New-York tribune., 1880-02-19
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

A course of lectures on Journalism Is 10 oe
given at Michigan University next year
The State Normal School at San Jose, Cal''
has Just been entirely destroyed by hfe'
Nearly 40 per cent Of the coored children
of Tennessee were last year enrolled in the puplc
schools.
Only SIC, 900 is lacking toward the endow-
rnent fund OF S150000 proposed for Rochester OhVer
sy. The invested funds of the University no" amount
to S2e5.OO0.
There is a ridiculous difference in the pay OF
male and female teachers in Dubuque County, Iowa;
the former receive $50 Is month the latter s29 IL
very little moro than half
The Yoo Giiinku College at Hirosakl, Ja-
nan furnishes tuition at from 80 10 cents term
The Japanese students remarkably good menno
ries and therefore excel IN languages
The report of the Commission appointed 10
euggest reforms in the Baltimore school system recon-
mends that competent colored persons be CONSIDERED
eligible as teachers in the coored schools
Ninety-fve per cent of those graduating
from the Massachusetts Normal Schools teach III .ne
public schools and yet only about 81 per cent OF tne
whole number teachers in the State have bad pro-
fcssona training.
Thu last circular Just issued of the Bureau
of Education OF more practical value than any OF the
Others IL is on Training Schools OF COOKERY, ana
contains an interesting and suggestive appendix by MISS
Corson on dietaries for young people
There ia an increasing number of lectures
open to women the colleges of Cambridge University
These inelude the lectures on Political Philosophy and
Jurisprudence Greek History. Aristotle's Rhetoric
EuropeOn History and the History of Treaties ana
Advanced Psychology.
The penny-wise, pound foolish system OF
education can go no further than San Francisco The
Alta California says that in the sweeping reductions III
salaries which the new Board of Education nave mace
the majority Of the teachers receive less pay than tue
jantors and even the hgher-pad oues receive much
less than ordinary clerks in other departments OF
the city government
The recently presented annual report of the
Massachusetts state Board of Education had an excel
lent clause regard to moral teaching in the schools
1t declares that teacher should study 10 make the
daily lessons his discipline and the social relation OF
his pups for earnest teaching in all tna when
pertains to vrtuous life. The report adds that there
is a feeling in the minds of many that the moral III
sruction given not in all cases. OF that persistent and
positive kind which leads 10 thorough KNOWLEDGE OF
moral duties and to the formation Of moral char
aeter.
During the past year Massachusetts has in
structed 81 .52s pnps in 5,55s public schools The
teachers numbered s749 There were 2l6 high schools
having 595 teachers and 1871 pupils. In the state
there are also 37S private, parochial schools,
with 1516s pupils, and &C academies with S,662
pupils Altogether, there were 335,35s children In the
schools during the The average length OF the
public school service eight and three-quarter
The total cost of the schools was S4994e24 Al
The average monthly salary of the male teacher was
S67.44 OF the female teacher $3.50.
The sixth annual meeting of the Inter
Academic Union" OF the State OF New-York will be he'd
at Albany at ConvocatiOn time July S12 The subjects
for tho essays-which limited TO 1,5OO words and
must he in before June 15-are / Life and Works
OF William Lloyd Garrison. g Importance and Methods
PurDOses, g. Value of the Study
OF Natural Sciences. Liberty versus License, or the
Relation Of the Individual TO the State. o. Editors and
their influence. 6. Write descriptive letter. q The
Search for Sir John Franklin g. Wolfe at Quebec. o.
Godsniths deserted Village II cannot be said that
the selections particularly apt and practical
President James, of the Northeastern Ohio
Teachers Association very wisely says: There has
grown up this country very unhealthy ambition to
make school education so cheap that even Its
enemies shall be satisfied. 1t would be far better II
more liberal public sentiment could be developed, so
that communities would be willing to pay for good ed
ucatIon all that it is worth. The opinion now
Is that if OF instruction in the common and
higher English branches, in the sciences and classics III
French and German, in Eusle and drawing shall eX
ceed 500 year, that something is wrong am ready
70 say that school taxes should be twice as much as
they row are For work be done there should be
twice as many schOOhOuses and twice many tea III
ers employed. The difficulties of too much written and
too little oral work too written examinations, too
little individual instruction. too Hte personal Influence
of teacher upon pupil and many other evils might then
disappear"
Mr.. Henry Cabot Lodge has compiled a
volume OF SIX Popular Tales, and DR.. Eliot volume of
Poetry for Children, which been introduced in the
Boston schools much TO the mental growth and happ-
ness Of the pupils As The Atlantic points out there is
no way suppress the cheap, sensational literature so
much read by ,he young except by educating the
children public schools to read something better
.The amount reading" says The Atlantic. " winch
can be disposed Of during year in a good primary
school is amazing Such books as these are simply de-
voured BY children who have hitherto been starved SO
far their fancy and their imagination are concerned
II any one cafes 10 test practically how strong the in
teres children who are thus taught really is he has
only to- buy dozen pcture-hooks or, indeed, story
books OF any kind, go 10 some primary school where
this system is successful operation, and tell the cai
dreu that brought them something new to read
He Will probably be satisfied that there is lack of
eagerness about hin. and that the Elite people know
quite well what tboy want"
1t is probable that in Rochester several
ladies Will shortly become candidates Tor school
offices peDOcr0t notes that is fortunate that the
right Of suffrage school matters is accorded to the
women OF Ncw-YOrk at a time when they can i'm
roeaiately take advantage OF 1t the spring municipal
elections and ad that in Rochester ladies OF culture
and influence have already expressed determination
10 vote at the municipal election about to be held
general attendance at the party caLcuses is not ex
pected al this tme." The Democrat. " although
the ladies would be cordially welcomed at the primaries
Their presence would undoubtedly have the effect Of
rendering tue primaries in several wards more orderly
and more thoroughly representative fhe popular seDti
ment The adies of Rochester who have expressed an
opinion on question OF voting at the approaching
election are Inclined their ballots for the most
liberal and cultured male candidate whatever his
political affiliations IL no female candidates are III toe
field It's the general imp preston that the women
exercise the right Of suffrage in the most effective
manner present by voting for the best men, instead
of making separate nominations. That is. the
Immediate aim is to hold the balance OF power aud