Morning journal and courier., 1880-07-09
Teachers at Saratoga.

At the Wednesday morning session of the Institute of Instruction at Saratoga Hon | Henry Barnard and Professor B. G. NorthroI spoke on the subject of high schools, and A l Parish, of New Haven, discussed the ques tion of utilizing pupils reading by making him give an account of the substance of what 1 he has just gone over. Professor B. G. Northrop spoke on the same topic. The question of private schools came up for con sideration, and they were cordially approved by several speakers, among wLJm was Mir. l Henry Barnard, who said that this institute I was largely due to the efforts of teachers oi l private schools.
 At the afternoon sesion Elbridge Smith. principal of the Dorchester High School of 1 Boston, delivered the semi-centennial ad- dress. He said that the American lyceum formed at Millbury, Mass, in 1926 by Josiah Holbrook, was the foundation of the present institute In 1S3O a convention was held in Boston under the auspices of the lyceum, and it was resolved among other things, that it was expedient to form a permanent organ ! ization of persons engaged and interested in the business of instruction. A draft of the constitution was reported on July 3, and a notice to teachers was issued stating the re- suit of a meeting of Eearly three hundred teachers and friends of education to be to form an association. Public introductory lectures were promised at the first meeting by President Wayland, of Brown University, and seventeen others. Of those lecturers two still survive One of them is unable to attend, but the other, H. K. Oliver, is now, at the ripe age of 92, Mayor of Salem, Mass i; being probably the oldest officer of that kind in the United States.
 Ex-presidents of the association and other old n0mb6rS "reminiscences of the early and later stages of it's progress. and in the evening another fifty year paper was read under the title of Educational progress in the United States during the last fifty years. !"
 Personal.
 Conductor Brompton of the Hartford railroad, is ill with rheumatism.
 Rev. Dr. Horton, of Cheshire, breaches at Christ church, East Haven, Sunday
 Senator Platt has gone to the Adirondacks to be away until the State convention, which is to be held in Hartford August 11th.
 MT. Charles S. Elliot, en route home from Paris, commences his engagement as organist at St. James, church, New London, one week from next Sunday.
 Thomas Dumphy, an employe of the Porter Stair Company, fell down stairs in the com pehAy CoSoOAoAAAACAs 1oOSeldy d1u DEOk0 one of his arms in two places.
 Rev. Dr. Leonard Bacon and wife left yes terday for Lakeville, and Mrs. Winston Trowbridge and family and Mrs. John Eng fish and family have gone to the White Noun tains.
 Mir. H. F. Hubbard the advertising agent, and wife celebrated the thirteenth anniyer- sary of their marriage Wednesday evening at their new residence on Pearl street The af- fair was much enjoyed.
 Rev. A. J. Riddle, of the First Congrega- tional church in Milford, who declined call to the East church, this city, about year ago, has received and accepted a call to a Congregational church in Oswego, N. Y.
 A cablegram from Rev. M. H. Pogson, of Bridgeport, yesterday, announces his safe ar rival in Liverpool The Arizona made the passage to Queenstown in seven days, four teen hours and forty-one minutes. This lacks but six hours and thirty three minutes of the quickest passage ever made across the Allan tic, and by the same steamer, in seven days, eight hours and eight minutes.
 Richer in bone and fat producing materials than all others are Malt Bitters.