New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-07-18
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

There are 400 colleges in this country, with
An aggregate OF 370O professors there are tWentnhe
universities in the German Empire with 2O,229 stu
dents.
Il il proposed in Chicago that colleges and
normal schools shall have Professor OF Current HIS
tory and Business News whose duty it shall be TO teaen
students toundersand all the news OF the day a. gwen
in the daily papers. Each days news II Is PropOSo
shall be read and discussed, any points In II wmch are
not thoroughly understood being explained by the pro-
fessor.
The number of children in San Francisco
between the ages OF FIVE and seventeen Is oo'sS9 OF
whom 233 are negroes and four Indians. The NUMBER
under five years. Of all classes is 24,3S9, making totai
under seventeen years Of S0,28S, OF whom loVo aro
MOngolians or the white children OF sehool age "no
have not attended any school during the past year. there
are 16,147 The returns do not mention any Mongon""
children as having attended any school.
A committee of the Board of Education OF
Memphis has reported Of reduction OF teach
ers, salaries Head-teaohers it is recommended, shall
be paid $50 per month and assistants $50 compar-
son OF probable expenses for the coming year. on the
basis Of the old salaries, with the supposed income
showed a deficit OF 1928 &c. and stern unreienuhg
necessity" left "po other alternative In the essae
of expenditures the committee consider IT impaccaDe
with the present means to continue the high-school
The salaries of teachers at Wilmington also have been
reduced.
The removal of books from the old part OF
the library building Harvard College to the new has
been progressing for three months past but is not YET
completed. There floors in the new WING all
constructed Of perforated iron, with view to thor
ough distribution of heat air and light The shelves
which stand on each of these floors Of wood with
frames Of iron Additional book space is secured for
$50 600 volumes when all the books shall be removed
into this wing the old portion Of the building VIII DC
remodelled after the plan, entirely hre-proOi
structure being secured with shelving in the whole
for half a million volumes.
At a recent meeting of the Boston SchoOl
Board the committee on textbooks proposed several
changes in the methods Of elementary instruction one
Of them was that the Of spelling books be cropped
lessons in spelling be taken hereafter from the DOCKS
which the pupils are reading from lists prepared Oy
the teachers with special reference to the particular
wants OF each class For reading 1t is suggested that
certain number Of sets Of the various readng6ooks IN
use be purchased by the city to be kept as circulating
library and lent to the various schools for limited time
t the request of the principals The advantages OF this
plan would be- is said that the present system owing
TO it's limited range gives the pupil but little exercise IN
reading sight, since from long of books he learns
to know the selections by heart this difficulty variety
Of books would obviate. The increased expenditure
which would be entailed by the change is counerba
anced by reductions recommended in other directions
In the British Parliament two weeks ago,
added to the list OF studies In which schools shall
secure payment for what they may accomplish. SINH
lar proposition was advanced by him some time ago.
and Mr. Forster made speech in which he opposed 1t as
impraeeable and asserted the superiority Of history as
subject Of school discipline. Now however Mr. Forster
warmly supports the suggestion, saying he had pre-
yiously misunderstood II as designed to be made more
OF less compulsory in ell the schools. The Examiner
says: sr John has long been trying in every direction
to get our system Of education In all its grades made
less booksh and let boys and girls have at least
chance Of being something about the properties
OF things the world round themas well as having their
minds stored with the facts and principles Of history
geography and grammar. He has had great difficulty
in convincing people that the elements OF natural
science really much SIMPLER and more ineligible TO
the minds of children than much that is at present
sedulousy driven into their by the schoolmaster"
The schools of Atlanta, Ca, are suffering
seriously for want Of money. larger income Is needed
TO maintain them at their present degree Of efficiency
70 enghen the school year. Is desired, and that the
capacity the schools may be enlarged that all who
wish to attend them may be accommodated As the city
debt already exceeds cent Of the assessed valuation
the Constitution limits increase for any purpose what
ever even Il the people should will It, 1t is proposed
by The Constitution that TO relieve theschOOs the float
ing debt be funded into per cent bonds and that sink
ing provided for the purchase Of the bonds at
the rate Of $4,000 year. At present Oneduarter
Of the real estate tax about $4,000 year, set aside
for the payment Of the floating debt This difference Of
$4,000 would be sufficient, it is claimed TO maintain
the schools Then order TO provide source OF rev.
enue for the sinking fund.- proposed to put in
ton the Moett Register which has been used with sue
cess at Richmond during the past ten months. The sum
Of $4,000 year would be secured in this way, which,
added the sinking fund arrangement, would yield all
that is needed for both schools and sinking fund.
A new scheme for the management of the
grammar school at Bury st. Edmunds founded by King
Edward VI, has just been published The present gov
ernng body reconstructed with the addition Of SIX
Others four TO known nominated governor" and
two as representatives" The present headmaster A.
H. WrasIau the slavOnic scholar, will retire, after
twenty-three years Of service with pension OF s2O0
year. The governors will be obliged to consult the head
master respecting the general arrangements which it
will be their duty for the school but In the an
terna organic tOD Of the school the head-master will
have supreme authority Assistant-maSters however,
who may establish clearinghouse at their own
pense win not it is gravely said be dismissble by the
head.master without the consent Of the governors.
Residents Of Bury st. Edmunds, by ancient custom
called Royasts," will enjoy reduction Of Onethird
upon all fees No boy will be admitted under nine years
Of age Religious instruction will be In accordance with
the doctrines of the Church of England subject, how
ever to strict conscience clause 1t 10 expected that
new buildings will be begun soon possible, and
many benefits result hererOm for both school and town
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