ELEVENTH SEMI-ANNUAL MEETING.-At Delaware, July 7th and 8th, 1858. M. F. Cowdery, President.

Addresses were given by the President, on "The Condition, Wants, and Hindrances of the Association;" by Prof. Robert Allyn, on "Learning and Teaching-Doing and Theorizing;" by Dr. Clark, of Cincinnati, on "Theses on Education and Mental Power ;" by Dr. Henry Barnard, of Connecticut, on "A Course of Study for High Schools;" by Rev. Mr. Resor, on "The Importance of Introducing Practical Subjects for Consideration by the Association;" by Mr. Royce, on "Teaching Reading;" by Rev. Dr. Thomson, on "What Colleges are doing."

Discussions were had on subjects presented in reports, by Mr. Lynch, on "County Superintendents ;" by Mr. Ogden, on “Normal Institutes;" by Mr. White, on " Classification and Gradation of Public Schools;" by Pres. J. W. Andrews, on "Courses of Study for High Schools;" by Dr. Catlin and Dr. Hartshorn, on "The Self-reporting System."

Essays were read by Mr. M. D. Parker, of Cincinnati, on "The Best Means of Developing Model Teachers ;" and by Mr. J. H. Klippart on "The Introduction of Scientific Questions into Schools to Arouse Thought."

ELEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING.-At Dayton, July 6th and 7th, 1859. John Hancock, Vice-President, in the chair.

Addresses were given by the Vice-President, J. Hancock, Esq., on "The Diffusion of Knowledge ;" by Hon. H. Canfield, on "The Importance of an Efficient School System, School Supervision, and Legislation;" by E. H. Allen, Sup't of Schools in Chillicothe, on "The Methods of Tuition by Instruction on the one hand, and by Development on the other."

Discussions were had on various reports presented, by Pres. J. W. Andrews, on "A Course of Study for High Schools;" by Mr. Hartshorn, on "The Requisites of Good Schools"-twelve in number; and on an essay read by Rev. A. Duncan, on "Teachers' Meetings."

E. E. White, of Portsmouth; W. N. Edwards, of Troy; E. H. Allen, of Chillicothe; M. D. Parker, of Cincinnati; John Ogden, of Cincinnati; Horace Mann, of Antioch College; A. Duncan, of Newark; A. Smyth, of Columbus, and A. J. Rickoff, of Cincinnati, were appointed delegates of the Association to attend the meeting of the National Teachers' Association at Washington, D. C., on the Second Wednesday in August next.

Officers elected :-John Hancock, Pres. Horace Mann, Robert Allyn, Lorin Andrews, M. F. Cowdery, and D. F. De Wolf, VicePresidents. R. W. Stephenson, Rec. Sec. W. T. Coggeshall, Cor Sec.; and Rev. A. Duncan, Treas.

TWELFTH ANNUAL MEETING.-At Newark, July 5th and 6th, 1860. John Hancock, President.

Addresses were given by the President, "Inaugural;" William T. Coggeshall, upon "The Life and Services of Horace Mann;" Prof. E. B. Andrews, Annual Address-subject," Education-Nature the Teacher ;" W. E. Crosby, on "Growth."

Discussions were had on "Local Supervision;" and on the topics presented in the reports, viz., on "The Classics, in reference to Rational Education," by Geo. II. Howison; "The Culture of the Will," by E. II. Allen; "School Libraries," by W. D. Henkle.

Resolutions were unanimously adopted in favor of the establishment of High Schools, after a thorough discussion, in which Messrs. White, Shephardson, Marsh, Edwards, Lynch, Tappan, Vent, McCrea and Kingsley participated.

Officers elected:--Asa D. Lord, President. Rev. Robert Allyn, Rev. Alex. Duncan, Wm. N. Edwards, T. W. Harvey, and Wm. H. Young, Vice-Presidents. J. H. Reed, Rec. Sec. Prof. B. L. Lang, Cor. Sec. Charles S. Royce, Treas.

THIRTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING.-At Elyria, July 2d, 3d, and 4th, Dr. A. D. Lord, President

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Addresses were delivered by G. G. Washburn, Esq., President of the Board of Education of Elyria, "Welcome;" by the President, "Inaugural;" Mr. M. T. Brown, on "The Orators of the People;" Rev. Thomas Hill, of Yellow Springs, on "The True Order of Studies;" Hon. Anson Smyth, State School Commissioner, on "The Condition of Schools and Education in the State;" and an impromptu poem was given by Rev. Thomas Hill, entitled "All Hail to the Stars and Stripes."

Reports were made by Mr. M. F. Cowdery, on "Local School Supervision;" Mr. A. J. Rickoff, on "Primary Instruction and Discipline;" Mr. M. T. Brown, on "Gymnastics in Schools;" Rev. A. Duncan, on "Inculcating a Spirit of Patriotism;" Mr. Wm. Mitchell, on "Instruction in Natural History."

Discussions were had on the various reports, and the following officers were chosen for the ensuing year:-Wm. N. Edwards, Pres. J. P. Hole, G. K. Jenkins, Robert Allyn, and Wm. McKee, VicePresidents. Edwin Regal, Sec. Chas. S. Royce, Treas.

FOURTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING.-At Mt. Vernon, July 1st, 2d, and 3d, 1862. Rev. Robert Allyn, of Cincinnati, one of the VicePresidents, in the chair, in consequence of the illness and absence of the President.

Addresses were given by Samuel Israel, Esq., Pres. of the Board of Education of Mt. Vernon, "Welcome;" by Hon. Anson Smyth, Response;" Rev. Thomas Hill, on "The Course of Study for the Different Sexes in a Liberal Education;" Hon. Harvey Rice, on “The Duty to Educate the Masses ;" and by Prof. A. S. Welch, on Nature, the Teacher's Guide."

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Reports were read on "Composition in School," by Rev. Robert Allyn; "The Life of Pestalozzi," by T. E. Suliot; on "ObjectTeaching," by Dr. Lord, for the Committee.

Papers were read on "Moral Instruction," by M. F. Cowdery, and a Eulogy on "The Life and Labors of Lorin Andrews," by W. T. Coggeshall.

Discussions were had on the several reports presented, in which most of the principal teachers participated.

Officers elected:-E. E. White, President. E. T. Tappan, Harvey Rice, J. H. Barnum, and A. C. Fenner, Vice-Presidents. G. T. Chapman, Sec. C. S. Royce, Treas.

FIFTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING.-At Cleveland, June 30th and July 1st and 2d, 1863. E. E. White, President.

Addresses were given by Dr. Maynard, of Cleveland, "Welcome;" John Hancock, "Response;" the President, "Inaugural;" Rev. F. Merrick, "Annual Address;" Dr. A. D. Lord, "Twenty-five Years in the Schools of Ohio;" M. T. Brown, on "Reading as a Fine Art."

Reports were made by R. W. Stevenson, on "The Examination of Teachers;" E. W. Roch, on "Physical Training;" A. J. Rickoff, on "The True Course of Study for our District Schools;" A. G. Hopkinson, on "Object Lessons."

A series of resolutions on National Affairs was reported by John Hancock, which, after several patriotic speeches by Messrs. Hancock, Brown, Cooper, and Hartshorn, was unanimously adopted. Among other resolutions on the subject of educational literature, was the following:

Resolved, That while our State Educational periodical deserves our first attention, we should do all in our power to extend the circulation of other good educational journals, and most of all, Barnard's American Journal of Education, the great embodiment of the educational literature and spirit of our Nation."

Officers elected :-Charles S. Royce, Pres. M. T. Brown, T. W.

Harvey, and Edward Regal, Vice-Presidents. S. A. Norton, Secretary. Daniel Hough, Treasurer.

SIXTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING.-At Toledo, July 5th, 6th, and 7th, 1864. President, Charles S. Royce.

Addresses were delivered by Mr. DeWolf, "Welcome;" Hon. E. E. White, "Response;" the President, "Inaugural ;” Hon. Sam'l Galloway, the first President of the Association, on "The Necessity of greater attention to Moral and Religious Instruction, in view of the present condition and future wants of our Country;" Thomas W. Harvey, on "The Requisites for a Successful Teacher."

