New-York tribune., 1873-06-25
NOTES ON EDUCATION,

library IN the new college building In Baltimore -
Harvard University receives Oequest OF /
$4,000 by the will Of the late Lucy osgood OF AeuorU'
The new High School IN ldchmond N|'
costing s3ISo for ground and oudins' VIII 'c
an August.
II is expected that the Art College con-
,octod with syracuse University will be in operation
within year
The University Of Vermont at Burlington
admits feminine students and the experiment rs said TO
ne not unsuccessful
The Hon. T. w. Park of Vermont has be-
slowed an art gallery upon the University Of his stare
Iis construction viii be begun Immediately.
They give degrees to women at Straight Uni-
vcrsty in NewOrcans Miss Amanda Mavlna fefai,S
and Miss smith have rccenty been digtcd by 'he '0
of NJ s." Maids Of Science"
L. W. Morley, Professor of Natural history
and Chemistry Western Reserve COLLEGE, Is 10 III "a,
chair Of chemistry the Cleveland Medlcai Oo''os| III
addition TO his l1bors in Hudson
OF the senior class at Yale, tins year. d
have chosen the law FOR profession 10 business 10 'no
ministry medicine toacEiuc.2 jouInalSm' o'nA-
iuc. 2 civil engineering, art, ard iah'ns.
Three scholarship cndOwmentS OF 500 each
havc been established no Washington OuFtisl''' H,'
LOUIS These are TO be given to puphS OF 'ne iilA"
school nominated ly the superintendent OF the PuDAc
Schools. r
MIR. A. II. stephens, in his own paper, Tie
sE,pfr sun advcrtses bis new school History in the
mos, gorgeous manner observing that 1T only needs
pushing 20 give il place in every school ana laniy
in the land"
William II. Bel, who was Nj. Seward at
tcrd,nt 40 the time Of tho attempted assassination by
PAYNE and who resisted the lat,ers entrance TO the
bo,s l7. inst eraduatcd from Lincoln University lie
intends 90 read Law.
When the Georgia State University began
nlI1 after the war; it was almost entirely disorgan-
zcd II had only Gvscyen students, five professors,
gt hoe rr0 zrr1for urO-
fessors. and excellent Nblaues. apparatus etc.
The Mechanics DclibcTativc Assembly OF
San Francisco are taking measures % establish train
ncsp Tor the benefit of idle, destitute and vaEraut
boys aud also a workshop in connection with boys
grammar school, in which thorough mechanical lnstruc
tion shall he slvcn
meeting Of the Professors at Queens Col
Ierc BIRMINGHAM was recently held with reference TO
The admission of feminine students 10 the college re-
solution MAS passed 10y u votes TO conourns in the
reasons assigned by the council asins; the admission OF
female students TO the college at present.
The Wisconsin State Teachers Association
will meet at sparta the Sth Old, and 10Th Of july.
The list Of subjects for discussion promises well The
Hon w. T. Harris. the Superintendent Of the ST. Louis
schools will give lecture on tho relation OF education
to tLc individual, society, and the state.
Miami University sadly needs funds, and
closing Of the Institution has been threatened should
thcy no. forthcoming. The President and the Pro
fs>or az Greek have resigned. Rather than run tho
institution further debit the trustees prefer 70 close
is doors and et the funds accumulate. There is pros
pect. however, Of outside help.
A school i'm LeayCnwoTth, Kansas, has
class of young gIs ia Civil Government and the way
IN which they described our political machinery and
- quoted the Constitution examination not long
80 charmed benign reporter that he declared they
"couyucully established wOmans claim 10 the right Of
suIa-, aid 10 an equal share ln Tie iraH-uE OF our
laws
The Musical Scholastic Infants Of Boston
have rivals in tlc Musical Infant, Of Philadelphia.
These Young persons have been singing in Massachu
sets and with such taste and accuracy that it under
stood that they 10 participate IN any musical per
formauee Doe given during tie Grand Exposition IN
that city II this is TO cultivate patriotism, very we'll
OtLcr0i,ci is foolish.
The Richmond Colored Normal School,
which is in very prosperous condition. has just gTadu
utcd class with due ceremonies one of these eradu-
atos INDUCED IN essay, Politics Poor Profession"
which. ,sc submit, exceedingly weak, foolish and
untrue statement which TO build an argument. A
fa-c and petty idea ike this no, the sort Of thing to
help the coorcl race TO higher standing.
The graduates of Union College, Y. Y, Tc
siding iu Wisconsin, have had meeting at which per
ruent orrarz was formed to be composed OF all
the graduates of Union College residing n the State of
Wisconsin. ny the Of "Ihe Union College Alumni
Association Of Wisconsin" The following Ofcerswere
rcc,od the ensuing year; President, Lew Hdbbell
VIc,Prc,ldyu;, John T. Wentworth; Secretary, I. ?.
Smith; Treasurer, l. j. A.lis.
AT the recent meeting Of The Association Of
Graduates oi The Rensselaer, Polytechnic Institute ar
raurcmcut were made for the grand semrcentennial
anniversary the institution, TO DE held year from
this time Not only the graduates nut al who have
been connected with the institute will be invited 10
attend aud part in the More than 100 Of
the graduates have already sisuhed their intention TO
be present with their families.
A Southern newspaper, while not denying
The ability Of EewEnglandeTs teachers their
"euterprise" publishers, takes exception to their
making textbooks for Southern schools IL says very
strangely that those textbooks should "in history be
aad impartial, and the selected pieces of the
readers surs and nnuendoes upon the Southern
people and from sectional prejudice OF any sort" We
have learn that these the faults Of the text
books general use in this country.
The handsome, spacious grounds and fine
buildings Of IlIslale College, worth SO1OOo free
from AN uguIulIauce and the institution has not dol
lar Of debt hanging over The nominal endowment is
about 10000 OF which $4,000 is funded and invested
upon real estate bearing 10 per cent interest The cur
expenses Of the past Sl33, all Of which
mas bcou paid leaving a small surplus The endowment
t. beng increased yearly having been added by the
amount about $4,000 during the past year. with
ceIent prospects for the coming year.
We have before spoken of the unapt, hack
neyed impractical subjects for essays selected by the
average school and college graduate We refer 10 this
agan moved thereto by a careful examination the
reports OF the cOmmencements girls schools through
out the country. While the essays Of the masculine
students are stlted treatment they in
tubiect the young ladies, sorry see choose
things not less worn, and write about them with the
same weak and wholly superficial sentiment that has
been I'm fashion since long before the days Miss Pink
erton Like The Northern Far7aer are inclined to re-
neat an upeuding refrain in considering the want Of