New-York tribune., 1879-06-05
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

The Michigan House of Representatives
failed TO pass the bill providing for uniform textbooks
| Vanderbilt University has organized school
of pharmacy wherein lectures viii begin on septem-
| her l.
Kansas has 5,131 school districts, and en-
ploys 1853 teachers. Male teachers receive S33 6s
month, female teachers, S27 TO-
United States District-Attorney Stewart
L. woodford will deliver an oraon at the commence
ment OF the Yale Law School, June 25.
The last report of the Richmond. Va,
schools shows that the average attendance OF whites
| was 3O92.4, aud of colored pupils, 1,729.0.
Botany, Zoology and Physiology, Hygiene.
Astronomy. Physical Geography and Natural Philoso-
| ply are taught orally in the ST. Louis schools.
An American journal Of Phiology contain
ing contributions from ali the competent philoo-
giss of the country, will appear in Baltimore in the
| Autumn
The Mississippi schools have an attendance
OF 100 $50 white pupils and 104799 cOlOred ones The
Viii school population of the State is 1876, the
coored 160.0oS
| The ten separate schools for colOred chill
dren established Baltimore eleven years ago, have
been very successful from the beginning The five Eng
lsh-German schools are also prosperous
Thursday, June 90, will be Commencement
|
class Of thrtysevea. including two ladies' vii be grad
uated and will the degree of Bachelor of Arts
Superintendent Beadle, of Dakota, is wise
when lie says that he doesn't want TO hear the word
university in his territory for years to come but
does want two normal schools established as soon as
| possible
Mr.. James Freeman Clarke and Mr.. A. A.
Lawrence have been elected TO the board of Harvard
Oyeeers Dr. Bellows, of this city received 1856 votes,
but could be elected he resident OF Massa-
chusetts.
NJ Ernest Legouv6, in his "Art of Reading"
recommends particularly that children should read moth
ing they do fully feel understand and that
they should begin with prose, and learn correctness,
cearness naturanes, and above all punctuation, be-
fore they attempt TO read poetry
A unifcation Of the State educational sys-
bringing the schools under single supervision, was
recommended by the committee of the Teachers Asso-
citation, which met in Albany last week The conclusion
of the committee that the Board of Regents should
be invested with the whole control.
Professor Greene, of Brown University, sug
In addition to oral instruction, the young
pupil should be made record his ideas writing he
proceeds; thus imperccptiby gaining power over
written language This, he thinks, would do away with
the objection brought against oral teaching that 1t Is
evanescent.
Principal Rounds, of the Harrington (Me.)
sationa lessons on familiar objects careful instruction
the correct OF words; copying sentences upon
backbOards the formation OF sentences. saying some
thing objects seen pictures and the construction
of little stories describing the details of things.
The Office of Superintendent of Education
was abolished last week by the Louisiana ConsttuouaI
Convention, but that body has resolved to recon-
slider action Possibly Mr.. searss determination TO
withdraw from the State the aid of the Peabody fund If
there Superintendent to administer it, had some
thing 10 do with the reconsideration.
The Principal of the normal school at Pc
oria H., and all the teachers under his charge have
done whatit is TO be wished all thoroughly capable
teachers could do upon reduction Of salaries They
have resigned upon the reduction OF the appropriation
for their below the amount which serespect
would allow them TO accept Sharp lessons of this sort
are what is needed by school boards.
That practical Engllsllman, w. E. Forster,
in recent address, much amented the lack in England
of good intermediate schools but did not exactly advo
cate the establishment Of such schools at the cost of
fresh tax rates And with good he stated his
opinion that there should be acknowledged educa
tional profession there is legal profession and
medical profession, with register OF cerulcated
teachers
A suggestion by Principal Brown, of the
Northern Indiana Normal school is worth considering
He says: We solve problem after problem, We cOm
nit definition after definition we word after word
we translate sentence after sentence and do not realize
that there is any relation the with the other 1t
seems 10 If would learn principles systematically
rather than much, we would have more knowledge at
command"
The salaries of teachers in Pittsburg will
probably be reduced by recommendation Of a special
committee of the school board Their report suggests
20 per cent reduction all salaries of $500 month and
UPWARDS; q reduction of 1G23 per cent salaries Of
$3.50 per month and over, and less than $500; reduc
ton of 10 per salaries OF 500 and under $50
and all salaries $40 and less than $780, reduc
OF 10 per cent Those OF $40 and under VIII not bc
affected by the change.
The Cincinnati Board of Education has not
always distinguished itself for good sense hut recent
minority report on salary reduction would seem to
show that little OF that useful quality Is TO be found
therein Two judicious Irish members very frankly and
wisely that they don't believe in reducing teachers
salaries, and that ther efforts should be directed TO
curing the very best teaching capacity to be found any
where rather than TO the reduction OF salaries. making
itimpraccable II the ability needed; and they
add "While believe q reduction Of salaries In
furious to our schools we would recommend that the
Board should take care to secure In all cases q
return for the paid Let those teachers who.
from lack of energy ability physical endurance are
unable to perform the highest grade OF work. be at
once dismissed and their places filed with skiifu eneT-
getie trained professional teachers All this
direction of the ideas which THE TRIBUNE has been
heartily commenting TO School Boards
Superintendent Mary West of Galesburg,
ILL., has found the country school in of her dis
trets. :" This school," She says sis, all things consd
cred. the best school saw-tha is, the training It's
scholars receiving l. the nearest my ideal
the training OF children should be- Its teacher lady
thorough college education and fine culture.
been offered the prucipalship II several OF town
schools Of ladies' seminary, aud other positions with
double the salary she receives but her love for this
.lo hind bsr nd q III,
cprOc8tcd. 1 never such intense devotion to a
school among other set OF scholars and this feeling