JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS.

SEVENTH ANNUAL SESSION.

Representatives' Hall, Aug. 25, 1836.

At 9 o'clock, A. M., Mr. J. G. Carter of Lancaster, the senior Vice-President, took the chair, and the records of the last year were read by the Secretary.

The following Committees were then appointed, viz.:

To introduce Ladies and Strangers.

Messrs. Fairbank, of Charlestown, Beaman, of Attleborough, Belcher and Carter, of Boston, and Lewis, of Hingham.

To nominate Officers.

Messrs. Thayer, of Boston, Greenleaf of Bradford, Pettis, and Adams, of Boston, Hall, of Andover, E. A. Andrews, of Boston, and W. H. Brooks, of Salem.

To report for the Newspapers.

The Recording Secretary, Messrs. E. A. Andrews, Adams and Alcott, of Boston, and Greenleaf, of Bradford.

Voted, That invitation be given to all clergymen and also to gentlemen who have heretofore delivered lectures before the Institute, to attend our meetings.

The Institute then adjourned to half past 11 o'clock, A. M. At half past 11, prayers were offered by Rev. Mr. Barrett, of Boston. A Lecture was then read by Dr. S. G. Howe, of Boston, on "The Education of the Blind."

Voted, That the meetings of the Institute be regularly held at 9 A. M., and 3 P. M., until further order be taken thereon. Voted, That evening sessions be held at Chauncy Hall, at half past 7 o'clock, for the discussion of questions.

Adjourned to 3 o'clock, P. M.

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At 3 o'clock, P.M., the Institute assembled. The following gentlemen were appointed a committee to provide a reporter, Messrs. Alcott and Cushing, of Boston, and Clark, of Chelsea. Mr. Pettis, of Boston, offered the following resolution: Resolved, That the American Institute of Instruction respectfully recommend to those gentlemen who may participate in the regular discussions, not to continue their observations beyond fifteen minutes at any one time.

Resolved, That the presiding officer cause the above recommendation to be read at the commencement of each regular discussion. After some discussion, the resolution was laid on the table.

At half past 3 o'clock, P. M., a Lecture was delivered by Dr. WILLIAM A. ALCOTT, of Boston, on "The House I live in."

Mr. Brownson, of Boston, offered the following as a question for discussion, viz.: "What can the American Institute do, in addition to what it has done, to meet the wants of the American people in relation to education?"-which was laid upon the table, to be called up at a future time.

Voted, That clergymen and gentlemen who have delivered lectures before the Institute be invited to take part in the discussions.

A discussion was then held, on the Necessity and Means of Physical Education, in which Messrs. Alcott, Brownson, and Dr. Alcott, of Boston, Greenleaf and Hall, of Boston, took parts.

Messrs. Hall, Alcott and Greenleaf were appointed a committee to consider and report upon the subject discussed.

Mr. Thayer, of Roxbury, gave notice, that he should, tomorrow, propose an amendment of the Constitution of the Institute, so as to omit the words "at Boston," in the third article, first clause.

Chauncy Hall.-Evening.

The meeting having been called to order, on motion of Mr. Brownson, the question proposed by him was taken up and

discussed by Messrs. Brownson, Alcott, Pettis, Greenleaf, E. A. Andrews and F. Emerson. The subject was then committed to Messrs. Brownson, Emerson and Greenleaf.

Adjourned.

Friday morning, Aug. 26.

The Institute came to order at half past nine o'clock, Mr. J. G. Carter in the chair. The Committee to whom was referred the subject of Physiology, made a report, which was accepted. The list of officers nominated by the committee of nomination, was read by Mr. Pettis, of Boston, and three o'clock this afternoon was appointed for the balloting. Mr. Alcott informed the Institute that Mr. Locke, a congressional reporter, had been engaged, to report the discussions for the daily papers.

At 10 o'clock, Mr. Wм. H. BROOKS, of Salem, delivered a lecture on "Thorough Teaching."

The lecturer, expected at eleven o'clock, not appearing, after a recess of thirty minutes, Mr. Kimball, of Needham, proposed the following question for discussion: "What is a teacher's duty to his scholars, in their use of food, as to quantity and kind, in respect to its influence on health and mental and moral culture?" This question, being accepted, was immediately taken up for discussion, and spoken upon by Messrs. Kimball, Pettis, Brown, Alcott, R. G. Carter, E. A. Andrews, Brownson, Greenleaf and Porter.

The following gentlemen were appointed a committee, to confer with Dr. Howe, and ascertain the most convenient time for the members of the Institute to visit the Institution for the Blind, Dr. Howe having politely invited them,1 Messrs. Fairbank, Adams and Brownson.

Afternoon.-3 o'clock.

The time appointed for the ballot having arrived, Messrs. Carter, Kingsbury and Clark were appointed a committee to sort and count the votes; having performed this duty, the chairman reported that the whole list of officers nominated were unanimously chosen.

LIST OF OFFICERS.

PRESIDENT.

WILLIAM B. CALHOUN, Springfield, Mass.

VICE-PRESIDENTS.

James G. Carter, Lancaster, Mass.
Lyman Beccher, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Andrew S. Yates, Chittenango, N. Y.
John Griscom, New York, N. Y.
John Pierpont, Boston.

John Park, Worcester, Mass.
Daniel Kimball, Needham, Mass.
William C. Fowler, Middlebury, Vt.
Walter R. Johnson, Philadelphia, Penn.
Martin S. Hurlburt, Philadelphia, Penn.
Frederick Hall, Baltimore, Md.
Professor Oliver, Hanover, N. H.
Nehemiah Cleveland, Newbury, Mass.

Ebenezer Bailey, Boston.

Solomon P. Miles, Boston.

Elipha White, John's Island, S. C.

Stephen C. Phillips, Salem, Mass.
Henry K. Oliver, Salem, Mass.
Jacob Abbott, Roxbury, Mass.
Gideon F. Thayer, Roxbury, Mass.
John Wheeler, Burlington, Vt.
Benjamin L. Hale, Geneva, N. Y.

Dennison Olmsted, New Haven, Conn.

Samuel Pettis, Boston.

Ethan A. Andrews, Boston.

Samuel P. Newman, Brunswick, Me.

John Kingsbury, Providence, R. I.

RECORDING SECRETARY.

Thomas Cushing, Jr., Boston.

CORRESPONDING SECRETARIES.

George B. Emerson, Boston.
Henry R. Cleveland, Boston.

TREASURER.

William D. Ticknor, Boston.

CURATORS.

Henry W. Carter, Boston.

Joseph Hale Abbot, Boston.

Josiah Fairbank, Charlestown, Mass.

CENSORS.

Charles K. Dillaway, Boston.

Frederick Emerson, Boston.

William J. Adams, Boston.

COUNSELLORS.

Jonathan Blanchard, Andover, Mass.
William H. Brooks, Salem, Mass.
Benjamin F. Farnsworth, Providence, R. I.
Benjamin Greenleaf, Bradford, Mass.

Alfred Greenleaf, Salem, Mass.

Samuel R. Hall, Andover, Mass.

Peter Mackintosh, Boston.

William Russell, Philadelphia, Penn.
Dyer H. Sanborn, Gilford, N. H.

Goold Brown, New York, N. Y.

Theodore Dwight, Jr., New York, N. Y.
Emory Washburn, Worcester, Mass.

At half past 3 o'clock, the Institute listened to a lecture from Rev. S. R. HALL, Principal of the Teachers' Seminary, Andover.

On motion of Mr. G. F. Thayer, it was voted that lecturers before the Institute have the privilege of inviting whom they please to hear their lectures.