New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-26
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

Tho Row Ryron Hamilton. LID, formerly pres'
a.rt of Robert College at Constantinople' lnrheS'
ohio was elected president of the Mlddieouiy WV
lege Vermont, has accepted.
Ont of 2G3 candidates at the recent examin"',o"
IN San Francisco only G3 were allowed cer,ino"'o9
20 teach in the public schools. This is m"o" o"'
percentage than in the past two years or
rho cornerstone of the new Marquette Coi'egc'
<he latest educational institute OF the O"'"o'':
milwaukee, was laid on August To- AS i's n"i"0 ..'
.Eos a &c meant as a monument or triou'e W -
pii.s, rv 81 peYe Narouette whose name ~ SO IN,
me1e;v connected with the history oil the Noi'"'
west.
hiring the mast year nearly 100000 has pee"
.dcad IN the permanent endowment iuhu Vi 'A0
WESLEYAN University. The faculty can now oo III
oroased and a new observatory, much needed; cap
be provided. The new pies,of Pev Dr. Foss. lately
W Beach who succeeds inc i'o' D' -'
raised 70 the rank oil BISHOP
Tberc VIII be two terms in the Forthcoming ac',
demica year at Colby University, Me- nc ''S' WIN
omen in September, and consist or TWO seSs'o"''
which close January 80. 1881. The second 'rr"'
will orcn March o. and continue sixteen t .Lo
change is made for the beneht OF st"uo"''
speud the winter in teaching SCHOOL,
Tho Vermont teachers have organized an asSocia-
zion called "The Vermont College of Teachers 10
,yh,ch only educators of proved ability and exrcri
o,ce will he admitted It's chief objects are 10 raise
Tho standard of qualification among TEACHERS, ana 10
;,nnYovs the coarse OF study and methods OF usIUc-
zion IN all grades from the primary 10 lno 'o'Np
fjon OF the high school or academic couisc'
The attendance ut Union College promises 70 DC
ro,ch larger this year than last. The graduaun,'
IL of ;s1 will outnumber $50" by one-thrd.
Over 90 ono students were actively connected
with the twenty German universities at me i"S'
WINTER semester OF these 9. sos were az berIn :
2 027 AZ Ieipic SOC at Munich; ioo0 0o 90 ~;
lau O9s at Halle 965 at gcf 20 At
LiDSen. SSl al Bonn S4s al NuiIpuls' '"- ."
Strassbure, and SOP at Heidelberg
The Hon. NJ. A. Newell, president of the Nauopa'
Teachers, Associations Is in favor of technical euu
cation il common schools. The true theory OF Il
oom,ron school programme" be says. is that eV-
srr stn shall be the best possible preparation Tor
stepping out rather than for stepping up. 'h -
wnrnid involve some changes IN the curriculum IL
would bring IN writing ANA drawing AT 'h9 Ntlt
LeCinnIng and continue them TO tue emo, WIN
reading and spelling. Aud all through tne
.ourse there should alongside OF the eieeItai5
lessons IN the various depa' VI n5 nohGcol
tory systematic instruction III noIdis anu
economy" ...
According 70 Professor George j. Fisher, teaching
At the preseut day is and must be profession bu'
he would also have itreguded as hlgh calling ui'
,oront IN i;s nature from ordinary employment. lie
thinks also that as the great object OF eluca'io"
,hond be to elicit the individuals power OF ihue-
pendent thought, teaching should De NANNY SUI
f-hv nuest,ou and answer. The YOU ENJOY uoiiit
what they do for themselves provided the task SET
not beyond tneir powers Nothing VIII more Hehn n
hranches IF knowledge, than the colloQuial method
,kilfuy applied
In 242 years there have been Twenty-Five presi-
aents of Harvard, an average length OF service oil
eleven years. President Edward Holyoke was the
longest time IN office. thrty-two years; CoF"eh"S
Conway FELTON, the shortest, two years. Inc h's'
graduate of Harvard who was president was Leon
ard Hoar. 1874. 1873. at which time the Office was
REGARDED as bed of thorns." Increase MatheT
was the fist native American who became prrsl-
dent The first president was Henry Dunster, loio-
1854 who was probably thirty years OF age AT
the time of his appointment, but nothing dehnlle
' H. a We ic known With that excep ion Presl-
dent Eho is the youngest person ever elected TO he
presidency.