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given by words. One who wishes to know how the 

 work is conducted must necessarily have an object- 

 lesson on object-teaching. Our rooms will be open 

 to visitors for a few weeks, beginning about the tenth 

 of <May, and all are invited to spend a day or two 

 with us. 



It is scarcely necessary to say a word in this com- 

 munity upon the merits of the normal system of in- 

 struction. Notwithstanding every circumstance has 

 been unfavorable, except the system itself, the suc- 

 cess of this institution from the day it was opened 

 has exceeded the expectations of its most sanguine 

 friends. Our rooms have always been filled beyond 

 their capacity to accommodate ; and our number has 

 included the greater part of the advanced scholars of 

 this village and vicinity. 



The influence of the normal system in Milford, for 

 the past fifteen years, seems to have been beneficial. 

 It has qualified a large number of young ladies for 

 the profession of teaching; and, judging from the 

 demand for their services, and the wages paid them, 

 it would seem that their teaching is valued. The 

 average wages of female teachers, in this State, last 

 year, was less than twenty-one dollars. The average 

 wages of our graduates was forty-two dollars, — nearly 

 as much as that of the graduates of the Normal Uni- 

 versity of Illinois, which was forty-six dollars. It 



