LEADING TEACHERS AGENCIES Teachers' Co-Operative Association of N. E., 3486 Positions Filled. DO YOU WANT DO YOU WANT TEACHERS? SCHOOLS? The oldest and the best. The first established in the South. Has supplied more teachers with positions than all other Teachers' Agencies in the South combined. Southern School & Teachers' Agency, TULLAHOMA, TENN. THE TEXAS TEACHERS' BUREAU, S. R.WINCHELL'S TEACHERS' AGENCY Tyler, Texas, seeks to locate teachers in Texas Send two cent stamp for application blanks. 262 Wabash Avenue, Chicago. Does business in every State. Is always in need of more first-rate teachers for the lower grades. Enrollment blank for two-cent stamp. 3 EAST 14TH STREET, N. Y. Secure your positions through it. Address. C. B. RUGGLES & CO., WHY? Select your teachers from it. BECAUSE 1. It is the largest, most reliable and influential Bureau in the World. 2. No charge to school officers for furnishing teachers. 3. One fee registers in thirty-five different State Bureaus of the League. 4. It recommends and plans the canvass of its candidates. We want teachers immediately available for Primary grades, Grammar grades, THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF STATE TEACHERS' BUREAUS, THE BRIDGE TEACHERS' AGENCY, BOSTON and CHICAGO. ONE FEE REGISTERS IN BOTH OFFICES. SEND FOR AGENCY MANUAL. Business Offices: 110 Tremont Street, Boston; 21 Wabash Avenue, Chicago. WANTED TEACHERS For public schoo's, private and commer Editor School Board Journal TEACHERS Both the unemployed and those ambitious for advancement, will find it to their advantage to correspond with us. AGENCY Secures good positions for good teachers with good records. We are getting calls for such teachers at We have filled 4841 positions at salaries aggregating more than $3,244,290.00 More than one-half of these being filled within the last three years. NORTHWESTERN SCHOOL AGENCY. A first-class Teachers Bureau. We place more teachers in Minnesota than all other agencies combined. Large business throughout the northwest. Send for our new catalogue. R. B. HAZARD, Manager, 457 Temple Court, Minneapolis, Minn. THE FISK TEACHERS' AGENCIES. THE TEACHERS' EXCHANGE, 4 Ashburton Place, Boston, Mass. 4 Ashburton Place, Boston, Mass. 4 Ashburton Place, Boston, Mass. 4 Ashburton Place, Boston, Mass. 4 Ashburton Place, Boston, Mass. 70 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y. 70 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y. 106 Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Ill. 131 Third Street, Portland, Ore. 120% So. Spring St., Los Angeles, Cal. 32 Church Street, Toronto, Ont. Send to any of the above for 100 page Agency Manual Free. For Additional Agencies See Page 244. Des Moines, Iowa. An Agency for Teachers, Schools and Colleges. The exchange needs the names of good teachers to fill the best positions in Iowa and adjoining States. Its methods are honorable and strictly professional. No commission unless direct aid is given. Circulars and blanks free. C. W. MARTINDALE, Manager, Des Moines, Iowa DO YOU WANT MUSIC ? If so, send your name and address on a postal card for our free Catalogue of latest popular 5-cent music. C. ROBINSON & CO., 11 Cooper Place, Brooklyn, N. Y. When writing to advertisers please mention that you saw their Advertisement in The Teachers World.” 12. Mrs. Bryant sent Jessie to the market for strawberries. Jessie paid 25 cents for 5 quarts. How much was that for one quart? How many pints were there in her basket of berries? 13. Katie picked 25 quarts of currants at 2 cents a quart. How much money did she earn? How many pints did she pick? 14. Roland bought 5 bushels of walnuts at $1.60. How much did he pay for one bushel? How many pecks did he buy? Quarts? Pints? What would 20 bushels cost at the same rate? 15. Mrs. Johnson sent George out into the orchard to gather peaches for preserving. He brought in 8 halfbushel baskets full. How many quarts were there? Pints? Bushels? 16. Homer raised a bed of onions containing 8 bushels. At 75 cents a bushel what were they worth? How many quarts had he? Pints? 17. Seymour picked 48 quarts of cherries at 2 cents a quart. How much did he earn? How many pints did he pick? 18. Lilian's aunt put up 20 quart cans of peaches, 18 of strawberries, 12 of cherries, 50 of raspberries and 28 of plums. How many quarts of fruit did she can? Pints? Bushels? 19. Frank raised 8 bushels of Lima beans in his garden. He sold them at 10 cents a pint. How much did he receive for them? How much for each bushel? 20. Arthur gave 6 cents a quart for 2 bushels of chestHow much did he pay? nuts. 21. Charles raised sweet potatoes at 85 cents a bushel, and received $8.50. How many bushels did he raise? Pecks? Quarts? Pints? 22. Mr. Bloomer sowed grass seed on his lawn that cost $4.00 a bushel. How much would a peck cost? A quart? A pint? Six bushels? 23. Alice went into the orchard for apples. She got 2 quarts of pippins, 8 of greenings, 6 of spies. What part of a bushel had she? How much were they worth at 90 cents a bushel? 