and ninety-eight; in all, ninety-seven thousand four hundred and seventy-seven. Of teachers, there were males, two thousand two hundred and ninety-six ; females, two hundred and forty-one. In the middle schools the different branches of instruction are usually taught by different teachers. How many hours per day does the tuition of the middle schools continue? Seven hours, except Wednesdays and Saturdays, when there is no school in the afternoon. (D.) WEEKLY COURSE OF STUDY IN THE TEACHERS' SEMINARY AND BOYS' SCHOOL UNDER THE CARE OF DR. DIESTERWEG, AT BERLIN, IN THE SUMMER TERM, 1836. The Teachers' Seminary is divided into three classes, which are designated by the Roman numerals on the left hand of the columns, and the HOURS. MONDAY. TUESDAY. WEDNESDAY. THURSDAY. II. Arithmetic . R. II. Religion B. II. Theory of music E. II. Botany 8 to 9. 7 to 8. III. Theory of music E. III. Botany. FRIDAY. SATURDAY. G. III. Religion B. III. Geometry 1. Arithmetic . G. 1. Latin Q.1. Arithmetic 2. 2. 3. 3. Religion Latin G. 1. German 3. J. and R. Latin S. III. Arithmetic R. 1. Latin 2. II. Drawing III. Arithmetic F.II. School-keeping B. II. German B. II. Botany G. II. School-keeping B. II. German G. III. Botany G. III. Violin E. III. Singing Q.1. Religion E.III. Singing E. III. Singing B. 1. Latin Q.1. 2. 4. History R. 2. German R. 2. German R. 2. Latin Q.1. Religion B. 1. R. 2. Geography G. 2. E. 3. French B. 3. German B.3. R. 4. Religion S.4. Latin R. 4. Latin 15. Arithmetic S. 5. 6. Religion D. 6. Singing E. and D. 5. Religion G. 5. Arithmetic. Arithmetic. S. 3. French B. 3. . R.4. Religion S.4. S. 5. 6. German S. 6. Religion D. 6. R. II. Singing E.III. German 4. German. B. III. History B. III. Geography R. II. Ornamental writing M. II. B. III. Religion B. III. R. 1. French B. 1. B. 2. Arithm. B. and S. 2. German R. 1. Singing E. 1. French B. 1. German . R. B. 2. Arithmetic B. 2. German. R. 2. French B. 3. Geography S.3. Geography S. 3.7 3. German. B. E.4. German S. 4. German 8. 4. Singing E. and S. German D.5. German D.5. 6. Reading. 6. Reading G. 6. Reading G. and 8.6. Reading D. & G.. 4. D.5. NORMAL SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS' SEMINARIES. "Ich versprach Gott: Ich will jedes preussische Bauerkind für ein Wesen ansehen, das mich bei Gott verklagen kann, wenn ich ihm nicht die beste Menschen- und Christen-Bildung schaffe, die ich ihm zu schaffen vermag." "I promised God, that I would look upon every Prussian peasant child as a being who could complain of me before God, if I did not provide for him the best education, as a man and a Christian, which it was possible for me to provide." Dinter's Letter to Baron Von Altenstein. WHEN the benevolent Franke turned his attention to the subject of popular education in the city of Hamburgh, late in the seventeenth century, he soon found that children could not be well taught without good teachers, and that but few good teachers could be found unless they were regularly trained for the profession. Impressed with this conviction, he bent all his energies towards the establishment of a Teachers' Seminary, in which he finally succeeded, at Halle, in Prussia, about the year 1704; and from this first institution of the kind in Europe, wellqualified teachers were soon spread over all the north of Germany, who prepared the way for that great revolution in public instruction, which has since been so happily accomplished under the auspices of Frederick William III. and his praiseworthy coadjutors. Every enlightened man, who, since the time of Franke, has in earnest turned his attention to the same subject, has been brought to the same result; and the recent movements in France, in Scotland; in Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, |