New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-04-22
MOTHS ON EDUCATION.

and the University oi S5ern had last telh'' -'''eV
The examinations for final and second year
bones in the classics will be held at Harvard on the oth
IT, and sth Of May.
The new Roman Catholic College in London
was opened formally. April o. by CaFdins! Manu'hS IL
haA b, gun work with - students.
The first Ferry prize WAS given at the Junior
Exhibition az Wesleyan University, M'dilet"wn' "a H. -
Converse, who discussed =" Pulpit Power
Twenty-Five students have just been gr''dH-
.,cl by the Union Theological Seminary at llawpd II
sidney, Virginia Ti,ion is free at THIS seminary
The, Fn,rreSs Augusta has headed the list ct
ss,finous 10. the estabehme1t of hall for students
attending the University OF Berlin with DONATION %
$500.
Modelling in clay is now taught iii the Art
School Of thu Maryland Iuatitnte. class IN bccfkee
ins for women was formed AMI eOnlueled successfully
Inst Winter.
The frs; liberal application of the famous
heponcas,h Fluid lust besu made IN NeW-ofe'h7
,hroe handsome school buildings have been erected
through its means.
The New Hampshire College of Agriculture
las, week graduated students. The numb oi stu
dents I'm the eolleg' tins year Is said 10 he onethiFd
larger than thst Of last year
School Hygiene is a question at present re
e.ar,g increased and farchle attention. throughout tho
COUNTRY The city las; reported starting formal
inquiry this subject ~ Davenport i""d.
In addition to The cloSs at Harvard which
will study geology in tho mountains Of Kentucky TINS
sammer class win be formed 70 stHdy the animal AMI
y,.,t hIs lie % the SEA point on the coast
The presbyterians OF Nova Scotia, setting
AGAINST te separate colege system, FOUNDED
scolloee uBdsolinaonal and general, with the nope
that the Province would developing the inS'itu
ton into a Provincial University. RE Toronto Leader
sa,ys thc scheme has Jailed
The old Theological Seminary building at
Princeton Is 10 altered expense Of about $4,000
new hai.dng for hectares ia he crested Arr'ng'-
rcnts are being made TO obtain from the East care
fully selected series OF articles Substantive of onooaI
life and manncF such may serve 70 throw light upon
the statements or illusions Of Scripture.
The new educational law in Tennessee pro
yidng FOR the establishment OF now normal schools lie
carcs b 4 Board Of Educatca shall keep Sueh
normal schools may be established Tor white AAo c"-
ored pupils. entirely distinct and separate: Provided
that the provisions therein Tor training aai Improvement
shah be irpoart,aiiy proportional to tine demands OF
each
Professor SeeIey, in recent address before
the workinpnen'- College in Lonlon advised h' near
ers, AS d rule 70 stalY Grcck anil lsstll winch III
niue oases turned oat o. he valn'a to thos'
who devoted oyon good deal Of time IN their study IN
preference t. the ancient classics he would rccomn nd
them study FnSsh classics and 10 select MILO" o.
shakespeare foe a model
A writer in TIE National Teachers Monthly
tays concerning school histories: Most textbooks On
the history country almost wholly nhht 70" se
IN on schools frst. becgse they do not contain ail
pirate matter; second because ley disreS1d The true
object OF historical study We claim THAI the principal
snljcct-nat;cr Of school history should treat Of the
eos AL and educational condition Of the poob with cause
therefor stated. Histories Of to-day well M Of tho
past are CROWDED with the exploits OF military A,i"ee OF
accounts Of so-callcd b-i!liaut battle"
The following are some of the most i'm
portaf changes IN The sohodul, Of electives for next year
81 Harvard. Two new coutsos in Greek to occupy two
hours week oach and 10 DO given by Prof Anderson;
C0uso 10 b. gwen ~ professors OF tho classical
department IN Greek aud Roman literature history and
antiquitics; and in Greek aud Latin compare
tive pliology by Prof Green0ugh. The elective il
log, will not be and Prot Lowell viii give zap bis
oou-. in Old French and take the advanced course ia
Spanish from Prof Nash.
The MARYLAND Agricultural College has only
thirty i've stud nts and d,bt 0i Sl0,NO TIE bhahe7
Arr ~ ne,i " repairs th- household fru-re and equip
ments demand expensive rcplcnisLment In the secn-
tfe DEPARTMENT there IL such lack ~ the proper means
for instruction that reported Ia the Board at IL
last meeting by the professor now IN charge at tae DE-
partnent Of Agriculture Chemistry there neither
TIE ,u-tumciits materials for Illustrating even the
eIoeuLs for these scieace, nnch less for trying o'r
crate experiments agriculture The institution cnot
b. put proper condition for the next scholastic war
without al expenditure for repairs, &c, which win raise
the debt to more than $4,000
The Ohio Collegiate Association has chosen
the following utirsrs: President, T. T.. Day Ohio Uul-
vclty; ViecPrtsdent. J. Meese Heidelberg College;
Secretary. W. ID. shiim'n, Baeh;cl College. These
officers have made the following formal recommends
u0-: Let each college university choose or request
10 have volunteer. several orators daring the spring
term Having given the speakers the Summer vacation
n which To prepare let each school during the Fan
hold "a primary contest selecting jutgesfOr IlSt9nce.
tie college President and professors The successful
would represent the school Let this primary coli
test be made entertainment, music, DC, being fur
uish,d from the school let the money reiza he he'd
the xpenses Of delegates aud subject the
call Of the convention LIT eaeh college form sul-
organization. eleet,ng treasurer and other needed
officers funds aud kecner literary spirit
are mentioned the anticipated results Of these plans
The question of teachers examinations ~
discussed by The Toledo Bade, which arrives AT these
cDnclus0ns Tcat much merely technical study T.
required Of teachers, well pupils Is too often the
case AMI that sound practical sense, and long
experience should uut be undcrsalued is demanded by
the best interests Of our educational system prcfcs
sonsl teacher who il required years review
teX5oOk- AMI 10 otherwise make Xnsiye preparations
for periodic examinations fms itle time pn-Ue a
course 81 stniy reading which will tent toward CHER
professional Developments some change In the ltw
which will permit 10 issue cer.tcs Ter
i've ten years according Ia the schul,rshP OF the aI
plcaDt bc resslcd without further
nation appears desirable, since mediocre teachers
would thereby have opportunity "a perfect themselves hy
further study while those who had p.sso thor
Oughy eompet-,Bt examination oould devote their time
comprehensive and large Of study, be-
ooraing thereby fitted for their professional
ties than by textbook reviews"
tn. HIGHEST tutnler of nunils atteuIiDo Ger