24. Bertha bought 3 quarts of berries one day, 2 the next, 5 the next, 4 the next, 3 the next and 2 the next. How many berries did she buy? At 7 cents a quart what were they worth? 25. Lewis had 25 bushels of corn. At 35 cents a bushel what was it worth? How many quarts had he? Answers. No. 1. 48 gills; 36 cents. No. 2. 8 quarts; 16 pints; 40 cents; five times; 6 quarts; 10 cents; 30 cents; 20 cents. No. 3. 90 cents; 12 quarts. No. 4. 12 times; 48 gills; 32 gills; 8 pints; 40 pints; 20 quarts; 160 gills. No. 5. 25 quarts; 64 gallons; 50 pints; 200 gills; $1.75. No. 6. 10 gallons; 40 quarts; 80 pints; 320 gills. No. 8. 74 pints; 32 quarts; 192 quarts; 24 pecks; 4 bushels; 16 pecks; 256 pints; 40 pecks; 320 quarts; 640 pints; 128 quarts; 4 bushels; one-half of a bushel; onehalf of a peck. No. 9. He earned $3.90; 26 bushels; 104 pecks; 832 quarts; 1,664 pints. No. 10. $150; 1871⁄2 bushels; $75. No. 13. 50 cents; 50 pints. No. 14. 32 cents; 20 pecks; 160 quarts; 320 pints; $6.40. No. 15. 128 quarts; 256 pints; 4 bushels. No. 16. $6.00; 256 quarts; 512 pints. No. 18. 128 quarts; 226 pints; 4 bushels. No. 20. $3.84. No. 21. 10 bushels; 40 pecks; 320 quarts; 640 pints. No. 24. 19 quarts; $1.33. No. 26. $8.75; 100 quarts. Crosby's Vitalized Phosphites. From the phosphoid principle of the ox-brain and wheat germ. It contains nothing injurious. Formula on each label. For relief of brain-fatigue, nervous debility, dyspepsia, sleeplessness and night sweats, it is invaluable. For thirty years used by thousands of brain-workers, with such success as a curative that now many take it before great mental effort, as a preventive of nervous exhaustion. This vital nutriment supplies elements to brain and nerves, the loss of which is often the only cause of disease. Indorsed by leading physicians. Druggists, or by mail, $1.00. Pamphlet with full information free on application to F. CROSBY CO., 56 W. 25th St., N. Y. None genuine without this Signature. Also Crosby's Cold and Catarrh Cure. Invaluable for Cold In the Head and Influenza. Price, 50 cents. F. Crosby Con TEACHERS' AGENCIES-Continued. DE pluribus unum. It is a curious paradox that the more candidates an Agency has, the fewer it will recom- Supplied on short notice with competent experienced teachers. Write or telegraph us at our expense. We operate in all parts of the U. S. Established 1885. UNUM. TEACHERS WANTED Who have had successful experience in school Western Teachers' Bureau, Des Moines, Iowa. M. B. Locke, Manager. Teachers Co-Operative Association Established in 1884. Positions filled, 2300. 70-72 DEARBORN ST. Seeks Teachers who are ambitious for advancement rather than those without positions. High School for Girls, Montreal. PRINCIPALSHIP VACANT. The Principalship of this School, open to ladies only, is now vacant. The school has in attendance from 400 to 500 pupils, and its course of study extends from the Kindergarten to the University. The teaching staff consists of a Principal and about 20 assistants. The duties of the Principal require tact, discretion and good manners, and call for considerable powers of government and administration. Applications should give full particulars respecting age (which should be between 30 and 45 years), character and disposition, social status, professional qualifications, experience, etc., and should be accompanied by testimonials and reference. The present occupant of the position now receives a salary of $1500 per annum. Her successor must assume duty not later than 1st September next, or earlier if possible. Communications and applications should be addressed as soon as possible to, E. W. ARTHY, High School, Montreal METROPOLITAN INFORMATION CONCERN Material for Birthday. *** Washington's Birthday in the School-Room. This largest and most complete collection of original exercises, drills, The Helper in School Entertainments. Contains several exercises for Dick's Festival Reciter. 180 pp. of Pieces and Programmes for all special Historical Charades. STAMP ACT and DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. Introduces George Washington, Mrs. Washington, Jefferson, and others of the time. Price, 8 cents. Flag Drill. For young ladies-a fine entertainment. Price, 25 cents. The School House Flag. A National, Patriotic Exercise for flag raisings, Festivals and all Patriotic Entertainments. Contains 32 pp. of Songs, Recitations and Exercises. Price, 15 cents. Columbia, or America's Cantata. An Historical Entertainment for School. Dialogues, Songs and Acting. For advanced pupils or young folk. Price, 25 cents. Dear Land So Fair. A new, beautiful, Patriotic Song and Chorus. Should be sung in every school and home in the United States. With it are a number of other patriotic songs. Price, 12 cents. Pictures. George Washington, Martha Washington, Washington and Family, Lincoln, and other noted Statesmen and Generals. Each 22x28 in. Should be in every school. Price each, securely mailed, 25 cents. Stencils of above pictures for black board, each, 5 cents. Flags. All kinds in stock. Lowest prices for the best quality. Write for ANSWERS ANY QUESTION, Plan with References sent FREE. IMPORTANT BOOKS -FOR School Libraries. The Astor Library of Standard Literature. Comprising the most popular Works of Dickens, Thackeray, George Eliot, Walter Scott, Lytton, Cooper, Irving Carlyle, Ruskin, etc. 229 volumes. Half Russia binding. 