New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-06-02
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

nr G r Winans, of Princeton, has been caneo "a
the chair of Greek vacated by Professor he"i'' ~
Lake Forest
The Swedish Government is considering 'uo ~
siou of abolishing Latin as compulsory s'u1'
the gymnasium
The Glass Of 81 at Rutgers contains 'n,'y
members They have Just passed tneiI y Una 90
in.s;ons and viii receive their degrees June ~
Tia two halls for female students at Oxford are
18th f,,jI and are increasing their accommouauol'
The best professors have been secured as
The Clafn University for colored students at
Oranacbure s. c., has had during the past year 900
uupils In its three departments Tuition Is nee anu
the courses are thorough
The next session of the committee appoin"
investigate the Dartmouth trouble is 10 DO nelo q
Concord tomorrow, and the report VIII oo -. 80
10 the trustees on the 18TH Inc coi M Hto,ary
Sornd the college IN good condition as 10 lte literary
standard, discipline and good order'
r,nr ,ad;es have lust been admitted with every
- ~ friendly approval" to the b. A. degree Oh
Iondon University ut the annual presentauon Va
degrees At the meeting of Convocation next jan
nary the question of admitting ladies OF tne reaI,
sitc standing to its deliberations anu W " '
its functions will be discussed.
The mmmer School of Biology of the Peabody
Academy NJ Science at Salem, will open July ~
.nd will continue in session for four weeks. lhls
achool is intended expressly for teachers OF inc pun
lie and private schools, and the class IS hh.eu "
twenty-four Courses in physiological Vo.aS'
ANALYTICAL botany, anatomy and physiology vi nean IA
brntss embryology cPenterates, entomology anu
invertebrate animals Will De gwen
Tho American Institute of Instruction will hold rs
ffty-second annual meeting at St. Albans Nerinon''
ON July s, @, and g. Among the speakers
.xnacted Gre Judge Tourgee, President Buckham anu
DR.. Curry, agent Of the Peabody funo' IL Is
thought that President Garfield WI ausn" The
Reiatinns of Education to Citizenship in Repub-
fc,s Methods and Results" Education az 'n'
South" etc.
r;s nronosed at Oxford to appoint in part at
least boards of examiners who donot themselves %
long TO the body Of resident teachers The tendency
tL rresent state OF things is to conne the exam
STATIONS TO one narrow groove, and to encourage
stndents to count with certainty upon being asked
mo questions the answers to which they have not
been previously taught, or II such questlohss 1850
TO ignore them as aDnornlil, anu "iA0''
them as unfair
meeting of the centennial organization Tor the
better endowment of Washington and Lee University
il TO be held at Philadelphia next wednesday. A
presdent and vice-president are to be selected 10
fiji the vacancies left by the deaths of the Hon. Nor
TON McNichael, and Of the Hon. A. 4. Bone. A
special appeal is to be made to secure do9 70
that of $4,000 made by the late Coionei l. A.
Scott have already been secured.
The Senate of the University of Durham have
nassed resolution permitting women who snail
have fulfilled the requirements of the institution
respecting residence and standing TO take the puonc
examinations and first degree in arts. Inc queen
has ordered that the degrees of Bachelor and Mas
ter of Arts and Bachelor and Doctor OF Medicine OF
Laws. of Science and of Music conferred by the
University of Adelaide South Australia, ON any per-
son. male OF female, shall he recognized as aca1eIc
distinctions and rewards of merit, and be entltleu 70
rank precedence and consideration throughout inc
British possessions. The English are rapidly sur
passing the hitherto sef-Satished Americans Ill inc
university advantages offered 10 women
The correspondent of The Boston Journal who has
lately been discussing German schools, declares that
teachers teach more in Germany than they do III
America and that this is the reason that IN the Ger
man schools he has in single instance seen az
tenon flag or interest lost He adds that III America
"books have become the sources of instruction
books do all the questioning, books do all the an
swerng: books prescribe the daily lesson, books
map out the terms whole work, and books lay down
the very list of review questions with which any
teacher with superb flourish if he happen to lie a
blockhead may wind up the course of study; Inc
whole truth is that teachers pre- becoming machines
that they do not know their scholars that DOCKS
and supervision and what moi have actually esIraneed
them from the real position they ought 70 h0d, ana
which in Germany they do hold" Nme these
statements may be somewhat exaggerated there Is
il must be said, good deal OF truth Iii them'
All the professors at the university at 1eduo'
Japan are said TO be Germans, the English and
French masters ma wing been discarded All branches
of study except theology represented In the uni
versity and a thousand students are receiving In
struction therein. These have all had six years
preyious training in the German school or "Gynna-
sum- of Yeddo. where they are Obliged to pass a
severe examination TO qualify for the university
They are subjected 10 periodical examinations dur
the three or four wears of college life and these ex
aminations are more severe than even In Germany
Nevertheless many of the students obtain uniyer
sity bonors Most of the students into the medlca
fession, as this pays better in Japan than any
other Each professor of the university mas mouse
and garden and a salary Of $4,000; he is moreover
permitted 10 earn something additional by private
lectures The Japanese Minister of Public lnstruc-
f,on is German. The Chinese. il is reported, art
also starting a German university at Pekin
Steady and unObtrusive work is said to have
marked the lives of the girl-students at Cambridge
England. They have strictly maintained among
themselves a wholesome public opinion-none wer'
idlers The experiment has been in every particu
lar successful. That the training is healthful il
proved by the evidence of one of the chief physi
clans OF Cambridge, who stated, in recent public
discussion on the subject that he knew of no in
stance of harm to brain body having occurred Il
any student who had distinguished herself in thu
University examinations. and that the chief evil
caused to girls by the strain of mental work al
home, when combined with social requirements
were in his opinion avoided by residence at the Uni
yersity. The after lives of the graduates have
ehown that they received only good from their Uni
versity training. Certain members Of the Senate
contend that its recent action formally admitting
women to the TripOs examination Is Illegal and the
Duke of Deyonshire as Chancellor of the Unlver