Excerpt from The Ohio Educational Monthly and the National Teacher, 1882, Vol. 31: A Journal of Education He sdon after effected the establishment of the union-school system in Mechanicsburg, and after remaining at its head for a year he took charge of the Classical Department of a school at Greenmount, near: Richmond, Indiana. At the end of three years he resigned to become the Superintendent of the Richmond Public Schools, where he remained for only a single year, the law under which his office had been created having been declared unconstitutional. He then removed to Indianapolis to become principal of the High School and editor of the Indiana School Journal, of which he was the second editor. All of this time he had been an industrious student in both Language and Mathematics. While at Greenmount he published in connection with Prof. J. F. Stoddard a University Algebra. In the language of the Preface, this book was written for those who favor the use of text books that do not attempt to simplify by the omission of that which is difficult. I think it may be truthfully said that its great excellence stood in the way of its very general use. It was followed by an Element ary Algebra. Although the name of Professor Stoddard precedes his upon the title page of these books, it is well known among his friends that, with the exception of a brief sentence, they were entirely from. The pen of Mr. Henkle. 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.