New-York tribune., 1878-07-25
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

The last annual IepOTt VI th0 eVih
finance OF Bates College, places the total assets above
liabilities at S4l5,OOO But the amount of assets now
hearing interest is only 100000, and last years eA
pepses exceeded the income by $4,000 III appears n"
thus sum $4I5 900 includes the cost OF Dndhgs anu
grounds which 900, and they are source Oh
expense rather than revenue. 1t also lncludeS "i'
Batess last subscription of 100000 which at present
,,alds no ,ncome Deductng these two sums from the
total of assets and only 100000 remains OF whch 'he
income on $4,000 is exhausted In paying taAes
and the interest on NOR gage.
The Board of Education of Memphis mas
decided that the salaries of head teachers shall remain
Mt 500 per month"; exception being made IN the case
OF the master OF the coored school This teacher IL
said has charge Of only three rooms whle Others na
charge OF more and working under CONTRACT lot Foo
per month long debate took place at the meeting
over the salaries Of other teachers and 1t was hnay re-
solved TO place them at $50. Heretofore fortyhree
teachers of this class received So, hut nine only foo
the sum now paid TO all On the question OF abandoning
the high schools decided that for fe present eS
shall be continued; but committee was appointed 10
consider among other things, whether under the cha'
Ter tuition could be charged.
The officers of the Virginia Military lnsti-
iute recently decided to upOn Congress that mere
after vacancies United states cadetsps, instead OF
beipg filed by an appointment through the influence OF
Congressman conferred upon graduates OF academies
colleges according to their ert correspondent o'
The Richmond Dispatch, In urging the adoption OF the
plan concludes follows: " Virginia has gen'raiE leu
IN the adoption Of sound measures of public pohty we
hope TO see her take the lead this she is thoroughly
prepared TO do with great benefit to her own educa
tona interests and the experience of the last war mas
taug her the vast advantages she derives from haNlhs
educated corps OF capable officers who can always DC
depended upon by her in peace for good citizenship anu
in war for good sOdiership"
At a recent meeting in London OF the society
for Training and Registering Teachers Dr. Lyon RAY
fair NJ F., remarked that the teachers prOiesSioh'
which was of the most important OF all poessohs'
was the only one not recognized. The medical proies
sion which numbered 10000 had its full recognition
and organization; but the teachers, who numbered
$50 OOO had no stamp placed upon their professional
qualifications, and anybody VINO had failed III every
thing else, and without any question from ""9oou9'
could place brass plate upon house Ior the co'oi
zion Of that house into Seminary fur young iades
and gentlemen" Thus the scholastic profession had
come TO be regarded as arefuge for the destitute and
the profession of teaching degraded by the absence
Of all meaps of examining aud registering the qnanca
tions of educated and trained teachers. He should Try,
lie said remedy this condition of things by proposing
bill in Parliament the registering of the quaica-
tions OF teachers.
Objection was raised in Chicago to the
fay levied for the support OF the public schools The
question came before Judge Loomis, OF the county
Court who has decided that such taxes are legal IL
was claimed that no special power is given by Law 10
levy tax the support of schools, and that the sec
tion which gives authority appropriate money Tor
corporate purposes only and provides for the payment
OF debts and expenses Of the corporatlon, dd hot Ill
clude the schools Judge LOOMS decides that IL do1s
include them and cites the fact that courts OF last resort
In many OF the States have decided that pubic educa
tion is a corporate purpose What Is corporate Fui
nose o. he asks and continues: :" apprehend II IN
Iudo Will
ton OF the safety peace prosperity of the corpora
Ion the maintenance and defence OF Its existence ana
rights the augmentation OF Its strength ana resources
the protection of its citizens in their rights. we All
know what education is and what II has done ior ts
country and it would though we did not require
the decision any TO inform us OF the TACT hat
the maintenance of the public schools is most conducive
70 the general welfare of the city in every way not only
20 the preservation OF its peace and prosperity 10 the
DEVELOPMENT its strength and resources but even 10
the very maintenance of its existence"
The University College of London celebrated
the fftieth anniversary of its BIRTH July o. in puoc
festival Lord Granville Chancellor laid the nrst
stone Of extension Of the buildings, for when ana
the uses to be made them 100000 is TO he raised
Al a banouet held afterwards Lord Granville dwelt
with much force on determination of the college to
prepare women for the degrees now open 10 thel lie
remarked tfat the college had got beyond Milton ana
Cowley both Of whom had laid out plan Tor Metro
politan University, but neither OF Incih
women. Indeed" :" he continued, " Milton was as Dad
az that Arab chief who not many years ago refused an
invitation TO great banquet which NJ Lesseps gave III
The Egyptian desert because be understood that NJ.
LeSseps TO give precedence to All Lnglsh Iady
"a woman as he styled il, without SOUL But Mli'0n
was almost than this Arab chef for have never
heard that Milton expressed the slightest regret for
having inflicted that f1ghtful cruelty upon his own
daughters, OF making them perpetually read to him
books in classical languages of which they did not under
stand word. Whereas am bound 10 say as regards
the Arab chief that when he saw the admirable horse
,nanship English lady, he at once suggested TO
her thai he was ready dismiss all his wives in her
favor the moment became tired OF her Christian
husband"
1t has been claimed by newspapers and
others in the South that the University OF Georgia was
declining every year in popularity and prosperity.
committee finally appointed by the Governor TO nves-
teate the condition and workings Of the institution has
now made its report II Is shown that while the tuition
fees received from students amounted few years ago
10 Sl5 900 per year. they have decreased to S3,ooO
FROM 1870 to 1873 there steady increase III the
number of students 1875 to 3l2, but since 1873
there been steady decrease. until there are now
only ll6 OF whom only thirty "pay students" The
committee give some o. tie reasons which nave beon
assigned as the causes Of the decline as follows: Dsa-
greements among the Board OF Trustees Oh sectaran
issues want ofun umity by the trustees In the changes
made in the faculty and in the curriculum; the I'M
wieldy size " the Board Of Trustees their natteDon
10 duty conflicts concerningthe filling ofproiessorshps,
and the absence from the body OF practical educators
the fact that OF the trustees not in sympathy
with the interests of the institution and exert their III
ucnce in aid Of other colleges the suppression OF the
students secret societies the sumpuary law now re-
pealed diminished requirements for matriculaton
that have greatly lowered the standard of scholarship
the belief entertained by the people that free students
occupy an inferior position 10 the young men whose
parents pay for their education; "he dapdated and
unseeny condition Of the dormitories in the old and
new colleges the neglected appearance Of the society
halls and other buildings and general lack OF external