New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-06-08
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

The whole number OF students at Harvard
is said 10 be about SEQ; 500 being ireshnen
chair of chemistry and another of physics
and astr inony b. estbhsicd at Williams College
The latest official report shows that the
average day Attendance ia the puc schools OF Chicago
Is "a per coat
Mr.. G.. s. Shipman of New-Jersey was
awarded the prize ut the annual defamation at Trinity
College LIST week.
Indiana State University has, during the
past year. Instructed 435 students. Commencement
occurs throughout tue week. beginning June 6.
rcading-rOom and exchange has been estab-
lshed BY the pubic schooeachers Of Ncw-Oroan', VINO
have formed association for mutual mr roVeIneht.
In Prussia, Sweden, Denmark, France, Aus
tra aud switzerland Ky instruction Is oDssJ =!
and in Holland is given in all schools Ii the aIS 20
cites.
The entire fund expended i'll Georgia last
year or the support of the public schools aoun''" 10
s435OOO The school population. white ana eooreu S
304,OS7.
The American College and Education Society
has duripc the past year assisted AIS young men In d
ere cole scs appropriated 20 colleges the sum OF
S34,l75 IS.
Prof. f. l.. Youmans thinks that the practice
Of giving prizes schools is vicious because 1t sust
conqueror."
The seventh private Summer course OF laW
lectures vt the University OF Virginia will begin july 10
Tue terms for junior $40 advanced class, $50
both classes, $50
Superintendent Simmons of New-flampshira
thinks that IL the schools State PLACED under
the town system OF scnooi government their work would
be more successful.
The eighty-second Commencement of Will
liams College begins with examination June y
amt %. The Hon. James A. Garfield viii give tho al
dress to the Adephic Union on the 26th
The Dartmouth graduating class has SO
members. The smallest amount expended by any ont
man du Ing the course 81 200 One member OF the
class is 80 years old-a man to he commended
DR.. David Murray, representative OF japan
at the Centennial lccn,red at Union College m"huaS
afternoon OH "Tne Industrial Arts in Japan dcscroe
the tea aud rice culture OF that country it's metal work
ing domestic architecture, paper Manufacture snip
buildn G roadmak ng &C. He also leetured on IuesdS
on " The Decorative Arts"
Two hundred and thirty students attended
the Sheffield Scientific School in th" past year During
the year typographical parties were stationed Ill
different sectous-One IN the Saitonsall region one OF
the Ney-ayen Plain one east of West Rock Ridge, and
one IN the Woodbridge Valley. working under nstrnc-
lons OF the United States Coast Survey.
A writer in SchermerhOrRS Monthly declares
that every teacher should keep scrap look, and adds;
"wnen he learned the art of doing II well he should
teach his pupils the value and method Of IT, The hab
of recognizing the true relation Of those facts that are
currently reported of studying the news OF the day To
ascertain its importance should formed in youth BE-
fore the opposite habt-Of reading everything ana ie-
Numbering nOthine-bccomcs hrniiy estaDilsneI
Of the teaching of unimportant things, Pres
klent ChadDoune says; " In connection with some
fouu ma
tal connection with them at all temporary con
nection or that is worthy the attention OF probes
sionals alone II makes shudier 10 think OF th'
trash which scholars have been compelled TO team W
connection with the simple studies OF grammar,
geography and arithmetic. Small textbooks, contain
ing only the essentials Of the subjects treated Of only
those parts that have life IN item, that cannot be c-
mated without leaving the subject imperfect, are rare
IL takes brave man, and mcTcles> toward himself
to make small, staple, but thor"ngn textbook such
books we must have, If We Use textbooks at AZ
SUPERINTENDENT Soaring of Wisconsin pro-
poses an ideal school sy stem after this fashion,
Oh state Board of Education to comprise the e,c
mnts Of permancuce aud CD character possessed b.!
our present university and normal school boards .
OF edneation % hold Office during toe pleasure Of Ia
hoard, ami to serve as SECRETARY o. the same -,
C3) county Superiutendeuts TO be appointed ny III
state board, H. bold office daring The pleasure OF 'ir
tie State such a reasonable salary as would secure TIA
SERVERS of good men, and to b. eligible to appointment
t4l TOWNSHIPS Ia be the smallest limit OF territory u
school government, the schools Of the same to b. un lie
tie general asemn mt OF tie township board and n'
der The immediate sGPeTy,slSp Of ai"wnsP perm
shall under the general direction OF TIE county super
20 In each township so far as practicable there sha
law '''''' 49,
Concerning the study of German in the pub
lie schools The Sa.onaj Teachers aOathiy Tia
eommor-schooi course with womb rf uniformity,
ages eight ycarstnat is. children slend eight years
school before pass ny the high schOoL II is duin
the last four years 81 this that German should b.
studied, and il may be continued In the high school
20 desired. Daring this time II should be compulsory IL
common with vocal aud Industrial drawing. bI
tie taking up the study at the beginning of the pcro
may be iett optional parents Of the pupil L
student OF German. during the eight wears OF gaunl
and hgschOOl life, the laugh Is more than his nothe
tongneit scholarly requirement, AN educational force
Teachers OF German, rule. should he Of American
birth or rearing The successful those OF Gee
man descent, born in America or coming here wh'l
young in whose homes German is freely spoken ant
who have been So educated EuSlsh thai our idiOln
as familiar tn them that OF the German language. In
tro iued Ter the aforementioned Conditions. German
Instruction will prove OF advantage fr beyond ts Cos
OF even utitarian value What ia sad Of German
will apply with equal force N Frcuch in localities wier
the latter IL preferred Language" The same ruiea
ton also says--aud very Wisely; " All The sciences II
The primary SCHOOL, To villa, endi TO the end that
broad foundation lad.' says the heOrsi, mstasil
quantity quality and width for depth and s"ii'hN
Now we submit that Il broader. more solid iounatio
n laid for the suporstuctuge OF the higher branches b.
being thorough and accurate IA the elementary studio
than in any other way int the best foundation fO
higher mathematics rapiy d ecutss IN the III
diens Of arithmetic: that the foundation ~.
tory fhe turc, literature. and tho languages, Is til
ability Ia read uuierstandmgly and with expression