 418.
Davies, Charles, XV, 479.
Davis, Wm. Van L., XV, 675.
Day, J., XVI. 126.
Denman, XV, 395.
Denzel, B. G., VII, 315.
Delillee, J., III, 158.
Dewey, Chester, XV. 477.
Dewitt, G. A.. V, 17.
Diesterweg, VII, 312.
Dick, James, I. 392.
Dinter. VII. 153.

Donatus, XVII.

Froebel, F., IV, 792

Fowle, X, 597.

Franklin, B., I. 45; VIII. 251.
Fuller, Thomas, III, 155.
Fox, X, 363.

Fry, Elizabeth, III, 508.
Frangk, Fabian, XI, 163.
Franke, V., 441.
Frisch, J. L., XI, 439.
Gall, James, IV.
Gallaudet, T. H., I. 417.
Gottsched, J. C., XI, 448.
Galloway, S., XVI. 601.
Geneintz, Christian, XI. 426.
George of Trebizond, VII, 440.
Gesner, J. M., V. 741.
Gerard, IV, 622.

Goodnow, I. T., XVI, 386.
Goodrich, S. G., XIII. 134.
Green, John, XIII. 606.
Grant, Miss, X, 656.
Gubert, John, XI, 49.
Greene, S. S.. XIV. 600.
Grimm, J., XI. 454.

Gregory, J. M., XV.

Goswin, IV. 715.

Griscom, John, VIII, 325.

Guarino, VII, 436.

Dowse, Thomas. III. 284; IX, 355. Guilford, Nathan, VIII, 289.

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Hadden, IV, 164.

Hall, S. R., V, 373.

Hall, W., XV. 127.
Halm, V, 625,

Hamann, J. G., VI. 247.

Hancock, J., XVI, 602.
Harnisch, Wilhelm, VII. 317.
Hart, J. S., V, 91.
Harvard, John, V, 523.
Harvey, T. H., XVI, 608.
Hauberle, V, 509.

Haly, V., III, 477.

Hawley, G, XI, 94.
Hazeltine, L., XV, 481.

Hecker, V. 695.

Hedges, Nathan, XVI, 737.
Hegius, Alexander, IV, 723.
Henkle, XVI.
Herder, VI. 195.
Higginson, John, XIII, 724.
Hillhouse, James, VI, 325.
Holbrook, J., VIII, 229; XIV, 558.
Hopkins, Mark, XI, 219
Hovey, C. E., VIII. 95.
Howe, S. G., XI, 389.
Hoole, C., XII, 647.
Hopkins, E, IV, 668.
Hoss, G. W., XVI, 775.
Hubbard, F., XV.
Hubbard, R., V. 316.
Huntington, XV. 606.
Harty, J., XVI. 776.
Ickelsamer. XI. 402.
Ives, M. B., V. 311.
John of Ravenna, VII, 435.
Johnson, Samuel, VII. 461.
Johnson, Walter R., V, 781.
Jones, R. D., XV. 481.
Kelly, Robert, I. 655: X. 313.
Kempis, Thomas à. IV, 626.
Kingsbury, John, V. 9.
Kneeland, John, XV. 526.

Krachenberger, V. 79.
Krusi, Hermano, V. 161.
Kyrle, John, the "Man of Ross,'

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Lawrence, Amos, XVII.
Lawrence, William, II, 33.
May, Samuel J., XVI. 141.
McDonough, John, II, 736.
McGill, James, VII, 188.
McJilton, J. N., XVII.
McKeen, Joseph, I, 655.
McMynn, XIV, 391.
Mann, Horace, V. 611.
Marks, D., V. 64.
Marvin, J. G., XVI, 626.
Mason, Lowell, IV, 141.
Mayhew, Ira, XV. 641.
Medici, Lorenzo di, VII. 445.
Melancthon, Philip, IV. 741.
Micyllus, IV, 464.

