New-York tribune., 1875-11-25
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

Albany has been discussing the subject OF
free might schools and has decided TO establish fcur
A proposition to open the Harvard College
library 10 the students sunday under discussion s
present
The cornerstone of the new building for the
Prsh Medical College Chicago, laid on tae 2O'h
INST; with Masonic ceremonies
The Maine State Agricultural College has
il stutcpts The Legislature win be asSea Tor all
appropriation 10 all the college.
1t costs $lOA 60 annually for teachers wages
alone for each ohd attending the public schools IN ihe
City and County Of Ieavenworth, Kansas.
Class day exercises viii be observed for the
at time al Tufts College, by The present Senior C"ss
arrangements having made for the fhs occasion OF
the kind next June
DR.. David Murray, Superintendent OF Edica-
tiona Affairs f 5apGn Is at present in thls country u
ives favorable report OF The progress OF education
among the japanese.
The Virginia State University has 3'3
,tudeuts. The receipts for the fiscal year were $780,
zzo 27. and the disbursements $S7,197 o. The Uni
sersity has a debt of $93,s23.
The Presbyterians of the Southwest pro-
pose raising tie endowment of their college at Clarts
Vile Tenn. 10 100000 soon rs possible, oi WHICH
100000 is already raised and invested
The Faculty of Dartmouth College are ar
ranging plan for representing the college ut The fnna
selphia Exhibition Samples of students work Will be
cent and ether methods OF showing the workings o. Inc
college wil Dc employed
meeting of prominent educators was held
Chirago week, perfect arrangements for repre-
.cntng the educational condition OF Illinois at the Cen
snnial Exh btion II voted 20 raise $4,000 among
e teachers and county supentendents of tAe state Tor
shis purpose.
The average daily attendance at the public
scbo0 of the SCte of Virginia for the year ending July
81 1879 was IO3927, being increase Of about 5000
over the previous year. There 4.2G2 teachers en-
poyed The cost OF public education for the year
S92411S.
nv. George Dixon NJ. p, for Birmingham,
soke In Liverpool toe educational question recently
He was In favor of the compulsory system and ot making
school boards general and he sad that when the Liberal
party were again in 0Ovcr both OF these measures N"u
would be carried IN Parliament.
Ths number of students at Cornell Univer-
sty at present is almost 500. After an existence
of seven years the University has 353 Alumni PTesi-
dent White delivering oourse Of lectures treating
OF the period Of discovery and of the Bcormdon PROF
Goodwin Smiths lectures have been postponed until the
sping term when Prot Lowell viii also give Ills oourre
of IL lectures
A fund of 1000 was given 10 Cornell Uni
versity by Mr.. Dean OF Brooklyn, the income of
q
sermons Among preachers this year are the Rev j.
IT Twitehou of Hartford, the Rev. Dr. Bridglnan Of
Albany Bishop ANDREWS Of Iowa, the Rev DR. Ogood "f
Ncw-Yors the Rev. Dr. TIiil exp Posldent Of Harvard
College, Bishop Clark Of Rhode Island and tie Rev Dr.
Tiffany of Chicago.
Alta recent meeting OF the New-llaven, Conn,
Board of Education section OF the School Manual re-
ating to corporal punishment was amended 80 as 10
read as follows Teachers shah far possible gov
gsfl flrg ~
the pupil. CORPORAL punishment shall he administered
only in extreme eases ald az the session OF
the school when the onense is commit d, nor by sDo-
dnate teacher until the is reported 10 The principal
teacher shah keep record oi such punishment
which record shall embodied in the weekly report OF
the SuperintcBd the inspection OF the Board.
Mr.. Neil Gilmour, state Superintendent Of
Public Instruction. has issued circular stating that on
examination Of applicants for stae certificates Will be
held al the nate Chamber at Albany the 10th Of De-
eelnter These cert tidcates which qualify the holder TO
teach 10 any pnhic school in the state without iuthcr
examination, been issued hitherto To teachers upon
recommendation but under the amend school iawOi
last Winter they obtained in future only after an
exauination. The time and place for holding the "N
sminatons competent persons 70 conduct the sane
are e. be designated by the state superintendent. Tie
examination il open candidates from al parts OF tbe
State each Of whom must he present az TIE beginning
must present testimonials of good character and proof
teachers Examinations will be held hereafter az o'ler
points in the state 20 accommodate teachers living re
mote from Albany,
The catalogue of Hamilton College gives the
aumber OF students that institution as l63 an add
ton cf 2f 90 the number for ast year The list OF trH
tees contains the OF four new men elected mem
bers OF thai body by the graduates OF the college last
eomnencenent They are the Hon. Theodore w. Dwight
New-York: the Hon Perry II. Smith, Chicago; the Hon
Joseph r. HaWlev, Philadelphia; President David H.
Cochran. Brooklyn. Twenty permanent scholarships
have been established that vary In their income ioh
SEQ 10 800. Among the recent donors tn the college
Ibrarv the Rev pr r. H. Fowler OF Utica stands first
with the gift Of 200 volumes. The next annual meet
,ng of the Society of Alumni viii De held on Wednesday
June 2s when trustee VIII be elected by the votes o
e1aduates 10 take the place of the Hon Joseph X aw
lev The next orator OF the Society c Alumni Is the Rev
Charles Knox d. D.. of Booniiold. y j.; The poet Is
Tie Hon Guy H. McMaser OF Bath and The hal ltetntufy
ennalst. the Hon. JCsoIh = BosWorth "f NeW-i"rk'