New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-12-06
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

tAcsc L. .isDrf fhc samo number u The pI' p&iaiory
scb.oi. Ta,re are siztccu in .hc gradu ting class
Hamilton College las 1872 UNDERGRADUATES
tn o.aor GO the next anniversary meeting of the alum
niwlu o. the Rev william ALVIN Bartlett of uornap
OIL
Dartmouth has 425 students. Hazinc at ills
cotco is auo.t entirely suppressed. Tic college an-
tho.It s complain that they haveft enough money TO
rs .st poer and old -,r,iv- stuactts
There is said 20 DC "a prospect Of the intro
dnc.n O.. araviua ip thc Tn.ie pa.a nigh; schools I
arssi excellent ilcl ana one vh.ch VIII greatly h'nc
ntfic yo.tu-mtn. no rLi.Ay a.tud t,sc schools
Car .oud OF course. he taken 20 provide powerful aud
STEADY h,.t
The reporter who iuterpolatcd General
Grsu.s speech I Drs ioue l-t1. gs Co make aIu'
seem TO op.u.ta. lilaer education by tae state was
very sl,cc...ui fIf his rIort &. quoted about ss free
queuty the e,uuIc sp cca. waich General l. W. Day
ton published from Grants manuscripts.
At the State supcrnteudcnts' Institute, re-
Gently AeI il Tennessee. tUc prevailing idea u rct'o ID
rorporra punishment 90 schoo seemed 90 Dee That Dc was
Injurious. aud relic of barbarian. The school So stem
OF tho state was reported working Wen ir every county
whore the County Court helped the people by supple
mcnting the school TAX
The State University Of Iowa reports So
students Doe ts regular" medical cass ANA 10 ma Tie
Homeopathic also 105 90 law and 80 registered m the
collegiate department. The ls the first tmo Tire h"mro-
paths have had hearing the University lecture rooms
and a is as qct CO. q they we're rcsulafs Livery "e-
paltmcnt De- unusually prosperous
The Connecticut Teachers Association las
been wisely ,t.u itself 10 says chat "tic voice ~
tho teacher should be heard u tac educational .c-,
ton Of tae state, Tho study % measure aud methods
should D. signed o ,hs members oi the as.ocAtoa 10
report upon aud that committee bc appointed Go con-
fer with thc roG of Education and The committee oi
Education 90 tie state Legislature. on a matters PER
taiurg % d., Interests Of education iu the $ ate
The Boston school Committee has formally
adopted this order: "ILat the Committee ON Hgh
Schools De- au'horzcdt 90 gauizc Latin SCHOOL, girls
under The direction OF principal, with tic rank OF mas
ter and with such assistance as the eNiscucss Of tho
school may require the school 10 uc located u whatever
building tho committee NAV direct" Miss My mSu,d
against b.. oncriuS 10 rs place resolution ordering that
The Committee u gh scAnols Doe authorized % uiSh
classical education 10 girls, iu connection with ile Latn
School
TIE TRIBUNE urged long time ago that
school boys should Doe given some practical ana us'ir
ideas concerning the constitution ard polite, or thtlt
country end that these subjects should become parts OF
sysiematc Instruction. The Educational UecfB 100" !
advocate such instruction saying among other things
that there were more Just aud proper time devoted
g. political study schools would De- saved tao
ridiculous huudrr, which ,0 frequently made iy men
An official positions and TIE mort acaon Of certain most
ridiculous speeches which ars made M Congress.
The State School Commissioners Of Maryland,
who held t,r annual meeting last week adopted his
statement: "Te association docs not believe that any
effective method Of Artificial ventilation. applicable 10
cheap houses has yet been invented ilc' therefore
recommend teachers and school officers Co see mat the
sr of the school room i- changed every hour Iy opening
all TIE windows aud doors ios irw mluulce' Itlsa
pity that they didn't also recommend that the scholars
b. sent out OF ttc schooiiocr vhe 90 was tls being
niled; o., inevitable oIausais Vl be quite As injurious
thc io.l ar
A teacher i'm Akron, Ohio, teaches little chill |
dreu 90 read af, anew mcuDd thus: The teacher pre-
parc- on some slips ct cardboard some words which may
BE- made thc puc pad ono iu short scneuce ass Tor
instance "due" The word is written and printed upon
,he slim 40 that the pupil may Learn the clements of Icl
uunsuip with reudu- aud spelling. d., SCHOLARS are
taught % read spell and write this wo uuti thew have
learned 70 Thoroughly, and then another tI WIN ihe
wod ",he" uiou So b, given them, and try are taught
It's meaning u.e and relation. Then tie pupils a4c
taught other words ia The same way and are Taught io
put The words together Co make sentences Thus n eac'
new word il.i COME, up tue of is interested. and
HI. interest preserved oil through
The female pupils in the Chicago schools
Fecm o be clcvcrcr than thr made pupils These me the
hgures given n Tho endeayor Go Prove U "BetWccn 1899
aud 1~76 (hotn inclusive 713 graduated nom ON hgh
school OF these 80 per cent, 26s. Were boys The 80
per cent boys took only * cent Of thc prizeshoys
taking nine prizes. girls tWeut}hree Between 1864
and 1876 doth uclnsiy) 3173 girls and l,s5l boys eu-
tered lc hi school. To the best given each year
from 80 10 "a Foster medals sos taken by girls
and 1C2 by boys That every Fix girls ON an average
received medal, while the average for males WAS Only
one medal To- eleven boys Between 500 and leG9 the
relative proportion of attendance az tue same school was
boy o. about y girls To DE very best was aWarlcda
schoarstip in the Bryant sraton College. One hun
dred AND three girls and Fifty boys received during these
seventeen years the coveted scholarship
There are ten free courses OF instruction in
the Lowell institute. under the supervision OF the Massa
ohu.cits Institute of Technology. They are open to stu
dents Of either Sex who are eighteen years old. The
courses FOR SITS the following subjects: The
Undulatory Theory Of Light; The logic Underlying
Grammar; on tie Life Of the Plmeva World; Eemen-
tary Treatment Of Strength Of Materials Elementary
Lessons in French Elementary lessons IN German
Deerninativo Mncralogy and BlowIipe Analysis Office
Work and specifications for Architectural Draugtsmen
Heat and steam. and their Application The trustee Of
the Lowell Institute has also mndc provision Tor course
OF free instruction practical design for manufactures,
open TO pupil, Of both Students received at
the beginning Of Tie school year, m September to whom
T. taught thc ant Of making patterns for prints delanes
snks. papcr-hangines, carpets, oiicloihs. etc
Professor Goodwin Smith Is passing the VIM
Ter with hs old friends of - colleges and the many at
fractions Of the Bodeian Library oxford The profcs
eors pen IS never idle and articles his signature
often ind their way into The Contemporary aud other
English reviews. Hc Las also promised 90 write the
volume on Wordsworth Tor series O handy volumes to
be published ly London house. lie was recently
elected president Tor thc ycaroi dc schools and institute
founded shPcy England, hy the late Sir Titus salt
and De ally delivered an address 40 the opening OF
The lecture session. scpmhcr27 lie expressed himself
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