New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-07-16
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

John c. Gray, jr., has been appointed lee
lurer on Evidence for the ensuing Academic year at
Harvard. r...t 0 800
There is now some probability that the p1b-
tic school teachers OF will get their salaries some
tame, but not very soOn
CORPORAL punishment is undergoing attack
m Boston-an attack induced by the recent cruel WHIP
ping Of little boy. who shortly after died OF feVer M
ing that his teacher was Furnishing him with ra'tah'
and begging for help.
Prof. Woodman of Dubuque is said TO be
the happy possessor Of the finest cabinet OF marine anu
geological specimens the Mississippi valley, ana one
which includes the rRrest collection OF coras IN the
waited states He has gathered it himself, and values
It, ttsOco.
The city of Auburn, and the friends of the
institution have at last raised s22OO for the benefit Of
ts Theological Seminary and this, with the con-
tributed by Col Morgan S5.oOO viii be sufficient TO
keep the Seminary where it is aud give 1t very much
increased advantages
A Philadelphia paper makes a suggestion
which is on the whole sensible This is that schools
shoud make a distinction between the younger anu
older pupils giving to the former shorter sessions tha
the latter graduating them according to the ages %
the children. This perhaps would be gooo oetiuH'"
of a habit of discrimination which large nulAoa Va
teachers certainly do not possess.
An editor observes that there is great ad-
vance in what he calls collegiate oratory as exhibited IN
the just closing he mas reason'
there is Improvement but still not SO mueh Us tneIe
might be- We glad 20 see that oregon Is leuei "
this egard OF the graduates Of willamette UhNersS'
atleast three took up fresh, every day affairs Wheh
they made their speeches on " Ralroad No'Poi"NON'
and the Indian Question"
The diploma of the Kansas State Agricul-
tura College is hereafter to be printed in the English
language A friend Of the College writing 10 Law
renee newspaper complained that its curriculum ls 100
broad enough attention here as IN other lhs-
buttons given to the requirement OF an accurate
knewledge OF the English tongue. He also says that
the Board OF Regents that change In the con-
duet Of the College essential to It's success and use
funess.
On a picturesque site at Wellesley, Mass,
Mr. II + Durapt ia building large and beautiful col
IeRe for girls the architect being Mr. Hsmmatt Billings
The building IS in the form Of double cross and VIII
have ample accommodation for SOC students. The Presi-
dent aud resident professors OF the college VIII DC
women and the students will be committed all the
work of the house except Washing securing and the
heavy lifting. They will thus be Taught cookery and
other household duties and all without infringing upon
their time for study and recreation. Another idea OF
the founder is rather oddit is that the students shall
form among themselves organized and trained fire
department The building and httingup will be nearly
perfect in their details The institution is to be called
Wellesley College.
There is a small excitement In Dayton,
Ohio concerning the way in which certain schoolbook
publishing houses manage to get their in 1t
asserted that their agents watch aud control as far
as possible the ward meetings that nominate candidates
for the School Board and that whenever they they
get their into that body and in the event they
fan 10 get Board win introduce their books they
begin attack upon whatever educational system the
refractory Board have adopted, and set TO
them in order to their removal 1t is said also
that these agents found all the State eDdeavor
ing 10 begule newyappointed principals and supern-
tendent placing carriages at their disposal at water
ing-plaees and paying their hotel bills they Will per
init The equivalent this courtesy is, Of course
Recommendation OF the publications Of the firm. 1t Is
90 be hoped that this tale isn't true.
Women have now the best possible chance
20 Justify their demand for higher education The
'wornans Education Association of Boston offers all
young II years of age the opportunity Of
undergoing the Harvard examinations for 1874. Mathe-
mates, science, languages, history, and literature
the prescribed branches Those who acqut themselves
well in all these branches may then offer themselves for
advanced standing in some special one. The Associs
ton assumes all expenses Of the examinations,
which will be partially repaid by the
didates' fees, These mad0 as small as
possible The Association also takes entire Of the
details OF the work and the examinations The
suggests the and gives the certificates
designating intellectual standing OF the candidates
One good result Of these certificates suggested the
fact that after experiment Of only four yes:e the
demand England for teachers holding those OF Lon
don or Cambridge University greatly exceeds the
supply.
The Russian Government does not take po-
ncal agitation among the women Of the nation quite
easy does the American. 1t has just announced
he larry
University Zurich such OF them shall continue
attend the lectures at the University and the Poly
1eehne School after the 1st Of January, 1874 will not
admitted their return TO Rnssa TO any examination,
educational establishment, appointment of any kind
under the control OF the Government. The
give this harsh decree is that the leaders Of the
Russian emigration have made Zurich the
center Of their revolutionary propaganda and have
spared no pains 20 draw the students into It. Conse.
quenty various radical political parties have been
formed there by the Russian youth both masculine and
feminine; lectures Of revolutionary character are
gwen Iyoung girls attend the radical meetings Of
workngmen and become interested in politics that
of them go two three times in the year Russia
again. taking with them incendisry letters
prociamatons All this the paterna government MT
have, on any account
A Southern newspaper suggests that the
better journals Of the country which furnish acute
and able criticisms Of poems novels histories, and
scientific works shall also concern themselves with
equal intelligence and with school books. Ii
plains that large number OF the textbooks in
proper subjects only Of ridcue ndgnetOn, hav
ing q wrong effect alike on teachers and pupils
We are not disposed TO deny that too many
OF these books constructed every
principle those Of clear and simple instruction and
pOrnmon-sense. Another Southern paper approves
warmly Of MI swlntoB's School History Of the United
States observing that the author treats the subject OF
the late war with remarkable csndor fairness and im
partiaity Speaking OF his statement that the