New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-01-11
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

The sum of SS10,550 "a, school money, has
,ust been arpcr;ioned to the counties Of Indiana
Prof. Wclch of Union has accepted his call to
Auburn Theological Seminary aud his chair will be filed
by Prof. LAmoreux.
Every woman who lately offered herself as
candidate election TO the London school Board has
been triumphontly returned.
The quarterly distribution of the Maryland
school fund just made gave total sum of SlO46o3 ~
to the white schools and ga 900 to the ooloTed SCHOOLS
The Rev. DIR. Patton of Chicago and the Rev.
Dr. Speer Of Brooklyn advocate the abolition OF all o"'o
tonsl exercises in public schools contrary to justice
polty, and law
Newton Theological Institute has Ga stu
dents Tufts College has 12O and the standards for al
mission 10 the oesdcmca have been raised III the
Greek aud Latin departments.
The State Teachers Association Of Iowa has
formally resolved that political science should De taught
in the public schools. woman has been elected pres
den, Of the association fer the ensuing year.
The number Of public schools i'll California
ia oGo Th,sc were attended during the year ny
the approximate number of ls4,7s7 pupils Tic money
for suppor. OF schools given by the State was sZ1o
527 sc.
An effort is making in the Amherst Faculty
to have for the entire Junior year maze op
tona with the exception OF physics Tie juniors nave
elective studies foT this The sophomoresare usipg
French mathematical text hook. Prof Crowel mas
been chosen by the Faculty representative OF te col
lece at the meeting OF the Weetern Alumni Association
al Chicago
The regents of Michigan University wish the
Legislature 10 make eonc provision for the school, OF
Mines and ask for S2,5ao year for the purchase oil
books for the general library $4,000 year Tor support
of tc dental achool ana for several additional buildings
Edward L Walter, who has been ssssht professor OF
latin in the university since 1868. has just been awarded
the degree Of Doctor Of Philosophy by the Leipse Uni
versity.
Gov Robinson says that the schools or this
State cost too much. Ii is sh0r-sigted ec1romy that
begins with retrenchment in educational expenses
The Albany Express says: There are more than 'n
lion pups in the public schools of the state and the
average amount expended for their education is but
little more than $40 II they depended upon private
schools the would be much greater and II is DOUBT
fu whether the results would he as satisfactory"
OF teachers salaries The San Francisco Post
says Experience tact, knowledge, aud facility OF IN
parting instruction cannot be expected III any hGh de
gee without adequate pccuuiay returns. When some
ignorant buuglcr can earn wages In the shop or
some sirnperiug girl command more generous recon-
pcrse a. ady's maid than teachers of established
reputation often receive il it not too much to expect
young women and of fine Utilities 10 pursue long
and expensive Of Study 10 III themselves lot the
important work Ui teaching T.
will be granted at Tufts College: To such students who
have shown Themselves worthy OF them as snail at OF
before the begnng Of the Senior year. maxi application
for them: Natural history, physics, chemistry, Matte
Iat.cS Ii. sH literature philosophy modern languages
ana classics added t0 the engineering course
fourth years study for those graduate engineers VINO
wish to remain and pursue their studies IL that and
ether departments of the college
The treatise on Essentials OF English Gram
msr," by Peof William D whitney OF Yale viii be pub
lshcd in the course Of t!c present month. william A.
Hought0, Yale graduate Of 70, sails this month for
three years residence in japan where he Is 10 serve AZ
Professor Of Literature in the University OF Ycddo 1T an
annual salary of $500. Pref. william q. Sumner OF
Yale will soon his weekly lectures Oh economic
subjects before TIC private association OF gentlemen
whom Lie been accustomed 20 meet IN Ne~-aNen at
their several residences, for four winters past
The average cost Of tuition OF pupil per
month IN tie private schools Of Tennessee is 81 10
There are 1853 OF these schools with an attendance OF
1850. The average cast per mon'n In the pubic
schools OF the State is sc cente The average daily at
tendance is g0S. There 3O7O white schools and
s27 colonel schools Teachers receive an average pay
OF S32 IL per month. The school population OF the
state ISL the coofed children numbering lo@ so
There are 3.I3G sohoa-houees. The receipts flJn ali
during the past yc@r we're $e3s73o 10 ana the
disbursements SGSs 40 So
President Robinson Of Brown University says
thai we can b.ter afford 70 lave wooden head over
college than we can primary school. Men, TIC
ads 20 to college and utterly break down because Their
early education not properly attended 20, ana IL has
seemed To- ne that the grand III education is
The mistaken IDEA about elementary training. Make the
studies interesting to the pupils There Is certain
amount OF good to he obtained from Object teaching, bat
taeTe has ALSO bCcn great deal oi ncEsohsS getting
about in relation 10 L. We should not depend 100 huch
on object teaching The thai al! knowledge Is
not obt.iaed by Ae on and large proportion OF our
ib..i. NJ
by the teacher III another way"
The success at tie Massachusetts, Institute Of
Technology OF the new mechanical workshops or the
Russian +, st Ill., the fist OF which Tor wise wortl Was
opened about two months since, has been We'll eStab-
liahed During the past week committee rom the
Mechanics Association which, by donations mas aided
largely in ;urhcIng the enterprise visited the shops
ami themselves hi-iy pleased with tho re
cults already obtained by tue students al Hing aud CHIP
yn. humber nlacnnists have also lately examined
the work. which they pronounced excellent even exceed
ing that required ordinary machine shops The c3i"
lece states tlat the shop work is strictly unique, there
being so far as is Known other school for neaiwor
ing constructed on the same plan except IN Russia
Baltimore is educating $4,000 children in the
public schools 1wo night schools were established III
1873 and they were SO useful that the number has been
Increased 10 seycl-three waite and four COOfCd-whc.
have been attended by ,2G6 pupils The Engsh-Ger-
man schools were fret established Dec /, 1874 They
were opened those who desie TO receive instruction
IL the German language in connection with The EnGsh
branches taught. Tncy have thus far been omincnty
successful and president Of The board states that 1t
has beca difficult 20 meet the demand for admission,
great been their popularity About loo pupils en-
tered within a weeks after the schools opened, ana
the attendance tine four Tor 1876 will probably each