New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-04-23
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

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library of about 5000 volumes.
The Georgia editors predict great and useIul |
results from seventh annual meeting OF the georgia
Teachers Association TO be held IN Atlanta on Apr ~
and so and May
Washington and Lee University is IN ex-
celent working order, and is attracting large donations
Various citizens Of South Carolina have subscribed TO
tine endowment South Carolina chair in THIS insti-
tuition
st. Cyprian's Colored School in Nashville is
nourishng aud its orignators intend TO shortly begin
the building Of another church for the cooTed people
A number OF the pupils Of this school were recently
baptized into the Episcopal Church.
Corporal punishment is rarely inflicted IN
Russia and Germany. In France 1t is prohibited. In
Switzerland schoolwhppings are left to the regulation
OF the separate eSntOns. In England there constant
and vigorous whipping, and IN America the custom Is
dying out.
A Philadelphia editor is raging because the
authorities threaten deprive the teachers of the gram
mar schools OF their salaries If thcy continue to use
textbooks the musical lessons II they simply want
TO break up the department they deserve plenty
of censurei but If they have in mind more thorough
system instruction. they are good men and true ann
ought 10 be ENCOURAGED.
The making OF paper boxes and unware are
the Industries with which Grard College begins us ue
partmont OF industrial training Others will be 'aaaeu
in time one hundred aud twenty pupils OF ABOUT ~
years Of age are work part of the day and attend
school during the other hogrs Because. in the country
district schools leave long intervals for farm labor 1T IS
argued that similar mixture OF mental and Industrial
education wi be good and useful IN the city
A New EnglandeT thinks that the recent
argument Massachusetts, teachers that high schools
must haveOue session because some scholars RdteraTy
men do the most of their work before dinner rs all stuff
and nonsense Also Chat the Old educators wise
though they probably thought more of their dinners
than OF physiology-when they divided the schoolday
into sessions of three hours each With recess IN
each session and longer between the two. He
thinks there's in attempting to make growing
scaooBoy girl conform the study hours of literary
men women of middle age.
Wilmington, y. c., is required by its charter
10 establish and maintain schools Recently, attempting
iudn this duty 10y means of ieyyng tax, II is said
that city vas Informed by the State Board OF EdOea-
on that it lad power TO order such tax The state
Constitution says that town municipality shall
raise money bv tax for any but necessary expenses
without submitting the matter 70 the people, ana cor
respondent that the North Carolina courts have
decided that SCHOOLS not necessary expense. We
conseenuOusly pronounce THIS sensible pro
,cecd.ng.
The election of the Dartmouth College
Seniors for Cassidy occurred the 2Otn and the votes
were almost unanimous The following the success
fan caud daes Orator Fred A Thayer of Newlpswich'
Nh; Poet, Cebron 7. Coulee Greenwich n. Y; Mar
sLal, Otis ID. Marion, Boston; Chronicer, Nathan D.
Goss Rye Y. H., and Prophet William p Cooper Fort
WAYNE Iud The Introductory address is to he delivered
n, Harry NJ Grout the address to the President by
Samuel W. Adriance OF Poughkeepsie N V. and the
address at the Old Pine by L. Il Richardson Of Indiana
TIE ods is to determined by the best Ode that shall
be written. There Il men in the class.
The Ottawa University, established by the
Ottawa Indians for tie instruction OF children, be-
came involved and useless in 1867 and the Bap-
ti,t denomination was interested in its behalf and
succeeded in raising nearly $4,000 BY the time this
sum had put the school in good order the Oawas had
removed their reservation in Indian Territory, and
being longer able TO receive the benefits of the instr
tuton claimed that should be sold and the proceeds
used to establish schools their lands Congress,
in 1872 ordered that tins should be done, and Commits
appointed to appraise and dispose OF the prop
erty The school authorities, however, refused posses
sion and nothing has been done abOut the matter
until lately, when new Commission was appointed TO
manage IL. The Baptist Home Mission want 10 com
promise and the Commission is make final settle
meHt of the affair.
The Auburn Theological Seminary, which it
is proposed 10 remove 10 Aurora, founded in 1870,
Auburn with inhabitants, contributing $4,000 and
eight OF land in the heart of the city. The
funds Of the Seminary have had steady. uniform and
rapid growth rising within the last fifteen years from
$4,000 TO than <2OOOOO Beside these $4,000 were
contributed two years ago in new library building,
ard 5000 have been recently received TO fill an acove
Numerous legacies of them already paying inter
the endowment fund which then saved the Seminary.
Indeed twice within the last eighteen years, the
churches OF Auburn have saved the Seminary from utter
ruin The Presbyterian churches of Auburn have just
expended than 100000 in church edidces yet
they are already making generous subscriptions for the
Seminary.
President Whites recent report shows that
Cornell University is in a successful and vigorous con
dtion over 500 students studied there during the past
year F.; the standard Of instruction has been steadily
raised, and the examinations made more and more
thorough The courses Of civil and mechanical engineer
Ing are given special attention and have more than
hundred students. The mechanical department is now
entirely organized, having lecture, drafting and reca-
ton rooms and also a thoroughly equipped machine
shop, thereby graduating the students practically as
well theoretically. tn the library Of the University
are $1,000 volumes. Thirty thousand dollars have been
given by Mr. Sage Of Brooklyn for the building Of
chapel be managed by the University, but not CON
troled by any single denomination. Another gift Of
$4,000 has been made 70 endOw lecuresbip moral
religious subjects. This. too, will be free from
special sectaIian influence The University has now DO
debts.