New-York tribune., 1876-08-19


young swede and Prussian is gratuitously h''o,
for tho universities. Her one free sciantlnc anu
polytechnic school, Lehigh University 'naAo'
an exhibit OF drawings, plans OF prius'
&C. eeected at random from tho Work Oh '"'
students which, though admirably executed are very
incomplete index to the purposes OF ths great ns'u
ton or tho gr,tutous facilities which 1t affords 10 youh
men 10 qualify Themselves for tho work on me by css
cal training "a chemists, civil and mining engineers
,neainrests and physici.s OF every class Inc rory
echnic School Of Phlladephia makes fair e1hioi'
The public schools OF Philadelphia hold themselves "oo
from those OF the State and are unrepresehed III 'ho
m,dinaa Our anxious foreigner. should he visit these,
will End massive graystone houses set about WIN
patches OF flowers and wreathed with futerng rags Oh
avery nation Inside the memorable machinery fanii-
lar 20 most Americans Is at work. IN when the Ve
sinking brain Of child IA reduced 70 mass OF uh
rp.ad facts Public schools rule, In the tas' uh'
like the mills Of God, grind exceeding surely. out not
slow. .
There Is something very noble aud touching in the
..ht hints which Pennsylvania gives OF her care ior
her helpiess wards. when consider how large ana
Il lder that caro- Grad College sends ntle OF inc
work Of Is orphans; tho,e is significant word OF two
from tn blind the deaf hld dumb brf most pathttc Oh
an whiting Ire wall in her honor from tho feeble
minded children OF Mcdea. These scraps OF embrodery
and feeble atiemrts at drawing which tell Of the labor
and patience for wears by which these poor coudci
brains have been drawn 10 the light have something
very lncy human In ,hom 10 me. stu moro sgnf'Aht
Il the display maaa of industrial work by the schools for
Soldiers Orphans, Of whom more tiah $500, lrit hdp
less ~ the close the war, adopted by the state
clothed. FED. educated ana lifted for the business OF
lie. crimson baner over their offerings bears the
words, " The Keystone state II our protector"
The long array Of educational exhibits By IN different
Safca must .eaye experts 10 describe 10 YOU only
carried away scattered Iact or two, which r'omed TO-
bar upon thc contrasts prrpenaly suggested between
our Ancrcan method OF dealing with MS great social
pro- ana those oi other p"og!rs u scrsed TO me
that our n-ighbos os New Jersey -10wcd their sn'"T
desccrt lnl thorou shnCs ~ presenting iha! success 40
per cht ~ teachers beng represented n l19On '.
ii,cua OF ac.ull work by their scholars One hundred
.nd ity W She -hc@t words ia the dictionary yer!
othnc7aiLlcal drscor,-wcre subiIod tp The aciI"''
.nd the answers sent in. Eyrr tAe hle rl;iyeAT
ord, crayled vih thcn successfully -" pT.
remember. too some remarkably corrct maps drawn
from lnJ floy admirable drawings Us pol Srs boys
snd ~ imposing collection of works b. the A!"Nn' "t
Prarct,u College. The mos: suggestive aifn, 14rf'r,
30 nc cf Sew Jerseys status w"sa Hrai~ycd merry ht-
81, teacher vao explained the "S-.b, to me. II al the
lltt, children agr r charge of vnn1rv wcWrn -
tl tho systems apparatus ~ teaching lr' "c"nd1Ty
msticrs.
nauy TIE TRIBUNE reae-s ar no. TOO young 20 re-
r-"InreI thc Co1rsp.a WAGON that ~"Moun's passed
their door- along the Hn.ua. tIu ih-. then 30" only
route across to" NHcs shchi,s with it5 ringing bells
/
rmgrtnts beds chcrts, wifi, and haduzen tow h"loi
younss,,T, on tncjr rdy 90 " thc Oio" aIi iHe mn
known w.d,rncss beyond N1" t!nrc AZ over l2p'o
educational ustt"uaI, iu Oh.,-Unly "feiiics t'chnc'
snd ,rt schopi-, coir1".. and public -cp'"i, 1v'"ij
pnr, are enrolled In tucm. The most L,crfpc Of iir
EXHIBITS are those from the Cincinnati University aiii
Frre Technical school. Eie ,I" ssc"B ~ , slave hiding
IN swamp VIII draw tho eyes OF rass"Is-'Y not i'n cl
rcI - lad vauc the moaning ~ picture. ~ Wsli ~
! in il mechanical wofa THs Technical H'A"'' rNHhd'
| $50 4omc oXccH; wood carving iu ih' Wom1n7 depart
pcpL | raw volume, of drawings t1o frum ,Ic night
school vi -ro youus mechanics, crtIudb'!' st1 arc
,,ught-many o. them Of exceptional m"i 10Th ~ dr
md execution In t'o indiana drpar n ~: inc lo-.1oin
house 10 which the children oi nY. "Hi,'u iH
.c wagon were sent 1, cournst,d Win h, m"d rH t'E
huliiugs V!!i~E haze aprupc ny by 'h' Thousand al
aver se Wet How fast ha, been tIr growth may bc
guessed irpm = table 0f statistics offered hy Iowa IN
WHO'S stat, tcro rr- "a I-i- los echoal' ani ia 1876
$50. Tan state. ~ tde way. IS ,nrcwd aId honest
enough a. Ir,y tG' sana wrr' aS men 'of ihr
s,Lo qay OF work. sho Aui, % to Der iurrrs' :" o'a
nuy Glj w0:nca and 6jGo men. Figure, no; Only do
! nrt !ia but they .lvc very sirJiGctH. .uts.
