New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-02-20
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

The next meeting of the National Educa-
tiona Association viii be held in Philadelphia on The
three last days OF July.
There are 10 COeducational collegiate In
s,itu;'ous iu this country The largest nnnb"r-22-aie
maintained In Ohio Illinois has ls and Ncw-iork6 D.
II Is estimated that moro than half n million
dollars arc taSen out Of Oio wear by students 10
be spent elsewhere because there no university OF the
frstclass 10 the State.
II is reported that there is great dissahsiac-
tion In Indiana aud frequent chansts"f soho"
books hin has been introduced In the Legislature 10
amend these matters.
Professor Mathcr, of Amherst, IL trying nm
experiment with junior division in Greek lie makes
no record Of attendance Rotations placing each man
on his honor 70 faithfully perform the assigned work
The Harvard Divinity School needs two
new which the decrease in the Income Of
the Busscy fund will not allow 1t 10 establish sls-
tcnatic effort Is be made 10 raise the necessary
money.
Professor Milton w. Humphreys, Professor
OF Greek at Vanderbilt UnyeTsity, has accepted the
post of Editor for North America OF the Rtrne d'S
Rfrucs Ills duty win be 10 review each year the re-
views OF ;Ae preceding wear.
After 1850 applicants for admission to the
School Of Pharmacy Of Michigan University, who are
not graduates ofhgh schools OF academies OF equal
grade will b, asked to sustain Eaminauon in Eng
Elish. in arithmetic in algebra through simple eqnA-
tons, and IA a years study ofLa,in or German
SIX female students passed the London
Unyersity matriculatoD examinations IN the honos d
vision last month TAO OF them obtained the number OF
marks 1nal. wing to7 prize. One disqul fed by
agc for the second exhibition, and one was disqualified
rv arc for the third ps1r Three female students also
passed the - ,nruationin the first division
The average attendance in the nassachu-
setts public Schools lest 22Sf47 The numper
enrolled Of school age was 2972O2, md 27to4 over the
school age attended the public schools The number OF
male teachers was 1l15 Of female teachers, 1890 or
the hole number o. teachers. 5000 hsd attended the
Normal ho3- The average monthly wages OF maze
teachers 80 Co. and Of female teachers s33 Oh
Tn entire amount paid 20 maintain the schools was
$500 500 CO. equal Sl7 81 TO each person IN the
State Of hoo acc, e., from TO 10 years ola. Ims
SUN Is equivalent 20 - mills on the valuation OF the
E.dtc. lie amount oi the school fund was eZOG|'-
bel IL and tho income for the year 1873 was Sl4c-
500 Il
Superintendent Wicles, of the Watcrtovn
schools, reports successful experiment In BIS hSh
school A debating has been maintained durng
The las; four years chiefly by the boys Of the upper
osses their presiding officer being the principal OF the
school Their meetings have given the boys skill in de-
bate know,c1cc q parliamentary law and an idea OF
public lusncs5-a Of which are cmnenty useful &C
ouistous At time State Legislature was organ
fed the meInbars Of tho A class serving Senator'S
a
duced al Albany were furnished, end in this way the
Textbook law the School District law and other acts
were discussed. Mr.. vi kcs does not approve the
Regents examinations the ground that they take
more time from the regular SCHOOL work than can well
he afforded aud tnst when pupil " has passed the
Regents" study all interest in that study, so far
as the VII OF the pupil s. concerned, is lost.
The Hon. ]. p. Wicke1sham, SupcTintend- !
cn o, Public Instruction of Pennsylvania, has prepared
bill to secure tho education and moral training OF ne
elected fricndlc5s children, and uuants School
boards are required by II 10 obtain and include in Their
report the number OF children in ther districts
between six and eighteen, with particulars including
iheir school attendance aud they are authorized TO
employ agents to secure attendance to furnish books
and clothing when necessary, TO the desiute and TO
arrest vdgTant children, or habtual truants. Prov
sions proceedings against ueglectul paTehtsi Iof
tho establishment Of ohdrcn's homes for appeals, etc.
added. French papers describe "Casses des
coolies" which have the objects in view, but the
statutes by which they work are municipal or local
much IL left to private effort and CUTS OF money cloth
Ing books etc. collected IN most cases TO augment
the means. A duledecd fundamentally altogether,
compared wih the well compacted ana Uniform Penn
kylyania plan.
A clever woman writing in Tile National
Journal OF Education, gives description Of the
excellent fashion In winch she taught history as
regular daily study. She did not Try to make ner pupils
remember many Cycnt-, bu, 10 create very vivid
imurpC u
biographical account Of great persons by lecture,
ana illustrated character as far posi-
lIe by anecdotes, bringing in every possible
picturesque and Impressive detail often the girls them
selves to lie booAs their teacher talked OF and
brought very Interesting Contributions; they both
talked wrote OF the great men OF whom she talked
10 them One great advantage OF tins method was that
there could OF that learning words BY heart so
dear to dull pupils and incompetent teachers 10 re-
late anecdotes With point capital exercise aud
few girls became very fine stOry-telels No common
datiOn he too high FOR this plan OF Miss BowenS;
more Of such oral teaching in schools applied to all
branches would relieve them from the charge OF
sendIng ont hatcducatcd pupils. But such teaching
requires an enthusiastic sincere, ana welltrsined per
BON to practise IT,
The selection Of textbooks at the South Is
not seldom occasion OF curious articles III the news
papers Of tbat region For instance, The Charleston
Notcs dti Courier says calmly Tue events OF the last
twenty years, as viewed from Southern OF Northern
standpoint where The same facts are acknowledged
have necessarily different COOring and teach differ
cut lesson The wax OF arms but the development
Of the war OF ideas between the two sections. our az
mics were surrendered, aui if Northern writer's con
tnue to hold possession OF our schools, our opinions
will ln oOurse OF time. he surrendered also his
would he an offence against postcIy, and It IS there
fore matter % rejoicing when we see southern writers
and Southern publishers securing control OF the books
which are 10 mould the minds Of our children. Not
that Inferior books should be adopted, either because
they are written published at the South, but when
Southern books in all the qualities that make good books
arc equal 10 Northern books OF the kind and the
only difference In the sentiment and mode of tBough
then bv all means the preference should he given 70
Southern books This IS the view that has guided the
STATE Board Education and more recently tho Board
Of Commissioners Of the Charleston schools, in tie
adoption Of" divers readers and copy-boohS'
Senator Lyndcs bill in relation TO text