The resolution was adopted, and Messrs. F. W. Hurtt, A. C. Deuel, M. G. Williams and A. Smyth were appointed said committee.

On motion, Messrs. A. Holbrook, J. Hancock and J. Tuckerman were appointed a committee to distribute petitions and to appoint subcommittees in the different counties of the State, to obtain signatures to the same, and forward them to the Legislature for their action. The committee to Nominate Officers made the following report: President.-Rev. ANSON SMITH, of Toledo.

The Association convened, and proceeded to the election of officers. The rule requiring the election to be by ballot was suspended, and on motion, the nominations, as reported by the committee, were confirmed.

The report on Truancy and Vagrancy was then taken up. Mr. J. Eaton, on behalf of the committee, offered the following:

Resolved, That the interests of education demand immediate legislation with reference to truancy, vagrancy, and the establishment of a State Institution for the proper training of juvenile criminals.

The resolution was discussed by the Rev. L. Warner, Chaplain to

the Ohio Penitentiary, Messrs. B. Brown and A. G. Dimmock, exWardens, and others, after which it was unanimously adopted.

The facts elicited, and the views presented in this discussion were exceedingly interesting.

Mr. S. N. Sanford nominated the following persons as Trustees of the McNeeley Normal School:

For three years.
Cyrus McNeely,
Asa D. Lord,

John Hancock.

For two years.
Hon. Jno. A. Bingham,

Lorin Andrews,

Ephraim Clark,

Geo. K. Jenkins.

For one year.
M. F. Cowdery,
Ezra Cattell,

James Taggart,
T. W. Harvey.

The nominations were confirmed, and the above named persons elected. On motion, Mr. M. G. Williams was added to the committee of correspendence with reference to Normal Schools.

Dr. A. D. Lord made a brief Report with reference to the financial affairs of the Journal, which, on motion, was accepted and highly approved.

Mr. F. W. Hurtt offered the following:

WHEREAS, we believe that the appointment of a person who shall devote his whole time as Agent and Editor for the Ohio Journal of Education, would be the most effective plan of increasing its usefulness and its circulation: Therefore Resolved, That the Executive Committee be instructed to secure the services of

a competent person to act as Agent and Editor for said Journal.

After remarks by Messrs. Hancock, Lord, Cowdery and others, it was adopted.

Dr. John Williams offered the following:

Resolved, That we respectfully suggest to Boards of County Examiners the propriety of proposing to applicants the following questions.

1. Are you a subscriber to any educational periodical?

2. What educational treatises have you read?

3. Are you a member of any educational association?

Resolved, That we further suggest the propriety of allowing the answers given to these questions to have, in each case their due bearing in the determination of the grade of the certificate granted.

Mr. J. A. Sloan moved to amend by striking out the third question, which was carried, and the resolutions were adopted.

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Mr. L. Andrews offered the following:

'Resolved, That the heartiest thanks of the members of this Association and of the people of Ohio are due to Dr. A. D. Lord for his pioneer labors in the cause of Education in the State, for his efficiency as the Agent of this Association, and for the faithful and acceptable performance of his duties as Resident Editor of the Ohio Journal of Education."

Unanimously adopted.

On motion of Mr. L. Andrews, the "American Journal of Education," published by Hon. H. Barnard, of Hartford, Conn., was recommended to teachers and friends of education generally.

EVENING SESSION.

Melvin Clark, Esq., a member of the Board of School Examiners in Marietta, delivered an address; subject, "Popular Education as an element of Republicanism." A copy was solicited for publication.

The valedictory address of the President was pronounced. After which, Rev. A. SMYTH, the President elect, was conducted to the Chair and made a brief and appropriate address.

Rev. H. L. Hitchcock, D.D., President of Western Reserve College, was appointed to deliver the evening address at the next semi-annual meeting.

Rev. Mr. Bittinger, of Cleveland, was invited to read, at the same meeting, a Paper on "The Will as an Educational Power."

The thanks of the Association were tendered to Mr. A. J. RICKOFF, the retiring President, for the able, impartial and dignified manner in which he has discharged his duties during the past year.

A vote of thanks was returned to the railroad companies that reduced the fare of persons attending the Convention, to the hotel keepers in Columbus for the same, to the citizens of Columbus for their hospitalities, and to all who contributed to the agreeableness of this session of the Association.

The Christian Doxology was sung, the Benediction pronounced, and the Association adjourned to meet in Mansfield, on Tuesday and Wednesday, the 1st and 2d days of July next.

NAMES OF MEMBERS.

The following persons became members, or renewed their membership, by paying the fee of one dollar :