New-York tribune., 1873-03-19
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

a.. Nory-york State Teachers Association
. -, % 90. an amendment made TO the Consttu
aoo .h,ch will hermit men TO vote after mopths
,.aenoo an county instead of after four months as
,ovy roonred The argument is that the four months
clause IA an Injustice to teachers and clergy arc
ksrced 20 move often and at snort houce
Thinking people in Tennessee are delighted.
A, last they have a common school law, excellent in
,very particular model is the Northern system ana
n proyides separate schools for white and coored en
sren Already Tennesseeans in the minds eye tu
muuous crowd Of settlers coming from everywhere 70
taste these privileges and cover with cultivation 'ne
wild, vacant acres OF the state
A Boston newspaper objects to the criticisms
recently made In that city upon the of teachers
keeping pupils after school hours IL not so much the
fault of the teacher that injurious oversudy Is Pre-
scrbed as It is that OF the school system THINKS TINS
editor; and not much the fault Of that system s Vi
tbe ambition of scholars weaker than their companions
The remedies proposed the falling back oi such
weaker children into inferior classes, an" t0''
modification in the severity OF study ior au'
In Bavaria there are % trade schools ana
,olvtechne schools in wirtemberg technical unVer
Sty, 10 technical schools, and II bnlolnE anu ,.,
schools Reginm has II commercial schools 10 teoAi
cal schools 6s workshop schools, ana % aI""'ui, -
which is regularly taught art as applied 10 lh"uSS
Pr,ssia has sol schools Of agriculture mlhDs "''"
,eetnre. navigation, commerce, and other teenu'o'
gtnaies and 265 industrial schools. America the nome
frae educafiOu and OF uncXamped EoOu eOi4o~ nv"
snany technical schools has she, pIa!'
Newton, Mass, happily selected to repre-
sent the Swu, OF the State In the educational depart
Hent of the Vienna Exposition, has done so much IN
improyng our school system that afford TO have
homes OF the rest OF the country Here teachers really
teach instead OF merely compelling memorizng OF
textbooks Frequent examinations keep the puphs
awake ana the town maintains trainingschoo for i's
own teachers I is pleasant 20 know that foreigners
are to have so excellent instance OF republican
wisdom; but is quite honest 10 make this exception
aly clever town represent all the odfashOued ones OF
6assachusetsf
Aparty of Arapahoe chiefs recently visited the
Norris School, near Fort Leavenworth, and were so ue
lighted with everything that they announced thelr III
tention Of sending their children TO school Immediately
That branch Of profound instruction which seemed 10
please them most was the gymnastc drl. One stately
warrior became so enraptured that he threw aside his
blanket and plunged the ranks, while his eompan-
ions examined mnutey the writing on the blackboard
and the mysterious pieces of chalk with whch IL was
done Several young lady pupils went to the piano ana
charmed the savage breast with sentimental oaads anu
operate selections and three Of the visitors returned
thanks in pleasing and appropriate speeches.
The Massachusetts, Institute of Technology
occupying building large enough TO hold 800 students
il becoming too crowded he comfortable, and 1t is
probable that there will be demand for another
building equally large. There courses OF study
prcscrbed and each extends through four years 1he
regular students during the first two years have the
same studies the beginning of the third year
choice must be made Of OF the following courses:
Mechanical Engineering, Civil aud Typographical Eugi-
neering Geology and Mining Engineering Building ana
Architecture, Chemistry, Science and Literature, ana
Natural History In both mechanical and civil engl-
nee1ng instruction given practically as well as theO-
reticaly Excursions made TO machine shops, fou-
dercs etc. and the young civil engineer is given thor
ougb and frequent field practice with the instruments
and Is taught 10 select the best routes for railroads Int
mining course has hitherto lacked thoroughly organ
lied laboratory It is just now being completed
and already the number OF students in this department
10 increasing. The chemical course is very extensive
and excellentIy managed, and very popular new
free course in practical design has been opened this
wear TO pupils Of both They taught 10 make
patterns FOR prints paperhangngs and carpets as wei
s the making OF working drdwings from the original de
sign This course is particularly successful