New-York tribune., 1874-10-15

are among the nrst scholars In tncr rospo0s"0
classes. Winter course Of lectures to farmers
will be given at the Universy its object being TO pre-
sent general outline of the subjects treated 70 poins
out the true methods Of investigation ana the most
trust worthy sources of information aud to Stimulate
and guide private study and prepare the way TOT more
intelligent work on the farm The course Will CONSIST OF
about 100 lectures pertinent farm suo)ects anu WI"
OCCUPY four weeks The lectures VIII be gwen parity o
the professors and partly by gentlemen VINO nave nau
special experience in the several departments Ano i
for the course will be go.
The following requisites for admission nave
been announced by the authorities Of the new smlth
College for Women at Northampton, Mass.
Geography; the Construction OF the English Lan
guage including Orhography and 0r.nGePy;
the Catalne Of Sallust seven oratOns Oi CicerS no
first books of vrgis Eneid three booEs %i r,,S
netc; Algebra to Quadratic equations; and Two pc"ss
Of Ss @ presensd Ds
social and moral training which the candidate HIS pro-
yiOusy received
The course OF study for the first year is as follows
Greek-Homer's Odyssey, Herodotus; Latin-Lyy,
hooks XXI xii. Horace's Oies; Mathematics-Algeora
and Geometry Botany History
and OrthOepy; Lectures on Physiology and Hyglene;
Lectures on the Origin and Authenticity OF The SCRIP
lures.
Among the studies Of the Senior is that OF Social
and Domestic Science" The tuition has been fixed at
800 year. to include the OF laboratory, cabinets
and reading rooms the pleasure grounds ana all
the expense of instruction, except private lessons In
music drawing and painting The price of board In the
cottages OF the college will vary from % to $40 per week.
and the college will provide good board and with
heat and lights at $500 year. 1t will be opened for the
of students the second Thursday In September
1875.
The second circular for 1874 of the Bureau
of Education treats Of art education, and gives sum-
mary OF Its present condition IN THIS country ln
Massachusetts drawing has been by Jaw introduced 10
all the public schools and State Normal School
established In many cities and towns OF other states
drawing has been more less taught In tho pubic
schools In schools for the practical teaching OF ART a
applied to industry and manufactures, the Free
Industrial Glasses for Adults in MASSACHUSETTS
the Lowell Free School Of Industrial Dc
sign at the Boston Institute OF Technology
the schools OF Cooper Union. the Philadelphia
OF Design for Women, and the School OF Design
OF the University OF Cincinnati complete the short list
The Schools of National Academy Of Design In THIS
cty the Yale School OF Fine Arts NewHaveD; and the
new College Of the Fine the Syracuse University
are all the schools special training OF artists now
existing In the United States The San Francisco Schoo
ia soon TO open. The school OF the PennsylVahia
Academy OF Fine Arts will again Degin
work on the completion of the new building
or the colleges possessing any special collections OF
facilities giving Instruction. art even he most
general there are, excepting Yale and Syracuse with
their special art-departments only Harvard university
OF Michigan Cornell, Rochester University the College
OF Notre Dame and Vassar COLLEGE An important means
Of artculture and the only which has appealed TO
the general public found in the public arexhbittons
as those OF the Metropolitan Museum, National Academy
the Boston Atheneum, the Yale Art-Schooi' the san
Francisco and the permanent exhiOiton
| OF the Corcoran Art-Gallery.