New-York tribune., 1879-10-30
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

mai College have been placed by Dr. sears at TIE
disposal OF oouta Caro!na's scnco! su'crn'endent'
Vassar's new laboratory, the gift of the
p,ofher. ysssar Is beng rapdy built IL Is reason
ably large buidn- with basement, two stories and an
sttc-tnc latter 90 he appropriated to photography
Professor Raymond. of Williams, has been
invited 10 give instruction in oocuucn At Princeton
next year. and II the arrangement proves mu'nauS
profitable he Will be offered regular proiessorsh'p
The late Mr.. L. a. Boyden. of Boston.
leaves most of his money he applied 10 the nvesiea
on Of the properties and phenomena Of heat and what
is left Il 70 he devoted the building of ohseivaores
for eratuitous use Of young students In astronomy
Several of the schools of Washington have
engaged Miss give lessons in cookery to tne
pupils committee OF ciuzens. among whom are
many teachers determined to invite MISS o"r'on
To give lecture upon the relation OF good eooAns ~
heaith aud temperance
The Kings College (England) lectures to Ia
dis are attended regularly by more than 900 "uoehs'
and the beginning of tuese lectures dates BACK ess "n
two wears regularly at work In the ancient
and modern languages literature, and history ~ math-
tmaiics. theology aud science.
politics and sectarianism," says The Ne'r-
Iarcn register must De kept out Of the public schools
arm nand should be placed upon the collars OF any or
oil secis which may seek tor private advantage In 'Ne
management Of the schools serts are all alike L''n
do So"
Snpcrintendent Mabbett, of Rochester, calls
unon tuc Board OF Elucsion oi that city 10 order TIA"
detail u ono or more teachers be requ red to spend 'n'
entire noon recess upon the rroun0s and halls oI their
schools preventing the children by their presence from
iuducns in rudeucss. cruelty or profanity Is no'
bad idea.
kentucky has this year only 81 % per
capita school money ana yet the law requires that eca
district should furnish five months Of Instruction oeiore
hat amount can be drawn. district which cannot
supplement the public funds, and has say forty upis -
Is thus entitled 20 only 500 for the entire exrenss Of
tho five mouih-' school What sort Of teachers Will
teach for the pit,once provided out of TINS sunni
II is proposed by The Hartford Courant that
Hariiold's school Committee should initiate that OF
Quincy and. 10y conducting tue examinations them-
selve. fnl ont whether the school children really can
read ana write iut,!Igeuty. The same reconmenda-
ton might well be made to al school committees
throughout the oountry-though probably io" COM
mittccs would not be competent TO do tie work.
Bishop Fraser of Manchester complains that
tie In sh are ftiu- into the educational vice Of The
Anencaus-thtt TO say. they are crowdng too many
Studies iui, The schools lie thinks IL does not matter 30
much how many things children learn, as that tey
should learn wee" what they do learn. In which opinion
TIE iuuicious chuichman IS not alone, although the
average American school committee will not asreo
with him.
President Gilman. Of Johns Hopkins declares
tlt thc great growing educational oy "a tis eo''u
Try j. the manner WAicn 1Genc utes and degrees
Are conferred up0n whoever 90 apply and pay
for them durmg the past year. Ice says. twentv-ior
kinds g. niles have been awarded by ccrtein colleges
ne Baltimore gazette reports hm as adding that the
medical colleges ia OF corruption Ia This
tlect than amy otner.
Mr.. Dexter \. Hawkins says that he has
.tf afft- etf
amendments 20 the compulsory school law as they NAV
desircneucmcuts devised 10 enforce mat law 10y the
infection Of penalties upon reluctant OF csrc s. parents
Whcn thc act was passed ls7i Mr. Hawkins had pre-
pared sections containing such provisions. but thought
~ advisable to wait until lad operation
and then introduce them amendment II Is doubt
ful with that addition the law proves TO be a sue
ee-s.
Mr.. Sidney Lanicr began on Tuesday the
puhc afternoon lectures az Johns Hopkins University
He l. giving series English Another series
L. be given shortly by VI. Ranion is ON French epic
poetry February Professor Trowbridge of Harvard.
s. certain aspects of the study of physics
sud tcr Professor Morris Michigan. will lecture on
sfics Professor Brooks, during the recent vacation
made th- Che spcakc SPECIAL study Of oysters
crabs and intends To give short course Of lectures
these subjects There already over 200 applications
for tickets
Superintendent Parker, Of Quincy, Mass,
credited IN tht- column last week Win beng IN
charge II evening" schools in locality not stated
.Ivenine" happened to be tie way IN which the
positor spelled the wort "Qancy." Mr.. Parker by the
way aays that when dissatisfied with teaching methods
I'm other Western regions. he visited Cleveland, and
there got many useful suggestions. finding in the public
schools that city "reedon III primary classes group
ing the little ones into small classes scrpt-work the
blackboard and lie" lie adds 81 claim nothing new
whatever. ] sive my teachers freedom. and let them
WORK ont their own salvation"
President Angcll's annual report for 1879,
just issued shows that coeducation at Michigan Uni
ycrsity Is H. every way thoroughly successful. During
the wear l3i women students were in attendauce-an
Increase over The proVous year of Al One of them
n ncandiGate for the decree of mining engineer. Mr.
Angel saws: After nlnc years experience in
education have become 50 accustomed 10 see wOEen
take M any kind of university work carry succcss
fully graduate good health. cmbarrass
In the administration Of the institution and awaken
special sccudc in The minds 90 thor ri ud OF Their
Teachers ha many of the theoretical discussions Of
education by those who have not had opportunities
examine carefully. read strangely TO us here the
erlund II Is cause Of sincere consratulaton that.
both th, country and in Europe, the opportunities
for women obtain a. thorough and extended edu-
cation as are rapidly multiplying"
San Francisco will have the sum of $500, 600
with wh,h t. keep up her schools during this scnool
yc1r. state apportonmcnt part OF this amounts to
S390.0p0 Tho cty's school property Is valued at
S3U5l OOO The estimated value the school apparatus
4. so OOl aud OF The sch o libraries :l3 600. During
the past wear The enrolment ia the schools has been
3sl29 the average daily alea being 27O75 The
private a.d churcI schools instructed 1924 There
were 1889 children between the ages of five aud
seventeen did not attend any school There s33
pups In the public schools studying French and 20S4
studylug c. rmau. OF the 20 wouldbe graduates from
the Boys High school 4taied In tAe Grs High school
a. d. A one dad
I'll, average monthly salary paid male teachers was
ia eud to female teachers $50. The "a substt ttute