New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-03-03
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

Tho Illinois Senate has passed bill making edu-
cation compulsory. -,
Tbs Nevada State University at Elko has mao
during tho past year forty-eight pupils twenty-five
Of whom were giris
a.. w.st.rn States taken together have been ex.
..ra;ro Tor their public schools au annual sum OF
Soa 600 400. They have total school population
of 5,59O.O75.
The Massachusetts, Society for the University Eo-
ucatiou of Women has helped six students TINS
wear in their University courseI The society n"e
a,so done an excellent work IN providing pleastnE
social Influences for those students VINO are sansei'
in Boston.
Tn Germany the Victoria Lyceum at Berlin pro-
Sides for women regular examinations anu cei'.n.
Gates Of excellence in the higher studies CHAIR Is
held bv a female PHI. d. In Italy the universities
are omen TO women and preparatory SCHOOLS ha'o
been established IN some cities'
The School Committee of New-Bedford speak dis
anprov,pgly of the uuhealthful rivaries and the
anxious straining endeavor induced by the CON-
petitive marking system in the high school, aney
hold that these the real causes Oh tue heheo'S
attributed to the severity OF tue tasks
The Texas Legislature Is now considering plan
for providing school money by leasing the puohc
school lands-no lease to be for longer term than
wear and not for less sum than $12 80 section.
Chis pIap also makes it sdemeanor 10 Craze cat
tic Unbiased school ianus--a tn'hs "n0A ""o ''e
bcon done.
The Bureau of Education" at Washington has
recently printed pamphlet on the construction OF
healthful school houses. In this connection IL may
be observed that oil the statistical pamphlets OF this
Rnreau have not done the State much practical
educational service as has Mr. Charles Francs
Adamss IT., excellent Quincy report. Mr. ADAMS ms
will not of course object to the statement enaU us
observations and arguments are suos.an t;ny FOR
'p,,u T1,JRu
many years.
Sixtv.seyen young men have held the position OF
Fellow at Johns Hopkins University, and nearly
thirty of them still remain there. Most OF the others
have been promoted to excellent posts elsewhere.
President Gilman reports that there has not oeen
since the institution was opened single case on us
order or dishonesty. " we nnd, he auus, thaS w
many cases tue love of study IS too absorbing, ana
there is danger that the benefits OF physician recre
alton will be forgotten IN tue eagerness 1or lnte-
lectual acquisition
Monmouth Comfy, ewJersey, is excited over
the exclusion of colored children from the whlte
schools of Fairhaven. The County superintendent
has informed the Board of Education that these
children must be excluded at all hazards, and has
ordered the trustees to call upon the authorities in
case the co.ored people attempt to force tneir
children into the schools There seems 10 De no law
excluding colored pupils and Their parents , are
about to bring suit against the school 0cerS unuer
the Civil Rights law.
Harvard has now twenty-five students from CALI
forpia and this seemed TO the Harvard Club OF San
Francisco to warrant q correspondence Win fres'-
dent Eliot as to the ACCESSIBILITY of sending an ex
aminer to that coast. The suggestion was favoraoy
received, and Harvard examinations flor men and
women also) will be held at San Francisco
June 80 and July aud 2. Those candidates whose
preparation will not ba completed until next year
may take a part of the examination this year aud
the remainder upon entfauce.
Colonel Higgnson not long ago introduced in the
Massachusetts Legislature a pernissive. not COM
pulsory bill legazing military drill in the public
schools Mr.. Wendell Phillips wrote a letter. sn
which be says that the innovation Is harmful and
uncbristian and that the training of boy for mill
tary services and iuoculatlng HIM with military
tastes and ons1ngs is very gravely Objectionable to
a large class of thinking men. it may be less harm
full than Mr. Phillips Thinks certainly the exercise
is good for youthful bodies, and 1t Is recreation
which works off excessive animal spirits IN an nno-
cent aud honest way 1t, moreover. promotes a
habit of quick obedience ana an erect anu manly
carriage and it costs only trine.
Provost Pepper, of the University of Pennsylva-
MIA urged in his installation address the need OF
more definite provision than now exists to carry the
education Of women beyond the point generally at
taiDable at present. He declared that there should
he accessible to all women WHO exhibit the proper
qualifications. q course Of education In many re-
spects the same as the usual University curriculum,
in certain particulars 1frrent. but Of equal excel
cnce and thOroughness. Proficiency should be tesed
by rigid EXAMINATIONS aud satisfactory attalninents
shoald receive suitable certificates. The irovost
pointed out that the demand for such facilities Is
recoanzed; and he observed that While bis univer-
sity could take the initiative 1T Will be ready 10
assist as far as BILE all well considered efforts
toward this end. IL bas been making cautions al;
yances and persons of both sexes are now Admitted
to certain lectures and laboratory work.
The University Of Pennsylvania is to have new
department ia the shape If School of Finance and
Economy, which is to be endowed with $l50.OOO or
more by Mr.. Joseph Wharton aud TO bear his pame
The curriculum is to embrace not only practical
bookkeeping and accounts, but tie principles aud
proper subjects of taxation; the income and expen-
Gitures If governments Of all kinds keeping tho
Outgo within the income the nature aud purposes
of banking and currency the nature of real money
and ITS iuIctions the relations OF trade, foreign
and domestic the functions OF tariis. whether for
revenue protection official duties and morals IN
respect Of duty III the handling of public meneys
the damaging effects of population" of pablo
obligations; the bad effects OF running imprsvl-
DENLY into debt; elementary and mercantile laws
aud customs; industry conieIco and uanspOrta-
lion and III these matters Ire relations and duties
of cOmoon to the public; and other kindred
Branches.
Nc. G.. L. Flint chairman of the Committee on
Boston High Schools, made very just remarks
ut the dedication Of the Latin and English, High
school building the other day. Tie wished, he said,
shat he could impress upon the minds OF parents
that the community as whole is too much inclined
to rely OH fuc schools and instruction to make men
of the boys. But these things arUnOt 80 important
as to develop discipline and study ut home Boys
are too much inclined 10 rely on others they want
to be taught and have knowledge poured into them.
but we must remember that while schools and COL
Ieges give direction must rely home influence
20 stimulate enthusiasm and create love for school
and study. You must do something to stimulate the
boys, to make them self reliant These things have
often bee,i said, tuJ they cannot be too much
Jared ugOn. 1t is in cities especially where men
are absorbed 10 business that they do little IN the