Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-06-19

Kit Is stated that the sum OF 40,212.N on
the educational account Is due TO the city OF
New Orleans from the state OF Louisiana.
Hiram College. Ohio-the College OF which
General Garfield was once president, and of
which he Is now trustee-has 2o9 students.
Wellesley college has lately received 81. 500
from NJ. Ii. Simpson, OF Boston, for another
dOrmitory. and S, 900 for a scholarship, for
which preference is TO be given the daughters
OF foreign missionaries
Dean Swift said that the reason a certain
university was learned place was that most
persons took some learning there, and but few
brought any away with them, and so 1t accu-
mulated.
During the past winter there were at the
twenty German universities the goodly num-
Der OF 20, 1I2 students The University o. Ber-
lin had the largest number-3,6OS. Inc pn1lo-
sophical departments attracted the largest
number, S,624.
The training of the voice ought to begin
with childhood. Then the organ Is more f1exi-
and much OF the harshness developed In later
years could thus be avoided. AS pleasant
speaking is part OF good manners, and as there
" modulated voice, it is wen to train the voice
while the manners are forming.
The Je5uitS inculcate, says an English
writer, two qualities In their scholars more
valued, perhaps, by French people than our
selves. These are:-FirSt, pOliteneSs; second,
obedience TO parents and superiOrs Their pu-
pills have good manners and the art OF SubmiS-
SlOu 10 PARENTAL dulnOTlty 10 SucQ Qegroe,
indeed, that youth reared by them may be-
relied on for dOcility at home and pOliteness
abroad.
The method Of teaching used by Profes-
sor Henry Adams In his historical courses at
Harvard has been adopted by some or the in-
structoTs ia other departments, and has been
particularly successful In physics and In Ger
man. Under this system each student IL made
to unGeTti Ike special and exhaustive study of
some part Of The work OF the course and to
lecture to he class upon that part.
"A writer in BdT7ses's Educational Monthly
complains with much justice and force OF the
way in which history Is taught in our schools.
The minds OF the pupils are crammed with
dates aha numbers which they soon forget,
and there Is no intellectual grasp Of the deeds,
Ing which they study. And this, iJ must be
said. is Chi fly the fault OF teachers, for even
poor textbook may be made OF worth In the
hands OF wise and Sk1lful teacher.
The Minister of Public instruction in
France has addressed to the rectors circular
relative TO The practical execution OF the gym
nasic exercises now obligatory by law In
French put lie schools These exercises are
for the preeeLt TO be conducted by the masters
themselves. since special Instructors In this
branch are Us yet wanting. In all colleges, ly-
Gees and primary normal schools gymnastics
are TO lie H. aCtistd at least four times week,
during halt an hour at a time. The exercises
are Obligatory for all the pupils save those
doctors certificate.
Kenyon College, at Gambler. O., one OF the
Oldest and probably the best of western 1nstitu-
lions, is 10 have grand commencement
DAY, julie N- She numbers among her prom
ihent g. acuates President Hayes, Hon. STAN
ley Matthews and Hon. David Davis, all OF
whom viii be present this year at The COM
mencement; Chief Justice Waite, late a truS-
tee OF the college, will also attend-a special
car carryii ( the distinguished party. and other
alumni 1rcl.i Washington. The address before
the alumni the evening before commence
ment, viii he delivered by Hon. Stanley Mat
theWs. The poet for the occasion is Rev.
Wyllls EaI. OF Michigan. Bishop Jaggar, OF
southern O'.io, will preach the Daccalaureate
sermon on sunday, the goth.
This Is the latest school boy composition:
81 go to school 10 read and rite and siphor to
Slide on tie ice and tra1d of an old n1fe If
nave Ole, III summer to pick wild flowers and
strawbeiries aid TO get out OF work hot DAYS,
some boys has TO go to school to get out OF
their mothers road but i would rather stay in
winter THAI TO go to miles and set by cold
stove and n.Ze my toes i like to 60 to school
to see the teacher scOld the big girls when
they cut up, some goes to school to fool but
go to sluoy when we are old we can't go to
school aud then We viii feel sorry that we
fooled When we was young and went to school
j don't get 10 time to fool anyway. for l have
enough 10 CO when come to my geography"
France Las agricultural schools for girls
= One Of the Chief Is near Rouen, which is said
to have been begun with capital Of one
franc by q sister or charity and TWO little
discharged prisoner girls and to be now worth
800, eco This establishment has 800 girls from
eight TO eighteen. The farm, entirely cultiva-
ted by them. is over 400 acres In extent The
staff OF teachers consists of 25 sisters. More
1han Ole DIAL OF the French Agricultural
Society has been awarded to this establish
ment at DarDetel and the pupils are In great
demand all over Normandy on account OF their
skill They go out as Stewards gardeners,
farm managers. dairy women and ia1ndresses'
Each girl has. on leaving, an outfit and small
sum OF money, earned In spare hours. Ii they
want home they can always return to Darne-
tel
The most successful teacher, ether reaui-
sites being equal, Is he or she who Is the
brightest aid cheeriest teacher, who rules the
class by the law OF love, and lives life of sun
shine. Mich more can be ACCOMPLISHED by a
firm but gentle. discipline with the scholar
than by G. Ter ridicule or uncalled- for sever.
1ty. The Ounce OF the school can be converted
Into had working student by kind act
after fogsl IS have failed; the dullard be made
an eager j. arner by ENCOURAGEMENT when all
other devices known 10 the profession have
been fouLG useless; and the laggard In the race
can be spurred into competition by smile.
when the unsuccessful rod has been laid aside
honest, pt .s>tent, and earnest effort In
In that vocation that will come In no other
way. II j. true In the nursery OF the home
ana true IL the Lursery OF the school A kind
character into nobility and usefulness that
would oils =" iSe' sink into the slough Of de-
spond. ard he lost In the mre of crime and
ignorance. can pick out such, who taught
me, when Toy. and their classes fiouriSned
accordingly. G.. II. Darts.
One OF The ancients observes that a lamp
loses none OF its Own light by allowing another
lamp 10 be II from il He uses the illustration
10 enforce lie duty OF liberality In 1mparting
our know ie3 e TO others knowledge he SAYS
unlike Other re aSureS, IS not diminished by CIV
ing. The iliuS' ration fails TO express the whole
Truth. This lmparting of knowledge TO Others
not only does not impoverish the donor but it
actually hcsCaseS his riches. Doce7ldO disct-
nus; BY teaching We learn. a man grows In
knowledge ty the very act OF communicating it,
The reason Tor this Is obvious. In order to COM
munlcate 10 The mind OF another a Thought
which Is ia ctr own mind. We must give to the
thought denLite shape and form. We must
nahdie u, ahd pack IL up for safe conveyance.
Thus the mere act OF giving Thought expires
sion In words. likes II more deeply In our minds
Not only so; We can, In fact very rarely be said
10 De In fufl poS< esSon OF a thought ourselves
until Dy the tongue or the pen we have COM
munlcated II 10 somebody else. The expression
= OF IT, ID some torm, seems necessary TO give IL,
even In our own minds, q definite shape and
lasting impre SSion.--THe Teacher.