Rev. Thomas Starr King and the Superintendent of Public Instruction have already been engaged to lecture. The committee contemplate seasoning the solid pabulum of the lectures with choice songs, to be sung by pupils selected from various grammar schools of the city. A resolution was passed, requesting the publishers of Cornell's Outline Maps to add to the series an outline map of California. A lively discussion was held in regard to the means of procuring and desseminating more information respecting the physical geography of this coast; its minerals, animals, indigenous plants, Indian tribes, natural curiosities, etc. The further consideration of the subject was referred to a committee, with instructions to report at the next meeting upon the feasibility of publishing a manual which shall supply, as far as practicable, the schools on this coast with the means of studying the geography of the Pacific States. SACRAMENTO COUNTY INSTITUTE.-Addresses were delivered by the State Superintendent, Dr. Hatch, A. E. Du Bois of Mormon Island, Mr. Sibley of Folsom, and Dr. T. M. Logan of Sacramento. The attendance was good, and the lectures, better still. YOLO COUNTY INSTITUTE.-The Secretary has forwarded us a copy of the following resolutions, which were adopted by the Institute : Resolved, That no teacher is worthy of the name, or even confidence of his fellow teachers or worthy of a certificate-who will not attend County Institutes and take an educational journal. Resolved, That in connection with our standard of qualification, we request the County Board of Examination to consider the attendance, or non-attendance of teachers at our County Institutes, as one of the principal qualifications for receiving a certificate. Resolved, That, furthermore, we request the County Board to require all persons who shall receive certificates, after this date, to sign an agreement to attend the County Institute. Resolved, That a time has come when a united effort should be made to elevate the standard of Public Schools in Yolo County, and to this end we pledge ourselves, to use all legitimate means in our power, and we invite the hearty coöperation of all teachers and other friends of popular education. Resolved, That we fully indorse the action of the State Institute in the establishment of a professional journal, THE CALIFORNIA TEACHER, and that we will help to sustain it with both pen and purse. WOODLAND, Yolo County, Cal., Oct. 20, 1863. A. FOUCH, Rec. Sec., Yolo Co. Teachers' Institute. STATE NORMAL SCHOOL.-The prospects of the school continue to brighten. During the present term, the San Francisco Board of Education has provided the school with a large and commodious building, and with patent school furniture. There are, at present, about fifty pupils in attendance, of whom the senior class, numbering ten, will graduate at the ensuing annual examination. Mr. H. P. Carlton, late Secretary in the office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and formerly Principal of a Grammar School in this city, has been added to the Faculty of the Normal School. The members of the senior class are required to teach, in turn, in the Model School, which consists of four classes. The Normal pupils are directed in their crude attempts at teaching by two experienced and accomplished teachers, whose special province it is to point out to their charge, their blunders, and to familiarize them with the practical duties of a teacher. CITY NORMAL SCHOOL.-The Board of Education of San Francisco requires all female teachers employed in the schools, to attend this Normal School until they have graduated therein. The sessions are held on Wednesday evening of every week during term time. Graduates of Normal Schools, in good repute, and those who have had five years' experience in teaching, and have obtained, at a regular examination, a certificate of the highest grade, are exempt from attendance. The examination of this school is now in progress. The following is a portion of the questions proposed to the candidates for graduation : Grammar.-1. Define orthography, etymology, and syntax. 2. Define voice, infinitive, imperative, potential, indicative, subjunctive. 3. Name the different kinds of nouns, and give examples. 