Menticulture and agriculture;

Agriculture, is to give all our youth a thorough training in the 'common English branches.These lay the foundation for suc-_eess in all after work, whether on the farm, in the shop, or store.The point of greatest weakness even in our colleges is found in the deficiency of their candidates in the elementary branches.Thoroughness here at the outset means thoroughness everywhere.The habits of accuracy, of application, of self-control, and self-reliance in overcoming difficulties early formed in school, constitute the best preparation for the farm and all other callings of life.Far more thought and time and _ drill should be given to these simple elements.Rightly taught, they provide the truest discipline for the juvenile mind and form the best basis for all future acquisitions.When we build the superstructure without a firm foundation, all is inseeure.The first effort of the school is to lay the ground work broad and strong.That done, and you create the desire and the skill to build up the edifice ; that done and school is a welcome place, and study becomes a pleasure ; that done and there