, 1881-01-12
EDUCATIONAL NEWS,


EDUCATIONAL NEWS.
Columbia College,, New York, l,ha MI e,i-
,lown.cnt nt nbout sH,000,0o3, TIC last ann uni
iucnna or which was about 22l0.9eso.Sa.
Frou students III the departments uf nr I,
schou! OF mines, md schuOl IT In ". the re-
celpts for the Inst year ending Sept. III, lsSu.
weru sllo,G91.3t, making the totnl income
S:s,l, ,Ol7.Et'.
The London Times, commenting on the
prosecution nf DR.. buchanan, ii l'liilnde!.
plin, for forging f,lGtl'cat diplomas. says:
"Our ancient Universities hnye s!nnel quite
rs iI,cI, ns he IN making degrees mere iMnt-
ter of moi,ey. Many thousands uf neil add
N. A., D. D., or u. {. l.. II tllrlr names with
out having answered ntlslestiOl,, or shawn
any scholarship or Knowledge over and above
what IL implied In u. y. degrcr."
There art Ct,0O0 scnols n,ltl Colleges IN lll-
dtn. with nst attendance Ut t.sEU.000 boys NnA
girls. Tile intellectual pprtion of the III.
Ntrhctun given IL nxtnn.lctl 10 literature,
history. n,lI nil Included under tho general
term u "humanltics.'.' Thu natives prove
indev.i. Lord SortiN6ruo; once said tiiat very
ftW .ENvnpeun Foreigners cnulil Apenk En-.
giish rs well As 1t Is spoken by tho iatires Of
India.
The Tagged School Union, OF London
classes. It hns U.sDo children III Sunday
schools, 5,+TI In ,.lay schools, and a,W1 IN
night schools. 1t mn1n!ai,s .sevcnty-tlyc
ing ibrarles, anil seyeity-llyo pchl.y banlts,
besides s,.pGrfntcn,ifng mothers meetings.
mcrss clubs, bands Of hope. and variety VI
chlldrcn's meetings.
Tne s,ehoo,esy; , l"t isnSt apt ,. |. 1e l!ap,ny
public school III that p!ace was recently
brought before TIM local junril ut Education
charged with uGnercitalIy i!oEglllg ln.l Of
tel SUMMERS. Despite. however. tho pro-
hlNc antl m offer tn exhibit tic wutsa! sll,,s
anl calves Of the victim, tho lh.Artl mt only
dismissed the complaint, but refused by q tlc-
csive vote eyen tn Investigate it.
Tho root " tho mutter llt the corporal. pun.
lslnent nnddle Is the se!f-consIol of thu
teacher. Abraham Lincnlli sald,',," Every
his owl, tho hootS of solno hther nn,h" So
HSsry ,@, 'faeSr r. ras s} ns r"s ssy s,.S lt ' s
dispense with 9oo,l ,leal 9f Whaling Of tllcc
thet,, ought to % tr.AllcM!: but ,;!,t mueLt
q tencler III tint se!onl WHO ltas not learned
the mighty Icssol,-how to troniice himself.
At tho recent meeting Of tho MASSACHUSETTS,
tenchGrs 1t wis aprntclstly nErGe.t nmt not
enough attention Wns Klsul! to tho study Ut
htstary i, American , schools l.! Worcester,
'Au"&tStt Sttc 1t"N] h"@ AtNShA1 <eA~Is
up with great feryor,-tcncllers. pupils, nnd
tlle Librarian Of the Public Library, working
~ harmony. Mr Wniton StHto Agent n.f
teacl,ing arithmetic. the elementary md the
sclenlli!e shonst! he kent separate, and cl,ll-
! dren iHOrnaghiy !nlGht iarst tle tttii!,.;
1lIel.tnl tncts. Mr.. Hnit4n might nnve added
THAT nrlthMetlc cnn hardly bep taught success.
fully BY my one wO l,as not Il. positive Kilt
for II. Tic lnecllnhlcal hntA,uriuE uf certain
=. Mysterto!tsly-wor!le.l rules a1ld combinations
o. nnn,neis !fid ti!a bfl 1f ae si,'nli eoy II
saving of, THAT ts som BY tcuol!Grs. md not
a1!nng clear alld intclligent oxplnMatolE Of
ndvn:otra ~ st1sncnsi M wsi. ni,.aIae IL ,nas ~
cint.mens,,rco Wv Wv. T'einuna '"D'e' VI
wv. nre -" Wv .' "'s,,s' ~,
Scllool Conllnlssnner VIII show the follow.
lng: The totHl receipts of lnonuys for school
nnrposss IL Ohio during ile year i'!cMl!!tt!nE M
a ns Ii,aeS tu toio lro aS5 gsas' was
VI ILLS amount - IW, lsI were lMitl ID tcnc.-
ers - ttle pri,iary Seh1os, H. $tl:,;bs to tc,cl.
ers ln hlEl schools, sl|l,ta f1r management
buildings. 1859. .4s, i3r Interest md re!eNl-
ton OF bonds, mid 81. ..i0, 0o0 for fnul md con.
ti1gent EXPENSES. During tho year ~
S thsi SS9 S Il bes 2s.f ni sGstns sraa @
hnnses III ollio, valued ut Sal,El, ,7lS:
%hlst ,.I , Et,m6cr l.%sg are females. Y|eM, nro r.
are girls. IL sernra.n district Ilish al.t. trI.
lAnry schools ..2.,:aW l!upilA nru oiIrnltcd, Of
whom l:l5, 7o0 are fe,nnles. fliu gltrnllnent of
md h9l sirs, while tiln lg!l sc,lotts b supA-
Ints districts show l4,UtT boys aud lh,DlU girls.
The per cent of daily nttentianre ~ tDwnhtlp
sra9s y Il aaq M distret saas scho'sss s er
1S,lhl pupils. UArlilg tho year 32,4s:i cert!!!.