happy to report that this institution has incurred no indebted

Dess.

The names of the Trustees are John Keeler, Chauncey Church, Alonzo M. Keeler, Edward Petit, Calvin Pierce, Ira S. Pearsall, Jeremiah Curtis, Philander Ewell, and Robert R. Harper.

The names of the officers are, Chauncey Church, President, and Chairman of the Board of Trustees; John Keeler, Treasurer; Robert R. Harper, Clerk; A. M. Keeler, Principal; Miss Harriet A. Price, Teacher during the past year.

The whole number of students in attendance, winter and summer terms, is eighty.

The real estate is valued at fifteen hundred dollars. Stock subscribed, five thousand dollars; and the amount actually paid in, one thousand dollars.

All of which is respectfully submitted.

CHAUNCEY CHURCH,

President, and Chairman of the Board of Trustces.

J. MONFORD, Clerk, pro tem.

GERMAN-AMERICAN SEMINARY.

REPORT OF TRUSTEES.

HON. JOHN M. GREGORY, Supt. of Public Instruction:

DEAR SIR-In reviewing the history of the German-English School, established in this city by the German-English School Association some eight years since, I have to refer to the consolidation of the two societies, viz: the German-English School Association and the German-American Seminary, which was effected on the 2d of May, 1864, and of which proper notice was given to the Secretary of the State of Michigan at the time, by transmitting to him a copy of the amendments to the by-laws of the German-American Seminary, as they were deemed necessary for the accomplishment of the act.

The German-English School Association ceased to exist, and

adopted the charter of the German-American Seminary, transferring, at the same time, all its real and personal property, in the aggregate worth about ten thousand dollars, to the GermanAmerican Seminary. The school itself did not undergo any changes, but has, on the contrary, been steadily improving, under the direction of its present Principal, Director Edward Feldner, formerly of the Hoboken Academy, who has had charge of the institution since the 1st of September, 1863.

The number of teachers employed at present is seven, viz: Edward Feldner, Principal; Augustus Schneck, G. R. Milton, Charles Knortz, Julins Melchers, Mary J. Anscomb, Louise Lenschner. Messrs Feldner, Schneck and Knortz, have charge of the German Department in all its branches, while Mr. Milton and Miss Anscomb take care of the English Department. Mr. Melchers is the Teacher for Drawing, and Miss Leuscher instructs those of the girls who desire it in needle work The number of lessons is about equal in both languages.

The school is subdivided into five classes, the last one having been established in October, 1863. Two teachers have been discharged during the past year by the Board of Trustees, viz: Mr. Frederick Kass and Mr. J. Rairden, for incompetency. Mr. Fl. Krecke has resigned a month ago, and the following gentlemen have been engaged in their respective places: Mr. C. Knartz for Mr. Kass; Mr G. R. Milton for Mr. Rairden; and Mr. A. Schneck for Mr. Krecke.

The attendance is as follows:

First Class,

Second Class,.

Third Class,.

Fourth Class,.

Fifth Class,.

Average attendance during the year,..

The tuition fee has been fixed in the following manner:

31

40

45

44

63

220

With an allowance of a discount of from ten to thirty per cent for more than one out of one and the same family. Those not being members of the Society, pay an advance of about twenty-five per cent on the above rates.

The Society has at present ninety-four members, who pay nine dollars each annually for the support of the institution. The monthly expenditures foot up about $300, for teachers' salaries, etc., and the balance in the treasury at present is about $300.

I subjoin a short abstract from the course of studies which has been adopted by the Board, and transmit a copy of the same in the German language:

Fifth Class.-Rudiments in both English and German. Books, National Primer and Speller, and Lebensbilder No. 1 Arithmetic; Reffelt's First Book in Arithmetic; Wilson's Manual of Object Lessons.

Fourth Class.-German and English Grammar; National First Reader; Lebensbilder and Reffelt's Second Reader, in German; Reffelt's First Book in Arithmetic; Drawing, Singing, Object Lessons.

Third Class.-Second National Reader; Translations (Ahn's First Course); Arithmetic; Thompson's Practical Arithmetic; Object Lessons; Drawing; Singing; Geography (Cornell's Primary Geography).

Second Class-English and German Grammar; Reffelt's German Third Reader; National Third Reader; Translations in both languages; Arithmetic (Thompson's Practical Arithmetic); Geometry; Drawing; Singing; Geography (Colton's School Geography); History; Natural Philosophy.

First Class-English and German Grammar; Fourth National Reader and Quackenboss' English Grammar; Translations (Ahn's Course); Arithmetic; Robinson's Progressive Arithmetic; Geometry; Algebra (Davis'); Drawing; Singing; Geography (Cornell's Grammar School Geography); History; Natural Philosophy.

It may be mentioned here that the course taken in the

studies of this school is in conformity with the one prosecuted in the public schools, and that it is the endeavor of the Board to have the German system adapted to the wants and claims of the American system, as laid out in the management of the public schools, the advantages of which are fully appreciated by the managers and the Board of the school of the GermanAmerican Seminary. We strive to give those entrusted to our care a good education, with the advantage of instructing them perfectly in two very important languages; bring them up to be good citizens of a free republic; enable them to cherish the institutions of their country, which are just now undergoing a thorough purification, and which cannot be appreciated too highly by those destined to preserve them in the future.

All of which is respectfully submitted.

For the Board of Trustees of the German-American Seminary. CHAS. BUSCH,

DETROIT, Nov 21, 1864.

Secretary.

RAISIN VALLEY SEMINARY.

REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES.

HON. JOHN M. GREGORY, Supt. of Public Instruction :

The Trustees having charge of Raisin Valley Seminary make this their second annual report:

For a statement of the property of the institution, they would refer to their last annual report, as there has been no particular change since then.

OFFICERS OF THE INSTITUTION.

Superintendent, Enoch D. Strang; Matron, Sarah Jane Strang; Principal, Daniel Satterthwaite; Associate Teachers Mary C. Harkness, Rachel H. Shaw.

STUDENTS.

Since the last report, the Institution has been unusually prosperous, and the number of students in attendance larger

than ever before. At the present, ninety-seven respond to the

roll call.

INSTRUCTION.

It is still the determination of the managers to render the instruction as thorough as possible, and as an efficient means of securing that end, every member of the school is subjected to a thorough written examination at the middle and close of each term. While thus endeavoring to secure a thorough literary education, the moral and physical natures are not forgotten. Nothing immoral is allowed in the Institution, and physical exercises are daily practiced.

TEACHERS' CLASS.

During the fall and winter terms, a Teachers' Class is organzed, in which the subject branches usually taught in common schools are thoroughly reviewed, and the best method of teaching them explained. A subject pertaining to school government is discussed every week by all the members of this class. The teachers who have gone out from the school have almost universally met with good success.

LOCATION.

The school is pleasantly situated in a healthy location, in the township of Raisin, Lenawee Co., four miles northeast from Adrian city.

Trustees the same as last year. Joshua Taylor, Treasurer, Tecumseh, Mich.; Richard Harkness, Secretary, Adrian, Mich. RAISIN VALLEY SEMINARY, 11th mo. 19, 1864.

MICHIGAN STATE REFORM SCHOOL.

DESCRIPTION.

The Michigan State Reform School is pleasantly situated on a slight elevation, at the east end of Shiawassee street, about ono mile north of east from Capital Square, City of Lansing.

A farm of thirty acres belongs to the Institution, four acres