4. In how many ways are the sexes distinguished? Give examples. 5. Write the possessive singular and plural of woman, pony, fife, hoof, knife, child. 6. Write the plural of flagstaff, strife, phenomenon, genus, axis, cherub, pailful, species, mouse-trap, and the letters p and g. 7. What adjectives cannot be compared? Give examples. 8. What are the principal parts of a verb? Give examples. 9. Give the second person, singular and plural, of the verb to teach in the passive form, in every tense of the potential mood. 10. Name the principal parts of the following verbs: eat, gild, heave, knit, light, quit, rid, shear, sow, sew. 11. Define a simple, compound, and complex sentence, and give an example of each. 12. Correct, in every particular, the following sentences, if you think they are incorrect:-If I was you, I would learn the scholars to speak grammatical. Between you and I, he done it very ill. That ain't right. Who do men say that I am. That very mischievous boy hadn't ought to be Excused from his Rithmatick Leson. 13. What do you mean by the elements of a sentence? How many are there? Write a sentence containing all the elements. 14. Analyse the following, and parse the italicised words:-Do as you would be done by. 15. Write a note addressed to the Board of Education, applying for a situation in the Department. Sign your name to it, and inclose it in your paper. Geography.-1. Beginning at the north, name the States which lie upon each bank of the Missisippi River, and their capitals. 2. Name all the countries of Europe and their capitals. 3. Describe the different lines drawn upon the terrestial globe. 4. Where are the days and nights equal all the year round? When are the days and nights equal all over the earth? What is the longest day in the Northern Hemisphere? Why are the days in summer longer than in winter? 5. Name all the causes of the change of seasons. 6. Define climate. What circumstances determine the climate of a place? 7. Name and describe the mountain chains of the United States. 8. Why is the climate warmer upon the Pacific Coast of the United States than upon the Atlantic Coast in the same latitude? 9. Name and locate the great plains of South America. 10. Define the basin of a river, a water-shed, an ocean river, and a continental river. 11. Which grand division affords the most ready access to its interior? Which is the most compact? Which is the most moist? Which is the hottest? 12. What is a plateau? Which grand division contains the greatest mass of table land? 13. Into how many sections is the Pacific Slope divided? Describe them. Which is the most fertile ? 14. Where are Marysville, Washoe, Vicksburg, the Crimea, Chattanooga? 15. Draw an outline map of California, with the principal rivers, cities, and ranges of mountains, writing their names upon the map. Arithmetic.-1. Find the sum of 37.05,.000052, 57, 478, and MCVMCV. 2. (a.) Change g to a dec. fraction, and explain the process. (b.) Multiply by §, and explain the Rev. Thomas Starr King and the Superintendent of Public Instruction have already been engaged to lecture. The committee contemplate seasoning the solid pabulum of the lectures with choice songs, to be sung by pupils selected from various grammar schools of the city. A resolution was passed, requesting the publishers of Cornell's Outline Maps to add to the series an outline map of California. A lively discussion was held in regard to the means of procuring and desseminating more information respecting the physical geography of this coast; its minerals, animals, indigenous plants, Indian tribes, natural curiosities, etc. The further consideration of the subject was referred to committee, with instructions to report at the next meeting upon the feasibility of publishing a manual which shall supply, as far as practicable, the schools on this coast with the means of studying the geography of the Pacific States. SACRAMENTO COUNTY INSTITUTE.-Addresses were delivered by the State Superintendent, Dr. Hatch, A. E. Du Bois of Mormon Island, Mr. Sibley of Folsom, and Dr. T. M. Logan of Sacramento. The attendance was good, and the lectures, better still. YOLO COUNTY INSTITUTE.