Excerpt from Addresses and Proceedings, 1879 This Association, generally known under the shorter name of the West em College of Teachers, less vigorous it would seem than its associate of the East, or it may be because planted in a less congenial soil, finally ceased to exist in the year 1845. But it did not live in vain. It contributed more than any other agency, perhaps, to the upbuilding on a solid foundation of the great free-school system of the West, and to the introduction therein oi the best methods of teaching. In its meetings and by its discussions was trained the great, unselfish, practical, and eloquent friend of the people's colleges, samuel Lawns, who began his career in Ohio the same year that horace mann entered upon his in Massachusetts - two men in whose works the whole nation has been blessed. 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.