New-York tribune., 1877-01-04
NOTES on EDCCITiON.

opened with thc admission Of 90 students.
Less than one-half of the children in Ohio
are ssdd to be il attendance at the pu ic schnois
The school Superintendent of Shawnee
County, Kansas is lady and SO is the superintendent
of Labetto County.
The Maine Teachers Association formally
recommend The adoption Of the metric system as the
only legal system OF cho country.
The Hon. ". n. Emerson, Senator from the
XXVuIth District proposes to introduce, early IN the
acs.on of the Legislature NIL giving omen tiie right
10 ld school Offices in this STATE, including all grades
from the lowest Ia the highest
There is a rumor that the authorities of the
Medical school at DOwdon College, where Drs Faliher
and Wilder give Spring OF lectures have no'ihed
these gentlemen mat if they continue 90 lecture 10
homeopa r students at Michigan University thcir ser
vices VIII noi DC required az BoWdon
The total number of pupils enrolled IN
the public schools of Illinois during tic past year was
Gs7 ii3. There were over 22Gno teachers Inc totai
expenditures for the year were S~,t6',139 -. Ihr
balance hand AZ the end of the year - ~ ,dHo3o -
The average iaon.4iy paid to male teachers was
4i7 so; to female teachers 40 30
Valuable additions have just been made 10
the coll, c,urs Of the Yae Ar school al, with Que cN
c?utinu obtained from th earnings 81 the scuGo. TIE
school hs offered prizes tUo0 500 each and two 500
each in the departments of drawing ana painting ih'
fils may be competed for both in drawing aud pant
iu IA ,o close of te p'0vd in tAerr'SprcfiYr
dcpHrt.nrAta iH drawing prize Of 500 Tor Shj 'h
tie antiGrc and 800 iDr approved study from me
ifc in painting. corresponding p1le of equal amounts
Tine necessary qualification includes il drawing. ai ap-
proved hLOwlcd.c of perspective, and in pi4nthiaa
requisite acquaintance with anatomy, ~ provided ior ~
tuc instruction given in these branches.
President Wood, In his letter to the Board
Of Lucaion of tins c!y, announcing tat lie wou'd not
m candidate foT tie presidency this year, says; WIN
rrgad To the appointment Of teachers, my experience
for period Ot nearly seven years leads me to NE 'c" "
tat the present system ia bad one We commissioners
are held responsible og tie Woodworking OF the "h"e
common school ten Of the cy yet we have not the
direct aproiEt,ccut of singc teacher in that system
am OF opinion that the appointment oL principals ana
vcoiinc,ua- shodlG be vested in this board ahsouey
and that witt REGARD to The appointment oi assistant
teachers WI lie w0ud allow the nomination of such I"
remain WITH the uusices Of the several wards. the con
fFrnation should ulere in the Board Of Edu"ilon Ia
Other words all appointr ns, transfers and promotions
should be confirmed Ivy the board on the report of the
committee on teachers. precisely in similar panuPr to
that pursued in the Of the teachers Of tire evening
schools
A joint meeting OeNhe regents of the uni
vclssty and OF college presidents was he'll! in Albany
lately Iont committee 0f six WAS appointed consist
ng of three regents and three repi csenvcS OF the col
cccs OF the Statr,{' 10 consider and report any
methods o strengthening the position and charging The
Influence the colleges cf the State" This committee
consisted Of Regents Upson, Iierson and Bosiwi'b,
Prelieut Anderson Of Rochester University President
Potter of Union University, ana Chancellor Haven Of
syracuse University Chancellor Pryn was subsequently
added To the committee The committee VIII make t.eir
report to regents at the animal meeting of The board
which kes place on the nj Thursday III Janual'.
pf ppll
GERS present met with President anderson j. the cir
aud Chancellor Haven acting secretary. when the sec
reary was unanimously requested Ia can meeting 0f
the presidents ad professors OF the colleges 20 be held
some time next Spring Al Roche-te
Tie last semi-annul report Oil the Boston
schools Just prepared shows that the number II persons
between and years age in the city May 1H7G vs.
81, ,G36 decrease for the year Of lGl9. There are
l1r- normal bie, 80 grammar 493 primary. schools
for licensed minors, l school for deaf muics hn1or
carten II evening aud evening drawing schools-a
total Of 500 day and evening schools in the city, an IN
crease OF IL the year. These grouped mto 30
districts for supervision by principals, aud divisions
for supervision by committees OF the board Tiort are
hie-schOol houses. with SEATS for 1897 80 grammar
school houses, with seats FOR 30Gl9; - pimaly-scoo
buildings wuh seats about 30, i95. The number of
different pupils enrolled was 5j,4l7-205ef males and
S33 fcnea ratio of 9f per cent to the school pop
uaton of the city. The dGy attendance a the
high schools was 2,062, an average 10 regular
teacher Of 25.1 grammar schools average 2"SG7 or
1873 to % regular teacher; primary schools average
l7.72s, or 45 10 regular teacher TLe aggregate
whole number belonging to The day evening sch ais is
4o133 The salaries OF the teachers amount 20 49,,
375 81 II appears that the total expenditures for all
school purposes during the last year T20j3s0 ~,
against S2,OS L,Of3 35 for the preceding year. Tile
whole amount Of the current expenses for the last year
was ~ 1871 6;4 q, against 9,7235J 6f for the pre-
I'm sim an q
increase in the amount 0i the salaries was SlS3G6 30
Tie cost per scholar in the day Coos for tuition ana i'll
oidentas for the pact year was j6 5 against $50 g.
for the preceding yeara decrease OF 80 20. The six
evening drawing Schools containing IA average OF 4l2
pupls were taught asJ year by 16 tcachers, at
penge OF sI3154 So The kindergarten is believed 10 bc
model Institution, ami the number Of pupils
was o. There are two schools for licensed minors with
an average attendance Of g. Both ing aud after
noon sessions are two hours IN length The ncwsbOys
attend one session and the b0otblaeks The other.
Commissioner Eat0n's report for 1875 shows
that Delaware the Indian Territory, NcwMexic0, and
WYOMING report their school populations. Tue
other SO states and Territories report school po ula
ton OF II OO7 522. All The states either by actual count
or by estimate report The pupils cnrolcd in the public
schools giving q t0;a Of S,756659 Delaware. Iinoit,
Iowa, louisiana Nebraska, Oregon South Carolina. Wiz
consin. the Indian Territory, Wyoming. Washington,
Ncv-Mcxieo Idaho and Dakota cannot report the aver
age attendance in their schools, tIcr OF tlc
educalcnal work of the year Connecticut Iowa, ka-
as OHIO South Carolina, Vi?ia, The District Of Colun
ba Montana, and Utah able 10 give the school p0pu
alion between and 10 years of Arkansas, Georgia,
IlaOis, Louisiana, Nevada. the dn Territory. Dakota
IIaho and Wyoming unable TO report the number OF
their school days Tie State II Georgia the Indian Ter
IitoIy aud Idaho unable to report the number of
teachers employed in public schools; Texas gives only
an estaGe. All the other states and Territories except
Delaware Florida North Carolina Texas, Wisconsin, and