New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-01-18
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

The cost per pupil OF the be''oi' H|"""'S
has oeen during the past year. $l7 90
The University of Berlin has this season
249O students-thc largcs; number Of its existence
The University of South Carolina at Column
bia at present 50 students 60 OF whom are negroes
The first State Teachers Institute OF Col
orado has lust been held at Boulder Good suggestions
were made 10y the mcnibers
The Boston University Women's Education
sOcety, having completed It's organizations VIII shortly
Apply for an act Of incorporation
The Harvard examinations for women VIII
be held simultaneously III the nrSt fortnight OF 'uuo
VI at Cambridge, Nev-iork. ana Cincinnati
Illinois has G97 44G pupils IN the pubic
schools and nearly all children OF school age receive III
sruction The total expenditure during tho past year
was Ss2GS539 80.
A committee of the Wisconsin teachers rec
omueud ;ho formation Of a class in connection with
tc university during the Summer vacation, TO com
,nopc orera;ions 1T g. Crux Falls and make geological
examinations from thai poiut as far down on the Mis-
siss;rp as Rock Island making headquarters on large
boat studies TO consist of geology, zoology ana oo'!'
and 10 be under charge Of Prot T. c. Caamherlin state
Gcologist.
The Ulinois Snurcme Court has decided that
ruus cannot be compelled IN any pnblc school to study
any branch uot prescribed 10y tie law whch eStaS"eS
tl,. common schools Gnc studies so lIc'cflocH nc ol
biography, ELelsI Ieadc, w1tHs arithmetic L'E''S"
c,nnar geography United States history Ihe case
came before 0n appeal from lower c""I'"'
clsiou made in Winncbago County. Ihe Latter to"'
granted damages 10 Tic parents '"r TIM ciu expansion
from chaol because she refused sudy bookkeeping
and the supreme Court affirmed the decision
The most pressing needs of Harvard are
stated b. the President 10 ne new hai1 10 CONAN ~
least Is ew lccturc-roOms, hre-iroof building Tor h
library of the divinity school, new gymnasium % al
ft, a
that ,e new dcuarim OF fine arts should De sdlphe"
with he aplarafus required for the mot clci Ih-
st!4ictsn and finally endowed profcsSorship' O"iAc
81 protessorships already established only 90 are even
partially endowed snd Only onc-thc SturSis 'iVVei
uro.cSsArship OF gCoiog' is completely ehdo"cV
The Committee on College Progress OF the
NcvYork University Board OF Regents recommends tt
the rcents he requested prepare certain prt Scribcd
courses OF udy supplementary what ts required by
the colleges in is for the respective baecaVtae
degrees uuon completion Of which and passing III cN
animation according to conditions liked 10y te regents
any graduate OF any college in this State having spent 1T
least one year either post graduate Study IN some cot
lerc ndcY the supervision Of the regents or in teachir
shall bc entitled to an appropriate degree by authority
OF the regents.
The number of matriculatlOns at Edinburgh
for the session 1867 is the hughes; registered since e
foundation Of the university The changes tE'cte" ny
the Universities Commission in le5e6l have been fol-
E
In the session of 1867 the inatrcatcl students III
the several faculties numbered 500; IN 1871 > 1914
and in present year there are 2CGJ already regis
tered while the nUnber OF late entries anh en-
tres FOR the Summer session Gudgns from past yer)
Will amount to from 200 2j0 thus bringing up the to-
tai TO about 800 the acad, mic Or the 20t9
already matilcGlated 1.ij4 come from Scotland 80
from England Wales. 30 Ireland, Il from India
lo7 from different colonies and 81 nom foreign couE
tries.
Prof Chapman of BOwdon said at the recent
meeting OF the Ma teachers that the claims o.
English liter have only recently been recognized
By lower schools in the curricu!um appears
attractive; it's attractiycueSs is not realized iii the
school Those who leave school at an early age should
have appreciate 10 some "e$ree the "ilttn
thoughts OF men the teacher mast have enthusiasm ioi
the subject II important that the study belong 10 te
early course that the DEVELOPMENT may be sym
Inctca and productive OF right bent of tastes study
should appear in the light OF entertainment AZ Hht
nothing must he attended to except the reading m"dc
pleasing by power, Of teacher; then Dca"t' h@ni's
coarseness &c, must be noticed When therefore, a
scholar comes TO the high school he has had prelaI
ton for the study of English literature in thorough
manner Manuals upon this subject scIviceabie for
reference but must not between the pupil and the
writings Of authors
The whole number of students at Harvard
this year Is 1870 TIE numher has tretd ID 80 years
and doubled in 20 year; the divinity schGol has been
stationary, Tie law and medical schools nave Huctucu
I'm number OF students, ana the scientific school las
fallen off President Eliot summarizes follows TIC
rrorre IN The acquisitions for admission in tac past 10
veare "Tbc examinations Latin aud Greek have been
greatly improved in subject matter AMI III method; me
mathematical acquisitions have been scnsiby increased
Fnglsh and either French or German have been addtd
10 the acquisitions ard natural science has got ioothod
IN the scheme Furthermore the few persons by whom
mathematics are for any preferred 10 the cias
scs are permitted Offer certain advanced maEeodt
les instead portions of the Latin and Greek authors
Six scholarships have been established during Tie
year new Professor of English, filled ~ ''rof Fraucs
j. Chiid has been established systematic PROVISION mas
been made for afternoon and readings from the
great authors Of ancient and modern times, ana the
elective OF study hGs been opened to unaaricr
lated ofadu age though they caDnot become candidates
for the Bachelors degree"
One recommendation made at the late meet
ing OF the Michigan Teachers Association that at
the end of each grade studies the student should be
required to pass examination 10 some familiar Eli
glish classic, such The Vicar Of Wakefield Prof
Mcninon o; Michigan University sd he found it advan
tageous divide the class into sections Of eight on ten
and assign to each section four subjects upon
which students shall prepare essays also 10 write
upon the blackboard The to be criticised Grill
csm should not be restricted and words but
should include the style and subject matter TnCrc II no
reason why the elements of rhetoric ana English cOmpo
situu should he neglected until The student reaches
tie university. state superintendent Hrs@s sad; We
have lad "a law upon statute BOOK for nearly Fix
years past to compel children attend school, ana not
single instance its enforcement has get been reported
disposition or the part school officers 10 the
law prevails every where and ts statement fully con
frmed by testimony Of the supcrnehdens Of schools
throughout the state" The disposition to Divide school
districts he conclusion, and thereby multiply
the!ii, is working untold harm in the STATE