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to instruct in the higher branches. - And while they are taught the art of teaching it is important that they should be teaching themselves.

I have often visited these schools, and have always been gratified. The children are always orderly, neat & cleanly in appearance, bright and ambitious. The teachers, too, are happy in their work, and faithful. They seem proud of the work they have in charge [[strikethrough]] st [[/strikethrough]], and more than pleased at the success of their scholars. - The examination the eleventh instant was a real surprise to me. I heard the grammar class recite. Each member in turn would have a short sentence dictated to him by the teacher, which he was required to parse. Beginning with a noun, for instance, he would give it is proper name as one of the parts of speech, then the number, gender, case, &c. and as he proceeded would recite every rule and authority which applied to the word he was parsing, and so with every word in the sentence. The recitation was a remarkable success

But the behavior and personal appearance of the scholars were as creditable as their recitations, comparing favorably with any [[strikethrough]] thing [[/strikethrough]] schools that I have seen at the North. -
Now if this system can be extended, we not only develop the resources of the freedmen, but we relieve the benevolent societies. There is perhaps a little disposition among the latter to