The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1862-08-01
STATE EDUCATIONAL CONVENTION.
SECOND MEETING

The Professors and Trustees of Colleges and
Normal Schools the Principals and Assistants
of Academies and Female Seminaries and the
Trustees of such as are incorporated, the Prin-
cipals and Assistants of the High and Graded
Common Schools, the Teachers of such other
Common Schools as can attend, the Directors
and County Superintendents of the State, and
the active friends of education generally are re-
spectfulIy invited to meet in Convention, In the
Hall of the House of Representatives, at the
City of Harrisburg on TUESDAY, Aueusro o.
1852, at 10 o'clock, A. nj.
The business of the Convention VIII be 10
hear reports on and to discuss and II possible
arrive at a cn.lnon and harmonious understands
inc ee the following subjects:
COMMON SCHOOLS:
'tStandard of Qualifications of Teachers; the
means of rendering it uniform throughout the
te."-Committee Messrs. Deans, of Della
ware, Johns, of Tioga, Carothers, of Beaver,
Ford, Of Indiana, and McCreary, of Adams.
''school Visitation yCountySuperintenden
its main object and the best mode of performing
,=C Committee. Massrs. Bnllmar, ef =. =. -'s4saa
Woodruff, of Chester, and Berry, OF Clinton
''Relation of the County Superintendent to In
stitutes-District and County. Committee !:
Messrs. Coburn, of Bradford, Evans, of Lam
caster, and Jack, of Westmoreland.
'sThe Grading of Schools and the duty OF the
County Superintendent promoting it."-Com-
mittee: Messrs. Cruikshank, of Montgomery,
Savage, of Erie, and Blair, of York.
'sIhe Sphere of the Common School, its Pc
culiar position in the general educational system
of the State" e"-Committee Ermentrout,
of Berks. Smith, of 0Iifiin, and Burlington, OF
Washington.
NoRMAE SCHOOLS:
Their relation to the Teachers Profession
Committee: Messrs. Walker, of Luzerne, Houck,
of Lebanon, and Tyler, of Susquehanna
Their relation to the County Superintendent
cy.-Committee: Messrs. Horne, of Bucks,
Morrison, of Lawrence, Hobbs, of Lancaster.
Their Course of Study and Methods of In
struction.-Committee Messrs. .Wickersham, OF
Lancaster, Taylor, of Chester, and Burgess, OF
Columbia.
The arrangement of their Buildings gs.-Com-
mittee: Messrs. Bates, of Dauphin, Diefenbach,
of Clinton, and Wickersham, of Lancaster.
The best means of promoting their establish
ment.-Committee Messrs. Overholt, of Bucks,
Barr, of Lancaster, and Lucore, of Elk.
HIGH SCHOOLS, ACADEMIES AND FEMALE SEMI
NARIES.
Their Course of Studies.--Commitee Mes
srs. Davis, of Franklin, Darlington, Of Chester,
and Hamilton, of Cumberland.
The relation of the Common High School to
the Academy and Female Seminary.
tee: Messrs. Denlinger, of Cumberland, Hay,
of Harrisburg, and Mcfarland, of Juniata.
Their relation to the lower schools and also
to the Colleges. COMMITTEE: Messrs. Dodge,
of Lancaster, Loon,is, Of Crawford, and Hell
ges, of York.
COLLEGES:
Present condition and wants of the Colleges
The relation of the Colleges to our Education
al system, aud also to the community generally;
and The proper course of Studies for the Col
ieges.-Committee Messrs. johnson, of Dick
enson, Kennedy, of the Polytechnic, and Ger
hart, of Franklin and Marshall.
EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS OF THE STATES:
A condensed report on the Educational sys-
tenn of the various States of the Unon.-Com-
mittee: Messrs. Kennedy, of Phila., Bates, OF
Harrisburg and Pugh, of Centre.
1t is earnestly urged on all who feel an inter
est in the great work of harmonizing the seat
tered elements of our educational system, and
OF thus completing the grand idea of our ances'
tors, adequately to the wants of the present and
the protection and safety of the future,-to as
semble on this occasion. At the first meeting,
when nothing was done further than a hasty
survey of the ground to be occupied and an es
timate of the work to be done--beyond the ex
pectation of all. the time was pleasantly spent
and the proceedings were interesting and profit
able. Now, when the results of u careful in
vestigation are to be heard and matured conclu.
sions on so many vitality important points to be
presented,-the interest of the occasion and its