New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-05-09
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

sixty-one school districts in Nebraska fur
nish textbooks gratis - pupils.
The average salary of the Baltimore teachers
Ia sGl1 aud the School Board is sensible enough TO re-
solve 10 economist in school furniture and tehDoohS
rather than by reducing salaries.
The commencement orGtiOns, for TINS year,
nj Williams have been arranged upon an excellent plan
Each Grafton will treat of single phase OF one geneiai
theme7ihat theme being France
The Quaker sect has agreed that Earlham
College is TO It's principal school in the west ana
Hayerford College its Eastern school All other Quaker
colleges in the West TO be reduced 10 preparatory
schools This outstanding of resources for the growth OF
thoroughly good college is worthy OF wise and un-
pretentous people
The Normal School of the University OF
North Carolina which successful last year. VIII
be resumed this Summer with additional instruction;
teachers OF special geography ana nRPdrawhC' {" 'uv
kindergarten system of clocuton and OF Phi'oog! wiz
be employed well as the teachers OF last year ~
Sears win continue his gifts from the Peabody iHnn'
practical agricultural experiment farm may possibly DC
set working by the university.
At the recent conference OF head-mlstlessea
and others engaged or interested in the higher education
Of women England, the question whether Latin shoud
be taught generally the basis Of instruction in higher
schools for girls discussed aud decided IN the AZ
hrmative by an overwhelming majority. On tho qo-s-
ton of mathematics all agreed llht ScOnio'IA
taught and most OF those present that Algebra snoud
likewise 10 regard to natural science there wac
great divergence of opinion the best subject to oe
taken up.
4 writer in The Educational Weekly very
wisely SAYS 81 am convinced that in the primary school
is the place TO the seedsnOt only OF the thousand
and one things which are unOushiDSy demandedE Row
but Of the rudnents Of grammar, which Is nothing
more nor correct forms Of speech The teacher
CHI al a
from her hand without THANK you," and equally
with this return the acknowledgment herself Things
should not BE- demanded they should lie reQsicd giving
the little one the unconscious feeling OF bestowng
favor-thus essening the need of enforced discipline.
for that is what il really does. DO you say you cant
keep school sol Try it and see"
The work of women in the public schools is,
on the WHOLE excellent Those who failures arc not
in fault, is the imperfect system which permits ed
Gated unapt girls to take charge of lower grade schools
that deserves blame. Tn: Cincinnati Commercial says
Of the competent teachers THE work in theer grades
the hardest steadest and most perplexng work in our
whole system instruction. is done by the 800 and
S7OO women teachers 1t would be the basest n6rat.-
tude TO cut down their scanty earnings and It would
seriously affect the usefulness Of the schools besides
The best teachers the district schools could certainly
do better work for less wages than many good
shop-gir gets."
Mrs. Sails Schwabe, German lady, has de-
voted large part her private fortune to the establish
ment immense free school in Naples. The Italian
Government after she been work, granted her
a vast runous building, formerly medical college.
This edihce Mrs. Schwabe has gradually repaired and
adapted at cost OF many thousand pounds There are
about go pupils in the schools coud be accommo'
dated if the funds could permit the employment Of more
teachers and instructive facilities Besides ordinary
elementary schools, there exists kindergarten,
and also industrial schools and training institution for
teachers the Fr0bcl system The last two are but the
commencement Of what meant 10 be large lnstitu-
tons The National Government Of Italy, the Govern
ment of the Province and the Municipality OF Naples all
contribute large the support OF the school which
is philanthrOpc rather than missionary in character
The only form OF religious teaching is scripture history
The parish priest has to the children of bis
German
The University of Oxford Commission has
made report which the Commissioners say that they
think that natural science and law madequatey pro-
vided for that there the stpends Of the professors
too disprOportoDae. Some of the chairs-such as
Greek Latin, law, philosophy, geometry chemistry
fessiona foundations Especially where there two
chairs for subject should be reconstructed con-
solidaed New CHAIRS should be established for English
language and literature for pure mathematics mechan-
ics, and engineering for Persian, French. romance,
or neo-Latn and for classical Archaeology with stipends
OF varying values They suggest that the stipend Of the
Regus Professor of Medicine should pc lowered consd
erng that oxford should rather be preliminary than
practical school OF medicine They contemplate the 6s
tablishment OF readerships in the classical and
modern language history, and law, together with read
ers in human and comparative anatomy. They recon-
mend also the formation Of museum OF classical art
and archaeology and Oh additional lecture rooms etc.