New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-04-26
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

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mary begins May.
An attempt to abolish the State Norman
Bchool has been defeated IN the Illinois Legislature
Wesleyan University is to send seven repre-
sentatives to the next intercollegiate contest in this CITY,
Missouri has four schools of theology, two OF
law and four Of medicine The school population OF te
State is 73S,43l
new scientific course, requiring more
history and philosophy and less mathematics 'pS' "'
present one, Is TO be instituted at Cornell
Mavor Latrobe of Baltimore thinks that it
would be good thing for the city to expend s'a''
amount in ornamenting schoolrooms with arus'o oo-
1ects.
change will be made in the ciaSslncatlOh
of studies at Harvard year. Prof Janess course
natural history q win be put among the electives III PM
Iosohv The change will allow this course to count ior
honors.
The school system of Alabama is reported
10 be in dreadful state. There are very re" coioeu
schools and said that scarcely one out OF every my
of the poor white children of Alabama now enjoys '"o
means OF acquiring an education.
Prof. McCrady, University Professor OF
zo6lo,v al Harvard has resigned. The as gen
orally understood that he believed III teaching t"i te
more advanced pupils. while the controlling power De
Beved In populari1ing his courses
The Aquatic Summer School of Natural lis
tory directed by Prof B. COmstock VIII start from
Cleveland or Detroit on July its tour through the
Lake Superior region. Students are to attend lectures
md engage in laboratory work on the steamer
In The Nes- England journal of Education
are discussed three great in American education
One is the practice sending children to school at too
early an age; another the imposition OF too many
studies and third graduation at too early an age
Hamilton College has just lost $4,000, a
,ytllsd IL hI James Knox OF LIMOS, on
condition tha-the people Of Knox County could not
raise within six months like amount, the aggregate To
60 20 the founding OF agricultural school IN tal
county The sum has been subscribed and Hamilton
taxes the loss quietly
Commencement at Amherst this year begins
June "a Mr. Stewart L. Woodford s TO give the address
before the socia Union. Candidates for examination
must appear June 20 For the convenience of candidates
living AT distance examiners will appointed TO serve
In Chicago Ill: Cincinnati, o. ana ST. Louis No. anu
the time Of such examination Will be given in the papers
Of those cities.
A public Institution has been founded Ill
Shanghai China, of al tee European arts ana scehc'S
IL has been warmly supported by leading Cmhese
Officials. Reading arc attached TO IL, anu 'h'
objects of the foundation TO bring the Sciences 's
aud manufactures Western nations IN the most r0m
nut manner possible before the notice OF tue 'hines'
Very complete scientific apparatus has just been sent out
from England.
Most of the Sophomore Class at Williams
College have Greek tins term instead OF the mgher
mathematics heretofore required. The ROCKY Mountain
expetion is now fully determined upon. The object OF
the expedition part the instruction OF the members
of the company in part the advancement OF science DS
original work. should the opportunity arse ana hhaN
the enrichment OF the cabinets OF the College ana tie
Lyccum Of Natural History For the latter purpose the
members Of the party which is limited To about 10 III
nunbe VIII be divided according to their tastes ami
several departments OF uatnfd
story ch being under the direction of some one mai
lie Prot Tenney will have the entire oversight ana
control Of the whole Full collections Will be made in all
the dei This is intended TO DO no mere pleas
ure "Trip but real, hardworSing earnest, scien''hc
exIedtion. Colorado, Southern Wy oung ana utah VIII
he the scene f operations The party VIII start inme-
datey after commencement and probably return about
scpt1
Mr. Edward Everett Hale says that two things
are grow ng u Harvard which Lave value mat ca
nat be olcrcstmaed First, the elective system brings
about the p stability that seniors with juniors juniors
with sohoiuor,s may be at work in The same small
"seetoG" the subject, under one professor al
the same tiIre Tie whole system of to-day indeed
cutivates ninaces between men IN different Glasses
Ii il be true that feeling" called, is abaiing
"cO! ge feeling" and, what is better unYersity feel
In" Is improving all mo time. Now what does younS
nan 10 to college fort Really the fret object is The
acquaintance with certain number OF the best men 'i
his tne; lie shall himself by their standards OF
Comparisons; III after life lac shall have some aequ'in
ancc with them there shall grow up sort of Frot-
masonry ctwo,u Lin ana the other men OF his time ~
An colege al suca OBJECTS advanced jast in pr
portion 5 men Different classes meet Together more
and NOR, f,ccly. Another Improvement IL in the more
mple and frank intimacy between teachers and scholars
who grows UP under system where mon are siudJihS
wnat they like instead OF grinding on what they hat
man no longer Loses caste he stops after fec*ilo
to ASK about a construction, formula, new solution Of
In 10 he IL interested
IN MS strdy. Oac hears ali eady that such an under
erdual or surh sgeScste such and sucn an improve
III at is ihs o. that process Of science or OF literature
And reiui;Gs Only very h;tls acquaintance with the
Clubtdrc Uf to-day TO stow that there IS healthy,
common 'eling uiuon a the gentlemen at work there
,--a.,,t and ,.;Ler.,uatcs-s tic Cambridge OF
ore sneIa:on or ~ generations ago hardly dreamed or