New-York tribune., 1876-01-20
EDUCATIONAL NOTES.

Philadelphia has 95,239 pupils in its public
schools.
An intercollegiate contest in oratory between
the GFcpnt colleges in the State of Virginia is being
t&lSed Of.
The school population of Cincinnati, between
the ascs Of and y, numbers sS,oi2. About 90 per
cent attend school
The directors of the Philadelphia School OF
Dcsn hayo dec ded 20 iseue certain annual NUMBER Oi
free Scholarships to that institution.
Harvard College received subscriptions and
eiiis amounting to S2l4s00 during tAe year 1910 Tie
total amount Of funds Aug 81 1875. was F},'3o@l|'
Tire University OF Cincinnati received during
the ycar 1878 Sll9,748 %, and expended dulng t-e
sunc line S10e.e06 "a. TIE endowment funds OF the
institution amount 10 S125,955 rs.
The Baptists of Tennessee propose to cele-
brate the Centennial year by raising 100000 for TIC
Baptist University recently located at Jackson The city
has already subscribed Sl5O.oO0
The memorial building at Union College Is
spproacAug completion II win be used as an art eal-
le,yand q l.rary An article descriptive OF Cuon Col
lcsc Will appear is sad, in herijners 1o5 ser june
The report Of the State University OF IN
diana shows that it 425 students III all its depart
ments and II is in highly prosperous condition III"
chemical laboratory Is said TO be ;he most complete Ia
tie West.
Kansas has S79,G02 acres Of school lands
ves uusol not including the land in six counties which
laade 40 return IS valued on "A average at IS 90 per
acre and when sold viii add aoO1t S5,OOoooc to TIC
comUIon sCAO0i luld.
An effort is to he made at The present ses-
,on Of the Legislature OF Massachusetts, TO repeal that
ancient provision OF the Constitution which forbds tho
President and professors Of Harvard College holding
seAts in the General Court
At late meeting of a teachers institute in
Providence It was stated that Of the 3,4OO children IN
TIE town Of Woonsocket only 900 attended school during
tbo r,asr wear Rhode Island evidently IN need Of
compulsory education law.
I'm 1858 the school tax in this State pro-
duced 81 o536s0 "a This amount has gradually In
creased until during 1878 the amount produced reached
s2g59725 l3 From 1887 to. 1866 the tax was "a Of
mill Since 1867 it has been Ia mills.
Prof. VIM. IT, Whitsitt of the Southern Bap-
tst Theological seminary, n Greenville, . c. has organ
,zea q eystepl Of competitive Greek examinations Tor
that State Oac held on the lOh OF ast pcccuioef
and smother VIII occar next November.
The school population of the State of Ten
nessoe including children between the ages OF ana IS
years Il as follow: Whito male, l6iGi9 white ie-
male. 155.O22; total whites, 3loG71; black males
640g7 black females, 5000; total blacks, lOO'230
,otal v htes and blacks, 42j,9Ol.
The subject of compulsory education is at
tractinc attention Mississippi aud lill Ges been III
trs.o "a .o tLo Lc isatIre 10 enforce Il. In comment
tng uuon the bin re IieisbaTg A,raid sa's; Tins
s.ae has oeea nearly ruined by ignorance sco tAo war
and It's influence NJ Government; should DC stopped S
The earliest mOhltnI."
The State Of Maine apportioned 1892, 7OS Al
TO the yarics ,own4 and c. for school purposes dur
tpe 1879 In ajdlou the.e expended by the sttte
mol sNlo ~ ny
eu.tufal College 800, uG FOR oaer educational no
t,tions s, $50. masking tOtl expenditure for eGuca
tional purposes Of yiGl,o52 -.
The Secretary OF the Centennial Commission
has issued a circular 90 tls Boa,cs 81 Education in the
different s:cs soyuS tha IN addition u the provision
for Tie educational Nar,uent ia tae main bldng IL ID
desirable tha. ore school houses be erected ana
fully equipned after tho mort approved style Three
buildings lie belevcs would be sufficient 10 properly
represent system viz: The kindergarten, the com
naOn schoolhoUse aud the city schOOlhOuse The cost
the Secretary thinks, should be borne by the State
hosris.
Much dissatisfaction is expressed In Massa-
ehuse,ts WITH the working o. the common oOl system
IN that s. ate. Tnis dissatisfaction fnds vent in
paper art cles public addrcsses The results Of the
systcm now in use are said TO be In
surate with the amount OF money expended, and
ksuizttlon Is called for The Rev. Dr. Peabody, Prof
Everett and Mt Frank W. Brdare among the opponents
Of Tho present system II suggested that less money
be spent on .choolLouses and money DO devoted
to tic employment Of better teachers.
Georgia, during the past three years, has ex
pended ss6O0OO for educational purposes. This gum
does not ieGGe what has been raised and paid out by
cities series OF pepers on The Colored
People ami tho Public Schools" has appeared lately In
fke Atlantic Constitution, written by Prof. g. j. orr He
romaAs that Of the most hopeful means OF bringing
seout return Of good feeling between the two races s
70 carry cut the policy OF tie school law, and