New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-06-22
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

hereafter mide elective
An auxiliary examination for admission t"
YAH wall b. held At Chicago
lanes Parton will give the Grafton before
tl, li,.rary s.cietlcs al Bates College next week
The asDact of TIE new system of school gov
.ruent in Boston X said to he very encouraging
Harvard College library now contains l5o'ooo
volume. A a.se wink is being added 1" the present
structure.
Il Il proposed to ds'erd tx books on bot
e. o.. rilumbus. oaiO schools and To pursue tn.t
study orally.
Mr.. ". E. Cave has won the right to repre-
sent Ham,en sidhey ego ~ tie Virginia ntereo'Ie-
giate contest
Mental science has been added to the list OF
,tndes In the uldephin Normal school aud provision
mad fr complete course Of instruction in the natural
sciences
The recent addition Of 100000 10 the sum
already bestowed upon Vanderbilt University 10y IA.
Vanderbilt said make that the best endowed nS''"
uou ia the South.
Incham University for Young Women, at
L. Roy A. Y has 70 pupils lts art school The uui'
versy said Ia need nj assistance 1t has 'ons
had a brave struggle W III poverty
Though there is to be no formal meeting OF
th. Dino STATE Teachers this year IL eA
peeted that large number Of its mrmbers will asSenh
TO- mutual Instruction at Pui-iu-Bay on tue l3h l4ih
and l5tn of juiy.
The school population of South Carolina Is
23sasIs5,5G6 OF tlis number bcing white al' l7"9oN
eolored The scloo atiendauce is a. per cent Of TN
white aud ~ per cent of the col"rcd children Tho
schools are open three months OF the year
or the 81 pupils studying III the School OF
Oratory University during the past year. -
were L,des-neary all o who'o werc lifting theInSr'e
As teachers Besides instruction III elucntion
the Glasses have studieu With Prof Be the M chanis
Of the OF gaus Of seech, the nature classification ah'
producton OF the sounds of the English langnagr.u'
elements of visible SPEECH. the causo and remedy 81 tn
various kind, Of detective ape, Gu and imperfect qulie'
OF voice and the mechanical rr" uc'ion OF infectious
Prof Oseood has gwen in the production d"
musical tones and then Application 10 the speaklu-
voice.
The temptation to give too much aid, to drag
the child ID right dirtc Instead 81 tuning III
steps in IT, guiding him occasion requires Is az
rrayatrd by the necessary constant examinations dh'
transfers from lrade Ia grade teacher "i' keeS h
pupils short time he came" afford to take any OF iha
time far va ming insight into their character ana m'n'
cal habits they must all brought up 10 certain hxr'
standard a. certain line Naturally he takes the short
est often indeed the only practicable route I" that "hd
snly let the children he al the time required
aid now they got there matter Of secondary conso
sra iou or rather of no eOnsde ration at all
a n
xeat,on complains children do not realize tins
t,r,. of nrincd language. aud ads: "a large proper
uon-.ndeed | think maio ity-of pupils of average
ability even In the highest grades OF the grammar
schools are utterly incapable of understanding sung"
explained. however clearly. IN plnt unless IN" pFlho'
word supprI- nIed by the living voee Of Tue tache
Ia other mis- graduate yearly from our GrIini'
,chuoIs Young and women vino are no. able lnlri
teetuAly 10 stand alone for how one he ednpeten
~ think himself who is not competent I" aiie'"''
without an interpreter, tie works of the masters 4"
l1oughtf
The average expenditure of college men Is
discussed by The Springfield Republican, which saJ
TINT thai exien :urr has been RISING steadily Tor U"
past Is years, until 1t hos cot 10 point where mus
stop and tecr,e, colleges will suffer dnlnn''o
o. students" The Rochester Democrat SAYS The pHb'
sentiment of the eOlegr Ia this matter should oe e'u
Gated to point Of conserVatiNn-o extreme eohst'
vatsm Ike Faculty 1t 10 tho patrons Of .ihei
eoll,se 70 advise the siud,nts against unnecessAr!
expenses they sUuid not hest ate about speeiiynt
what they regard useless and tonii-h cx ondur'e
Faulty advice has weight "tth classes and II II
gwen IN time iL do much Ia eli the ALARMING
szcessss q which college students are running.
The Nation speaks most truly when it says
-Wuen IA young mAu sucs nrsl-rdte man teaching h..
rud,u n o; French German, correcting the gram
=. ar ,ueing of fresRnieus themes S3,OO0or S4OJ
ay,ar he secretly resoves ha, he will mol commit hlI
sell " any vocation which such waste o great sif''
~ l,ssple; aud like when ne reads delai
IN Congress- approving auemh to discover ti'
exn.t sum NH instructor eal Keep bodA
and tgeher lar determines that the service o. 'n'
Government such capacity shall never lie hi 6lSi
ness. IA sh 1T. have ia our whole EDUCATIONAL ma
ehlery done what eoud u discourage tue amDi Ian
aud energy sud capacity q" each generation FROM ep''l
ing th4 very callns ia energy and capacity
most Importance State, aud We drive them into tue
srrsdy owe ri, ne work ~ material production
Def SI,,ov Calvin thinks that the SiIDCTl-
ority Of Eugiish wrtnl newspapers aud naeazlhes
exists nj superiority seiious iit"rstr~ ana
especially IN he literature Of learning. He adds 1.-THE
amount Of force which is lrItcred IN this epIenera
work aud might have gone TO produce WORK a."
epheinrra rs fmense Il is. think. one ~ tie greai
wastes OF gneratiou We are all "f ~ s'h T.
ers 10y the waste A hundred newspaper and magazine
Articles III wuich the best tossed out ncou-
piee leave us where they found US; Single book, Ia
ylch moderately good idea is worked ont Ia coHiple
non carries etcP UPWARDS la 50 far ~ te inslt-
tim Of prze-feOwsps teuds. aud ii certainly docs icnh
o foster Of ephemcrai Literature. IL does So
al tie expense permanent literature, and Is mis-
ehievous English cultarr this dispersed aud IRA b.
mel. Any form does need to be aGtfriail' r.
enforced where II needs reinforcement 1t Is IN te COZ
een'rated aud and completed forms"
The University of Cincinnati is doing meas
utaL!y well a. 10 lis scientific worA. Daring lie pdst
var ~ chemistry the cOns ed OF lectures rcclt
tLDns and ab.ra.Ury exercises Tie rstyear students
In eng Iecrug together with some 81 the secOhdytai
es-cal studeuts giy five boiis pc We To la"
ers,ory work and two hours er week To- Oth.r exc
cses For special stndeuts the laboratory has been "pcr
So hours rer week. hours daily for each ~o'k
tus day Tie work done las consisted uairlJ 10 diii
IN qualitative analysis, tog tier with c1crciseS IN eh'n
ical preparations la tae last-naned particular eve!
student has required 10 make several specimens o
rare preparations 10 ne preserved III tie uver"iiy cal