Michigan has stepped ipr ,ri to tIc front rank hJ
waking education compulsory. FROM the .-- Of 20 T.
IN. 60 ha, no as yufu, for children nr s",r4 houses
Of correction; they are all sracu-. NaT1u and neg
ler,od children are collected E'cf one sri ,ipH, ba
held 6cpr.atc In families. 80 orrnpyHs c'i''2" NAh
their own suariilns mhjrJn~. &c. They are clean o.
he'd, IitrN I' t4+l th''i own 1T NV 'l. i''i'
iurrd to responsible p,rour, still continuing. however
an. wards OF The sale who ar,", over tErr IrApuSN
I institutions ios tEc dcI, 80 dumb ana TIE ri"I ar
go schools where every effort IS used 70 maa' t1rn
! -clfarionc Tu" Michigan University - irp'cIy
American feature 70 l. br. 30 Srl- Ola. om2l'ys -
professors; i, rd,nrs nnlhor na"ty double those 4"
yalc; .ts property moLn,s to over -'ppo'r, "na :t'
,lition Zee. are Slu per found more interest
ng story u tIs cGp..m. ~ OF ihc i !.rU 0cl''i I"l
| boys founded, no Doubt. ou the famous slsi'Hs oi
bennett and Sir Wal.or ,roftop. 40 ooy 30 Michigan
uuG ~ &. sent to prison. n,t 90 tH.s school, where
neither bolt. nor boz. used, bat th' Ia" @; kindness
and honor. r., make of IA in: the
u-xt 10 teach them honest way to '.iTn their own
| n,Ing.
4 aoilceablc feature IN each State pepar'mcnt 81 the
work rom tlc industrial nd technical acho'ia 30 which
IA, Government ha- oSc,.ded liberal all. Spbpiy r.rs
lor1t"d that were ptci," people buI We sho" -
,i0 orr practice. The bo,- and kris q, Missouri
Illinois aud indiana crowd INTO Ga" cod"-.' '.hFci-
Shcr, thev cn De- taught the brliuN1rk oi "'.hr-'
u.aiu-. engineering, which ihcr '1lhrr' learned ~
West como caste .ui sketches. II would b" foly I" r
ciso th'ae ygnuscs and is}chcs. Ih'! 3hy hr"" .n"
peaceful OF misoD.dcs aud that some DAY 'h'! WIZ
! lng~rid ionrca, in tho western stotcs. probably
because they had shown most cn'rsy tnd system IA
nSiirr I'm New ~, sud. perhaps thcy Rave had litt!r
too much uf H. But the teachers "I l'd!anH ara lill"s
may l, aogt a "a lnnn bc enthusiasm WhcH 'hcy shpS
tr,ir proofs OF brilliant success The chhihS from those
states arc indeed DaIo with admirable accuracy aud
-urss There an especial siclic .tion too M
tlo hit submitted ~ West Nrciulg froI her 500
.cLuol. to remember shc struggle adc IN
nr cItul lor .lc establishment Of the hr,; I've she
Was :. egiected doj'udnnty Of the Old Dominion ih"n ;
Hrr few drowsy town, h9d thrr board ~ m'gs'fai'~
th,ir dozen OI slaves, ptif chuh-Sdnsi an oc'Hioi
missionary coli ori"iT yrLturuE INTO her mountains
with his u'lcS bag Of books was o only messenger u
mem ~ civilization What freedom and free schools
have done ior - she ia, found eloquent Of tell
Iny ia her beautiful sat" bun ing.
fhc most poturcsqus figures IN the picture % Amcri-
ifc-thr negro and th2 lnhan-'r' mia5If ~ we