Excerpt from Fifth Annual Report of the Board of Education: Together With the Fifth Annual Report of the Secretary of the Board The superintendence of the three Normal Schools, is, per haps, one of the most important duties which devolve Upon the Board. These schools were established for the purpose of making a fair trial of an important institution closely connected with our system of free schools. The chief Object was to edu cate and prepare teachers for the business of school-keeping, and gradually to elevate the character and attainments of that class of persons -the Legislature regarding it as the most effectual means of giving a higher importance to the Common Schools. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.