Oh, will our souls "up yonder" Or, shall we when up yonder But through such speculations "To know as we are known." But who, and where's the Being Hath wrought such wondrous plan, Created earth and heaven, And "in his image, man?" Immensity! Behold Him! Vast suns, His molecules! EDUCATIONAL NEWS. -Supt. H. H. Helter of Wapakoneta and Dr. P. I. Tussing of Chicago will be the instructors in the Van Wert Co. institute next year which will be held at Delphos during the week of August 26. -The office of the School Commissioner will very soon be larger by two rooms. The recent Legislature made an appropriation for this purpose and the work is well under way. This is a much-needed improvement as the great volume of work has been almost impossible in the present space. -The board of education of Monroe Tp. is the first board in Carroll county to officially recognize the merits of the pupils' reading circle. They purchased three sets of books for use in their six schools. Other boards have expressed their willingness to do so at their next regular meeting. -J. G. Huron has been appointed county examiner in Carroll county. He takes the place of W. G. Kryder who has been a member of the board for six years. -Prof. Henry L. Coar of the mathematics department of the University of Illinois has accepted the professorship of mathematics in Marietta College, recently vacated by the resignation of Prof. T. E. McKinney, who is now head of the mathematics department in Wesleyan University at Middletown, Conn. -Mrs. Bertha Arthur who has recently been teaching in Wilmington College will spend a year in study at Ohio State University. -Miss Mary Mills will have charge of the English work at Wilmington College and Miss Lucile Helm takes the German and French, both succeeding Mrs. Bertha McArthur. -The Ohio Speech-Arts Association will hold the annual convention at the Great Southern Hotel, Columbus, October 5th and 6th, and an elaborate program has been prepared by Prof. Frank S. Fox, Columbus, Emerson Venable, Cincinnati, and Mrs. Elizabeth Mansfield Irving, Toledo, who constitute the literary committee. The other officers are, President, Dr. Alston Ellis, Athens: Vice-President, Prof. Robert I. Fulton, Delaware; Secretary, Miss Grace Emily Makepeace, Cleveland; Treasurer, Ladrue M. Layton, Springfield. -Miss Lucy P. Wilkison, a graduate of Wells College, has been appointed science teacher in the Columbus School for Girls. -Prof. Bruce Fink of Iowa College, Grinnell, Iowa, has taken charge of the department of Botany at Miami University. -Miss Edith Fox, science teacher in Glendale high school, after spending this summer in European travel, will retire for work in other lines before teaching again. -Belmont county elected the following: President, Geo. M. Pogue, St. Clairsville; Secretary, Miss Mabel Waddell, Lamira; Ex.-Com. Supt. A. H. Rummell, Flushing, C. C. Conrad, Bridgeport, Supt. F. L. Maris, Bethesda; O. T. R. C. Secretary, F. L. Maris -Jackson county elected as follows: President, J C. Timberman, Oak Hill; Secretary, Miss Hannah E. Clark, Thurman; Ex.-Com., J. W. Whiteside, Wellston, O. T. Jacobs, Coalton, W. N. Davis, Jack son. -J. C. York, brother of Supt. L. E. York of Barnesville, has gone to Columbia College for this year and expects to graduate next June. -Supt. F. L. Maris of Bethesda and his six teachers begin the year with bright hopes. Miss Mary E. Smith is principal of the high school which enrolls 32. The total enrollment is 200. Supt. Maris is the O. T. R. C. Secretary for Belmont Co. and will give a good account of his stewardship when Dr. Burns "makes up his jewels" at the close of the year. The Lancaster high school opened September 10th with an attendance of 217. The country districts near Lancaster furnish 27 of this number. The board of education has authorized the expenditure of $530 to complete the chemical and physical laboratory. As this department was already in possession of several hundred dollars worth of apparatus and chemicals, it is now a very suitable place to carry on this work. Mr. L. A. Weinland of Otterbein is in charge. -Miss Margaretta Davis, the Supervisor of Music of Pomeroy Schools recently resigned. Miss Davis in the past four years has proven herself to be