Mildmay, Sir W., IV, 164.
Mirandola, Picus di, VII, 449.
Milton, John, XIV. 159.
Morhof, XI. 436.
Morse, Augustus, XV, 608.
Mowry, William A., XIV, 592.
Nagali, VII, 300.
Neander, V. 599.
Niederer, VII, 289.
North, Edward, XV, 486.
North, S. J., VI. 104.
Northend, C., XV. 220.
Oberlin, XVII.
Oelinger, XI, 406.
Olivier, V, 508.

Olmsted, Denison, V. 367.
Orbilius, III. 157.
Orcutt, XV. 630.
Overberg, XIII. 365.
Page, D. P., V. 811.
Parish, A., XV. 523.
Partridge, A., XIII, 49, 683.
Peabody, George, I. 328; XVII.
Peabody, S. H., XIV, 395.
Pease, Calvin, XV, 631.
Peckham, J., XVI. 743.
Peers, B. O., XVI. 147.
Peet, H. P., III, 365.
Peirce, C., IV. 275.

Pelton, J. C., XVI. 626.
Perkins, T. H., I, 551.
Pestalozzi, III, 401.
Phelps, W. F., V. 827.
Petrarch, VII, 424.
Philbrick, J. D., XIV, 32.
Philelphus, VII, 441.
Phillips, John, VI. 75.
Phillips, S., VI. 66.
Pickard, J. L., XIV. 392.
Picket, Aaron, XIV, 393.
Picket, Albert. XVII.
Picus, J, VII. 449.
Pierce, J. D., XV. 640.
Plamann, VII, 309.
Platter, Thomas, V. 79.

Plummer, Caroline, XIII, 73.
Poggius, VII, 442.
Politian, VII. 445.
Pomeroy, E. C., XV, 486.
Potter, Alonzo, XVI. 599.
Powell, W. H., XVI. 167.
Pradt, J. B., XIV, 394.
Putnam, D., XV. 646.
Radwin, Florentius, IV, 623.
Ramsauer, J., VII, 301.
Randall, S. S., XIII, 227.
Ratich, V. 229.
Ray, J., XVI. 603.
Raumer, IV, 149.
Redfield, W. C., IV, 833.
Reuchlin, V. 67.

Rice, V. M., XV. 391.
Richards, Z., XIV, 23.
Richard, C. S., XVI. 764.
Richardson, M., XV, 605.
Rickoff, A. J., XIV. 24.
Ripley, E. L., XV. 645.
Robbins, T., III, 279.
Rousseau, V, 459.
Russell, W., III, 139.
Rytwise, J., XVI. 682.
Sains, XVI. 602.

Sanborn, E. D., XVI. 762.

Sandinus, VII.

Sapidus, V, 66.

Sarmiento, XVI. 593.
Sargano, VII. 435.

Sawyer, H. E., XVI. 763.

Scheurl, C., XI. 161.

Schmidt, VII, 297.

Seymour, D., X. 321.

Sheldon, E. A., XV. 484.
Sheldon, W. E., XV, 525.
Sherwin. T., VIII. 461.
Shottelius, XI, 429.
Sill, D. M. B, XV, 645.
Slade, W., XV, 250.
Simler, V. 66.

Smith, Sir Thomas, IV, 165.
Spicer, A. C., XIV, 392.

Standish, J. V. N., XVI. 165.

Stearns, XV, 524.

Sticler, XI, 435.

Stoddard, J. V., XV. 480.

Stone, A. P., XV. 219.

Stowe, C. E., V, 586.

Strong, E. F., XV, 607.
Sturm, IV, 167.
Swett, J., XVI. 790.

Tappan, H. P., XIII. 451.
Taylor, J. O., XV. 248.
Thayer, G. F., IV, 613,
Tenney, J., XVI. 761.
Thayes, Sylvanus, XVII.
Thomasius, J., V. 742.
Thompson, J, B., XV,

487.

Thompson, Z., I, 654.

Tillinghast, N., I, 655.

Tobler, J. G, V, 205.

