New-York tribune., 1876-07-13
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

III Is HnllClpdlNu NnbN wv AAND-
Harvard win be unusually large
The second State prO-rata apportonment'
.ust made in Tennessee, amounts to S3,323 10.
The musical training in the San Francisco
schools has mad emincntly satisfactory results
In 1852 the total voted in Parliament for
Education. Science, and Art in Great Britain was
81 353 $40 ; this year it was Sl6,39OlJo
About 20 young men attended the first IN
formal examination Of candidates for admission 10 'he
Johns Hopkins University on Monday morning
There were in London last year 1,1l6
schools, capable Of accommodating n2259 pupils ana
with 2ss,4g7 actually in attendance Tie cost oI VHe
schools was S5,330S74 o.
The Chicago Board of Education has. re-
duce1 bc salaries OF teachers II per cent during tho
paSt year. by this action, and also By making dVefs
change in the management of the schools, they nave
saved SS4,G12
Mr.. O. p. Maxon won first hOnors in the
prize speaking at Dartmouth last week IL Is s 'I"'
important changes in the college affairs are soon 10 pe
made Probably change in the terms VIII be made so the
Christmas holidays VIII come in vacation 1t is anuc
mated that LONGER vacation will be given il the Winter
thongl of course, the sunmcI vacation Will not be on
that account shortened
AT the recent meeting of the Virginia Edu-
cationa Association one speaker declared lh"V II was
great mistake attempt to establish university III
every State and greater mistake for every dehohha-
ton TO attempt to run fstcass college in every state
But has been commenced. and now every deno.Hh'-
tion must keep up its college. They ought to have
establshed great secondary schools. Another member
said before the there were excellent caslcai seoois
I'm almost every negnborhood in the State since then
the public schools had sprung up. "Now we have tAe
we must make them good we can. whether we Ike
that system or not They have broken our excellent
secondary schools by taking away the pupils VINO u!uE'
those schools" lie thought the remedy was to appoint
for the public schools only teachers OF Sh sraue uo
they he allowed TO charge for instruction in the classics
The following resolution passed by the Association;
Resolred That in the opinion Of this Associat!on'
harmony between the primary Schools tAe odhu2J-
schools the colleges and the university OF great M
portauce TO the adyanccment OF learning III te St,.i
ana 10 secure il there should be, if possible iar ADJUST
mint of studies in these several Institutions
The annual prize defamation OF the Junior
Glass at BowdonIOccurred Monday evening Tha first
prize was awarded Mr. j. A. Roberts of Andover for
recitation from CurtiS's Charles sumner ana the
second TO Mr r. f. Peary of Portland for defamation
of los death from Bleak House. Mr.. H. T. Furber of
this c has recently given Bowdoin $4,000 to establish
Smyh honorary scholarship. The interest OF TINS sum
is be used as follows Somewhere near the beginning
u ne third term Of the coming sophomorical year the
SIX men in the classical department whose rank IN mahe
MATES stauds the highest TO 60 into written exam
inaon in their mathematical studies for the past five
terms in college, and the whose rank ior that tme
as well as in this written examination averages the oest
takes the scholarship receives $780, andat the end
of the first and second of his JUNIOR year $780,
respectively and $50 at the close OF his Junior year.
making another SlOO and receiving the like sums at
similar terms during his Junior year. TIE other five
who contest for this prize Will have their names entered
upon the new college catalogue as Smyth Honor mem
bers order in which they ranked III the Wrllteh
examination.
At the meeting last week of the Wisconsin
Teachers Association the President reported that eau
cation making satisfactory progress IN that state
Prof Beacn of Beo insisted on the necessity OF bravery
on the part teachers in acknowledging their ignorance
Of things that they do not understand. Children see
through deception very quickly Studies that require
the use Of memory alone should be taught first hence
language should be first He was OF opinion th't
children should be crowded with arithmetic before
the age Of r. Exercise and use in language he regarded
ms more important in grammar than the old method OF
teaching this important study. Composition Is most
important aid to language. Mathematics some one oil
the physical sciences, and language, should always 90
toeether He would have either Latin OF German taught
early to the child having himself learned more OF the
English language by of study OF Latin than he
ever knew before Every scholar should have standard
dictionary and spelling should be taught from H. lie
spoke with feeling OF the JOY sometimes gives pupils 10
fnd out that they know than their teachers but
suggested that it would be well not to give them TOO
much Of this kind of exhilaraton He thought that
teachers should unbend somewhat their traditional Sc
verify, and should more as other men, The Com
utee tie Training OF lmbeciles presented rehoiu
top pledgng OF the Association to urge leSsa
tou for the establishment Of institute for the educa
tion Of mbecile children.
The following prizes have been awarded
during the past college year at Amherst:
Kellogg prizes $50 each for excellence in declama-
tiOn, william W Davis Of Brooklyn, y. y. ana Aideh T.
White Of Danyers Mass Hardy prizes $50 and $50 Tor
tmprovement in exttmpOrancOus speaking, George L.
Smith Of windsor n Y, George W. Cloak of Pnila
delphia Penn; Composition prIzcs 30 ana Sov lor ~ ~,
two best English compositions OF the JUNIOR SdsS w
Lerte OF IhOrndiAe, Mass, and Ii: l. OsgOOd OF t'F
land Me- Hutchins prizes, SO and 20; lof ue Deat
examination upon the Greek OF the college course
ana two of $50 each 10 the freshmen taking nghest iahk
and making greatest Improvement III the CIe6S u tia
year, John f. Jameson OF Amherst ana W. H. Knapp HI
Shortsvie n Y; Lain prizes, 500 i0r Tue Drst eAaH
mai upon authors read IN college course g. r.
W Hubbard of Louisville XVI $50 for the best eNafni
nation upon the Latin of freshman ami sophomore year
j. W Farley OF Berkeley, Mass $50 for the best rnsla
S25 for the exaIninaOnO on Latin prose composition
Johu f. jameson OF Amherst. Mass; walker p.lLes lOf
excellence m mathematics, go ana fiV ". - .' E W
Dunkirk. " Y, and W. ID. Il. Bliss OF COnstaliIope,
sophOmOros; S25 and Sl5, j. L. Jameson OF AIih. ~
and W A. Haynes of SherbuyUe, Mass Porter prizes 500
the best examination 10 enter e Freshman c S. Charles
B Good prepared for cOes tho Albany boys acad
emy, $50 for the unor whose sanding Is blSe't III MT
ural philosophy, Arthur smith OF Hadey. Mas; Ger
the course, Clarence Clifford OF Wcstteld, n Y, and
Charles s Hauwcl OF Foo Chow China Sawyer medals
for excellence in the department o. phyH[al clant5
gold. valued at $50. Frank ii. CoEl0n Il Springfield
Mass: silver, Frank 5. Adams oil Mtst9piOuSh a'Np
end bronze, William o. Pratt Of Springfield, Mass
oscly scholarships $50 and $40 10 seniors OF highest
nttaiumeuts In scientific evidences OF rci 2on, not
awarded on account Of the default Of interest on the
bonds in which the foundation o. the scLoitshlP1 is III
philosophical studies OF senior year, l. H. hnl@ht ol
Eew-HartfOrd, Conn; WOVdss prize, FCO, for general
culture and imlroy ycment george l.. sh4th OF "ihusol
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