New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-11-11
NOTES ON EDUCATION.


new normal school VIII probably soon w cS'"'
lshed al Milwaukee,.
The City Of Toronto has doubled the number OF
its ngllt-Schools since last WINTER
Tn snit of the State OF Ireland the numbers of the
under graduates arc not falling oil nj the Univer-
sity OF Dublin.
William Preston Johnston. LID, has been
elected president of the Louisiana State University
He was graduated from Yale and was for many
years one OF the faculty OF Wasmngton-Lee ofi-
ycrsity.
Oae can ger some idea OF the amount Of sclcnnhc
irstrac; ion given in England From the fact tha'
while twelve years GO the number of schools eN-
aminel under the Science and Ant Dcpar, met TGS
Onlv 2l2 and TIE number Of stucea:s ouE I'uup'
there were las vca', over 1900 oi these schoo'S
and nearly 10000 pups.
Harvard freshmen mustnow by the rules oil the
Faculty get 40 per- cent in every course or ne coz
ditioned. Only 33l3 per cent has been required OF
them heretofore. Oae-hour examinations are
limited 10 three in any one course during the year
and no oDe-hnur examination can be mace up II
regularity OF attendance will not he permitted
hereafter.
Professor Blacke Greek professor at Edinburgh
University advocates the study of at least two
modern languages and one ancient language as IN
dispensable to culture. In a little address TO MS
students the other day he gave passing Int at
those who study what he called evOlut oui OF an
antedlluvlan rat the lntnitesimal brain o. pre-
adamite slater.
writer in The National Journal Of Education ad-
vOcatcs with good deal of reason the visiting by
the teacher of schools other than his own. Inc
practical suggestions thus gained are far more N'lu
able tnan the ideas acquired from the theoretical
addresses of the institure And the teacher visited
in the presence of q critical observer grows COZ
scious OF nis own professional fauits-and 50 the
benefit Is two-loid.
There is a Judicious movement among the B1italo
teachers looking toward the establishment IN the
public schools of that city of juvenile societies for
the protection of animals. The meetings are 10 be
occupied by the reading of interesting extracts or
compositions upon tie structure, habits and needs
OF the lower animals: the rcclting of appropriate
selections in poetry prose; the relating OF anec-
dotes and stories of the sag1citv of animals or the
calling of attention TO beautiful pcinres OF animals
and the singing of songs appropriate for the OCCASION
The President may oner prizes LOT humanity rs Weil
as for schOlars.tr. Any plan whlch pr0NlltS ioI
teaching andncSS and considerateness 10 children
Is wise one.
In the course of comments upon the proposed re-
tention of Greek as a compulsory subject at Cam
bridge The london Times says: Greek is much easier
to learn than most people aware Of OF course,
every year the study becomes less il only that
il has become growing bug5ear and the scholar
cannot learn because he faucies he cannot. Tie old
reckoning that a lad ought to be able to read
Homer" nj eleven or twelve. We have known
lad of thirteen translate large portions of " Homer
into good English heroics; another, without NE
same early advantages, coming 10 pubhc
school at fourteen without knowing a letter
OF the Greek alphabet and reading Homer
in half year. On the other hand, we
have known % lad entering public school
nearly as good \ Greek scholar as he left II five
wears after There are abundant examples. from
Cato the cider downward, and including ime great
scholars, OF the facility with winch Greek can be
learned ana mase cred. Na'ure, too, 1t must be
remembered, gives u, various powers TO be snnul-
tan"ouly exercised, not only without interference,
but VITA mutual aid"
Professor Notbgop of Connecticut, who has been
examining the Quincy schools has made some ~
teresting notes on bis visit He SAYS: With us
nothing of equal Importance Is underrGted and
neglected the culture of the expressive faculties.
Until recently grammar was the only study in our
curriculum protesting TO teach how to speak and
write the English language correctly As Ordl-
Darily taught to children under twelve years of age
it has about as much adaptation TO It's professed de-
siel as the study of physiology and anatomy would
have TO swimming. Useful grammar is, 1t Is diff
cult to study kindred TO rhetoric and logic and
above the grasp of Young children. In Quincy
grammar was summar ~ put out Of school, and
daily exercises III taking and writing put IN. The
result Is that the children write English earlier,
write mOr', and write II better throughout all the
schools ri tn. than the IN all the schools
OF any other town within my knowledge III our
country. Individual schools can here and there be
found III this respect equal To any IN QGIncy. The
pen or pencil continually III hand has made the
Quincy facilc and feicltOus IN expression
IEcy learn words 10y using them phrases by making
them. ana sentences by writing them. CONVERSE
ton OF the attractions ot the Quincy schools
a. It is of the we'll regulated home. What did you
do last evening 2 or What did you your way
20 school thIs morning are specimens of many of
the simple Questions to invite habits of observation
end then Of telling the teacher Thus converse
ton Is cultivated an art. So should IL oe in every
PRIMARY school TO teach how to talk well should
be the constant of both home and school
framing