New-York tribune., 1875-05-13
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

The cost OF the 1chnSSSoo f''->
wsa last year about 81 30 per scholar
The Law Department of the University Oh
1ouisiana has Just graduated six students
The University of Cincinnati is to open
.,asses in descriptive geometry and draughtng next
Fall.
German is to be taught in the High School
NJ Trenton and it considered probable that 1t will De-
>ome part OF the public school course In that CITY,
The Board of Visitors of William and Mary
College are about to hold meeting Of consultation upon
for the future welfare Of that venerable nsu
flon.
The University of North Carolina will be
revived this year. faculty to be elected IN june
and the institution will be opened to students ON 'ne hs'
Wednesday In September
An attempt is making at Harvard to I'm
prove the political education Of students club, 10 pe
open to the whole college, for the discussion OF po
auestions, is the means suggested
II is said BY The Galveston Necs that Texas
now has more-and fewer-coeges in proportion to her
ponuation and means their support than almost any
other State; that acts of incorporation constitute
colleges.
The short sighted attempt to reduce the
already povery-sricken salaries Of the public scnoo
teachers Of Allegheny has been defeated in the BOARD OF
school Directors the ground that would dVe away
their best teachers.
At the meeting of the Georgia Teachers AS
ISOLATION last week, the Hon. A. H. Stephens made an
address in which he advocated the giving special aten
ton 10 the health OF school children and declared h
self in favor of voluntary education.
"Hcalth and Education" and "Science In
Public Schools" are important subjects which are 10
be- discussed the June meeting OF the ONO Ieaches
Association Too much cannot be said concerning the
rst hut is to hoped that the last will not receive
any advocacy thoroughly considered and cautious
The list of studies for the year 1915 at
Harvard has appeared. Eleven departments offer in all
a3 electives There 10 be in Latin and Greek rs
elective courses against IL last year. The prescribed
work Juniors and sOphomores remains the same An
extra hour OF German is substituted for the Freshman
recitation in ethics
Alexander Winchell. LIP. and James
NJ Stafford. Phi D., have been elected TO nll
the chairs in the school OF Natural History IN
Vanderbilt University A A. Lipscombe ID. d.
LID late Chancellor OF the University OF Georgia. ana
James Harrison, now OF Randolph Macon University
Virginia. have elected to fill the professorshps In
the school Of Modern Languages and English Literature
The Milwaukee High School Committee rec
emnend that Greek be dropped entirely from the COURSE
of study as the classes have not been large enough 10
Justify the time given to it, They also recommend that
reater prominence he given to instruction in the En-
gish language in the composition analysis structure
and literature 1t is formally reported that the effort TO
systemaze the study OF German in the MILWAUKEE,
schools during the past year has been great success
The following are the items of the appro-
priatons made by the Michigan Legislature 10 the Uni
vers at Ann Arbor For apparatus for School OF Mines
5000: for waterworks. $5,O0O for hospital $1,000
for deficit Sl3 600; for Homeopathic College, $4,000;
for Dental School $1,000 and for School OF Mines,
Ss OOO making total of $4,000. 1t would require an
OF $242 900, bearing interest at seven per
cent to be worth much to the University as the an
pual appropriation.
writer in The Americdn Educational Monthly
says that no person should receive teachers cer
cate Of any matter how high his literary quan-
cations until he has served certain apprenticeship lone
wear M eas TO the profe in the capacity OF pupil
teacher monitor nnder the auspices OF legally quar-
ned public school teacher, or until he mas atehdeo
normal school certain number Of sessions Moreover
principles and practice OF education shouiu DC ue
most promnent subject the teachers programme OF
study examination instead OF being the lowest ana
least important it Is now considered Dy the uoVer
rpent officials MISUNDERSTANDING as 1t does only nan
the number Of marks awarded to other subjects Such
fact s in itself sufficient make teachers careless OF pro
gress In their art
Brown University is making vigorous ef-
,. N interest its alumni in the welfare of the college
For the first time history the graduates WILL at the
next commencement vote for members OF the Board OF
Trustees The charter provides that there shall DC 80
Trustees 22 Of whom shall be Baptists Episeopaans
8 Ouakers and Congregationalists There are three
vacancies filled this year, Baptist in place OF the
late Dr Benedict Quaker in place OF the late Judge
Greene and Baptist place Of the Rev. Dr. Hovey, who
haA been transferred to the Board OF Fellows Graduates
can vote for nominations by sending their ballots TO the
Secretary of the Alumni Association, MI Reuben a
Child who is also librarian of the college, or by giving
them TO graduate to deposit in case they cannot
70 in person. Mr. Child will send blanks to all the alum
nj of the college with ali the necessary instruction about
their
AT a recent teachers meeting in California
lecturer ON arithmetic declared that IL Of age is
young enough for the pupil TO undertake the logic OF
arithmetic "Mere gibness in recitation" ne sald'
must not be mistaken for reasoning enof OF memory
in mere formula not effort of the reasoning facul
ties are wiser training the muscles than In train
ing the mind" He also advocated instruction In spelling
by fixing the attention words needing study by abol-
sng books by teaching in sentences and not In col
>imns and by teaching the use of words. "The ten
dency" he declared sis 10 skip the words in common
use and that is grave The words q pupil has
Tendency TO use are words he must be taught When he
comes to words he finds necessary to use the ana not
till then let him be interested In learning 10 spell tnem
They must be trained to study spelling silently, 10 KNOW
the words by sight The advanced pupils should be
taught to classify words and each class Is learned put
them by and take up another family Of words"
1t is the opinion Of writer In Ihe fH'souIm
.n-ee that 1t is cruel error to suppose that chd
ean oaly know well what 1t struggles hard 70 iearh
What IL needs is TO clearly understand given fact or
prncple and II then less an effort OF memory 'nah a
easy grasp understanding to retain It, 1t Is not
hard to remember what clearly comprehended "hat
taxes children is the effort to remember iso
lated words rules problems and facts, the full scope OF
which might be explained by the teacher in moment
The yOungest children are those whose minus are
totally unframed and who TO be started IN career
of study To them all knowledge Of letters is new and