the many excellent books obtainable on subjects partaining to school work. County Institutes.-The county institute, I think, is conducive of good, and our last was quite well attended.

The examination under the new law works admirably. With a few exceptions regarding permits, which I will mention subsequently, I think the law regulating examinations and certificates is excellent, or at least is far superior to the old one.

Under the new law we find it much easier to determine the qualifications of the applicant, and now the certificate is to some extent a measure of the qualifications of the holder; before it was not.

Teachers' Certificates.-The scarcity of teachers in our county at present is doubtless due to a large extent to the stringency of the law regulating examinations. But that it is placing better material in our school rooms and excluding unqualified teachers, and therefore proving beneficial to our schools, is a fact that cannot be denied.

Twelve and thirteen are so intimately connected that I will make a few remarks about the items together.

Am sorry to find that the majority of our teachers are merely teaching as a stepping-stone to something else. They claim that the compensation is insufficient and that the qualifications now required will command better pay in other departments of labor. The average wages of male teachers in the county is something over $40 (with board), and for females, over $30 per month. Needed School Legislation.-The law regulating permits, when carried out, works a serious inconvenience in our section. A single instance, which actually occurred, will serve to illustrate the point. A gentleman holding a first grade certificate from Grant county engaged a school in the extreme eastern edge of Crook and wished to begin his school the first of November. A high range of mountains, which was then covered with snow, separates the county seat from that place. The stage runs around by Bake Oven over a rough, disagreeable road, but the fare from there here and return is about $25. The law gives me no authority to grant a permit without an examination, so I must either go to him, he come to me, or appoint a deputy and have him examined over there. After considerable corresponding, a great deal of annoyance and a small outlay of money, I succeeded in securing a deputy over there and had him examined and the papers returned to me. The point is this: Taking into consideration our still primitive means of conveyance and the great distances of many places from the county seat, would it not be a good point of legislation to allow our eastern counties which are situated as we, to grant permits from certificates from other counties or from diplomas from high schools or colleges. Such an amendment would meet with great popularity throughout our county and I think many others.

Official Labors.-My salary, about $250 without mileage or traveling expenses, is too limited to justify me in traveling around much; hence, my principal official labor consists in answering communications, deciding appeals, ete.

General Suggestions.—I think that better and more efficient work would be done in this department of education if the compensation was sufficient to enable many of our superintendents to get out over their counties more frequently. Educational Outlook.-Our schools are keeping pace, I think, with the development and settlement of our county. We realize that the efficiency of our schools is greatly impaired by the sparsely settled condition of many of our districts. In union there is strength. We have many reasons for congratulation, however. We look back but a few years when unqualified teachers had charge of our schools, and fogyism and poor methods were practiced. Now we find wide-awake, progressive teachers in charge. Yes, the educational wave has certainly struck us, and is bearing us gently along, and you may yet hear good reports from Crook county.

UNIVERSITIES, COLLEGES, ACADEMIES

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PRIVATE SCHOOLS.

INSTITUTIONS OF LEARNING.

ACADEMY OF THE SACRED HEART.

Under the direction of the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary, Salem, Oregon.

The object of this institution is to educate young ladies in all the useful and ornamental branches generally taught in the most approved schools. The building is among the finest in the State for educational purposes. It is well ventilated, heated by hot-air furnaces, and lighted by gas, while the location is all that could be desired. The library is very select; and the cabinet contains a variety of valuable specimens, some from the most distant localities. The moral and intellectual improvement of the pupils is attended to with the greatest solicitude, and the most devoted attention paid to their domestic comfort. At all hours the young ladies are under the watchful care and government of their teachers. Pupils of every religious denomination are indiscriminately received, and all interference with their religious convictions carefully avoided. Good order, however, requires that all should conform to the general regulations of the institution. The scholastic year commences at the end of August, and terminates about the middle of June. It is divided into four terms of ten weeks cach. Payments are to be made quarterly in advance. Pupils are received at any time, and charged only from date of entrance. When parents or guardians desire to withdraw their children or wards, they are requested to give timely notice, settle all accounts, and forward money to defray traveling expenses. A short vacation is generally granted at Christmas.

The course of instruction embraces the various branches which constitute the elementary and higher departments of education. Bulletins, showing the result of the written examinations, etc., of pupils, are transmitted to parents or guardians at the end of each Besides the usual class exercises in elocution, literary societies are organized to engender and foster in the youthful mind a taste

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for the truly good and beautiful in refined literature. Weekly instructions are given in the rules of etiquette, and all that constitutes correct lady-like deportment. Gold medals and diplomas are conferred on those who satisfactorily complete the studies of the prescribed course. The musical department receives the most exact attention, and has long been appreciated by the music-loving friends of the institution. Thorough bass and harmony are taught according to the most approved methods, and lessons in the art of reading music are also given. Gratuitous lessons are given in plain and ornamental needle work, embroidery, knitting, crochet, bead work. etc. French, Latin, and industrial drawing do not form extra charges. No deduction is made for partial absence or withdrawal of a pupil before the expiration of a term, unless in case of a protracted illness. For further particulars apply at the academy.

ALBANY COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE, ALBANY, OREGON.

Faculty-Rev. Elbert N. Condit, A. M., president, professor of mathematical, ethical and natural science; Wallace H. Lee, A. M.. professor of Greek and Latin; Rev. J. B. Braun, A. M., professor of modern languages; Mrs. O. S. Pollock, professor of psychology, literature and elocution; Miss Mary A. Irvine, instructor of preparatory department.

Tutors-Miss Dorena Marshall and Miss Linnie C. Ramsey.

HISTORICAL STATEMENT.

Albany collegiate institute was founded by the presbytery of Oregon in the fall of 1866. Seven acres of land, within the limits of the city of Albany, were donated by Thomas Monteith and his wife: and steps were immediately taken for the erection of a building suitable for the work. In the fall of 1867 the institution was formally opened under the presidency of Rev. William J. Montieth. A building had been completed at a cost of about eight thousand dollars.

THE COURSE OF STUDY.

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The course of study extends through four academic years. embraces Philosophy, History, Language, Literature and Science. Each study is pursued comprehensively and at the same time with sufficient minuteness to develop accuracy in mental operation, and