New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-08-20


,h an a., soho,arsh,s now existing under the law
These viii be teDable for two years. anu
affnrd free tuition in the following scnoos' l. N"'"
nistorv and Agriculture; q general anu inu"'"'"
chemistry: g. Agricultural Chemistry, and prescroea
oonrse in Analytical Chemistry IN connection VIII"
n. A Natural Philosophy; g. Mineralogy ana Geoioey'
a Mathematics; 2. History and English Literature
r,e Farmers, Scholarships will be conferred on those
whose parents are unable, and who are themselves
upab 20 tie OF their education without
aid and who Will declare their bona hde intention !"
become farmers or planters. The appointments Will DO
made the Goth of September Applicants must DC az
least II years Of age. Applications containing salts
factorv declarations "a to the above conditions and ac
companied by testimonials OF irreproaohable moral
character and Of capacity to proht by the nsucuon
given in the University, be addressed TO James
Harrison, Chairman Of the Faculty.
Mr.. Du Port, Inspector of Schools, County
of Berks England his general report for last year.
just printed gives the following sample OF what may To
cult from plan dealing with extra subjects such az
geography, history &c, by way OF awritten exainina
ton Just on the same principle as with speilnR' OF
sums the results of which, compared with FORMER
days Of oral examination, are, he says highly unsats
factory: "History.-Question Write an account OF
Mary Queen Of Scots Answer Mary Queen OF CotH,
she was the daughter of Kenny the sth, and ba' ssef
OF Elizabeth, and when Mary did came 10 the throne
and because she romeman chalhc, she wahteo al
her people TO be rOmeman chalncs, anu homo VI "oi
people would not be romeman chaies and so she put
them in prison till they wood be one, and when queen
Elizabeth came the throne they we're very gao' anu
she let them ont Geography-Question 'DescriDe
the course Of the Seven Answer-'The seven is
a rapied cause than the theams.' Grammar-plesuon'
what is an adjective Answer: An hadlnes Is d
word placed before none TO show some quanues w
circumstances respetnet rs good may long quincy
Mr. Du Port mentions very good schools IN one OF
"A written eXdInl-
nation IN animal physiology by gentleman OF nhiVer
stv standing and no ordinary teaching power and IN
the other the boys were taught orally 10y Their naona
schoomaster Children Of nine years old III TINS atter
school could tell their parents more as TO the Importance
Of ventilation and of wholesome food than the chureh
of eleven years old in the former school, where all heir
energy had been expended in comprising the art OF
writing out paper free from all udicrous spelling or
absurd faults of composition, and where the minds OF the
children were too faded that effort TO digest at all
comfortably the general spirit of the subject.
AT the Ontario Teachers Meeting Prof. Gold
win Smith talked about the moral element in common
school education.
He considered that the teaching Of religious education
i'm common schools "a mistake. IL would ne uselul
schools and TO revise them from time. There
the question TO whether the moral effect wrought Is
themselves The question arises what sort OF material
have the teachers TO deal whf What sort OF clhaIen
60 10 these sCnOOlrt III emu u stl''
crooked spine 1t is not TO be expected tnat te @ &
can spine straight; or OF children WHO nave hI
careful home training, with tenpers spOlleu, anu
their brains clouded through udicious treatment 10y
their parents, is It fair 10 expect to he able 10 sWeeS
that which is nncloud the brain when Is or
scurol The GOvenOreueral is reported to nave maze
some remarks about the excessive rudeness OF some
American children he met with on the cars anu stean
boats but these could not be considered as lar peS
mems OF American children. Those who lIyed IA tne
United States could testify with him that the homes ~
America were as well governed any IN the wOrd.
lApplausel But the advanced ideas exhibited ny the
American children IS 10 he traced to the prospect es
have OF early Independence boys thrown early IN
life Their own resources and they begin at an early
parents which promotes the feeling of the responsb-
fies of manhood lie pointed out the influences Oh
democratic of government They must not eXpect
school teachers TO be able to contend against inc "pne1
of before they come into their hands Teachers
must be credited with the endeaVOr 10 nahe
next dealt with moral influences in persons learning
merely read and write, and remarked that ereat
tbS Great noron OF prisoners were unable 10 either
read He afraid these statistics were MS
leading In two particulars In the first place, ignorance
in the matter Of reading ana writing may not be the
If crime the might he through their bens
versay get educatiOn 1t might be through early as
sOcations and not from the want OF knowledge Ihep
in the second place many prisoners in the habit of
conceang from the prison officials their power OF being
able TO read write. thinking perhaps that edneaton
might lie taken as aggrayati0n of their and they
might be more severely punished. There cannot be
doubt however hut that popular education has great
moral effect. Again. one who has lived among
the American people can have the least doubt
that popular education Is OF great moral force.
lie held that that element OF common school
education. which bore most directly on the moral
character, the discipline OF the school reasonable
laws strictly enforced deNiated from only for reasons
as good as those for which the laws themselves were
made; absence OF all petty and veNatous lnerier
kindly admOnltiOn when olenses were not WlIul
repr0Of without bitterness punishment never Inflicted III
anger. but when Inflicted, inflicted that the offender
should not offend again. II necessary also that
they should remember that II they wanted child 10
mind what they said they must NINA what they SAID
themselves. Applause ID child obedience IN Itself
was a virtue. He must be compelled first 10 do many
things the reasons Of which he knew not but II
desirable as soon his intelligence OneLed 10 let nun
well possible the of the rules lie was
called upon TO suOmit This kind OF discipline this
gradual training and reasonable submission to good
laws was especially necessary III countries Ike Ours
where children lawmakers az posse tnemsev
The child should he made 10 feel as tc as possible the
difference between home and school, but there must be