New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-09-30
NOTES ON EDUCATION.


tenn.
There are two kindergarten schools in New
Haven.
The chair of Rhetoric at Bowdoin is now
filed by Pro-. Chapman.
Indiana State University has the largest law
class Of its existence this year
The Freshman class of 10 at Harvard bids
fair 10 number go members.
German is to be made a regular branch of
study ia the Wheeling, West Va schools
The University OF Cambridge has conferred
b9o degrees during the past academical year
The effort to abolish the Government military
Instruction in the Detroit II gh school has failed
The cornerstone of the Colorado State UNI
ye;sity Was laid al Boulder, Sept 20, under chilling
snow-stogm
II is estimated that the school population OF
Texas ia now 10000 The average cost OF the schools
per pupil Is 81 56 mouth
The Porter Scholarship for the best entrance
examination Amherst las been awarded 10 Charles b.
Good OF the Albany Academy.
A marking system is now used for the first
time q; the Yale Law school Rotations Next year ex-
animation for admission will be required.
The Rev. DR.. jacques, late Professor OF
Greek in Wesleyan Uni, ersity H., has accepted the
Office OF President Of Albert University, Canada
The North Western University has Fresh
man class of nearly 100 members There will be about
1870 women studying in The University this terin
The study of the elementary geology OF
Tcnnosscc he added Immediately 10 the pabc school
course in that state. suitable textbook has been pre-
pared.
II is reported that while there have been
over 200 applications Cor admission to the smith Female
college Northampton, Mass not over 20 oil these nave
been granted
1t is reported that Chicago is to have new
University which is 70 he called The University Of ihe
west" ana 10 be under the control of the Reformed
Episcopal Church, with Bishop Cheney as Chancellor
The Rev. john c. Cranberry of Richmond,
Va accepted profc ssorsip In the Theological DC
partmcrt OF Vanderbilt Uniyc si;y Pio; Leroy Brown
Of tho University of Georgia viii take the chair of Eathe-
mates.
A new college Of pharmacy is proposed III
Boston. Money has already been pledged, ana tie
nucleus of library Of standard chemical and pharma-
ccutcal books obtained Tie instruction given
therein is intended to be particularly practical.
The regular Autumn examinations OF the
acslemicd departments at Harvard viii begin to-day
and continue for three days From the S0th 10 Oct
viii DC examinations Tor admission to the scientific
aud mining schools the Buscy Institution and 10 aG
vaiccd standing in thc law school
The modern classical course at Wisconsin
state Usiye sity attracts many new students. THIS
cnursc embraces all the Latin OF the fan classical course
and all the language tho scientific with tle ad
dillon Of French be adapted TO tic wants OF
students who il nd pursuing professional life
The following appointments for the next in
teI-cocrate contest in ills city have been made by the
authorities Of Hamilton College: Orators, Julien "
Eliot Ncw-York; Charles Kirkland Seward. Utica.
Mathematical Competitors. James FaiIl'arn Brodic,
..mnlond; Aiclii aid l.. Love, East Saginaw, Mich.
The old University CT North Carolina was
r,opc I'd with Brilliant ceremonies s"p 10 Gov Bro&-
n apt and entertaining address. ine UniVei-
y oacrs Ave courses to It's students. Besides the elias
Plea and scientific courses there is an optional course
for those who wish engage ii special study or studies
Tie pupils of ,ho Central School of New
Orleans recently refused to attend because colored
teacher Of mathematics had been appointed Thcre are
nine coolod mon and eight white men constituting tic
Ncw-Orlcaus scncol Board. Pnchb@ck is the header OF
the former al 9, whom said 10 be notorious poitl
clans, and net particularly well cduc2tcd.
The number Of persons in this years Fresh
man oas az Union College win probably equal the whole
in college four years aro. Many arc from Tie
Southern states, and without exception rank high foI
character and scholarship. The yarods couracs OF stady
have been revised and largely expanded While the gen
eral standard OF study hes been greatly raised.
The Seniors OF Amherst Agricultural College
have been given miiitsy subcts upon which TO write
&c
term; one alec relating the military failure OF America,
the best essay to BE- rewarded with prize Of money,
offered ny Lent A. L. IOtel. The class win graduate
- II, which s the largest class since the first two
A LARGE number Of the best citizens Of Bal
timoge have signed petition asing the City Council to
give the School Board the right of ALLOWING small
rcnon TO those teachers who lave served for so years
more and have grown incapable b. reason OF age Of
farmer work in the schools The members of tie school
Board are said to advocate the measure, which IS
tginly good one.
A writer in The Ncw- England Journal Of
Tdao,, On SAYS: II seems That written cxarnina
tona, occurring once Jno. H. would succeed iii doing
the work II marks without mourning the disadvantages
which accompany them in the first place every student
would then have the questions to answer as every
other lie would also have Just many OF them. In the
second place, there would he opportunity Of talking
against time Tie question is in print ii remains un-
altered: II what IL says, and 1t can either be
answered or it cannot Tie being Written must
be definite nothing"
II is time that school boards should realize
that teachers ought TO have more than a textbook
capacity. and II is pleasure quote the following bit OF
good TIE National Teachers Mo''iy: "Wbcn
teacher is wanted it is absurd TO take for that function
who has only proved himself succC ssful learne
Facility in teaching like other doing power is to be
ascertaned and judged of by its tests teacher
must have knowledge; but that is only Of the many
needed publications. the most easily tested, but really
secondary Versatility, nyentiyeness, TACT patience
s in adapting ones mind TO those he IDcets readiness
to comprehend minds OF Others, organizing and
ernng power-these are worth more than impractical
knowledge, however extensive or exact Oral examina
ton and conversation, II well conducted, bring ont evil
dences Of the presence absence Of these qualities Ii
written examinations may be relied upon to test the
learning OF the candidate, oral examinations only can
tes, the subtler dement's Of powcr"