New-York tribune., 1874-09-10
NOrEs. ON EDUCATION.

,ecord OF the class OF 1878 of Brown University
A class of 10 entered on its freshman year
with the present term Of st. Lawrence University
Colby University, Maine, has freshman
class Of 81 and three Of the number are young iau
The son and nephew Of Mr. Laisun INC
Chinese Commissioner Of Education, are 10 eh'o' "
PROT. NJ. Marston is to take charge OF the
Department OF English Language ana Li'era''u' N
Minnesota State University.
During the last forty years, says Cohheo-
tscut journal, The Southisgton hePore'' 'io A' WI"
ferred but three degrees OF ID. D.
The teachers of Floyd County, Ind, depre-
..,e nv resoutjop the Indtroduction OF educauonal
affairs into the political contests OF the country
new scholarship of $1,000 has been es-
,ohushed at dartmouth by Dr. L. K. Peasley Of New
York one of the professors ia the Medical School
The number of pupils attending the Phila-
delpha public schools during the past year was lo4s
The total cost OF maintaining the schools was 2s0sS
1t is reported that among persons OF 10
years and under the proportion OF the 1lterate Is
smaller In San Francisco than in other large CITY IN
the Union.
An Indianapolis teacher thinks that too much
school time occupied in trying to learn exact hisor
cal dates and that only few of the more important
shoald be learned.
The Wisconsin State University expects
freshman class Of 100. Mr.. ]. NJ oin. graduate OF
last year at Williams enters the faculty as teacher OF
rhetoric and oratory.
The New-Haven School Superintendent re-
ports that the amount Of corporal punishment mas
greatly decreased the city schools the teachers nav
ing chosen abstain from the use OF the rod Is iar s
eIpedent
The high standard prescribed by the system
oteaehers examinations established in Canada In 1871
olv
suits OF higher scholarship thoroughness, and discipline
IN teachers
There are so freshmen in the Dartmouth Class.
Mr. Bradley Glass Of 7S takes the Greek tutorsP
recently filled by Mr.. Francis Brown. hospitai Is
building in connection with the college, md the meoea
class numbers 65.
1t is proposed to introduce the kindergarten
system into the public schools OF MILWAUKEE, Ane
school census Of this year shows vast increase over
that Of last year. being DO less 2 increase Of
fully Is per cent.
The Toledo Blade holds that public school
records show that the West is successful In main
tanning discipline by moral suasion than the East ana
brings mp proof the Of Chicago, which contains
six schools which whipping or suspension occurred
last year
A New-Jersey County Superintendent, Mr.
Pease reports forciby against corporal punishment IN
the schools, and advocates the institution OF separate
schools where dsorderly and unmaDagable boys may
De kept apart until OF pride and sefrespect mas
rendered them more uaetable.
The authorities of Central University OF
Kentucky have elected r. r. Fulton, late OF the UNI
versy OF Mississippi to the Chair of Physics, and G. D.
Bron to the Proessorship OF Criminal Jurispru-
dence The Faculties OF the different schools OF the
University are complete and the institution Will
lie opened on sept. %.
In Buffalo, in 1873, there were 81 l,211 pupils
attending the public schools Outside the public school
organization there are "a schools in ALL in which the
registration OF pupils amounted TO 1lO6L This is en-
couraging although is thought that there are over
$1,000 in the school population of the city The COM
pulsory education law comes In here
This is the excellent advice of The Boston
Journal TO teachers: MAKE haste slowly. There
should be undue stimulus no crowding OF nteiects'
no burdeusome assignment of lessons TO compel arduous
study out OF school hours Let our teachers take les
son in their pet study, phiology aud remember that
education means a drawing out and not crammlng
In"
II is the opinion of The Boston Courier that
uppleasant and force OF any KIND should
never be engrafted upon system OF education ana
that therefore so far the Civil Rights bill makes the
black man the equal OF the white man In every political
and humane privilege. 1t is to be commended; when 1t
goes beyond that and inerferes with the regulations
OF social life, 1t is TO be repudiated.
The average number of children attending
the public schools OF Detroit during the past year was
ssS cut Of a school population which, according to the
last census amounted to S192e. The private schools
however, enrolled nearly 5000, and 1000 more were
engaged In learning trades and working for wages The
actual cost for tuition for each pupil belonging TO the
public schools during 1873 was $40 65.
East Tennessee University expects to have
between 200 students this term The scarcity OF
money in Middle and West Tennessee, aggravated by
the terrible drouth which prevailed in that section
throuehout the Summer, will have the effect to deain
at home a number Of the students who were at the UNI
yersy last year, and prevent many new accessons
from the middle and western divisions Of the State
1t is the argument of The Washington Ma
iona Republican that the Civil Rights bill as 1t passed
the Senate require mixed schools only declar
ing the children Of black parents shall be Afforded
the facilities, in educational point OF view, as
the children Of white parents and leaving to the States
the question to mode and in which those
facilities shall be given, nothing moro and nothing
less.
That educators too often endeavor to make
their pupils copies OF themselves, or perhaps their
highest ideals, is the statement Of The Springfield
Mass Union. They forget" it says, that IL is I'M
possible for any man map ont the future life Of any
human being. Every child has within himself the plan
and character OF individual, independent lfe The
true ann OF the teacher should be TO develop this accord
ing to It's own into Its highest and best capacity
The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle says
that il seems to it, "lDasmueh college curricula have
been so much modified, many optional studies intro
duced that the standard Of education must Of necessity
be lowered unless larger preparation Is required 70
make up for the latitude OF choice given IN the last TWO
years Of college We hold that the chief design
of preparatory and college life is to discipline the
mind aud professional studies are placed in the
NIL IN disciDlilary