THE RETROSPECT OF THE YEAR. 95 



Monday, March 12, 1894.— Rev. E. P. Farnham lec- 

 tured in Plummer Hall, 011 "The Kindergarten." The 

 President, in introducing the lecturer, spoke of the factthat 

 two Salem ladies, the daughters of the late Dr. Nathaniel 

 Peabody, were among the very first in this country to be 

 interested in the kindergarten movement, which had been 

 introduced by Horaee Mann, Secretary of the Massachu- 

 setts Board of Education, upon his return from Europe 

 (Mrs. Mann and Miss E. P. Peabody.) 



Mr. Farnham, in giving the history of the movement, 

 pointed out the difference between the kindergarten train- 

 ing received by young chilclren nowadays, and the former 

 methods of Instruction. In the ßrst, pleasure is mingled 

 with the studies, while by the old way it was nothing but 

 grinding, hard work. 



Monday, March 19, 1894. — Regulär meeting in the 

 library room at 8 o'clock this evening. Rev. George D. 

 Latimer read an instructive paper on "Municipal Govern- 

 ment." After referring to the government of some of the 

 leacling American cities, upon which he made some criti- 

 cisms, the lecturer spoke of Birmingham and Berlin as 

 remarkable for good city governments. He referred to 

 our own city affairs and thought there could be some im- 

 provement. The p;»per was discu^sed by Mr. Hunt, Mr. 

 Gove, Dr. Cherrington, Mr. Welch and Mr. Robinson. 



Monday, March 26, 1894. — Dr. L. J. Cherrington 

 lectured in Plummer Hall ; subject, "The Human Work- 

 shop." The lecturer told in an entertaining and explan- 

 atory way of the wonderful Workshop placed in every 

 human being. He said that man had been likened to a 

 machine, but he weilt further and declared that in every 

 man was a complete ^achine shop. He explained the 



