New-York tribune., 1878-11-07
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

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and has many students.
Sir Henry Sumner Maine will resign, at the
Years end the Corpus Professorshp OF "
Oxford and n viii be converted II said into Protes
torship OF constitutional Law and Legal History
Professor Blackie has announced that only
81 500 s wanting OF the 100000 required Ior 'he eu
dovment Of the celtic Chair in Edinburgh uniVersNy'
professor will he appointed TO enter on his uu'ies ~
November, next year.
The professors and instructors at Yale nave
iust voluntarily relinquIshed per cent OF thc SALARIES
IN order to make up for the deficiency IN the college, III
come caused by shrinRage In the Vaiue Vi PioP0'' INV
securities held by that college.
At the meeting last week of the New-haven
Roard Of Education several plans OF devotional e1eT
riscs m the schools presented in addluOh 10 to
formula prepared bv the committee OF cIergymen Di'
Bacon argued ia support Of the latter ana ater n
further discussion the Board adjourned Without co"iDs
20 any decision.
A sneaker at the recent meeting OF the
New-Hampshre teachers complained that TWO He"I'
ago 600 persons wholly inexperienced IN eachlug oeE"n
that work I'm the state aud that this year stl larger
number OF the were admitted TO It's SCHOOL
rooms lie also stated that at least one school IN every
town was failure. Where are the Official s'atsues i'll
regard TO the teachers
The surgeon to the British National Training
School for Music advises that pupil should be augh'
that the lessons should last only for fifteen or twenty
minutes that the voice should DO practsed only OH
sofeggi or on open vowel Sounds and that the range
should not exceed an octave, better st should al
first be limited exercises the notes L Z" T. Chi-
dreu he SAYS should allowed to sing songs except
those written within the same moderate ralSe-a hlnt
that might be taken with advantage by the composers
Of nursery rhymes.
Mr.. Sherwood, who is principal of the First
District School in the German Third Ward Of Cincinnati
eays that the existing system Of teaching German ID
the notwithstanding with much German and endlng
with te-Is not helping the chhdrens German ana Is
running their English for they cannot avoid eoniuSing
words and idIoms, especially they speak only English
on the streets and in the schoOard have been PTn-
cipal Of this school for eleven years, and have never
vet heard the German children talk German on the play
ground OF 10 the halls Even German teachers, who
were this country, speak English TO each othef
the moment they get out Of their class rooms"
The Bishop of Manchester said recently IN
formal address that the result Of fcompetton some
wished 10 see the system OF examination Increased and
others extended but lie one. Of those who did not
Wish 10 see our institutions, whether social political or
Amercauized He had formerly the honor OF
reporting the school system Of America and wbe ad
hitting that the Americans were QuicR-witted people
he regarded their system OF teaching superficial and
considered that while their scholars secured smatter
ing everything at eighteen they forgot az twenty
i've He advocated thOrOughness. and, looking at the
great which had grown out OF tho old system, he
was inclined think that that was after ALL the best
He deprecated the Of manuals for crammlng' ana
also tendency Of the present to measure things
by the standard Of immediate utility.
"If pay man to cultivate q certain piece
Of land" says writer in The National Journal Of Edit
ration do expect TO spend some part OF every
day in manual labor among my vegetables and plants
II enough for him TO mark out spaces for potatoes
and corn and sQuashes and onions and tomatoes. and
-, t148awr IIaV 40 nil
THE, and IT, after all. am obliged to mix and powder
the earth 10 up gaps where the seed has not sprOued
90 pull weeds here and prune too rank luxuItance
there and smooth and water, and to do all this
order the work for which he receives money
may be thoroughly and proftablY dOne then may
fairly say that he has not fulfilled his agreement II is
probable that few have any adequate idea of the amount
of assistance aud instruction given by parents to their
children in the preparation Of their
given not grudgngy, but after ALL under protest. and
with consciousness that 1t should not be required"
Superintendent Mann, of San Francisco, is
person OF practical common sense In his recently
made report he says In speaking OF the salary question
Suppose salaries OF female teachers should be
duced on an average per annum San Francisco
would s hold the FIRST rank In regard to the wages paid
10 female teachers, and the amount saved would reach
100000 But no wishes to do ths Every one feels
that salaries paid to cultured and faithful corps Of
lady teachers little enough. We are proud OF the
ehyarous position We occupy, aud We have noble
Of saving money for the taxpayers out OF the
necessities OF deienceless women. The emolu-
ents Of the teachers profession are not such as to
attract men OF 6rstcass talent and energy. While
oces are thronged with able women anxious for en-
ployment we have comparatively few male applicants
and who could not reach the first rank In
sny other business profession Unt rst-elass law
yes ply sicaus editors and business feel at times,
that they made mistake in liie and would, the
whole have better satisfied had they chosen 10 be
teachers DO not think 1t be said that teachers
salaries are too high" This 10 the wsest statement
on this matter that has been mads in long time School
boards will probably realize sometime that It practi-
eay good policy to pay the best possible price for the
best possible capacities.
The practice of hazing and of cruelty gener-
ally by students In colleges aud schools Is curious
commentary the much talked Of growth Of cvilza-
tion" Nothing could be brutal and unmanly aid
ally than tho hazing performances In many colleges;
and yet they 20 year after year, each class following
Its leader like OF geese, afraid TO be guilty OF
diversity. Its practice degrading 10 every one con-
cerned It, and B not pleasant 10 find so respectable
publication The Dartmouth printing lame letter in
support OF Il from alumnus IL ought 20 be ques
tOn closed far favorable arguments In public
schools cruelty has not the recognized form OF "haZng"
but wild beast instinct sometimes finds expression
In as violent way In Dayton, Ohio, the other day.
happened q thing thus described by a journal OF
that city: "sOme boys at the intermediate school,
while acting up after school the evening took hold Of
cOmrade Clarence Powers and said they would throw
him down stairs. lie held TO the banlsters, and they
,aught hold OF his feet and pulled trying to bin,
lie begged them to desSt, they were hurting him
out they only laughed thinking that he foollng.
When they did let co. however he tainted and had to be
carried his home. After he arrived there he did not
TO be much hurt, but the next morning he com
planned Of severe pain in the side. Dr. JENNINGS
called, and upon examination, said that the boy had
strained and injured internally Inflammation
set ill., and last Tuesday night IL o'clock after suf