New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-07-20
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

prescod themselves at the Junc examinations rive OIL
the number young women.
OF the rs members of this years graduating.
class at Eowdon the profession Of las" that oil
medicine tie ministry takes A. civil engineering y teach
Ing 2 banking /, scientific research
The American Institute of Instruction has
for President OF the year Mr. T. W. Bickpell OF
Boston During the recent session President Smith OF
DartmOath spoke strongly ia favor OF retaining The
Bible in the schools and said he would prefer to see the
Douay version in the schools than to have the Scriptures
entirely abolished
Teachers in Sweden are said to be very
independent class the tenure OF their Office Is Tor me-
and they cannot be removed except attera thorough
trial II this were not sO they could not succeed ID
o6taiujng good teachers because competent men anh
women m sweden Will accept positions unless they
are assured OF retaining them. Religious instruction Is
COMPULSORY but all denominations have equal freedom
Prof. Olney OF Michigan University, speaking
before the Educational Association at Baltimore last
week said that before the elective franchise was CON
ferrcd upon any Of the youth OF the country lie
considered they ought pass satisfactory examination
m reading writing arithmetic, geography, and the his
tory OF the constitution OF his country lie would not
deprive any who have already exercised the fahchi'e
from doing So stl, but would limit the power oil inc
people in the future to the teachers in The common
schools he thought that all who have begun teaching as
errofession should allowed TO continue in their calling
but no now ones be admitted unless they have awaited
themselves OF the privileges given TO them by normal
and training schools.
These very good suggestions come from an
article on Female High schools in Home and SCHOOL
"Hisory should be taught as mere list OF names
and dates Girls well boys should never thA tha'
,he highest test Of their historical knowledge is in the
number OF Kings and EmperOrs whose year Of ascension
and year of death they can give correctly OF course
the student must have some correct chronology IN ms
head must know the centuries and ages in which 10
stow away and arrange his facts but great accuracy ID
this regard is not of much consequence Rather let us
have more sfness in the details let the girls hear SO
much of great and good men and Of the great ana
good women who have helped to shape the destnes p
humanity that they will take the same deep interest
IN them as they would in the hero or heroine OF some
enhancing novel OF course they cannot learn all those
details by heart as they sdays generally learn their
few short dry pages from the cOmpend but they VII
recolect them that much longer"
There are in Hawaii select schools where
pupils can English In the colleges languages are
not regular feature of the course The attempt has
been made 10 teach Latin and Greek through tie medium
of Hawaiian it has not proved success In common
schools some OF the features of industrial schools have
been added with good success. The pupils have three
hours of school aud three hours of work daily LITTLE
blot of land an less, around every schoohoUsc
belongs to II and this it is the business Of the pupils and
their teachers keep in thorough eultlvauOni they
plant flowers trees, and vegetables The girls learn
housework gardening and needewok in their hours OF
labor The supported by tax OF - on every
male 20 so years of The labor performed Is
paid for and most of the money goes to the children
Last year 200 children in 40 schools were PAID S2oOo
IN cash They have from 20 10 80 under cultva-
on the of which have not yet been Sold and the
boys Quilt without pay. with the help Of their teachers
last year. about 900 fsthoms Of stone wall
The Holloway College for women in En-
gland is rapidly approaching completion. The total
amount gwen is about II 100000 ana TINS TO he de-
voted to educating unmarried women over II years OF
age SO as to qualify them to paes the entrance e1aa-
ton of the universities The study Of the classics viii
be optional There Will be religious test, and no stu
dent VIII be obliged to attend any religious teaching
that may be given. FCU. years residence Will De the
limit except in special aud the 20 scholarships OF
5000 each will be tenabe Tor more than two years
At each annual examination four founders gifts Of $50
each will be awarded Mr Holloway intends, Of course
that the college should have the best teaching power
which can he 90 aimed ana consequently, most OF the
professors or teachers Will be OF the mascx at least TO
begin With But il is specially provided that no male
person shall reside within the college on any part OF
the estate belonging to it; and TO make this rule all the
strieer the lady superintendent and all women en-
ployed in household work must be unmarried
The following questions concerning the prize
system were sent % So colleges and universities IN IS
different states: l. What is the money value OF all the
prizes that may be gwen in your institution in single
yeari DO the majority, in any class, strive to gain
the przcl g. Whatever the number at the beginning
how much does that number diminish, the time Tor
awarding the prize approached A. Are students apt TO
neglect study in order that they may gam pl]e ID
snotherf g. Are jealoUses and annoses and charges
of uufairuess and Injustice apt 10 grow out Of these
contestsi G. Do those who win the prizes, as rule
afterward distinguish themselves i'll those par
ucular departments in which their prizes were
wont T. DO they distinguish thems Ives in other de
partments and practical lie, above the majority Of
their felowsi g. Weighing all The pros and cons would
you advise founding vi prizes in schools where they
do not exist o. Would general statute authorizing
change OF the John Doe medal or prize endowment 10 the
John Doe Library endowment be desirablei OElttng
the to the first question aud taking the othce III
the order of their numbc the were; .. Seven
teen colleges answer No" and two answer Yes" g.
large majority report dimnut.on. A. Eleven answer
eyes" seven answer "Eo." 3. Ten answer Yes"
eight answer No" g. Ten answer No." five answer
.Yes." T. Eleven answer NO." four answer " Yes" g.
Fwenty-tree answer No." six answer Yes" 0. Eight
Sew-York colleges answer Yes" one answers No"
The Brazilian Educational Commissioner at
Philadelphia say that in Brazil the primary schools are
under the control OF the state and proyinces-no di
yded as here township OF district ORGANIZATIONS
The higher schools in the capital are under the cono OF
the General Government and the which attends
the schools tie eie5 due to the care when the Gov
eminent takes Of the teachers and to the system Of COM
pulsory education. The state looks upon It's teachers as
the most useful members OF the community. They are
paid high salaries which increase according 10 merit
and length service and the profession OF school
teacher is ono OF the most promising ID Brazil Lduca
ton iprnary) Is compulsory aud free. In the cities
each parent required either % send his children to
school show that, hen al certain age, the! ui
ders;snd The elements of primary education. in many
remote parts Of the Empire tiHs system could not he
properly enforced, p many OF those places IFd,e
eocols have cgyn ID aud tie proportion OF Itrrate