New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-12-13
NOTES ON EDUCATION.


M c,o.nation IN parie for the Baccaiaueate' S''S
DIR. Edward H. Clarkes will gives to hls da,'En-
houcst OF $4,000 which If she dies without mems
Is TO 80 90 Harvard Tor Tue pcne" o' '''o
nlent.
Tho fund for paving the salaries OF teachers
q, 1r,l',o has been reduced about ton per cent an"
committee of the Board of Educa lion is shorty 10 eio'
u,.au the reduction - thc sslSges.
The Ohio Agricultural College wiz begin IN
1o,psr course OF special lee- lrs o. p1ct''' ''''''
al.r:, number ~ whom have asked io' s''H '''i''
t,ou Zee o., IS v,D Dc charged s.upy % cover 'ne
ac,uL ex9en,e of tb. ie.t9lts.
Tbi, wears expenses Of the Milwaukee schools
49,, cts5 600. thc res airccs 60 meet them amount 10
s14cCl- ST. The whole n;Uabcr Of scholars 'aroi''''
II soi; the sver-c daily attendance % ''7'" vi '''
American pupils. Gi2 s'fdT German.
meeting of nearly an thc art and medical
r...U and American lady students 10 PARIS was me-"
reccptiv under tc presidency % Mrs Julia Wan" MOVIE
committee vas appointed 90 oTson'f' some s'f' Oh as
.oetoa au1ar the nov numerous lady sinlehS j" '"'
CITY.
Tho courses in the different electives OF the
academic detartmcnt 90 Harvard are named ss foho"s
Hebrew I. esu.kut .. Greek II. Lain H. h'-l'' -
German s. French b. Italian 8, Spanish B. PAi''''r'y "
HISTORY To- y.thcmatcs 10, Physics d. t'ems N d"
E.torl HISTORY To- Music p. Fine Arts B. There no" TWO
other elective courses one 10 the comparative ph'oEy
az ne Eomspcs ltn-usg's and ono in the comparative
phnc.oay Of Latin and Greek
II is noted that while preparation for pro-
,c,r a. indeed t, main object o. German university
The a. uriaDp- o. truchiu- is the continual 'ehuns
~ Instruction aud research; the German universities
NJ l good schools because tney are not only places OF
iusfereil1n bonn work hops NJ science The enlarge me"'
ard .t-cr-freuug Of tine mind which the Eng So system
Ains a. eAcuIvc'y. the Germans endca'or 10 commune
with ur.rarl'ion Tor the practical business oil NE.
There is movement at Harvard to form an
rcl society those taking elective courses lh
history. Tie object is % provide room Wher' s"''I n'
ieu books of reference under the charge OF librarian.
Ah,, POO students are now Studying history. and It y
,borqht that moro than bali that number will be clad r
sul.erib, to such society. As 80 is now hut one cor"
Of the books usrd f,r ricseucc is generally % be pro
eHrel AZ tlc library Thc eutrtncefcs VIII DE- from -
to-5 and support is especially relied upon nom ''e
presrr; Juui'r and sophomore classes.
Dean stanley SAYS that in the case of Mr..
p,eIe the author of the History of CIVILIZATION we
b,yc AL Illustration of both the stronger ana the weaker
eide ~ self educaf Al tho time OF bis greatest cce"
MT wa often remarked that no man who had been 81
rerular schools oI uuiyersesS 0ud. on the "he manu.
have acquired sch an amount Of muliidn"us
Rpovlclsc ana such grasp Of 80 many details We'
m the other hsni no ONE bat li'iucdtet man iced
ING lis mind here and there without contradcuon' Win
ont submission without the usual traditions OF common
on could have fallen into so many paIadoAes SO
In many urc lccuC.s. so many ienoraHees
HI Devotional exercises IN the public schools of
Rcw-Havcn nave been dispensed With by formal vote
of the school Board During the argument, one OF the
members aid Doc had corfcspondcd the subject with
yariouS Western ci'ics-CmeJEO, Toledo PusburC, etc
In Cincinnati and Chicago there were No dey"uous. In
Toledo lett 90 the pleasure OF the teachers MOST
Of TIE schools began with sinHng-not always devotion
al hvmns In Pittsbug aud Columbus the subject had
not come ur In ttsbure his correspondent wrote re-
hcion was more a matter ofsubsance than form Only
three Of the members voted against the action
There is IN California 2 school population Of
2O0O6-. tie number enrolled "a the public schools Is
135335 and the daily average attendance is e95"9.
There ale IC7 teachers. 1858 Of whom women The
tofa income fo school purposes during the pastyear was
S3G12.IG3 b. and the total expenditure was S2749,-
z29 49, Tic average male teachers salary S4 90 per
month: average female teachers salary SOS Of. Tie
number % children the state attending private schools
kl5.3f4; the number Of children in the state that do
not attend school i9O3j. The per cent Of children at
tending public schools who Of native parenage.
l72O: the per cent OF those Of Ia foreign parentage.
1902: per cent OF public school children Of foreign pa
Teutage, 4O7s
The University of PENNSYLVANIA has now
o6l students, 1l9 OF these are in the Towue Scientific
School. Women now admitted 70 the University a.
special students i'm the departments Of history and Eng
hsh literature physics chemistry and music. aud three
are already pursuing The study OF su1lytcl chemistry
under Dr. r. A. Genth and six the science of music I'M
der Professor Clarke. I'm the 1Owne Scientih, School
"course preparatory medical studies has been sub
sttuted for the general course with view 10 giving
those who aspire medical profession the Opporu
nifty Of beginning their technical studies under special ad
yan;aces. The fact that large number OF students IN
tie Towne school afterwards enter the medical depart
Inrnt as well a. the demand TOT moro thorough medical
education. 20 have suggested this chauge; the
study Of Latin well Of botany, zoology, physiology
and anatomy has been made part ~ this course Be
the required studies Of the curriculum, and those
pursued by mdidates for prizes, there two morning
CLASSES for luntary studythe one OF the Greek New
Testament with Professor Jackson The other OF Shakes
pearo. with Professor McElrOy.
DR.. John 5. Billings. Of the SurgeOn-G eneral's
office lecturug the other evening the system Of med
icai education 10 DE pursued IN the Johns Hopkins Uni
vefsy. said that Whenever the science " education shan
be complete vii be based upon intimate knowledge
of the complex Some of the very best
practitioners have unable their mental facu
tics advantage Tho study ~ mathematics and phys
cal should Of necessity pecede that OF medicine
Tie history Of medicine shows that many sklful
were incapable Of approaching evidence. This know
edge vii depend largely knowledge Of the right use
words Herein lies the value Of the study OF the len
guagcs logic al the other studies requisite Tor
The VIII teach well as practice. The diploma
Of another school should not DE considered equal u the
baccalau5eac ~ the University. II that cannot or will
not had then et The student undergo examination,
bnt under circumstances should the degree Of VI. D.
be given without The bAccalaurette basis. students.
like electricity, take the shortest paths r. would bC
understood that could pass without matticuaton
H. must study chemistry physics aud the
years. He sbould. for instance, master the gen
eIal principles OF biology and other sciences, with
which every well educated young should be famil-
Tar Oue-hali o. his time should be spent abora-
tory very II may De best to put student