New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-01-21

is wrong and that if wrong Is done punishment Is the
inevitable consequence. This can be done without the
formal teaching of any system of moral philosophy
At the Monroe County teachers meeting
10 Rochester last week President wilkinson sad amonH
other thiugs 1--WE should endeavor to make our eou'o
more practical In most OF the sehoo's in tue 0o"'
we nd pupiIs who repeat rule after RUE iouno III
the GRAMMAR can most OF the towns mountains
cares etc. found 10 higher geo2rap1ies, gooo ~
acabra and vet cannot name the bones OF the bodvi
know nothing Of tho laws OF hygiene cannot name the
parts OF flower tell tho different KINDS OF soh
on which they walk Few farmers are able to name
tenth OF varieties Of grasses herbs and shrubs FOUND
I'm their fields equal degree OF ignorance prevails
ms to the and qualities of rocks and soil Would
It be much better to spend less time In teaching
grammar geography and algebra to the younger pupils
and spend the time studying about plants animals
rocks and sosi Lessons about plants and animals are
agreeable, profitable. and lessons TO he learned
we have change, public schools, which nave beeh
established for the education OF the people are proper
place to begin such O needed REFORM IL IL
dcut for teacher succeed when he teaches for low
wages. Tie trustee will boast that he has hired cheap
teacher The children will hear that they are to have
cheap school The scholars in the District Will not
patrOnize such q teacher, They prefer to 90 away 10
school say, then. claim high wages; but hrst qua'Hf
yourself that your claim be lust one and then use
your time aud ability. and you will have success ana IL
will be @ remedy against low wages"
The income and outlay of Harvard College
during the past year. according 20 the annual report was
respectively s2O629 10 and sl95si2 49, President Eot CANS
attention the fact that of the yo1ng men received INTO
Harvard College during the last eight years less than
onetbrd have come from public schools. IL thus ap-
pears that high schools of Massachusetts,, which
were originally intended 1T boys for college, perform
this function only TO q very limited extent. This the
President regards especially imentable inasmuch as
private schools and private tuition beng as rule eT
penslve, the children Of the are deprived OF the
advantages which the rich ENJOY. Various remedies are
suggested this state OF afsr the most important
one being multiplication OF endowed schools the
establishment OF pu schools the plan OF the Boston
Latin School. Passing from this subject the report
alludes TO the experiment OF the college govern
ment in ab0llsAng the OF marks OF censure as
means of compelling seniors TO attend church, prayers
reciatons, and lectures. The experiment IL appears is
going quietly without causing any striking change
in the habits OF the Students hut Il is already apparent
that year quite short time for satisfactory
trial the system. The degrees OF master OF arts
doctor philosophy and doctor OF science given after
residence and lminaton prove to he very em3ent
incentives to study at the university after the degree OF
bachelor has been received In 1884 there were 50
candidates for these degrees this there - AT
commencement in June last eight bachelors received the
degree OF master of arts lmnatiOn OF whom Blk
were bachelors OF Harvard College, OF Amherst Col
ege and one Of the BOwdon College Ii not yet three
years since the aud cond ions which these de-
grees could be obtained first announced and their
very existence is still almost unknown to the students
OF other colleges The corporation has become con
WINGED the of the law school their re-
lance must be upon resident professors v no make
teaching their business aud the welfare OF the school
their chief II with this in mind that the
corporation about years ago determined to add
young assistant professor the law faculty that they
might il 1t practicable to train professors OF
law nv the same gradual process by which competent
teachers are trained up other departments of the uDi
yer.itv Tins interesting experiment has thus far been
perfectly successful