ision of the Indian reservation into school
districts, with an assistant superintendent for each. It shall be their
duty to visit the schools constantly, and keep themselves in full
sympathy and touch with the work. This is the method in the States--an
official responsible for a field which he can properly cover.

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_EDUCATORS' CONVENTION._

The recent Educators' Convention of Atlanta was a large and significant
gathering. Such consultations of teachers carry a wide and beneficial
influence. We learn that the papers and addresses were of a high
character, and that the discussions were carried on with great interest,
and we have no doubt that the educational work throughout the South will
feel the upward impulse of this Convention.

We quote the following paragraph from the excellent report in the
_Congregationalist_:

The importance of the work of the Convention may be indicated by
the topics discussed: Education in Rural Districts, Relative
Mortality of the Colored Race, Hygiene, Industrial Training, Better
Teaching in the Elementary Grades, A Scientific Course in the
College Curriculum, Compulsory Education, What Can the Negro Do?
What the Ministry is Doing to Elevate the Freedmen. A resume was
given of the educational work of the different denominations,
mainly by the secretaries of their educational societies. The
reports of the colored Methodist churches were especially
interesting, as indicating the gratifying extent to which the
colored people are taking hold of the work of their own education.
No paper of the Convention, however, was received with such
spontaneous enthusiasm and applause as the report of Dr. Beard of
the work of the American Missionary Association. It was the
eloquence of facts. The proceedings of the Association will
constitute a large volume, which will soon be published and widely
circulated.

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_"AN OPEN PATH FOR TALENT."_

Napoleon said this was the meaning of the French Revolution. He gave
promotion in the army not for what a man's ancestry had been, but for
what the man himself could do. Who else ever had such efficient
subordinates? Opportunities became open generally in France, according
to each one's personal ability. The excesses of the revolutionary period
were transitory. The enlargement of the nation's power, by removing t