one of the most proficient and skillful of musical directors. She assisted Dr. S. S. Myers in the Summer session of Miami University and here made for herself a most excellent record. -Waid C. Ihle, the new superintendent of Racine schools reports an increased enrollment in the high school and a very enthusiastic senior class. -Ohio University has an increased enrollment over last year and is entering upon the most prosperous year of its existence. The new wing of the State Normal College is now under process of construction and will be completed this year. -Charles P. Alexander, instructor in Science in the Canton high school has accepted a similar posttion at an increased salary in the Akron schools. -Dr. J. J. Burns has been reveling in the delightful weather of September, working in the garden for two or three hours and then for more hours in the bookshed all the while wondering if some benign influence will not permeate the counties of Hancock, Hocking, and Lorain as kindly as the rain and the sunshine to cause them to blossom and bear fruit for the Reading Circle this year. -Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Boston, have just published. in their Riverside Literature Series, Scott's "Quentin Durward" which many of our readers will be glad to reread in this new form. These books are models of excellence, substantially bound in cloth and sell for sixty cents prepaid. -As the mailing list of the Agricultural College Extension Bulletin is made up very largely of the members of the Reading Circle for last year it will be necessary for all who wish to receive this valuable publication to send name and address to Prof. A. B. Graham, Ohio State University, Columbus. It is sent free and all that is needed is to send name and address on a postal. Now that the study of agriculture is prominent in the schools the Extension Bulletin will be found especially interesting. -Miss Lulu Clendenin of Albany who has been active in Vinton Co. affairs is teaching this year in the Athens schools. -Supt. N. H. Stull of De Graff has been re-appointed a member of the board of examiners for the full term of three years. His first term was for two years, a sort of "trial bottle" but now he is "just what the doctor ordered." Besides, he's pleasant to take and does you good. -The Simplified Spelling Board publishes the following list of Ohio. superintendents who favor the movement: John E. Morris, Alliance, R. P. Clark, Ashtabula, J. J. Bliss, Bucyrus, John K. Baxter, Canton, A. H. Wicks, Clyde, J. A. Shawan, Columbus, H. E. Conard, Gallipolis, C. L. Van Cleve, Mansfield, Wm. McK. Vance, Delaware, A. B. Stoner, Mt. Gilead, J. D. -The Columbiana schools erett, Uhrichsville; Assistant Secietary, Supt. H. A. Lind, Strasburg; O. T. R. C. Secretary, Supt. Chas. Barthelmeh, Sugar Creek; Ex. Com., Miss Augusta Van Lehn, Tuscarawas, Supt. F. P. Geiger, Canal Dover, Supt. J. W. opened September 4th, with Supt. Jones, Newcomerstown. W. H. Richardson and an excellent -Geo. P. Williams who taught English history in Millersburg Military Institute, Ky., last year has accepted a better position as teacher of agriculture in the high school at Waterford, Penn. -The officers of Tuscarawas Co. are as follows: President, Supt. W. E. Beck, Port Washington; VicePresident, J. H. Baker, Sugar Creek; Secretary, Supt. L. E. Ev -Fred Finsterwald, a prominent Ohio University student, is doing seventh grade work this year at Hamden Junction. -If only "Among Country Schools," by Supt. O. J. Kern of Winnebago Co., Ill., and published by Ginn & Co., Columbus, could have a wide circulation among teachers and pupils conditions in rural communities would rapidly change. It is the best book of the kind we have seen. -The Riley Tp. high school at Pandora opened with 95 in attendance and more to follow. It looks as if the people in Putnam Co. believe in high schools if they are first-class. The Coshocton Co. officers are: President, C. E. Maston, Fresno; Secretary, Miss Marie Hagans, Roscoe; Ex.-Com., A. C. McDonald, Roscoe, E. C. Welker, Bird's Run, Robt. Dumermuth, Coshoc ton. -The Van Wert Educational Committee for the county fair consists of Supt. J. P. Sharkey. Supt. D. J. Gunsett, Supt. Perry Fostnaught, and Miss Maud Engle. |