New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-07-23
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

The effort 10 pnUOW OliNVO NViANSN NOS pNNh
.nccessful. The $500 900 needed have been pledged
The charity kindergartens in Boston are
said to be full Of value and to the children attending
them.
The standard to obtain State certificate
for teachers Indiana has been lately fixed at rs per
cent. 1t the same last year.
Prof. w. Z. Parson of Howard University
has accepted professorship in the japanese College
at,Yedo and will 80 there in the Fall.
An indignation meeting of citizens was
lately held Springfield, H., to protest against the
action OF the School Board in substituting feminine for
masculine teachers in two Of the city schools.
There have been already between so and 90
applications for admission Dartmouth and the new
classes are expected to large The various libraries
are to be united under one librarian, with three assist
ants.
In a recent work on pablo instruction in
this country. in England, and in Germany its author
Hippeau. gives to public schools almost unquali-
ned ipraise-which Americans themselves do not feel
that they quite deserve.
In consequence of Prof. c. w. ChancellOr's
resignation OF his position Dean and Professor Of
Surgery in Washington University. Baltimore, Prof
John s. Conrad has been appointed to the vacant chair
and Prof. j. L. Lindsay has been made Dean.
The resolution of the Indiana Democratic
superintendent of Schools the Of Tie Indian
apolts Journal 1t accepts this resolution declare
ton against efficient common school system.
Eleven candidates offered themselves for
the Harvard examinations for recently held.
Only seven, however. were actually present at the
examinations The official report has yet appeared,
but the success Of the experiment is anticipated.
The salaries of the masculine and feminine
teachers Of San Francisco have been equazed Instead
of the four and half hours hitherto given II sas
schools to the study of French and German. only
and a half hours will now be devoted to the same
The Alta California says that, with the cx-
eeption, perhaps, of NewYcrk the cost Of living IS
in San Francisco than in most of the principal
Northern cities and yet these cities pay their teachers
on an average higher salaries than proposed to be
adopted there.
One of the pieces of wisdom lately enun-
ciated at teachers institute this That In teach
ing must depend IN large measure upon love
for the work you have pleasure in the work, the
sooner you get OF the better for yourself and
probably for the public"
The raleigh On. c. Ners is alarmed in view
Of that the Constitution of the State empowers
General Assembly to enforce the attendance of the
children OF State upon the common schools which
she may establish, and thus solves the educational
problem without much aid from the Civil Rights bill.
MI Matthew AlNOIu ms Oh COURSE English
endowments in his mind when he italics and all,
Prussia. before proceeding to regulate IN certain
points the of Roman Catholics, first established
aDt endowed their religion. Before compelling Roman
Catholic candidates for orders to attend universities,
ole care them Roman Catholic unrTSitieS to go to-
At the meeting of the Virginia Educational
Association last week of the members gloomily at
trbujed the cOrrupting influence OF our literature chiefly
10 the neglect of the mother tongue American educa-
.Ia1.. that 1.fa Il
parity the strcamto teach English in schools, to pro-
vide pure literature for children and to teach them to
love IT,
At the adjudication of prizes at University
College, London the first prize of jurisprudence
awarded young lady who two years ago at the same
College achieved like success in political economy,
and the second place in the class attained by
another lady. Another obtained honOrs IN political
economy, and prizes were gained 10y three and ceruf
Gates by several in the fire classes.
At the late meeting of the Maryland Teach
ers' Association at Baltimore, speaker said that
there 10000 scholars attending the public schools in
that city, aud out of that number only about 400 are ad
United annually from the grammar TO the high schools
and only about 100 graduate in the latter schools At
5000 children OF the lower classes OF society do not
attend any school, The Association elected Prot. VIII
liam Elliott, it,, President for the coming year, and A.
g. Harley corresponding secretary
The BufdlO Express, replying to the accusa-
ton crudcDess the public school system
this State by of the members of the University
ConvocauoD, says: Last year there were the
schools OF this state 100000 pupils who kept there
at the expense Of sl2OOOOo. This is not a bad
showing for system OF public education, and crude
may appear in the eyes of the University COnvO
cation it IS nevertheless something Of which ordinary
ntelIsences may justly be proud"
At the Maryland Teachers Convention, Prof
Hongshead noted that state, according the last
report Of the State Board Of Education gave:
To ST. JOrns College, for boys............ $4,000
To Agricultural College, for bOys........... 900
To Frederick College. for DOys.............. 800
To Washington College, for bOys............ 3,575
Aggregate. .$JJ,lI5
while only female school Of equal grade gets any
thing. and that the Baltimore Female College get. only
t25o0 More thousands expended by tue State FOR
the higher education OF boys than there hundreds
for the same privileges for girls.
The Faculty Of the newly organized col
iege at indianapolis of Indiana physicians and sur
geons has been selected as follows
Matcria Medica-Dr. Joel Rogers Madison.
Anatoml-Dr l. Dunlap, indianapolis.
Pnvsiology-Dr. W r. Houghton Richmond Institute
OF Medicine; Dr.. T. NJ stevens, indianapolis.
Gaencoogy-D.. r. ParvIn, indianapolis.
Theory and PractIce-Dr. H. y. Todd, Indianopolis.
Cbeuistry-Dr Ii. Jameson, Indianapolis.
The trustees considered the exped ency of calling Dr.
David Yandcll OF Louisville DR.. Gum OF Chicago to
the chair OF surgery. but selection was made 1t is
tbought thdt OhS vi t0 "tHct VI tHou 'i DC Stcurcu
also Dr. Reeve Of Dayton, Ohio 10 fill Of the other
chairs
1t appears from the report of Mr.. Northr0p
of Connecticut that during the past children
between ages four aud sixteen have attended
public schools OF that State, increase the pre-
viOus year OF CO The reeeivedfrOm all FOR
the maintenance OF the public schools sl,5424s9 90
of which s477,442 ~ was expended. The average per
centage OF attendance OF children enumerated 93
aud the average length Of the sessions of the schools
during the year l74ls DAYS. The number OF regular