New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-09-14
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

Middlebury College has a HeIunah CLASS VI
Is MEMBER the iEd enforcement OF the entrance con-
stons having caused the rejection Of many candidates
Prof. Hitchcock of Dartmouth has. with his
assistant been making geological Investigations rela-
Sye to the gravel deposits for state publication in New
Hanpshhe.
DR.. Muhlenberg, who has been for some
time president Of the MuhcnSerg College at Allentown,
Penn has been elected Professor Of Greek in the Uni
versity OF Pennsylvania.
The French Educational Commission have
applied 10 the Ohio authorities for specimens Of all the
text books &C. used in tho schools Of the state-anc
Ohio Ia immensely pleased thereat.
The amount of common school fund allowed
70 each White pupil Kentucky this year VIII be 81 90
the same ~ last year. but to negroes it Will be 90
cents which s Is cents in OF the apportonment
last year.
The pupils in the Worcester High School in
tho English OF study tn have The choice be-
tween studying German and French, and 10 the classical
course German in place Of Latin provided they waive
the hight to a diploma
The University of North Carolina is in
tended to teach thoroughly those branches related TO
ricuiture and the mechanic arts President Battle is
Visiting Northern scientific institutions to obtain
necessary information.
Mr.. j. s. Hartley, the sculptor, will begin
about Oct the instruction Of class in modelling from
casts aud the living subject The lessons VIII be given
two Afternoons the week during the Winter Instruc-
ton in anatomy wiz also be given.
The Municipal Council of Paris are to ac-
cord subvention OF 10000 franos-about s12,ooo-to
the Museum Of Natural History for the purpose OF rem
dene its collections complete, and in order that proper
facilities uy offered to the pupils Of the municipal
schools in their study Of natural history
The standard for the entrance examinations
for the wonans College at Wellesley has been greatly
advanced since the past year. yet this Freshman class
has doable the number that the last one had Many
candidates refused FOR Of insufficient prepa-
ration over 1890 volumes have been added to the
library during the present year The college is TO nave
passenger elevator
The experiment of mixed education was
tried at Leavenworth for the FIRST time last week Eleven
coored pupils entered the High School half hour
after the session had begun and they fled IN there
was n slight sensation among the white pupiis-Very
slight however, and continuing only for a moment.
When they seated the teacher stated 70 the school
that the new Corners there in accordance with tie
law Of the and the order Of the School Bcerd that
they would be assigned to such classes their quaca-
lions fitted them for and would be given such rank as
their scholarship standing entitled them toth is that
they would treated al respects many scholars
OF the High School, without regard to color He then
added that any Of the other pupils who do not desire
to remain the school under such circumstances have
permission now to retire" Nobody and after
waiting few moments, the teacher went On with his
work.
This emphatic opinion in regard to the re-
duetion Of teachers salaries from The NatioRal
Teachers Monthly This is done IrOessedy in TIC
terest Of economy but really for the sake OF gaining
little cheap notOreiy its advocates reiormcrs and
economists and thereby subscribing personal or
partisan purpose. Is paid freely than the
school tax Not one citizen in twenty viii claim that
teachers are paid much that they do not earn the
full amount of their salaries yet it ID possible for
school board to exist whose members knowing not what
to do to exercise their authority in legitimate manner
may not have the do nothing, but must needs
hack at the salaries teachers We 30 not bcsrud$e
sach ali the fame and fortune they win eventually gain
by their pernetory labOTs IL is breach Of trust 10
ourtail the salaries Of teachers in welLcstabshcd
system especially If those teachers are OF long standing
in the schools and have assumed financial and family
burdens with the expectation Of making teaching their
Network and being compensated for it in a manner to
correspond with their devotion TO its duties Proies-
aonG teaching should give its professors vested rights
In its emoumenfs-rghts not to be outraged at the whiu
Of r,actionist through the wes OF denlagoglc"
A class to pursue a graduate course of legal
studies has formed at Yale The course will occupy
two year, aud win 10 open TO graduates from any IL"
school having tho degree of LIZ r. At the cnA OF the
nf wear students may be examined for the degree OF
Master Law the end Of the second tsuoc 10 the
qualifications stated IN the annual circular for 1900
for that OF Doctor Of Civil Law The instruction during
the nrat year viii be az follows: By Pref Wayland
Administration Estates, English Constitutional His
tory and Evidence Equity, the text books being Will
hams on Executors and Greenleaf on Evidence,
Vol Ill BY Prof. Robinson, Admiralty Law,
Medical jurisprudence and Forensic oTatoGy
and Rhetoric, the text books used being
Benedicrs Admiralty and Wharton and stilie
on Medical Jurisprudence During the instruction by
Prof baldwin Destys Federal Procedure ana Pierce on
American Railroad Law will be the text books and the
subjects Of instruction, Practice in the United State
Courts Railroad Law and Constitutional History Prof
Plat VIII instruct IN General Jurisprudence, COrpora
tons and Procedure in States having Civic Code aud
the text books used will be Austin Jurisprudence
Angel and Ames on Private Corporations Dillon on Nh
niclpal Corporations, and Pomeroy's Remedies and
Remedial Rights. Prof. A. NJ Wheeler Will lecture on
English History, Prof Sumner International Law,
using Wheaton's International Law text book aud
Prof A. g. Wheeler on Roman Law, with Institutes OF
Justinian and Institutes of Gains az text books
President Runkle of the Massachusetts, Insti-
tute OF Technology gives this comparative view Of the
preparation and years stndcs q the new course
and the preparation and the first years studies Of the
regular courses:
PRACTlcAL MECHANISM. REGULAR COURSES
o. ddBttsSOn tT AlAniSstor-
Are ye2fa Age, lb
l. Arithmetic with metric sys l. AIltnec Win iheu'S y
tehl
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