New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-10-17
NOTES ON EDUCATION.


Iuol.na state U,hyersity are ladies'
The cighty-tmrd anniversary of the opening
ofNorth Carolina University has just been 'OTaeh
A normal schcol for teachers to Dc heid
every Saturday ~ proposed IN Albany, and th thought
~ will be established.
The Educational weekly advises the teaching
q the elements o. political economy IN our tcnoo' -
order 10 dispc ignorance IN regsrd to The relations AM
duties o: labor and capital
new corporation organized to promote
,cptHc and educational objects. and called The Geor
eta Academy OF Science" has just applied for
a charter II VIII conduct its business IN Atlanta
The new method of instruction IN the Dos
ton Primary schools does with the formal study OF
grammar lessons composition in tie use OF c"p'aN
iu letter writing, aud in the arrangement OF ser'enoS
will take its place.
There is n movement at Brown University
among the members Of the class ~ - I" arrange ioi
Tho giving OF series OF lectures Mental Philosophy
by the President and for the benefit OF those graduates
who wish to continue this study.
Teachers certificates in Indiana can now be
taken only by those who have taught for MY months
eighteen Of which must have been 'pont IA lnu'"n"
schools. Tie State certificate docs away WIN ph'
further examination for life in that state
The East Texas University il an Institution
which has lust been opened IN Tyler. Tex II has ac-
commodatious FOR about 500 students Professor A. l.
Norwood formerly Of the Uniersity OF North Caroha
IL president the other members Of the faculty are aso
from southern COLLEGES.
Michigan University conferred 1888 degrees
during the past year. Students there are now allowed
70 graduate when they have taken GER ain number OF
courses thus giving more gifted students chance TO
complete their studies earlier than the aver
pco % poor students, proper precautions oeI"s
taken by the faculty to prevent mere c'a'"'ll's'
The particularly clever student can now OBTAIN MS et
degree in a little less thar four years and his second
lirt leaa han
has suggested to the regents the institution OF course
a. lectures on Pedaeogcs The college fiscal year cos'd
with 10 indeDte lncss and with an excellent p-sAce III
the treasury. =.
Tho educational system or America
should 1t be mentioned the school described recently
nc snner,ntendent Parker OF ElyIia Ohio last Win
ter he said visited school where boy sixteen years
old WAS studying only arithmetic and spelling. lie
could wfite his name but 10 could not wnN
n sentence OF tho simplest Kind correctly
In the school whore re was there "efo Dut
i've OF forty pupils practising pcnmausl'p when asked
Why so Few learning TO write enc SAID they ulu no
s1cn TO care to write and she found 10 good deal OF
trouble 70 keep ink from freezing IN another scEoo
the teacher told me she had been uyns TO nave Inc
pupils provide themselves with cOpy-boohs' pu'
they said their parents would not buy them' MI
Parker lamcntcd the desire to engage cheap teach
ora shown by many school directors IN the state;
tho result is IA supply OF inefficient teachers
"Whon WaCcs," he SAID, "Eayc been reduced 60 %" Dy
ineomretent teachers those who wish 10 become good
teachers cannot 10 because they have no' money
enough flom their labor properly qualify themselves
for becoming successful in their chosen calling one
youIc man taught in hahonnS County me sdmmef Iof
g. IS a week, ana boarded himself
Superintendent Smart, of Indiana, having
selected Of educat DUAL topics aud nYted the
County superintendent express their opinions upon
these topics in whiting, has received large num-
her OF Interesting and useful papers. One snpciih'
r.fr fr.a d
and women az teachers, says that while there
arc individual exceptions get as body, the tcEoif
ship OF the female teachers is better than that OF the
men. Cnt grammar glado II reached the eNldcl GO -
al IN favor or the women. Women are me haluiaI
teachers Of children They enter into symP"thy Win
tlidnauIe more readily dian do men, aud they appT"-
c,e and ndout correct methods o. primary Work sooner
than do men. pass into the higher studies Whcre
students commence thinkThere they hced 10 itutcl
snd decide themselves, far az posshe-mon GO as
well as The women. Men command, While women per
tuade persuasion tho correct Wy TO govern u'h
the women have better government than tie men. The
persuasive nature women, when tbs nature guided
by intelligence, makes them govern OF I'ad
children naturally and easily. Men usually
govern children bv commanding them. ms
Is lie government Of fear; aud while 1t tccures
nulct yet It Is a graveyard stiffness, ana pleasant
lbout4 OF school ,nd work scarce AS tAey ere
among the al mt -lceocrs. Women are better than men
In TIE work OF interesting children aud Keeping iAth
busy hence they the true government OF love ana
Interest" re i-es the preference t" women "F
uriin,ry, and, perhaps intermediate grades; beyond
that he has not made choice. Males do better than
females In certain Winter schools especially n IN" pupils
hrc large, aud II parents AID former teachers have
made poor woIk iu their management OF the
schools His main conclusion IS that since women
ere the natural teachers of children, teaching ought 10
b. q pIof, sriun almost exclusively ior women. Tho
statement that women get married early, ana thcn quit
teaching is Election. Even al pIe-en; The average
humber OF terms taught by women II greater than the
average taught by Public sentiment needs rcvis
ug, then all he objections to female teachers VIII Dis
appear.