Download or read book American Lyceum, Or Society for the Improvement of Schools, and Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Classic Reprint) written by Josiah Holbrook and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-13 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from American Lyceum, or Society for the Improvement of Schools, and Diffusion of Useful Knowledge This Institution consists of Town and County Lyceums, and measures are in progress, to organize State Lyceums, and a General, Union of The whole. Town Lyceums. A Town Lyceum is a voluntary association of individuals disposed to improve each other in useful knowledge, and to advance the interests of their schools. To gain the first object they hold weekly or other stated meetings, for reading, conversation, discussion, illustrating the sciences, or other exercises designed for their mutual benefit; and as it is found convenient, they collect a cabinet, consisting of apparatus for illustrating the sciences, books, minerals, plants, or other natural or artificial productions. To advance the interests of schools, they furnish teachers with a room, apparatus and other accommodations, for holding meetings, and conducting a course of exercises in relation to their schools, some of the eldest members of which, with other young persons, attend the meetings of Lyceums where they are exercised and instructed, in a manner fitted to their pursuits and wants. It is supposed that Lyceums may aid in furnishing schools, with some simple apparatus, juvenile books, or other articles fitted to awaken an interest and communicate instruction to their members. Town Lyceums have conducted their exercises in several different ways, to suit the wishes and acquirements of those who compose them. 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.