Todd, Henry, IV. 711.
Trotzendorf, V. 107.

Valentine, T. W., XV, 482.

Valla, VII. 443.

Van Rensselaer, VI, 223.
Vassar, M., XI. 53.

Vehrli, III, 389.

Vetrier, XVI, 665.

Vitellius, XVI, 669.
Vittorino, VII, 436.
Von Turk, V. 155

Wadsworth, J., V, 389.
Warton, J., XVI, 511.
Wayland, F., XIII. 771.
Watkinson, D., IV, 837.
Welch, A. S., XV. 642.
Weld, T, XV, 234.
Wells, F. D., XVI.
Wells, W. H., VIII, 529.
Werner, G., IV, 799.
Wessel, IV. 714.
Weston, E. P, XVI. 784.
White, E. E., XVI, 606.
Wickersham, J. P.. XVI, 282.
Wichern, III, 5.

Willard, Mrs. Emma, VI, 125,

Wimpheling, V. 65.
Wines, E. C., IX. 9.
Wolf, F. A., VI, 260.
Woodbridge, W. C., V. 51.
Woodbridge, W., XVI 136.
Woodman, J. S., XVI, 761.
Woolworth, S. B., XV, 498.
Wotton, Sir Henry, XV, 123.
Wright, L., II, 176.

Wykeham, William of, XVI. 497.
Yale, Elihu, V. 715.

Zeller, VII, 305

Zerbolt, Gerard, IV, 625.

Abbott, Gorham D., XVI, 600.
Alcott, W. A., IV. 629.
Allen, F. A., XV. 6×2.
Andrews, I. W., XVI, 605.
Appleton, Samuel, XII, 1.
Arnold, Thomas, IV, 545.
Bailey, Ebenezer, XII, 401.
Baker, W. S., XIV. 401.
Baldwin, Theron, XV. 269.
Barnard, F. A. P., V. 753.
Barnard, Henry. I. 1.
Bateman, N., XVI. 166.
Bates, S. P., XV. 1.
Bishop. N., XVII.
Blewett, B. G., XVI. 432.
Brooks, Charles, I, 587.
Brown, Nicholas, III, 291.
Bulkley, J. W., XIV. 28.
Burrowes, T. H., VI. 107.
Camp, D. N., XV, 605.
Carter, J. G., V, 407.
Coburn, C. R., XV, 679.
Colburn, D. P., XI. 289.
Colburn, Warren, II. 294.
Davies, Charles, XV. 479.
Dowse, Thomas, IX. 355.
Dwight, Edmund, IV. 1.
Dwight, Francis, V. 803.
Edwards, Richard. XVI, 167.
Emerson, G. B. V. 417.
Everett, E, VII, 325.
Farnum, Paul, III, 397.
Faville, O., XVI, 759.
Felton, C. C., X, 265.
Fisk, Wilbur, VI. 297.
Fowle, W. B., X. 597.
Gallaudet, T. H., I. 417.
Galloway, S., XVI, 601.
Garfield, James A. XVII. 1.
Goodnow, I. T., XVI, 387.
Green, John, XIII, 606.
Greene, S. S., XIV. 609.
Gregory, J. M., XV, 643.

PORTRAITS.

