New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-11-03
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

Texas is nj last to have state university. Inc
Governor has called the regents TO meet al A"s'i"
70 make n permanent organization preparatory "
the establishment of the university
Two corrses of lectures for teachers are 10 De
given At Cambridge University during the coming
interone ON the History of Education since ths
Revival of Learning. and Inc otner oh '"9
of Psychology applied to Educauoh'
pro,ossor Covlev the distinguished English math-
,,,o,;cian will begin at John Hopkins University
=; January his course of lectures on analytical ge-
on,otrv and the Abelian and theta functions. ITO
Sessor Cayley isperhaps the greatest ma'helh"'ioi
now living
For several wears past the seasonal entries for the
Rino,s College lectures for ladies In LONDON nave
averaged about 500. The instruction is designed
TO supplement- and continue school education, anu ~
has reference to the examinations open W "oiN'"
the universities.
Washington University, ST. Louis. has in its vari-
Gus DEPARTMENTS 1855 students ard eighty plO-
fessors Tia manual training school is particularly
successful II has ninety students VINO arc Good
trained as sl1lled mechanics while obtaining s'0
English education.
The training colleges for teachers in England al
almost entirely sectarian. At Manchester recently
q nuu;l teacher passed successfully the preliminary
examination at one of these colleges. but lew e
weeks after he was told by the principal '"''' 49,
must either attend church OF leave
In School District No. 4 of Pomfret N. Y. all the
school officers this year are women Ihey are per
CONS NJ character and influence in the district, and
ore known 70 take a deep interest in educational
matters IL is in the country schools that the value
of womens services school authorities Is 10
be tested and proved.
There has been an amazing increase IN the mum
her of matrieuations both at Cambridge ana ON-
fo.d since 1871 In this last decade half dozen
ata1 and
oned in different parts of Great Britain but Their
has been far from pTejudlcal 10 the tWS gc
universities Cambridge has TINS year tl f idi 80
matrlculation she has ever khOWh-'lo iie'N'N''
Wandering 800 $50,
There is an urgent need OF kndergartens in Mil
waukee. and athorough organization oil system Vi
s,cb schools is proposed. lady is to be engaged TO
sunervise these schools, train the teachers ana
1on+ure an Linderparten work. 1t is thought that
number of the primary teachers might Oe uaincu
Immediately to take charge OF Tue ktiluei eo i
each teacher to have two assistants VINO as Gi
nunis would receive no salary unt4Il their training
should be completed
The faculty. at Williams College have decided to
divide the lower classes in half according TO schola
SHIN, next term The freshmen, If not the sopho-
mores are TO be divided into three. according TO
scholarship. The college has adopted an elective
system for the seniors these electives covering III
general the course of instruction pursued during tne
FIRST three years thus enabling tine scIOr 10 ISIIcSL
his memory as well as TO add to his khoWle9Se vi
those studies which particularly attract NM incLo
are eight electives two OF which each senior Will NC
required TO Select
Mr.. Matthew Arnold, in his recent report as III
snector of Schools bears testimony to the popu-
larity and special value of poetical exercises lie
rocommonds some of Mrs. Hemanss short pieces on
tbe nrinciple that the poetry chosen should have
" real beauties of expression and feeling, such as
cbildren's hearts and minds can lay hold Of" MT.
Arnold cautOns teachers against passing over Wo!Hs
not In common use: and cites an instances 9I 'le
word steed not being understood by chiidreh III
Jondon schools of twelve years OF age IN aiothcr
school only one i'll head class OF thrty scholars
was found to know what " fOrd Is
The chronological examinations connected with
tbe CITY and Guilds of London institute offer several
now subjects for next year among them electric
lighting and transmission of power, coai-tar ais
filling and spirit rectilication, bread-making. the
mannfaefure of linen linen bleaching. dyeinG and
nrintnp. weaving and pattern designing. new
faotpre in tins programme Is the grouping together
of allied industries and so arranging the syabuseS
of instruction that subjects which are common 10
two or more branches Of any industry are put under
one heading This arrangement offers SUGGESTIONS
for n curriculum of study TO be pursued IN Shcn
technical colleges those OF BRADFORD Leeds huH-
rersield etc, which are now being erected lor the
development of trade IN those districts.
San Francisco has in her public schools the
LARGEST average attendance which she has ever
known The first superintendenrs report made IL
1859 gave the average attendance as 40. Inc last
renort gives il as 29,O92. While most of the chill
ror 90 into the eighth grade less than half as many
continue to the next higher grade. The Cdtt urges
that more attention be given to the primary depart
ent and that the primary teachers be paid as high
salaries "a the grammar school teachers work of the
hest sort being demanded from them. AT present
principals in the grammar department receive S165
and $3.50 per month accorulhg 10 tne hummer IL; VI
ripais get only 1926, SlO2 and $90 Inc assistant
u grammar teachers receive from go TO SI2 month
while the primary teachers receive 1r0m 9oV 10 oV
II is tia that school authorities should realize that
thorough and intelligent teaching IN the primary
schools is of especial and lncaIcnlaLle value, anu
that it ought TO be properly PAID Ior
President Burns. of the Central Ohio Teachers
Association. complains that with hosts of the chill
dren in his State no direct sustained effort is made
either at school OF Mt home to have them form the
readno babitor at least the habit of reading what
will he hest for them The same thing might be
said concerning the children of other States. 1t is
rarely that one finds especially in country schools
a,y intelligent attempt to place children on the
right road in literature And it must be said that the
sickly. ll-written trash with which Sunday-school
libraries have been accustomed to fill their
shelves should be held responsible for great deal
of mental weakness in children. SO far as language
goes Mr. Burns holds that the public schools should
fsach their pupils to read alond as readily to un-
derstand anything fairly within the reach OF Their
own understanding; TO write simply and correctly
in continued narrative all they know upon any sub
jecf as result of training in silent reading to
tencee and give the thought thereof in language
more nearly their own Mr. Burns adds that the
schools should give the appetite for wholesome
books.
At the opening of the next academic year Dart
mouth will adopt new system of electives for the
Junior and senior years-a system affecting one reel
tation day. According to this scheme the course
for senior year includes prescribed study, one
elective. one optional; for junior year. two pre-
scribed studies and one elective. The study of
Latin and Greek can be continued throughout the
phnle of Junior year or one can elect Latin alone