situations are suitable, according to circum¬ 
stances. But we do propose to mention n 
very few of the advantages of Rural Acade¬ 
mics. lu doing so, we si mil use the Academy 
of our Rural vicinity as an illustration, It 
stands on an eminence, just at tbo outskirts 
of a beautiful forest, Commanding a pleasing 
view of tlic quiet country village which lies 
on one side, as also of the most cheering, 
picturesque scenery extending on the other 
sides as far as the eye can reach. We have 
two railroads in full view of the building, as 
well as a little stream of water, where the 
students find an «*xcollcnl pastime, these 
summer days, in bathing or fishing. 
ini rat tonal 
Let us, one and all, arouse ourselves and 
look well to our schools. Lei us visit them 
often and satisfy ourselves that the teachers 
are well qualified to instruct our children, 
and also that they arc exerting an influence 
for good over the mind*of the little ones en¬ 
trusted to their euro, as well as being faithful 
in their instructions from text-books. Hav¬ 
ing found such teachers, let us open our eyes 
mid hearts, and let no mercenary or necimi- 
A SUMMER DAY 
SUNSnq\K ovor (lie inendow IniulM, 
Kii'siiiK the crimson clover, 
Ami sunshine huuutiin,' the lily cups 
ThiU, the yellow bees Iiuiir over. 
And sunshine over the Im/.v hillr 
And over the dimplInK river 
And I wished Mint thesuri and (lie .Summer day 
Might whine and last forever. 
We walked down by the meadow pnth, 
The broad highway for.-iiikinit. 
For the quiet of that lovely spot 
Seemed better tor our love-making. 
And l wan silent, and who wnw why, 
Amt we walked down through the clover; 
But we thought it the sweetest Summer day 
That ever the wuu shone over. 
We heard the birds in the wa ving grass, 
As they twit tered to each other 
About the nests they had hidden away 
And the coo of each glad bird mother. 
Ami we thought,as we walked that Summer day 
Through the clover blooms together, 
That at. last the world was in perfect time, 
in the glad, bright Hummer weather. 
I cannot, tell what I said to her. 
As we walked ifnoe-deep in clover; 
lint I know that the robins merrily sang 
Their sweetest of sweet snugs over. 
And down hi my heart, love’s own hi.-a 
NEW PUBLICATIONS, 
THE POTSDAM NORMAL SCHOOL. 
The instilutex oT .W edictne, by M AIITYN 
Paine, A. M., M. D.. LL. D. (Notv York: Har¬ 
per & Brothers, 8v<>„ pp. 1 151.) As the doctrines 
of Medicine, like Theology and Moral Science, 
run m schools, the soundness of any teacher’s 
views depends very much upon who are the re¬ 
ceivers. but the venerable IYor. Paine seems to 
have secured the profound respect of nearly all 
the schools, and the hearty indorsement of many 
of them. The author of the Institutes of Medicine 
lias been eminently llieetuunpion of vitality and 
soltdism, as opposed to the old idea of chemical 
physiology. Of this work the North American 
Medico Chirnrglcal Review says"No one can 
read the Institutes of Medicine without being 
filled with respect and even admiration for the 
profound erudition, Hie pains-taking and sys- 
tematic research, and the laborious rod action ex¬ 
hibited 6o abundantly in its pages. With care¬ 
ful aud discriminating hands Hr. Paine has 
gathered together, from the writings of both the 
curlier and contemporary physiologists, the nu¬ 
merous important fuels and details w hich cou- 
sliiuie the subjeot-nmUer-1 ho crude material- 
80 to speak, of his favorite science,mid arranged 
and built them up into a stately ediflee—the I 11 - 
stitutiunes Medietme whose great corner¬ 
stones are Physiology, Pathology aud Thera¬ 
peutics. \V&earnestly recommend this work to 
the careful perusal and study of every one in¬ 
terested in physiology, whether m its aspect of 
a pure or an applied science. The breadth and 
comprehensiveness of many of its doctrines, the 
great questions In which it abounds, and the 
consummate skill and learning with which these 
are generally treated, stamp it as a valuable 
treatise which should lind a place in every 
philosophical library and be consulted by every 
phy sician who practices hia profession os a sci¬ 
ence and not as an empirical art.” 
The #'.'//<■ In Hetillh nnrt IHnruxe, being a 
series of articles on the Anatomy and Physiol¬ 
ogy of the human Eye and its surgical and medi¬ 
cal treatment. By 11. Joy Jeffries, A.M..M.D. 
