New-York tribune., 1874-01-29
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

The new Free Academy at Rochester, N. Y,
costing, unfurnished s2s.ooo, is finished.
The Rev. w. T. G. Shedd DID,, has been
elected Professor Of Systematic Theology in Union Semi
nary, New-York.
Maryland spends $4,000 year on colleges
ana academies. from which women are excluded, and
only $500 for the exclusive education of young women
Many newspapers in this State dissent
strongly from Mr. Hswkins's opinion concerning com
pusory education contained in his recent formal report
An article on Non PrOscriptive Schools IN
the South" in Old aud Nen, concludes with the state
nent that it may be only upon the advent OF such
schools that permanent quiet Will be obtained IN that
region.
The Wilmington (Del) Commercial pleads the
maintenance OF military drill in education as an agent
in establishing habit Of prompt unQuestioning obe-
depce the American character in its opinion, very
much needing this.
The Springfield, Mass, School Committee
their teachers especially watch carefully
the health OF their scholars, and they err at ALL It
should be assigning pupils too little study rather
than too much.
The course of instruction in the Fine Art
College of Syracuse University embraces thorough
four years course This includes not only the
fine proper but natural science history, language
and philosophy. The college has now 10 students.
During the period that has elapsed since the
reception of the First Glass in September 1884, 1o7s
ladies have been members of the Salem, Mass, state
Normal School, and of these 75s have received diplomas
npon the honorable completion Of the prescribed course
OF study. The whole number OF pupils at the schoo du
ring the present term was 20s
At the Washington County, Penn, Teachers
Institute Prof Ebrenfed said that 1--WE ought to feel
that beyond aud above the curriculum or studes we
have minds to direct upward" and that he "would. II
81 ha1 oh
indifferent habits, uncouth let the curriculum co. on
some occasions IN order to these matters"
Three departments have been organized in
Vanderbilt University among the Professors elected
are Dr. L. c. Garland Of the University OF Mississippi TO
the chair OF Physics and AstronOmy-he Is also to be
Chancellor; J. c. Wills, President sof Central college,
Missouri TO chair OF Mathematics and N T. Lupton,
President of the University Of Alabama TO the chair OF
Chemistry.
The Bureau of Education has received
letter from Madrid and also from Paris, asking for
information regard 10 high schools in the United
States with view TO the establishment of the same in
both above mentioned countries During the past
month there has been eonstanty-increasng demand
upon the Bureau of Education from foreign countries
for circulars information, &c, concerning the different
grades of schools their aud the text books used
in the same.
The Missourians have subscribed nearly
and Lee University; the Kentuckians $4,000 for the
chair history and political economy the Loulsanans
s27O00 for the chair OF modern languages the Texans
$4,000 the chair OF applied mathematics the Virgin
their chair and each Of these States will
complete its endowment $4,000 The University now
has endowment of 100000, and aggregate capital
Of more than 100000.
These are the qualifications OF good school
master, recently described to the Indiana Teachers
Association by Prof. W. III. VeDable OF Cincinnati: l.
knowledge Of the world and of the demands OF Amer
can life q knowledge Of man and the demands Of
human nature; the knowledge of the body and physi
oogy and the knowledge of mind and mental philoso
ply. Tue additional qualifications Freedom from
eccentricities belief in common sense, devotion to pTln
cple, love of hard work, love of his race.
President Buckham of Burlington recently
addressed Vermont Teachers Association in depre
cation OF the half development of his State. He de-
they but a primitive people" and ap-
peaed all classes 10 build up the intellectual tone OF
their communities The intellect OF the YermOnter
he sad" not brilliant, but strong and capable OF
grea, development. Ia his emotional nature the Yer
monter is practical TO fault Morally, he Is sturdy,
tenacious reliable IL grand character. the stanch
est OF any section OF our country"
A Compulsory Education bill has just passed
the Illinois House Of Representatives by vote OF 81 10
a. The bill provides children between the Of
and IA shall be sent 20 school at least three months In
the year. OF which six weeks shall be cOnsecutve that
they shall be taught reading, writing English grammar,
geography and arithmetc that School Directors shall
supply books and the Overseer OF the Poor clothes to
INDECENT children; that the Directors shall prosecute
parents and guardians fail send their children to
school, and that they may be hued from 81 TO s. week
during IL weeks.
Two reforms have been adopted by the
Philadelphia Bench and Bar at the suggestion Of the
Board OF Examiners. In the first place, II Is now neces
cary that students before being registered, should
pass an elementary examination all the branches OF
good English education, and show themselves sufficiently
prepared aud qualified TO commence the study OF the
law. Then there prescribed course Of reading laid
down by the examiners and approved by the Court
that students will be left to wander at will through
the mazes Of law pick up here and there
knowledge Of practice merely without any sound n-
formation as principles and that lie at the
bottom OF all the ns and outs OF law.
The Boston Post says that the attempt to
exclude women from the School Committee "Is mani
fesaton OF very honest fogysm, but of sort Of preu
dice which, to be consistent should seek 10 Danish
female teachers from the schools altogether 1t is by
NO means question of woman's rights, but is pure
necessity Of public education the experience of Lon
don and other English and American cities is ample to
prove the great utility Of lady members of school
boards and the Committee. if they heed the mass OF
public opinion and regard the real merits Of the case
will do well take the fiat of the electors as valid on
the face of it, and the legal side Of the question to
future developments"
Commissioner McNIath of Monroe County in
this State recently complaining that school not
make as much progress as il might, gave
of this the neglect of the subject by the majority OF
newspapers THE Press" he said, that makes itself
such wonderful power in every other sphere Of public
fr n cd In