At this meeting a new feature was adopted, of dividing the Association into Sections A and B, to the first of which were referred questions pertaining to the Science and Art of Teaching; and to the second, papers and addresses designed to promote the general interests of Common Schools.

Reports were made "On the Importance of Special Preparation on the part of Primary Teachers, and the best Method of securing such Preparation," by Daniel Hough; on "County Supervision," by W. D. Henkle; "Truancy," by Mr. Dickerson; "Normal Schools," by Hon. Rufus King.

Discussions were had on all the reports, and were very generally participated in. A resolution was adopted, expressing the sense of the Association in the injustice resulting from the great disparity in the wages of male and female teachers.

Officers elected:-T. W. Harvey, President. E. H. Allen, L. Harding, J. O. Chapman, Vice-Presidents. H. J. Caldwell, Sec., and Daniel Hough, Treas.

SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING.-At Cincinnati, July 5th, 6th, and 7th, 1865. President, T. W. Harvey.

E. E. White and Lyman Harding were chosen Presidents respectively of Sections A and B.

Addresses were given by the President, "Inaugural;" Hon. Henry Barnard, on "The Duties of the National Government in regard to Education," Rev. James Fraser, of England, sent to this country by the Royal Commission, to examine and report upon the American Common School System, on "The English SchoolsTraining and Parochial Schools," more particularly.

Reports were presented on "Competitive Examinations," by A. J. Rickoff; "Truancy," by R. W. Stevenson; "The Necessity of a Special Course of Professional Training for Teachers," by Hon. E. E. White; "Oral Instructic. by Mr. Crosby; "School Government,"

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by Mrs. N. A. Stone; "How should Arithmetic be taught to Advanced Classes?" by Prof. A. Schuyler.

Discussions were had on "The Extent and Mode of Teaching Geography," and upon the several reports.

The following resolution was adopted :

Resolved, That we heartily approve the measure of establishing at Washington, in the Department of the Interior, an Educational Bureau for the Advancement of General and Liberal Education, and we would earnestly urge upon Congress the importance of establishing such a Bureau.

The following gentlemen were chosen a Committee to memorialize Congress upon the establishment of a Bureau of Education, in accordance with the foregoing resolution: Messrs. Hartshorn, White, Rickoff, Andrews, and Weston.

Officers elected: Eli T. Tappan, President. A. Schuyler, A. Holbrook, and O. N. Hartshorn, Vice-Presidents. W. H. Venable, Sec. J. F. Reimund, Treas.

EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING.-At Zanesville, July 3d, 4th, and 5th, 1866. President, Eli T. Tappan.

Addresses were given by A. T. Wiles, "Welcome;" by the President, "Inaugural;" and by General Leggett, in connection with the reading of the Declaration of Independence by Hon. E. E. White, in commemoration of the 4th of July; by Col. S. S. Fisher, on "Teaching as a Profession;" by John Ogden, on "The Condition and Prospects of the Freedmen."

Discussions were had on the questions, "Ought the Study of Higher Arithmetic to give way to the Study of Algebra and Geometry, etc. ?” "Whether English Grammar is now taught with any considerable advantage to the Student?" and on reports and papers presented.

The following resolution was adopted:

Resolved, That this Association fully indorses the bill to establish a National Department of Education, recently passed by the House of Representatives and now before the Senate, and that it extends to the Hon. Jas. A. Garfield, of Ohio, the author of the bill, and to all the members of the House who gave the measure an active and earnest support, its hearty thanks.

Officers elected :-Wm. Mitchell, President. W. D. Henkle, J. F. Reinmund, and W. E. Crosby, Vice-Presidents. S. A. Norton, Rec. Sec. G. B. Brown, Cor. Sec. R. W. Stevenson, Treasurer; and an Executive Committee of five members.

NINETEENTH ANNUAL MEETING.-At Springfield, July 1st, 2d, and 3d, 1867. Capt. Wm. Mitchell, President.

Addresses were given by the President-" Inaugural;" Mrs. Mary Howe Smith, of Oswego; Gov. Cox, and others.

Discussions occupied the principal time of the Association on