Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-04-01
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

pupils in the Buffalo schools are of Ger
man parentage.
THERE are seventy-fOur female men,
bers of school committees in Massachu-
/ sets; they are said to be efficient in
| their work.
\ THE governors of the University Of
/ Canterbury, New-Zealand, have founded
/ Greek and Latin Professorship to
which they have attached the salary Of
| $500 year.
The Regents OF the University have
/ Just appOrtiOned To ninety-seven educa-
tional institutions OF this State the total
sum Of 81, $40 for services rendered
i'm the instruction OF common-schOol
/ teachers.
An international Normal Educa-
/ tiOnal Conference" is to be held at the
Thousand Island Park from August II
| To the 10th inclusive. The addresses on
/ educational matters will be given by
teachers from this country and Cam
ada.
Ir has been proposed in the California
Board of Education that the course OF
study in the public schools be revised,
on the ground that it requires too much
OF the pupils in two divisions OF the first
grade.
Ir is proposed, in consideration OF
the financial difficulties of the State, TO
reduce the general revenue cOntrlbu-
tons 10 the Texas school fund from
100000 10 S266, 900. This will take 10
cents from the per capita amount OF
sop.
PRESIDENT ANGEL says that one OF
the mathematician Of Michigan nj
nersity, known all over the world, never
went To school but six weeks, and while
the oxen were resting at noon did his
first mathematical work upon plough
share with piece OF chalk.
Ir is proposed to make the ancient
William and Mary College OF Virginia a
part OF the University OF the South, at
Sewanee. The plan provides for the
reorganization OF the college as one oil
the colleges of Scwanee University, pre-
serving its name andits separate faculty,
subject only in general management To
the trustees of the university.
Ir is suggested that the public school
pupils of Cincinnati shall give every
wear two concerts, the proceeds oil
which shall be applied to the foundation
Of scholarships in the College Of Music.
To these scholarships a special commits
sion of the Board Of Education will
elect such pupils OF the Intermediate
and high schools as shall show decided
musical ability.
Ir is the complaint Of The ~. Lo0's
GL.by- Democrat that Missouri, with
population of over 100000, has not a
single college, outside OF It. Louis, Of
even the third rank, after the standard
Of Eastern schools. There Is nothing
i'm this, one would think, To make Mis-
souri, unhappy; there are already too
many colleges i'm this country, ami
concentration Of forces in higher educa-
ton is wise thing.
UNION CoGLEGE is quietly giving tn
woman the same sort of instruction
that has been offered by Harvard. y
class of twenty-five young ladies' have
recently been studying geology under
Tutor Ballart and Professor Webster.
The latter gives pleasant account OF
their progress, which compares fayora-
hlv with record Of Unions male stu
dents. Inc s3llllt NltNNNf IL - NNAA''' AZ
tends to take up metaphysics.
That Z doctor or a lawyer gets Tor an
hours work what teacher receives Tor
that Of week is the complaint OF The
Gua,la SHOOT Journal, and yet the
teacher has had Ia spend nearly Is
much time i'm preparing Tor his pro-
frssion Is the doctor or the lawyer Tor
theirs, and the capacities necessary To-
him. The cause Of the difference IN
remuneration is this, SAYS The Journal;
The teacher is the servant ot the
public. the doctor and the lawyer are It's
masters.
Ar Concord, Y. H.. lust week many
ladies voted for members OF the Board al
Education. They approached the bal
lnt-boN i'm grOops OF two, or three, or
more. and perfect respect was shown to
all bv the Interested crowd surrounding
them. The ladies who voted included
those of the highest social position IN
the city. Occasionally q man ami vile
were seen 10 walk urm-in-arm mp To the
box and vote together. Excellent or
der prevailed. Many men supported
the w0mcu's ticket, and perhaps an
equally large number "t latics voted
against lt.