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ISALEM UNION SCHOOL.

Grammar School, Miss. Amanda Maltby. Secon
Diary, Miss Hester Ann BUwe. Primary, Miss.
Nancy Plumer and Miss. Almira Grissell.
GRAND OBJEcT.-It is the design Of the under
signed Board of Directors Of the Salem Union
School, to provide for our Village and tht surrour-
ding country, the best attainablc means for n thor
ough and practical course of Education. To this
end no reasonable labor or expense will be spared.
1t Is our determined purpose ~ secure superior
facilities of every kind for tho acquisition of
knowledge.
Among the advantages which the Salem Union
School will present, we may enumcrate; First, A
full and efficient corps of professional teachers, all
of which have devoted themselves for life to their
noble calling. The Principal Mr.. A. IL. Hol-
brook, enjoys a reputation as teacher, which ron
dcrs 1t unnecessary for us to make further com
mcnt.
Second, An apparatus purchased at an cx-
pcnse of nearly $4,000 and selected with rigid ref
crence to utility and daily experimenting in the
class room, rather than for mere display in show
cases.
Third, The cl,eapness of board, compared with
many other places and accommodations for those
who prefer to board themselves.
Fourth, \ grand system Of instruction cnlcula-
ted to meet the wants of every scholar, ut home, or
from abroad, in every useful branch of study,
whatever may be his stage Of advancement.
filth, A thorough, systematic, and uniform
course OF instruction, which shall not only i'm part
a sound and practical knowledge of the several
branches, but shall train the pupils to independent
investigation and critical observation, not So much
ol the contents Of books, as of men and things,
also to a ready, pleasing and impressive style Of
communicating thought both whit the pen and with
the tongue. To this feature of our school we invite
particular attention, as being u characteristic of
our system.
Sixth, A community Of IL literary and rcforma-
tory character, whose influence will act lavorably
on tho mind, morals and habits Of pupils, while
II ali nyn COL Face l. I -. Al -..l. .1.ts
presented III this general manner, we open our
School for scholars from abroad, who will be placed
on equal footing with home scholars.
SPECIAL AIMS AND MEANs-NOrmdl Department.
The preparation Of Teachers will be a leading
object in view in our School. A NORMAL Glass
VIII be organized under the special charge of the
Principal. The exercises will consist Of demon
strations in the Science and Art of Teaching, alter
mating with Lectures from the Principal on School
Government and School Arrangements, Self Disci-
plinc and other kindred topics.
i The usual success which has uniformity attended
the large number Of Teachers who have been train
: cd by Mr.. lIolbrook, in other institutions of which
> he has had the charge, the frequency Of their re
engagements with increased salaries, are the best
testimonials that can be presented of the suitable
ness and efficiency of the measures pursued for the
. training and preparation of teachers for their pro.
trS,iuN. The plan of self government and the
@ improved methods of teaching, which they carry
with them, have thus far won the favor of tlos,
with whom they have laLored; both scholars and
parents. Several such Teachers are now princi
Il pals If High Schools, with salaries of $500 to $1,000
while many others are occupying useful position,
y in Union "a District Schools, with sala, les from
t. $3.50 to $500 per annum.
1t is confidently believed that the plans Of in
d struction adopted and the mode Of government
pursued are peculiarly adapted to make thorough
going, sclfrclying, lahorious and successful Teach
y crs, hot only ambitious to cXccll in thcir vocation
C hut really jealous to elevate their profession to it
II true position in public esteem.
AGRICULTURAL DErARTMnNT.-No employmcr
! brings into daily and unavoidable use, 50 many
the Sciences as agriculture. Indeed, it will /
found ON examination, that every physical Scicnc
d is Involved, directly or indirectly, in the farmer
Y vocation.
- Geology determines the various materials Of soil
aud sub-soilS. Chemistry asccrtains the vlrieu
ultimate and p%roXimatc elements OF crops, and thu
proper manurcs t. supply the waste of soil, occa
stoned by each. Botany enables the farmer t.
understand the structure Of plants, and the bcs
means for promoting their fructifcation and full
development. Entomology qualities him to distin
Iguisii the various marauding insects, and to invcs
: tigate their habits, by which means he may ward
off or mitigate their destructive power. Thus
each of the Sciences can be shown to be applicable
to agriculture.
Hence, earnest attention will be bestowed on the
T, application of the Sciences to Agriculture, and an
i .1grictI,uat DlpaytmcHt will be sustained, in which
farmers, their sons and daughters, may find the
sources Of the knowledge, which they are using in
their most honorable pursuit.
D The examination of the ingredients of soils
the suitable admixture of materials for the best
soils the necessity and advantage of subsoil plow'
ing; the philosophy of the rotation of crops the
preparation and application Of manurcs the CT
feet Of various crops on the soil, aud on the sue
~i,ceding crops: the prevention of exhaustion, and
the means of re-icrtilizing soils, are some of the
Il IN lin.tu ubi.l, will lao III ypstiOatpI uuupr their an
~propriato scientific heads.
r As the subject of Sceni JIG agriculture, which
r is every year assum. ng more and more Importance
and agricultural departments are being instituted
: in all our better class of colleges, it is thought thai
no subject among the higher branches, better de
q serves a place in our democratic Union Schools, il
G one Of which, perhaps, more farmers sons and
daughters, who design to follow the occupation o
their parents, congrcsatc, than in any college il
the land.
ENGINEERING MISUNDERSTANDING, Girl
, Engineering and Dratting.-A great and increas
a, ing demand now exists throughout the West, fol
-, thoroughly instructed Surveyors, and well trained
and scientific Engineers.
It nav be safely stated, that there is scarcely q
D county in the West which will not furnish full ant
r highly remuneratiye employment to a competen'
. surveyor and civil engineer, in the mcnsuration o.
lands, in the laying out and construction of publ,
works, such rs common roads, plank roads, rail
roads, water-works, bridges, Ne.
Y TO meet the demand, opportunity will be afford
I'd for the requisite mathematics training for prac
tee, with all the necessary instruments, as tn,
Compass, Theodolite, Levoling and Transit Instru
mcnts, also, for plotting, drafting and design
ing.
COMMERCIAL DErARTNEN Book heepihg.--
thorough course Of instruction in Book ecping
by single and double entry, will be given imparl
ing u sn ficientknowlcdge of Mercantile Operation
n and Computations, to enable the student to TAX
81 charge of u set of books in any Commercial "
adjustment, however extensive or complex; Will
the cxtravagant charges of the So called CONNER
cial Colleges will not be imposed. In connection
with this department, an able and successful
n teacher will give a full and thorough course of in
\ struction in Penmanship.
SclESrIFIc DErARrMENT.-Ch emistry.-As chen
istry treats Of the simplest forms of matter, j
their simplest combinations, and traces the NOR
= complex forms of all material substances to thei
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