RICHARD EDWARDS, EDITOR, Normal. Peoria, Illinois: PUBLISHED MONTHLY, BY N. C. NASON. 1865. $1.50 A YEAR, PAYABLE ALWAYS IN ADVANCE. Payson, Dunton Scribner's National System of Mercantile manship: Revised ane Improved. IN TWELVE NUMBERS. A SYSTEM SURPASSING EVERY OTHER IN ORIGINALITY, SIMPLICITY, AND MATHEMATICAL EXACTNESS AND BEAUTY. Expressly adapted to the Schools of the U. States, and comprehending every thing requisite for the convenience of the Teacher and the needs of the Scholar. PRIOR IN POINT OF TIME, It has led all others, and dates its existence YEARS before any other now known. THE MOST ORIGINAL, It has furnished a guide which others have not hesitated to follow, and improvements which others have time after time borrowed and subsequently claimed as their own. ELEGANT IN ITS SIMPLICITY, It has commanded the admiration of the lovers of this beautiful art, and acquired a reputation as extensive as our country. POPULAR, Giving unqualified satisfaction to teachers, and exciting the greatest enthusiasm among scholars, it has become more widely known and extensively used than any other; and it would be difficult to find a township in the United States where the name of Payson, Dunton & Scribner is not familiar as a household word. The merit of introducing and establishing a system of Chirography that has become so firmly rooted that a return to the old modes of teaching would be no sooner thought of than a return to the old wells and pumps by the inhabitants of a city blessed with a copious aqueduct of pure water, belongs to the authors of this system. To their genius and industry is the world indebted for the system that has brought harmony out of chaos, and regularity out of confusion, by a few simple rules based upon a correct philosophy in applying NATURAL MUSCULAR FORCES to the production of written forms; and to them, more than to all others, are the schools throughout our country indebted for the great advance in this branch of education. Particular attention is requested to our Manual of Penmanship, Oblique Lines for teaching the proper slope in writing, and The New Writing Tablets, all of which are entirely original with us, and are of the utmost importance to teachers. Send for circulars. Testimonials from eminent teachers and friends of education, and a full description of the series, will be sent to any who may desire. CROSBY & NICHOLS, 117 Washington Street, Boston. 1865, HARVARD UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION MONROE C. GUTMAN LIBRARY, ILLINOIS TEACHER. MONMOUTH, TUESDAY, DEC. 27-10 O'CLOCK A.M. THE Association met in the Chapel of Monmouth College, and, in the absence of the President, was called to order by the 1st VicePresident, Mr. George Howland, of Chicago. Prayer was offered by Rev. Dr. Young, of Monmouth. Rev. R. C. Mathews, of Monmouth, welcomed the members of the Association in an appropriate address. Rev. Dr. Young presented a similar welcome on the part of Monmouth College. To these addresses a brief response was made by the acting President. On motion, Mr. W. W. Davis, of Dixon, was appointed Recording Secretary. A committee of three was appointed to report upon the subject of Object Teaching at the next meeting of the Association. Adjourned until 2 o'clock P.M. The Association resumed business the chair. 2 O'CLOCK P.M. Vice-President Howland in An Auditing Committee was appointed, consisting of Messrs. Woodard, of Chicago; Royce, of Joliet; and Shattuck, of Springfield. Interesting exercises in Free Gymnastics were introduced by Prof. Powers, of Chicago. Mr. F. Hanford, of Lockport, then read an essay subject, The Responsibilities of Citizenship. |