New-York tribune., 1879-09-11

from assinating with thom Cafornians claim that
ssy % roseved nSs at Washington and Consul
accepted az San Francisco, s suitable thst ,ne co
Of TS Y1ngg ggoT9 %Rs anS ana The
continued persecution OF the Chinese mas oeen ~
their csnnis feelings Another result has
been 10 throw great responsibility on tnc sH flso
question on the Pscirc Coast is only another form ci
The labor question. ana that i,,s,,, - III Tho mum
SeT of Chinese Immigrants. The great trouble
has been that the Chinese were OF no vaue II,
The Irish are worth much more. Noclass Das uhsncu
50 few inmates Of or gTsC3ns as 1ne se
In proportion their numbers Yet they are ,afeu s %
cate themselves TO our ways and have day and sunday
schools with Christian CHURCHES; ana touss s % Fa,
Christian Association OF Chinese exists IN Gun
cisco with branches the country Twelve tn4us,nu
dollars sent p the Chimes las. year ia ,he smith
short and complete TO settle the Chinese % @
stimulate them 10 III themselves Tor l..
George T. Angel. of Boston. president OF the
Massachusetts Society for the Prevention OF
Cruelty TO Animals, presented the results OF his
Investigations into the manufacture and sale OF
poisonous and dangerously adulterated articles.
John W. Dickinson, secretary of the Massachu-
setts Board of Education. read paper on Meth
ods of Education and Justin Winsor, OF Harvard
University, one on college Libraries"
The Department OF Education held session IN
the afternoon apart from the main body. In this
report Was made by the secretary of the depart
ment, Mrs. l. r. Talbot, of Boston.
ADDRESS OF PRESIDENT GILMAN.
In The evening President Gilman delivered his
annuql address. His subject was american Edu-
catio, during the last Decade IL was not sta
tsi eal historical review but conSlueIatloi Oh
th Tendencies of the last ten years ana statement
&C. some of tnc discussions which have oeen IN pro
SIS. After outlining his theme and his method OF
treating IT, ne turned ASIDE Tor monet 10 g P'{ a
IL, n
a. sociation, DIR. Francis Lieber and Dr. Ssmuei "
Howe. Tie relation Of education to other social
forces was then briefly considered, and the Das LOT
a deoenuial review was glanced at. Inc loilo"bg
is an abstract of the address; -, ..,.
The common schools were taken up ana the various
cCdcucs of their success aud also the fundamental ana
fbe incidental criticisms which they nave drawn ou,
concscy enumerated the speaher taking en- tng
Stood ~ firm ncr worked so well as now.
Tile two mes Of attack upon thS common sTa'ps p
fcrrod to- NewYork, Cincinnati and Nrw-iiaveh were
among the most noteworthy oatte,neiDs "nerv env
heard. Among them all, the New-Haven story
was most remarkable. Some persons VINO hhoM now @ lno
extent of municipal eriravagance anu leel ahe Duues
of unjust taxation have directed the economical knfe
first of all eXcsion Of high schools ana normal
~chools. ana then 30 the prohDtOn Oi all siuus nos
strictly FUNDAMENTAL, thus bringing on dlscuss9hs
which Wholesome, If not pleasant, ana when @ leu
the school authorities on the one hanu 10 stIclSI
opy ard the taxpsyers Oh the other hand to wiser b-
estimate OF tine American system oI pupo an an,
strmction, its opportunities ANA perlls' BESIDES
III
schools godl, and too oostly-there are minor
criticisms made by friends VINO seek improy ement:
There II general call for more thorough system OF
inspection ana Tor better systems ol oAuhlnoiV,. @ t
Regrets are heard that III many parts OF lhe country
COMMON schools and tho higher institutions
Of learning. The complaint is made DN Iresiuent
I. \. = Barnard that teachers are most ihadeGntcy
m d. and by Mr. Phbrck that their tenure Of office Is
too bfri Mr. Edward AtinsOn points ont tne defect
thaf as general rule. rot even elementary instruction
II given N the simplest pnncpi,s tHat uhueLlie s,o
ancia' order OF the state and of the Nation lnstruc
ton handicafts 10 advocated by the state supern-
tenGeut IL Mary yand
lie most noto worthy administrative change OF the
Icca.c mas been the admission OF women 10 the local
afforded them In the state to vote for school OIL
been In tn Introduction Of kudergartens. and IN the
attention bestowed upon drawing ana Voca' music. ,
rs Dr. McCosh has called Them paper. dis
cover that there general demand for more regular
between primary school and the college, President
Porter ike DR.. McCosh has repeatedly aud eloquenty
organization be compared with that OF tie German
gymnasia, or tho French beees or even the English
public schools.
