New-York tribune., 1875-12-23
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

The Pnblic School Board of Indianapolis
,od has refused to establish kindergarten Schools III
that city.
The e;chth annual reunion of the Western
Amherst Alnmni Association held in Chicago on Ine
18th inst.
Pittsburgh Penn, reports en- enrollmeht Oh
1859 pupils in its public schools with al a'e"e0 d"
tendance OF 1888.
At Rowdoin College there are total OF ga
s.naepts of whom 76 in the medical department. anu
Jas in the academical department.
The University of Vermont at Burlington has
153 students Of whom OF are unde'graouates-1o VI
them ladies-and 62 medical students
The Wisconsin Baptlsts hive decided 10
make wayland Academy their chief beneficiary III COLI
nection with the Centennial endowpent iund
St. Paul, Minn., has an average attendance
of only 25O3 scholars in its public sehoos' "ne '%o
number attending denominatioIai ana private soiO0i'
number 2,3l9.
A Tennessee court has just decided that
Teacher has the same right enforce obedience from
child that parent has and can therefore lc' eV4Po
real punishment when necessary.
At a recent meeting Of the trustees OF Rich
mond College Richmond, vap the college was reported
to be in prosperous condition. the number OF students
in attendance being l47 gain OF % over last year.
Bates COLLEGE CMe) has debt of $4,000.
To pay this OF and the endowment S4s4--o
have been pledged. leaving only Sl5772 more 70 DC
raised 10 complete the Of S2OOOOO When the "hoe
viii become payable.
A resolution has been introduced into the
Legislature OF California appointing committee 10 III
vesgate and report as the expedency and praetca
by of the state printing all the textbooks for the use
Of the public schools within that state
The attendance upon the public schools OF
Columbus Ga during the past school year was divided
nearly equally between the two races there having been
e2O white and 533 coored children The average cost
OF educating each scholar was So 80.
The revenue of the University OF California
from state and National endowments is $4,000 and the
expenditures S12SO00. The state Legislature VIII pe
asked to make up the deficiency of $4,000 The Uni
yersity has staf of 80 instructors and 81 students
The Baptists of Rhode Island held the first
of series OF meetings 10 obtain means TO endoW the III
stituons Of learning Of the denomination during the
centennial year. Providence on the 1911 INST Inc
Rev Dr. Robinson, President Of Brown University, was
present and made an address.
The Board of Trustees of Tufts College
have decided confer the degree Of Master OF Arts aer
ISIS only on such graduates shall pursue for one year
prescrbed OF study in at least two departments
under the instruction of the faculty OF undergo an ex
animation in the required attanments.
At recent meeting of the Board of Trus-
tees Of the University of Missouri DR.. s. g. Lawes OF
NewYork was elected the Office of President for four
years from july 1876 DR.. Lawes was graduated at
Miami University Ohio and is the Inventor OF the gold
telegraphic Indicator. He has work Oh Matter ana
Mind" nearly ready for the press
In reply to an application for aid to the
State Normal School at Columbia, S. c. the Rev. Dr.
Bears General Agent of the Peabody Educational FUND,
SAYS al do not think my duty to promise funds to
your Normal School TIL the State gives more evidences
of being earnest and hearty in Its support 1t is not
creditabe for State make such miserable provisions
for the accommodations OF the school,
The result of the compulsory school system
n some OF the chief cities OF England contained In the
following report made at the seventh annual meeting oi
The National Educational League Of England: In Lon
don there was an in the chdrens attendance
of1OOOOO of whom 10000 were in Voluntary Schools
average increase in London and ten large towns was
SO per cent in birmingham it was 10 per cent in 1874
the total being "a cent (now October 1870
l3O per cent; Hull 90 per cent and IN Sheheld, lO4
The annual report of the Superintendent of
Public instruction Of Michigan for the year 1874 gives
The following interesting statistics in regard to education
An that state: The number OF children attending tne
public schools 327, SOC; number OF teachers IZZ'o,
of whom threeOurths female teachers; wages pad
male teachers 47O 90 wages paid female teachers.
SI17954O II; estimated value Of schoolhouses ana
sites Ss912G9s; available educational fund.- S3,977
269 a. Of which S54396S Il belonged TO the University
fund and S2I5 7s5 63 to the Agricultural College tund
the West.
The following defects are pointed out by
The Prorideace Journal "The teaching Of English
grammar in our public schools, so far as it relates TO
spoken language is in great measure rendered useless
by the prevailing habits Of speech in the community at
large The ungrammatical expressions from which 1t
seems impossible to free tie rising generation because
they are so universal enough TO make It quite fair TO
ask whether as speech, have any idea OF clearance
or Of grammar But even than this Is the faulty
pronuncation INDUCED in by those who ought TO know
better How far reading in concert is now pTacced IN
schools we ere aware but listening not long since to
school during this exercise thought we would gladly
work on the highway at dollar day to earn money to
nay private teacher for grandson rather than nave
him taught to read the Bible in the hi-tumtum way in
which the exercise performed. In the pulpit good
readers are 80 scarce that have known an utter csbe
lever in the doctrine that there value in morality to
go Sunday after Sunday hear orthodox preacher
who would have satisfied Connecticut 40 years ago. just
because he read clearly distinctly. emphatcaly with