New-York tribune., 1876-06-29
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

schools ~ Si!u 10 be kcheidis ihSiS@a-'
Examinations for Yale viii be held in Chr
saeo tomorrow by Profs. Dana and Trowbridee>
The American Institute OF instruction VIII
meet at Plymouth, n. H.. or July IL. IL, and 10
A class of five has just been graduated 10y
ne College Of TECHNOLOGY Of Northwestern University.
The salaries of female teachers in the low
grade Of Rhode Island increased last year - 81
GER month.
A resolution to abolish corporal punishment
n the public schools has been presented in the Baltimore
School Board.
The regents of the State University of Iowa
ave established in that Institution course OF nsue
don ia homeopathy
The students of Dartmouth have voted not
send competitors for the Latin and Greek prizes at the
intercollegiate Contest 10 be held In this city next
Winter.
The apportionment of public school tax
made in Maryland for the quarter ending June 10
amounted to Sl5O2s4 for the white schools, and to
S25 900 for tie colOred ones
The Eelo- England Journal Of Education holds
that competent and no0yerw kod teachers are more
aecossary than elaborate SCHOOL buildings and that H.
vructior should be sacrificed 10 its Surroundings
Mr.. l. n. Demmon, Principal Of Ann Arbor
High School appointed TO the Assistant Poes
sorship OF Rhetoric and History In Michigan University
Acting Professor j. ". Langley has been appointed To
the Professorship of General Chemistry and Physics
Dr.F.A.P. Barnard advocated, in his recent
ediress at Vanderbilt University, obligatory study ofthe
philosophy of history and Of political economy as
science He holds that the culture which our ume ehu
our country especially demand is "a culture which while
It shall place the educated man on level with the
advanced state OF modern science shall fl hin above al
things 10 be an intelligent citizen Of q republic thor
oughy instructed in the duties of citizenship.
At the recent quarterly meeting OF the Rhode
Island School superintenGents the following resolution
was adopted:
Vosed That the suporntcndeuts Of the public schools
OF RnOde leland hereby assure the Commissioner t'
they viii either present pledge to the cfercnt naiu
ssrns them to Cooperation in enoie6G statutes
e"i,, ~ lcast tlrre months instruction certain
1inor % or Mi ASSIST the Commissioner in pre-
sennC said pledge, u the end Lat thtte ls Dc eh'e
harmony OF action throughout the state
A convention of Virginia colleges viii be
held next week IN Richmond confer together as to the
position Of te University ward them, in view ct the
lecs,a.ion Of the Of the General Assembly
At present they are it said in danger Of bns crushed
between the University tho one hand and theiIee
schools the other They propose thar the OrNers'!
should pli It's standard sufficiently high 10 pcser'c TIC
colleges frcIa extinction.
The following prizes have been awarded by
Washington aud Lee University: Robinson Pr"
Medals; In tie Schools Of Motcru Languages, Moral
Philosophy and Bellies Is,tres, and EistoryJ H. Dbl
lard NJ. A. Virginia IN the Schools OF Applied hathe-
MATES, Natural Philosophy, and Chenistry--fi. ..
Hudcins c. F. Virginia. 5autiui Prize Aeia-Harod
Walsh, i. L., arylsud. Gazette" Medal Hay
Virginia The Cincinnati Grafton" was given thi'
year by Nj c. A. DesOB OF Agbaua as the best schotl
OF the graduating class
The Texas Senate Committee on Education
reports that the iusucency of the schOo! fund makes
mere limited scholastic age thGI the present law eslao
hshes necessary; that fully onefourtn Of the seh"i~
revenue VIII be necessary for Tire support OF Pt"i'
sehg9ls and even then tie system will have 20 3e Limited
nnd supplemented by private patronage OnelourIt o.
the general revenue viii give &n annual aN@ane f'"hc
free school fund Of SG72 500. II l. estimated ti 'or'
are in the state 100 600 children, white and c0ioTe be-
tween the ages OF ana u; this would give 70 ca'h
child OF that age over &c per annum TIE ComN'''ee
proposes TO make the scholastic age from TO H.
The following rule has been adopted by the
Rogcats OF the University OF Wisconsin, In puhic tx
ercises University classes. conducted unocs tbs
supervision Tie University authorities, no dlscsoh
either sectran in .eGo o. partisan in politics sA be
permitted in any mauuer contrary t. the e'tor OF s'
Of tho constitution oTVs by virtue Of which The I'M
veIsity established and it shall be special cdty ot
the President and atty Of tAe University to require
the uniform and unconditional os,rSaHce Of thls RUE
and tho exercises every uu5Nc performance o Ae stu
0cuts of ne University connected with the Commence
rnes exercises Of the University shall De previously sub
Inirtcd h mcmbtis CT The Faculty designated iof thh
purpose and shall not be proceeded with except IL &c
co-dance with the decision OF said members OF The rae
ulty."
an article in ScbQweyh01H'S Monthly contains
the following excellent suggestion: "Ihc common t5uiI'
of declalnatigu can often he avoided by encouraging
pupils 10 take the place The teacher and explain some
interesting topic with which they are familiar Let ii he
sdescrtpon, in familiar language. OF something they
have seen or read o. TEL about it, shouid he the
form Of invitation Let them Tot dream that they are
'speane pieces II is better thai very simple nara
tvos should attempted al trt necessary let The
more t!id pupils retain their seats; at least avoid the
eorspicty of the platform. natural manner the use
Of original language aud the absence 0 al the acceo-
mes OF IN exhibition Indispensable 70 a night be
ginning 0ratory. Defamation according :" the orcl-
nary method makes the poorest kind OF sctols-norc
.lccutioLar machines but talk, iusensby led, step by
STEP 10 assume the dignity Of address 70 general
audionce. develops natural oratoTy."
"The Centennial National Institute " viii be
opened at Philadelphia July with address By te
Hon John q 80 lectures vii be given
By learned men Among them arc President Porter Of
Yala College the Bon. j. -. Phhrick, supcriuiendont
OF Boston Public Schools tho Hon. j. NJ Gregory, Re
gent Illinois InGusriel University; The Hon '" f. liar
us Superintendent OF LcUls Public Schools the Rev
b. Craven President or Trinity College, \. O. Prof VII
liam T. Pheps. President National TcaoDefs' hssors-
ton the Hon g. G. Sortlrap, Secretary State Board d;
ydnoatep Connecticut; the Hon. L. +. White, PTcsi-
dent Perauc University, Lafayette indiana; Prof Wa
ter smith sate Director OF Arr Education Boston Nos,
una prof = A. March Lafayette College, E4stOu Penn.
The objects II tic Institute announced az follows
.ystelnct.e and exhaustive study Of the EEhi5o-as
grand complex OltecflossOu and exponent OF tie
worlds civ zation tIe exposition. and embodiment n
pushea .nrfa of The beet philosophy AID art O. cd
eon OF the rrysent times improved methods snd in@ia-
ures in teaching ard managing schools; professional iE-
struction and impIuveme Of teachers criticism snd
d. -~Ls sr-ce in ftsr4-