New-York tribune., 1879-04-10
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

sty OF Edinburgh is vacant The emoluments OF this
position are said to amount TO about $4,000
The report of the president of the French
commission appointed examine the American schooi
system spelks vita cordial appreciation OF the hsh
Schools
II is still uncertain whether Mr.. Ruskln VIII
be candidate for icGect to the slsde FroiesSorsP
OF Art, at Oxford; it depends upon his nnc'ua.ns
health Many candidates have already sent III 'hei
names
The st. Louis school authorities are follow
tnc Boston's example in cutting down drawing luo
course in their schools is to he so simlted as 20 pe
successfully taught by their teachers unoer tue UNIV
zion of single supervisor.
Michigan has passed law giving parents
the right to send their children 10 schools OUTSIDE inc
districts wherein they reside, provided that they pay
taxes in such districts The time Of attendance is nm
tied to the ratio of the taxes paid by such
divided by the whole cost Of supporting the schools
There are TO be six more scholarships III
Harvard College. Mr. Charles l. Jones, late oi '"in
bridge having beQueatheG $4,000 for the PURPOSE VI
founding them. Mr.. Jones also gave slo'ooO 10 'io
Vermont Academy Of which he had previously been "
nonofac,or Again Mrs NorehOuse. O. Liverpool, N
v has bestowed 100000 upon Syracuse University
These frequent gifts TO institutions OF learning nocse
an increasing nberali'v in particular dlrecu"hi anu o
far "a endOwments are concerned, there need ne ho
anxiety respecting the future prosperity ol HVS' "
our colleges.
II is stated that the system of examinations
twice year is on ITS ast legs at Oxford 10 "u tne
Final Honor Schools that Of Law there VIII oe
for the future only one annual examination us ru-
mored that the University will soon be ashed 10 con-
,ider a scheme for aflatng with oxford and Gam
bridge such local colleges as may be esta'heu il TIC
large towns The scheme provides that the UhNcIsiN
shall admit students from these colleges VINO nave
reached certain stage Of proficiency ana 10 "Ho"
them If they can 10 take their degree after two instead
OF three years residence
Bdrness Educational Monthly contrasts the
positions Of cersymeu and tepcher> with some SsP'i'S
"The one" It says "is kept il has place for years N
successon with no though; OF abrupt change Ael
nble 10 dress AMI cat we'll HIS worldly c'res ana WORK
during the week are slight. He moves IN the best so
ciety and IS honorcd, petted and loved WIN l"e
average teacher the case is different BE IS 'oIMehcu
With the Of annual change HIS saaiy Is Ne-Ic
and his influence slight Ic livcs in mortal fear 0! the
jeaouses OF denominations, ana has 10 run the gauntlet
Of irate old maids. fslltfndng church members ana
the downright opposition OF the general uHgOdy world
He Is SAINT if he keep his ace ana temper Iohs
The number of scholars in average attend
ance at tue British elementary schools last year was
oAO5197. The average attendance NJ Church OF Eng
land or National schools 1,3CSO20; at British,
and other schools not connected with Chnrcn
OF England 35l 7s5: at Roman Catholic schools l2b
8O5; and at Board schools 559O7s The average grant
I'm all elementary schools SO 70 per capita On the
average attendance The average income Of school
masters in voluntary schools Is $3.50; OF schooimiS-
tresses, 1885. The salaries of schoomasteTs In the
board schools are 5s5 Of the schoomistIesses, S8S5
The toa grant TO elementary schools last year was
$9.1O2,240.
The new educational bill in the Belgian
Chambers provides tina, for The future r"liFlous H.
strucuon shall he impaired in The schools OF that
country by the ministers the different denominations
IN person room is be apart for them IN each
school, and there they will be free TO como daily and
teach egon long they please either before or
after class hours but they Will no longer Oe suffered 10
interfere with the lay teachers WORK. aud they VIII
have any control over tho schools as inspectors
An additional clause the biz provides for the esta
lshment Of three Normal schools There are already
two), and enacts that all teachers desuous OF being
appointed to state or communal schools must graduate
IN these establishments
1t is reported that the intermediate educa-
ton hitherto carried by the Commissioners OF Ma
tioua Education in their model schools IN Ireland a. III
all PROBABILITY, about to be discontinued. In these
schools alone tho Commissioners adhered rgdy 10 the
fundamental rule Of admitting a mixed attendance OF
pupils Protestant and Catholic, and the consequence
has been that Roman Catholics have been forbidden by
their religious superiors 60 attend them, and they be-
came thus practically deAomuatiOnal institutions. OF
which the Presbyterian booy have largely svaed them
selves The expense Of keeping M the extra teaching
I'm these schools having become uuueoessay sug-
geston has madc hy the Government 10 the Com
missioner, OF National Education that it should be dis
Continued
At recent meeting or the Board Of Super
ysors Of sau Francisco the opinion Of tAe majority
seemed to he against the reduction Of teachers, salaries
"The salary list said one supervisor, should be ID"
last touched All fresh tc,nOmsts make the mistake Of
cutting down e. ios hrst. Tie school teachers de-
serve all they receive Ata previous meeting of the
Board Of Education, one member said that good me
chamc got - per day, or N24 per week ! smart boy
learns his trade I'm three years school teacher
enters school years Of and remains there until
about eighteen, before he she Is qualified to teach
and then gets SO per month Hc did not believe that
mechanic wond wlsb 70 reduce woman's salary under
these circumstance Principals undoubtedly eot too
much ard there many special teachers who might
be dispensed with.
A candidate for a teachers position in San
FraI .islO sent the other remarkable eKamtna
tion paper she was asked spell the following words
and give their definitions: Vacllatiou, hcroCyphics
antcduyiai, aphorism, bivoUac cooicl. halucnatlon
inveigle periphery. She spelled and defined them as
follows; ''vlSsiatOu-the act Of being vassil bye
rochphc7 lccrrect denitouJ; arteduyian-the ar; OF
loOsening down before, as il were; ahphorsin-a
rising beforehand; hivouac Twas unable 10 defuel
c0iisscl-relatiug to code, law or rule; hal
lusenatou-a strange IOOseuing separation, as il
were; invctglc-sOmewhat strange; unnatural" Sew
eral others who we're examined spelled ard defined
come OF the words IS follows: ouperaauted-the
state Of being or-eXertei; bivi0uc-oIcItemeDt,
rayety; codioie ooudn't dedDc; perrfery Icouldu't
dehncl: hallucinatou-act Of rejoicing blessing;
hivouac-AmeIicon bIsh-hguung." one young lady
who received 72l9 per cent defines lalucinatiOn as
"tbe condition of being made clear"
From the beginning Of the next October
Term al Oxford Will De able 10 avail themselves
OF lectures on all and thana. the subjects taught
20 undergraduates. EXAMINATIONS will tes' their
ACQUISITIONS and exubitions-'aat to sav przcs-wn
reward their proficiency. The London Times very truly