New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-03-16
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NOTES ON EDUCATION.

yv;u;oms CoIlege under President carter con
-. 90 ,rosper. Many new buildngs-amone
,hem Clark Hall. just comneted-ada very i"e''
10 the facilities OF the INSTITUTION
tn, S. Paal Pioneer Press calls FaIioaui' 'ho
sE,on of Minnesota" 1t is the seat OF three OF io'
.ohooIs nnder the patronage of the Eplse9ppdii
eShurch. which stand very high IN apiii'S ""N ''"
arship. ..,
The Molsle Redser speaks in hopeful terms Oh .po
Progress of education in Alabama. ha'' S0 ~,
total amount expended for education was nemy
GOO 600 and the total number OF children , eruI
in the schools was l3o,-S'' ", VIM"
white and 6S.05l were colorou'
about fifty women graduates Of various coleSes
recently met at Boston 20 discuss the higher eo"o
,ion Of women 1t was decided that physicai cur,
ture is the great necessity for American VOL en- a.
The establishment of department vi Pns DIVA '"'
cation in the schools was urged
Tho ,cnort of the superintendent OF Schools IN
c. Ionis shows that for the past year there mas
heop n largely increased attendance and decreased
.or,,noss 4 large number of children under seven
oors # ace attend the schools, and receive kinder
I,,orten instruction. Twenty thousand chiuIeh az
fend the German schools OF the CITY,
The ALBANY Argus calls for reform IN our un'Ver,
stiles and colleges. The colleges of the onited
stotcsp It saws should become divided into TWO
classes One should comprise universities, IN whch
NJ, undergraduate work should be abolished Inc
otber sbould comprise such work exclusively IL
tbinks the tr:e has come for the establishment vi
adistinctiyey American university Tor post giauu'
ntes, and calls on HARVARD anu Coluh'i" ~ O
practical shape to TINS ldea.
Acopntv superntendent of Indiana has written
IN the State Superintendent, saying that he mas
,eachers lamentably ignorant OF history, ana sus-
rostin, n reform lie had visited a school where
the teacher was ignorant of the present boundaries
of Turkey A teacher applied to him Tor license
He was asked to name the present Governor Oh IN
diana The response promptly came, C aIIIui,
lie was again asked how he came 10 Dc VV Dc
and the answer was equally prompt by the
Creenback vote" He suggests that teachers oe
examined not only on textbook history but on Ihe
unwrttcn history OF to-day
The Public Ledger of Philadelphia, calls attention
10 two agencies in that city, organized 10 lur.nei
,be canse of education Tie first Is the fnpiic
Tarcotion Society. which has for its object the inn
movement of the school system somewhat on 'ne
line of the Quincy method" The other society
referred 70 Is the Sub-Primary School Association
which has been organized for the purpose OF makIHg
proysion for the large number OF neglecteu chi
dren under six years the age for admission 10 puDhc
sebnoIs This society has already established eleven
schools for such children, in which the kinder
garten method is mainly employed ne expenses
OF the venture are met 10y private generosity
The Roston Herald calls attention to the fact that
Che urinary education in the schools in that city IS
6e6cient The great majority of children have to
co IN work before they enter the grammar schools,
and so the primary school education Is all they nave
ne preparation for life. They should therefore oe
taught something that will be of practical value 20
.hem Instead of that, their time s taken up with
aesthetic and beautiful work, and SOLID ana
fhoronph training is not given TO tneu. &c
IWoJ Concludes by saving that the Boston public
schools are IN q state Of decadence, despite eAcel
lent teachers fine buildings ana Inc U1S system
he reformed. These are strange words u oohio
from Boston paper about Boston schools'
RM. Streeter, principal of Toledo, Ohio school,
writes vigorous article for The Boston journal Of
Education, denouncng the abuse of highprced
school books He says" We are using four headers
of n series. To publish these Readers costs
cents II cents l6 cents 90 cents; the arithmetics
o cents and 20 cents Comparing the publishers
cost with the price paid by the pupil we find on the
Readers profit of 400 per cent SIS per cent, 368si
Nor cent 525 per cent; the arithmetics, 500 per
cont and 325 per cent. When the list includes all
The textbooks of the schools aud when II Is unOer-
stood that these school books are pad LOT at per
cent varying from 800 to 071, it seems to be about
high time for Mr.. Dennis Mccarthy. or ANYBODY
else TO enter protest against this outrageous price
Tor school books Mr.. Streeter calls for the anuul-
ling of the la Nv prohibiting the Board OF Education
from dealing directly with The publishers.
The Mlraukee Sentinel does not think much OF
country high schools 1t says: Some SIX years
ago the Legislature at the recommendation OF the
state superintendent made provision for the estab-
appropriated So, 900 annually for theI support
The plea for this action was that thereby a higher
grade of students might be prepared for the State
University and so obyiate the necessity OF pre-
paratory department in that institution. and dong
the same for the normal schools enable them to
devote more time to strictly professional training
The Legislature wisely restricted the grant to five
wears with the expectation that If the trial thus
made showed favorable results the districts would
themselves support such schools without State aid
or else the Legislature would extend the support.
The number OF so called high schools is yearly on
the increase with a cOrrespondlngy increasing
number Of high school scholars; but whether there
Is any real increase of scholarship is not so mani
fest nor that the ends sought have been attained
The State provides supervision for these SCHOOLS,
and the State Department of Education has no
knowledge of their work except what comes from
the parties receiving the bonus, which OF course Is
entirely er pdrte The State University and the
State normal schools have each their boards OF
regents and their board of visitors making annual
reports and il seems only the dictates OF common
prudence that before continuance OF this gift by
The State of $50 600 annually is granted-and that
mainly to cities and villages well able to support
such schools themselves--that the beneht TO the
whole State from their establishment be most
clearly demonstrated"