New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-02-19
NOTES ON EDUCATION.


Am nanaIties collected under the Illinois
nn,.oyy education law 10 20 for the use Of the
veool district where the onense was committed.
qns Eastern argus of. Maine thinks that 1T
would be well let the reform school be for the de'en
non and trsoing OF only those larger and more vicious
ROY, who could not he well managed outside OF su'n
An tnsttniion while all the others should be apprenuCeu
10 good men, farmers and mechanics in the ru"i "'
uicts as soon as NAV be after commital'
The State Board of Visitors to Michigan
,,a,.e,s,,v ,reaks Inns: From all the testimony we
.o.la gather tho presence of lady students Is ios'
rholeso,pe while their proficiency is remarkaOie 'nss
are nv the concurrent testimony OF the Fsou'!' uo
,a,s Of the male students in all respects we are VI
the opnion that the feasibility of the eoeduc"'oh VI
The sexes is placed beyond even question:
The Philadelphia Age, in discussing the TAXA
ron OF colleges says Colleges, not being INSTITUTIONS
Of public charity not being actual places OF religious
xorship and not property used for public purposes
tst being instituted and carried on for private pron
,hov cannot have the shadow OF right TO claim exemp
lion nor expeet II after asking With as much right
and reason could the press seek exemption Journals
hne educators and refOrmers OF the most radical and
widely influential class.
The circular of Vermont University states
hat the most rigid economy IL perfectly respectape
there. The young man whose poverty is extreme ana
a
a. though he we're rich mans SOD. President Buck
ham saws that he finds careful inquiry that young
man entering college free from debts, aud making
r.od use Of his Vacations borrowing money from time
10 time as he wants it, need not be more than SoVV III
debt on leaving college.
The ALBANY Argus argues against any
attempt confer the management OF the school system
upon the Federal Government 1t objects that such a
change would involve increased taxation ana enor's
instf into the minds OF the rising generations the poh
cal theories OF the ruling parsaus, and also that teach
'is and all those having control OF sehOohouses ana
school funds would necessarily become the devoted par
i,sus OF the power which employs them In any case
no sensible Republican agree TO plan when TENDS
TO decrease the powers OF local government IN favor OF
the central one.
The Massachusetts State Board of Education
r.ports that the plan of having superntendents Of
4 hooIs has everywhere proved successful and urges
that il should he generally adopted. The report
gives the number OF children in the State between five
and 10 years of age 2s7cO average attendance in
public schools 2O So or 1857 per cent OF the whole
There are 1905 public schools in the state lo2s male
Teachers with an average salary of 500 IS per month
7l21 female teachers with average salary OF sJA IA
per month aisle pupils under five years OF age attend
public schools OF the state and % 9O5 pupils over the
age Of years There 1874 high schools in the state
II incorporated academies, with average number OF
1873 pupils and unncorporated academies and prl'
sate schools with average Of 1923 scholars In 81
cities there IS evening schools, with 3IS
teachers 5Gl male and 1882 female pupils and an aver
age attendance Of 45I5. They supported at an ex
Pense " $3.50 O3.
The United States Geological Survey of the
Territories has press at this time at the Government
Printing Office, the following works A volume of the
Ornhology of the North Western Territories. 1t has
been prepared by Or. +. Cones the well-known Orn
biologist. The synonOmy has been worked out with
care and the descriptions gwen Of fourffths OF the
birds known TO exist west Of the Mississippi The vol
une will form No. " Miscellaneous Publications." aud
will contain pages IL will not be ready
FOR distribution before Spring. No.iO the "Miscella-
BeOus Publications" the synopsis of the Flora Of Colo
RADIO by Prot T. C. Porter aud John NJ. Coulter, Is in
type. II Will volume OF about $50 closely
printed pages and contain list Of 400 species
The plan followed IN the synopsis is that Of Mr. Wat
his excellent Catalogue VOL s. Of Clarence King
Report Descriptions given OF all the orders genera
and species contained in Gray's Manual, Chapman
Ora aud BO,aBie Of the States east OF the Mis-
sisspp River" The NOSES, hchens, and fungi are IN
Guided About species described for tn
nrst time The work Will form a convenient hand boo
Tor botanical tourists TO the mountainous districts
CretaceOus Of the West prepared by Leo Lesque
reu1 stated he the intention OF the Survey tina
the QuartO series shall be Published IN the bes, style
both printing quality OF paper and character Of
Illustrations.