New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-07-09
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

Batohford has presented the institution with NooO for
library.
The Regents of the Kansas Agricultural
COLLEGE have passed resolution yacating all the pro
fesSOrships the institution. On the 10Th OF TINS hon'"
they win reconstruct the faculty.
Mr. James Russell Lowell when he got his
degree ID C. L. at oxford the other day' was parcu-
larry well cheered by the undergraduates IN the gallery
Young England remembered the Biglow Papers.
Mrs. Susan Willis of Charlestown, Mass, has
given 100000 20 remove Indebtedness from Carleton
college Minnesota During the past year this college
hss received other donations TO the amount of SS3SOO
Lawrence University is said TO have the
largest library OF any college in the state of Wisconsin
If not in AL the Northwest 1t has at present more
than 7OOO volumes and endowment fund Of $4,000
Mr. T. G. Chamberln, said to be one OF the
promising of Wisconsin, has been appointed 10 q
Professionally IN Belot College He has also been gwen
charge Of the State Geological Survey by Gov WISH
barp.
A Committee of the Elmra Board OF Edu-
Gallon has been appointed to rearrange during INC va
cation the course Of instruction IN the pnoe sonoos
with a view OF lenethening the oourse 10 hNe in''' "
four ears.
The Trustees of Knox College have eiec'eu
the Rev Henry A. Nelson. ID. d., formerly oil Aupuin'
n. Y. later of 81. L0UlS, ana nVN Va I'm
Cincinnati To the Presidency OF that lnsu'uoH ''A'
xscart hy inc resignation OF the Rev DR.. Gulver.
The mess system at the University OF VII
, D. a. reduced the board OF the students TO an ahios'
miraculous degree of cbeap9ess. The University report
o,i,,s mess of eight whose hoard cost them only
40 , month"; and one state stIdcnt whose total expense
t yne during the session Including roomrenI, board
lights. fuel and Washing has been under $3.50
The graduating class of the Ohio Law Col
,e,, has uassed this resolution. among other cOmpA-
IneDtaTy ones:
R,sots,d That we regard the advantages OF law col
H. ar speror TO those Of Office and the method OF
sXthcok nsfTuction together with the practical app
Gallon Of papers and peadings in the Mock Court which
tbjS.colleee affords are we calculated to prepare the
student for practical labor in the legal profession
The Trustees of Miami University have
,oouted report resolving discontinue the operations
% the University under the Trustees; to appoint an
Executive Committee with power TO lease the UmVer-
saty buildings giving the preference to Professors
Bishop. Mcfarland, and Osborne; the income OF the
University grounds to be applied to the e&tnGushnen
Of the University debt and raising $4,000 endowment
The Alumni Association of Union University
has pledged itself effort 10 secure during the com
ins year the sum OF $4,000 with which TO endoW Pro
fesorsbip which SHAH give Of relief 10 those
Professors holding places Of seniority In the sdenne
DEPARTMENT Of The college. The Association has also
determined to eDdow, with similar end IN view and
with a like classical protessorship MI kesrn OF
Troy has been reelected trustee.
A superintendent's report concerning Mime
Apols pubic schools speaks of the almost universal
want Of thorough teachers "While hundreds II says,
cau he found who Will keep school, the number is TON
paratYely small who are able 10 teach school In
come localities very little heed is given 10 this fact even
n II be accepted as truth. Elections arc held and
places are given in obedience TO system which charae
terizes onr politics As a cOnsequ ence incompetency
thrives merit is given the goby and the business Of
iDsuuetiOn is put TO shame"
Several important changes are to be made
in the conrse Of study at Williams College. Greek and
latin will be confined TO the first two years or If pur-
.ned later will be optional Calculus will be optional
ana time devoted to it in the regular course
will be spent the other mathematics The Natural
History OF the Senior year will be put back INTO the
sophomore or Junior year. and through the whole or
senior wear there will be but two recatons daily. The
debate on the cOeduoaton resolution ended with the
refusal OF 40 Of the authorities TO adopt it, While 20 voted
in its favor.
If 2 healthy appetite is good for the brain,
how clever ought the young ladies Of Vassar TO bel The
steward Of the college is said to order generally about
M pounds OF steak for breakfast and 200 pounds Of beef
ar mutton for dinner. The fair students consume
between O quarts OF milk daily, and from rs TO
leo pounds Of butter. Half barrel Of sugar, pounds
of coffee, and or pounds OF TEA are useu every udy
Dung warm weather they have ice-cream twice a
week and each time l6O quarts IS the allowance. The
ouanitv of fruits vegetables etc. correspond these
fgnres There are six excellent rOw-boas on the
lake which are almost constantly occupied during the
day nv the young students
In 1860 the Virginia Legislature discussed
resolution prohibiting the tuition Of Southern children
hy Northern teachers This natural enough at that
time hut the discussion Of the idea in Tennessee
fo,ay natural 1t is said that sectonasts-who
,Foud doubtless Indignantly repuse that tte-are dep
recatnc the selection Of Northern teachers, because
tley are "by birth, surroundings and education so
ippocnlaed with auuAmerican ideas that they caDnot
nv spv means he eradcated;" that Z" they will always
inevitably teach false ideas TO Southern peope" and
that they have inyincible Ignorance OF Southern
tastes feelings, and wants" The best most sensible
citizens do not Of course hold these views, and editors
mention them to disagree but that they should be held
~ al is a illustration Of the longevity Of preiu-
dice.
Dr. Anderson, President of the Rochester
University in his excellent address TO the class of 70,
ys,her pieturesquey describes American charae
terstjcs There is something" he SAID, Asiatc aud
ricantesQue in the American mind. II demands great
fornnes sudden regulations II shrinks from moral
Oh physical Danger IL despses slow processes OF intel
iectual growth and the old method OF accumulatng
wealth IN the slow processes Of selfdenia IL would
lean "a the goal Of its desires at single bound Our
rest Is but change OF excitement; our amusements are
pursued with the energy Of despair. In reforms in
leneyoence in missions, are not content unless we
transcend an past experience, and nation is born in
day We are in the most temperate and the most
.eliindulgent people IN the world We are equally
acer il the pursuit Of gain and prOuse IN its e1pend
ture."
Mr.. Ralph Waldo Emerson made little
speech at the recent Boston School Festival i hope
Won read the right books" he said, q am afraid
there are 100 many story books, too many news
uaper that the young people do not read quite as good
hooks as their fathers did At the same time wish to
cay 20 the boys them read scott lot them read Pu-
tsrch let them read Mrs EdgewOrth's stories There II
Dobler e that You will 20 read, ought 10 read
m Iif ~ sr phuin sidney that hero and pattern OF