PROGRESS or TUr COLLEGES.
Our colleges nave made great progress within the last
few years. most obviously IN their buildings but also in
their collections OF books aud apparatus and III their
plans OF study There has been remarkablc advance
i~v Remarkable changes have been made in
the course OF study and in tho enforcement OF
discipline Cornell University, under Pres-
,nulc that of The University Of Virginia SOME forty
years before. Tho Undergraduate department OF liar
ynrd Col been almost transformed unbei fres-
dcn Lri. Faculty OF Philosophy, as unders food
Germany. NitlI Us amplitude oi iIeedou 1hir ,ol
ege has at east snbordnated the old academic
department 10 the more comprehensive tacnty oi
Philosophy and the Arts, OF whch tne tclehtihc
school was the nucleus Tie University OF Michigan has
done away with the class system At Columbia eclecuc
courses are prop3sei Inc hc" iounun'o" "' D"i1oio
These 1dl examples o. tcadGncy, generally
recognized throughout the country To oer choice OF
several instead OF curriculum for n
Bachelors degree. The change Is costly. requiring
more teachers ana more halr' bu' lLc k'iH IN
undeniabo. Indeed soula modification OF the
radi ousi college cos mas been required by INC ad
v0ucrd acc the students at admission The average
agr Of admission az Harvard Is eighteen years and five
months. After seventeen or eghtren years iIs mhiked
Moreover multiplicity OF subjects TO De- autht III
college great thai ney cannot he well taught to all
scholars The principle OI eclectic study, says frer
dent Barnard, IS the key which solves The whole dill
Guilty.
II seems to me- sold President Gilman. that In the
maintenance OF curriculum for young men who are
between the ages OF e,gn,ven ana twenS % 'S%,is, ms
may bc Iound the eNphhduoh OF Two or lH1He nne.
nOf,na with which college men are familiar. The first
of taese Is the avoidance OF the traditional college
c0urc 0y large numbers OF those VINO enter me shoCs
of nw hy s larger mum BERG OF those VINO enter the
schools OF medicine another Is the dminution or the
number of college students IN proportion 10 me pcpua-
ton. when hes been dcmOusirated by President Barn
classical studies upon which Professor Gdcrseeve has
lately commented. Many years ago sr William haln-
:on said that nothing tended TO bring the study Of
GIcek and Latin into deropute SO much ns making
compulsory AL
of scientific sChOnls. considered universities degree
givcrs. as professional teachers, as giving non
professional teaching aud encouraging research.
The formation OF learned societies. the cducl-
ton Of women, the care Of the neglected. and
unfortunate ply steal culture. aesthetic culture. Summer
schools the relation of the National Government 10
education ana American education abroad, were also
touched vi
DEGRrFs CONFERRED LOOSELY.
Colleges in this country from The earliest DAYS have
exercised tAe night of bestOwing academic titles,
only on tie completion OF course OF study, but us
honor nv distractions, aud that too ~ Faculties where
neither students nor teachers were found and IL would
now be a. difficult to withdraw this prcrogative
placc restrictions upon popular suffrage Conse-
auentlg az American degree Is oi value
Iinrs, the public know by what college II was given.
Honorary degrees have O'on bestowed Ike counters,
rot IKE coin New varieties of title have been invented
ns many AS fW. uty-fOuI bcngr corded m Off
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