New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-08-07
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

NOIES YIN EOOOh ~"
GEORGETOWN College Kentucky, offers free
,i,,on 70 tnrcs YOUNG nou from each county Oh 'i'
Biate
Mr. Edward Mcpherson is quoted as saying
,n, tnre ro hardly Ave per cent of tho graduates
en- colleges Of tlyis country who good speiieE''
Tho University of Edinburgh having become
recessed o, bsqucst for iOaat NJ oeoir "i 'H'
Artst. abo,,t 10 ogganizs suca a oepar''nen"
Countv Superintendent Wade, OF west VI
- h.,ng .nDleA sysierS Of graduation VITA app
nos 70 divers country schools, recommends II Us u'
in all such scacois
The natSonal teaching of drawing IN Paris
noe now bees ,aeGniSoly agreed upon Ire cav
ren Lectures en- prt and there are 10 be 100 soA'o
for boys IS Tor girls Al classes fer aanlts eoH00 Ava
men aRa 4 for wSmen.
The National Educational Association has
called upsn Congress appropriate pue'fc i'''"s ="
,tntata svsln Of teehsioal edsoaston for youAa We
men, us 1t has done for yeuRE sIea. II Wall plo'~'y ~
long time before Congress does any tang Oh IA" ''
Alabama had last year a school population
of214 720 whites and leO.71S BLACKS; bail 81 AeS0 a"
tended seAosl TIE soseol luHd Ger tho year was
COZ e24 90 bis SUN sipJpeita 100 puo0c Seh"~s
,,o tl.p four psonlh b. bso average exPeH"l'eIV p
n rita befae u cents per msntb OF teo "h'A0 ''I -
peDdod TIE ooIeI-d scAoois CO. Sl3Szle'
snperintendent Rckof, of Cleveland, com
o,aips hat the prozrunfsSs Of cur SCHOOLS arc owe
crowded. aas hat Ley do Bot GfteT too oosi co1c'O
~ raeptel neral and physical developmest-even the
fundamental branches OF good Enshsh eo"oa' ion a.
neglected. And adds that 1t is not TIE A' o'" "
new branches hut the growth Of the old when aas
caused the chief difficulty; the work required ~
Tho study of reading, arithmetic grammar ana ~
graphy In our best schools TO-DAY, 10 lie siS'' ~
10 ten tunes greater than II was iH the sshe su ~
art NJ
One Of the most forcible arguments asainS.
coynpulssry eaucatioD IN titics n made IN tAe oyu
roport Of superintendent Field, OF Brooklyn Vi t'ose
rant r,,ptIs yho-s attendance enforced ne saws
In consequence of their long neglect OF the
suay IL was found necessary 70 place tess un'oi'N
pste youtzs IN the classes with pupAS se"'coN
more than half their age, TO whom the conSoh Oh '
VICES was douoy infectious from the influence ol '''H
snperor strength and greater years III mai! '"s'S
these CLASSES consisted 81 both sexes, and was 10 u
oo,or,op occnrreuee to observe delicate and caTeIUb
nurtnrea little girls Of seven 10 ten years OF age e''
SIDE lv side with ha-cothed. hardieatured youtus VI
twelve aud fourteen years, in whose appearance 'De ~
tidy dress aud uuceauJ hands and faces were INC io
repusiye featurte'
The Teachers Committee of the Rochester
1oro Of Tauoatiou has iust disn gushed itse + might
iv Il recommended to the Board that the saSrloso'
The male principals OF tie schools should be eit as teF
were last year while those OF the assistant teachers
shonld be lowered from SIS 20 $50 each Inc reis"h
given for this recon pendauOR this very lame oe
In Justification % Our IN recetameRding sghI
seduction ia the salaries OF the assistant eecLcIs ana
nor of the principals would say that your eonnie"
have determined 10 hold The principal oil tAeA sc'o
strictly responsible 70. the success Of every craze b
their school We viii endesvor furnish each principal
with AZ efficient carps Of assistants but II The Tea Aer o.
Grade fas 20 do the werk assigned her IN tie manner
fl should be done It the duty Of the principal 70
promptly report such case and ask Tor a compe'eA'
teacher ID her stead. This your committee propose 10
do in every case so that failure in single grade OF
school II allowed 10 continue, must be tie failure OF The
rrpcpal who shuld be treated accordingly. In view
of this respons bhty, which propose here
after strictly 10 enforce with every princi-
nal. your committee did not deem It wise
90 reduce the salaries Of principals" Another
reason gwen was St1le IL would be hard TO get
competent principals at lower prices there were plenty
Of good teachers to hadtEeFefore according 20 the
reasoning OF the committee the teachers would be
forced to endure starvation prices Although these
teachers are women, and might be trusted not TO be
troublesome over this piece Of injustice the rest OF the
Board appeared 10 find its committees arrangement
rather hard morsel TO swallow. They accordingly voted
an amendment BY which $50 taken from the salaries
Of each Of tae male principals As arranged, the
hichest Raary paid Rochester TO the female teacLtr
of longest experience and greatest capacity is exactly
the noble OF $45O year!