New-York tribune., 1875-02-11


ous, all OF which win doubt prove interesting and
useful 10 foreign nQuirers regard to our educational
systeSa, though nearly onehalf of them deal Sith mat
ters familiar to most Htegent Americans While OF she
remainder the greater part is written In sye 700 oo
scIse for ordinary comprehension In the whole thiry
articles ndorsed by formidable an array OF learned
authority there nothing that passes plainly upon any
OF the vital educational controversies Of the day. or that
meets the expectations justified by the title Tue docu-
ment does certain extent explain the relations oe
tween the American free school ana the American
wealth. which is declared to have peeh one Vi
Its Objects 1t also sets forth with logical force' 10 te
Hfth sixth and seventh sections, the grounds upon
which rest the right and duty OF free popular govern
ment to provide the education OF its citizens ie
even these sections unnecessarily formal ana ho
straot In the form OF expression; and style oi
ology is const ntly smpOyed which Is more tecnui'
and obscure than the nature OF the SUBJECT aenhuS
There are in Delaware 28 schools wherein
between lOo and 1900 coored children are
ese schools receive no funds the State, and yet
are said to be conducted with admiraOe usc'pii"o anu
uniform system such as Is not possessed oy tue puo
schools wherein the white children educated All or
them are under the management OF eoloreo teaehers'
some OF whom are even accomplished IN at iease '"o
instances are teachers able to converse uenVS "
Ian gnaCes other than our own, ana one Is me oeI
| scholar The coored schools are maintained ohehy w
| n revenue which is raised among the coioreu peop'
themselves who are assisted IN the work by tue De%
ware Association for the Moral Improvement anu Huu
cation of the Colored People. The Association gives "
each school about e6 per month to help pay the
and also extends assistance III the erec'on VI
sehooI- houses In this way IL has expehdAu III tno
canse probaby 10000 during the seven years OF It's
existence Farther help is given in the purchase OF
hooks the Association buying at wholesale prices and
selling 10 the schools the cost price With this help
and the money raised the coored people most OF
the schools in the kept open regularly Tne
greater part of the salaries paid are raised oy the
colored people themselves The average throughout the
State will be about sl2 per month The coored people
ask the Legislature TO set apart the taxes cOccea o
Them for the support Of their own schools.
At the recent meeting of the Convection of
the London University. resolution TO permit women to
take degrees in arts that University was presented
The mover reminded the House that in May last reso
luton in favor OF admitting women to all the degrees
OF the University adopted by large majority Dut
the Senate, after deiberdton resolved that, while dc
siros of extending the scope of the educational advdn
| tagcs now afforded by the University to women, they
did not feel justified in applying for new charter Tor
| that purpose. This the speaker characterized as
somewhat vague resolution although carried by II to TO-
II might mean that the Senate did not desire to 20 D.
yond the charter Of 1867 which enabled them TO examine
aud grant certificates to women In science, literature
and arts 1t had been suggested that the Conyocaion
shoud wait and see what the Senate would do Dat IL
appeared to him that the only thing they could do was
TO carry out proposition which had been made Mt tho
last meeting Of the COnvocaiOn and rejected without
divsion-namely 20 admit women TO the same eNan'a
lions as men. but grant them only cerilcates, NOT
! degrees And the member moved the adjournment OF
the House. The opinion OF the ConvOcation, he urged
had been distinctly declared the last occasion in IA
vor Of admitting women to all degrees, and he did not
believe that by abandoning two Of the most important
decrees-those OF medicine and law-they would induce
those medical and legal members Of the Senate whc
voted against them to change their views. or that the
compromise suggested would satisfy Sir William Gull or
| Dr. williamson. TIE adj Iurnment was carried.
Tn the counties of Maryland there are 1,GSO
| schools aud l22 in Baltimore with an average daiy
attendance OF in the city, aud of sO6 IN the eoun
ties EMPLOYING 22s in tae latter and 6Gl III the
CITY The total expenditures all accounts during the
wear were s6631 SO for the city, and $3.50 Ao GO FOR the
counties; total, s1.5SOO2 o. Tile expenditure for the
counties was S69s62 CO greater than III 1873 OF whch
increase s7ss 81 was for account OF colored Schools
The amount of public school money for the couhtes
received from the State less than in any previous
year. but deficiency made up nearly throe' 'io'd
by county taxation, which is striking token OF the peo
pes estimation Of the value OF the schools Ihe Board
has prescribed uniform system Of classification and
regular schedule study tine primary schools aud
the lower classes OF graded schools In the State.
knowledge Of elementary geometry aud physiology VIII
be required from all teachers examined for certificates
after the lst OF july 1875 The coorcd SCHOOLS In te
| coune lack a suitable supply OF schooihouseh anu
comnetept teachers but the local boards are dong all
they can TO remedy the deficiencies, and with consider
able success as Is evidenced by the large increase III
the number Of schools teachers, and pups during the
year. The Normal School for the iucalioD OF Coofed
Teachers had 2l6 pupils during the year. but the demand
for such teachers is great that 1t has been found
difficult to keep students long enough in the schools to
| become thoroughly qualified teachers The report
| of the BOARD says: "While primary education Is
steadily advancing and giving promise of future far
outhining its past secondary and higher education Is
either standing sll or going backward Maryland was
once noted for its numerous and excellent classical
schools Yet so low has classical learning sunk in
popular estimation, aud so little prepared we're the
people to take advantage Of additional facilities III
this direction that when the State offered free board
| ing lodging, and tuition and books - 5. Johns Col
| lege TO 80 young two from each Senatorial
dstricO so could be found comp 3nt to enter the
Freshman Class, and willing to accep The advantages
| offered"