75 cents per volume: 50 cts. per vol. to schools. Postage 8 to 10 cts. additional per vol. STANDARD POETS. Mrs. Browning, Robert Browning, Burns, Bryant, Byron, Chaucer, Campbell, Coleridge, Goldsmith, Hemans, Milton, Moore, Scott, Shakspeare, Spenser, Virgil, Wordsworth, etc. 108 volumes. Half Russia binding. 75 cts. per vol.; 50 cts. per vol. to schools. Postage 8 to 10 cts. additional per vol. Send for our complete catalogue, giving full information. T. Y. CROWELL & CO. 46 East 14th St., New York. The BAKER & TAYLOR CO. Wholesale Dealers in School and 740 & 742 Broadway, New York. ESTIMATES ON SUBMITTED LISTS. The Delsarte Ideal Training School. 110 Boylston St., Boston, Mass. Meservey's Book-keeping. Single Entry for Grammar Schools. Single and Double Entry for High Schools. Double Entry when that part only is required. Full sets of Clanks to accompany each edition. January 9, 1889, the Board of School Directors of the CITY OF ST. 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FDITORIAL JOTTINGS. Teach civics every month. Train your pupils in a knowledge of this government that they may become intelligent citizens. Don't scold and blame your children if they dislike a study. If you cannot interest them in it, scold and blame yourself, and if that fails to bring about a change-resign. What are your standards of success in your work? Or have you none? Figure out and set up your standards and find out where you are. Don't let your earnestness find its only expression in your voice. Volume of tone is no measure of the force of character. Make the schoolroom attractive by pictures and plants. If you cannot afford new pictures, then rehang those you have and thus make a change which will give the appearance of a refurnishing. You can cure tardiness in your school by making it worth while for any pupil to be present on time in your room. If the opening exercises are full of sunshine, sprightly, varied, and fresh, your pupils will be on hand to enjoy them. Don't wear every day this winter the same gown, put on your Sunday one occasionally. It will be inspiring. Let your children see how you look when you are "dressed up." Teach a new and singable song to your pupils every month, and let them sing these songs, not only on stated occasions, but often. A song should begin and end the school work of every day. Don't advertise your headaches and other ills to your class. You must be to your pupils the personification of good health. There can be no effective teaching where there is no good order. The mind is as the body and if the pupils are restless, noisy, troublesome, there is no concentration of mind and no mental growth. Whatever a teacher may strive to accomplish let her first object be good order, all else will follow. Keep in close touch with the reading of your pupils. By evincing an interest in this, teachers will find that their pupils will not only tell what they read but come for advice as to what they should read It is one of the greatest of the priviliges granted to teachers that they may influence and control the taste for reading in their pupils. Now is a good time to let up on your nagging of that troublesome boy. Say something good of him and to him. In these days of free text-books teachers have an added responsibility imposed upon them in the care of the books and appliances loaned to the pupils. With this responsibility comes to the teachers new duties in their relation to their pupils in that the children are to be taught to take care of property not their own. This sense of careship must be developed in children who must learn to have strict and due regard for other's property. It is as circumbent on the teacher to train children to have proper care for their books as it is for the teacher to teach pupils to read or write. {Teachers "talk shop" whenever they meet, but for the most part this "shop talk" is mere gossip and exchange of disagreeable or otherwise experiences. It is rare that teachers discuss at casual meetings, the principles of their calling. Yet this is what they should certainly do. Small talk is harmless enough in its place but it should not occupy the entire space. A neighborly call of one teacher on another should, if school matters are mentioned, be productive of some results brought about by considering principles, devices, and methods of work. Some teachers are actually ashamed to confess that they ever read a book on pedagogy and are reluctant to acknowledge their indebtedness for a method to some teacher or author. Teachers should be so proud of their calling, so earnest in making it the noblest in the land, that they should not only keep abreast of all the changes and growths in it, but be ever ready to discuss these, holding fast to what is good and seeking for what is better. |