New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-11-06
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

Twenty-Five ladies are now taking lectures
ct Oxford.
DIR. Bernhard Stark, professor of arch@ol-
ogy At Heidelberg, Is dead.
Several native Hawaiians of semi-Caucasian
MOD ore on their wav 10 England TO study law. mcd-
clue and literature. One intends I" write h'''' "
Polynesia.
The new George Henry Lewes stuhentshlp
mentioned In this column so,0e time ago mas pe'n
awarded to Mr. Charles Smart Roy, NJ d. OF Edinbufgh
University.
Superintendent Parker, of Quincy. Mass,
.ays that no tescher should have than thirty
pupils aud n there more than that NUMBER
a school scholar from training school should DC
called in.
The Choctaw Nation. which numbers about
1900 people. has forty schools and two academies
1t also paws for the college education of twenty-five
students in tho STATES The Office Of Superintendent o.
Education Is elective and has been held by Cbocta"
for four years
The highest salary paid to principals III
Boston is So 76O the lowest $3.50; tue highest sa'iy
paid to assistants $50. the lowest $3.50 Inc heh-
est salary paid principals In san Francisco Is
the lowest 81 coo the highest paiu 10 asss'"nS -
e1,1OO, the lowest 5000.
The lectures Of the current term at Oxford
are said 10 Offer nothing of special novelty or mer
est Mr. Patterson lectures the " Early Relations OF
the savs and the Kingdom OF Hungary ard Professor
Rhys IL hoped. Will give further Information concern
Ing the Celtic and pre-Cetc inhabitants OF Britain
The male principals of the A grammar
schools IN New Orleans get salary OF eso per mohlh
in the schools they get $50. The female principals 81
the A schools s72 IN the schools 500. I'e
princlpals male female of the primary SCHOOLS re-
ce,ye S54 second assistants S45 third assistants $50
The second and third assistants IN the and schools
receive also s45 and S35 tie nrst assistants get sd
President Angel, of Michigan University,
saws that the OF theic mcGca Term ioh fix
months to months did not diminish the number ol
,udeuts and so convinced are they that The public is
ready for another step in medical education that theH
have now decided - establish fu three years graded
course Those already entered Will receive their de-
grees the conditions named when they matrcGlaied'
but all who enter after the present university year VIII
be required take three full courses Of nine mO;hs
each.
Superintendent Harrington, OF Brio geport,
Conn, who many wise things. declares that while
teachers shouldn't have set times for delivering lectures
with wearisome patiludes The Importance Of prac-
Using the cardinal virtues, they should taKo advantage
of the everyday experiences OF the schooroUm aud
playground 20 Illustrate the evils OF wrOneOing aud
the benefits of right action and noble conduct The
teacher who is truly teacher will always do this the
man or woman who thinks that " education means
only the grinding young minds of certain qus-
tty OF textbook knowledge. has thoroughly mistaken
his or her vOeation.
Professor Liveing's University Lectures on
Chemistry Will be sur euented III the Cambridge (IeDg-
land lectures Mr. Mains practical course
at Newman Hall new laboratory three days In The
week Mr.. Shaw will conduct course OF experimental
physics the first part OF the Natural Sciences Trpos
and Group OF the Cambridge Higher Local Examina-
tion. Some OF DIR. Fosters, Dr. Humphreys and Mr..
Baliouis animal physiology and morphOlogy
open 10 women Mr. Vines Will lecture this term ON
the physiology OF plants in the hall al Chrisfs College,
and these lectures win be open those women who
have obtained SPECIAL permission
Mr.. C.. Kinney, one of the most successful
law coaches at Cambridge University, has memorial
ized the Commissioners to extend the legal instruction
at university. He that 1t is desirable %
make provision for PrOfessOrshps ReadcrsLips
Ecclesiastical Law. General Jurisprudence. and the
"science OF Legislation and ~ Morals IA connection
Herewith" as proposed by the Cambridge University
Commission of 1889: English Constitutional Law and
History, Comparative Constitutional Law, Colonial
Law Administrative Law. Gin Its connection with
magisterai and official duty -; Private International
Law. or Tie Conflict Of Laws; FOren ic Med cuo
OF" Medical Jurisprudence -; and the History Of Law
and especially thet OF English Law.
The Committee on Industrial Education of
the Boston School Boari have lust made a report In
which they characterize the proposed d. veloping school
school for discovery Of natural spttldes."
Append d to report "oriers requesting the
City Council 10 specially appropriate proper building
aud the OF 81 5000 for ftiug up aud mainta ming
Gan industrial institute for the education Of young
mechanics and providing that the management Of that
school vested IN committee three OF tho
School Board T. be appointed by the Mayor. The said
committee having power 10 appoint an advisory com
mtee TO act with them. consisting OF gentlemen at
large best fitted assist and advise them These orders
will be considered by the board at It's next meeting The
Committee supplies reported that the school e1pendi
the amounted to s15942S o..
At the recent meeting in Boston of the
England Association Of School Superintendent H.
f. Harrington. OF New Bedford read a paper in which
he stated his belief that half Of the time ia school
shond he devoted to the English language Biographies
should contain only about quarter much matter
at present. and that arthmctcs shoud have prob
lens that not common in business life. supCrn-
teuden Parker OF Quincy SAID that great ninCrance
90 progress was the self-sstisfacon which existed
among the perntendents the feeling that they were
fully capable Of insirucng the youth and did need
60 study how teach. Superintendent Littefeld OF
Lawrence. said that the IDEA children should be
Kept happy In school the best OF all In the
parture, and would do far for good attendance
than ell the truart force resolution was introduced
BY Mr. Phbrck TO the eject that the best interests of
the pubhc schools required that teachers should hold
their positions long they Qualined
The ROYAL Academy of Agriculture at Stock
hol.n Is institution combining the researches
scientific society with a teaching STAFF having
posal model farm and all kinds OF facilities for making
physiological and chemical experiments. sweden has
also four agriculture homca schools pgrv supported
BY ana partly bv the sociees Ecor0nqres -
which there tWeny-six IN sweden. Isoir object Is
encourage agriculture IN the respective districts and
90 furnish REGULAR reports the Academy and Con-
tra statistical Bureau TIE State maintains fcurte Il
agricultural engineers, who appointed by the Acsd-
envy, and whose business g is whenever called
upon, In drainage agricultural work generally: and