New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-10-19
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

The Simmer School of Art at Syracuse UNI
~srsItv IA reported TO have been successful
'prof lanes Orion has returned to South
,r,er,ca 70 continue his scientific explorations
The number of students registered in the
,.n1,co, department OF Michigan University Is 2s6;
homeopathic branch, 30.
Princeton's oratorical representative at the
oo,ing inter-eoregate contest will be Mr. W. T. slem-
mons of Ohio and It's representative in Mental Po'o
nhv will be Mr. T. Jones of Wisconsin There VIII posSi
bly, be also contestant for the essay prize
The new Freshman Class at Union College
IS nearly as large as that OF last year. The entire num-
her of dmIssions to all the Is about 20 Ihree
thousand volumes have been added 70 the luI"'' anu
readlng-room has been opened TOT inc s'uU'"''
Seven special students have entered mar
ward under the regulations OF last year. by It'en'
,platon Of the Faculty all seniors are obliged 70 OBTAIN
,oat IN nor cent Of the maximum mark in each study
for each half year condition OF obtaining Iner u0
gree.
woman who has been studying in the
Harvard Summer School Of Botany describes the zeal
eyincod by the class Exercises began at O'CLOCK ana
lasted until H. but many Of the pupils had been III 'no
room as early as $780, and lady had studied hcrse
sick in one week. The Professor had been obliged 10
close the building and prohibit study until the uSutI
hours Many had injured themselves by too close ail-
cation
Baltimore City College has $50 students
now in attendance fifth year has been added TO the
course This will permit the Introduction OF as many
sudies and the assuming of high rank as Is secueu
I'm many regular colleges. new Departmental slee"'
course Of single yearhas just been INTRODUCED Ior inc
benefit Of those whose time is limited The studies III
cuded in Il are English grammar, commercial arltn-
,etic business correspondence, physiology, physics,
bookkeeping history Of the United States, and drawing
several of the graduates Of the college have been adj
mitted to Johns Hopkins University and gentleman OF
Baltimore has established scholarship in tile university
TO be competed for by students OF the college.
The report Of the British Science and Art
Department for 1875 shows falling on in the number
of students as compared with 1S74 The number OF
schools has decreased by and the pupils by ISL Inc
total number OF pupils 27,9S5, who worked 62'3OS
papers, twO-thrds OF which were passed, and 1850
were rst-cass passes OF GOO students VINO came up
for examination "hOnOrs," only 23S were successful
The payments to teachers amounted to los Id Tor each
person under instruction. There has been slight falling
off in the attendance at the School OF Mines ana the
chemical laboratories at South KensingtOn The art
schools continue to progress steadily far the num-
Der of students concerned The total expenditure OF
the department amounted s262 651 l5s exclusive Of
the grant for the geological survey.
The Oregon Legislature is considering Dill
for compulsory education. The first section provides
that parents and guardians Of children between the ages
of and TO- residing in organized school districts, VINO
fail to send such children school at least twelve weeks
in the year shall forfeit annually for such failure not less
than $40 nor more than $50 the school district Sec
ton provides that the district directors shall provide
books and tuition of INDECENT pupils at the expense of the
district Certain exemptions from the operation OF the
law are made namely, OF children who physically or
mentally incapable of receiving tuition Of children re-
siding more than five miles from the schooihouse OF
children sent to other schools and Of children VINO within
the prescribed ages have attended school at least Is
months and can read and write.
The National Spelling Reform Association
has had meeting at which report was read earnestly
recommending the formation OF branch associations and
facilitating their formation. On motion the report was
agreed and the committee sod to continue in
session and advance the work 1t resolved that the
committee be Instructed to Issue to members OF this con-
ventou certificates Of membership in blank to be charged
to them at the 81 EACH 10 be accounted for 10 the
convention and that they be empowered to enroll mem
bers. Prof Parker Philadelphia alluded to the fact
that at meeting held in August IL agreed TO refer
their proceedings and subject them to approval Of the
Pathological Association The Professor suggested that
as both societies were working for mutual object it
would be advisable for both 10 work tremendously,
avoiding every occasion for coming into conflict The
secretary moved that all modes Of spelling be re-
fcrred to the committee consisting Of Pros. lIadenan
March, and Dewey and that no innovations he adopted
till after mature elaboration and final adoption by that
committee Prof. Parker suggested that this committee
issue at intervals OF words, with corrected mode OF
spelling Prof. Haldeman made few remarks on the
letter J." and among other things said the short -
was frequently heightened in En lsh proving from the
Greek that this highly improper, as also that the
change into the long ~ as in steady and in contrads-
tnetion 10 the short ~ in seaduess, totally enron
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