Griscom, John, VIII, 325.
Hagar, D. B., XV, 517.
Hail, S. R., XV. 5.
Hart, J. S., V. 91.
Haüy, V., III, 477.
Hazeltine, L, XV. 481.
Henkle, William D., XVI, 432.
Hillhouse, James, VI. 325.
Holbrook, Josiah, VIII, 1.
Hopkins, Mark, XI, 219.
Hovey, C. E., XIII. 94.
Howe, S. G., XI, 321.
Johnson, W. R., V. 781.
Kelley, Robert, X, 313.
Kingsbury, John, V, 9.
Lawrence, Abbott, I. 137.
Lawrence, William, II, 1.
Lewis, Samuel, V. 727.
Lindsley, Philip, VII. 9.
Lord, A. D., XVI. 607.
Lyman. Theodore, X, 1.
Lyon, Mary, X, 609.
McCarty, H. D., XVI, 388.
McGill, James, VII. 188.
MeJilton, J. N., XVII.
McMynn, J. G., XIV, 391.
Mann, Horace, V, 611.
Mason, Lowell, IV. 141.
Mayhew, Ira, XV, 641.
North, E., XVII.
North, S. J.. VI, 104.
Northend, Charles, XVI. 510.
Olmsted, Denison. V, 367.
Orcutt, Hiram, XV, 630.
Page, D. P., V. 811.
Parish, A., XV, 523.
Partridge, Alden, XIII. 657.
Penbody, George, II, 642.
Peckham, Isaiah, XVI, 743.
Peet, H. P., III, 366.
Peirce, Cyrus, IV. 275.
Perkins, T. H., I. 551.
Pestalozzi, IV, 65.

Phelps, Mrs. A. Lincoln, XVII.
Phelps, W. F., V. 827.
Philbrick, J. D., XIV. 32.
Phillips, Samuel. VI, 66.
Pickard, J. L., XIV. 129.
Potter, Alonzo, XVI, 1.
Randall, S. S, XIII. 227.
Ray, I., XVI, 603.
Richards, Z., XIV. 23.
Rickoff, A. J., XIV. 24.
Russell, Willium. III. 139.
Ryerson, E., XVII.
Sarmiento, D. F., XVI. 593.
Sawyer, H. E., XVI. 763.
Scammon, Jos. T., XVII.
Sears, B., XVII.

Sheldon, E. A., XV. 484.
Sheldon, W. E., XV, 525.
Sherwin, Thomas, VIII, 461.
Silliman, Benjamin, XVII.
Standish, J. V. N., XVI, 165.
Stoddard, J. F., XV, 675.
Stone, A. P., XV, 519.
Stowe, C. E, V. 586.
Swett, John, XVI. 790.
Tappan, H. P., XIII. 449.
Thayer, Sylvanus. XVII,
Thayer, G. F., IV, 613.
Tillinghast, N., II. 568.
Van Rensselaer, Stephen, VI, 2
Vassar, Matthew, XI, 1.
Wadsworth, James, V. 389.
Watkinson, David, XVII.
Wayland, Francis, XIII, 1.
Wells, D. F., XVI. 749.
Wells, W. H., VIII. 529.
Weston, E. P., XVI, 783.
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II. EDUCATION:-A NATIONAL INTEREST.

HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT.

In the ordinance of the Congress of the Confederation in 1785, respecting "the disposing of lands in the Western territory," "section sixteen of every township" was reserved for the maintenance of public schools.

The ordinance of 1787, "for the government of the Territory northwest of the river Ohio," confirmed the ordinance of 1785, and declared "that religion, morality and knowledge being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and the means of education shall be forever encouraged."

The Constitution of the United States, after setting forth in the Preamble in words of sublime import the national objects for which the people of the United States had ordained this fundamental law, expressly grants to Congress the power "to dispose" of the public lands and other property-"to exercise exclusive jurisdiction" over the district to be ceded as the seat of government-and "to lay and collect taxes, &c., to provide for the common defense and general welfare."

In the Convention of 1787, which framed the Constitution, Mr. Charles Pinckney, of South Carolina, on the 29th of May and the 18th of August, and subsequently Mr. Madison, of Virginia, submitted propositions "to provide for the establishment of a National University at the seat of government," "for the advancement of useful knowledge," "and the promotion of agriculture, commerce, trades and manufactures." On the 14th of September, both of these delegates moved to insert in the list of powers vested in Congress, "to establish a university in which no preference or distinction should be allowed on account of religion." This motion was opposed by Gouverneur Morris, of New York, and was lost, as reported by Mr. Madison, expressly on the ground that the power to establish such a university was included in the grant of exclusive legislation over the district in which the government should be located. And as we learn from other sources, and from

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