-The Secretary has forwarded us a copy of the following resolutions, which were adopted by the Institute : Resolved, That no teacher is worthy of the name or even confidence of his fellow teachers or worthy of a certificate-who will not attend County Institutes and take an educational journal. Resolved, That in connection with our standard of qualification, we request the County Board of Examination to consider the attendance, or non-attendance of teachers at our County Institutes, as one of the principal qualifications for receiving a certificate. Resolved, That, furthermore, we request the County Board to require all persons who shall receive certificates, after this date, to sign an agreement to attend the County Institute. Resolved, That a time has come when a united effort should be made to elevate the standard of Public Schools in Yolo County, and to this end we pledge ourselves, to use all legitimate means in our power, and we invite the hearty coöperation of all teachers and other friends of popular education. Resolved, That we fully indorse the action of the State Institute in the establishment of a professional journal, THE CALIFORNIA TEACHER, and that we will help to sustain it with both pen and purse. WOODLAND, Yolo County, Cal., Oct. 20, 1863. A. FOUCH, Rec. Sec., Yolo Co. Teachers' Institute. 1,0±4; 1,008 36. Yolo, 1,520; $881 60. Yuba, 1,903; $1,103 74. Total, 76,475; $44,355 50. SUBJECTS FOR DISCUSSION AT TEACHERS' INSTITUTES.-The best course to pursue in organizing a school. The means for securing good discipline. The means to be used for self-improvement. Some of the means for true moral culture. Irregularity, and how to remedy it. The evils of tardiness, and how to remedy it. Requisites for success in teaching. How to teach good manners. How to secure the coöperation of parents. How far should oral teaching be adopted? Some of the causes of failure. The true aim of the teacher. Can teaching be reduced to a science? Some of the methods of teaching Reading, crude attempts at teaching by two experienced and accomplished teachers, whose special province it is to point out to their charge, their blunders, and to familiarize them with the practical duties of a teacher. CITY NORMAL SCHOOL.-The Board of Education of San Francisco requires all female teachers employed in the schools, to attend this Normal School until they have graduated therein. The sessions are held on Wednesday evening of every week during term time. Graduates of Normal Schools, in good repute, and those who have had five years' experience in teaching, and have obtained, at a regular examination, a certificate of the highest grade, are exempt from attendance. The examination of this school is now in progress. The following is a portion of the questions proposed to the candidates for graduation: Grammar.-1. Define orthography, etymology, and syntax. 2. Define voice, infinitive, imperative, potential, indicative, subjunctive. 3. Name the different kinds of nouns, and give examples. 4. In how many ways are the sexes distinguished? Give examples. 5. Write the possessive singular and plural of woman, pony, fife, hoof, knife, child. 6. Write the plural of flagstaff, strife, phenomenon, genus, axis, cherub, pail ful, species, mouse-trap, and the letters p and g. 7. What adjectives cannot be compared? Give examples. 8. What are the principal parts of a verb? Give examples. 9. Give the second person, singular and plural, of the verb to teach in the passive form, in every tense of the potential mood. 10. Name the principal parts of the following verbs:-eat, gild, heave, knit, light, quit, rid, shear, sow, sew. 11. Define a simple, compound, and complex sentence, and give an example of each. 12. Correct, in every particular, the following sentences, if you think they are incorrect:-If I was you, I would learn the scholars to speak grammatical. Between you and I, he done it very ill. That ain't right. Who do men say that I am. That very mischievous boy hadn't ought to be Excused from his Rithmatick Leson. 13. What do you mean by the elements of a sentence? How many are there? Write a sentence containing all the elements. 14. Analyse the following, and parse the italicised words:-Do as you would be done by. 15. Write a note addressed to the Board of Education, applying for a situation in the Department. Sign your name to it, and inclose it in your paper. Geography.