The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-08-28
WHOLE NO. 245.

1t did not show that the how was stuD;5
ignorant but only thsst nobody had ever told
him what algebra was. y Wbeu he was a
teacher at Harrow and Marlborough, Canon
Farrar says he used often in Joke to tell his
pupils that no answer however ixnorant
could possibly amaze him. because ''they
had ossified the power of astonishcnenth
He furtheT relates that tone of the most
powerful and lucid lecturers who ever lived
told me that on one occasion be had been
delivesing lecture upon The Brain, which
seemeq TO him TO be ss clear as human words
could make it, but ar the end of the Iectare
LADY came srnaling up to him, compliment
ed him on the interest and value of his lec-
ture, but. she said, Professor Haxley. /
never knew before that we had some of our
brains outside our skullsp Ihsge heard that
at one OF the universities, student being
asked to describe the chiei source of revenue
in the Shetland isles, remarked that ne in
habitants 'aoq quired precaious subsistence
by washing one another's clothes wishout
its ever having; occurred to him how very
precarious 5venue obtained fron3 washing
one another's clothes would beln
The recent close of the acadcmicaI year in
France was soleInnized by the distribution
OF prizes at the Sorbonne, for which all the
public schools of the country had been per-
mitten to compete. The three chief prizes
those for higher NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
position and French composition fell
Tor the first time to one college, that of louis
lie Grand. in Paris The sa me I've se alscstook-
away p minor prizes and 9F''accesslts', ,, The
College Stanislas of Paris, received % prizes
and 81 ''aceessits" and neIs in order came
the chief lycees of the capstal-Oondors-st.
Corneille, st. Louis Fontaneo and others TO
the provinces only the prizes for geography
and chemistry were awarded through the
colleges of IeciouTe and Mont pellier : but on
the whole the provinces were immesya yarably
behind the city. A correspondent Of the
Fall Mall Gazette explains this curious fact
by pointing out how the maDs sgers- OF the
Paris schools strengthen their classes every
year with recruits from the brightest bows in
me country schools. Every August prizes
are distributed in each school iRthe coun.-
try, aside from those given at the general
distribution at the Sorbonne, so that a man
ager need only glance at the class lists
to find who are the long headed bows.
Every lycee in, Paris has a GER
tam number OF scholarships, some, Off
which are bestowed by favor of the govern
ment on the sons of needy gentlemen while.
the rest are at the disposal of the managers.
When boy has been selected in the coun-
try the arrangements with his parents are a,
mere question OF money, and of course they
will try to make the best terms for himyc In,
general the agreement is that the lad shall
get his board, schooling, clothes and pocket
money all free, and that bis travelling sex--
Penses shall be paid when he comes home
for the holidays This bargain may involve
an expenditure higher Than the vslue of the
scholarship, but an enterprising. manager, il
is intimated by Pail Malls correspondent,
will seldom hesitate to draw little on the
school funds in favor of boy who looks.
clever and is industrious ''On the whole"
concludes the correspondent, this artificial
forcing OF prize boys can not be said to have
much in its favor By all accounts, the
hoursiers are goaded on by the masters, who.
devote the largest share of their time to.
them, leaving ordinary pupils to shift for
themselves; 50 that the fact Of q school hav-
ing won number of prizes is no indication
of the education commonly given there. IL
only proves that the manager was lucky in
his scholastic speculations, and that be was.
very ably seconded by hls assistants in cram
ming particular boys; but il affords no guar
antee that the hundreds of other pupils in
the school-the paying ones-get an equal or
even a sufficient share of tutoriel attention.