New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-01-10
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

are women. t.rr F..r..fr ."rh .
Omittine Hampton, Virginia had, during the
YEAR. ls7qa 1881 students in her colleges, OF whom 3
| were from other States
The last number of The Packer Quarterly
gives evidence OF good deal OF practical perception
and freshness of imagination among the young iadie'
| OF that Institution.
writer in The 81. Louis Democrat thinks
that clercymen are not usually qualified by knowledge OF
young men, or sympathy with modern science, to make
| good college Presidents.
Austria has 50 well-trained Normal Schools,
with 5s1 teachers and $500 pupils Prussia Ca with S6l4
pupils saxony Is hDey-tralned Normal SCHOOLS Del
| GUM so Wurtemburg, 10, and Bavaria, 10.
Several boxes of casts have arrived at Amherst
College from Prof Msther who ia in Europe collect
ING material for the gallery. The professor has
raised 81 for this purpose and the collection IL to be
ultimately arranged in the upper story OF Wilston Hail.
A letter TO The ". o. Times says that move
ment has been made TO establish agricultural school
near Osyka Miss, the Jackson Railroad, and asks
why the Oranges of Mississippi and Louisiana cannot
establish school Of this sort in their respective STATES
| The Wisconsin superintendents and prlncl-
pals met in Convention last week and discussed COM
pusory education No positive decision was arrived At
and the subject referred TO the following committee
| The Hon. W. H. Chandler, the Ion. Edward Soaring
| and Prof. 4. II. Carpenter.
The trustees of Dartmouth have in view the
erection library building, embracing rooms for the
Thayer School OF Civil Engineering and art gallery
part .fhe funds for this purpose has been secured
An indication of the financial prosperity OF the college
is found the fact that within the last ten years more
than $5OOOO has secured for the various depart
| nents. There students now at Dartmouth.
Bv recent vote the two open literary socie-
ties of Dartmouth College have amended their cons'tu
tons to allow the consolidation OF Their libraries WIN
the college library which will doubtless be effected ut
the Spring election officers. The society Libraries con-
tain about IOO0 volumes EACH the college library 2ooo
and the union OF the three under management aud
with one catalogue, Will greatly enhance their useful
ness.
The Board Of Regents of California Unlver-
sy has resolved offer the Secretary of War ana the
Chief OF the Signal Service Department site for tne
establishment OF q meteorological observatory fres'-
dent Gilman reports that Wells, Fargo Co. have I'M
dertaken to carry free Of charge, from any OF the
| agency stations the Pacific coast CONTRIBUTORS u
natural history, books maps, &c, sent TO inc UNI
! vcTsity.
The faculty Of Dartmouth is larger by SIX
additions than IN 1872 Prof Brandaw succeeds fIoi'
Cooley in the chair OF modern languages, and the fo-
| lowing additions have been made 10 the corps OF IN
| struotors: Prof. Albert Smith, Prof George krantz
salip. and Prof Daniel Ge BrOckway IN the medlcai
department; Prof George Bates Nichols Tower ana
Prof Arthur sherburne Hardy IN the scientific school,
| and Iemue Spencer Hastings, y. b., tutor IN mathe-
| mates.
Tie undergraduate papers at Yale are us
cusuc the question whether the secret society system
tends TO binder reviyals OF religion IN the college
statistical uuor reports that the average attendance Oh
ETY. men az three prayermeetings In his class
was ten ana one-third while that of society men was
ouy niue and two-thirds, bat The Conrda1 THINKS the
other classes may show preponderance the otner way
and ia any Gaze judges ttat such figures don't prove
| anything.
The following resolution was adopted at the
late meeting OF the Illinois Teachers Association;
| R.solsed That school Ut system OF education Is
worthy to be tolerated which units its subjects, either
physically OF eeu;imentaly, FOR hardy toll We reeog-
nize physical labor directed by trained intellect as the
grand meals 10y which country to reach the best
development possible for any nation and whlle we De
hevo in an educated brain for every par OF hands we
believe 10 less necessity Of willing pair OF hands
| for every BRAIN
| The PHILADELPHIA Telegraph says in reference
20 IL, ll Congress providing for the establish
meut OF training schools for seanen that such schools
ought 10 he exclusively under Government control and
oreauized especial reference 10 the naval service
rather than The service. II suggests that III
strucon IN cInneIy could readily be given in addition
TO that winch Is especially designed TO t them FOR the
ordinary duties Of seafariug e and would so far from
being burden, under proper auspices furnish an agree
able variety TO the course OF studies.
The Boston Globe thinks that the educators
of Massachusetts ia taking measure Oh themselves nave
| udr.d too much by comparison. and. witnessing the
and snOrtcou OF the school systems OF
other less fortunate States have TIED hard to persuade
thcmseyes that they much nearer perfection THAN
the ac. of the ease would warrant. This pleasant llu-
sou says The GObe Las been source OF mlschei ana
hnderer Of reforms which must yet be achieved before
assachusett can stand where she should stand IN the
/ educational RANKS of the world.
The Association Of the Colleges OF Ohio met
al Westerv.e last week. and papers were read by the
| various Presidents President Goldman OF Baldwin
offered some resolutions favor OF Board OF Exam
iners to be appointed by State authority, with sole
mower 10 graduate candidates Tor academic degrees,
and against comforting honorary degrees In the dis
oussion which followed the proposition seemed to meet
with much favor and u referred TO special com
mttee Presidents Goldman, Scott, and Orton to report
at the next animal meeting OF the Association The As
ISOLATION resolved 10 accept the invitation OF President
Tappau TO hold the next annual session at Gambler.
President Tappan OF Kenyon College was elected Presi
| dent of the Association.
The annual catalogue Of Princeton Theologi-
cal Seminary COR 1874 shows aggregate attendance
o. l students, Of whom 20 are seniors. SO IN the middle
class and the junior class with four student grad
yates OF this lumber. 50 are graduates of Princeton
College 10 of Knox and the rest from other institutions,
| except nine, who not graduates of any regular
| college. The next examination will commence on
Thursday Aprl g. and the usual certificates will be
conferred on the graduating class Tuesday, April
with al Address by the Rev. william c. Cattell ID. d.,
of Eas.on College in his absence, by the Rev. S. f..
Rockwell D. D. The annual sermon at the close will be
| preached 10y the Rev Dr.. Henry A. BoaTdmaI, and an
address before tue Religious Constitutional Society Will
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