New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-07-28
NOTES ON EDUCATION.


partment shows that there are 243$ board schools
with an average attendance OF 1922.
Miss Julia A. Ray, who has boon Lady Principal
IN yassar College for the last three years has re-
signed, and viii leave the college immediaey'
Doane College Nebraska, has graduated hVe
classes, and is in every way prosperous. ~ Is 'nc
only college in the State except the State Univcr-
sity.
The number of students in the Indiana Normal
School. al Terre Haute is not as large 81 has been
stated. The total enrolment of different students
is SIS.
General T. +. Morgan has been elected principal
of the State Normal School at Potsdan, n. Y. He
was formerly principal of the Nebraska State Nor
NAL school.
Last year there were in the Philadelphia public
schools 1888 women teachers and only ~ men.
The average annual salary paid i'll that city is
1886 IA 1t is reported that the most competent
teachers are leaving the schools salaries
stantly growing smaller.
new scholarship has been founded at Brown
University. The income from the sum of $4,000 is
to he annually paid to the student passing the hest
examination in the first, third, sixth and twenty
fourth books of HOmeTS Had, or in the Grafton of
Demosthenes on the Crown.
The Clereldnd Leader is making elaborate argu-
ments in favor of distributing annually from tho
of the National Government to the several
States an amount of money equal to 81 per capita
OF thelr populations ms project would cost 'ie
The Boston School Committee has formally de-
cided TO accept the pToered assistance of the trus-
tees of the Public Library in the introduction and
circulation of good books among the pupils of the
public schools. 1t is hoped that this movement
will be the means of cutivating taste for syste-
matte aud profitable reading in the children.
The Hartford Couraat says of the Chinese students
in this country that when they have entered
school or college, or taken up study, they have
forthwith proceeded to step to the head of the
school and to master the whole of the study 1t
has been amazing to SEQ how in strange country,
speaking foreign and peculiarly difficult language,
they have managed in many ways many
occasions to beat their American boy associates
The Lnacre chair of physiology and anatomy at
Oxford to be split in two; and it will be
ceeded by chairs of anatomy proper aud physiology
proper, and will have henceforth direct rola-
tion to the teaching of these subjects as part of
preliminary medical education. The British Medical
journal rejoces the change and expresses the
hone shat the exile of medicine from the University
of Oxford and the perversion of its great medical
endOwments will before long come TO an end.
Bishop Fraser, of Manchester, is not wholly I'M
reasonable in his opinion that the modern idea of
education is too American like-trying to do
everything" few things learned well are, he
thinks, better than many things learned imper-
fectly and he declares that when in America ff-
teen years ago he the evil of endeavoring to
teach too many things. No thoughtful man can fail
to see the truth of the bishops observations-the
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ing of innumerable things it provides.
The Archbishop of Canterbury is quoted as giving
unusual piece of advice to assemblage of stu
dents the other day. He is reported to have OBJ
served that it sometimes well to offer examiners
what they don't ask. when you unable to give
what they do and he mentioned a case in poiut
A young man at Oxford had a paper set him by Mr.
kebic containing questions, TO which he replied;
cannot answer any OF these questions, but here
are SIX that can answer y; and he answered his
q he nos A
however, are not like Mr.. Keble.
The example of Johns Hopkins University in
awarding fellowshirs is about to he initiated by
Owens College at Manchester, England. An I'M
known benefactor has promised the college 81. 500
ayear for an experimental term of three years. and
in October the authorities propose to elect five fel
lows who are to have $500 year each, place them
selves under the direction of the Professor of the
subject to which they propose to apply themselves
and to give at the close of the year evidence of the
progress which has been made either by lecture.
paper, or any other adequate memorial of the re-
search made. The election viii not be the result of
examination, but will depend upon testimonials as
to the capacity, promise and needs of the candidate
for study and research "a, Classics; (2l, English
language and literature; t3l, history az, phloso-
MATES, including engineering; l7), physics; ls).
chemistry; t9), biology.
State Superintendent Newell, of Maryland in the
course of an address on the revision of the public
school system, gave the assembled teachers at At
lanta some excellent suggestions. Not the least
useful of THESE his declaration that school
children should be taught constantly the virtues of
honesty, truthfulness and purity Mr. Newell also
advised the teaching of the laws of health in few
simple. homely lessons. He declared that he would
give to spelling only quarter OF the tim. usually
devoted to it, and would discard English grammar
altogether. Grammar, logic and rhetoric he would
remand to the high school the college, and instead
OF grammar would give practice in speaking and
writing English. p" would cut of at least one
whole section gar fractions should be expunpcd
with the exception of such as ordinary life NAV re-
gmre Our decimal system is amply sufficient for
the common school. History and geography would
abolish in name, but not i'll reality L would make
them part of the daily readings and conversation
between teacher and pupil.
circular has just been issued by the English
Educational authorities which proposes plans for
teaching economic knowledge to children. 1t saws
that much may be done in this direction by means
OF simple lessons on money, the conditions
which Affect the rate of wages the relations of
skill, prudence. and knowledge to industrial sue
cess and on the right ways of spending and saw
ing" The PdU Mall Gazette says: 1t would be
excellent thing f side by side with the general
savings bank small banks could be worked within
the schools themselves in which the scholars could
make deposits for near and special ends. The elder
boys and girls might be allowed to manage them
OF course under competent supervision and in this
way they would learn to keep real accounts, and
be accustomed TO the responsibilities as well as the
enjoyment of money. Then, if tine purposes of the
banks were wisely chosen, they would serve to en-
courage reasoning tastes ia the children. Savings
could be collected toward payment for books. or
pictures, OF tools OF superior sort to those that
children pick mp for themselves-for things which
they regard as out OF their reach, but which they