New-York tribune., 1881-03-31
NOTES ON EDUCATION.


The Yale freshmen are undergoing course IN
Latin conversation, conducted by professor Feeh'
p The Roman pronunclatlOh 10 usou'
The London School Board has decided that women
are eligible for appointment as School Inspector
an Office held exclusively hitherto Dy meh'
The danopinatiopal colleges of Nova Scotia have
lately won a victory IN the abolition by the Legisla'
ture of the central examining University OF hail-
faxr Hereafter the State grants are all DC e'o"
TO these colleges.
Tie Southern States taken together, are said to
have a school attendance of 2,s16.794. and public
school funds % the amount of Sll.63i,lOO slhe
Z school population. including white ana cOorcs
children, Is o,4S7.96o
p Wisconsin has 10 free high schools and 6,435
public and private schools. The State has scho9i
nonulation of 4s3 220 and of this number 333, ,009
attended school last year. Ire pubic p o aeho9 piop-
erty of Wisconsin is valued at S1,3O3ZSS ~
The School of Finance and Economy which Mr.
Wharton has endowed in the University OF fehu-
sylvana is to include in its faculty dean ana Iour
or FIVE professors and instructors 1t offers three
years course at an annual e4 pehse 10 the S'"u0' "
$3.50.
superintendent MacAllister of Milwaukee. says
what many other school officials need to say; THAT
more attention should be paid 70 the English ian-
cnage in our High and Normal Schools" lie adds
that his experience as examiner has Deen f thht
the contents of candidates. papers can htar!iy
always De marked nucn higuer bhuh 'Ho Hi"""' "
which they are written
The University of 81. Andrews has agreed to
Grant separate courses of systematic university IN
struction to women az as q sufficient sum Oh
money is raised for the purpose AS al equivaienC
to graduation in arts the Senate recommend the ap-
pcants meanwhile to take those sutc,s nee IS t
for the NJ. A. degree IL the A. examination oI lIo
University at which precisely the same papers aie
set.
The Chesapeake GEOLOGICAL Laboratory of Johns
Hopkins University will open its fourth session May
3 at Beaufort n C. The work viii 20 on until tue
and Of August, under the direction of Dr. W. Il.
Brooks For about six weeks beginning in July, an
Elementary class in Marine Zoology will be in
srIcted at the station; DAILY lectures VIII De gwen
ana there will be systematic work IN the laooT-
lt0ry. The fee Tor instruction anu IaOOIa'ois I"O
tiles will be $25
Here is a word of wisdom from The NecarE Adrer-
hser. addressed to those whose 6rst idea in public
aconomv is to lower the salaries of teachers The
public schools unfortunately, blunt the senslblltIes
Of private duty. Men grumble at the 8" DOL tax as
they chronically grumble at all taxes. while the
head of family, wers there no puoile SCHOOLS
would cheerfully pay tive times as much Tor the
education of children as he now pays for rent
clothing, coal and provisions.
There is tendency in the Rhode Island schools
to diminish the amount of time gwen to arithmetic,
and Commissioner StOckweI says this change
should be hailed with joy, not on the ground that
the study is not an important one, but because I'M
due prominence has been given 1t at sacrifice to
other studies Mr. Stockwell says that serious
mistake has been made surprising that an inferior
order of teachers would answer for evening schOoJ
The pupils of these schools need SPECIAL effort To
arouse their intellectual activities; they need 10
come in contact with positive character aud mature
Judgment.
Attorney-General Hamilton Ward has d fined The
Legislative act allowing women TO vote at school
meetings in this State. As he explains it, ii is little
more than farcieal. Women may attend neigh |
borhood and school district meetings" where there
are certain well-deined powers to be exercised by
majority of the votes Of those present such as TO
appoint presiding officer 10 choose clerk and |
trustee and fill vacancies; and the district meeting
: may choose by such majority vote clerk, ohe or
three trustees. collector, librarian designate |
sites for schO0l-houses, vote taxes aud 80 forth"
AS for the selection OF School Commissioners IN the
cities of the State, women have no vote whatever
Milwaukee's School Superintendent makes an
Urgent plea for the teaching of morality in the |
public schools which have he says too long acted |
upon the suppostion that their sole business is the
training of the intellect 1t Will not do" ne says
"to content ourselves with exactlng obedience TO |
the rules of the school, We must 90 deeper into
the nature of the child than regulations of any
kind can reach The sentiments which minister TO
nobility and purity of character must be cultivated
motives for vIrtuOus action must be Implanted |
duty must be nadc the law OF the school 10 every
way that the young can apprehend and reaiZ, be-
fore moral training can be ghfuily Claimed 10 nave
been made part of education. All this the public
school can do, while keeping within the srlctest IN
terpretation of ITS powers ana oOnRatlons.
The Boston School Committee is considering
n proposal to reduce by about 5l2 cent the sal
aries of the public school teachers. majority o.
the committee salaries have recommended the
reduction. Protests against it signed by citizens
representing one hundred millions OF taxable
property have been sent to the School Committee.
The Advertiser says: Those gentlemen who really
wish to reduce ssh0Ol expenses will find a much
more practicable way in closing schOolhOuses which
are not full in filing rooms which are not full and
in dismlssing frankly such teachers as cannot be
fairly paid here If the teachers do not earn their
present modest salaries here. lot tlem 90 where they
can do So" Governor Mcclellan in his last annual
message said with reason that " the last measure
taken n the interest of economy should be the de-
GREASE Of tho teachers salary below proper point.
III education is worth dong at ALL 1t 10 worth doing
well and the quality OF the teachers IS at the foun-
dation of the whole SYSTEM
The New-Jersey Legislature passed the bill appro-
PR ,tDg money for the support Of technical schools
and it now needs only the. Governors signature to
become law. This bill provides the giving of sum,
not exceeding So 900 annu9ly to any city, town or
township that may raise like sum. TO be applied to
the education of pupils IN industrial. mechanical
and agricultural pursuits: bat not less than $4,000
must thus be contributed by the citizens, other
wise. in the localities desiring TO take advantage
tho State appropriation. 1t also gives the power 10
any city, town township TO raise any between
$1,000 and 5000 by tax. if it prefers TO accom-
plish the purpose in that way. Each school is to
have board of trustees to consist OF the Governor
ex caicio who shall be president thereof two per-
sons selected by tho State Board OF Education, TWO
selected by the contributing citizens. two by the
local Board of Education or School Committee, and
one by the Common Council or other governing
body D. led contribution shall be received
theref' he trustees are to receive no compensa-
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