The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1880-11-18
Notes On Education.
New York Tribune.


New York Tribune.
Bowdoin has lately received gifts
amounting to $110,0OO.
Phillips Exeter Academy has more
students this term than ever before
220 is the number.
A new study has been added to the
Freshmen course at Brown University
! a lecture on hygiene is given before
every week.
it Harvard divinity schoolhas just re-
ceived a bequest Of $4,000 for the edu-
cation ofneedy students intending to
become clergymen.
! The first municipal college for
young girls in France is shortly to be
opened at Montpelier. Another is be-
ing built at Castle Sarrasin.
The new Southern University for
colored persons is to be opened in
New Orleans within fortnight. DR.. a.
r. Courier has been appointed presi
dent.
At Ncwnham college the women's
college) Cambridge, a. prominent fea-
ture Of the French course this term is
to be Gir0 voce translation into French
from Lord Lytton's "Caxton.'
The Professors at Cornell last spring
mentioned in their classes the case Of
one of the university students who had
seriously impaired his health by
smoking No rule was made, there
was no compulsion, yet the smoking
students almost entirely gave up the
practice.
At Harvard the old recitation sys-
tenn in mathematics has given place to
lectures, except in the prescribed
courses in algebra, geometry and trigo-
nometry, which form a continuation
of the common academical instruction.
In analytical geometry, advanced an
alytics, the calculus of infinitesimals,
quiternions and mechanics, textbooks
are used only as works Of reference, or
as texts for the lectures.
Chrisman Hall, the new college for
colored youths at Atlanta, has just been
opened, and is already nearly filled
with pupils. It has president and
five teachers, who are paid by the
Freedman's Aid Society, and the
price of tuition is very small. Mrs.
Chrisman, of Topeka, gave $50, 1000 for
the establishment of the college,, and
the rest of the $4,000 which it cost
came from the Freedman's Aid Society
and from Bishop Ravens efforts to get
private SUBSCRIPTIONS.
! The Harvard Natural History Socie-
ty offers prizes for essays OH natural
history subjects, the contestants to be
the girls and boys who enter, attend or
graduate from public or private schools
in 1880. The essays must be presented
by November Is. Mr.. William NJ. Da-
Wis, Cambridge, Mass, will send cir
cular, giving full information, to any
applicant. The subjects are there.
First, dissemination ofseeds. Second,
make a collection Of plants Of one
family, and note the peculiarities and
station of each plant. Third, charac-
ters Of insect supporters. Fourth, the
flight and other movements of birds.
Fifth, anatomy of common animal.
Sixth, a micl oscopical study of the in
tercellular spaces Of our large water
plants. Seventh, any subject selected
by the essayist, provided it meet the
approval of the committee. This is an
excellent work on the part of the socie-
ty, and should be encouraged.
| The Boston Public Library last win
ter furnished to the principal Of the
Wells school fifty copies each of Mrs.
Whitney's Leslie Goldthwaite" and
Mr.. Gowle's "Pizarro," to be retained
at the school indefinitely. The novel
was first read successfully by three
classes about $50 girls. The book was
read at home, and certain amount
Of time was given at the school to dis
cussing it. Style, plot and character
were all analysed, and the girls were
thus given standard of criticism
which will always be a help to them.
The history followed the novel, and
was also thoroughly discussed. The
experiment was so successful that an
application has been made to the pub
lie librarian to provide more books up
on this plan. The principal of the
school says: II have no doubt of its
success in any school where the plan
can be rairly tried. The children are
taught to read books more carefully,
and are interested in purer class of
literature than usually falls into their
hands. Their gain in the use of Ian
guage is also very marked; and must
prove of inestinable value to Them
The Earl of Malmesberry, "a years
age, has married Miss Hamilton,
lady of24.
Bismarck has for many years believ-