New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-12-31
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

orth an the bnldine for the proposed University OF
Arts and Trades ct Toledo
The policy of advancing teachers from
trade to grade capable is reported TO have peen
entirely succeSSrc' n Newark
There are $50 students in the Philadelphia
school of Design for Women. The general average OF
SNe work done is said to be very good
The sum of $4,000 will be asked of the in
soming Name Legislature by tho Agricultural C0nese
81 that State. The institution has now IA pupils
Architecture, mechanical and artistic draw
ing will be introduced in the Baltimore CITY Co"eRe n
soon as the accommodations OF that insntutAon Will
permit
The futile prize at Trinity College Will oe
awarded to that member of the class Of rs who sha
write the best essay on 1.-THE NormaniElement 10
E0gish Civilization"
Mr.. s. A. Ensign of Hartford intends to
supplement T. NJ Anyn's gift Of 100000 for the estao
hshment OF an industrial school by giving site Tor the
building ct Parkvlle.
1t is reported that there is a possibility OF
the acceptance by Prof d. c. Gilman OF tho PRESIDENCY
Of tbe new John Hopkins University at Baltimore Pr0i
Gilman lie now in Baltimore.
School expenditures in Troy are said 10
have increased onr TO beyond the proportion OF the
of population during the past ten years Ahe
expenditure in 1874 was sp,6SS 49,
More than $4,000 has been already sub
scribed for the Williams pOfessOrship at Michigan Uni
versty rni there is a prospect that the full amount
required-S9S OOO-will shortly be raised
1t is proposed to raise in each OF the Con-
fsrences connected with the General Association OF New
Hampshire fund Of $1,000, the income TO be appropr
ated to some Theological student at Dartmouth.
Albany Medical College last week graduated
~ young students This the largest class the ne
tution has yet known. Gov. Dix gave scholarly 81
to t3rh nsfQ
that the preservation Of health should be as sIudous
care 10 them the cure Of disease.
At Wesleyan University students who dc
not desire To complete either of tue regular courses are
permitted to instruction in such studies as they
may select provided that they prove themselves upon
examination, qualified to pursue them win advantage
Postgraduate nstructo Is also offered
Illinois Industrial University has had during
the past term $50 students and the scholarship higher
than in former years The DumOer OF students III INC
scboo of Architecture ia increasing, and short build
era course lie proposed for the benefit Of experienced
carpenters and mechanics who desire 10 take architec
tura drawing to til them for maser.budcre School
OF Design will be established Immediately
All the courses of study during the fresh
man year at the Massachusetts, Institute OF Technology
are alike professional being entered upon
the first the sophomore year, although formerly
net until the junior year. The last four courses differ
from the others in having less distinctly professional
character. The students at present number 2s3 The
Society Of Arts founded 1851 numbers 500 men-
bers,
In discussing the effect of their profession
upOn teachers, The San Francisco Bulletin says: "Too
many queer eccentric singular, and naturally
smal and pedan-enter upon the business OF instruct
Ing On all such persons teaching seems TO have an I'M
favorable ect because it brings ont these undesirable
traits very prominently. Whenever teachers have
stnveu to I've something than machines and have
eDdeavored 10 balance any unlavorahle tendencies by
vide reading, culture, ana high aims, in nearly all such
INSTANCES far from experiencing any III effects, they
have been made better by their vocation The man or
the woIuan the better teaching, and fails
70 develop what is best 10 the pupil unworthy Of that
VOCATION"
The Massachusetts, Teachers Association he
gan In annual meeting at Worcester on Tuesday. TIE
Rev Phillips Bfooks of Boston address specially
advising tue stIGy the part OF teachers m the educa
tion the past BY the method, he declared, there
would he less time lost IN the re1scOverv Of old truths
and principles, which had led 10 the loss Of much vaua
bIe lime on tie part Of Instructors aud pupils and care
would be exercised In the introduction OF rev studies
~bch when once adopted, though for good bad
sOas. hard to he got out Of school when once
h. To that fact was due great deal Of conservatism
ard trsdtionasm in teaching For instance the matter
Of classical training at present came in large part from
The length Of time il had Eed It's ground
The new Wellesley College for women is to
have of s;;dy not exactly tue same rs thai pre-
serDed for YOurg III most OF the principal colleges,
abe elective plan being carried further than 10 those i'll
siituIions. Bar the course s not lss comprehensive
AVID cOntepiAtcs no less thOOughutss. The ofcefs D;
the college all TO I've womeupresident professors,
tutOIs every body about the school must DC women
s0ne question naie as TO whether al present women
eau he obtained who qualified by education aud eX-
eeutIyc sSi 10 take the highest POSITIONS but the
founders are confident of being able 10 secure tie wo'
xoen the places aud resolved TO launch the inst
tuon upon that basic. The college Will have attached
10 ia preparatory school where young women WHO,
tope out from the various academies and seminares,
end themselves inSuycny prepared to enter college,
may complete their preparation. The course OF study,
college Is four years 1t supposed that
a majority Of the girls graduated from the boarding
schools aud desiring Wellesley viii Lave to
spend from to two years III the preparatory depart
DeDt.
1t is the declaration of Tie Hartford Times
that the trouble Of caring for district with IT.
present very limited powers is nearly as great as 1t
would he TO care the schools Of the whole town. As
the State has progressed towards consolidation. and
threefourths Of and interests already
eonsOi lated the schools have improved Some OF the
towns have abandoned the district system and have &C
cepted the proposition Of the State, allowing them TO
consolidate entirely They have made one district for
each town. We believe the people have been
generally satisfied wherever this has been done. The
schools are managed townwise, rather than by frac
'ttonal parts They managed easier and
10 better advantage for the Of education. Fam
nes residing nearest to schOoihouse send their chill
ren there without regard to arbitrary lines The total
tar Is less than under the school district system
teachers are better distributed among the several
Sehoohouses, and there number Of advantages in
the management Of single Board OF Education over