New-York tribune., 1880-10-07
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

The experiment Of balf-1ays a:tendancc for Pm
mary pnuls il proving % success "a New-liNch a.
We. as at the caoit9l % the Nation.
At Harvard seventeen young ladies have B. cen eX'
an.ined Tor vi at Is called the "AnucX" In" seniors
are no longer required t. attend church ana IL l.
ruinored taat aftcr this year morning prayers WI.
be discontinued Tn, library is 20 be opg'ei Huii-
daV afternoons There IS Ci1VaIn1h ~ nc ~ .
m IN class ana the Chi csc professor las RalHtd "
pupi! from the class OF " 50.
Bowdoin College opened again cn >ertcm1er %.
with Al students in the freshman cla,s. u IN Inc
sophomore, 90 IN the iuuior md * IN the senior
During ne summer tire College builolnrs have bcci
repaired a1l Memorial IIlll "iil bc c;1plctsd dni-
ing the fat aud winter IRE conI.e ol sl,HE; vi
hpeu CHANGED 10 better a 'apt the more dlihcult
strides to the growth oi tie student.
"An Innovation says The Ecapcbc Jopra4i. " Is
proposed in Coby University Tine latm c1'o'oj''
Qlumaoran is to be suspended. and ee"cI@' car
logle IN Engi.h is t. be published next ycar' lDe
FngIis, cang.. will take notice not only ~ col
lege houors aud appointments. md e. ordination ~
tho sacred ministry. bdt ot th" achieve ems Oh
graduates Of the college ia al Walks % me-
NJ GaInbetta in opening some two years ago
fee library in Pars hiuied at a phase % the e1u-
cational problem which has not received much ct
tertion in this county. ii Won cduoa'e people, re
sad. yoa uGtyoIdabiy develop N them certain
tastes aud It is the dutg OF society TO Give them ire
means e ~IatiiNug these tastes, which, ln thcAi-
selves iauaabc enough. have bcc"m" oonhiy ite'u-
mate through the means winch soci'' ana INC >t''c
croplov 10 force education upon people" ct,lues
instirctivciy unwilling to snare IN rs pic''bled
benefits
The Johns Hopkins University begins ITS fith
academic y4tr with 142 s'GccotS. = G,!nI grad
yates 81 mairc1latcs aud 10 special students ~
the graduate students four are from Harvard ana
two each from Yale, Princeton and C"1mola
President Gilman modc an opening address aAo
sand tba. irorn the outset the institution had armed
to lee q society of scholars, IN which II 0o0si
teachers were sill students and the Youngest
students were looking forward 20 literary AM ec'eG-
tifc careers. President Gilman las also announced
that college professors Trustees OF educaional ~
stitutions, school commissioners and teacher. oi
putiio rud vate schools, ladies ,s wei ah gentle
Jnea. WHO NAV be IN Baltimore dling the h,S'"r'i
ceicbra lOn. are invited To visit Tie johns h9PNY
University Oh Saturday. Octob'r 10, at II o','ocN.
At shat houi an informal adei s. 'Nli 'lnP lIiY OF
QautZa. tOT and plans ~ the touuha'ltN VII "'
given IN Hop,Ins Hall, ana alter"ard tA's' "nn
would Ike to see thc library. caclIl,M LABORATORY
and OTHER halls Viii be invited 10 do SO, LhHcI the
guldapcc of some Of the officers OF ibo university.
The Yole Noes finds a scientific basis for certain
distressing phenomena of oPtniug week; ' iHe
student always seems little az rent just after
vacation from what he aid before We nave sonr-
times wondered why. The influences Of home are
1uarifcstly civIizng. However, the change IL The
students demeauOr after c ming back 10 colc%" Is
not an Increase in ciIiiity but the reverse. We
might almost think IT, hs ciyl!'y Yauet III
yersoly as the cIyilizg influences brod sht 20 bear
on bIm. When the stu nj rc,urls to college thai
sid~ of his nature wu,. hos fclt the -estraint Of
home influence rebounds by Tiue OF IT'S elastic -,
aud the :. nueni assumes aga u az w." pc ,'tI''s
OF STUDENT hfc. IN FXt.-er1t'u oeE@ee Tor 'hr .
eXnberaucc or 20 continue the deule, tue cla .cN
Of 90, idcmc u. uTc cJrlcs II b.Noh' l4t point /
OF equilibrium. Appying ihiS now 40 = class, q, /
well as 10 a. iudiyiIuai; We at' "h4j c h"'uiW /
effect would be- Gne class uslcs ht4dlong mo /
ANYTHING interesting on exciting. The )unnail M
crcases rs membership. the Nlgb1dcai' d. h.icd |
with 'ni>brr>' and tte town Il d> reasons 10 CONF
plain those s0-cadcd gentlemen SON i.
OF higher cduca'ion tor women The Pail Nd'
Gazette SAYS: "Tbe question Of the comp sr.tivo
mental power Of men and women is llcy 90 he set
tlct uof b., the snowy method of prior' reason
ing but by the quiet aud unoo'entaJor3 way OF
practlcal experiment. Ac Cambridge women lave
fuT some tim, been able to arqule much the same
status in cdrIug as is secured hy uniyers rv de-
gree OX.oId Is now following the lead of Cam
bridge AZ ,he University Of London women MA
now take the same degrees men. THIS rapid ia
crease in tn, range Of female study and ~ The IN
ploycineut OF its quality La, naturally yten fol-
lowed by an Impulse tp provide something more
Ike scientific training for female f. .chcr-. For
two &C. three years the Teachers iraning Society
has seen doing good work at rs college, bishops
gate both I'D thc theory and practice OF education.
Al thc College OF prec Jters and elsewhere in lou-
don a similar effort has becu n,Gc 10 educate women
in the principles # mental nc, ani tha.r bear
ing IN the practical problems ~ education and
now thc University of Cam)riIgt, utter pioNIding
course, Of lectures on he Theoretical and practical
side o. education as wei as IFS history, has G, wale
thcexpcr.mcut cXa,niniu candidates in these sub
jects, 70 as 20 supply the germ OF de-
gree in cducation' So far as the studies
logic and psychology are .hued 10 display
intelieoto.i cauabihty, they seem 10 point
10 the conclusion thaj 30 s., e oi gr 4 rc1s,uiugs
whet ter based on cTau1u measurements or Oh Ic-
cOndItc pa s,O-c1i tHeoIos. there IS no great die
ference between fae to0 :. .1es. ia. 10 h-CcAC" %
sex auucars 70 affect the intellect much e>~ thau
one rIlgal lv. supposed. NLaJ d does certainly
aficct aHd that profoundly, i, tdc emotional tenn
pera ucn,. On tue whole. and oytIloOIu2 WdI-
vidu.i uiilrr, 1,c one may safely aav i1at women
arc more sensitive md more cX'ltabic In1u mcu,
Indeed 10 Is now briug urged py some au'hl'it es
thai tne " ci"'rpes, Win vh'"l Urls 9rc throw
iug tAruis ives lu,o inc new intellectual regions
opened uu 20 tlcm is sogrcc ~ grave dance
Whether f.ls j. ;" II T. not Our province - uQu".
What u cer,aln i hat young N' ucn do lrui TO
taxi an intense personal interest 1u "lr studies.
and THIS lact Is a sufficient guarantee thu he 81
make the utmost of thc int ecual gits wltu "Ach
Nature has endowed turm'