New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-06-09
NOTES ON EDUCATlON.

the support OF tic public schools almost - '"'
cal tn.
The Indiana STATE Normal school isa very success
IN, ins,itution. Ii has au enrolment oil l'""" ''
the year. 8.
FE. Hale and L. r. IIoar are among Tie 'an"'r
dates for the vacancies 10 De mica on '"' ''''''
Harvard OVeiscoIs.
President Garfield is t. give the speech in h'h'"
NJ the trnslee, Of Williams College al the inaugural
tjon of Mr. Franklin Carter president Of 'h"' III
sfituton.
large class has Just been graduated from ,hr
MASSACHUSETTS, Institute of Technology IL i''''''u
,,.o young ,yc,ucn who had successfully completed
the four years course
Tn, visionary project Of great German mVer-
.;t,. :, Milwaukee il one which all Americans must
Ill ~ This Is not a larbarous region, nccdlnga
nucleus Of fOrc IN culture
An undressing comment the energy OF IN
modern student is fact stated IN regard l." Wv
Columbia School of Mnos-ih9t ne , S,ats cc,'t If
the school show that not NOR nm ., ~, ~" c,tr
the students graduate with The class 'H'N '''''''
The recent applications for admission 10 me
,ri,orsit, &c Califoria numbered about sixty, and
Il j. thourbt that the next freshman class VIII have
=. b,nd,ed members One Of those who passed the
Examinations triumphantly was young woman
who is deaf and dumb.
NJ Gambetta is firm believer in the eligibility OF
woman as teacher. lie declares himself c'n' ih'r"
that in the educational work OF the future '''
women Of France will honorably bear their siai' ~
soon as the legislation of the country 'H'p'c' '''
to assert their competency and aut""ii'S'
Predecessor Demon has been elected to succeed Pro
tessor Moses Colt Tyler at Michigan University
Professor y. c. Morris, formerly of Johns Hopkins is
10 ill the chair # Ethics, Philosophy History "''
Logic A School of Political Science Is 10 r CslIo
Ishel nj the University. judge Thomas NJ. C"''N
will preside over H.
The Rev A. ID. Mayo, who has h'cy u"N'''"
through the South. takes cheerful view oil 'duca-
ton in that region. He declares that there Is an IN
creasng enthusiasm on the subject ahu 'hIt taI
chief need at present is of more dl5cuS,"n. ,"'n
conntry schools are especially waned-thc cites are
comparatively well Supplied.
Hamilton COLLEGE il 10 receive the 100000 winch
The late Hon James Knox left 10 an agricultural
College in Illinois condition that IT should rl>'
certain sum itself The condition was not c2hignra
with and in accordance with MIR. knoXs viii Ham,
In n O Is the money. Commencement exercises AT
Hamilton begin Saturday. June 20
ncr college for technical education has recently
been established i'm London and Prime Leopold has
Laid the forndatou-stone of a building which l. I"
cost about Sl2j 900. In little speech the Prince
said. "The old apprenticeship system. whatever
its merits may be- and whatever good work 1t may
have done in the past Is not equal To the eNieehS'N
of The present age and we are beginning !" irdi/G
That n thorough and liberal system oi technical
education must be placed Nlihih tiir reach o. ,'
british artisan IN order To- enable him To hold ms
own against foreign competition
The Society 70 Encouragc study al Home now has
opuils in tliIty-scveu States, three provinces OF
Canada aud one in Bermuda. Ii iN''nductlons
work in Eullish literature, the fine arts. h'Scrncr~
in music mathematics French and German; and II
is constantly widening issihcic q ih' whole NUM-
bsrof pr,, scvcnty,iN per cent have pcrscycrcd in
their work Tho lending library now includes 100
volumes. The teaching rows n"Fr Nle lailzrd ana
oij tive every year. Ine society = iul q" ioi.eaud
there are end Of Volunteers for ihr "o'h Am"HE
tie students is mother If tour chIiic rom ~"
Ia twelve wears of aye who takes care of the MIX
from twenty-five COWS, and lives at the West.
Dr. Ucllner enc Of the trainers of the present
system of German edgcl'ion says: We hav" u"
hesitation in Germany in saying hat IT Is quite i'm
possible for men to teach tbc modern languages or
tbe stories of history with anything like the su c"N7
which women have. In the languages they 60 the
work SO beautifully they hit upon the accent So
precisely. AVID have such faculty for imlar'i'g IT
10 scholar. that il is great misfortune hat our
customs forbid the EN- ."y"' 81 i""S '' , i1n
for impartng Their knowledge ~ the middle history
classes. They cannot 51 "lral.cd ~ lLat IrnG."c
manner and frciiug and beauty WIN when l1'F
tell the stores OF history.
pr. Darling. president OF Hamilton COLLEGE, Is
ouoted by The Utc0 HcrIid as saying at a meeting"
Pr..hytclian clrr.ymcn III Rochester Oh sunday
evening: Il have i'll mind tcinal" college IN tins
State the chief instructor Of which was "n" day in
struc.inr class Of young ladies in ecclesiastical
history He then gave uitcraucc &" this sentiment:
1T is a very doubtful thing if Presbyterian can Ice
saved: and YOU will see how very difficult II must
have been for me 10 have reached this conclusion
when s.y thai hnth %, my plrnts, now deceased
were Irr>bYi,iiarS.' Nhrn The parents 81 one "l
those students demonstrated WIN that hlSh'i' h'
elmply replied that ne thOught the rcMOn-
STRANGE Was q very unfortunate ere uWSt1ncc. IL
would be interesting to know What fem lie college"
what instructor, and what bishop Dr. Darling
means
The Fungwcn College at pckin has 1o2 studcnt.
and faculty of twenty members The full course
extends over cg, years, the inst three being given
exclusively to foreign languages, and the remainder
totbe aco,,isio of ,cicnii and general know ledge
through the medium OF those languages. English
French German and Russian are taught those who
acquire English having the advantage OF using II in
all the subsequent stages of their curriculum while
students IN other departments depend more or less on
Chinese n a vehicle "a, it has not beer found Vrac-
ticable to institute parallel courses in several
languaccs There j. separate cOurS" IN Chinese for
those who study foreign language, aud tie
Younger students required 10 give Onc-haliO of Zach
day 10 the study Of Chimes. An cXamnaton Is hid
nj the close Of each month"; and the annual eXaniil-
ations at the end OF the year m the presence OF
the Ministers of Foreign Affairs. Prizes are offered
at each examination, monthly and annual. As the
college intended 10 tram men for the civil service,
each student receives gradually increased stipend
from the Government. great examination -
held once ia three years the successful competitors
being rewarded by marks Of oihciaI distinction.
Superintendent Prince Of Waltham Mass, read
inlcious paper motives 10 study at the recent
meeting of the teachers of Worcester County. lie
considered that the one great error committed in
the school instruction of to-day is the looking to IN
mediate rather than future results, and conSe-
euently there is lack of the spirit of study among
the graduates. The mind grows naturally. and the
taach hers boul he