New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-03-22
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

There are at present 239 students at Union
College.
There was an attendance or l4o|Z puphs
al the Philadelphia evening schools last season.
The University of Louisiana has Just gradu-
ated 80 medical students and i've students oil pharmacy
The School Board of San Francisco actually
mas a surplus Of school fund amounting 10 fooooo
win probably be spent IN building schooihouSes
The Canadian colleges have comparatively
,u number OF students Al the University of Toronto
there are ~ present only a. resident studehtsi n'S
College has 30. and Knox College about go
Tho annual meeting of the New-York State
Association ~ School Commissioners and city sup'rh
,suops is 10 be held at Albany the 2sth 2oth' ana
10Th 4 March. The Hon. Horatio Seymour VIII make
address
Critics Of Coy. Robns0n's educational sug-
gcstons say that because men Of practical AFFINITY Ike
himself received only the education of the log scnoo
house 80 years ago, the education OF the Oideh 'e i
GOOD enough for tho people now ana hat tDe
State and people OF localities are caned rpoh =" Wv
nothing more Tor the cause Of popular edncation'
SUPERINTENDENT Shepherd of Baltimore wishes
latin 10 be introduced into the two high schools Tor GIlS
IN that city lie says that his experience proves 'h'' me
,noutal constitution Of the other sex peculiarly adaP''
them to the study OF the languages, and the Lfh ian
euase IL intellectually valuable as the basis ana h"hu
maid to so large portion Of the culture OF the world
The negroes of st. Louis have petitioned the
Hoard OF Public Schools place none bat coored teach
,s in colorod schools They complain thar employ he'
l. given white teachers over blacks possessing equi
qualifications They insist that such preference Is an
untnst determinations which has tend neg to cheek
osolrataus dsv lopmcnt and promotion. The pctitloh
,rs make a strong point by showing that the peluocs
large proportion Of The white citizens oil 81 L''S
are so great that, rule. the white teachers VINO "o
best qualified aud would probably do oil III TIER power
10 educate and refine their pupils, VIII ho' e-ige 10
teach a eoorcd school account Of INC socia s'sl
attached 10 such position
The Harvard plan" Of medical education
including lons course OF study uHyednS examinations
and saaIied sorshpss much commended " l"e
Teegraph IT Philadelphia which gays It IS exactly "'t
IL needed In that city. IL adds: "IEe country o""
very well afford 10 have fewer doctOrs-"ha' u H''"s
better ones and these the Harvard plan VIII proVldo
IN ,,omediato trouble would be in the breaking up of
the old relationship Of professor and student ana the
want in all stances Of foundations sufficient 10 pay Sal
aries and make Instructors Independent OF ices tbs
may be admitted TO be practical and dihcN' question:
but we must make up minds 20 meet II III some wa!
~ we do not wish TO have Harvard diploma very
speedily worth much more than one 81 our own. IL
come, down 10 that. and amount OF obstnaey OF
prejudice can alter the situation"
Vice-President Russell of Cornell has some
very excellent ideas regard 10 the common SCHOOLS
o thinks instance that no one Il htied iof WacHs
who does not feel that The most sacred oceupaoh
who would not give TO it years Of devotion and that
geoorv natural history. aud philosophy should be
taugb, 20 a certain extent in common schools
aTb.so cultivate" he SAYS habits of observation, COM
parison memory and judgment Teachers must feel
that supe.fciaty the American vice. and that thor
opbpae and atcnce aud c1rnestuesS are the chaTac-
which they develop Fltors and mothers
must be taught that the education and characters OF e
children Justify every sacrifice and every expense ana
that thos who can take them aud develop them are en-
titled to any remuneration which will enable them 10 de
vote their whole energies 20 the work"
In Connecticut in the past ten years there
has been IN TIC average length of the school session an
incrcs Of more shan - days in the number OF teach
ersc.ntinl,us empoycd 327 in the pay OF teachers
Sf7583g: In enumeration, II. 500 IN the number IL
different scholars registered. 1910; in the numb'
r,.tcrrd IN Winter IG.7s3 in the number registered
H. summer GJ5 ~ the average attendance IN WIN
ter Ia $50; average attendance In Summer. 1876
~ a., percentage attendance in public schools 772
I'm the pcrgcnl viin schools 81 all kinds, TO
The increase ~ the tora receipts from all during
the last u years or Tho organization OF the Board
of Education h. SQ9s 33 Sc aud during the last decade
The increase s57675s r. The increase ia the average
school session ha. brought about in part by count
INC IN legal holidays a. regular school DAYS and IN many
OF lie schools fi, change is entirely dSrcgardrd as
teacher, generally oppose i In regard TO TIC increase
~ teacher yes u aPpal-s that the advantage Is III
favor ~ women. Tho average Of wages per month Tor
male tcecErfs IN % Sc Gi for ioma'e S26 So
Tho average f.i g., current year II $67 i3 fOr mall
ana 81 lG for females.