Mass.; J. H. Hanson, Waterville, Me.; M. H. Buckham, Montpelier, Vt.; J. L. M. Curry, Richmond, Va.; A. D. Mayo, Boston, Mass.; Edward Conant, Castleton, Vt.; Sarah E. Doyle, Providence, R. I.; Celeste E. Bush, New Britain, Conn.; W. J. Corthell, Gorham, Me.; Augustus Morse, Hartford, Conn.; Albert Harkness, Providence, R. I.; Chas. P. Rugg, New Bedford, Mass.; W. E. Eaton, Charlestown, Mass.; H. F. Fuller, Worcester, Mass.; Edwin P. Seaver, Boston, Mass.; D. W. Hoyt, Providence, R. I.; W. T. Harris, Concord, Mass.; W. E. Sheldon, Boston, Mass.; Geo. H. Martin, Bridgewater, Mass.; J. M. Sawin, Providence, R. I.; H. W. Willard, Saxton's River, Vt.; W. T. Peck, Providence, R. I.; Justus Dartt, Montpelier, Vt.; John T. Prince, Waltham, Mass.; H. C. Hardon, Boston, Mass.; R. Woodbury, Castine, Me.; F. F. Barrows, Hartford, Conn.; L. W. Russell, Providence, R. I.; F. D. Blakeslee, E. Greenwich, R. I.; Ellen Hyde, Framingham, Mass.; Judah Dana, Castleton, Vt.; J. G. Scott, Westfield, Mass.; A. W. Edson, Attleboro, Mass.; Eldredge Smith, Dorchester, Mass.; E. S. Ball, Westerly, R. I.; J. D. Bartley, Bridgeport, Conn.; J. F. Blakington, Boston, Mass.; H. E. Sawyer, New Britain, Conn.; E. H. Howard, Providence, R. I.; I. N. Carleton, Bradford, Mass.; Larkin Dunton, Boston, Mass.; George A. Littlefield, Newport, R. I.; G. T. Fletcher, Marlboro, Mass.; James A. Page, Boston, Mass.; A. D. Small, Boston, Mass.; T. J. Morgan, Providence, R. I.; Richard L. Pease, Edgartown, Mass.; J. C. Greenough, Amherst, Mass.; R. G. Huling, Fitchburg, Mass.; L. L. Camp, New Haven, Conn.; Amos Hadley, Concord, N H.; W. W. Waterman, Taunton, Mass.; E. H. Davis, Chelsea, Mass. ; H. M. Harrington, Bridgeport, Conn.

Secretary. Robert C. Metcalf, Boston, Mass.

Assistant Secretary. — George E. Church, Providence, R. I.
Treasurer. James W. Webster, Boston, Mass.

Assistant Treasurer.- J. Milton Hall, Providence, R. I.

Councillors. - Homer B. Sprague, Wm. A. Mowry, M. G. Daniell, A. J. Manchester, J. S. Barrell, W. H. Lambert, George A. Walton, B. F. Tweed, John Kneeland, A. P. Marble, E. R. Ruggles, Frank A. Hill, J. G. Edgerly.

The Committee on the Prize Essay for the Bicknell Fund, Hon. T. B. Stockwell, Chairman, announced that

Mr. William M. Payne of Chicago, Illinois, was the author of the essay selected, and that he should receive the prize of sixty dollars. The subject of the essay was: "The New Education, its Origin, History, Principles, Methods, and Results." (See appendix to this volume.) This report was formally received, and its recommendations adopted.

The address of the evening was then given by John Fiske, of Cambridge, Mass., the title of his subject being "Manifest Destiny." (See Lectures.)

At the conclusion of the paper, President Sprague, in a few well-chosen words, introduced the Presidentelect, Hon. J. W. Patterson of New Hampshire. Mr. Patterson made a felicitous reply, congratulating President Sprague on the success of the meeting and inviting all to the next meeting of the Association in 1885.

The various sessions were pleasantly enlivened by some admirable singing by Mrs. Alice Osborne, and readings by Profs. Davis, Jelliffe, and others.

Thus passed into history one of the most interesting meetings of the American Institute of Instruction.

LECTURES AND ADDRESSES

DELIVERED BEFORE THE

AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF INSTRUCTION.

JULY 7, 8, 9 AND 10, 1884.