New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-09-09
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

State Normal School
The Rev. j. C. C. Clarke of st. Louis is to
be Professor Of Greek in shurteff College.
The subscriptions to the Bowdoin endow-
ment fund OF 100000 completed and the sum OF
$4,000 has already been received.
Prof. John w. Clark now occupies the chair
OF Geology the University of Chicago, and Frof Had
nut that Of Civil Engineering and Physics
No special studies except the German Ian
ruage will hereafter be taught in the public schools OF
Sacramento And drawing has been excluded from the
Louisville schoOls-
The constitutional amendment prohibiting
the expenditure Of public school money for the support
of sectaran schools rejected blythe last Connecticut
Legislature by vote Of III to 49,
Clergymen of all denominations are 10 DC
allowed 10 conduct services hereafter ut the STATE INDUS
trial School for Boys at Waukeshaw Wis Inc Ocers OF
the Institution instructed to give the inmates houce
when religious service is to be held stating The dcnomi
nation OF the oicatns elergymen and that they are NJ
liberty to attend they desire. OGcers and employees OF
the Institution are forbidden TO Influence or prejudice the
inmates against any religious exercse The school mas
heretofore conducted upon plan as little secaran
in character possible and the change now made Is al
the demand Of the Catholics.
The Philadelphia Press complains that chill
drcn are sent to school when too youn ana depFeeaeS
the Dlundcr OF allowing them DilhB e'"'''
with them. II says: "WheD the doors OF the schoo
house close in tho afternoon upol tue school cheh
they should literally close out nom them All 'na' per
tains to school until tie opening next morning. n
teacher should be teacher not simply more nearer OF
rotations Lessons should be learned and taugh! aschco
never az home. The teacher has no right to Impose
upon parents the most annoying part OF her work. se
has no right take from the child engie moment ol
the few hours II has out of school"
On the ground that it is wise to wait for bet
fer educational conditions Ia the State and then helr
more literally, aid from tho Peabody fund VIII bo applied
nj present in Louisiana only 70 the Normal anu Model
Schools OF New-OTlcans Dr.. Sears says: We nave
kent I'D schools under private auspices and helped many
TO get some education, but have not been able to
siren N permanent puhic school system We nave
nothing permanent show. To Louisiana we pay more
and accomplish for future less than in any other
State This the can go no further IN tEs rec-
ton mus, wait tn something more promising for the
future pr, sentS ITSELF
Gail Hamilton declares in The Independent
that she wond the unwcldy and mCnstrous schools
broken into pieces and every pupil reeSaied TO the 40
main Of personal and parental supervision She adds
There should male Principal at tEa distant not to
say inaccessible summit OF mountain cham oi teachers
with salary thrice and four times that of the female
subordinatcs, under the mistaken idea tat only man
can organize and administer. ORGANIZATION should taAe
It's proper place in the real and teaching sho take ls
proper place at the 'front.' and be who can best teach
that is he who can best stimulate aid guide the infant
mind and heart-shl be chosen teacher anu shl nave
an adequate and honorable salary. whether he be man or
woman rs economy is 10 be consulted We Viii consult
it, not by reducing the salaries OF teacners-he persons
who do the Indispensable work and concerning whose
character and fitness cannot be too cSdcthS ny
emitting OF at enc fell swoop TIE ecess1!y stepping
stones not 10 say stumbling blocks bc'wecn the comu
nifty and the teachers Boards should be sumndy
spintered and our Iateyinyented superintendent o.
Schools would escape anniation only by the skin OF his
toe.h In ou- present system he is au agreeable and
pleasant person, but an entire supcrnumcraTy.'
AT the recent meeting OF the Corporation of
Brown University the Presidents annual report was pre-
sented. 1t promises the creation oi new proIcssosAs
aud the introduction OF branches Of study, with ad
dtiois TO the existing number Of elective studies. Tie
President notes that agricultural zoology in connection
with general description of soils, the nearest up
preach TO the actual Study Of agriculture Which any stu
Gent receiving aid the agricultural scholarships OF
the ssSte has thus far been persuaded TO MAKE The
minimum standard OF scholarship, which Hitherto has
been 20 per cent five in aStae Of 20. II studcnts 10
be passed his studies the President regards as by
far too low and rC quests the Corporation to raise tito 80
Der cent, which recommendation was UNANIMOUSLY
adopted The practical re sult will be that hereafter SUI
dents who in their examinations are m11ed Deo" lo
VIII regarded dcic Mt and not entitled 10 pass on
III their studies The report also recommends ana the
CORPORATION adopted the recommendation that after
the Commencement OF 1876 the cOurSes OF study now
prescribed those who enter candidates lor the de-
gree Of Bachelor Of Philosophy shall be so far extended
as to cover period of four years instead OF three ana
that after the Commencement OF 1877 only certificates or
proficiency be- er7ncd those who to uswith no
knowledge Of Latin"
The following criticisms and suggestions are
made by Tie Aec Engia,d Jot.7Gl Of Educattoa: If
there is word teachers phraseOoSy which Is in
danger Of becoming mere cant term, il Is methods.
With THIS matter OF good methods the first principle Isl
There must the wellnastered body of truth III tho
mind. 1t is simply absurd 10 talk OF good method OF
presenting subject OF which onc has no good under
standing. There mast he living and excited interest III
the presentation OF that truth third principle TO be kept
in mind la All modes methods not absolute but rel
atiya. Absolutely there may he certain method which
alone BELTS the truth be presented But the truth has
got t. he presented through the teachers agency Hence
the method IT, necessity. relative TO the teacher must
he in some effective degree adapted TO his individual
use Paradox it MAJ seem 10 be- the poorer method
may for the particular teacher, be the better one; that
is method less perfect in itssh may be the one which,
for various reasons the teacher can use with the most
power out OF this grows the fourth principle: Every
m,thoa must be so recast and thoroughly dgeed that
IL becomes the teachers Like the truth the method
mus. passively reviewed and laid away TO be me-
chemically brought forth 0mere piece or embalned
uielessness; IL must he made subject of individual
thought, experme n, adapIa ton"
The Detroit school authorities recognizing
the fact that the number OF pupils in the schools con-
santly dmnshes from the beginning of the hlst grade
20 the END Of the twelfth and last, have determined TO
make divers changes Cor the benefit OF those whose
school life brief They have adopted the follow
ing suggestions: In order that pupils III the earlier
grades may acquire facility and readiness in the use OF
hooks and he aDlc to read them ineligently and use
thcm In the further requirement OF knowledge, n
much larger amount should be read in tic schools.
Al present the first second, third and fourth readers
occupy the time until the beginning OF the oghth
he cd n of