New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-08-14
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

been introduced therein.
Professor Webster is adding greatly to the
treasures OF Union College Museum, in his dreuGns'
and fshngs in the waters near Proyneetowh' MASS
The salary attached to the new Professor
shin Of Fine Art at Edinburgh University VIII De ABOUT
$1,000 year this addition to the uSuai oasseeS
The expense of conducting the Philadelphia
schools during 1880 il estimated at S150Ol93 ol' vi
This sum the sasrcs of the teachers form the larger
part-S1 ,096,o47 90
More than half of the number of forty-nlne
ladies matrcuatng at the University OF London iaSI
month were in Honors from the third place down
ward The rest were in the FIRST division none in the
second
The study of the German language in the
publc schools OF Denver Co is OPTIONAL and is taken
by about 500 pupils There 300 children enrolled
IN the Denver schools the average daily attendance De-
ing 1890
Sibera's first universty-that of Tomsk-
will be opened during the present year, the Russian
Crown Prince taking part in the ceremonies The uni
versity VIII probably be filed by the great numbers OF
students constantly exiled
Mr.. Thomas Hughes has been dwelling IN
short public speech the advantages OF including
modern languages aud science the curriculum OF pub
lie schools IN England Sir John Lubbock has moved IN
Parliament TO ada natural science to the extra subjects
taught in the elementary schools.
The sum of $4,000 has already been sub
sorbod for the expenses the experiment Of instruct
Ing women al Harvard This has been voluntary no
appeal having been made for funds; but the money IL
needed as there endowment and the ices askeo ol
the students will amount to the cost OF the tuition
Admiral Lord Clarence Paget, in recently
distributing the prizes at the CITY Of London College Tor
Women declared great pleasure that II all Euro
pean nations En- gland stood first with regard TO female
IL ed pd
his visit two years ago this country, that America
stood first in the world.
Professor Paul Bert, the Frenchman well
known for his experiments vvsection, has just re-
ceived the Cameron prize Edinburgh University for
the best discovery IN therapeutics during the year
Professor Bert mas also Just gained a case brought
against him by a kind hearted neghbor, who could no
longer listen TO the cries and hows Of tue ami
mails suffering under his knife. The French jury be-
heved in the cause Of sc.euce."
The tenure and cmoluments of the prize
feowshps in Cambridge University about it Is ru-
mored 10 uniform throughout that institution
the tenure for years and the emouments TO be
81 $50 year It is probable, also. that the minor
scholarships will be given only for one year at first;
tn their continuance exchange for foundation schol
arships viii be dependent conduct and success in
study the university and that the maximum amount
o. these minor scholarships will be fixed $3.50 There
s also talk OF the creation OF Office Of Religious
Instructor"
A speaker at the recent meeting of the
Vermont teachers. crcsing the present methods Of
elementary classical instruction, said that much
prominence is given TO grammars. which are made the
subject Of incessant dri and memorzation through
long extending years and resulting in the
confusion and disgust Of the students Another speaker
urged that be gnners classical study should the
best teachers asserting that they better afford
second and third rate instruction furtheron He would
especially have the pupils begin at 10 put English
into Latin, and would have them taught TO think in
Latin # that be the language in hand.
AT the recent convention of German-Ameri-
can teachers in Cincinnati, Mr.. Schurcht, of Boston,
praised greatly the Of teachers and urged
not only that girls should be gvon equal opportunities
in education, but when they became teachers they
should be placed an equal footing with the men
regards wages. 1t very seldom that male teacher is
heard 10 for justice IN the matter Of for the
female teacher-tbe more honor to Mr. schuricht. He
also advised that women fitting Themselves TO teach
should pay attention to the classics and higher
mathematics and those studies which relate to
home and society. Mr. EckhOf another member OF the
convention, urged the necessity Of including moral pre-
cepts in the teaching of the schools; and especially
those Of the Bible.
President Barnards conversion TO cO-educa-
ton appears be very thorough. The spirit Of
seryasm he says IN his last annual report, never
fails to rise up against novelties how cogent
the arguments by which they may be recommended.
That II Is this spirit mainly which opposes the opening
OF colleges to women rather than anything inherently
Objectionable in the proposition Itself, is made quite
evident by the fact that no such opposition maniests
itself to the association of sudcns OF both I'm the
academies and high schools with which the country
abOunds many Of which profess 10 teach the sub
jects the colleges, TO the same extent and
10 pupils Of similar ages, differing chiefly in
the fact that they have not a deerminato course
OF four years. and do not confer degrees in arts"
President Barnard adds that when officer Of the Uni
yorsy OF Alabama he used invite into his lectures
young women aneisnboriDg female seminary, with
excellent results TO order ana discpne and that he
had previously the elder Professor slliman do the
same thing, with similar results. at New-Haven. And
ths venerable and distinguished scholar closes with the
assurance, regard cOeducstion, that the time viii
come when the propriery ard wisdom Of this
Will be fully recognized"
Mr. Matthew Arnold has addressed to The
London Times manly letter tue Irish University
question: in which lie frankly declares that the Irish
have a very real grievance-a grievance 10 which he
finds no parallel elsewhere in Europe. "In Ireland" he
SAYS "the Catholics more than thresouIths Of the
nation and they desire university where tue religious
instruction is Catholic, and where debatabe matters,
such as philosophy and history. taught by Catho
lies They offered something quite different, which
they Will not have. They told that
university Of the kind they want they must found
and maintain for themselves, II they are TO have II
al ALL But in France provides for the
Protestant minority University instruction Of the
typehat Irish Catholics want In Prussia the State
provides for the Catholic minority. In England and
Scotland old endowments have been made to follow the
will OF the majority and supplemented by State grants
they provide the majority with University instruction
Of the type the Irish Catholics want In Ireland. far
are ola University cndO from following the will
Of the majority, that they follow, every knows,
that OF tine minority. AT Trinity College, Dublin, the
IRISH PrOtestans have University instruction of the
type that Irish Catholics want Trinity College is