New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-04-30
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

The Juniors at Yale are studying Hadley's
History of the English Language.
The annual examination in the Artillery
School at Fortress Monroe has just been held.
The Louisiana State Agricultural and Me-
chanical College is going INTO operation In Neworeans
A Theological class for ladies is about to be
inaugurated at Edinburgh by Prof Macsregor of the
Free Church College.
Gen. DERRICK of Vicksburg will eulogize
Charles Sumner during the commencement ceremonies
at AlcOrn University, June IT.
The University of the South at Sewanee,
Tenn is in good condition, having nearly 200 students
Coal lately discovered the University property.
An institution to be called the Agassiz Col
lege is TO be established Red Wing, MINI. The cost
will probably be $4,000, the OF the plan will
be somewhat dependent upon divers improvements to
be made about the city.
The Ne,cark Advertiser says that the fact that
eight Freshmen have been dropped at the end of the
second term at Princeton is an indication that the
Faculty Of the College are determined to maintain the
standard to which the College has been raised.
The bill exempting colleges from taxation
has finally passed the Pennsylvania House OF Repre-
sentatives The Philadelphia Age opposes this bill on
the grounds that it completely the Constitution
by the courts.
The West Virginia Superintendent of FREQ
Schools proposes TO establish normal institutes in
the State for the improvement of its teachers, such i'm
proyement, he intimates, being much needed The
meetings Will all be held In July with the exception OF
the first appointed for June.
The North Western University at Evanston
has the prosperous number of 1O The de-
partments of the University comprise the follow
ing colleges: College OF Literature and Science, College
OF Technology, College Of Literature and Art Woman's
College,, Conservatory of Music College of Theology,
College of Law and College of Medicine. In addition
to these there is preparatory school
Tie Herald of Philadelphia wisely concludes
thatlIs idle to talk of reform in schoo-books until
teaching itself be reformed and says it is time that
teachers learned that valuable lessons that
be stied into the mind of youth are not to be found
in books and that their senses may be probably en-
poyed other ways than by conveying to the brain
the perceptions of the dry husks Of knowledge in the
ordinary text books
Such of the Prussian schOOmasters as are
to give secular instruction. says Matthew Arnold have
only an oral examination in divinity and not ex-
amined in Hebrew those VINO arc to give the relg
Gus instruction. but they must satisfy the Examining
Commission their acquaintance with cripture aud
with the dOgmatc and moral tenets Of Christianity.
Candidates weak in their divinity have this weakness
noted in their Certifcatei and the Provincial School
Boards are directed appoint any teacher weak In
this particular until he has been re-examined aud has
passed satisfactorily.
The London Daily NerS says in speaking of
education of women that whether their powers will ever
extend such enormous spells OF sustained mental
labor Mr. Cation recently noted to be the marked
characteristic of the leading men OF science may very
reasonably be doubted 1t adds; But there is much
very much good and useful work TO be done by less
geantic-possibly more delicately-adiusted force
Every evidence adduced of the essential difference of
the sexes u.s. in fact an additional argument for the
higher of that whose gifts ana faculties re-
main yet almost half undeveoped and unknown
Prof Francis w. Newman, arguing in The
London Examiner in favor OF free schools In England,
says that their present System involves an immense
waste Of teaching power, fact which appears also III
GERMANY Professor OF Natural History in University
College London, whose fame European. for a series
of years classes which could always be counted on
the Another bad result of the system which be
notes expense OF highly educating family, which
he calls great moral mischief to the gentry" "On
one side" he says. cit leads to delaying marriage too
long, and on the other makes it harder TO be content
with comparative poverty, by which father becomes
incapable OF fifty educating his children. Mems minds
are hereby made less independent; both sides the
evil recos public" The Professor compliments
the American system, declaring that our curriculum
and textbooks are all the product fresh thought, and
that the routine OF classical Europe has not been al
lowed to cripple the most enlarged modern news.
The School of Natural History at Penikese
will open Tuesday July Z, and close Saturday. Aug 49,
Last year the expenses for board q 40 week. and
$40 is paid for the OF the and furniture for the
season. Among the instructors for the session or "a
will be Dr. A S. Packard jr., OF 5alem Mass, who will
have charge OF the instruction Artculates Prof.
b. G. Wilder OF Cornell University, who will have charge
OF the instruction Verebrates; Prof. e. s. Morse OF
Salem and Prof c. L. Hamlin, ASSIST Mus. Comp ZJOl,
who will have charge of the instruction on Moliusca
Mr.. f. W. Putnam Director Of the Peabody Academy Of
Science who will have charge OF the instruction on
Fishes; and Mr.. Edwin Bcknell, Assist Mus. Comp.
Zo0 who will have charge OF the instruction on Micro
scopy Prof. A. NJ. Mayer Of the Stevens Institute,
Hoboken Will deliver course Physiological Physics;
ME- Theodore Lyman, Assist. Mus. Comp. FOOL, will de-
liver few lectures on Pisciculture; ami Dr.. W. S.
Barnard OF Ithaca, n. " few lectures on Protozoa
Prof D. g. Jordan OF Appleton, Wis, will take charge OF
the instruction IN Marine Botany Mr. Alex. Agassz,
Curator Nus Comp. FOOL, Rtdiates and EmOryoi0gy;
DR. Packard and Mr. s. w. Garman will take charge OF
the Dredging Expeditions, and Mr. p. Roetter, Artist OF
Mus Comp. Zool., will give instruction In Drawing
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