New-York tribune., 1879-01-16
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

MI IS ON LbOSA llOAN
Texas will shortly hold its first State Con-
vention OF teachers.
The colored schools of Washington are said
he the hest schools OF sort in the country, They
nre ,aucht almost exclusively by colored teachers
A distinguished teacher in Germany writes
20 Professor ADRIAN that spelling all over Germany
las been crowded out by the sound-method, "which
,eaches the represented by the different eteS
and pays no attention whatever 10 their names OhS
q few quite aged teachers still admit spelling
Maine has now 4,12j school-houses, and
her school property is valued at S3063 iS There are
o554 male teachers and 5,929 female teachers en-
poycd In the STATE. The average wages OF the '"'"eI
are now S32 63 per month OF the latter - - 'P
week In the pas ten years the male teacher ""ttS
have been increased only 80 13 and those ol the le"e
tcocher 81 Oi The amount expended for the schoo'7
last year was $93G64s. The school population num-
bers 2l4,797.
Leaving out the statistics from three coun-
tts Lch do report. the school populalon '' len
pessec estimated al 1392lf The average a'l'ho"'o
during the past ear 2l1 the number Of schools
53l7 the number OF teachers, 352s the number 81 pu
nils enrolled, 255S99. There were loo private
schools VITA an average attendance OF ll'9" INC re-
CENTS OF school money year amounted TO Sss4o3o
SO, the expenditures 10 S773.7i9 II.
The Ungraded School Section of the ONO
Teachers Association held meeting at Columbus dS
week to consider the earnest solicitation OF repre-
sentative men OF the state, remedy for the many dt
fccts Of the ONO oos These defects were discussed
long and practically. the result the decison 10y
the convention that what is especially needed by the
schools i. county supervision resolution recoinmeho
Ing tie adoption system Of responsible supervision
was passed. and a committee was appointed I" 'oI'c
facts a. TO cost, aud 50 forth which to be embodied
in circular FOR distribution.
The French Minister of Public instruction
.r.,+ .',o nd ~ here
45O0 600 children between the ages Of six ana tErtecp
and Il .547 schools, public and private Ter th''r III
struciion. Abou; G-5000 Of these children at'eh"td
no school hut. upon the other hand. nearly mhloh
more children either under the of six or above the
age Of ulr;ton were receiving elementary cducail"u
The number uf masters and mistgesscs 1l01u9 0
whom about 81 OCO lay teachers, the rest relns
members Of the various religious congregations. Ihe
report also mentions tho fact tnat nearly 1900 ot the
teachers, lay and gous, arc uncerttcatcd
TIE ten ladies who are County School Super
intehdcnts in Illinois have managed the financial Par OF
their business particularly well Not one cent Of the
large sums over which ,hoy have had supervision has
been lost cltucr thvou4h dishonesty or Ignorance Of
business In many Of the counties the school finances
were in a state Of confusion when the ladies' came mo
Office. They have sNlghteued everything, ana put all
schoo! affairs the most prosperous basis several OF
these lady regularly hold meetings Of
their school officers. and talk ahout school work. with
very useful results These supeIntendcp;s have also
succ.cdei excccntly tn legal part of their work. III
school visitation, and In influencing aud insuucnc
teachers Even those male educators who opposed the
law making women eligible 10 tins office now pronounce
her IA success, after the five years experience.
Nearly all the legacies recently left to Dart
mouth are. ana for many years must remain unpoduc-
tive AID tie college is SAID need money very much
The def cit III last years receipts was $4G34 49, ana
the Indebtedness from successive annual deficiencies
amounted, May 10, 1873, to $l092sl 10 only two
prOfessorshlps fuly endowed -Four others have
partial endowment, and special fund paws about hall
the salary Of the president Otherwise the saiscT Of
tie faculty, aud contingent expenses. for repairs
insurance care buildings etc. must almost wholly he
by current receipts from students Since May 10,
1873. the college has received S57 o00 but restricted
as not TO he applicable to the payment OF debt. The
Alnmni nave been a-sed TO relieve the college from
debt and 10 enable il TO Ocr increased advantages by
raising fund OF $5J0,OOO.
President Eliot of Harvard, reports that the re-
suit of the first years trial Ofthc new method of cxamlna
On for admission to the college, shows ii to be in all re-
spccts better than the old The old method, therefore,
Will not be maintained after 1880. More instruction,
specifically designed for graduates. statedly given
during the year than before. The admS-
sion examination and the requistOn OF three years
OF sddy in the law school tended To reduce
Temporarily, the number OF students III that school
But these have had the anticipated ccvating
fleet upon the school. lis past year was prosperous
nanCiay hGt unsatisfactory regard 10 tie results OF
ne examinations for The degree OF the eighty-one
Students who entitled TO become candidaes
or degree IN June last, only sixiy-slx
presented themselves for examination and OF
these only 1Orty-seven passed. The class was the
last which entered the school before the establishment
Of the admission examination and also the last class
entitled take the degree two years course Of
study There has been large reduction in the income
Of the divinity school in the three years and lis
endowment is utterly Inadequate The Income OF this
school, after general expenses pad, will support
three profess orsh!ps and half Tne president urges
the need Of fltthcr en-. OwiuenL There deficit OF
SG37i Gj In the combined accounts called university.
college and library, which Is attributed 20 divers eXccp
ticna expenditures during the past year The corpo-
ration by reducing their least urgent expenses
and making extraordinary outlay to avoid deficit
this year. and they good reason Ia fear eItner
that salaries will he reduced, the usefulness OF the
Institution be III impaired