New-York tribune., 1876-11-23
NOTES ON EDUCATION.


from the Rev. James Freeman Clarke
Mr. Edward Charles Pickering has been ap-
inted Pbulps Professor of Astronomy, Professor OF
reoaesv and director Of the Observatory at Harvard
prof. Hart of Trinity College has formed an
extra class in mathematics composed OF freshmen VINO
are required 20 make up original proofs OF certain Po
lens which he propounds.
Prof. Fiske, at Cornell takes members OF
the Freshman class through the library lie ehllalnS
the contents Of the slcoves, shows them II anu 1i
egting volumes, and talks about literary ""''''
Is an excellent cultivatng work.
Dartmouth College takes long stride TO-
DS odmittlne women as students by allowing young
woman 10 attend al class recatOns aud lectures ana De
examined with the young though reeitng privately
and only occasionally to the professors.
IT is reported by The NeC-Hdren journal
that in case the proposed museum OF art ana hhuHc
lures in that city is established, it is quite key mar
certain public-piited gentlemen, professors I'D rare
NAV connect with IT, II it is feasible, school Tor the IN
,ct,on Of persous In industrial designing, to the end
of preparing them teachers or fitting them Ior ns
industrial work Such institution is connected WIN
the museum at South Kensugon, England ana one .,
the gentleman hal the pleasure OF pursuing coo VI
study there and enjoying its advantages III Such
desirable result is eonsummated, these gentlemen wiz
id and foster such an enterprise, which would be oi
great advantage to intelligent workmen OF whom mere
are many who would highly appreciate ana earnestly
Improve such an opportunity"
The New-Hampshire College OF Agriculture
and Mechanic Arts has students than ever before
b are prospecs of three new students at the begin
ming of next term OF the 16 students in the senior ana
middle classes nne pursuing heagieultura course
and seven the mechs meal the two being iden
cal in Junior year. The faculty has been increased Dy e
appointnent Of the Rev. Henry GriswOld Jessup Plo
fessOr in botany, Clarence Watkins Scott TUTOR III
MATES ana Charles Holmes Pettee Instructor IN cNh
Prof r. r.
oee as executive Of the department everything Deng
npaer his charge He also temporarily nils
Prof Dimonds place in the chair OF tneoreucu
chemistry The farm receiving care in the hanhs OF
scientifc and practical farmer, j. W. sanDorn OF Sna
ton The students do most Of the work. only one regu
lar aborr being engaged The method pursued Ia TINS
regard is different from that at other agricultural col
leges where the students are Obliged TO WORK certain
number Of hours per week, and are PAID ~ cents Per
hour Here they are not obliged to work at ALL but are
paid is cents per hour when they do work. ana he pan
found to wOrkremarkably we'll In OF tne
college is perhaps good condition as ever the col
lege has kept within its income for the past year. ana
will for the next but is in condition TO make any
improvements.
The Committee upon Drawing of the Boston
public schools acted in accordance with the conVio
top OF most of the teachers and the universal desire OF
the parents and reduced the amount OF work this year
I'm this study The reduction is about 30 cent The
work has arranged in the grammar schools that
the pupils win complete one book in each half year. ana
will never have than one book in hand at the same
time Instead Of having one examination in all the
branches of the art the end of the year. there to be
an examination in January upon the completion OF the
work assigned for the first six months OF the year. ana
another in June upon the work done in the last part OF
the year. The special instructors of drawing are feeling
the influence Of the supervisors and some OF them are
endeavorng 10 visit each school as often as once
month task they have not all attempted previous to
this year The amount Of time be given to drawing
continues the same heretofore hour and hall
week in the grammar and two hours in the high and p
mary schools The tremendous pressure upon the teach
ers in this branch will greatly reduced by this change
of requirements, and II the committee aud the General
Supervisor OF Drawing wise enough not to appoint
competitive exhibition Of drawing, this study will assume
its ghtfu position among the other branches OF public
school education 1t is not drawing that is objected TO-
but the making Of the most conspicuous study taught
Among the collections of apparatus at Johns
Hopkins University there is balance, made by sehicKert
of Dresden connected with which from beneath are air
tight apartments for weighing This balance has
weighing capacity Of about five kilogrammes. An in
strument designed by Prof Rowland himself the object
of which determine absolute measure OF currents Oh
electricity and magnetism is an object OF special interest
There has also been received quadrant electromeer,
the second OF these instruments which has been INTRO
dueed into America other s at Harvard University
Instead OF the old gOldeaf eleetrOmeer, an instrument
designed for the object but of much superior merit
has been secured most costly instrument yet pur
chased is an air-pump made by Rtcbe OF Boston, the
cost Of which $500. Prof Rowland states that the
Americans excel in the manufacture Of the
common airpump. Resides the common air
pump a mercury ar-punp has been secured
from Munich for work requiring perfect accu-
raey In addition to these there is eectrOdynam-
ometer a galvanometer, spectroscope, and large
Plumber of smaller instruments which deserve notice by
reason of their superior merit An invoice Of small in
arument has lust been received from Richie OF Boston,
AZ arrangement consisting OF tube about foot In
width and six inches deep, extending from the ground
oor through all the stories and through the roo8Ofee
in ahas been constructed for the purpose OF accurately
determining the measure Of atmospheric pressure at diff
feren attitudes The greater part Of the instruments for
illustrating operations in electricity have already been
reoeived those which illustrate the properties Of heat
have been ordered and viii be received from Paris in
few days. and those which needed in the study OF
optics Will be received by the holiday recess.
The inaugural meeting of the Society for the
Development Science of Education has just been
held in London The society has for its object the
inatiOn, systematzng and prOp0anding OF definite and
verifabe principles upon which the practice Of eduea-
ton should be based and 1t aims. among other things
at collecting and classifying educational facts discussing
educational problems definite plan, examining
and reporting school organization and educational
machinery critcng the abor Of eminent educational
lists and teachers and examining the lives of lyrical
TO consider the educational influences affecting their
careers The President the Rev Barnham Zncko, chap
lain In ordinary TO the Queen in his opening address
after mentioning that the society proposed to occupy
ground not yet taken up by any other sOcietyyz the
scientific Investigation of the objects, methods, and in
strumeDts OF edueaton-sai0 that science of educa-
tion was not only possible. but inevitable. The
starting point for the work they were taking