New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-12-29
NOTES ON EDUCATION

m. yviaoo,sin supreme COurt has deci"'' -. -
teacher who whips pupil unduiy Is gum
demeanor. ~ bor COMMITTEES
Nebraska has Just apporioned among nei ~ The
~1school moneys 20 the amour H!i- u
school population Is loo'I-o' a..
III. authorities of the Illinois state INV elo.'y
ei.;yolv, forbidden the existence OF so'-0'
."cicties within the limits OF the HS'i'"''"'
:, :. ronosed to establish at Little Rock coleIo
<,'o,,,,, men and women under the coh'Ioi ol ~.
,Ithodiot Church. 1t IS hoped that IL WI" w wv
leading school of the southwest ~
The Belgian Government, IN opening "i'S nat ma
class schools, for girls, has made an eA'v"'",
ginning in the work Of providing adVaDoe' ~"
sectaIan education for women
Tho French President has issued decree throw
ipg omen instruction i'll modern IahHunG'' - 81,
1vcfes and colleges for glrs to ladies' aoIe - W.
tain a certificate of aptitude Tor SUCH ''''''
,,. 1oh,, p,cht in = recent speech. urged that
.cbookclildrcn should bc taught sell-re'pec''
Of tbcirnlovI9atcs, respect Of their parents Al"u
-, to on,r,aIs q love OF truth, love OF INDUSTRY
and an idea OF what il meant ny piu"ch'o'
Tho first term of the year has jnst closed al Nm
berst with the new sel-poyerling -ysten III eA'o'
lent working order. The students are cong "r.''i
work, They are Interested III the opnonai Stu,'e''
and their department has greatly inipr"g.u' ar in
has been no hazing and each man ma wv lis honor
the administration ne mas oe'h Pu' "l
in regard 10 his conduct ill.,
All denominations for ADM sion 10 the UNIVERSITY
of California are hereafter 20 DE conduc''d III VIZ
mo Anplicants must have their kno"47"S' ''
available as to make test portion OF II KNOW" y"
limited time The requirements nave o'eh me-
Jhose admit ed TO the htsrary course mus He
prepared with the clements OF Nv" ] 'fborough
a. lIpgcs of science demand a more ,! ~ -
me ratiop in English. but lower their
IN mathematics.
The Kansas State Grange has issued paY.i va
,3ucation. proposing that the usual courSe % '"'
prblic schools be ABRIDGED IN an lhIf'hEtht '"".
ner and that the timc saved BE- 0eVo'eu " S", !"
practical instruction as shall give cAl.oTeh ,'1 a..
for agriculture love OF nature, and sense OF INC
.l;,,ai+r NJ farming life. The paper truly assert
tbst +he instruction now gwen IN Inc s'h"uiS -
smnerfciaI and narrow, and that the employ Sii' "
eucb a method as that IA rise IT Vo'uc| """iN ~ -
IiIue and mind-saVi z improvements
The education given on the English trainingSmpS
,nnst be very defective, if we may judge by 'Ae re-
orts Of the last three examinations on board inc
t1io Al these examinations, covering the Whoe
f1ssO and the present year mp 10 October niue Vi
1helads remained at the same standard ol quanHO',
lion. In twenty-five other cases only one s'Sh'"i"
lad been IA ssed durlug the whole PERIOD 81 9S,4l
zion and in thirySiX the returns sh9Wou .,lI -
second examination III the same st"Uu''.u - -,
nlace II would be interesting to compare these ny
iires with those of the American trImihs-Sh'uS
s,perintoudept Long of st. Louis has so ar
,red the coprse of study in the public schools as
TO make arithmetic reading aud wit ne uhuofIhS
important in all the grades, ana Tor Inc PuiP''o y"
culture in reading, writing and grammar L'hs""7'
jessons are introduced to occupy Jhe uule '"H'''
from natural science. The number OF arilhine'i'
Is,.o,s has been increased in the second and third
Grade classes so that the pupils can learn the lou
fundamental T les before reaching the sixth grade
classes where more than hall the pupils leave
SCHOOL for industrial pursuits. The language les
sons are 70 consist Oh compositions IN ielteI auG
practical business ferns. written a. Illus, l, ,.r
;e" Inv the pnplls ON dicta.ion; and TO facilitate
the use OF such Lessons the natural science le 'So9s
are 10 be limited TO less time ana cohIhed 10 UNI
form topics each quarter year OF schooi WORK.
The second wear of the Harvard d" Annex for
,yonen has been successful one. Forty-seven Ia
dies have attended the classes and have shown
themselves eager. devoted and thoroughly we'll
conducted students Sixteen Of them were students
of last year. The general tendency, 1t Is reported
has been toward the choice of the traditional c!ts-
steal curriculum and not toward science. All the
courses in Greek have been taken. The managers IN
tend 70 continue their experiment az least two years
longer perhaps four years The Boston Herald says;
"Wbat is already shown in this movement IS the eN
jstence in the community OF class OF women VINO
are capable of taking high grade of instruction,
and who De Stlu 10 nave I0dCAoo 'iO P"'4''
where they require it. More and more the young
women in the preparatory schools are inclined to
take a classical course and qualify themselves or
the annex OF the forty seven students the larger
number thirty niue, came from Massachusetts. Inc
health of the students has been good, ana
Secretary Gilman says that they have couductci
themselves IN manner 50 exemplary anu in az iu
epects satisfactory. notwithstanding the Almost en-
tire freedom to which they have been clt mat they
have rendered the work of both managers and III
structors pleasant and have prepared the pu1hc To
q
At the opening OF the second session OF the Acade
,tcal Council of Paris NJ. GTeard. the vce-rectOr of
the Academy, read report upon the progress OF
teaching in the faculties and schools The report
states that the clinical hospital OF tAe Faculty
of Medicine has been opened, and that the School
of Pharmacy and the Faculty Of Protestant Thool-
orv are nearly ready. NJ Greard also states In his
report that the number of degrees granted by the
Faculty Of Sciences since its creation III 1910 Is
30Ol3 and by the Faculty of Literature Gibbs,
tbe total number OF candidates who have w
for examination being 23l ,4s3 The Faculty OF
Common Law instituted in 1865, has granted
1878 degrees the number of candidates TOR the
fifteen years being 46 j9S while from 1872 TO 1850
the FacuitY OF Medicine granted o'9H degrees OUT
of 43 IL 8 examinations The number ~ candidates
increases every wear and the FaCuity OF Sclenc s.,
which gave only SIX degrees IN 1910, had OH can
didateS IN S47 the total nsing 10 l,10l IN 1860,
aud TO 2 1888 ia 1880 In literature, the number Of
candidates increased from 2,494 i'll 1860 10 1906
last wear. The increase III the FacuIy OF common
Law has been equally great; and the work OF each
ING Is developed so much in the four principal
faculties that the expenditure, which did not exceed
E2SOOO half a century ago, rs NOW trebled
There is III Brooklyn school population of $780,
600 and there are school accommodations for only
10000. In a recent address Professor Patterson.
principal Of one of the schools, declared that the
whole scheme of studies as now laid down for pub
lie schools must be modified or entirely changed.
"The questions asked by examiners" he said, are
almost invariably such as can be answered easily II
The pupils have menorizod the endless rules and
deenitions of arithmetic and grammar, and can re-