Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-08-06
EDUCATIONAL COLUMN.
Edited and Conducted by
J T.. LANGENBA ugh.
ILLINOIS.

superintendent CT Public instruction
every two years. The Board of Educa-
tion of the State of Illinois, consisting of
fifteen members, has immediate charge of
the State Normal University. The object
of this University is to qualify teachers
for the common schools. This Board
have no power TO manage the common
schools directly. There are three school
directors for each district in the State.
They select text books once in four years,
aud have entire control over schools,
teachers, etc. County Superintendents
are elected every two years; one for each
county, and receive salary in commissions
and per diem for actual services, not TO
exceed $1,000 Year Three township
Trustees, in each township elected by the
eople, who administer the laws in rela.
tion To common schools in their respec-
tive townships They elect President,
who conducts the body under the direc-
ton OF the County Superintendent.
The school fund Is derived from the tax
of two mills upon each dollars worth OF
taxable property in the State; from the
interest on the school, college and semi
nary fund; from the interest on county
fund; from certain fines and forfeiiures
which go by law To support schools
from special taxes levied and collected in
and by the respective local school dis.
tricts. Teachers are examined by Coun-
ty Supertntendents, whose certificates
within the county are of effect one, and
two years. The teachers are employed by
district directors. Age of pupils from 6
to 81 years
The district Directors direct what
branches are To be taught i'm their several
schools. The Southern Illinois Normal
University is under management of a
Board OF Trustees, five in number.
In the numerous experiments upon the
impurities contained in air and rain which
have been made during many years pasl
by DIR. X. a. Smith, general inspector of
alkali works, in Great Britain, he has fire.
quently found it necessay To examine the
effect of viliated air upon breathing. For
this fhiEsl slnse an fright apartment, capa
BILE of seating several persons, ,was employ
ed; and the experiments were not unfre-
quently attended with considerable dan
ger. On one occasion young lady "who
was extremely fond of pure air. was anx-
ious, in the Cause Of science, To be in the
chamber when the candles went out
There would then be about 10 per cent
of oxygen and 2l-l0 per cent. of cirbonic
acid in the room. She stood five min
utes perfectly well, but suddenly became
white. and could not come out without
help She was remarkably healthy, never
was i'll. and was troubled with no tear Of
the air in which she stood.
1t now appears that while Chicago
was burning, there was plenty of water
beneath it; Tor artesian wells are being
opened in that city, twenty five having al
ready been bored, and in no instance has
u failure TO obtain plentiful supply of
water occurred.
1t has been taken for granted that the
pin manufacture is, comparatively speak
ing, one of but modern date but another
proof of the truth that there is nothing
new under the sun is afforded by the fac.
that in 1868 there were p pins placed in
the Louvre Musee Charles X, in a glass
case before the door OF the Ceramic col
lection OF Napoleon III: tha; had been
found by Nj. Mariette, in the subterranean
vaults of Thebes, where they must have
been buried at least for 1900 years.
Remember, uow ye thoughtless,
BY youth and strength sustained,
An hour idly wasted
Can never be regained.
The past is gone forever,
The future is unknown
But the present still is with you,
And that is all your own.
Sleep obtained two hours before mid
night, when the negative forces are in
operation is the rest which most re-
cupeerates the system, giving bright
ness to the eye and glow to the
cheek. The difference in the appear
ance of person who habitually re-
tires at 10 o'clock, and that of one who
sits up until ~ is quite remarkable. The
tone of the system, so evident in the COM
plexion. the clearness and sparkle of the
eye, and the softness of the lines of the
features, is, in person of health, kept at
concert pitch" by taking regular rest of
two hours before - clock. and thereby
obtaining the beauty sleep" of the night.
There is heaviness of the eye, a sallow-
ness of the skin, and an absence of that
glow in the face which renders it fresh
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