New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-06
NOTES ON EDUCATION.


ssudeuts. Hamilton College sending the largest
numbeT-ten.
rortv woman studied in the London School OF
Medicine for Women during the term just closed
nevv arrangement in thls school Is the estaoI'sh
mont of tuioria classes biology ana eNpeTlmeli
tai physies for students preparing LOT the ple'ii"
nary scientific examination
The public school accommodation in Philadeipiha
A Inadequate a large number of children Delhc uh-
able to get instruction. The schools arc uelec''''
en- many yays for 'ack of superintendent III Is
pity that the city should not have s'lch ni"" go
Colonel Parker to manage It's SCHOOLS
Public education in Arkansas is becoming mar
ter of intense interest to the people, WHO !" ie"
wears ago cared very little for 1t. In some 'o"n'
where the school revenues are not tb 2ens
port the schools tor the usnaI tIli'I, U nnrnoSc
have subecribed additional sums lot Tue PURPOSE
Tn Great Britain last year $3,O00O0O was con-
..;h,,tad hv nr,vate donors for church education
Three hundred and seyenty-egbt new churc',
.cboo,s were opened and there was all addi'ioh %
10 40 IN tbe number of children in average Rttenu
oncc The Board schools opened dld NOT e4u"1 W
fiftv,fiye those started by voluntary agency
Professor Fl. G. Seeley is giving course OF lee
tnres ON geology to ladies' at Queens college, Lo,-
don and these lectures are supplemented py "eeer
excursions TO the chief geological localltles VIII
are easy of access 1t is hoped that tnese IHles if
aconire an aptitude Tor geological held Worh, IL
will omen up TO them new branch OF scehllhc euu
cation. -
The Concord School of Philosophy will open tIlS
Summer on July IL and continue untl AueusV II,
Among the lectures will be five by MI A. b' Alco''
on mysticism ten by Mr.. w. I. Harris on the MS
tory and nature Of speculative paiioSIpn lVS
PHILOSOPHY: and one by Mr.. Emerson MI Aloo'O
will conduct the SESSIONS
There is good sense at Gold Hill, Nevada. At
recent teachers meeting, among the Things men
toned as needing change in the pnOhc schoo'S
were: The blind adherence to meth'd Iathei 'n''i
ewing 70 reach certain results; the zeal to prepare
pnnils To pass the final examination rather lhan ~
give them mental substances rightly Oh sraui o
e cnltivaIion of memory rather than percepuOh' ana
IN inyeteratc riding ~ hobbies
Miss Scott who recently took so high POSITION
ot the Cambridge Examinations. is employed there
now rs q mathematical lecturer, taxing the suoIFo'
of ANALYTICAL Comics -Four sets OF college lectures
arc omen this term to women who receive spe-
or, ,orr,;sc;on 70 attend. viz: Mr.. Browning's
on Ancient Law Nj. PiOthcr'S on OheeK lllS'olA
4O4to S23 b. CO. Mr. Hammond's on buLEpra a.
History and the History OF treaties 'A'oo--A0l'''
and Mir. Sldgwick's on Metaphysics
1t IS absurd to say. as some writers Co. that what
Is being demanded from the schools 10y sensible reo
,lo 10 the arrangement of curriculum higher tlan
that now in use Ii is really the reverse; what Is
vented s simpler more compact course Of studies,
;mparted in n more Intelligent vivid and inspiring
way than that in operation at present. mere aie
already too many studies ana 700 huN',t'' r t ~
fhe school courses. Fewer studies ANA Dctl"r 'c1ci-
INC are what are beginning to be recognized as TIC
practical requirements of the school world
It's pleasant TO see that American newspapers in
general are waking up to the necessity when HE
TRIBUNE has persistently urged for several years
oast-ths necessity of giving moral instruction III
the public schools. Tie Boston IrdrcItT now comes
70 tie front to say that there Is no better ahdote
IN communism and socia lism than the medication
of the fundamental law of ethics comprised i'll the
Golden rule That is true. and 1t Is especially
Eeeded in this country where the audaDlt eudcaNoI
TO get ahead of other struggl"H on he reads OF
busineS - and politics, rs sometimes cnhDlne Wltl
,vhot under the name of smartness" is admired.
II NAV he defined as something on tie turLer side
of honor and on the hither side OF cheating.
The urinary schools of Chicago are Described by
The Tribune of that city little better than soldiers
barracks, where drill sergeants III pettcoats carry
ont GER ain prescribed rules in machine-like man-
nor The newspaper which makes this statement
holds that the teachers are generously PAID f"r the
inferior sort Of work they do and that they deserve
mo moro. No doubt; but it must be considered that
teachers who are not mere creatures Of routine get
no larger salaries. The sums &tered 90 not tempt
persons of the best capaclty t6PrepTe tnenseiSJ IS
greatly upon better Judgment III the selection o.
teachers; q ricter supervision over thr 10 ne sure
in the payment to them OF salaries Wb.cH VIII give
them decent and comfortable living.
The teaching Of sewing III the public schools is
thing which no person Of a reflective and practical
mind will urge here are already, as has before
been said. too many things taught in our schools,
and Americans are lot yet prepared to be guilty OF
the amazing stupidity Of turning their school sys-
fem into a means Of industrial educatiOn The
sooner that the noisy persons who are asking AL
over the country for such industrial education are
silcuced the halter for the schools If they would
eease expanding energy on this vain folly, and
amply it to the organization of special technical
schools, they might become benefactors instead of
remaining nulsances There is no place and no time
in the public schools for industrial teachings. The
teacher who is really teacher, and not a machine.
has no strength neIve-pOwer to throw away AFTER
her riehtful work is done in teaching awkward
children now to sew and after TIE regular school
work is ended the pupil who has labOred c0nscell-
tiously should be released from bending over task
If sewing must be taught publicly, let there be
sewing schools which shall be made attractive to
fhe Young pupils and be opened at proper seasons.
Here is a work in wllicf. women OF leisure may ell
gage to the benefit of their souls and the great
improyement of youthful capacities. But II Is seil-
onsly to be hoped that our public schools may be
kent free from industrial tools of any sort. The
suits of sewing instruction in the German ana
English schools have not been successful that we
need follow their example.