New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-24
NOTES ON EDUCATION.


i e,ar,sh Ia. h.en added to the list OF studies
taught In the San Francisco evening" sc"oo'''
pres,dent BARTLETT. of Dartmouth, Is ealing ior
$3.50 600 to complete endowments' res''ie p"'iU-
ings. etc.
c.r,h,,doe University has now for the hrst time
IN its history examined candidate III 'no '0i''"'
and Hindusianee languages
.r,,. q, Iouls School Board has passed resolu-
zion requesting the State Assembly 10 appron''s'
~ law third of the ANIMAL revenue to tine pun
a iic schools.
Nc CARLYLE who was an LID. of Harvard, Is IS-
v,rted 70 have left to that University the materials
used by HIM in the preparation Of his LIE Oh
lex the Great.
Vermont has 1887 schools and schooi p'pu'a-
.;o, az TX 23s These schools cost $i4O,ZlO year.
and employ 4. $50 teachers There are ''l%' pu'ii'
who attend other than public SCHOOLS
The scheme Of free primary education 10 Aus'ra'"
Ia said 10 be working extremely WE'LL ana u - Ph'
posed 10 establish free secondary scnoois WIZ
nils can be trained for the university. for VIII "a
frnds This cannot be done at present. PRIMARY eu9
eaton rs compulsory, but enforcement OF the law Is
not very strict
The musical scholarships offered by the Cincinna'i
College of Music to the public schools OF tna' g"
have been abolished, the Board OF Educa'on 10
c,rdipg that the necessary study ior lne an5
Sistraofed too much the minds OF the stuue s not
thai the course of study IN thee co amaSols
,n,Ieh better than that in the puohc eo"oo'
Divers citizens of Becville ILL.,, applied ioi az ~
sanction prohibiting their Board OF EducaIoi! HUI
s,nnIoyng school funds for the purposes Oh oci'"D
instruction in the public schools lhese pe''uO"IS
held TINT the Board had no power TO proscr'oo
,,d,ae other than those required in the qhaiiniun
lions of teachers. The lower court 70 wtcn ~ he
annIied and afterward the Supreme I'm Ia make
State, decided that the Doaiu """
the appropriation A.,
rse c,,yo,o,a Herald repeats In urgent fashion .no
argument which TIE TRIBUNE has oecn ,'"N"s ~
,no,v vears-that more attention shouiu NO S''oN
s.hoos 20 the pupils reasoning facuty anu ie 80
80 r,amorv. The Herald suggests that ho'",nE
,,,o-e sbould be crowded upon the chlldreh III 'ne
uav of studies but that some Oh 'o-uaS W.
should be replaced by that Of t anons mer Wheels Of
thonSbt nj work that cOmpels the chiute ia that
am and work things out for themselves a"u
Iarnans them by quick thought III CLOSE st
S he hoilsd "a a better discipline than the nos1
perfect nemorizing of whole DooNs
The young women belonging to the hai'"u
..v hazard i'm such private families as are APP
proyed by the lady managers. NO ruieS "'o 20"
down for them other than this-that their co"ne0
tion with the Annex Is dependent npoh 'ne' 80
behavior They have the same teims' feooS''T GU"
vacations as the Harvard students ou' tueS Low
,her own reading and recitation roolns ana no assn,
,.;th rho male students. except in general
s'c,etv ontside their work. large huln"cit ~, VI
i,noks have already been received lor lho W. h
library in response to the request ye stndenfs
three of these having entered Tor regular cputeo
of fnnr wears six students take Oreek' Hue h''iu
and one SaDserlt'
The law of Missouri fixes tile schoot'uay at SIX
,onrs and the school superintendent OF Kansas
City has been Indignantly protesting against II ''
harbarous for children from SIX to ten years ola.
her
nonrs il should only DO for the purpose OF d;scip-
L.; aud not In learn lessons he had failed to pre-
,,,re studv as a means OF punishment IL radically
,rrong. Study must come from glad and voluntary
cloris. ANY other kind OF study Is UNNATURAL
dcIuson and frand Interest III books cannot DC
owskened by OBTAINING classes after schooi nouts'
m creates disgust and abhorrencc of SCHOOL iedcu
~ Id nunils hoth ought to leave the sch00-rO0m
n,onptly at the hour of dismissal Heaita Is more
important than high grades goou ar p vi
perfect department, "heh "pV"'"eu W ~
arbitrary methods.
Newnhau, tho woman's college at Cambridge, has
oox SIX resident lecturers and nearly ninety STU
dents. Twepty-nine of the University professors
admit ladies to attend their lectures While advanced
courses of college lectures eight sets OF suoects
have during the past year, been open TO Iadies un
der specal conditions. IL cOnduccs 10 mucn iulei-
esting meditation to contrast the fashion IN WHICH
wuman's higher edpcation Is forwarded al the 'eu-
which il IA allowed to hang about the PACK door AZ
Harvard much yOul ger and mUcn INFERIOR ln9tl
tntion il ulstSc acknowledged. And YET Englana
is supposed to De conservative ana hnieiica n, -
o,,c yreat work whIca this Cambridge scheme i
So,,,I ior England Is the provision III makes loi
thorough training in girls schools. teachers Will
the Cambridge diploma are eagerly SOUGHT
paris has shown the fruits of wisdom in the pos
ses,ior of thirteen technical schools whose pupil
IN leaving nave sufficient knowledge practical an'
theoretical, of q trade which Will enable them
earn their livelihood. Their apprenticeship mas COS
their parents nothing, and employers Vhro" Que
their workshops TO them with immediate remunera
finn. Pupils must be thirteen years old anu mus
uass an examination. The period of training eS
,suds over three years. During the first lively
months the pupil remains certain time IN each
tl,e different workshops representing the respectN
branches Of trade. Consequently an insight
ATTAINED into each calling. and the ideas anu prem
renee of the student becomes more auu more pr
poupeed. while his abilities are developed. GUIDE
lv the paternal advice of the superintendent he
then induced to make choice. and devote his VINO
time aud attention to one distinct branch oil TRAD
Daring the first two years the education Oh thepupl
continues Sound instruction IS gwen 10 then' al
four hours q day are spent i'll the Inherent casS
where French. English, history, grammar cnemi
fry geography, drawing, etc. are taught. IN q
tifs, division only four hours are daily deVOten
manual labor in the workshops. IN the Second 10
Us much time aesi SIrd rcss minis PASS eig
hours daily III the workshops and only TWO WI
their books. The schools comprise hslt a doz
shops under tho suDerlntendeucc or aDle iecnnIc
men who give practical instruction as 10 the dlH'
entcraf.s they represent. There Is modelling-roo
a blacksmitfs shop, htters, wooo anu me,
wbern every branch of the trade can be learned.
practical training college is TO be opened IN ca
reimbursement, ana workshops are 10 DC attacneu
ZACH of the municipal SCHOOLS.