New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-09-26
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

The Ohio State University has freshman
class OF ninety members The University OF Rochester
has hfty-the other classes being large also.
Brown University has now freshman class
Of about sevenyve and has also additions to the owner
classes The faculty has been increased, ana numbers
no tutors nor proeors and but two or three assistants
The seniors at Amherst have chosen their
optiopal studies as follows: History, 65 Astronomy.
AO Geology o. Hereafter the marks Of each term VIII
be continued during tho year instead Of being cancelled
at the end OF each term
Union College has about fifty new students,
thrty.eght Of these being freshmen Nearly oneDaii
take the scientific course Two indians, from Indlan
Territory are among the number The Wolfe Art depart
ment is being more thoroughly organized
The enrolment in the public schools OF
Richmond for the rst two days Of the session last week.
reached the number OF 2O0-2 42l being eoored pupils
It is said that about thousand children cannot DC
taught at all this session. chiefly for want OF iunus'
sehoOlrooms and other necessaries
There is excellent good sense in this para
graph from The Philadelphia Press The great END OF
education is not information but personal vigoT ana
character What makes the practical man is not the
wel-informed man, butI the alert disciplined seneoin-
manded man. There have been highly trained ana ac-
complshed In days when knowledge OF geography
hardly went beyond the islands and mainland OF Ine
Levant. There powerful English writers long DC
fore Indley Murray wrote his Latinized English gram
mar What should be understood thoroughly Is that
examining education 1t is mistake TO cover 100
much ground and to seek to make youth conVersant
simply with the largest number Of studies Let them
learn few things and learn them well Let the per
sOna influence Of the teacher be relied upon rather han
books and elaborated methods"
An article in The Educational Weekly criti-
cses unfavorably plans Of industrial education II
the State It says acknowledges or assumes the oD-
cation 90 teach children to saw, TO plane, to morse,
etc. at what point in the life of the ctzenpup will the
State be rid Of Its obigaOni II it teaches boy to DE
aearpenter Is it not bound to furnish him with carpen-
ter work do when he becomes mani II with pater-
nal it brings boy as blacksmith OF If 1t even
takes pans develop in him special adaptation to that
calling how can II itself for turning him adrtt
unemployed when his schOOdays endi We foresee the
attempt turn position by applying the argument
to the present system Of education, and our answer
ready when there is occasion to give it, But we insist
the only wise policy for the State to pursue is to
lmpart education which apple to and benefits all
men alike"
The Senate of the University of London
has taken the necessary Official action in reference to
the admission Of to degrees. Female candidates
viii be admitted forthwith to the matricuaton exami-
naOn and all such as have already passed the general
examination for women viii be considered as having
matriculaed and will be admissible (after the required
IntervaD frat degree examination in either OF the
faculties Further with view to the special eneour
agement Of female candidates desiring to go through
Educational Trust have instituted two exhibitions one
Of $780, the other Of 500 per annum enable for two
years. the female candidates who pass highest in the
hOnors division at the matriculatlon examination;
and two exhibitions Of $780, the other Of $3.50 per
annum tenabe for years, to the female candidates
who pass highest at the first BA examination, to assist
them 10 pursuing their studies at some collegiate nst-
tuition approved By the trustees with further reward
OF gold medal book prize Of the value Of 800 to the
female candidate who passes highest at the second BA
examination. These rewards quite independent OF
those granted by the University and may be held in
conjunction with them.
The fine old University of St. Andrew now
grants degrees to Its Lterate Of Arts Degree
Certificate" which is at their disposal is equya
lent in honor and in the srngency Of the previous ex
amnations to the MA degree for men. The subjects
for examination for the most part those taught in
the University ITSELF but to these have been added his
tory and the French, German and Italian languages
with their teraures Candidates must pass in four Of
these at least being language must pass in two
and gam honors in TO receive title. One subject
may be taken in each year. and should the candidate
pass this pass viii count toward the title for the
year Six ladies have this year succeeded In obtaining
degree and upwards Of thirty having passed taken
hOnors in subjects, far on their way
toward It, The distinctive feature in the St. Andrews
scheme, and deserving Of consideration is that II
allows women to graduate as LA who take only one
subject year. and who spread their study and cOmpet
ton period Of two three, four years. according
as the candidate takes fewer subjects a time
The value Of this plan IN avoiding the risk Of cram"
Is obvious. Not only is the knowledge likely to be
thorough, well permanently retained by its
slower assimilation, but the danger to health arising
from the mental strain consequent crowded exam
Ination is removed.