New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-09-06
NOTES ON EDUCATION.


There are four young women Ia the ifesh-
man class Of Colby University
The test OF a mans mental force il not what
he knows but what, well learned he has i'r'''e"
The school population Of California numbers
oOOG67 and the school fund oppogtionthen' amounts 10
81 3Jl3 per capita.
Pittsburq has an enrolment Of 2J,OOO pupils
IN her pabc schools aud hr school property Is sa" 10
be valued at F2,CJO,oJl
No student in the Bowdoin School of Science
"a allowed 10 take than two studies "a The faculty
believe that ali the working time D, more probably
spent in tbisway tnan upon larger number
There are about eighty freshmen now Mt
Dartmouth Tho Agricultural College had no applicants
for admission The system Of aduittins upon cerif-
cate from IN, preparatory school reported 10 he work
ing we'll The trustees have voted 10 have three terms
year.
At the Minnesota teachers meeting, last
week one of thc speakers said ta chdrcu in that state
are sent 10 school no TOO early tins really makrg
nurcrc, OF tao primary schools. II Was proposed that
the age OF admission should be seven, instead Of five
years.
There is statement that, considering its
popua'ion the CITY of Rochester IN This state paws Inc
lowest salaries ts Instructors ~ any city In tie u"h
many country towns and villages surprising her - tins
her teachers.
The Board Of Trustees of Georgia University
have appointed committee, ~ which 'he Hon. A. H.
stephens Is chairman. confer with the faculty. with
view to a revision Of the whole System Of discipline,
studies and curriculum from viii Il 70 is hoped the Uni
vrrsty will tske an upward step in the iufmcnt OF toe
hoppe Of It's founders. Tae corps Of instructors Is fuzzy
organic d.
At a recent school institute at Pittsburg,
one Of the lecturers complained that may teachers 90
not understand even the rudmens Of political economy
and added that in this respect the female teachers 90
the present are sadly behind their predecessors VINO
taught in the c.ry days Of the country ana tHef coz
tcmporaiies in England. WheIeaJ The female teachers
present were not pi ascd
Prof. Angar of Trenton recommends that
every school district or township school should nave
museum into which might be gathered specimens 81
Fl wers insects fishes birds, minerals etc. ound in ITS
noiguorhood. H. thinks that great part OF me col
ecng should be done by the pupils, ana heIeVes MI
distinguished natrasts would be induced 70 inspect
these museums Part Of the expense o. the case-"hch'
M the lowest price would cost about S2o-'hould nc
maid adds the Professor by the State, on the condition
that no spccimcns are placed in the district museums
that are not found IN the ncighborhood'
In the Nashville schools the percentage OF
attendance white uups is 1913 that Of colored pu-
nils q674 Since 1870 the latter have advanced about
Der cent in attendance and the whites about l55 per
cent During the same time. the average per cent OF
scholarship OF the coorcd pupils has been about 3d. ana
that of the whites about -. Except that the manage
mcnt and Of discipline have been slightly more
stringent aud the time required for classes to accom-
pli,h the same work little rrotractcd the colorcd
schools are in every respect in fine condition az any
IN Nashville The average cost Of tuition per pupil Is
$40 81 for whites and Sl2 63 for coiored
The cololed schools in Delaware have made
crcdabe progress during the past year Their average
expenses throughout the State about S2l per MONTH
including fuel. teachers salary and board Bnt even
these small not wholly provided by the state
and the Delaware Associations it has been found nccos
sary raise the ncedu balance 10y voluntary suDScrp
tons among tie coloied people Of the different districts
There are trtyee OF these schools, and they are1n
moderately good condition. Since October 1879 the
burden Of supporting tho schools has been thrown en-
cly upon the coored people; ali Of the funds used for
that purpose Arising either the tax laid upou The
colorrd people by the gsaiure. or 10y voluntary sub
scriptious made by the cOlOrCd people themselves.
There appears 10 be a certain flir-minded-
ness about these remarks OF The Deon Free !ress re-
cardng the caching Of drawing in the pubic schools
"During the time which pub!csctoo pupils have to de-
vote to mastery OF the elements OF drawing, il is safe to
say that the vast majority. having special taste for
the study, do attain much proficiency. They DO not
learn enough either TO make the art which they have
studied accomplishment or to make u available FOR
practical purposes There may DC few whose natural
bent is toward drangng and design. in whom the study
VIII foster tie natural aptitude aud he Of some but
The who VIII he nor expect to bc, draughts
men designers, architects, the time spent draw
ng books he ne1ry thrown away IL Is certainly
OF far importance TO tie mass o. students 10 be-
able spell correctly read ntellgenty, to write e
bly, present their ideas ntelgcny 10 have thorough
knowledge Of arithmetic, far as it Is tsug; in their
classes 10 know some hing of history and geography in
addition to tie pIgrOi-ke ability TO all the Pres
dents Of the United States their order and 10 bound
Madagascar than II TO he introduced to the mysteries
Of perspective without either time inclination to pen
citrate further than the portals As view the matter
the schools bur ened with superU0us work
already the sacrifice Of horoughDess IN tie essential
branches"