New-York tribune., 1879-09-11
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

with eighty freshmen or number thirteen are I'D
the Chandler Scientific Department
I.ehigh University has JUS begun Its Au-
tumn term with freshman GLASS oi forty menoers que
Cainam an passed brilliant examination sixty c"nui
date. rejected
Another Hall for the ladies attending the
,ectures Of tn Association the Higher Education ol
Women is about be opened at Oxford IL seNpeo'ou
that the hall will be full al tn opening
At the late commencement of Wooster Uni
versity a Young Creek Indian took the frat Latin rrize
gold modal for scholarship during the seuor pre-
paratory yesr and best examination for entrance 10
the freshman class.
At the recent Oxford Local Examinations
el6S candidates oXamiucd-55l OF this "ui"'gi
being seniors Five hundred ana forty % them p"'seu
nmoug them being 90 girls or the l+l2 juniors o''
were successful, 2lI being girls
President Brewer, of the New-YorS state
Teachers Association asserts with great good sense
that the teacher Who docs not by Preceli ana 'A"o
im,art moral instruction his pupils should be Hcd
10 have failed essentially in tue proper discharge o Ms
duties.
The children Of the very poor and of those
who live only Will not be calico upon 10 ''
school fees under the system M Belgium Inc an
ruai remun ration Of those who give religious
instruction I'm The Communal Primary schools has been
lxcd az 100 francs for each class
AT LAFAYETTE College the department oi
rhetoric ana ho lcsctt,cs les been improved ana sra
engineering and laval and military architecture nave
been added q branches taught IN the college Lieu
tenant woTthinltou of the United states Navy h'S
been detailed 10 t~ke charge Oi 'heee s'u"''S' i
Hal Is being rebuilt
Professor Madyig, the celebrated classical
,che,rnnd uhiolos has beon oDg ged by ais inereas-
i-c weakness OF ssht TO resign tho Chir of Latin
Language and Literature which he has held for MY
years IN the Uuivesity or CopeuhaScn Five years a;o
b. rcs..u,d iAe oace of genera! Inspector Of the hgh
schools of Denmark-a position which lie had held for
many years.
One hundred and ninety applicants for adj
mission - Yale l ssed the June examinations. Thirty
were reec..d The faculty now allow all osndidAte''
conditioned OF not conditioned enter al tho beginning
al the year. pern,i.ng those With conditions To pass
them IA; before at tic end OF the year Inc
Autumn entrance examinations began on IHeto"y "LG
TIE term begins to-day.
At Brown University, the whole number OF
students for year has been 243. Out Of the II ad
aitted to the Freshman Glass year SO were con-
dloncd IL decided that freshmen shall have
- elective studies Tho president declaring that they
aicu1t lifted to decide what they most need He SAYS
f'so that neither are sophomores enough further ad-
Ni.ceG 10 AZ them Their studies except
vl,sn very narrow hm!ts and undor careful ana ate
gent guidance
NJ Bardoux, ex-MiniSter of Education, com
planned the ting OF tho French Association
~ the Advancecnt Of So 'nce thar TOO much import
nrco was atisc words IN the present school sys
tiA: preparing Tor oxsInlulti now tie great
prcoccupajiOn The Of this fault be dee AIRED "a
H. :hc utp city Of special schools. the necessity Of
limits age. often very the desire TO get en-
poy1aut possible. aud tie pressing forward
of tr democracy. lie add ,lat the system could only
Io improved. but 10; changed.
Many of the students Of the Chinese mission
81 Hartford ne enerug thc colleges and polytechnic
,f fr Ola a,d arf he d'p
Autumn. These Chinese students. while b. tho pre-
paratory schoos have shown themselves 10 be remark
It.y intelligent industrious and persistent Five OF
them gone into the Yale Academic Freshman Class;
three OF tnen the sheffield Scientific Schools two
have entered Columbia; Que has gone 10 Amherst; one
e. the Boson School OF Technology, and one TO Troy
Polytechnic School
The st. Louis School Board in resolving TO
slqos noas rolorei teachers N 'he coored schools
Leio-rcr. provided of Gltysix OF these teachers
Inc ottcu0auee /, sand 20 have increased, ana cooId
parents are taking greater interest in the s"noos.
can.e iu the study and craluI oi these schools has
been advocated on he around that the coor,d
child school AZ twelve Of his parents
lot hone able TO keep hm there beyond that The
present of suay is The Same as hat In the white
schools. II Is thought that IL can be- arranged in such
mannor az make Tho colorei chd's si1 years study
I.u,nt Aip more than at present.
Tie Si1te Board Of Examiners of South
Carolina have resolved not recommend az present
any changes in School law OF Their state Pohey-
tx that tie annual examination oi the rUblc
school teachers REQUIRES more lh0r 90 The Comfy
Boards OF Examiners than they should hc ex-
pectci 70 give without compensation, the Stote Board
las ordered that under certain conditions lie County
p ars shall have authority fret grade ccrt-
Gates annually FOR not exceed three years ahd
aso o. reuow second grade certificates annually f0r a
time not TO exceed two years Tho state Board finished
IS work hv holding examination % applicants ior
teachers state certificates. One white and three co'or,
candidates presented Themselves and pssoG after
cclient examination.
The new Bulgarian educational project.
which to be discussed by tie Legislators in Novemb
rrovdcs taat elementary instruction snail be obligatory
und grstutous for every Bulgarian cAll. the school
course % extend wears IN the country and over
ei-ht years IN the towns. EvcIy country commune s
10 Pc Obliged provide st least school with three
classes ana 20 pay al least teacher at it,
III Government is 20 build midde-class schools IN al
TIE largor towns gymnasium pro-gymnaslun. what
the Germaus cali Rs1LSCiUle and commercial school
II viii also establish university two lyccuIus four
tsirngschoos for teachers ana four theological sem
inarics Tho town commuuo VIII be- invited to found
technical schoos There said TO bo TO doubt that this
sysiem VIII ne accepted ond established
In the London Board schools all assistant
msgossos and fcnsio pus teachers after the second
year required 90 teach cutting out. and all other
branches q ce 20 ilo cldIen lnd Their charge
Ta you 4so~ pupils ars TAUGHT IccillwCI Tor three
lar week during afternoon school girls In the Older
c'asscs are tsu 20 four hours week. The materials
quired an, supplied by a r,quist0u npon the Head
Oc,c. m,to once quarter, every teacher hciu-
l.id responsible ios tae sanc and required
to account Tor d. Every betdtoachor also required
10 .posc TO The bs Of her ability o. the articles made
b. she Children al these garments sold at cost
price including tie various erai- put into them. but
not tho implements us~d Tor masinc thein In every