-1. Beginning at the north, name the States which lie upon each bank of the Missisippi River, and their capitals. 2. Name all the countries of Europe and their capitals. 3. Describe the different lines drawn upon the terrestial globe. 4. Where are the days and nights equal all the year round? When are the days and nights equal all over the earth? What is the longest day in the Northern Hemisphere? Why are the days in summer longer than in winter? 5. Name all the causes of the change of seasons. 6. Define climate. What circumstances determine the climate of a place? 7. Name and describe the mountain chains of the United States. 8.Why is, the climate warmer upon the Pacific Coast of the United States than upon the At 15. Arithmetic.-1. Find the sum of 37.05,.000053, 57, 478, and MCVMCV. 2. (a.) C to a dec. fraction, and explain the process. (b.) Multiply by, and expla 15 operation. 3. How many sq. yds. in a field 43 rods long and 973 yds. wide. 4. From 27 a. 1 r. 26 sq. yd. 80 sq. in., subtract 26 a. 3 r. 39 sq. rods. 30 sq. yds., 8 sq. ft., and 143 sq. in. 5. What is 1 of 14 tons, 3 cwt. 3 qrs. and 11 lbs. 6. Define the following terms: Factor, multiple, exponent, least common multiple, greatest common divisor, prime number. 7. Find the prime factors of each of the following numbers: 365, 575, and 4,000. 8. Find the greatest common divisor of 365, 575, and 4,000, and explain the operation. 9. Find the least common multiple of the above numbers, and explain the process. 10. What is the value of of a league in intergers of lower denominations? 971 11. What part of 1 gall. are 2 qts. pt. and 1.384 gills? 12. 6.03 -|- 2§ — 4.6 —.083 - |- 8 -|- ; -|- .043-what? 13. What is the interest of $470 for 1 year 11 months and 29 days, at 14 per cent. a month? 14. A sells a horse to B for $600, and loses 10 per cent., B sells the same to C for $475, and C sells him to D at an advance of 12 per cent. on what A paid. What per cent. did C make on his sale? 15. If 24 men dig a trench 33 yds. long, 53 wide, and 31⁄2 deep, in 189 days, working 14 hours each day, how many hours per day must 217 men work, to dig a trench 234 yds. long, 34 wide, and 24 deep in in 5 days? SEMI-ANNUAL APPORTIONMENT OF THE STATE SCHOOL FUND, according to the annual census returns of the number of white children residing in school districts, where public schools have been maintained in accordance with the "School Law," for three months in the year ending August 31st, 1863. Apportionment made November 16th, 1863. Alameda County, number of children, 2,095; amount apportioned, $1,215 10. Amador, 1,875; $1,087 50. Butte, 1,680; $974 40. Calaveras, 2,281; $1,322 98. Colusa,447; $259 26. Contra Costa, 1,607; $932 06. Del Norte, 138; $80 04. El Dorado, 2,879; $1,669 82. Fresno, 32; $18 56. Humboldt, 700; $406. Klamath, 81; $46 98. Lake, 260; $150 80. Los Angeles, 2,373; $1,376 34. Marin, 725; $420 50. Mariposa, 858; $497 64. Mendocino, 788; $457 04. Merced, 276; $160 08. Monterey, 1,513; $877 54. Napa, 1,186; $687 88. Nevada, 2,190; $1,270 20. Placer, 1,909; $1,107 22. Plumas, 514; $298 12. Sacramento, 4,510; $2,615 80. San Bernardino, 1,072; $621 76. San Diego, 348; $201 84 San Francisco, 16,228; $9,412 24. San Joaquin, 3,132; $1,816 56. San Luis Obispo, 732; $424 56. San Mateo, 807; $468 06. Santa Barbara, 821; $476 18. Santa Clara, 4,043; $2,344 94. Santa Cruz, 1,600: $928. Shasta, 918; $532 44. Sierra, 1,032; $598 56. Siskiyou, 788; $457 04. Solano, 2,156; $1,250 48. Sonoma, 3,847; $2,231 26. Stanislaus, 496; $287 68. Sutter, 703; $407 74. Tehama, 571; $331 18. Trinity, 163; $94 54. Tulare, 836; $484 88. Tuolumne, 1,842; $1,068 36. Yolo, 1,520; $881 60. Yuba, 1,903; $1,103 74. Total, 76,475; $44,355 50. SUBJECTS FOR DISCUSSION AT TEACHERS' INSTITUTES.-The best course to pursue in organizing a school. The means for securing good discipline. The means to be used for self-improvement. Some of the means for true moral culture. Irregularity, and how to remedy it. The evils of tardiness, and how to remedy it. Requisites for success in teaching. How to teach good manners. How to secure the coöperation of parents. How far should oral teaching be adopted? Some of the causes of failure. The true aim of the teacher. Can teaching be reduced to a science? Some of the methods of teaching Reading, |