The Morning herald., 1875-11-06
EDUCATIONAL MOTIFS.

"A cHedlsn Lutheran college has besl
opened at Rock Island, ILL.,, by the Au
gustana Lutheran Synod. 1t ha, accom-
nsda:ions for 10 Students. Over ninet,
students have enterel sixce the opening
September 23l. Instruction. is to be giver
both in the English and Scandinavian
languages.
The Freshman class in the University Of
Wisconsin numbers eishty-one. On hun.
dred and forty-one have been added to the
institution. Sciesce Hall, 176 by 125 feet,
is we'll under way, and promises to equal
in the facilities afforded to instruction in
the physical sciences any similar building
in the country.
KENTUCKY is to havea State Educational
Convention this month, which will be oc-
cupied chiefly by consideration of the need,
of the cslsred children. The public fund
for their education amounts to only about
30 cents year for each pupil, which, in
district of 30 scholars, furnishes but SIS
for the year.
The following are some details relative
to the new observatory Which is to be es-
tabllshed At Fontenay -sous-Bois, on the
borders of the wood of Vincennes. 1t is
due to the initiative of two Deputies,
NM. Cozanne and Paul Bart, who hayo
devoted their efforts to that object for the
last two yeas. The Chamber has already
vste1 50,3c0E for it, Lut that sum is evil
IDENTIFY only a commencement, as the build
in: alone will require $1,000 the instru
alents will cost lC0,000, and then the sal!
aries Of tie astronomers WI! have to be
provided for The obj ct Of the new insti-
ution is more particularly the study of
physical astronomy, while the existing OBJ
ervatory is devoted to the mathematical
'ranch CT that science The site chosen
las been especially selected on account Of
he g generally pure state Of the atmosphere
here. N. Jansen has been appointed
Director
There i, rot little truth and good sense
n those editorial opinions from the Nation.
!lsae's.s NonhG-"Beyond the study Of
Industrial drawing, which lies at the foun-
alton Of so many pursuits. we do not de-
re to zee technical education invade the
roviace of the common school. What
ne public schools should give is schooling.
We knsw that there is growing tendency
iSject industrial occupations into the
''tem, but we deplore such tendency. The I
Ian must work imperfectly as to the in {
''strial branches, while diverting the
ailds mind from the legitimate work Of {
lie school. The child who is lazy at his
ooks will be lazy at the bench, the thee t
es 81 sophists to the contrary notwith- I
andin:. The boy who fools away his ,
ME a: school will fiddle it away in the c
'op, and will probably he treated alike {
: bo.h masters. BY holding boy down I
richly to the business Of the schssl We /
'epare him to acquaint himself with f
edit in the business of the shop. The in h
lstrlal branches are too varied, the m:th- l.
Of division Of labor is carried too far, Il
e improvements in arts, mechanics, and f
ade are too numerous and rapid-even t.
50 "schsolisl" branch as bookkeeping, 4
c methods of different lines and individ- g
Is are So diverse, that the school, in at. f
npting 10 handle one of them, not to say Il
Of them, would make itself the laugh Il
g-stock Of all practical hands. If teach o
lnow how to teach school they do very p
Al. What proportion Of them know S
en- tAat?' 7