New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-05-27
NOTES ON EDUCAIIVN

Fisk University has just graduated its hrst
college class Of two young men an two young ~'"'"
The closing of the Nebraska University Is
~ ., na that Il does not accomplish its
purpose.
u 10 nronosed to open School of Natural
-. =, c,av.and July @. The teri will last four or
ave weeks.
rberc are at present rs Freshmen in Union
r,,,oge The Alumni said 10 be taking growing Ill
serest In the College
AT recent teachers meeting in New
Hampshire, public hbrs .ries in direct connection WIN
schools were advocated, and the formation OF pooh
clubs advised.
Complaint is made in Chicago that the equally
competent feminine teachers in the High School receive
suly half the salaries paid to the masculine teachers ''
An sorc cases, easier and less important WORK
The meeting last week of NUMBER Vi
A,vuni Of William and Mary College was enthusiastic
, oeoo,,va A permanent organization was formed
.na Gen william b. Talaferro elected President INC
Association will meet again at William aud Mary college,
Commencement July l.
In Wisconsin every woman OF the age oi -
wears and upward residing in the district Wi''h "n."
the duties OF the office to he performed IL egoo
the following school offices: Director treasurer anu
clerk Of school districts; director and secretary vi
town boards under the township system Of school gov
srnmmt; member Of board of education in Cities ana
county superintendent OF schools
The following lectures for the Senior Class at
r,nnn College have been provided thus far by the Gather
inc 1. Wolfe Art Foundation: Architecture by froi'
(ady saley (six lectures The English Language!
Prof selah H. Howell twelve lectures) Art Criticism D.!
Prof Wendell LAmoreux three lectures Arabian Af''
by President Coppee incidental to his course OF lectures
upon the Arab Moors in SPAIN and five lectures upon
the institutes OF international law.
Referring to the proposal to create by law
the Office of State Medical Inspector of Schools, me
Detroit Tribune says: LET our Boards OF Health De con-
ituted Of OF the requisite medical and scentc al
fanments and full Of public spirit and the ambition 10 40
mood and let there be hearty and sympathetic coopera
ton between these Boards and those OF Education ana
more efficient work be done than 1t would ever DC
possible for Medical school Inspector to accomplish
The course in advanced political economy
which is TO be one electives Harvard next year.
sers second year OF study this subject for those
who pass either Of the two courses given TINS year
~Cairnes Principles of Practical Economy will be the
basis OF the course, involving denomination ana
application OF the leading doctrines discussed by Mill
Crys system will also be studied showing the subject as
IL ia seen from the extreme protectiOnis point OF view
The examinations for admission to Harvard
will he held July l. 3 and g. Candidates for admission
IN 1876 and thereafter will be examined III all the stuoe
required admission this year, and also In one oi inc
three following subjects in elementary science; l. fe
ueutary Botany; . Rudimens Of Physics Chemistry
3 Rudirnents OF Physics and Descriptive Botany Inc
selection OF the subject will be left with the candidate
This reauson will form the sixteenth subject in both
courses OF preparatory study.
A daily talk between teacher and pupils on
some subject general information is suggested by the
Chicago Teacher II advises that 3. 10, or 10 minutes
he given to this talk every day and adds THE best
time for such the beginning Of the after
noon session The scholars apt 10 come In at tha
time out of breath and excited with hard play not in
1T condition TO commence hard study at once. The
teacher can Of subjects if he choose can
"a regular series Occasionally he can tell or read
story give the particulars OF fresh item of i'm
portant news that has just been reading in the news
papers"
A writer in The American Educational Monthly
rays regard amusement in the schooroOm: IL is
easy to make child happy and contentcd he has an
eager appetite for the staes stories and you may cnch
moral thus if il long He will I've glad to learn
how America is bounded ay and remember it too
you will associate il i'll his mind with the ieebergs OF
The North the roaring Of the Atlantic the orange
and palm OF South, and the snowcapped mountains
and blue sea of West Let him handle yard-stck,
nest Of measures aud grocer's scales and lie will take
hold OF hs tables with a Divide your history class
represent the valiant Carthagenians.
the other the victorious Romans LET them recount In
rivalry the incidents Of that Old World struggle, and in
stead Of becoming drowsy their eyes will flash with ami
nation al the thought Of the recitation Children
especially fond Of pictures, aud this fondness may be
most easily gratifed OF the magic lantern Fa
niiar lectures natural history. physical geography
natural philosophy, and geology become wildly fixed in
the pupils mind when accompanied by enlarged ilustra
tons from the lantern"