New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-09-04
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

uodor, lanonares. other than English, are
10 be taueat for an extra fee in the schoosoi M"'
Michigan.
The Wisconsin State Normal Schools nave
dropped Greek trfgonometry and astronomy Ho" '"
courses Of study.
Professor John Tyler has just returned FROM
his three wears OF Study Germany to take tue e"S
biology Amherst
The applicatiors for admission to union
Cece outnumber of last year at the
inc Sate. Many Of the candidates come from inc
South.
One hundred and forty thousand works Vi
art were sent in for competition TO the south
schools this year. Medals and book prizes were a""
10 go designs.
DIR. Charles Phillips, professor OF mathe-
MATES in toe University OF North Carolina has Just re-
signed bs pos under the compulsion Of Ill health Inc
chair Will be placed charge OF two OF MS eoheSsues
during the coming year while the trustees deliberate
upon permanent occupant
A large number of applicants for admission
have been examined Hamilton College, whieh oet""
ITS FAN term yesterday. Professor Ambrose T. ho'cS
recently Principal OF the NewIampshire state Norman
School, Is about TO begin his new WORK III INC NoN
Department OF Natural History.
The Superintendent of Juniata County,
Penn does not approve Of teachers who allow 'her
mode OF discipline and their ideas Of teaching TO De SUD
ordlnaed to the will OF the peoples and he accordheS
announces that he will hereafter issue y" cerhcse 10
any applicant who does not show an independent spht
for professional Improvement
The scheme of instruction in cookery IN the
London Board schools. provides for the giving 10
the older girls certain schools at least twelve lessons
I'm practical cookery the lessons 10 be given upon one
halliday I'm each week The instructor is appointed by
the Boardand receives yearly salary Of $500 Twenty
one of the London schools TO have ktchons' nve
are now in actual operation. There is no waste as TIC
food cooked "a sold
II is said that never before in the hist DRY
of BaItimores public schools has there been such All
overwhelming rush OF pupils TO them as at the opening
this week The City College Is 30 crowded that another
room had to opened 20 accommodate candidates Inc
schools did better aud thorough WORK last year
than ever before The for nonresident pupils
are as follows Baltimore City College, IL 90; female
high schools, S. grammar schools, 81, aud primary
schools SO per quarter.
At the recent meeting of the Maryland
teachers the report Of committe Greek was read IL
declared that the language was VIGOROUSLY unpopular I'LL
educational nstitutionsi and It advocated different
mode of teaching, and shorter time devoted to It's
s,ndv Professor Newell Of the State Normal School.
said that in his pcrence young students were gener
ally appalled, al the sight OF the Greek alphabet, and
only those who were students fact became
thusiast in the study. Another speaker at the meeting
advised that instruction SHOULD ne gwen III
the schools In the political duties Of citizens.
That il is not what is In the books that
makes the school, Is the opinion OF The Public Ledger,
OF Philadelphia II Is in that school atmosphere which
every makes for herself of vvaoity cheerful
ress cearncss and honest getting down TO facts and
the understanding OF facs The Ledger adds that the
best lesson Phladelpha's 1000 teachers set their
punils for the coming year is that OF thinking
clearly, seeing fscte with their own eyes. Civ
lima thffp nuAo
standing II will not he as rapid process
for manufacture of averages the routine met hods
nj first. And tits work 10 hc largely done In the primary
classes
The colored teachers of Kentucky complain
that the present coloed school fund OF tho state is
tally Inadequate give the coored children general
elementary instructions that In many districts schools
are held az all and that the average salary of
the cOlOred teachers Is only $50 year. The per
capita which the fund yields Is only about 0ne-fourh
that given white child with difference of four years
the limit OF school in favor Of the latter In other
States the per capita and the limit Of school
sesi 90 she Kenrnckv I~gsstnre 10 make them thc
Fame In theI State They also ask Tor normal school
for coored teachers.
The somi-annual report of the Boston School
superintendent just Issued, declares that the
vision Of the school system has faiod TO diminish
pendlture II has however. directed attention
school matters and the experiment OF separating the
grammar aud primary schools has begun fayorably
It viii be continued al least until next Spring. TIE
change I'm the teachers tenure office one year TO
three years Will probably be made April supern-
tendent Eliot speaks with disanprobaon OF the taste
less display al special school exhibition and ogizs
reading OF school important factor cduca-
ton. Boston has schoo population of O4.166 and ouy
6,1SS do not attend school,
The School of Carving and Modelling estab-
:shod In Boston 1877. viii reopen in October, pro
vded that SUN OF 81 800. needed for running cx-
peuses secured from fees contributions by Sen
hoe, do.
the day 500 the twelve
each or S35 for any single term. Three evening
courses o. eighteen lessons each held the fee being
sI2 for One OF the advanced pupils
IS at present conducting two summer schools in CLAY;
modelling. Two others are engaged ln monuu ental
seuipture and are Going good work. The pupils N
carved furniture ID oak.
There are 2,ss6 matriculated students in
the University OF Berlin the philosophical department
being the most largely attended There are moreover
1877 persons from various academies and schools wi
have privilege of attending the University lectures.
Great Britain sends ten students 20 the University aud
America thirtyhree-fve OF whom In the theolori-
cal department. The philosophical faculty embraces
more eminent than any other; for 1t has Ranke
the historian; Zser author OF the History OF PhosO-
ply. man Of wide knowledge. critical sagacity
and breadth OF view who has written well not only
whose reputation is world-widei Lepsius. the great
Psychologist Mommsen, the historian; Curtius the dis
tinguished archROlOgst aud Weber, the SanSkriti:t
The Johns Hopkins University will begin
Ns Autumn term on September 80, the examinations
Of candidates admission taking place the four
preceding days The total number of students ca
relied including fellows, 1873 OF which number thir-
tynve NOT mltriculaed. The average ATTENDANCE
6t year upon each lecture In thirteen different
was nearly 100. The most popular course that
the German Empire the leas, popular that Greek
Scriptures President Eiot's English Litera-
ture TO given during the coming Winter. Will prob
ably fully attended. Lectures ethics, and the
History of Philosophy win be given by Professor George