31. On the causes of the idle habits of Pupils in the Classroom, and a remedy for the same.

COMMITTEE.

N. HOLLEY.
JNO. HILTON.

The following Resolutions were recommended to the Executive Committee, to be incorporated into a code of By-Laws, to be prepared by them, and submitted to the College at its next annual session, viz:

1. That no resolution except that of adjournment shall be offered the Convention, except in writing.

2. That any discussion which may be held after a Lecture or Report, shall be strictly pertinent to the main question, and shall not involve any point of sectarian controversy. On motion, the College adjourned to 9 o'clock on Saturday morning.

The Convention was organized, pursuant to adjournment. On motion, duly seconded, it was

Resolved, "That the thanks of the College be presented to the Pastor and Trustees of the First Presbyterian Church, for the use of their edifice for the meetings of the College.”

Resolved, "That the thanks of the College be presented to the Committee of Arrangements, for their activity and untiring efforts in promoting the interests of the College, and for their arrangement for the accommodation and comfort of distant members."

Resolved, "That the thanks of this College be presented to the President, for his efficient services, in the discharge of the duties of moderator, and to the late Corresponding Secretary, for the faithful manner in which he has discharged the duties of his office."

Resolved, "That the Executive Committee be directed to offer a premium of one hundred dollars, or a gold medal, of that value, as the author may prefer, to the writer of the best Essay, illustrative of the maxim, 'that Knowledge is Wealth'-competition being open to all friends of education any part of the United States."

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Resolved, "That it be recommended to the Directory in each State, to call the attention of their Legislatures, the present winter, to the propriety of appropriating a portion of their share of the surplus revenue to literary institutions, especially to the carrying out of Common Schools and Female Academics, so as to educate, in morals and science, the whole population in the South and West."

Resolved, "That this College have seen with pleasure, the deep interest manifested by the citizens of this city, and especially by the ladies, on the subject of Education."

Resolved, “That each member consider himself as agent for procuring subscribers to the forthcoming volume of Proceedings."

At 2 o'clock, P. M., the meeting was closed with an Address by ALEXANDER CAMPBELL.

Prayer and Benediction by the Rev. P. T. BROOKE.

EXTRACTS FROM THE MINUTES OF THE GENERAL BOARD OF DIRECTORY.

Cincinnati, Friday, October 7, 1836.

The Board of Directory of the several States met pursuant to notice.

M. G. WILLIAMS was called to the chair, and ISAAC VAN EATON appointed Recorder.

The Board then proceeded to the election of an Executive Committee, whereupon the following named gentlemen were duly elected, viz:

ALBERT PICKET, Sen.
ELIJAH SLACK,
THOMAS MAYLIN,
N. HOLLEY,
A. KINMONT,

S. H. MONTGOMERY,
D. L. TALBOTT,

ISAAC VAN EATON.

Ordered, That the Executive Committee prepare a code of By-Laws, to be presented to the next annual meeting of the College.

Ordered, That all Literary Associations be requested to send Delegates to the next annual meeting of the College. Adjourned.

ISAAC VAN EATON, Recorder.

M. G. WILLIAMS, Ch'n.

At a meeting of the "Executive Committee," held on Monday, October 10, ALBERT PICKET, Sen., was appointed Chairman, and ISAAC VAN EATON, Secretary.

CONSTITUTION

OF THE

WESTERN LITERARY INSTITUTE

AND

COLLEGE OF PROFESSIONAL TEACHERS.

THE Convention of Teachers assembled in Cincinnati, deeply impressed with the importance of organizing their profession in the Valley of the Mississippi, by a permanent association, in order to promote the sacred interests of Education so far as may be confided to their care, by collecting the distant members, advancing their mutual improvement, and elevating the profession to its just, intellectual, and moral influence on the community, do hereby resolve ourselves into a permanent body, to be governed by the following Constitution:

ARTICLE I.

1. This association shall be known by the name of "THE WESTERN LITERARY INSTITUTE AND COLLEGE OF PROFESSIONAL TEACHERS."

2. Its object shall be to promote, by every laudable means, the diffusion of knowledge in regard to Éducation, and especially by aiming at the elevation of the character of Teachers who shall have adopted Instruction as their regular profession.

ARTICLE II.

1. This association shall be composed of such Teachers of good literary and moral character as may sign this constitution, and pay to the Treasurer at the time, a fee of one dollar; and such Societies, for the promotion of Education, as are now, or may hereafter be formed, which shall annually send delegates to its meetings.

2. Any gentleman eligible to membership, by paying at one time the sum of ten dollars, shall become a member for life, and be exempt from any further assessment.

3. An annual assessment of one dollar shall be laid on each member, (except life members) which, if omitted to be paid within one year after the notice has been given him by the Treasurer, shall be considered as a forfeiture of membership.

4. Honorary members may be elected by the Society at the recommendation of the Board of Directory.

ARTICLE III.

1. The officers of this Society shall be a President, one Vice-President, and five Directors for each state represented in this Institute, a Corresponding Secretary, a Recording Secretary, a Librarian, and a Treasurer, all of whom shall form the Board of Directory, to be elected at the annual meeting, and serve until their successors be chosen.

2. The President shall preside at the meetings of the Society. In case of his absence, a Vice-President, or a President pro tempore shall occupy the chair.

3. The Recording Secretary shall give notice of all meetings, keep a regular record of their proceedings, and have charge of the archives of the Society..

4. The Corresponding Secretary, subject to the Board of Directory, shall be the organ of communication with other Societies and individuals.

5. The Librarian shall have charge of the Library.

6. The Treasurer shall collect and receive all moneys due the Society, and pay them out at the order of the Directors; he shall keep a true account of all the receipts and disbursements, and make a report annually thereof, and oftener if required by the Directory.

7. The Board of Directors shall have the general management and supervision of the Society-with authority to devise and carry into effect such measures as will best advance its interests. They shall appoint competent persons to deliver the annual addresses and lectures, and recommend to the Society suitable persons to serve on standing committees. It shall be their duty to see that proper notice be given of the annual meeting, by the Recording Secretary, at least three months previous to the time of convening. They shall appoint their own Chairman and Recorder, and exhibit their proceedings and report thereon at the annual meetings, and fill all vacancies that may occur in the Board or other offices of the Society.

They shall have power to appoint from their number a Local Executive Committee, to carry into effect, under their direction, all the duties assigned them by this Constitution.

It shall further be the duty of the Executive Committee, to procure the annual addresses and lectures for publication; they shall have the privilege of examining the reports of standing committees and other communications to the Society, and to publish such of them as may, in their opinion, throw light on the subject of education, and they shall have power to fill all vacancies that may occur during the recess of the meetings.

8. Each section of the Directory with its Vice-President in the states represented in this Institution, shall have power to admit