New-York tribune., 1876-07-27
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

schools IN itaiy.
The foundation of free university is pro-
posed in spain
Twelve evening schools are to be established
in Brooklyn during the coming Winter for tenn Oh Ii
weeks.
The total value OF. Purdue University prop
crtv is over S6JOOO It Instructed 66 students during
the past year.
The public schools of San Francisco have
now the largest number of pupils taat mas ever Oc'
registered II that city.
The American Institute of instruction at its
fortyseyenth annual meeting, recently hed' e'c''e'N
women on its Board Of Directors for the first time III lis
history
The Massachusetts Normal Art School re-
GENTLY awarded d pomas to "a pupils who had com
p!eted the entire course aud were competent 10 s''e''
instruction.
The Hartford Post, complaining of the lack
of Capitalization in the American stem ot oon'@'o
saws that one college with able and intelligent faculty
IN eb state Is AL that should be asked Tor dad Is
sacrifice of efficiency ana saill TO admit OF more.
Prof. Dodge of Berea College thinks. that
undue importance given in schools to mathcmarc
and that the chief OF alarm TO educators Is ID ,n'
wofu ignorance % the English language ana lie l"u!y
use by nominally intelligent and educated people
The elective system has been adopted IN TIE
Alabama state University but each student is expected
to attend at lt three OF the eight schools Of Tie ac
dimie department The whole expense per term 10
The trustees report that the University is IN sOoa ''h
tion.
The total of attendance on all schools III the
Argentine Republic is lI72O3 the school population ne
inc 45gI22. In Chilli tho attendance is sj'oi-'Ue
school population j9O0tl. In Brazil there i ScAo'4
population OF 2945GOO and the school atttdiUce's Is
l55O5s These Brazilian figures refer only to education
in the provinces
1t is said that so popular are the normal
schools in Canada that at the which Gs Deoh Ill oi
ration longcsLere se constantly from 900 10 500 oe
applications for admission than can be granted L'yA
male teacher in Canada Is by law qGlrei to pay INTO
the fund for supegannuSed teachers - every SIX months
onehalr Of his total contribution being refunded to Inn
in the event of his quitting his profession
President Phelps of the Educational As>o-
citation saws that the establishment of great museum is
key to be forced upOn this country by the generosity o.
foreigners in contributing to the educational department
of the Exhibition. lie mentions Austria and Japan az
likely to donate their exhibits for such purpose, and
Dr. Da MoIta who has charge of the Brazilian exhibit
ntrnates that this viii be tie probable disposal OF it,
President Anderson of Rochester University
thinks the difficulties arising from the neglect Of the cur
riculm generally order to study for prizes, might ne
obvated by insisting that student, whose standing m
all the studies OF cOese-Or academy course is NOT
exceptionally high, should be permitted to enter h"
stitution with which he connected this method Rae
been practced with success.
The schools of Milwaukee have cost during
the past year 53 900 The salaries Of male teachers
are Of females $500. The of instruction per
capta is triae less than $40 80. The committee o.
German report that the effort sysematize the stud
of the German language in the public schools during IN.
past year has been great success Acting upon the re-
quest Of the superintendent Of schools the teachers
tIto lr,p Cf
formed themselves into association and III connection
with Che committee drcw,up graded course OF Hsr'e-
ton which was adopted by the Board at the regular
meeting in September last, aud went into operation l-
mediately thereafter.
Prof Ladd of Plymouth, Y. H., in discussing
the teaching Of science the public schools says:
"Textbooks prepared for children are still too technical
and must not be followed closely The facts Of science
should I've idealized As the ancens taught their children
the forces sounds and shapes IN brook, field ana forest
byther persouicaoDs uaads and dyRdsi so by s;gle
Of Insects birds, plants, animals aud stones o'd with
scientific truthfuness, saoulI attract children t. THESE
living forms and beautiful shapes. Rote tescu'nS III
these elements of science is utterly dclcns Jess. Every
class Of facts and principles should have Illustrations H.
specimen pictures and sim PIE apparatus Tie !Fng "a
of sauveur in language should be applied 10 these
elements till every sense and power Of tie child hts
grasped item The child should then be Introduced Co.
the whole range sciences in their rnatura oFder se'
Of being kept IN the region Of abstract TRUTH
Superintendent W. Y. Harris Of st. Louis
thinks that tive years earlier is the proper fcI
children to enter therschool life in temperate climates
while in warmer climates is best to wait two or three
years longer He considers kindergarten work the tsi
course practicable and next reading and writing. H.
holds that the knowledge OF Greek is highly important
and very valuable not so much account Of its supe
rior disciplinary advantages the study OF modern
languages but rather these languages are moor
poraed IN an the finer shades latent beauties Of tho
English language and II k just as necessary to 20 to te
root OF the study of English through the study Of Latin
and Greek instead OF studying the sister angu scs-
French and Germanas It is to the tadpoe for -
study Of the frog and not to the turtle He thinks how
ever, thai the disciplinary studies should not as th} y
have heretofore DONE crowd cut nearly crowd oi Ar
practical studies, hut the two should hand in hand
throughout the students progress
DR.. Murray OF Japan says that is well under
stood there that the inspection and supervision OF te
schools the important element the sch o s. S.
TEN The higher Institutions such as the universities
and technical schools are directly under the control Of
TIE central Government while what may be called The
public schools under The cOutrc OF the local govern
ments and are sustained in part by the Government In
part by special taxation in the different localities, and III
part by voluntary contributions irOm the mobiles and
others The Government hoos regularly visited by
inspectors who dcyc heir 10 their inspection
and direction while u OF the centers o. local gov
ernment bureau t.a direction OF the schools is
established There normal schools II Japan, OF
which the principal founded four years ago. has sent
out teachers 10 al paIts Of the country. The school has
not been able furnish teachers rapidly enough 10 meet
the demand the nowlv developed school sys
tenn AT the close Of 1874 there in Japan ot tie
public schools 20 CsS increase OF 7J95 one year,
while the number OF teachers for the same year was
IS 3G5 The estimates OF the number at present being
from incomplete statistics, SLOW 10000 schools. the
number OF pupils the end Of 1874 1739A22 an
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