New-York tribune., 1879-08-28
NOTES ON EDUCATION.


Mr.. Moody is engaged in founding girls
school at Nortndeld. Tuition Is to be furnished
reasonable price.
California has now school population Oh
o164nA The school apportonment smoun'S
S236,6l2 24-the per capita being 81 OS
Mr.. w. II. Payne, late Superintendent OF
scbools at Adrian, Mich, has been appointed ~ INC
new chair OF the Science and Art OF Teaching ~
gan U7lverslV'
II is the complaint of The Chicago tribune
that penmanshp as study is almost entlrey lHhIeu
IN the schools or is taught in hasY and superhosl
manner while plenty Of attention s given to stuoles ol
no practical use, such as music and Drawing
1t is matter of interest that out OF the hity-
one successful women candidates at the recent marcu
lation examination of London University only seven
had been trained by private study and OF the remain
der only three were trained in private schools.
II is comfortable to see that moral teaching
in schools is more and more widely demanded by teao4-
ers themselves and by the press. Here is f"e N""0""
Journal Of Education complaining that the systems VI
education public and private deal too eHc9sVeS 9 WIN
the intellect, and neglect the aHco'iohs "ii4 '"' wa"
Thenew college for women, which lsto be OuiV
in England by Ar Holloway is 10 provide such lh7uuo
tion as VIII qualify students to pass the examinations
ored nv the universities 1t hoped that the college
Will ultimately possess the power of conferrng degrees
itself A scientific well classical course VIII oo
providsd The college will not be duomnailonaI IN any
sense 1t wall offer twenty founders scholarships OF INC
value Of $500 each, tenabe for not more than "oSo'
The Belgian Bishops have formally resolved
with regard to the education aw that aDsou'lonS
IN be refused 10 ali teachers aud pupils OF the pupc
normal schools; that teaching in all public sehOos
being schismatical all teachers employed in them are
excommuncated that sbs0lution Is to be reiuseu 10
,the teachers Of all public scb2ols, without any eAcep
tion and that the attending the pubic SCHOOLS
being considered acting without dSeernmen' n"'
be admitted Professionally to first communion
II is proposed to establish State Female
College as a mart of the University OF Georgia. olH
has been introduced in she Legislature asking for sncha
college, which shall present Tree tuition TO as many
voung ladies from each county as there are Kepreseh''
tivos from each county The " Lucy Cobb Institute
succssfui school young women, with grounds Ou
ings and appliances worth S25O0O. has been offered TO
The University as the beginning Of its female depart
meut
The citizens of Colorado take an extraordi-
nav per,ouaI interest in the public schools. The en-
ronont for $3.50 IN Denver has been 2,7O0 the num-
Der of visits paId the schools during that tme Dy
members OF the Board has been 1893, and the number OF
visits paid Uv parents and others 32e3 Last tefu' II
IS recorded the children Of the wealthy Senator Hin
were contentedly seated beside some negro
children OF Door and lGbOrng parents The school sys-
tem is excellent the teachers most thoroughly compe-
tent.
Professor Huxley says of the young people
who are forced 70 work high pressure by inceSsan
and competitive examinations that they are concerted
all the forenoon OF life, and stupid all its afternoon DC
adds: Their faculties worn ont by the strain put
mon heir cdaw brains and they are demorailzed by
worthless cI idIsh trmphs before the real work OF NE
begus have no compassion for sloth, but youth has
more need for intellectual rest than age and the cheer
fuuess. tue tcuacty Of purpose the power OF WORK
winch make many a succe sful man what he Is, must
often be placed tlc credit not OF his hours OF INDUS
try but to that Of hours OF idleness, in boyhood
At the recent meeting of the kentucky
Teachers one Of tueni-Profcs-or Biby-lnssted that
teachers should give special attention 10 the elements OF
morality; the functions OF government, aud the relation
OF government 10 the mOTal laws the CONSTITUTIONS OF
tn state and Of the United states with the capacity TO
inerpret in outline 10 least various occs-execu
tive. legislative and judicial lie held that schools
should give training that prepares for citizenship
aud that 10 was necessary for boy TO take the night
direction social and political subjects as to learn read
ing and writing Profe sOr Kirby has good sense and
reason his G and perhaps 10 fifty years the rest OF
American tescu,rs win agree with him.
Tile Nelrark 4drcrtisCr wisely holds that the
first duty those interested in educat on to perfect
tbe present system instead trying add countless
studies industrial and other; and it goes on to com
plain that there large percentage Of the sOced
"graduates" from puulc schools wno cannot
smell deceuty, who cannot write grammatical
and wel-expressed letter, and VINO are Ignorant
OF the meaning aud value Of words In conuec-
ton with this complaint The Adceriiser says :" Mr..
William Walter Phelps We forget on what occasion hut
treasure the remark declared the knOwi jge OF the
mother tongue to be the first highest essential in
education. OF the young people WHO leave our
pubic schools academies and even our highest col
leges il may he sand that they have small Latin ond
less Creek ana what they have is of no atnN use To
know the English language well is another thing 1t is
the channel OF the thought and Information OF tie
world"