The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-03-06
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

Ohio has this year l08 students al
Miahigan University and lIlionis I'LL.
A School OF Design has just been
opened in San Francisco with encour-
aging prospects.
A class OF twenty-six stadepts has
Just graduated from Washington Med
ical University, and q class Of eighteen
from the Cl.vel aud Medical College,
and one of seyenty-siy from Rush Med
icsl College at Chicago.
There are 22l, 900 school teachers in
this country, and 100000 children o.,
school age who come, or ought TO come,
under their tuition Supposiuy all
children went 10 school, this would
give one teacher to fraction lees than
every sixty-six scholars. To support
our schools we spend 100000 en-.
nuslly, or about S. 80 Tor each child.
The Committee on German o. the
Washington School Board recommend
the study OF their language in the pub.
lie schools. on the grounds that 1t Will
render the nation more homogeneous,
allure German youth to our excellent
schools, and promote business. Other
reasons are that valuable scientific
works are printed 10 Germany, and that
knowledge OF German assists the &C
complishment Of good English.
The las: report o!tle Commissioner
of Public Schools 10 Rhode Island,
Thomas ". Bickuell. urges with force
and sound reasons the policv OF en-.
blowing woman SIS school officers: at
is very important be says, that the
schools should have the benef; OF the
most valuable services that can bs
found Tor their supervision aud general
control" aud upon this automatic pro.
position he basea his argument. He
save that an examination OF the school
registers OF Rhode Ialsnd will show on
the visiting lists the names OF four Ia
dies Tor every name OF gentleman, q
fact that indicates how much stronger
their interest is ia school affairs, even
when they are under no obligation Of
official responsibility. The ls also
manifested by their attendance at teach
ers' institutes. His conclusion is, that
noue Of the public duties now intrusted
10 men csn he so properly or readily
delegated TO women as the care Of
schools.
The Cleveland Board o. Education
has under consideration a proposition,
to introduce the study Of Photography
into the public schools o. tbat city. The
Cleyelaod Leader thicks that THE
would be mistake. pointing out that
"the uses OF short hand even 10 jrurna>
lisn are much more limited than most
people suppose. 1t is but rarely that
daily newspapers have room for verbs-
tim reports OF any local speech or re-
marks. While the telegraph brings the
news OF halt the globe each day to be
crowded into the columns OF s newspaper,
the necessity OF condeusIng words be-
comes unavoidable, and tue reporter
who can make o clever syuopsis OF an
address, in which half the words are
dropped and the meaning retained, is 8
more valuable man than the stenogra-
pier whose laborious translation OF his
short hand notes 60 often comes too
late sud too long to be used. There
will always be field for G limited
number OF photographers, but their
work will be neither advanced nor
progressive. The journalist whose
s,enograpby is his chief scqulrment
is apt TO be q mere mechanical work
man, handler Of words rather than
ideas.