cially vocal in parts,) social gatherings or re-iinions, at least for some classes 

 eacli week, when tliey should meet the professors and their families, having 

 some object to bring them together, such as microscopic examinations, or the 

 magic lantern, music, or portfolios of engravings, &c., to examine. 



" 3. For mental improvement, supposing the elementary branches mastered ; 

 then drawing, land surveying, geography, bookkeeping, human anatomy, physi- 

 ology and hygiene, comparative anatomy and physiology, vegetable physiology, 

 chemistry, mineralogy and geology, botany and zoology, lectures on gardening, 

 pruning, fruit-raising, wine-making, &c ; agricultural chemistry, embracing 

 lectures on manures, improving worn-out lands, drainage, &c. ; lectures on stock- 

 raising and farriery. 



" THE NORMAL SCHOOL. 



" In this a great object should be, not so much to convey any particular inform- 

 ation of, subjects to be taught, as to discipline the would-be teachers in the 

 best method of imparting instruction in any branch or department. 



" Instruction how to convey information to the youthful mind might be given 

 on the following points : 



" 1. Lessons on things (objects surrounding us) of every day occurrence. 



" 2. Petalozzi's system of arithmetic, (mental.) 



" 3. Writing on blackboard, before using either slate or paper, to give freedom 

 to the hand. 



" 4. The elements of di-awing and practice in estimating distances, areas, &c. 



" 5. Proper mode of teaching vocal music with metronome, tuning-forks, &c. 



"(These last three comprise improvement of the hand, eye, and ear — conse- 

 quently the development of three senses ; the taste and sense of smell do not 

 require much cultivation.) 



" 6. Making each would-be teacher lecture alternately on some of the subjects 

 under discussion, so as to practice the imparting of instruction, the professor 

 criticising, if necessary, his style, mode of handling the subject, &c. 



" N. B. — If female teachers are to be received and instructed, there should be 

 a model kitchen for the instruction of young ladies in the proper mode of pre« 

 paring wholesome food, such as household bread, and of knowing, not guessino-, 

 when things are sufficiently cooked ; also, how to cook without the Avasteful and 

 unwholesome use of so much lard, and the advantages of boiling instead of 

 frying constantly in grease, &c. 



"MODEL FARM. 



"Connected with the agricidtural college there should, of coui-se, be a model 

 farm, and the best of stock, implements, &c.; also a model garden and Green- 

 house. Connected with the normal institution there ought to be a model school- 

 house aud appurtenances, and, as above suggested, a model kitchen. 



"MILITARY TRAINING. 



" Perhaps by carrying out the West Point system of training, as flir as con- 

 sistent with study, work, &c., the necessity of a gymnasium might not be so 



