New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-09-02
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

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California will shortly have school arport'on-
men, of $685. 900 80. The number of children ell
fitlel 10 She benefit of tins sum is Zlo,o'o'
The I'm yers,tv of Colorado is in excellent conu'-
tiou and expects a large freshman class TINS year.
TIE laboratory is thoroughly fitted, and the i'oi"'S
is growing rapidly.
Ce-,nan is 10 be Taught in two of the Chicago
primary schools. There are about 6i.o"o eh'i''e"
70 he ucted by the public schools OF thaJ Guy
there are accommodations, however ioi oi''
aS,636
The ladies are well to the front in the University
NJ ondon examinations; none of them are as low
os tho sec md division and one of them Is inurth
ON The list in the first division OF the hIS' d. So'
examination
cit,zen of Cleveland has offered to present to the
trustees of the Case School of Science oeau'hu'
bmldng-si.e near the city. The question OF lniihe-
d,ate'v starting the school in the old Gaze home
stead and building at leisure Is now DehS UScuss'u
Abi.monthly magazine. discussing scfoo and
college subjects under tho title of " Education Is
70 be brought out for the first time TINS month
Boston is to be the place of publication ana ME- l.
W. Bc&nc Is TO be the conductor
Professor Gilchrist of til, Iowa State Normal
School saws that coeducaion in that institution Is
"a decided IS" ard adds. 1--WE experience
none of those dangers which arc imagined by It's
opponent.
PE1ladC phl9 - sara 10 nave dO'ut IVtNV' P'f'''
in her pnbc schools. 1t is asserted that tnere are
nog enough teachers. Councils forgetting that inc
school population = increasing ard eNpecting tne
Board 10 work with the Same appropriations rs
were made several years ago.
The number Of drawings sent by the schools OF
art in competition to the BRUSH Science ana All
DEPARTMENT for 1879 was 1866. The schools
nuiob.rcd 1l6 The number of children taught
drawing in Great Britain has Increased from
0GO, 53l in 1878. 20 10, l29 IN 1e19
The san Francisco Board of Education has pro-
yidcd that tue pupils in each class III the pupnc
schools having the highest yearly standing shall be
promoted honoraby without examination. An
average of 20 per cent j. ieguisll loI lIoHotIoH
and graduation IN ali schools 81 me 10 PtilHtht'
The famous Old Chr't's Hospital, or Blue Coat
School. OF London, is 10 be removed to suitable
site in the country. where buildings viii be pro-
yidcd for a thousand boys rs boardcr5. Accomno-
dafions viii a 50 be pI0viDed ior 400 girls III an
upper and lower school.
An enthusiastic meeting of colored teachers has
lust been held in Kentucky. superintendent Harn-
SON. of Lexington. while cOmplimenting the teach
ers. censured the coored people FOR not sending
larger proportion of their children to the schools
which have been opened for them. lie SAID that
moi NOR, than oue-thrd OF the cOlOrcd children of
school age and not more than oue-fouIth of the
whiic children III Lexington are sent TO Inc pubHc
schools.
teniIon to It's department OF civil engineering 1t Is
well equipped, and the training is thorough and
practcal In the later years 81 the course the
students are employed upon actual engineering
work, i'll The vicinity of the college The professor
in this department is employed by Government
to take charge of tie geoCeac survey o. the state
and viii be assisted by his students. lhOSe VINO
have graduated have ithou difficulty found profit
able employ ncnt.
Oical statistics show that the state of education
in France is not encouraging AZ the spring session
Of he different universities l, So young men pre-
h seuted themselves for the degree of Bachelor Of
N Letters. Seven hundred and fifty were admitted,
~ Of whom not obtained the note " very we'll"
One only was noted well" 80 passed with
pretty weID ana 500 with "tOleraD!c.' OF
llG7 students who went up for tho degree Of
Science, 664 failed IN the written trials. and 81 III
the oral 412 were admitted, but none obtained
tie note very weli.' Two passed with vel"
6s with pretty well " and 342 With "tolerable"
The new course of study proposed by Supern-
tendent Tarbel, of Indianapolis. for the High
School is thus arranged: First year, literature
grammar COMPOSITIONS ana English selections; sci
enct-physical geography, natural philosophy;
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Second year, literature
Latin or G. .rman or rhetoric and American authors;
scicncc-HitUral philosophy, chemistry botany !;
mathcmaucs-plaue geometry. arithmetic ard book
kec ing. lhird year, nterature-latln or German
oI Rhetoric ard literature; sell ncr-DOi&hy phNSi-
ology rooc Cy or laboratory work mathematics
plane geometry. solid geometry. trIlooomotry &c
f0uith year, Hera,uie-Latin or German or United
State, history and Constitution; s'lence-astrOn
omy, geology, review: general history.
The next examination for matriculaton al Johns
Hopkins University begins September 20. During
the coming year Nh. \. VI. Elliot, associate IN
nance languages, VIII Offer instruction to advanced
stuGouts III old Italian dialects, Low Latin Proven
cal and Portuguese He vii! also direct second
class in Old French, Italian, and Spanish. lie VIII
also lecture during the year on the French, Spanis
and ltal IN dialects. The major and minor codrscs
in French viii be carried on as heretofore. A
Mathematical Semnarium VIII be conducted 10y
Plu!rs-O sylvester ana Dr.. StOIv. At lis monthly
meetings ". len are attended by al the instructors
and advanced students of mathematics, papers ar"
red and such tones are freely discussed as may
haye been sugge ted ~ the reading Of tne professors
aud stud nt or may D., lOi OlnCI reasons Oh inter-
est 10 t4o company.
William Garth, Kentucluan who died in 1860
left generous sum to he invested and The interest
apuii.d 20 the education Of poor and worthy young
men Of i ,uIbon County. The committee having
the matter in charge have done Their work well, the
result being the college graduation Of sixteen young
men, and the instruction Of If. cen on the rolls
Nearly all these students have attended c eeee
wherein instruction is free, and on,tQUcntly tIe
moucy has thus lar been used almost exclusively
for BOOKS. o;o:hIng and boarding. Ii Is paid d.
rectiy 20 the student. AND he accounts Annually 10
tna Commissioners for the sums used npon vouchers.
One OF uem saws; Ihi' pan deNci'IS an IN ,
mAuli.e.s t.crc j. IL boy. We trust item ana
are rewarded by statements of account TIT "Ouid
reject credit upon "a Dlnk cashier" M preVarica-
ti,n u winocd at : tie boy Is tMght that tuis
fond Is not a cEauv gwen hlm on account OF IN
misfortune. bat is reward OF mcTt-puy steal
moral and mrntai-and that tie annual apygODrIa-
ton vii bc conferred a. a reward for every years
faIsHiu! app IcitOn Oh ms part
A change las been made by Harvard il its scheme
OF examination FOR woncn--J chang which locks
toward Nor generous provision for them in tic
future TIE regular NaiVri EItraucc EXlnina-
tion has been substituted for tie special Womens
Ex..,luafio1 and the iitt 4 >; n1W thing of the