New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-09-25
EDUCATIONAL NOTES

There is general increase of salaries in the
public schools OF st. Louis.
There arc 1900 children in Milwaukee who
do not attend school this year.
The public schools Of Tennessee are now
said TO be well organized throughout the State
Returns from 81 colleges show that during
The past year 2,Sl5 degrees conferred In 'n's
country.
Mr. F. w. TiltOn late Principal OF fhil'ips
Academy, in Andover Mass, has taken ehaise VI 'D
Rogers High School in Newport, r. ].
The Superintendent of the Public SCHOOLS III
Rochester, n. Y, reports against corporal p ~
but saws that in his opinion should be permitted 10
die a natural death.
Mr.. A. F.. Fuertes, graduate of the Troy
py,ccnn Institute has been chosen Professor of En-
,,neerne AZ Cornell University, and Mr. W. r. byerD
Assistant Professor Of Mathematics
The Richmond, Va, College is being reno
.,eo and enlarged The improvements are to be com
Melted Inv the beginning of the next session st proA
,mo, and will be capable OF accommodating ABOUT SVV
students.
The inauguration of the President and the
formal opening Of the ONO Agricultural college, WIN
moi take place until of the next annual meeting
of the Board of Trustees the first Tuesday OF jan
uary, 1874.
The class lust entered at Cornell is much
larger than either two preceding IT, numbers 2oO
1s Of whom enter on certificates from other colleges 10
are Brazans and Is ladies' the number OF FEMININE
students being thus increased to 81.
The Dean of Canterbury has been visiting
the public schools of Albany much to his surprise ana
pleasure He particularly astonished at the large
oroportion of feminine teachers all the schools, and
the perfect with which they governed their mas
culine as well as feminine pupils.
James O. Adams, Secretary of the State
Goard OF Agriculture and recently agricultural editor
Of The Mirror has become associated in the editorshp
of The Anui the Dartmouth College paper which is 10
be enlarged and especially devoted to the agricultural
interests Of Northern New-Hampshire and Vermont.
The marked success of the English school
ships for the young Arabs OF the streets causes INC
Boston journal TO regret the failure Of the experiment
made by Massachusetts. That paper states that 1t mas
always thought the failure attributable to Dad
management rather than inherent obstacles in the gen.
eral idea The material for hardy seamen was at hand
but the skill control instruct, and mold was lacking
Princeton College opens this year with an
unusually large attendance. There have been important
additions TO the Faculty of the College. Prof Racket,
from BOwdoin and Prof. Cornwall, from Columbia, nave
entered upon their duties, while Prof Eddy, OF CORNELL
rs acting temporarily adjunct Professor of Mathemat
les The Preparatory School, under the direction OF MT
v Dabney is already full There have been &c scholars
admitted and ali the occupied The school is
situated several miles from the college, just below
Queenstown. The University nine OF Princeton has
not as yet been organized for the Fall season. Several
important vacancies were left by the graduating class
but these will probably be satisfactorily filed.
The Indiana State Board of Education has
determined upon readiusting and modifying to what
ever extent may appear to be necessary the course OF
study in the public schools, 30 as to make 1t one con-
tinuous SYSTEM from the lowest primary grade up to
and through the State University. From the primary
grades the high schools the system does not appear
IN their opinion, need adjusting. Not SO, however
between the high school and the University the relation
ship between them needing modification to bring
them IN perfect working accord and harmony One
noticeable OF the system is to be found IN
provision which makes q certificate from certain desg-
mated high schools showing that the bearer has salts
factoriy passed through their sufficient show
ing Of proper preparation without further examination,
TO enter the University.