New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-09-21
NOTES ON EDUCATION.


.Aa Nashville schcOs is S2l.
Iowa State University has opened with 26O
.,sn+s in the Aoademical Department and 90 In the
law Department.
philadelphia has AS schools with an at
,..a.nce OF 9s652 The expenditure of the department.
aim tho past year was Sl,0S4.65S 70
The registration Of pupils on the opening
49,. 40 tho present tern of the Richmond schools was
arr Of which number 1.O42 were oolored
Trinity College has 35 freshmen this year.
- tfart has declined the oiIce OF the presidency OF
1snvou College and viii ROMAN at Trinity
prof sanbOrn Of Dartmouth says he con-
r.ading Of fiction far better than reading al all
arcadipr OF poor tale better than dieDess or time
mi IN questionable amusements; for frequently such
ading leads to the formation OF taste for higher
class Of literature
CorDeu University has 215 new students.
o., t those are ladies' % from OTHER colleges aud
,tis IS enter tho scientific course, IL the course
- ,,srature % the course arts. IS in engineering.
"a the remainder distributed among tho minor
a,urses or arc optional students
dartmouth College in the past Is years hss
,scsivsd the Following donations, about ontehaf OF
b,ch are available. Academioai Department, S29Sl5;
s.io,t,sc $4,000; Agricultural, S205,0CO Engineer
,ny 100000; Medical. S17Oo0i Moors Charity school,
Sssl5 for Law Department. Sl2O'Oooi totai'
S0Gu.JQO.
Williams College has Freshman Class of IS
,csa,lers. VITA additions 70 the tbne upper Glasses;
~. ybos attendance 10 now about 1876. The Junior
C1ass IL he Irgest In college Prof Remsens pLioe In
f9eni y is died by Prot SOuthworth. an IA Physics
nv Prof. Stafford. who also takes the Department IA
Astronomy. Prof. Pratt who was provisional Pro
es.on Rhetoric during last year, has been chosen as
pernanout Professor
The whole number of children of school age
IN vermont for the year ending March ~. 1875, was
90 577 of which 69013 attended the common schools
mot ouite n per OF che whole number The average
aslly attendance Is less than 60 l'eT cent Tue State
Superintendent thinks there is need Of some r"n thai
WIN senl every delinquent child to school He does not
rcroumend a compulsory law. bit suggests that when
The pfrod for Institutional udmeut arrives I n Iii
be well 20 introduce educational test qualification
FOR voting aud holding Office. Returns publishe'l
from 20 incorporated academies for the year 1873 Which
exhibit fair condition OF prosperity The hgrre give
i22 teachers aud 3i5O different studonts. Of which Al
were in preparation for college and 90 had graduated
nom college pr Vardtory eoutso.
TIE Freshman Glass at Tale will probably
number nearly zoo. The elective systcm goos inf"
operation this term IN the senior Class 40 nave chosen
American history, about 80 German, ~ rs ronon''
Greok aud TN. few juniors recits with The seniors
IN history The studies Of the term are as i"hoVs;
senio-s-Psychoogy under President Porter; Geology.
Prof Dana; Political Econ my, Pro-. snnn"r:
Chemistry Prof Wright Optinnal-GoTman, hstron
omy History and Greek Jrudors-ln slisL, under Prn
Eorthrop; Physics. Mr. Thachcy. German. Mr. WI
cox; Chomi Try. Mr.. Dana. optiOnal-FroDeh and
Calculus Observation-Disclosures. uuder Mr. TaI-
he'll: Triyonomrtry PTn? R.char..S ESchyluS, Mr.
RecSvitL JuNtUal Mr. Holgbiou IaCtus MT. PCtofs'
Freshmen Livy, AiSeb Cicero, Euclid aHd ODYSSEY.
Smith College has begun the irst term OF
its second year with su unexpectedly large number Of
stadent thai the institution viii he OBLIGED 20 cree
snothrr cottage IN admission Of students the col
loge adhered srieily to SIS original high standard ad
mitiugon tboso fully prepared to pursue The 'Ou:se 81
study prescribed The college mas no preparatory st."
dents The new art gallery has been gracod With soc
sntotypes from original paintings OF To- masters Ia tie
Italian Flemish, German and French school@ ARRANGED
eluOnoogjcal, ~ as % give idea OF tho progress II
painting IN these schools series o. plaster caste 81 ie
most noted sanes have been orCrcd for The gallery
also oil copies paintings o. tho different masters
hin trptr the colos Of the different sch"ns serer"
thousand dolas WORT OF apparatus has hcu oTdhrO
TO- the chemical labOT2toIy tmosOpn'cdi alA"iat~
has alsU been Ordere@
Government assistance IN matters OF cduca-
ton Is not ~ b. snocrcd The urrangcnrn by which
tbe csrtdeafe science teaclors Of the Sci aud Ar
peparlcnt Greet Britain have been from tine 10 time
brought mp 70 LcnooD attend Of lectures ~
South Kensngon have this year heoD extended 70 visit
n t an collection Of scientific apparatus and ,be lee
tnras Ia connection With H. Inc ARRANGEMENTS inclndr
money aid IN visiting London ami the grants arr made
oondoualy On diary hcing Kept Of what iJs been done
IL
etnrcs that hs ye been attended circular YRS last
NAY issued by the department that aid VIII be gwen
10 limited nuubcr Of teachers desiruns OF AZ
trnliug" rhe istuTcs IN connection with the l"l cocr
ton Tho result has been that 40 ecrtiacnrd ics'ecs
have aTalled th'lc elves at rms ad' arr SUI ga t,o
have couie up agLin second aud tnrd time al tHrh
owneynense.
President R0binsOn of browns University, III
an address al the dedication 81 new school building
n PfOytence the other day, said that be considered
"eemsntary cGue3t ou the mast important 81 any re
eevod and thought that the early Of eduratio
should be 10 the bands of coHiirfonf teachers. Navy
paSpe can never bs made teachers The true teacher g.
hsu not made fhe need Of pOpular rdutatof il self
evident. Happiness. selIespcct. and national welfare
are cterTlaed By tho educaou ~ the peOpr u stlt
duty OF t1e State The earliest cOvues dud Tie iiesi
STATES alike believe in A. lie then gave an account oi
6ndsg sthoOl-botss away ont on the plains Tue l'dn
and heart should be- educated Lt us have accurate edo
cail0u Education Is Imminent danger OF bing super
reial Ist some one two three, OF four things. l.
learned accurately To th end he believed in clectw
studies 30 college There many boys in college ths
sef 10 ne to keep Jhere tor day longr Their oduca
ton win do Them good JUS 80 IA public education
There IRE mJny boys who WOua DC much beilF W lu'
u trade nut when you zee boy With ctiacy, edu'
cate hin fils talent and eens VII ne sert ce " R'
sta'e E,lucae those who can be prOntHbly educated
Mr.. J. Macleod, one of the Government i'm
sec;0rs OF schools IN scotland, in his last report refer
as follows "a the teaching Of grammar IN seloois; 'fh'
great fault IN the teachRg Of grammar II that Il alos
oVerOoBs the true end 81 grammar which 10 acc0rus
10 the old definition 'Tie arr Of speaking and "rli!ns
the English language with proprcty iDdecd, II seems
70 tat It ~ hopeless 20 expect restoration Of tbi-
true end 10 It's proper place until parsinS aHG th'
analysis Of sentences are abolished do not under
value parsing' and analysis exercise OF some
mental value: what insist upon Is that grammar u
properly Taught would, mental discipline. he ms
mensy more important than the barren exercises "hoi