New-York tribune., 1873-07-23
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

Gov. Curtin gives the address to the students
nt the Commencement OF the Pennsylvania Agrlcu'"i
College.
"N,E. LIZ is the last novelty in college
degrees and il is conferred by the Ladies' seminary AZ
Bordentown, New-Jersey II signifies Mistress oi Ell
Rlish Literature"
The DEPARTMENT Of Public Instruction oi
New.York holds that asylum schools 10 DC eh'i''0u W
share in the public moneys, must place themselves
under the general direction OF the ooaru VI
the cities and villages in which they are respectively
ocato and that the teachers in such schools must DC
licensed by the proper authorities
The Springfield Union announces that after
roloneed discussion IL has been decided by the Cath
lic OF that city TO their children from the pub
&c schools new girls school building aud nunnery
will be erected az once and other buildings as soon as
The necessary funds can be obtained The Union est-
mates that 2OO children will thus be drawn from Tue
public schools Of that city.
The Illinois Institute for the education OF
feeblemuded children at Jacksonville, has been so sue
cessfu training that at the last session OF the
Assembly 1t was made Of the Independents ana po
mauent charitable institutions Of the State INC W.
binaon of practical medical and physical ana "vr
tal training makes the most encouraging 0H@nS -, "a
condition Of these unfortunate creatures boau ""
tuuon are free during the school year OF ten no"'
The ladies who have been struggiins
..,., s-rd n has been decided by tho iuH
,, 90 a.s.io, that the senatus Acsdomicus ana inc
chanceor Of the University are not bound 70 IIoNiue
for the instruction Of femme students at tne 0i"
rho several professors 10 admit them 10
acandidates Tor medical degrees. This decision Is o'
offered AS a matter Of prejudice but as an au'norl'a
os,tion Of the law, the original charter ana Other
documents forming the foundation OF the University
provdug for the education Of masculine s'uden's OH'
The University of Cincinnati is to be opened
for Freshman class in September. The teehuologic
and classical courses will be started simultaneously anu
teachers in the High school and such addilona' fIoes
ors as may be needed will be employed prONlsOhaly d
arst Permanent Professors will be secured rom une
10 time and the University Will be allowed natural
Growth from year TO year. In 1874 Sophomore class
,de mn Of the Freshmen entering this Fall, Will DE
started and so from year to year until compete seV
Of classes is organized The standard of proficiency
,,nbe high Proficiency equal to that Of graduate
from the high schools VIII be required The Board mas
Il lts disposal for the current year S2S,OOo'
The McDonogh School Farm, near Baltimore,
will be- opened for pupils the first Monday OF next
October The principles adopted by the Board exclude
all BOYS whose friends would be able TO take care OF
them all who would be suitable for the House OF Refuge
All hose parents would seek 70 abuse the charlues OF
be school The advantages are that boys will be taken
At tender age kept for several years, until qua
fed bv substantial English education and practical
aning in farming and the science OF agriculture 10
EARN their own living AS is known the site CHOSEN 1oI
the farm is the Foxlegh property in Baltimore County
between 10 and II miles from the City OF Baltimore con
liuinc s3 acres OF land and large brick dwelling, and
enements suitable for employees on the farm The soil Il
good and the locality healthful.
We have to note bit of good sense in the
shane Of committee report presented TO the Virgins
Educational Association It on the extent to wDcl
mathematics ought TO form part Of the curriculum
schools for girls aud it declared that while arithmetic
large practical value to them, algebra IS not OF mucI
pse in their daily life nor is IL indispensable as dsci
pine The report concludes 10y proposing for girls th
following course Of mathematical study: 81 Arith
rnctc extensively and thoroughly recognizing the fac
that It is really the most difficult thing we have Il
teach p Systematic Geometry, except perhaps the
discussion Of the spherical tranGle 8. PAN Ing
Bnometry and MensuratiOn, at least so far as the
,rspbc methods can be applied. 4 The Elements of
descriptive Geometry, with general practice OF mathe-
fna1cal drawing
A report advising compulsory education has
heen adopted by the North Carolina Educational Con-
rention The following resolutions were also intro
suced:
Resolred That the public lands of the United states
lnd be dcyoted exclusively the OF education,
and mat no part thereof should ever again ne gwen 10
gr5r onv retense whatever; but that the should
h. sold up6n demand at Government prlces ana mat
yidfd among ali the states according 10 iiteracy and
that per ceutum Of said proceeds should DC used ioI
common school education $500. .
point committee OF - persons whose duty IT shaIi oe
to memOralze Congress to eject the purposes oi ths
at resolution by appropriate laws aud to solicit the in
Huruce and good Offices in tins behan or lhe GONeruoIs
and Legislatures of all the States OF this Union
Statistics and memorials of the history of
education in Virginia are be secured preserved and
published by the Educational Association of that State
At the recent meeting OF the Association this decision
was made as was likewise another 70 the effect that nc
lady teachers should become members OF said Associa
hon The reasons given for this prohibition are sngu
larly gallant generous, and hghmiDded one IS that
the hospitality offered to the masculine members Of the
Association the towns where 10 meets, would not be
offered 20 ladies because they are troublesome
to entertain a second is that innovations mustn't be
begun and third the scarcely pertinent one that the
American Medical Association, having refused to admit
feminine members the Educational Association OF Vir
Eina ought to exclude from the advantages of its delb
erations the excellent and haTdwOrkiDg young women
who teach nnetenths Of the schools Of Virginia The
resolution proposing their admission declared that ii
Ihoud be as listeners and not speakers and amable
gentleman observed that "as 10 Virginia woman
making public speech, the thought was SANDER"