New-York tribune., 1878-01-17
NOTES ON EDUCATION.


al oxford, has Just died
ch+on. the English college for women, is
crowded with students and greater ACCOMMODATIONS "ie
loudly called FOR.
The report for 1877 of the Secretary OF the
Treasury lie TO be the textbook In one ol 'ne e'0 "
political economy at Harvard
Amherst Agricultural College has Determined
o, r, free scholarship 10 a student from eaeh Coi-
yressiopa district in Massachusetts
Maine Agricultural College is in excellent
cond,tiop and has largo number OF students Iho
terms have been reduced from three to two
II is the opinion of The Troy Times that eo,
ueational extravagancies must be cut or ana bnc ~
idea be revived of giving children tho oenens oi
mon school education, and not going ecSo"u '""'
BOSTON University now has $40 Students
and 10 reported to he prosperous ID every ""!'
nropo,ed TO eniow prOfessorshp TO be filed Dy "o-
man and several ladies of high standing are ehue"No
ing to collect the necessary fund, S4o'oVo'
The cost of tuition per pupil in the Chicago
schoos during the past year. Sl1 40 against FL 40
Gov the nrcvjous wear. superintendent Pickard esu-
mates that 6OOO children in the city never 20
either ub or private and growing up IN lgnorauce
and ideness.
Trinity College, Oxford has elected DR..
Newman to AN honorary feowslp II is credtable TO
Trinity College TO have so far overcope the 0o'"m "'eV
s,caun. which makes IL dli1cuU III LhS""" w Wv
iustice to the genius of Catholic 10 have conferred
tls honor at all upon father of The oratory Oh 81
P,ip Ne1 and the greatest the English converts 10
Rome
The trustees of Johns Hopkins University
have decided that is impracteabe 10 adopt the sug
restion of the Maryland state Teachers Association
wheher it would be for the public good TO issue TWO
series of textbooks the primary up 10 lne uh
iyersty Que in English, Latin and Greek casscs' anu
tiem
that each page in each book be complete in Itself up 10
that stage OF progress"
Tho Southern Educational Convention Will
he held AZ Atlanta the first Wednesday IN February
1t will discuss the now before Congress- pro
yding for raising educational fnpd hon the safes
OF the public lands ana other sources to be distributed
among the states of years. upon the basis OF
ineracy and afterwards upon the basis OF school popu
laon and 10 he applied in the different States under
State school laws.
Mr. North has introduced bill i'll the Leg
fslature providing Tor the establishment OF commission
of the presidents of Columbia College Union college,
UamIlto3 COLLEGE, Rochester University ana Ccrhe1
University the purpose of examining the various
text books III use for the purchase OF tue right to the
free Use and publication of such books as ihy may Sc
leet The commissioners are instructed after sueh cH
animation to fix list of text books III spelilng readn",
arithmetic, geography and grammar FOR the use OF he
schools OF this STATE. The list Is TO he limited TO one
volume in each study except in reading ana after st
shall have been adopted no change is permissible in six
years
Dean On nbar. of the Harvard faculty, re-
,ogts favoraby regard to the voluntary system, but
adds an led to the belief that the best adjustment
OF tho matter would he that which should secure to the
higher scholars privilege which Is OF real value 10
them and should at the time act as stimulus up
Oh uiddie part of the class, where such action Is
needed, and most likely TO prodrcc good results This
l-f,ff IN .pixla
ward for certain desree OF scholarship. atainabie by
any diieou student moderate capacity, and forfeit
able in case of serious falng0f manifest abuse o;
the liberty u SYSTEM thus guarded might safely
be extended 10 the Junior well as the Senior Glass,
and 80 extended would bring a stimulating influence
t. bear early in the college course, while habits are
forming and ambition can still be easily awakened
An energetic writer i'll The Boston Transcript
Complains that high school education there is too
much textbook aid-memOry being made to do the work
OF sDaly Judgment reasoning too many studiee I'M
division of siudes too many nsuticientiy trained
teachers; and lack OF ethical instruction OF this last
fault he says: would sweep out great deal of the
study in schools 10 make for moral ptlos
ophy, for ethics and political economy II 10 q sefcv
dent fact that parents esseang their nome iustruc
tion. unfortunate truth to contemplate but, In
deed, truth More and more is home training vital
rules OF conduct aid motive transferred 10 the Sunday
school end 10 the public school We mls, recognize the
fact aud master the situation Pour free schools
instruction in morals ;hOrous IN dril IN ethics
ample stud. OF tho laws that should regulate the rea
ton orders labor and capital Secure teachers
OF recognized moral power and uublenishcd recitude
II DO honorable b!gE-lniDdcd, progressive
men and by this course, then must acknowl-
eGge permanent defeat"
The president of the Wisconsin State Uni
yersy cOntrades the Board OF Visitors to the health
OF the young women students. He says There wero
passing appearances, arising from the excessive
sudousness Of few not naturally strong, that gave the
criticism color of truth, and were doubtless the
grounds Of the conviction the minds Of the committee
These reasons, however, very partial aud by
means sufficient fOr the broad conclusions drawn from
them" Mr. BascOm declares further that the young
do their work with less effort than DO the young
and not inferior in their scholarship He adds
"The exact number OF students III collegiate and de
pendent is 3J7 OF tGis number, 90 young
women trine more than OleQgarter During the past
eight weeks the most trying weeks in the year for stu,
dents there have been 15j days Of absence from III
health oD the part Of the young men, aud IS the
part OF young women In addition to the above bill Of
Ill health against the young men, corresponding large
nUGlber " then have been compelled from the
cause to leave the University altogether I would not
sacrifice any OF health for scholarship but IL
has long seemed to Inc plain that young woman who
withdraws herself from society and gives herself judi
ciously to college is far better ccumst 1nccd
reference 10 health than the great majority OF her SEX,