New-York tribune., 1876-08-10
NOTES ON kDUCATION.

A rcdu, ton OF 10 per cent has been made ID
the s,,,rics Of 10 :calels Of Nashville, Tenn. Inc
prn,irt OF the Iuys lc scAooi IN San Francisco nae
hal his salary reduced troa ~, 900 30 5000.
The question Of district schOo! supervision is
G., as.eA by 1he Troy Tines in somewhat impatient
fashion, Il declares tie present mo- cd ~ selection ana
ouponmelt 20 be pencogs ana tne supervision nom
ina.
A teacher has right to require compositions
O. lis purl. II a stUdy prescribed 10y the Board "I
Etneeion. Defamation not being required, "A ieaehr
ca. compel pupil 70 It's exercise 'hah 10 'ne
STUDY Of algebra
The Massachusetts, State Boald ot Agrichi-
ture have voted that every agrieultral society receiving
the bounty OF tie Commonwealth he urged to MAINTAIN
at least ono scholarship at the Agricultural College AT
Amherst aud to the attendance OF one OF more
students. The first term of the college year begins
Aug. "a.
/. Mathematics rule the schools; nevertheless
Assistant Superintendent Harrison OF New-forG says :
"Aier careful study of the results accomplished IN the
teaching OF algebra schools, am decidedly OF the
opinion that other subject shows so saah an amount
of intellectual gain in proportion to the time ana LABOR
required 20 teachit"
Wisconsin teacher, Mr.. NJ. G. Kimball,
uses conversational method in teaching. The subject
matter of each study aud lesson is made clear to the
pupi by full and familiar conversation upon IT, SO tha
before he goes the printed page he has perfect u
destandng of what lie is expected TO ind there Inc
thing or idea is given before the words The technical
and critical language Of the book is then melnoiZcu ana
serves 10 fix what is already in the mind
The faculty of the Texas Agricultural and
Mechanical College which is to open on the fst MONDAY
IN October has been appointed loows Thos s. Gath
right prcsdent; Professors Alex. Uogg pure Inathc-
matics A. z. W. Morris, applied mathematics ana
tactics; T. II. Hand, ancient languages; '" a. Han as
modern languages; W. p Martin sciences anu agrieut'
tro; H. p Bee steward The salary Of tine president s
fixed at 80 600, that of the teachers at $2,25O.
Concerning arithmetic, The Virginia Educd-
tonal Journal advises teachers follows: "To teach
pupils to read numbers promptly ustCad OF spelling them
hargly To teach them to perform operations mentally
and in silence rather than audiby. TO teach each funda-
mental principle In its entire scope lis unit To gather
practical examples from actual life, fr0m o'0erts
with which pupils already familiar, so as to cne.ur-
age habits Of observation. TO induce pupils pdrtfcu-
lar!y those who are advanced 30 originate examples for
each other, instead OF depending on textbooks"
The writer of paper. in Tile WeSterR advo-
Gates breathing for the readingclaSSes III the
first grade OF the public schools and concludes his very
practical reasoning thus is it difficult to understand
mat All good reading must the fact that ii s good
reading to correct brcathing3 II in the first years OF
training the chdis allowed TO breathe naturally, and Is
aided bg the teacher retarded it lkclT that the
middle grades would he time OF preparation Tor the
higher grades and not Ofattemptns the solution OF the
impossible problem. that of teaching child "ho doe
not breathe correctly, in reading, and whose voice mas
lost its nes iby to read with and natural
ness In the higher grade, instead of Laving TO teach
vocal mechanism TO pupils who cannot read with eA-
presiop there would remain pleasant duty of teach
ing technique of mechanism TO those well versed III
its practice"