New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-03-01
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

The INDIANAPOLIS School Board refuses to es-
tabhsh kndcrgartens in that city.
About Is per cent of Trinity College stu
dents are candidates for the degree of Bachelor oil scr
ence or are taking special course OF study 'ea,s 60
nor cent in the fun classical course Spanish ucpfe"'
and sanskrit are among the electives
The Minnesota Legislature has passed Dill
rrovdjpg for uniform system Of textbooks N the pun
lie schools and giving the monopoly for 10 years 'o"uS
publisbcr who shall give assurance Of furnishing oooAs
TO every scholar at half the present trade prices
Arizona speit last year for school purposes
s2s IA A. and the receipts were Sol'lle "a ~
total value Of The TcIntorys school property Is Fl
The school population amounts 10 2,955 LIS 81 '"'S
number attended school last year oi tho 'o'"' "''
Der ,474 can read and write.
President Eliot said the other day that ne
felt that Harvard had not sent men enough mo puoc
Ne, ana no ro,attsl it, He felt persuaded that there
sborid no moro highly educated men In public places
60 f. "a Harvard was concerned he was sure thd' SA'
had made vital mistake in that respect II was useless
10 shy that the Office viii seek the mcn Inc men must
come out and seek Cnghtcn tue public an" nc uPe"
IN sec change 10 s respect in the colleges OF New
England.
Prof. Goodwin Smith, writing OF university
extension in England, There Is ono mohc OF en-
TON. nm oaiost Which, transatlantic experience cnlpati-
cav ,rntesls-tLc multiplication Of universities Inc
effects OF the on"horsa university system III the Uhled
States and Canada have bccu runoiS to hGh couc'' "h
and 10 the value Of degrees When college al''f Oh
t,pi, from, a face LEGISLATURE university powers. fails
or falls into decay keeps It's powers, which unhapry
retain pecuniary value though their literary usefulness
has ceased Three universities enough 'or England
The technical trade schools of North Ger
many are intended to improve the taste Of handicras-
mon and 10 enable t2cm dcs patterns &c; at
tic same time they used by employers called AciS-
en- or masters tncir ourncymen bec. called "cScHeh)'
Who consult the director at the head OF the scE'o'
whenever they require information about new lnyen-
lions rattcrls &c: while the GcScl who wishes To De
como master working lis own account must rcgu
loiy attend the classes OF the school. 70 enter II he
must urfcctly understand drawing and must have full
knowledge Of certain sciences. such as geometry! &C.
and as matter course must have passed Dis three or
four years apprenticeship vth master IA whose mousse
he has had board and lodging In the GCirc5nG"s are
several classes whcA geometry is taught ana me ct
moutay principles of drawing. these latter h'nE a.
tended by OF from - 70 rs years on Wednesday ana
Saturday afternoons, by apprentices at night AIS" Oh
sunday afternoons. All German clildr"1 .r" compile"
a. attend school from years Til Il those mat ale TOO
poor TO pay the school fees can he scut 10 the ce ci"'
where no payment required but all schools are under
Tho control the state and all Teachers nave 10 pass
REPRESENTATIONS hcfo., Education Commissioners. At
thee they learn thoroughly reading writing. arithmetic
religion general history, singing, geography. ana receive
try. ana drawing; thus they are, p'iH'tu WH'I '"'S
bcc,nc apprentices 10 understand the higher GRADES.
Mr.. Sylvester. Professor of Mathematics at
Johns Hopkins University, said IN his Commcmorauon
DIV spccch Last week: "a this moment happen to be
engaged research Of fascinating interest TO myself
and which, il the day only responds TO the bright prom
IS, OF its dawn viii meet, believe sympathetic re
spoons. from the professors Of divine aircbracal ant
wherever scattered through the world There arc things
called Algebracal Forms. Prof. Cayley calls them
Quau,ic. These are not properly speaking, geomctri-
cal forms although capable OF being embodied ID them
but rather schemes OF processes and OF operations for
forming calling into existence rs u were, a'2e'Tac
0ua.iItes To every such Quanc is associated an IN
fitc variety of forms that may be regarded floating
liz an atmosphere around it-hut infinite In nWnb"" a.
ar tlts derived txstcuccs these examinations from the
parent form il B., found that they admit Of being oh
tanned by composition 10y mixture 70 say. ar certain
limited number Of fundamental forms. standard rays,
o. they u ht be termed. in the agebraic spectrum OF
the Cuanic To which they belong. And az It Is lead
ing pursuit the Physicists OF the present day to ascer
tam the fixed lines va the spectrum of every chemical
tultucc so il 30 the aim aud object OF great school OF
mathomaticdus 60 make out the fundamental derived
forms the coyaants ana InyaTians they are termed
of these quantities Bat for the persistence Of student
Of this university urging upon me his desire TO study
with inc the new algebra. should have been led
into this invest and the facts and principles
which have discovered in regard 10 it important facts,
Ibclieve) would So far as l am concerned, have re-
manned sin buried In trying to throw light upon an
obscure explanation in textbook, my brain took hTc,
plunged with iuckCuCd Zca, into subject which
had ear- abandoned. and found food for Thoughts
which have engaged Tor long time past, ana VIII
probably occupj all my powers OF contemplation ad-
he to IFn