New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-07-02

no, the ira Nood the aopss tads ia restricted TO
bare benches furnished with tin plates and basins Inc
FIRST grade Ne permitted to excursions under tne
care OF teaehere and no ooy allowed to be discharged
from the school until he has reached the rss grade
Among the defects Of the Baltimore school
,vste-dcfects whioh Baltimore docs not suffer from
alone-Tae American mentions the bad arrangement oi
most OF the textbooks in IL asserts that they seem
IN be te result Of on ingenious attempt to force pupils
10 struggle through the largest amount OF matter 70 40
ours the smallest quantity of information. Another
defect is tho injurious multiplication OF studies "pa'
we want in the primary and grammar Schools aous
"is fewer studies, strict attention 10 tue h"po
branches which arr at the basis Of good education
and a new style OF books"
The Springfield (Mass.) Union holds favor
able opinion Of teachers Institutes declaring that they
are worth to any State many times their COST I'D 'ne
ouiokenug OF intellectual life. at close, thorough
practical way" 1t says "of teaching teachers now W
teach. putting them through the elementary parts OF
their daily task giving them abundant hints and eoun-
sells m 10 the practice Of their profession kndhg
their enthusiasm for their employment and deepening
their sense of responsibility in it TO greater measures
promoting an esprit de cors which Is indispensaDe
here as IN all similar calngs they are 10 De iaoor
of love- and not the mere task work OF q hireiing'
Secretary Northrop writes to The Christian
linton that after full conference with the Leading gen.
satisfied that the present fororn condition OF inc GA
North State in matters largely due 10 the
premature attempt of certain Adventures tolorce "po
the people mixed schools The attempt created genera
reyulsion "If have got TO have mixed schoos' VIC
WON'T have any," became the common sentiment
Hence North Carolina is to-day the laggard state ID
education behind even Texas. Her school laws must
Iva thorongby rev sed before good system can be or
ganized He adds "sbould the Civil Rights Dill De-
come law this whole educational work woud DC In
definitely postponed"
Prof. Max Muller writes to the Oxford VICE
Chancellor that II It wished to establish al OXFORD
real School of Comparative Phology, the following
professorships would be necessary;
/. Professorship of the Teutonic languages
s. ProfessorshIp Of the Neo-Iatin -,
l. A Professionally OF he Semitic langnages; 1 moe
pendent the Professionally OF Hebrew anu Olu lesa
Professorsbip OF Persian Including Zsnd.
g. A PrOfessOrshp OF tue Language ana Antiquities VI
Protessorship of Chinese If possible coupled with
Tartaric and Mongolia.
"such a staff" adds Prof Muller" though 1t may
seem large exists in almost university in France
Germany Russia the professor being expected
not only to teach and prepare pupils for examnauon
but inspire them with love OF special subjects TO
carry on the work handed down by former generations
and increase much possible the inherted capital
Of knowledge by means OF original research"
MPSSrS. AkeAduutI hlCc, uOhu
and Edward Atkinson, the Committee on Military ln'
structou In the Boston Institute of Technology have
reported recommending the continuance Of the infantry
drill already established to be given two hours every
week. They favor such instruction on the ground that
it has great and peculiar value as an educational and
disciplinary agency, and as sanitary exercise OF the
bighest type that it culuyates habits OF neatness,
order precision quickness Of thought and action, aud
that absolute obedience which those must first learn
afterward tit TO command and that 1t inspires
manly and chvalric spirit, gives ease OF carriage and
movement, develops muscular energy and endurance,
and stimulates intellectual powers by kinding all
the vital forces into healthy activity. They further
declare that it is due TO the public and to the
Commonwealth that it shall be widely known
and fully understood that instruction In mill
tary tactics forms part OF the curriculum OF the
institutes and that compliance with regulations con-
corning and proficiency attained IN it will be required
and accounted IN the meritorious standing OF students
classes in whose course of study 1t Is found