Parents about to send daughters from home to school should read the circular of The Young Ladies' Athenæum. In all the facilities for the most thorough and elegant culture, it is unsurpassed by any school in the United States. Some of its peculiarities are the following; namely: IT DISCARDS THE CUSTOMARY INFLEXIBLE ROUTINE. The system which compels all to tread the same beaten path, is as mischievous as it is unphilosophical. The method of the Athenæum regards the natural peculiarities, and physical endurance, and peculiar circumstances and plans of each pupil. After the mastery of those elementary studies which are the foundation of all culture, the course which is the best for one may not be the best for another. While certain courses are recommended as the general rule, and their completion is made the condition of graduation, the Athenæum permits each to take the special course of advanced studies, which is, all things considered, the best for her. IT HAS INTRODUCED A NEW SYSTEM OF CLASSIFICATION, which is a great practical discovery in the Method of Education. Rejecting, as mischievous, the fashionable method of technical classes, as Junior, Senior, etc., the Athenæum classifies for recitation purposes, merely. It puts together in each study those who are together, and who in that study can keep together. It puts each pupil upon her own merits. The slow are not compelled to be superficial in order to "go on" with the quick; and the quick are not held back by the necessities of the slow. There is thus no clog upon the quick and brilliant, and no unhealthful forcing of the slow. Each pupil determines her own rate of progress. One may accomplish in three years what another cannot well do in less than five. Actual trial has proved the great superiority of this method. It secures an average thoroughness never attained under the customary method. It secures an absolute mastery of every topic, and not a mere "going over it" within a given time. IT PLACES ITS PUPILS IN HOMES, and not in compulsory, daily contact with scores or hundreds of girls of all sorts in a Boarding House. God has made the Family, the Christian Home, the nursery and sanctuary of all womanly excellence. The new Classification requires an unusual number of teachers and THE HIGHEST ORDER OF INSTRUCTION. The Faculty for the coming year, beginning Sept. 7, 1868, will be as follows: Rev. WM. D. SANDERS, D. D., Superintendent, Professor of Rhetoric, Elocution, and English Literature. Professor of Mental and Moral Philosophy and Logic. Professor of Evidences of Christianity and Lecturer on Natural Philosophy and Chemistry. Prof. WM. BENZIGER, Professor of Modern Languages, and Drawing and Painting. Piano, Guitar, Organ. Miss HELEN LATHROP, Principal. Miss JULIA REED, Latin. Miss A. MAY DUMMER, Mathematics. Miss ALICE RHOADS, Botany. Mrs. LOUISE VON BECKMAN, German and Piano. Miss H. N. ROBINSON, Miss WILHELMINA E. BENZIGER, Mrs. AGNES J. GRIFFITH, Spencerian Writing, Principal of Primary Department. FRENCH, GERMAN, ITALIAN, AND SPANISH, are taught by teachers who speak these languages fluently. French is Prof. Benziger's native tongue, and he was educated in Paris. Mrs. Von Boeckman was educated in Germany. No better instruction in Modern Languages is offered in any school. DRAWING AND PAINTING. Prof. Benziger has had a large and successful experience as a teacher; and as an artist, especially in Landscape Painting, he is excelled by few. IN MUSIC, VOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL, no effort has been spared to provide the highest order of skill. Prof. Wimmerstedt is too well known to need commendation. Miss Benziger is an European Artist who was educated in Music in France, Italy, and Germany, chiefly in the Royal Conservatory of Paris. Mrs. V. Boeckman was trained in Germany, and Miss Robinson in N. Y. City. TO DAUGHTERS OF MINISTERS, a generous discount is made on all Bills. For Circular containing a full exposition of the aims and methods of the institution, address WM. D. SANDERS, D. D., Superintendent. The subscription price of the MISSIONARY HERALD is but one dollar. This does not more than cover the actual cost. Many persons who are regular, paying subscribers, have not yet paid for 1868. The "one dollar" is so small an amount that it is probably forgotten. Were it five dollars it would be remembered, and paid in advance. Paper bills and Printers' bills are "cash at sight." On an edition of 25,000, it makes a difference of just TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($25,000), whether the "one dollar" is remembered or forgotten. Should the very next mail bring five thousand letters, each containing "one dollar," it would not only make a difference of five thousand dollars in the Treasury, but it is believed that there would be returned to the five thousand hearts more than had been taken from the pockets. ANNUAL RENEWALS. All persons who are entitled to receive the Missionary Herald gratuitously, and who prefer so to receive it, should send a request at the beginning of each year, simply writing, - "I am entitled to receive the Missionary Herald gratuitously. Please send it during the coming year." This may seem a small matter, but the neglect to notify annually, has been the occasion of the waste of thousands of dollars. With our wide circulation, covering every portion of the country, the changes by death and removals, are so numerous as to render it very important that every name should be renewed annually. It cannot be right to use money which has been contributed to carry the gospel to the heathen, in printing the Herald to be thrown into the waste-paper basket in Postoffices, or in continuing it to persons who may have been entitled to receive it free, as collectors or otherwise, for a single year, but who do not continue either to collect or to contribute. The amount of business in the Missionary House is so great that all correspondence respecting the Herald should be sent directly to that department, and not to the Treasurer, Editor, or Secretaries, and vice versa. To examine daily all the books and letters in the Treasurer's department to see who is entitled to receive the Herald on account of donation or otherwise, would require the services of an additional clerk. If it seems desirable to conduct the business of the publishing department of the Board with carefulness and economy, it is hoped that the foregoing suggestions may receive immediate attention. Of course, persons who have written once for 1868, are not desired to write again; but all who have not, will avoid the necessity for circulars, letters, and postage, and thus make a saving to the Treasury of the Board, BY WRITING AT ONCE. All business correspondence concerning the Missionary Herald should be addressed HUTCHINS, CHARLES Missionary House, 33 PEMBERTON SQUARE, BOSTON. The Corresponding Secretaries of the Board are Rev. SELAH B. TREAT, Rev. GEORGE W. WOOD, and Rev. N. G. CLARK. Letters relating to the Missions and General Concerns of the Board, may be addressed SECRETARIES OF THE A. B. C. F. M., Missionary House, 33 Pemberton Square, Boston. Letters for the Corresponding Secretary resident in New York, may be addressed REV. GEORGE W. WOOD, Bible House, Astor Place, New York city. Donations and letters relating to the Pecuniary Concerns of the Board, (except etters on the subject of the Missionary Herald,) should be addressed LANGDON S. WARD, Treasurer of the A. B. C. F. M., Missionary House, 33 Pemberton Square, Boston. Letters for the Editor of the Missionary Herald, should be addressed REV. ISAAC R. WORCESTER, Missionary House, 33 Pemberton Square, Boston. Letters relating to the business department of the Herald, subscriptions and remittances for the same, should be addressed CHARLES HUTCHINS, Missionary House, 33 Pemberton Square, Boston. Letters for Rev. Rufus Anderson, D. D., may still be addressed to the Missionary House. GENERAL AGENCIES. The following arrangement has been made in the system of General Agencies, by the Prudential Committee, with a view to efficiency in the raising of funds. The payment of $50 at one time constitutes a minister, and the payment of $100 at one time constitutes any other person, an Honorary Member of the Board. LEGACIES. In making devises and legacies to the Board, the entire corporate name "The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions"— should be used; otherwise the intent of the testator may be defeated. |