(Boston : Alexander Moore.) We can do no bet- 
l fib accompanying view of the Potsdam 
Noiman School Building is from Randall’s 
“ H's'ory of the Common School System of 
the State of New York,” lately published by 
Ivls-on, Bla iceman, Taylor & Co. The 
same work lias the following; 
The Potsdam Normal and Training 
School was organized underact of 1807, on 
tsnerrafF 
And \vlnm WQUHiiJtt tip u, ( . meadow path 
Oar hearts tuuig over and over ; 
■‘O sweet, glint day h>r Wohmoii and bird 
And for every hill lie young lover !" 
And yet I know not the word# she said, 
Or whelher she spoke ni nil ; 
Blit of all sweet, days, (bill Summer day 
I conn! us the heat of all. 
imwm m’rrrrrr', 
^torifs for iltmtlisf 
Nr 'll? 
BV HARRY HALL. 
• —-- 
ICoucluded from page 18, last No.J 
CHAPTER III. 
Nora would lmrdly have liked to confess 
how much she was influenced in her decision 
to attend Kv.v s party by the hope of meet¬ 
ing there Leonard Gordon, whom she had 
not seen since the loss of their properly. 
Remembering their conversation about the 
Faiiu mi.r/s failure, she felt she hail little to 
hope from seeing him, and her heart sunk 
when she thought how true lmd been his 
prophesy in regard to Tom Courtenay’s 
constancy—still she wanted confirmation of 
her doubt*. It was with a good deal of ex¬ 
citement, therefore, that she arrayed herself 
in her cherry silk with her lace overdress for 
her “ last party,” ns she told herself over and 
over. 
The Whitneys sent their carriage for her 
and she found Htr«u waiting at the dressing- 
room door to take her down to the parlor. 
Bhu was early, as Eva had insisted she 
'THE POTSDAM 
the 27th of April, 1869. The attendance 
during the first year was as follows: 
Normal School. lai 
1 raining School, Academical Department. sa 
.. u Intermediate “ ... 125 
Primary “ ... jyg 
T °tal . 
The school is located in the central part, 
of tlie village, fronting the public pm-k, 
which is free to the students. The building 
is constructed of Potsdam sandstone, and 
consists ot a central building, 45 by ll:j feet. 
From this, at, a distance of 22 fret from the 
fiont, 011 each side, there are two wings, y<» 
feet, deep by -10 front, and from the ends of 
each ot these, at. right angles, two others, 
bb feet front by 72 deep. The entire build¬ 
ing is 227 feet in length by 118 in depth, 
comprising a basement, and three stories’ 
above. In the basement are the dining 
room, kitchen, laundry,cor’" »om and cellar; 
on the first floor the labor;y, Normal hall, 
1 rim ary, and Intermediate Departments, 
Library, Principal’s room, and Reception 
room; on the second, the Preceptress’and 
Matron’s rooms, the Academic Study rooms, 
and recitation rooms for the Normal and' 
Academic Departments; on the third. Dor¬ 
mitories, Recitation rooms, and Gymnasium. 
Oil this floor is also thu boarding hail, de¬ 
signed exclusively for lady pupils, affording 
excellent accommodations for fifty students, 
with Bath rooms aud a Gymnasium. Each 
room is carpeted, and neatly furnished for 
Urn occupation of two ladies. The Faculty 
is as follows: 
^Vicar, Principal and Professor 
iVl* ™ u . ,,d DiUautica. 
neie, free from the misty atmosphere 
which surrounds so many of our cities, the 
student may breathe the clear 
-.pure air of 
heaven, strengthening and invigorating his 
mental frame. Here, too, he is Surrounded 
by the works of Nature, from which he may 
draw lessons of the most valuable instruc¬ 
tion It, is a favorite exorcise of the tench 
eis to draw illustrations from Mich natural 
objects as surround the school,—thus min¬ 
gling the seen with 1 lie unseen, and making 
practical the lessons taught. 
Here, also, the student may be natural. 
He is partially unrestrained as to manners, 
yet does not fail to acquire the best element 
of politeness, natural civility. Now there 
is a certain polish that, every student needs. 
It is what may be properly termed the stu¬ 
dents polish—the would-be natural result 
of education. Nowhere can the student 
acquire the foundation of this so easily ns at, 
a Rural Academy. In the city he is more no¬ 
ticed, and, consequently, to be popular, must 
acquire city styles aud manners, whether 
nat ural or not. This city polish may bo and 
is proper in its place, but the country is the 
place to first acquire the best elements of 
habits and study, for here one may be natu¬ 
ral entirely. 
