New-York tribune., 1876-10-12
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

The Sunday morning chapel and the Sunday
niternooa lecture have been abolished at Princeton
Elocut1on has been made an elective study
for the senor and JUNIOR classes 0t Tufts end an hours
work I'm elecuton by he Sophomore and Freshman classes
win hereafter raD, honr's regular college work
The contestants named to represent the New
York University at the next intercollegiate contest are
In Oratory A. Durack, class ~ Of Brooklyn; IN -
SAYS, WIN. T. Cooley, class 1S' or summit n d. anu - "
Wilton class rs Of Jersey City; in Latin j. NJ McCh-
less class ~ Of South Carolina in Greek H. NJ iar''
class ~ OF Brooklyn; in Intellectual Science D. NJ D.
Thompson, class ~ Of Brooklyn
The fifth annual contest In oratory OF inc
Illinois Intercollegiate Association hasjust taken pace
nj Evanston The frd prize was awarded 10 feII5
Baird OF Chicago University for tho orajIon' Tue Gan
toThikers" He thus becomes the representative OF
tbe association I'm the Northwestern Interstate contest
One competitor was youuewomau who failed TO secure
the second prize by running half minute over the Ne
allotted to her orauon
Students have lately been registered at
Michigan University as follows: Law department -
medical department oil homeopathic 80; dental 10;
total I'm the professional schools, ISL Ihere nave p'o
1A9 applIcations for admission 20 the literary depart
~ment and 12O thus far admitted to the FRESHMAN
class. Four viii take postgraduate courses ana lour
will uursle special studies. OF the applicants 10 were
ladies' none of whom were rejected or the lresnIn,'
55 were admitted on diploma 81 viii take the casslc"i
course aud 50 came from tie schools of this state
No publications by the professors or other
attaches OF Johns Hopkins University can be issued III
tbe name Of or dating from, the university without the
assent Of the professor whose department the suy''
of the publication fails; or il there be no such professor
of the head Of the university The baltimore american
thinks that if every person connected with the un-
versv must feel that what he has 10 say must be SUD
mtcd to another before it can he published with thc
ordinary advantage Of publications by college pro
fessor there VIII be much less original and independent
writing than there should be-
The Law Department of the State Univer-
Eity of Wisconsin in June last changed the Law course
from one TO two years The Is now two fun UNI
yersy years One fun year must be spent IN the um'ef-
sity to entte students to degree; one year OF the
course may be spent in law office reading under the
direction of a reputable lawyer but no student VIII DE
graduated who has not spent two years in preparation
for professional work. and at Ae end OF that Tine PasSeu
an examination conducted by the Faculty and Beard OF
Visitors All the professors either judges now upon
the bench or lawyers engaged in practice in the courts
Students of the Princeton Theological Sem
inary have always been permitted to attend the lectures
at the college although this institution has no connec-
ton with the seminary. Within the past few years seV
eral coored students have been admitted TO the semi
nary Last year, two OF these attended the lectures on
psyeholoyy regularly. They occupied seats behind the
Junior Class quietly away soon as the lecture
was concluded, and objection was raised. THIS
term, one only. but little more "sun-burneo'
appeared, ana COuQuclcu uiuloti III Ho es'io ui'J'
tionable way. A few spirits in the new Junior Class
however appear to have been little more sensitive
than their predecessors. They demanded his election
The Faculty of course declined to comply Accordingly
they shook the dust Of Princeton oil their shoes In dis
t TIE fathers OF four out Of the five have sent thor
sons back 20 the college.
Twentv-three college students besides the
Fellows have applied fog admission to Johns Hopkins
University On the lst Of October the first scholarship
examination, and on the 14th Of October the second
scholarship examination viii take place Nov o. Pioi
Simon NewcOmb begins at p M his lectures on the
history OF astronomy On Dec. 20 Christmas holidays
begin and terminate on jan . Prof John ;. Billings
commences his lectures the history OF medeHne
Jan g. On Jan. the first examination for
matreulation commences; Jan. H. the president Prof
Daniel c. Gilman commences his lectures JAN 81, Prof
Francis J. Child commences his lectures on English
phology; Jan 81 Prof. James r. Lowell begins lee
lures on modern literature; Feb. % there will be the
anniversary holiday; March 6, Prof Wm D. Whitney
begins his lectures comparative phloogy March 80
10 Aun 9, Easter holidays; April 9, Prof Francis 4
Walker begins his lectures political economy; May u
Thom IS NJ Cooley begins his lectures on law; May y
Prof Ira Remsen win begin his lectures on chemistry
aud on June the second examination for matrculaon
win take place.
This very suggestive paragraph concerning
teachers salaries from Ihe IrOrtdence FTeSS:
"The reormers attack the evils of big salaries tat con
tracts extrayagat public works, and loose adminstra
tiop The authorities respond with blow at the free
public library for The POOR the care OF the
streets, or the school system In some way or
other the weight OF reform Is made to fall where u can
render the whole movement OdOUs in the least possible
time Several rigid economists have been sent into the
CITY Council They are beginning to make a STIR and to
head them of it propOsed-tO reduce the expenses on
on the water-wOrls to stop building sewers in streets
where nobody lives and the don't want the pipe
stems 10 stop paying engineer $4,000 for hat the
work that Boston gets done for SJ0OOl to sell the land
illegally bought reservoirs outside the city limits TO
stop planning three Cornish engines at Pcttacon
sst no IL proposed TO take per cent from the sal
aries the teachers IN the public schools That Il the
txtayagance we are asked think most in need OF re-
form That is the expenditure which the city can best
afford TO be close in. That IS the weak point in our
finances and the service which yields The axpay
the best return"
The examinations for women at Harvard VIII
be Of two gradcs-arst general preliminary exam
ipaton for young women not less than L years
old second an advanced examination for young women
who have passed the preliminary examination, and arc
not less than years Old The preliminary examination
will embrace the following subjects: English, French
physical geography, either elementary botany or physics
arithmetic algebra through quadratc equations, plane
geometry history, and any Of the three languages
German, Latin and Greek The advanced examination
will be divided into Eve sections, in one or more OF which
the candidate may present herself, the sections being
as follows: First, languages, any two Of tie
follovipc-Inesh, French, Gfman, Italian, ana Greek;
second natural science any two OF the fOllowngchem-
istry physics botany, mineraogy, geology third math-
ematics including solid geometry, algebra, logIhms,
and plane tdgonomey and one OF either Of the tmec
subjects analytic geometry mechanics spherical triso-
nomery ana astronomy; fourth history including the
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