New-York tribune., 1876-06-01
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

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The Theological Department of Howard
University had 20 students during tie year.
superintendent Kickoff of Cleveland has been
reelected for a further term OF two years
Vassar has at present 205 students in the
college and lG6 in the preparatory department !
Ii is thought that the next Freshman Class
will be the largest Colby University has ever received
The Bowdoin Seniors have their final eX-
animation g. aud the Other classes July 3, A. and o.
Prof. Goodwin Smith has begun his lectures
on Eugsh history at Cornell He Will hereafter ectu'e
regularly every first and third term
1t is claimed by The Tcyrc Hdute Erpress
that the Western people better educated
thau the people of the Eastern States.
A resolution looking toward the establish
meut OF artis instruction in connection "i'h lhe
pupic schools has been introduced in the Baltimore
School Board
The corporation of Yale College have de-
cidcd that no member Of hs University pursuing an
academic course can the same time be nember OF
professional department..
The State appropriations for education IN
Massachusetts this year include $4,000 for normal
SCHOOLS OOO teachers institutes, and 100000 for
the education deaf mutes aud the bind The total
alnCuIt of the appropriations Is s326,e97 %.
Divers members of the regular" medical
faculty at Aun Arbor longer consider themselves
connected tine State Medical S0elety which lately
took action implying Of the faculty because 1t
did not continue aggression against the Homeopathic iu
nOyatiOn.
Massachusetts, has schOol-hOuses valued at
sI97OO,O00. The Boston Advertiser says; 1--WE believe
the Massachusetts, school building at Vienna excited
high admiration, though with some pertinent inquiries
as 70 the cost system which nS Oyed such structures
But we have heard that the methods of instruction
inside those sehoo-houses attracted equal attention
while theory ana in fact they are very iar thind"
A new course to occupy two years after
graduation furnished hereafter 10y the Yale Law
School The degree of Master Of Law will he given to
those passing the necessary examination at the end OF
che first year No who fails To take ii will be allowed
to study as q candidate for the higher degree The |
studies OF the Will embrace general and cou-
parative Jurisprudence, Roman law, practice IN the |
Uued States courts and III states having civl code,
admiralty law Of estates, ethics, forensic
oratory constitutional history, international law, poit-
cSl and history. sociology, parliamentary law
couGIct OF laws, and other branches. Instruction Will be
given by of the professors from the other depart
ments OF the College well by the regular faculty OF
the Law School, and the will be open to graduates
Of any law school, under certain conditions
A writer in The NeW- England Journal Of
Education advocates cOnversatiou-essons for children,
es "a the method tf which lessons she SAYS AS there
is 10 form for this exercise, no lesson mas Deen
lei ned and perfection is expected The teacher OF
pupils, begin tile talk-ahOut tue weather,
news of day-about their pleasures or ther uOnbes
II the murning paper is at hand somebody reads
few paragraphs, which comments are made one
thing leads to another beginning, perhaps with tue
Beiknap fraud and winding with the Modoc Indians
or the latest fashion for Spring hOnnets Subject should
not be held before the class after the juice Of has been
extracted which easily lie determined by the resi- ess
ness Of the pups;th yawns and general naltehuoh
No OF ungTammatical expressions should DC
made during the exercise which should be considered
breach good mannes-as much heIe as in the hhes'
drawpg-room IN the land. But aerward, at the gram
marleson proper there should be general oveihaulns
o. every rule of grammar th has been violated, oi
awkward expression uugraeeful appearance that h's
been Observed SO long the pedantlc spirit Is kept
out of sueh lessons, they eau doubtless be made OF
excellent use.
The Boston School Board has appointed
specal conttee TO cooperate with the principals % the
grammar and high schools in endeavorng to seenre s-
picy of dress amenc The feminine pupils on gr'uua'h
DAY. The Ciereajd Herald says On this sulJrct; Ihe
cases are not rare even in tits city, where promising
pup has hcen withdrawn the High School before
the close Of the year, simply because the expense
OF graduation could not be borne by tue grs parents
o. course the pupil COULD If she chose, appear III simple
md neS peusye Dress aud might he commended by the
teachers Tor doing, but 10 make herself an exception
m tins manner would IT qure amount of moral hcOsu
OF which very few boast IL IL weil-hho"h iac'
that OF the great number who pass out Of the grammar
schools comparatively small proportion enter the high
schools OF those do, few reach tie last week
Of the full coune. TIE boys DIR out TO seek employ
mont So also do me Of girls But II Is fact tha;
many Of the retire for the simple reason that they
cannot kt ep up with their classmates III dress Nor are
they without excuse for this H they are either snubbed
OF Extensively paronized b, tie more ex ensivey dressed
pupils their serespcct is wounded and they are SID
jected 10 daily discomfort"
The elective courses of study in Harvard
College will hereafter be open to persons not less Than
2l years of age who shall satisfy the faculty of thcr III
ness 10 pursue the particular courses tLey elect al
though they have not passed the usual examination iOr
admission college, and DO not propose To Oe cahdeaes
for the degree Bachelor OF Arts. certificate oi pr"
.ncy will he given, If d, sred 10 any person who,
having hy pursued hs chosen subjects Throughout
tue year passes the midyear ard June EXAMINATIONS
therein aud attans less than 70 per cent Of TIC max
mum marks therefor. The tuition fees VIII be cohuteo
at the rate OF SIS for hour week OF Instruction
durn the academic year, up $50 the fees covering
examinations and certificates. For any laboratory
course tue Zee will lie $3.50 year. bond Of 500
must be flied with Buisar The faculty reserve the
r,t 10 depr1ve any student of his privileges al an!
time II be abuse fail Ia them Persons WHO pro-
nose TO avail themselves Of this provision VIII be required
Ia bcgn their attendance at the beginning oil the aea
demic yeur. They must present themselves at ~"
Harvard HALL Sept. 2S 1876, at a. prepared to
furnish tie necessary Testimonials aud to demonstrate
nv xainaton or otherwise their fitness to attend those
courses.
Last Saturday, at the Baltimore Academy OF
Nu..c President of the JOhus Hopkins Uni'eis!
addressed the boys of te pubic aud private schools o.
baltimore detailing the plans aud oigecs OF the Un'
yersity Prof Guuau std BE Thought ls years was the
propcr age for a youth 70 begin his university course
although there was great d renee oi op pniou on the
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