New-York tribune., 1878-10-03
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

Oberlin's income last year is SAID to have
lacked $500 of meeting expenses
Michigan's primary school fund for the past
year amounted to $234 541-50 cents for each pupil
Brown University has now an income really
greater than before and negotiable funds amount
ing to over 100000.
An endeavor to reduce the number of special
music teachers four been defeated
in the San Francisco Board Of Education.
Harvard has a freshman class of about 22O
members One hundred and thirtyn courses Of lee
lures given I'm the college this year. the most popular
one being probably Professor NOrtOns on Fine Arts
Magazines and newspapers have been for
several years used with excellent effect in the reading
classes OF the Plymouth Qnd) schools. The compost
conversation of the pupils have been improved
IN remarkable degree and the love Of good reading and
desire for further instruction have been stimulated
Nebraska University has now two thoroughly
organized coeges-that Of Literature Science and ART
and the Industrial College. The former has five courses
of study years each besides preparatory course
two years long; the latter has three courses-two agr
cultural varying in length, and one IN civil engineering
Professor George H. Hooper, a graduate of
Princeton has been made professor OF Greek and the
modern languages in Syracuse University. Professor
H. Isley, graduate Of Harvard, and for four years
musical student abroad has been appointed teacher OF
RN-'N'N~@
economy to the last two terms OF the course.
A committee appointed to consider the ques-
tion OF cutting down school expenses in New Haven
have reported In favor of reducing the salaries Of teach
ers from 10 to per cent the meeting at which this
report was presented Professor Sumner made speech
IN favor Of large salaries teachers and the best kind OF
education for rich and poor alike at the public expense
The subjects for prize essays at Union Col
lege for next have been named For the
Ingham prize: "Whitter's Qualities and Influence as
Poet" and Causes Indicating the English as the Flu
ture International Language of the World" For the
English Literature prizes: "The Literary Value OF
Dckeus's Works" and Moral Obligations OF the Pubic
Press" The Ingham prize Of $40 demands an essay OF
at least 900 words The total number of newcomers
70 the college is within three of the number in last years
class
The annual congress of the teachers of the
Belgian primary schools, which is held this year at
Buges voted that the programme Of primary instruc
ton ought 70 be composed OIL the elements OF natural
sciences 2, the elements Of mathematics intuiuve
geometry included g. the native language; a. draWing
g. writing but not cagraphy 6, gymnastics y sing
ing; g. geography; g. the National history. The ten
dency OF the congress simplify the educational pro-
gramme much possible, in order to make theeach
ing more thorough
A demand for textbooks untinged with sec
honal or scctarian ideas is made by The Raleigh N c.
Ne,rs "And lust here VIC say" it adds without dwelling
further on this point without caring who takes exce
ton to the sentiment that should cause to be rgo
ousy excluded from schools In the South any his
tory for instance, that in treating OF the late war;
speaks of the Southern people traors any reader
for instance that parades choice specimens OF rhe
oric or elocutOnary capablty sectional datrbes; OF
any geography for instance that exhibits vast climatic
or physical advantages existing in the OF prejudice
of one section another"