New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-05-31
NOTES ON EDUCATION

NASHVILLE mas BuDSCTlDeu III HlOhOJ
and land, to the Vanderbilt University.
The Connecticut School of Design held, this
week its second annual exhibition at Hartford. There
were many pictures by natives but most Of the exhibit
ton was composed Of material from New-York'
Prof. Roehnig of Cornell is soon to issue a
book entitled The Shortest Road to German" IL is
said not to be intended to take the place OF formal
grammar of the language is rather designed to sup
plement any good work OF that nature.
The following changes have been made in
the Latin textbooks used by the St. Louis High Schools:
Alien g. Greenaugh's LATIN Grammar. in place OF An
drews stoddards Leighton's Latin Lessons, In place
Of Smiths Principal Latina; Alan's Latin Selections
and Latin Composition in place of Hansons Latin Prose
Book and Arnolds Latin Prose Composition
Mr. Thomas Spencer BaYnes, Professor of
Literature Logic and Metaphysics in the University Of
st. Andrews, author OF an essay on "The New Analytic
and Logical Forms" and translator of the Port Royal
Logic engaged 10 edit entirely new edition OF the
"Encyclopadia Britannica" which the publishers,
Messrs Adam and Charles Black of Edinburgh. contem-
plato issuing
A Philadelphia newspaper says that the
schools Of city do not stand as high as those OF
some other cities and that this owing to the inferior
character OF their teachers This is explained 1t dc
clarcs by the Indifferent personnel Of the School Boards,
which are composed chiefly Of either ignorant men or
mere ward politicians and also by the system OF cerh-
Gates, and the poor salaries that are paid
The Bowdoin prizes at Harvard have been
awarded as follows second prize for the best dsser
tation by a resident graduate, TO C. L. b. Whitney;
prizes for the best dissertation for the senior and Junior
class Of 1929 Eliot Lord Of Plymouth and Charles T.
Russell Of Cambridge both Of 70; prize for the best
translation or translation into Attic prose) to A. c..
Richardson Of Boston The ri Eta Grafton and poem
will be given in Massachusetts Hall, May 90 the former
by W. NJ. GrotOn, the latter by j. G. Goodwin.
This is the language of The Providence
Press In our opinion the prevalent system OF teaching
the classics In America is very faulty. No language is
ever learned In any true OF that term through It's
grammar No man ever writes, speaks reads tongue
with a recollection OF all the grammatical rules to be OBJ
served. And 1t is folly to that lie first begins with
rule and having thoroughly mastered it, fOrms habit
Of obeying it, that he observe 1t uncOnsciousy.
We would like TO the produced who learned TO
talk any tongue under the heavens in that way. Gram
mar IL not the proper introduction TO o language It's
function Ia altogether different. Its true is to
analyze that which have already acquired to trace
the process of thought which has already taken
The process OF getting at tongue to begin with
Its words then 10 begin putting them together. We
ought to learn foreign tongue just do native
In this the difficulties OF diom vanquished
BY often hearing aud using them and not by studying
their derivation, do We get command OF them In this
way, too, each word acquired brings a or in
creased power OF progress After we have learned TO
read Latin "a readily as do English and by kindred
process then grammar might be taken up an AID TO
reflection discipline powers OF analysis or for
purposes of comparative philoogy.
Do not Americans appreciate education 7
Here is list OF OF their beneactons S9OO 900 by
Mr. Simmons Boston, for the Industrial education of
women 81 100000 by Daniel Drew. 10 endow Theology
cal Seminary. TO which Abel Menand adds 100000 more
fer the education Of for the ministry :"
by Erastus Corning, for Female College; 100000 by
Robert Barnes OF Indiana for the education OF orphans
IN that state 100000 by Orange Judd the agricultural
book publisher, for Scientific Department In Wesleyan
University; 10000 by Cyrus Mccormick (the reaper for
theological Seminary at Chicago; 100000 by Daniel Ap
pleOn he book pubsherl for and library
in New-YOrk University; 100000 by Nathaniel Thayer
Of Boston, 10 Harvard UniversitY el0OJ by Chauncey
Rose OF Terre Hante, Indiana, for Female College ;
male college building &c Cornell Unversity $500 900 by
Mr.. Shaw OF ~. Louis, for park aud botanic gardei
$4,000 by Mr. Pardee Of Peunsyvana for gcienti No
Department OF L1fayette College at EasiOn, Penu;
library building at Rochester University 10000 by the
Rev jesse T. Peck TO the new University az syracuse
NcwYOrk which has been increased nv other citizens
10 a million aud half; $4,000 by Samuel Wstnn for
Capt. Richardson Of San Francisco Cal, 10 found the
Richardson College In Chicago University; $4,000 by
Edward TOmpAlns 20 found CHAIR OF oriental languages
lu the Iniyersy OF California; so by M mund
IA. IL. TOlaud, 10 eudOW medical department. IA ic
UIyers.ty Of California $4,000 Ia properly aud 5000
cahb, by M John AuaersOu 81 New-lUrk 10 loulid
tue Pepikese seh0Vl VI Natural Hls1VIy.