New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-13
NOTES ON EDUCATION

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There are forty.two night schools 10 Philadelphia
with registered attendance OF S'|VV pup"''
In Texas during the past year greater quantity
Of school land has been sold than during inc Blk
preceding years.
California; new Constitution has more than
6opbled the duties of county superintendent; but
It has not raised their salaries.
The MARYLAND School Fund has just been dis
fributed to the amount of $124. 800. Inc coioreu
schools get out of this sum $24,5
Political economy is studied practically at Johns
Hopkins The class is now engaged upon the repoi'
for 1880 of the Secretary OF the treasury
The School Board of Worcester, Mass transacts
its business harmoniously and promptly. the female
members introducing no disturbing element "u"''
ever
There are Il. $50 pupils enrolled in the MlVaukee
scbools: there is an average daily attendance OF
. lob .and s,l15 study German In the 81.
Louis public schools 20.7s5 are studying Ierma"'
MFR. Mundella NJ. p, has good idea of what the
work of education should be. He advises teachers
not to be bound down by codes of percentages, put
to endeavor to form character as well as ipteiec'
The Name Pedagogical Society has recommended
the general adoption of the system OF free text
books for public schools throughout the state
few districts already have them. The estaDLisn-
ment of state Board OF Education and oil free nign
schools was also recommended by the Society.
In regard to the teaching of primary geography
an Ohio teacher said the other day that IT should De
taught before going into the book. lie does not
permit his pupils to use the book before they are
eight nine years old ne teaches t IN table
or the floor and illustrates the movement Oh the
earth with an apple or BALL
II il proposed to enlarge the scope of the Cincln-
natl Mechanics Institute BY tue organization OF
Department Of Science and Arts. The Institute mas
been at work for about half century, IL has
Furnishing school of design with mora than 2o0
pupils q good scientific library and apparatus anu
= reasopabe income. 1t will be rearranged upon
the principles of the franklin lnstitute IN rniei
pbia.
Boston is to have a new magazine. the Litera'
tvrfreund which will be published .montbly in
the German language and in Roman characters. Its
purpose il to give assistance to American students
who are studying German. The matter Will IN
clude short stories biographical sketches. reviews,
etc. and the editorial department VIII answer tne
questions of subscribers IN relation 10 Oerah sram
mar aud etymOIOgy.
The course of instruction in the proposed French
COLLEGES fol- girls will be as follows: Morals; the
French language reading aloud. and one living
language ancient and modern literature; Geoara-
pby and cosmography; the history OF France ana
an outline of general history arithmetic. the elc;
mens of geography chemistry, PHYSICS anu sodla
work: elements of law; drawing; music gym
nastics.
An indignation meeting of several hundred COL
ored citizens of Baltimore held there the other
evening to protest against the ACTION of the School
Board in refusing to employ colored teachers. Inc
discussion brought out curious fact in regard to
two colored schools in charge of white teaehers
The ample front entrances are reserved LOT he use
of the teachers. who enter and issue thence IN soil
tary state while all the cOlored pupils are o0leed
To find incress and egress through narrow and filthy
alleys The exceeding absurdity of this performance
does not seem to strike the Baltmoreaus
1t has been finally decided to remove the Western
Reserve College to Cleveland,where it will be united
to the Case School of Applied Science under the
name of Western Reserve University. The only
condition imposed is that the citizens of Cleveland
shall furnish the site for the proposed University
When this condition is complied with the college
will have an endowment including lts present one
of 800 600 which, added to that OF the Case School
of Applied Science, amounting to about million ana
q quarter will give the University the maghlncent
endowment of nearly two millions OF dollars.
The necessity of teaching school children some
thing of the current history of the world is insisted
upon with much good sense BY The Detroit Free
Press The schOolboys and girls of to-day, it says
"know infinitely more of the Wars of the Roses
and the American Revolution than of the Afghan
war or the Franco Prussian even the war Of
the rebellion. OF the threatened war in the East
they know nothing; and 1t is part OF the present
system that they Shall know nothing. Yet. with
liberal use of the daily paper in place Of the reading
i,noks now i'm vogue both boys and girls could get
better iGed Ui and Wend be Better Informed
Public education in Pennsylvania is aoursbing.
There are now 1907 graded schools in the State,
with an enrolment of 1910 pupils and
age attendance of G01,G27. The school ex-
pendtures during the past year amounted to
S74s2577 rs. The total indebtedness of all the
school districts of the State, cities included, was
S264S49 81, and at the end OF the year there re-
i'm the school board treasures al 4Z3,ZI3 IT,
There is much delay in the payment OF the Legs
lature's annual appropriation of 81 .OOOO that
loss has been caused TO the schools OF about
annually for interest and discount, PENNSYLVANIA
schools are said to have made remarkable progress
sincethe war;
The various memorials presented to Cambridge
University in favor of graduating the B. A. degree
to women have been signed by or represent 10000
persons. That particular one from 167 nonresident
members of the Senate of the University Is signed
by such distinguished persons as these: The Duke
of Wellington the earl of Derby, Earl Spencer Wis.,
count HarbertOn, Lords Houghton. E. Fitzmaurice,
and Hennker, the Bishops of Bath and Wells and of
Carlisle. Drs. f. A. Abbott. Abby, A. Barry, Cowie
and F. Tlring Sir d. Wedderburn. Messrs Leonard
Courtney. w. Forsyth. J. +. Gorst,. A. Cohen, j.
Lefeyre. A. G. Marten. H j. Roby j. SPEEDING, J.
Wes;lake.. Francis Cation Professors W. 5. Adds,
A. I. Bentley. T. w. Bridge, A. S. Icrsche e. Niven
and A. s. Wilkins.
The Boston School Board has passed resolution
stating that corporal punishment in the schools of
the city can and ought to be greatly diminished,
and that those teachers who punish least frequently
and only tor the gravest offences will best satisfy
the Board. An order was also adopted that cor
p3ra puni shment shah be inflicted only by the prn-
Cipal OF a school or by his express authority, and
only at session subsequent to the one at which the
offence was committed. record OF the punish
ments and their effects upon the pupils must be
kent and presented monthly to the Board. No pun