Omaha daily bee., 1874-07-20
EDUCATIONAL NOTES.

(EDUCAT1V1AA 1VA0o'
k,nety-Hye girl students at the
chigan State University.
Prizes fol the best loaves Of bread
be made by the students, isa new
I'd hopeful feature Of several fe-
nsle seminaries this yea.
Miss Maria Mitchell, professor of
at Vassar, College, IL
MENTIONED fol. the position Of 6u-
rerintendent Of Schools In Cam
bridge, Mass.
| The chancellor of the New York
law School told the graduating
kwyers to marry as soon as they
ouid. So ~ to develop their argu;.
tentative powers ?-Boston Post.
Rows are now received at the
koston Latin School ct nine years
hi. end the school course lasts nine
ears. A wider and more compre-
bensive course Of mathematics has
been adopted
A district schoolmaster In one Of
of the upper counties Of Michigan,
YVES asked what algebra he pre-
lf.rred, &nd he replied: "Oh, /!
amt particular-most any kind
that will just peel the hide when
you strike" ai9
In five Of our States Tennessee,
Ohio, Missouri, Maryland and Penn
sylvania-there are said to be n
universities and 173 colleges.
WhewI We should, as q people, re-
Iinauish the habit Of calling DISTRICT
schools universities and rand classes
colleges. f-ai't iaiH e hr1
A department Of wood carving
has been profitably added to the
Cincinnati Unworthy. This de-
partment has made rapid progress,
both In work and numbers. When
Il closed last mopth the class num-
bered l23, and during the last year
there were 35S pupils In the regular
drawing and design department: y,
H. D. MoCarty, Superintendent
Of Public Instruction Of Kansas,
stated that the school population of
/ Kansas had doubled in four years;
that they had now 20O.0 600 children
of school age. The following Of
Hcefs among others were slspteH Ter
the ensuing year: President-A p.
johnson; Avondale, Ohio; Cores
ponding Secretary-W. Day, Cieve-
land.
A local ps er says thet one Of tho
Athol (Mass) schOolma'ams adopts
q novel method Of punishment and
finds it very effective. Offenders OF
either sex and all ages are COM
PEELED to lie down fiat on the floor,
lace downward, with arms stretched
out at right angles to the body.
The victims are not allowed to
glance sideways, even for q mo-
ment, and "nosing" the floor forms
their only occupation.
The President Of HillsborO co.,
Female College, in inviting Bishop
foster to attend commencement,
says: ave propose to present him
q novelty on that OCCASION grad;
uatlng class in CALICO dresses, and
without jewelry. 1T is fit that this
school should set such an example
Of economy and plainness, as 1t Is,
perhaps, the oldest school in Ohio
in which Q collegiate course Of in
struction was given to gnls. 1t
dates back to 1889.
An unusual leniency was shown
at Iowa University the other day.
Several students in the Law Class
who failed in the examinations,
were convinced that their attain
ments were superior to those Of d.
vers young men who succeeded.
The whole class were Of the same
opinion, and Q petition was circuia>
ted which was signed by all the
students Of the Law Department,
and by the Faculty, too, asking that
five gentlemen might have . second
examination, This was accorded,
and two emerged triumphantly
from the ordeal, which was much
severer than the previous one.
More flexibility, not 80 much adj
herence to unyielding courses Of
study, was ad socated at the meet
ing Of the Ohio, Michigan, and In
diana teachers at Put-in-Bay lest
week. President Fairchild Of Ober-
lin. gave an address on ''The Per-
sonal Power Of the Teacher" utter.
ing in particular this bit OF good
sense
"Great mischief Is done by teach.
era in the use Of sarcasm, which
should be avoided. Its use seems
effective, but it leaves the sting Of
bitterness behind. Sarcasm in our
schools should be entirely avoided.
Plain, kind reproof Is far preferable
to sarcasm. The teacher IL not in
fallible, hence, when he makes q
mistake In administering reproos
wrongly, he should ct once, before
the whole school, remedy the wrong
"a openly a. 1t was committed"