New-York tribune., 1879-09-18

The University of Colorado opened last
week with 100 pupils. ten of these beng IFeshmen
Chicago has Just enrolled $4,000 pupils in
her schools and provides for their instruction sou
teachers.
Eleven teachers are now employed In tie
schools the Cataraugus Reservation Tour oil '"e
being Indians
The State Normal School at Platteville, WIS.,
s. to have kndergarIen attached to II Tor the oOsef'
tion % the students
Princeton has a freshman class of 10 MEM
bcrs: Amherst one OF 100 members Brown las oo'
Cornell 10. and Trinity 23.
The Office of Supervisor of Drawing has
been abolished in - Louis but the system mas NOT been
al, red Ia any other particular.
The permanent school fund apportionment
IN Iowa ns year amounts TO sl43.s64 The numoer OF
pulis thus provided fcr - 575foo.
Wellesley College has this year the largest
frrsl'lan ca.s its enceit numbers nearly IVo
The college has altogether 500 students
Dartmouth's freshman class has about 100
members, among whom two cooTtd men. Inc
upper classes h.vc also received additions
Mr.. G. T. Fairchild, sometime professor OF
hleAcr Lnsisl IN N.chI-dn Agricultural College, mas
been elected president OF the Kansas STATE Agricultural
College.
A former Chinese student has presented
China written py Cgniucius' aud printed il ON'neS'
ohaIacttrs.
In Milwaukee the school ATTENDANCE Is an
bounced as something over per e-n' oi iN' '"'i''
scloo population Inirty->X per cent attend rnoAc
schools ANA Neuiy pilN"ic.
Two Indians from Hampton are to serve a.
tCaelcrs i0i iut I'D young IAdiaa pups whom Captain
II G. Pratt il collecting la TIE Iniisn country loF 'N'
new industrial scAooi al CARLISLE. i,nh.
4.
vhte aud culorcd children in Atlanta 10 whom .-c
schools can ol iO ulOdaton =" make room l"r
some ol tcln proposed 70 remove from tic sehVo.
al children oi nol-its4cents
Or. Dudley A. Sargent. formerly director oil
thr scioOl - siss. Ct.ie. "a 4"e-ty -i,i. -s' ]"
ths city hl. accepted he position Of Medical DIec'oF
o. tAc Gyua. Assistant Professor OF Ey so-.
Cll,uge anu H. cne in Harvard College
The whole number of applications for adj
mission to Y.lc t.l- year has Dc,n --S. I"cLy-.'
Ncic 7, cccd ouilgl and al but - coud onc4 ht"N-
Is Professor Al.eu who was elected ale IIoir,-
sosn iu tAc lIll lake h- place w.,n thc solIio
Inorc the Greek drama. Professor hu"Ip Who i'ir'
Professor COOS place, aud Tutor a l. i4a,y, "ie '1c
oiI,l additions To tie faculty.
Tie National JoWrnai Of Education says, with
excellent good srasc: "N No young WOMAN should al
tempt any school un cs snc is confident oi
love chdieu, culture of mini ana m"nnefs vsor
ol ncalth, ANA preliminary tTautus wu.cA vii enable
her solid work. and DC blessing L. tne cud OF
h ambitions the poor coAcelt OF AaA-Ls ou Lac eaae
OF noble profession Is tnc mos. tldltc.s.'
The world moves slowly men have ap-
patiently yet quite real zod the use of brains ~
speaks M i1r the ctuc o. tine time auG "a tLe country
tLat the paragraphs OF iLelIA iIoa a our largest
uuvorst,s show twenty sentences cone n- Actics
g. on, sentence rr.eruug 10 Icn,a instruction Feet
nnd hands outweigh The mead st 0s iu DlosFous times
Michigan University Will Oler JUO couIses
of department OF tc science ana All o.
Teaching. TIE hrst course viii be practical, lciuGns
sclOol supervision gradus courses OF study eNauD'r
tions the OF lustuctng aud governing. ana senoo
hygiene, architecture Tue second Is 10
bc historical philosophical aud critical taking ior topics
Lac history Of education, the eompasson aud criticism
the stem different countries outlines Of ,duoa
tonal science the science Of teaching and critical di
cussiou theories methods. Two lectures Ia each
course vii he gwen every week
"The question OF having some Of our many
Cl,vt4 female cu1rus The Board OF fctoo Trustee
seem, To merit serious attention Jhan reference
oit Interested paTc, tue presot Trustees. ana their
pige,n-hons u with suc, mml'ttc. There IA enough
o appareut abstract justice IN Wing the mothers OF Tie
children and women taxTay represented on the
Board make II al ,as ntcresus TO nnd ou how th'
plan has The various places where il has been
tired" Tau. wisely speaks The Hera.d, OF Washington
Twenty years n,ncc the Presence oi women Oh f-ool
hoards wall old story. and thot thoy coul ever
have been excluded vii -e ul an absuidlty
A writer in Macmillan says that German
women are what Goethe told his country
be oVcriauglt aud undcrcduca'td" She asserts tina.
once away from scnOol au ordinary gil never opens
any book bcSaus sDuch nor Goes auytlg in the
way ~ WORK except ku4t stockings. A. elu-
caton in the proper sense, she had nome For eet
years sae la, lcen grinding away impressive,
cOmpr.heudng WY. anu knOws n little OF practical life
AZ lri i'm Iu. .aud who has never been ou of district
school The strong point Of Noi1ssohu,n' isart-
mctlc iaoncD the ghri schools Tor girls 10 is much
eced algebra aud EIcnd are nsid,ied Iute ue-
Jond a wolndus intellect
Professor j. n. Lord. of Dartmouth, reports
faycrably Oh The plan of admitting Students without
examination certificates % slec led schools. and
making the Rr.i part the freshman PROBATION
nrr Dartmcuths three years lTa. " this plan has
suited N beyond expectation. There has been
noticeable impON ement in tho preparation Of those
teng probationary character OF the first term has
insured more ci':cnt application 10 study, end
consequence u thi, application the formation OF better
habits Of study. Tno dgcpce has continued through
the year. IL several inst ths system has boen the
principal factor enlarginc preparatory
schools which otherwise could not have given cc.tA
Gates.
1wcnty-soven of the district schools Of ST.
Iolis have dr sartcns attached 10 them and has
a ca,s ofmute children. During the year C9I5 pupil,
were enrolled n the kinder ,rtcn@ The number taking
German instruction in the schools 70 600. Of whom
474O were Anglc-Amercan aud 1875 Germnl.AIneri-
eau. These numbers show decrease OF 07O Aug.0-
Americans and increase Of 039 Gcruau-A mericans
The dismissal Of slperyisors aud special teacher, Of
drawing will Dc the means of saving $1,000. Three
music teachers Layo also been dismissed, AID lie fo
fot.ined have J. duood salaries. Tne city has twelve
primary schools and intermediate and hgh school
taught by coiorcd to.chcrs for tine co'oed children
Tsutv new clnr,d tc tchers passed examination this