New-York tribune., 1874-08-13

ArepOrt on Ge.rman schools by Prof Young, IN
The National declares that" the routine common
school work c,c cthe Germans aiming ut one uhVarSns
result by IN unvarying senes OF unVaryhg ProceS''
has cat effect In keeping the masses on compara-
tIvely>tow level aud perpctuang the striking distnc
ton between them aud the cultivated clisscs' lhc
drawing geometry, natural history In German sch'os
generally 20 for more than they are worth with many
Americans their comparisons OF the systems IN Tue
two countries WnIe these studies are not 10 De ds
paraged IN themselves, they are so elementary that
neither the information discipline gained Is partcu-
larry noteworthy"
The CLvrchmar saws in regard to CO-educa-
ton that II is the claim Of Restless lew 10 OBTAIN re-
cocnition of a right which when granted they will be
the drst to throw away. We are satisfied that women
do not Cnd would noU care for the same education as
mon and This for the plain that they could have
n II they would. Tic best part OF every education is
that which every makes for hnse'i ait'r school
and college training is over The pest educated men
are IN more than naf the cases. not thoss VINO nave
had the greatest advantages, but VINO nave overcome
the most h.nderances. II woman desires to become the
rival OF man In study let her. The way Is open enough
without entering a university OF men,
At the meeting Of the German American
teachers at Detroit last OF them said that the
a ,o maintain the German language IN the schools
snply by not overwhelming the American schools with
too much German at once gradual Introduction OF
classes simpGcaton OF the modes OF instruction, will
result IN its accomplishment. Another teacher de-
cIlred himself totally opposed to sectauanism in
schools and argued that the subordinate
t. the religious OF the majority, ana In that re-
spect their own enemies. Free-hand drawing, the
model TO be either the blackboard large wall chart
WAS advocated committee was selected specially to
attend TO the question OF the erection OF national sem
mary for the education of German-American ln-
stIuctOrs.
The School of Design connected with the
Mechanics Institute in Cincinnati has given instruction
TO 32i3 pupils since 1868 in these departments VIZ l.
Mechanica!-For machinists, metawOrkerS pattern
makers founders, backsmitns amateurs, &c q Archi-
tectura-For carpenters mdsons, WOod-"0fAers bulld-
ers amateurs &c; Artistic-fOr general designing,
freehand drawing, perspective crdyon. &c for paint
er plasterers designers carvers, cabnenakers anna
teur &c The rates of tuition 50 term PAID IN ad
vance In the school connected with the University
tuition free. The number OF pupils ranges from 200 to
about 400 annually. There was at the last accounts
about 100 pupils in the woodcarying department OF the
school.
The annual report of Chancellor Winchell
n, syracuse University says that ne knowledge
of the ruin Of female constitutions by proper collegiate
work, while women are generally more punctual to
their scholastic duties than young men 1t Is asoa
matter of observation that there is no branch OF learn
abstraction, that there not women worthy to be
competitors Of the strongest men. Every one IN the
meantime must have remarked that the sex Is generally
inferior i'll creative Imagination, in mechanical ingenu
ty IN observation and in the elements OF oratory. He
closes with the declaration that many women are quite
adapted every way to complete successfully the whole
collegiate curriculum; and. II they demand the oppOr-
tunity, we have no lust ground for rcfusingit"
The School of Natural History at Pcnikcsc
hal
very successful it Is said. Some of the students have
become able to make original investigations, and con
tnuay growing interest pursuit Of scientific knowi
edge has been The students are mostly professors
and teachers. and have numbered 4j-22 gentlemen and
q ladies They have from all parts OF the Union,
the tabulacd record OF the school giving the following
data: From Massachusetts, I3; New York, 8; Maine 3;
Wisconsin Q; Michigan !; Illinois, ?; ONO, 3; NewJer-
sey 2; Missouri. 8 Kansas, Kenrucky and Canada,
each Many the present pupils nave already applied
for readmlttancc next season. and applications have
been received from quite many AZ can be accommo-
dated.
The forthcoming report of the Bureau of
Education viii recommend domestic arts as proper sub
iects for instruction schools The PHSbDgh CONNER
oIi special stress teaching cookery declaring
that it Is only decided minority of American house
wives who know how to make either good
bread or good coffee deficiency which may
preparation OF many not most other articles of Diet
Cooking" il nd ls is dihcuiJ art. III the practice
of which the natural sciences may be usefuIy applied.
and 1t simply dsCracefu for people IN an advanced
stage Of civilization I'm other respects TO rest content
with the culinary methods ana results which satisfied
ruder generations Ii is only we suppose by means oi
the schools that the great OF the feminine moety
of the population be properly instructed aud trained
in the sound principles and correct practice Of this ait,
so.csscntia to popular health and we DeinS as to nave
been justly called noble"
The report of the Examining Committee Of
Williams College impeachcs college games on tao iol-
lowing grounds: First: Because compelling unnecessary
and even prcjudical physical development Second:
As hIchins from the student much time which fairly
belongs to distinctive college duties Uud As OF that
intrusive. cxacins, absorbing character winch preoc-
cupics the mind, and makes study aud more serious
occupations dstasefdi. The report goes on to say:
It's rank educational here,y n'suients to believe
that their tine is their own. Eu'cance into college IT,
onght TO be- covenant WijI bndhs moral force ~
favor OF strict punciuay, fidelity 10 STUDY aud the
intellectual products of winch they capable.
While your committee emphasize telr cordial approval
OF the ymnasc, aquatic, ana other sIorIye exercises
for health ana best mental conditions ioi
which facilities are here aOunddntIy Afforded they feel
cOsr rIed to discourage all those cUntcstS, eltn'r AZ
home or abroad, which undlly absorb the STUDENTS
tine IN training, which interfere wise VITA the
prescribed course OF college study, enhtTia su@ tAe
Instructors aud lmpairug e1nesI cOncenteged, cone
rent, intellectual wOTk.
The annual report of the Chicago Board of
Education shows that moral suasiOn has been thor
Ou2hly successful daring Slc year In nine schools
having an average ATTENDANCE OF G5)0 pupils, not
Of suspension corporal punishment has taken place
during the year; aud six schools with an average at
tendance OF 45O) have had bat one suspension each
during the year. The superintendent states that In al
his visits he has only happened in single instance
u ud the teachers time occupied in the work Of disc
pine, which indicates that not much tiue thrown
away in that department or pedJ9os!cs in Chicago
year the textbooks heretofore used in the fourth
fifth, and sixth grades will be discarded and globes
outline maps aliases, and cyciopeias Will tGke their
place, with weldgested and printed syllabus Of sab