AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF INSTRUCTION. The American Institute of Instruction convened in the Methodist Episcopal Church, Saratoga Springs, N. Y., Monday evening, July 7, 1890. While assembling, the Institute was entertained by an organ solo, the Gloria in G, from Mozart's Twelfth Mass, played by Mrs. Nicholas Wagman, organist of the church. At 8 o'clock, President George A. Littlefield, of Providence, R. I., called the Institute to order. Devotional exercises were conducted by the Rev. seph Cary, rector of Bethesda church, Saratoga, Com the eighth chapter of the Book of prayer, the audience joining and the Temple Quartette, of Boston, assisting, the audience then sang "America." The Temple Quartette consisted of Messrs. T. E. Johnson, first tenor; E. F. Webber, second tenor; H. A. Cook, first bass; and A. C. Ryder, second bass. Mr. E. N. Jones, superintendent of the Saratoga public schools, welcomed the Institute: Saratoga has the pleasure of receiving many associations,— musical, political, ministerial,—and yet no one is more cordially welcome than the two educational associations now assembled in session here: the American Institute of Instruction and the New York State Teachers' Association. Our teachers and our people most heartily greet you. It is blessed to receive. The programme presented by your distinguished President is an interesting one and it attracts us, and so we expect from you much benefit during the present meeting. The Temple Quartette then grandly rendered Storch's march, "Now Forward." Being enthusiastically recalled, they gave the "Blue Bells of Scotland,” arranged by Rhodes and adapted to the words, “Oh, where has my Highland Laddie gone?” The Hon. Andrew S. Draper, state superintendent of the New York public schools, welcomed the Institute to the state of New York: All the world knows the American Institute of Instruction. The fame of this organization, the oldest of its kind in the country or the world, and the zeal and intelligence of its members have long been spread abroad. New York is proud to welcome you within her borders. You come as an independent, intelligent, inspiring body of educational thinkers. The meeting of two such bodies here at the same time is no conflict, but, being accidental,— for so it was, purely so, I deem it a happy coincidence. You coöperate with the New York association in the same field, and |
