New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-19
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

TIE Province of Oniaro has teachers supsrah-
uRtiOD fund.
The average attendance in the aided schools Oh
England and Wales now amounts TO rather less thai
one in nine of the population. The ednca'io''"'
code of this year has provision by wh'e" "',e'
fourteen years of are children shall no longer y.
chargcahle to the parliamentary grant ~ - mI
that by the age OF thirteen: II ,e s,1 standards
Of the cod, aud three stages Of one or uore vi '"S
specific SUBJECTS of the fourth schedule.
Mr. Jules Ferry in his recent address on scho'as-
lie training said that he was bidding last Iare"en
to Latin as a language for use. The STUDY oi IT, as
well of the Greek, had in the past oeeh an ,hV"',
usble means for the culture of the human NINA o"'
tho study of antiquity had Degenerate" INTO Supo'-
stition. INTO grammatical ilolatry. Common sens
and truth must be returned TO. Hcnce1or'h lam ~
md Greek were to be studied, not ior the SAKE VI
writing in those tongues but merely to read inc me
great classic productions. and CLEAN from them Ill
the wisdom which they contained.
ST. Louis has 97s teachers in her public schools
and 51,55S pupils. The employment OF co'ored
teachers in the colored schools has not only served
10 increase the number of pupils but has encouraged
many young members of the race to qualiiy thehi-
selves for the profession. The entire nuniper Vi
children studying German in the city SCHOOLS was
is G92-a decrease of 1853 since last year. Inc KIN
dergartens are attended by 2206 pupils lheIe were
74O eases of corpc raj punishment in the schools fof
the last quarter of ten wceks-a nurDer winch rs
disgrace to the teachers, not TO the pupils. Inc
salaries of the singing teachers have Leen reduced
by $3.50, making them now Sl,3oo'
President B. +. Shaub, of the Pennsylvania state
Teachers Association. uttered iD recent address
few excellent sentences upon matter greatly neei-
ING discussion. The moral nature" he SAID.
"should receive culture in the schools IMAM u
generally does and Just in proportion as parents
are careless in this particular should the scNoos NC
more careful. Is It safe to leave moral culture 10
cbancei Wonld it not be much less dangerous to
leave the culture of the intellect to CHANGER Fer
hans the best way to give this culture is to do so in
formally but persistently and continuously, at
every suitable opportunity. In every schoo, from
the highest to the lowest, in every association oil
teachers this subj"ct should receive recos
n,;ion and shonId be lifted up into that prominence
which its supreme Importance demands. me
teacher who does not realize that TINS INFORMAL
persistent teaching OF morals IS part OF ms u'S
and who does not know Low 10 administer IL, Is u-
fit for his post.
II is pleasant to see that President Robinson, OF
Brown University, calls for better knowledge oil
English language and literature as requirement
for admission to that institution, and for ample
nroyision for instruction and training i'll English
In university as well as public school is growing
the rebellion against the hard and shallow rule OF
the natural sciences. "Vauable" says President
Robinson las may he the study OF the natural
sciences, both as 4 means OF ntntdi uIsCiphhc anu
AS a source of most useful knowledge, no amount of
such discipline and knowledge can ever compensate
for the absence of that culture whlch linguistic
stuiies alone can impart, or for that discipline OF
mind and heart, and that complement OF khowie'ee
and cnlture winch are uu ttainable, without attcn
ton To the laws of both the mental ana the moral
constitution OF man. 1t IS to be hOped that no
diploma of graduation VIII ever Oe gwen DV tnlS
university to any man who has not been required
TO make himself acquainted win tue laws 81 II )
personal being, as wei! as with Tue laws "a 'he
physical world around hln."
President Alexander. of the Ontario Teachers
Association, made urgent plea at the recent
meeting for more English in the public schools.
He declared that too much importance was gwen
to the study of mathematics aud that English
should be made the main study, rs having by lar
the most practical value of the Two. lie pointed
out that what greatly needed was a properly
prepared book OF books which should arrest the
attention of the pupils and arouse i'll them love
for the study of good English. Professor Goodwin
Smith made little speech, in which he concurred
with Mr.. AleXander's remarks III reference to the
cultivation of English. 1t is encouraging to see
with what rapidity is growing the conviction
that the study of mathematics, has been
iujuriously exalted above all , ctherS
1t has been made the MOoch to whom all things
were taught bow. t is the refuge OF the genera
ton of dryasdust, mechanical teachers who nave
not the ability nor the INDUSTRY Ia cultivate the
minds of their pupils, and. therefore, pend then
time in cranming them with rules and figures
There was a lime when Greek and Latin were The
deyonring idols to which other studies were sacr-
feed to them mat hematcs succeeded I'D an even more
outrageous degree. Now there are sigus that teach
INC is 10 becoinc tnIng roundcd and Harmonious,
and there viii be an end oil turning out IRON tIe
schools bows and girls who prIIlsIes III mathc-
mates and wofully ignorant Of All else winch goes
to make up education. The new eoucat"n VIII
naturally demand teachers, and a reasonable
mind Is not without visions of an advance Of the
profession III pubic estimatIOn-and an advance,
TOO, in salaries.