New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-09-27
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

Applicants for admission to Cornell number
i5o
yassar is expected to instruct about $50 pu-
eils this year.
President Porter, of Yale, has class Ia
philosophy, meetng twice week
Rochester has now school attendance OF
40 seO The number not attending school is l20ls.
Williams has sixty-seven new freshmen and
ten students have been aduittod Tho upper closes
Princeton has about AIS students at present.
OF th, 81 iO2 are freshmen in the academic department
Al Union. ffiy-nine new students have en-
tered Tho largest numbcr-thirty -iYe-haNe entered
the classical department
The new musical course at Syracuse Uni
verslU has already ferry students. THIS term al tue
university opausprospcrous'y
Tnft's College has received thirty-four new
students Seven hours porweek Of elective studies are
now allowed The senior class and two hours per week 10
Tie juniors.
Tho minority report of the Cleveland Board
az Education on the revision Of the Of study IN
Tho uc schools holds that zoo many subjects are ID
Gictod upon the pupils.
The Thayer School Of Civil Engineering, at
Dartmouth, has made additional requirements Tor "oHs
sion A graduate Of thc Chandler scientific department.
which Dr. a school OF four years thorough course must
pass liza examination, and Inc graduate u '"o "'"
deuca department must sPond one year ID tue sceu-
thc department before entering The Ihaycr school
Twenty-Five years ago, the Baltimore City
Council authorized levy Of one dollar ger quarter Oh
every scholar in tie public schools. osensoy 10 pay Tor
the required textbooks, but really, 1t Is said TO meet
The financial dnicuties OF the city TIC tax mas Deoh
maid ever since 1ne chool Board discussing The
ndyisabty OF aboAshing it, proposal much IaVoied
by citizens.
The date OF sailing Of the Woodruff Scien-
tihc Expedition De- fixed at October -. Ohy my
had been booked" up 10 Monday OF last week. although
tie minimum is go. Gen. Macauley and Mt NooofUH'
however expect "a "a promptly but iu case Of failure
Tie tour va. postponed year Al least $40 nave
made inquiries. aud over hundred have promised to 60
Tie fec has been reduced from $1,000 10 $500
Tie second year of instruction began at
johns Hopkins University tuesday. The examination -
severe one. In addition 70 mathematics intending "
ful knowledge OF arithmetic and the metric system l-e
studcut must be familiar with algebra, plane geometry
and trigeucmcty, solid geometry Latin and Greek
French aud German natural science; and the history
structure aud usage Of the English language
The report Of the Board Of Visitors Of Wis
consin University hears candid testimony against CO.
education Of tie sexes. 1t comedies the Intellectual Pro
nc,ncy OF tie young women study ng n that institution
bul 0cplOl,s the appearance Of ovei-vOrh ana hlAea
which tey present II concludes the subj ct follows
VIC arc aware t""t '-'O AZ" N'o"''~'''7 wy ' '"
provides lat shall be open Tor the education o Aeh
d women. II is not. therefore, necessary Tia.
. classes Of students be subjected 10 the same sys
tomatic course OF training, mental dil beng attained
IN variety Of ways each leading 10 adequate results
and tnc Thought impressed itself upon some OF the incn
bers Of tire board that the curriculum could be SO OF
dcrcd that both might obtain university drll al
iustsd r such manner that each should be enabled
20 secure that form Of education best htied
for his or her respective sphere, ana that the
s,stcin Of compelling ana women TO fare alike
might be 30 modified TO prcclude tue possibility OF
causing disease We are forced 10 the conviction thar
there j., al present marked disparity between the
ncath of The men and of the university, ana
that as class the women present. undOnned evidences
of physical Oct rorstOn ii tle Board OF Regents, how
ever consider 10 expdcut % alter the uTculum' IN
ally way wc would earnestly recommend that particular
attention be paid the physical wobe.ng Of the fe-
male students"