New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-03-16
NOTES ON EDUCATION.


The pnbhc schools of Syracuse cost Sloo,-
C7a OF tie rsst year. The city appropriated Siioo''
OF this
The Virginia LEGISLATURE rec0nsidered It's ac-
ton aai voted The state University t1c SSoooo asheo
for This In double tie appropriated heretofore
F;ft,-onc Of the students OF Colby University
were onpoyoi as teachers the past WINTER Inc ooeee
terms are 50 arranged TO give 10 weeks vacation IN the
Winter.
Col. Il. w. HigeinsOn has been engaged to
rrr,,nre a History of the Growth and Development OF
tnc Pubic school eysten of the State OF Rhode l7au
TO be sent to the Centennial Exhibition
The Lever House of the California Legisla-
,,r las followed up It's repeal Of tie compulsory educa-
tiapel law hy yotine TO ann,l the net making women
e,.c,b,e TO tLe ciGce Of School superintendent
The State appropriation for public schools IN
South Carolina foy tue coming year Ii S%'oVV'' ~
aIoruued the counties on the h"sis Oh Inc seuoo'
attendance The total attendance dunnS 'ho past year
was 11O,t1G.
The available school fund of the State OF
klnuesots has been appOrtiOned among the 0lneiee'
counties Tor e present year. 1t amounts to S9so2S Oh
~, u cents ioi eaeh the 81 800 persons OF the
sclool agc l., rtSt state.
A school Of natural history VIII be hsio un-
ecrtlc auspices Of the Illinois Natural Hist0ry Society
nj Normal H.. beginning the goth of dir and closing
CA ,he 25tE of August next roi. =. &. wilder of Cor
Eel University VIII DC c Of tee iGstsuctois.
Dorison University, ~ Granville, Ohio, now
ia its 4jtn year, lac ID stuGons7i in tile college
department and 80 A TIE preparatory department Tee
Rev. \. j. Anhtes tire recently inaUsui;itcd ffesae'
G; the cofc<e. has awakened rev energy among ''s
friends ma he viii doubtless succeed IN placing II among
tue lest Institutions ot Tearing IN the West.
II there is wisdom in a multitude OF coun-
,o,o me University Georgia should heSin career OF
cnyialle prosperity. bill has passed CctG h'cseS VI
tie Legislature recently. psoyicing or Board OF IV'
trustees for that institution. 10 be appointed /! the
dccs of the supreme Beach ana the present Board o.
Trustees The Board viii meet cncc IA Iee years ana
A. viii select from its members Il regents WHO arc
to,yanpro tie affairs OF the University, subject 10 TIE
tGii Board.
The statistics OF Oxford University for
,s,G shows an increase o. $50 il tie Who'll University
during tl,c year. Of IS members Of conVccatioh' ana
Ike number Of UNDERGRADUATES o. the college" eAIio
ing the greatest Eehe, tie youngest taxes p'
ce,.cnce with 1871 undergraduates "s aSa:nGt liz 'he
rryous ycar The 10et remarkable lTog' S. however
- tp made In the unatac ned student scheme thefS
being gl5 undergraduates MOI attached to any col
ltye or hall.
An act has been reported TO the Vermont
Legislature Providing that school committees snail dic'
what books shall he used IN tie public Schools ana SILL!
prescribe es FAR practicable, course OF sioeS anu
@ be
ity IN which the school committee consists OF hOt more
,,sp S ,er,ons the books may I've changed 10y vote 81
,ro-;,,irds Of tue medtlers whel the committee
Numbers more than Is, majority When the books h;e
changed the town must pay ior the books where p"p
las ole one.
The students of the first class in the Ihaycr
School Of Civil Tndnocrng OF Dartmouth College nave
completed a model Of railroad bridge, designed oy
Themselves and uiol which they have bo' az worn lor
INC IL
clear spau of So feet TIE length OF Tie model which
Is built ppon scale OF onetGcfth is seven iec' anu te
brein load of lie model itself Is estimated al 5000
Wounds Ii TO be sent 10 Philadelphia where Is
t. lie exhibited IN the Nev-HampsHhc ci'Ision VI 'e
Educational Department
The trustees of Cornell University have sue
,Aded recently in efectng sale Of Weston ianGs Do
longing TO the institution and considerable sidi;ioh
.yii be made 10 the annual income. fmt.cT lies VIII
dou,lcss De made and is anticipated that Wi'hin the
next five years 100000 will DC added to the yo"iy IT,
,cp, q the University. new chair OF German Leid-
tu,s distinct from that OF the German Language has
been established and the duties will he assumed at th'
beginning Of the next academic year by Ialmar HJarth
1,ye,er who has been Hing the position o. Assis'ih
Professor Of Moth European Languages. Tie students
in the Mechanical Laboratory viii send number Of
sp,cincus Of tier work to the Centennial Exhibition
As a practical exposition Of good system Of
co,Duon sloo instruction, the following eau b coia
IIeudCd II 9iDIl On ltuit NiiN'h ~
ur Hn ex-President OF Harvard College: "These are
Tie three essentials be taught in the public schools
first sound morals; secondly. good English; thirdly
elementary mathematics. The school whicE teaches
these well and thoroughly gives good common school
iucaton; the which fails Ia either ci the three
makes a vital failure Tie child who has Thoroughly
learned these WILL since good morals include h1biia OF
Industry acquire Of rs accord al the farther edc
ZION which its abilities and Its opportunities allow 1t Is
for the best interests of the city, and the state tat OPP
portuucs for further education be aforded-as they
arc afforded In the high schO0l-but tie essential ng
for the safety OF whole community is that al tAe
children be carefully grounded in these great e!ercrts
OF culture; which must be secured In the primary
school, II a: the sacrifice OF oil other thnss ior'
over these three things 10 be learned practically be
fore they arc Leaf ned theoretically acquired as aIte
even not mastered Sciences 20 be fixed Gs haCts OF
action not as lumber ia TIE memory or tAeores III INC
Understandings This is felt by all jHdciouE persons 10 DC
thecsse n MORALS IL is maintained By all the most De
tnguisled writers education 70 be equally true Ii lil
gauge and mathematics"