New-York tribune., 1880-09-30
NOTES ON EDUCATION.


(,round will soon he broken for an observatory az
Che Mount Holyoke Mass Seminary
Tho ;,cominr freshman class Of Rochester Univer-
atty contains fifty members, ten hole 'u'" ' "
erage of the past ten ears
Over twenty thousand pupils in the ~. Louis puo-
liz schools have taken up the study OF "eriu'"'
which is an elective brahch.
There arc at present seventeen American students
M tho Stuttgart Poytechnic School. which mas ooo
st tudents aud soventy-two professors
The new class of Yale viii number about 80
po,essor Beers has been made full Professor OF Eng
lsb Literature, and Professor Seymour, late oil 'ho
Western Reserve College. JOINS tho iacuiV'
Nearly filth of the population of Minnesota Is
.o;A 10 he of Scandinavian origin. The Augsburg
seminary at Minneapolis was founded lew years
eco by the Norwegians. and mbvcnent is on foot
among Tie leading citizens 10 enlarge the property
of the thus far wc-susiained institution
There is growing interest in common school cd
ucation in South Carolina. The average aiienca'
Mt the public schools in that SfatcTor tic past three
,.aars hos becn 52o77 white and 60,722 coloren
nnpils against average attenuance uuIlnS c ~,
pIrece6,nc eight years Of 33.7S2 whites aud 4l05l
colorcd phphs'
The conditions on which depends the removal OF
the Western Reserve College from Hudson Ohia 10
cleveland are stated as follows: New buildings are
10 be erected in Cleveland, tof which the sum o.
800 600 is to be obtained the endowment iuha Is
to NO increased nv S4OO 900 expected from the same
generous donor; tie present property az tucson
will he retained, Il work there continued III the
fo~m of a classical and literary institute for ms
less education and preparatory department OF the
larger institution.
The Iowa Agricultural College at Amcs publishes
an interesting and we.l-conducttd college QRdrtfty
wbich treats in practical way % subjects III winch
avery Iowa farmer il concerned. The college Will
have department at the state Fair. and undertake
10 show what degree of manual skiil nay pe az
famed hy students who are parsning an rdnstrla
rourse The school of mechanics will e1hbt steam
engines machine tools n Job printing press anu
flooring, window easing ana WainscotlhR III hdt'N0
wood all made by students. students VII DC pres
ent to work wood aud iron turning lathes ana
Soung ladies IN the domestic department VIII c&-
iibit their skill IN the culinary ART
The superintendent of the Albany public schools
makes several recommendations to the Board Of
-Rdncaiiou. some OF which are summarized rs fol-
lows: That teachers prepare short courses III read
ing for the guidance of pupils that oral spelling be
practically abolshed that the course OF arithmetic
be reduced by pruning of tie text book; that de-
cisive steps be taken to improve the penmauship oil
the schools; that the plan Of semi-annnal promo
standard OF admission to the High School he raised
and thai cIas be permitted 10 try or two sub
ieets at the Regents Examination IN February;
that the exhibitions he gwen AT intervals OF TWO
months and n half that the High Scnool course De
extended orc wear, TO permit Normal training oI
those who wish TO tcach.
Professor Watson, OF the WaShburn observatory,
in the grounds of the Wisconsin State University,
has greatly increased his facilities Tor observation.
and The MADISON state Journal gives this account OF
a novel project a ready in hand ''At the loot OF
tbe frs hill SLOPE in front of the entrance to Wash
lurn Observatory, the Professor is erecting, at hs
own EXPENSE the Watson Solar Observatory, nov
eltv in astronomical investigation. Ii Is generally
known that from the bottom Of deep well The stars
can be very plainly seen at bright MONDAY. Upon
tins priaclple Professor Watson is conducting has
experiment. cellar twenty feet III depth has Oeen
hpnk below the surface of the ground ~ the bottom
Of the slope; over this fine stone building is balng
erected At he top of the hill. which is about sixty
feet above the bottom Of the cellar powerful reiiec-
tors are TO be placed to throw rays of light down
large tube which ends in the cellar, where the Oh
server viii I've stationed. his method OF miIOi Re
6eetion Is an invention of the Professor pure ana
simple and Is the resultOi extended Individual c&-
perlmeui. IL is thought that by this means. Wbch
i IN effect the same as gazing at the heavens
through telescope located in the bottom OF well
observations of the sun Oc taken better than
over heretofore obtained. This experiment OF Pro
fessar Wafs0s entered into because Gt hiS strong
desire 10 learn more about the Inter-Mcrcuria
nl1net Vulcan, the existence OF which lie has no
dOnbt Of being particularly confirmed IN Ills 0pln-
ion by an observation made two years ago Gurirg
The total eclipsj OF the SUI"