New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-01-12
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

Ncw-Uampshirc has now q law making education
compulsory. Il went into effect January l.
The Baltimore teachera are Obliged 10 ropcr, twice
O week the n5HcS aud number o! pupils punished
Ths teacbcys and students at Atlanta University
are about 10 establish scholarship in memory OF
Garfield.
Mr. R.jj'cbcr-er has introduced in The Virginia
Senate h;li providing for The establishment ol
Normal Institute for coior'0 chi"''n'
Elmir,. y Y. is seriously CONSIDERING the question
or Introducing svatpn of school savings h3uEtr'
sclallioa ;hat Of France a1d Belgium
The puA'ic 4cNo,l trustees Of Uam.t'.. o.,
have made an imperative rule forhadi"e tn" ''>'9
q presents ia teachers bv their rup'is. TIE 'c2'''T
who accepts present VIZ De dismissed
There er, now Cos school districts in P"rnsvl-
vania. with 1850 scho rs l'S' wear
S799t.705 az was spout ou these schools winch
Were under iha charge Of - 80 teachers
Tn pl} ic schools, in tie Southern States ar' CON
etaot, improving, and the attendance both o.
white and ,o'oI.i clulJe. is craving 'ar,cr In
nea.ly an the d les and large towns GOO >cA'o.~
M, ptov.dsa f.. calorc6 pupils Tor lie whites.
The irteHan,e 10 tho separate System AtiiI"-p
increases tie oNpCu>".
Tie co'orel peap'" of OHIO are said to Nc nn hing
~ test cas-, a suit for damag' against thc S'rng-
field school Board. which refused to- q 'w' c'i"ro'
employed ab'c counsel. and thc allr G. 50 Or,
Hnarl has as,cl for uccuuiiIY assistance from 'ihT
Boqrds q rouclou' III! State.
TIE school population Of WISCONSIN is estimate
nt4s9I42. o. this number 29Gf-S dur'"V {"
pa>t year attended the public schooS ant 2l02f
the private schools. The State has 1000 pu".c
school Teachers aud her school property 1ln'd -
SO 5000 81 Her receipts for school "nr' ."N
last yc7r were 81 81 .G9S as an! A"r cNrcudi-
lures s. 1903 O3S 81.
Iowa's permanent school fund amounts tcS35f1.-
123 S. and she has 1911 ungr0dci schools aud
503 graded ones, The cost Of instruction was last
year 81 - per capita. The c mpulSory ei'catl"n
law is a failure. and the pay Of county sn""rinerd-
sntS j. 80 suall that supervision amounts f." I'i",
The Only certificates which teacher, can - pr p -
obtain in the atc are those of county spprrr'crd
CntS, which ave valid at most i"T0aiy !'"t.
The Massachusetts, municipalities arc constantly
growing NOR, liberal III their expenditures for
schools Taerc are now in the state cool publ"
schools There Is a school population Of 325.2}9
and an attendance Of @33,l0s There are lGS'
children under i've years OF age attending school.
Their are S.sGl teachers employed, 7.727 Of whom
are women. The average wages e mai teachers rr
$50 > I. and 81 female teachers >}N - contrast
year were 81. S5I .5GG 80. au3 thr rec, pt, were
81 1854 -. Tn" state bias +45 men schools,
with 1890 pupils
Greek and lntir are coming into favor again ~
Wisconsin University. Six years ago there were 10
students taking the scientific course, while ~"
ancient classical course was taken 10y tmrtv-0inr
students and the modern classical course by twou-
ty-ix Since then the scientific course has st"a lily
lost arA IL others gaj,el, until DOW The numb r.
.Tr nearly cGual, Ills IS Attributable O. C t'-
laIgnrrt of the terms ~ ~ mission u the sCrnlHc
"a I'd" t9 T that Young women are lrfie'lWg
the modern classical course and 20 the seclWrH
abctcaen at the strong feeling o. OPP '~,tlon 10 jh'
classical IN favor OF the scientific education.
81.
rugraded department has for more than two years
been maintained with satisfactory results. Iu.l,
irrart feeble aud vicious children are rrle-qtrd 10
j: from the other dep Ituents-a those, lu fac,
Who ere not able to 90 ON with the TX If The reeu-
lar grades Special methods are adopted IN teach
ing these children, and tftera few month, IN IT,,
room hey not only regain then lost standing, 'o'
are often abl To- enter -Tadc I'M advance Of tl.r
former closSmste tte teacher IN charge OF tins
school attrbutcs this result choty to these pupil,
irrnts There couj hardy he "a stronger lguucut
in favor of more lively and intelligent methods Ia
our pibGc SCHOOLS.
With school population of Oh. 237, California
has "a school Attendance Of l03,54l. The cost f
instruction is per capita SD 23. The total scho'
receipts Of IN, State Last year were $3GS0,slG 20,
and the expenditures were T3,0476G1 Oh. At the
recent rcetiug Of he California Teachers A>,uca-
lion one speaker declared that the great ann OF
teachers SCENE 10 be- to cultivate raprdity i'll coui
hitting and gihness in recitation. The smart boy
Of the school. he continued who bolts his daily
meals Of knowledge, is pampered and BATTERED,
while the plodding boy. who take, time to maSticate
his is twitted for his slOWneSs, and is happy if he
escapes cuffs for ms stu )idltY. In our methods Of
teaching here Is too much of the mechanical,
an Omatic and formal Dead, formal teachers make
lifelrss pups. hteess rrcitationS and h'rleNS
school, Why the bright boys SO rarely illuminate
Ihe world after leaving school a query which
The speaker answered thus: These srhO Al-room
bav oil a 81 q G.
out obtaining what 10 should be the aim 10 give.
namely the ability 10 think their own thoughts
ard a readiness 10 apply the knowl dye" The
sneaker concluded bv saying that the most PERM
cons feature of me .hanlcal pedagogy is tendency
10 rely on approved met DDS ami systems of lnSruc
ZION 10 the exclusion of vital ana individual effort.