COMMON SCHOOL ADVOCATE. v. 1-5; 1837-1841. Madison, Indiana [and] Cincinnati, 1837-1841.

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Begun at Madison, Indiana, but later moved to Cincinnati, the Common School Advocate was the first western educational journal to last longer than 12 months. Its object was to promote primary schools in the southern and western states, and it was published under the supervision of Edward D. Mansfield and Lyman Harding, professors at Cincinnati College and by Alexander McGuffey, a professor in Woodward College. Many eminent teachers furnished articles: Professor Calvin E. Stowe contributed information on the educational systems of Prussia, Switzerland, and Germany, and William H. McGuffey contributed a good deal of material. Contents included book reviews, extracts, and articles on education, teachers, teaching methods, schools, and textbooks.

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