New-York tribune., 1876-10-05
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

NOIEo ON EDOCAIION'
Tn the Mann High School at Toledo an ex-
Ccllent innovation introduction of current maga-
zine a readinSDook
The senior year at Tufts College offers
choice OF % elective studies besides those regularly re-
qured The whole number Of students now in that col
lee is III
After much discussion by the Boston School
Committee it has decided that the salaries Of the city
teachers shall not be- reduced. The committee has hon
ored itself ia lis decision.
While the school population of California is
Increasing largely the number Of abseueos is also n-
creasng There is accordingly demand fOs compulsory
education beginning to DE heard
1t is asserted by The Chicago Post that the
faut with oar coeeiae system Is that Il does not teach
young men the things they are obliged 20 know to make
their way the world they must live and struggle H.
Dr.. Sears says that the majority Of the
southcrn states made SLOW but steady progress ~
education two or three have manifested renewed in
teres and energy. Tie conviction OF tine necessity OF
public schools is gaining ground everywhere
Harvard Freshman Class numbers over 200
members this year Of these passed their entrance
examination Cincinnati. Thiryhye OF toe class oi
20 have entered the law school This school will ohtr
three years TO all graduates after the class Oh "
The whole number Of students admitted to
Irowu University this year 50, Of whom - nave en-
tered the Freshman Class, three the Junior two tho
Sophomore and three have entered upon select course
of studies OF tue class, 81 arc from Rhode lsah
% from Massachusetts the rest from the Western
and Middle States five Uf these from Illinois, ana lhiec
from Ohio The Providence schools have sent large
part OF the new The average ase Of the men-
bers OF the new class Is Is.
President Thomas Hunter of the Normal
College recommends his fellow-workelS; FIRST To aS
tate tor state law 10 compel al teachers III the luue
10 obtain licenses in the normal schools 0r III OlheI
words To make the faculties OF the normal schools the
State examiners; second. TO insist upon higAer stand
ARD OF scholarship for admission the normal schools
and upon higher standard atthe time OF graduation
10 agtate for four years course Of study third 10 III
sst that methods Of teaching aud practice in training
schools sLa be l~scd upon broader standard Oi educ
ton.
The following are the subjects for the next
WOodford oratons at Cornell: l. The seh-Control oi
the American People. Q. The Servan War g. The al
lcsed Decline Of Reverence. 4. PhociOn and Demos
themes g. The Moral Type constituting the Ideal in
different ages g. Civil Service Reform. T. The Per
sona Equation in Social, Moral, and Political Esti-
mates. 3. Organic and Critical Periods oI History y.
The New-Eugland Township. 10. "The sun never Sets
H. Individual Genius in Conflict with National Strength.
- The speeches Of Brutus and Marc Antony in
Shakespeare.
Persons over 21 who shall satisfy the Faculty
OF Harvard Of their fitness TO pursue the particular
course they shah elect viii he admitted to these COURSES
without a preliminary examination and provided they
do not propose candidates for the degree OF Bachelor
Of Arts Certificates of proficiency, however, VIII be
given 10 persons who pass the required midyear ana
annual examination, and obtain at least 70 per cent OF
the maximum mark Tuition fees bonds, &c VIII be
required as now in the of cgular student and the
Faculty reserve the right 10 deprive student OF his
privileges if ne abuse fail them. As an Offset to
the privilegcs-such voluntary recitatlOns. &c
granted to seniors the Faculty have voted that any
senior who gets below 80 per cent in either his mdyear
or final examination shall lose his degree for this
year
The staff of Johns Hopkins University con-
sstng OF the pre- sdent and professors, twelve as5o
ciates and twenty fellows, assembled, and are
engaged in the examination Of students and the forna-
ton Of classes The candidates fer admission
IS much larger than anticipated Most OF them are
from Baltimore and vicinity; but perhaps fourth come
from Virginia North Carolina, and other states About
twenty college graduates On addition to the fellows
have applied for instruction. many OF them in the abor-
tory OF biology The books and apparatus in physics,
chemistry ana biology aumal physiology are arriving
constantly. The afternoon lectures began yesterday,
with the first lecture OF Prof Gderslecve on Greek lyric
poetry Prof Rdbillon's French literature be
gins today These afternoon lectures viii be continued
through the Winter. with courses by Lowell. Child,
whitney Walker Hilgard Newcome, Mailet, and others,
and are Open 10 ladies weu as gentlemen, whether
connected with the university or not