or even to try many new plans without first obtaining
my approval of them. They ought to refer all cases which they cannot
easily manage, to my care. They ought to understand the distinction
between _seeing that a thing is done_, and _doing it_. For example, if a
Superintendent thinks that one of her Section is in too high a class in
Arithmetic, her duty is not to undertake, by her own authority, to
remove her to a lower one, for, as Superintendent, she has no authority
over Arithmetic classes; nor should she go the opposite extreme of
saying, "I have no authority over Arithmetic classes, and therefore I
have nothing to do with this case." She ought to go to the teacher of
the class to which her pupil had been unwisely assigned, converse
with her, obtain her opinion, then find some other class more suited
to her attainments, and after fully ascertaining all the facts
in the case, bring them to me, that I may make the change. This is
_superintendence_;--_looking over_ the condition and progress of the
scholar. The Superintendents have thus great responsibility, and yet
comparatively little power. They accomplish a great deal of good, and in
its ordinary course it is by their direct personal efforts; but in
making changes and remedying defects and evils, they act generally in a
different way.

The last hour of school is devoted to the Sections. No classes recite
then, but the Sections meet, if the Superintendents wish, and attend to
such exercises as they provide. Each Section has its own organization,
its own officers and plans. These arrangements of course, vary in their
character according to the ingenuity and enterprise of the
Superintendents, and more especially according to the talents and
intellectual ardor of the members of the Section.

The two upper Sections are called Senior, the next two Middle, and the
two younger Junior. The senior Sections are distinguished by using paper
for Section purposes, with a light blue tinge. To the middle Sections is
assigned a light straw color; and to the junior, pink. These colors are
used for the schedules of the members, and for the records, and other
documents of the Section.

This account, though it is brief, will be sufficient to explain to you
the general principles of the plan. You will soon become acquainted with
the exercises and arrangements of the particular Section to which you
will be assigned, and by taking an active interest in them, and
endeavoring to co-ope