New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-11-15
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

The work Of compulsory education is to be
pushed vigorously and Immediately at Buffalo
A course in Sanscrt, under the charge OF
swhor Ahrcn has lately been established in the Higher
School Of Letters IN Lisbon.
There is good sense in the complaint Of
Tie Educational Weekly that pupils OF the public schools
arc not laugh, enough, and are compelled to learn too
mncb
The Glasgow University Council have at
fmed b. a solemn vote tho necessity for Scotch Edu
cation Board to frame code and make other education
ell arrangements for scotland
The Iowa Schools last year had 553920
ruuls and expended ia the work Of education S6.0l7-
2s2 There were l26 private schools IN the State, in
structng $50 pupils The permanent school fluid OF
the State Is now about sl,OOO,O0o
1t is noted in relation to some of the Southern
coored schools that tic work OF educating Tie negro IS
sometimes failure because ihc black parents Will not
submit restraint. They won't ALLOW uor children T.
be punished in school or undergo anything tha savers OF
coercion; they seem 90 think tuat discipline means
seryitudc, and apt to look upon the teacher as
master in disguise.
Referring TO the debated question of the
health OF the students u tie University Of Wis
consn The Journal Of Education OF that STATE sys that
they have not at all suffered from their hard work. and
concludes With these statements: o. During the OK
pertinent Of co-oducsuon In the University thus ar an
senccs from Rotations. account OF sickness, have
been relatively less frequent with the girls than WITH
the boys e. The present health OF the a-une Of 'he
University compares avoraby with that Of their male
classmates.
1t is probable that the Boston Committee on
High Schools WILL unanimously report in favor Of the
foundation OF Girls LATIN school to be entirely indie
pendent Of the Boys Iadu School 1t viii be proposed
10 place in charge OF the school competent teacher
with the rank and pay MASTER ana number OF assist
ants curriculum CORES pending with that now ia use
at the Latin school will also recommended This is By
far the wiser solution OF the difficulty. II the STANDARD
of requirement be properly kept up and 10 false econo
my De used in the selection Of master, the proposed
school Will doubtless do splendid work
Dean Stanley, talking of education the other
day and OF the wondous growth u the capacities ana
possibilities OF human existence told tnis story OF I'M
scientific conservatism friend Of hs last year accom-
pshcd the rare aud difficult task Of ascending Mount
Aralat. days after he had come down bis oonpan
ION explained to an Armenian archimandle, who lived
OF the bottom Of the mountain what his friend had done
The venerable man sWcetly smiled and SAID, 1t Is i'm
possible" But" said tho interpreter 1hs traveller
has been UP Mount Ararat and has returned" No.
said the archmandrite, has ever assembled ana
no one viii ever ascend Mount AraIaL"
Mr.. w. Z. Forster, like most wise and ac-
complished men, thinks that women should have all TIE
education they can get Presiding the other day at the
distribution Of the certificates aud prizes awarded 10 the
successfu candidates at the oxford local examinations
I'm London be said that he thought real want had been
met by the admission OF girls into these examinations,
md he expressed his pleasure at finding the list the
name Of tie daughter his friend the tHst Lord OF the
Admiralty, who was. he believed the first young lady
who had got into the first division GirOn College, tho
women's college il England, is very successful. Al
though It's test examination Is severe has more app
cants for admission than 1t accommodate. No
student is admitted Will pledge herself 10 work
hard The students undergo the same examinations as
do their brothers at their universities the same papers
arc put bcfoc them by the examiners 1t Is said
that these female students show at least as high an aver
age Of attainment as the Cambridge men, who 50 IL for
hOuurs