Many other advantages might be stated, 
but enough for the present. 
Jamestown, Pa., 1871. J. c. MoFeeteiis. 
Stunt. Sessions ill Arcade ILill. Exercise* 
of more Ilian usual variety are promised. 
The National Educational Convention 
Will be !,t St. Louis, August 22d, 23d, and 
-Dili. Only an incomplete programme lias 
yet been issued. All the St. Louis hotels 
have reduced their rates to delegates attend¬ 
ing the Convention, —and railroads and 
steamboats have, in most cases, reduced their 
lares. Full particulars may he obtained by 
addressing .1. L. Pickard, Pres’t. Nat Ed 
Ass’n, or N. T. Harris, Pres't Local Com¬ 
mittee, St. Louis, Mo. 
1 in-: American Philological Association 
'sill hold its third Annual Session at New 
Haven, Ct,, commencing July 25, at 8 P. M. 
1 he animal address will lie delivered by the 
President of the Association, Chancellor 
Howard Crosby, on Tuesday evening. 
1. J. Rochussen discusses at length in the 
St. Albans Messenger, the question of edu¬ 
cating hoys and girls together. He is deci 
dedly in favor of giving women the same 
education us men, and in the twine school, 
and warmly commends an arrangement 
which has recently been made at Cornell 
University, by Which lady students can con¬ 
veniently have access to all the facilities of 
instruction which Cornell furnishes. 
Since President Clark of Hie Mussuchit- 
sells Agricultural College received applica¬ 
tion to admit tlm Japs to the college, lie has 
received a letter Irom Indian Commissioner 
Parker, requesting him to receive a. young 
Dakota who is to be educated by the Gov¬ 
ernment. lie has also been requested to re- 
ceive a young Georgian, by the United Stales 
Consul at Treblzond, Turkey. 
HaRPKR&Brothers have just published 
a “Common School Series of Drawing 
Books,” designed and drawn by M. II. 
Holmes. There are four parts, or books, 
made of copies aud blanks on alternate 
pages, and well adapted for new beginners. 
The University of Kentucky has pur¬ 
chased Ashland, the home of Henry Clay 
for $90,000. 
The recent College Commencements have 
been occasions of great interest. 
SCHOOLS-TEACHERS, 
BOOKS RECEIVED, 
I* r!f T(Jl n Y OF ttoaus. by Titus Livrus Vo] 
(ram ^’ u i v n r s l8luted ’ mth " otes lin<1 hlus 
v“!.i?! ,s ',by D. t-PEnuMAN, A. M„ M. D. Nev 
Haipoi & Brothers. 
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isTiA v* aI 1 /**®® ail(1 the Orient. I. v Ham 
,,;i , a . n ^MJLUsen. New York: if. a 
York 
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S'NkV, Italy" 
furl isTiA v 
nought,,,,. 
lien; N m d 3 ;*''Botany, and Alpha- 
Ono Ini mired and 
& Co. " Boston: James It. Osgood 
JnE OGIliVrw 4 
"John (Iiiijfnv n^nVi? * Dy V ,e author of 
""SSS.-!”*' «*• 
Butz. inn-a! Jtn'i ,!, AGrc Cmci.K. By Sljfiior 
0uve I,: ll, lknt “‘ & nte 0 - |,p ’ Ha,ir ° n1 ’ 
ipH^itleman ’^ he S l,th ^" of “ Jof "' Hal- 
Brothers. ’ &c - New York: Harper & 
by J- 'mvlm ( ; E ^ 8k a 1 .d Burlesques 
tun Aco. - (New York: D. Apple- 
BosSnfRgjMrated pamphlet. 
) V( >UT.n8. By Mrs. A. E. 
Educational Reform in Scotland — 
Scotland bids lair to be the next field for 
Educational reform. In her speech at the 
opening of Parllumoot, the other day, the 
Queen said :—' A proposal is anxiously ex¬ 
pected in Scotland for the adjustment ot the 
question of public Education. With refer¬ 
ence to the training of the young in schools 
on a national scale and basis, that portion of 
A RURAL ACADEMY. 
Where should the 
Scholar live?” is a 
question often asked by those interested in 
education ; and following it naturally is an¬ 
other—” Where should an Academy be ?” 
We do not propose to say that it should he 
in the country and never in the city ; neither 
that it, should bo in the city and never in the 
country: for every one knows that both 
