New-York tribune., 1873-12-18
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

tariisbed at Pittsburgh Penn.
The total number of pupils enrolled III the
rchoos of Tennessee is IsG6 OF this number S2a are
roored There colored schools in the state now
rresnised. and 542 eolored teachers employed
The Yale students have hOnored themselves
ty tie appointment OF committee TO obtain from the
various college classes much possible IN the way OF
clothing food and money which they will distribute TO
ihe New-Haven poor whom the lack OF work has made
dependent upon charity
1t is said that the kindergarten system in
she st Louis schools although introduced bat short
nme ago Is now in fuh operation and producing excel
ent results shows all the benefits claimed for IT, and
sevelops particularly widely different activiti es
the mathematical and the productive.
Chancellor Woods of the Western Univer-
atty OF Penns vania says in relation to the mechanical
education contemplated by that State that TO estap
sb mechanical technical schools separate from In
situations already existing. would involve larger e1
pebdtures or result in feeble and inefficient schools
DIR. Sears. agent of the Peabody School
nd SAYS that intelligent citizen OF Raleigh N ''
lately told him that they had not pubic scnoo III '
,,ty ut they bso just paid out $4,000 on account
few oriminas-which fact sustains IN "a measure ' d"
sertion fhat IL ccss 10 maintain the people III G
,oranoe thar II does maintain a system OF puohe
schools
n
t,.d IN studv bookkeeping which preso orbed Tor
n, ss and her mother sustained her in this reiusa on
The ground that she already many lessons as she
sould heathfully attend 70. The School Board mmeoi
,tey decreed expulsion from the schooi anu INC
teacher obeyed its order. Application was MADE LOT htr
readmissou but the School Board nterposed the cohu
ion that she must take the study of bookkeeplpg
Not disposed either meet this condition or be deprived
of tuition the young lady went into court Twice the
e.se was tried without reaching decision On third
trial however the jury instructed 10y the court 10
md verdict for the plaintiff, which they have done TO
the amount OF $3.50 damages,
Dnring the wear 1872 the sum of S4,493.0O0
WAS gwen pledged 10 American colleges by various
individuals The largest benehciaries were Yale Col
lege 10 extent Of 1896 2s4 Harvard sl5s05; Cornell
University, sls5Oo0, and Wells College for Women
GooOoO In the Eastern and Middle states S707'Soo
was devoted to the construction of college huild
ings and ss6 200 purpose in the western
and Southern States TweDtyseven colleges during the
same time added new departments, showing that the
advance n intellectual equipment keeps pace with ar
shiteetural accommodations. The twenty-seven new
departments embrace law, medicine Journalism meteor
elogy. biography, chemistry, and theology. Twenty
si1 colleges have added thrtytwo professorships
The Illinois Industrial University at Cham
paien formally dedicated the 10th OF TINS month
The binding FIVE stories in hight including basement
HDd Maneard
wings added at east and 79x6% feet IN size 1t is sub
stantal and beautiful building throughout The arehi-
lecture is Of order. The basement Is
constructed KsnkaBee stone rough, with details cut
The als this OF red pressed brick with dress
ing OF yellow sandstone The MsDsard roof Is slated
One wing off by strong brick walls, aud is fur
ni,bed with iron and shutters, rendering FIRE
proof Ii contains cabinet and library The entire
buildng is thoroughly ventilated and well heated by
steam and hot air from two large boilers N the base
yoent.
A writer in The Meriden (Ct.) Republican
says that more than one-hai OF the teachers Of the
State have been spending their time for years upon
orthorraphy reading arithme tie living and moving
and having their intellectual being. az teachers IN The
spelling the primer and reader and the rudiments
of numbers calculation, until the minds OF both
pupils and teachers slip over their smooth familiar
paees almost without CLEAN Of conscious thought or
intelligence and this state OF things has come 10 ne &C
.ented and acduesced by the community, in help
less KIND Of way. a sort OF dreary necessity from
winch is and the average teacher just
Ske the average workman in every other pursuit. will
earn her wages easily she doing no more and no
better work is required by the obligations nomi
mated in the bonds. The teachers not much TO
blame as the system under which they teach They are
not dead but sleeping they lack capacity, hut
porunity ability and willingness 10 advance, hut
tie obligation and necessity OF ADVANCING
Mr. NorthTop. the Secretary of the Connect
,eut State Board OF Education regards a. serious
error the increasing tendency among wealthy Ameri
rans send tber children TO Europe 10 be educated
His book ON Education Abroad" contains large mum
her OF letters connected with our schools and
college, and they all deprecate the idea that there Is
anything 70 be gained by sending children abroad 10 be
educated. Some OF the conclusions reached by the
.nthors of these following That the ele
eurary ana preparatory stndes shond ne pursued at
home that the collegiate course should also he com
pleted IN own country that professional studies
should first be pursued in insritutiOns that
those speBd from five TO eight years in preparatory
studies abroad. md Themselves far behind their old
school ssocates their studies; that the lecture
lem }. Ill adapted to ordinary students, however profit
able TO advanced scholars and finally, that those who
receive their early training in Europe are hybrid
Glaze neither Europeans nor Americans, iiadapted 10
practical duties either hemisphere out of adjustment
With society, aud out OF synpathy win our simple
American hfe.'
II appears that Harvard was not the first
American college to REJECT woman a. student. Lucinda
Footo daughter Of The Rev. John Foote Of Cheshire
Conn was fne Greek and Hebrew scholar, aud at the
.ge Of u was fitted Yale College appears by the
following copy Of translation Of certificate IN Latin,
gwen to her by President Stiles, upon parchment and
also iBserted by hun IN his diary, the same date upon
tbe occasion OF passing her examination for sdms-
siOD 70 Yale College:
The President OF Yale College. 20 al 10 whom these
presepts shall come.--Greeting: BE 1t known 10 you
that have examined Miss Lucinda Foote IL years DID,
have found that IN the learned anguages-the Latn
and the Greek-sbe has made commendable progress
vying the meaning OF passages in the EDeid OF
Virgil the Select OratlOns OF Cicero and IN the Greek
staDeDt; and thai she is fully qualified, except In
regard 10 be received a pupil in the Freshman
tiass Yale University. Given In the College llDrary
she 12d OF December. 1888 EZRA STILES, President.
Though kept out OF college, Miss Fooe pursued full
course Of college studies and also studied Hebrew with
President Stiles SO far however. from becoming
ged Old maid, she married at le. and died at
sbs good old aye ofic2 having been belmother OF ten
children.