New-York tribune., 1882-03-09
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

The Kentucky Legislature has sustained 'no "'"'0
College tax for the coming year.
Tho pnblic School Library of 81. LOUIS SHOWS I'LL
increase of 1000 volumes during the last year.
Some of the public schools of New-Havcn Conn.,
bave introduced fire-dri rs part OF the eAei''0'
and ID IS said TO work We'll
The seventeen Government Universities Vi i''.y
were attended by more tLan III ,ooo s'uuo"'' s'1~ 90
year Altogether the number reeeiVihe n o"Poil". .
instruction was 1860; an increase Vi 00' ''''
the previous year
Cardinal Manning has issued pastoral le''e' W
his clergy in which he complains OF the " nagran'
;nins,icen Of which some boards OF guardians are
,,n1,v IN obtaining Catholic children for many
wears in Protestant SCHOOLS.
Superintendent Tash, of Portland Me- calis ior
the establishment of su5-prmary schoois lor el.F
ren between four and five years OF age IN wlch 'ne
kindergarten method shall be employed. ' ~ Is or q
noticeable fact that kindergarten III so1o onrai
another is coming 10 lhe liohV "' "A
problem TO be solved
Ata late meeting of the school officers OF Lincoln
Neh \ naper read by T.. ID. Harris, advocating inc
teaching OF vocal music in schools, was warmly III
dorsed by all present; ana resolution was auopVcu
making vocal music one of the branches OF stuoy III
.ho schools II was also decided that the tme haS
ccme 10 take q new departure III !ne seFFeiLa, Ia
,netbods OF education, by which the Ideas OF thc
ace shall have place in all systems OF teacnins'
THE Seu francisco CaU complains of the over
crowd,ng of the public schools in that CITY, anu "SoS
,be fact rs a text from which to preach sermon
20 New-York 1t says that over 5000 chiiureh h""
20 no turned away in New York last year because
there was no room for them; ana more Inah t uIu,9
that the school fund has been mlsappiitu Wv pGIiU
III ,vorkers who slip into the Board of Edncaton;
Let The CAL be more explicit and give us names ana
papers
The State Superintendent of Public Instruction
for California reports that not much more 'nan ono
half the children enumerated in the schooi census
attend the schools regularly. He calls for radloa'
reform in the school system of the State Inc
Iar;.Io,rre he saws. should either adopt the COM
nnlsorv plan or else the heavy percentage Oh pIes
Who do not send their children to school shond not
be allowed TO he a burden on the peopAo ioi '""e
that is useless TO thelI children
Ata late meeting of the Board of Education of
Ninneapolis Mimi. Inspector Oppenheim made
,eport on the free textbook system, in which lie
heartily indorsed it, citing New. York, Newark ana
pbiladelobia as favorable examples OF the working
of the system. In New-York the annual cost per
pup,l for free text books is 81 OF; in Phlladepnla
SIS cents. and in Newark 62 cents. ne ioi oencEiGs
that the introduction of the system III NInedpoiIe
onJ 81 Panl would mark a step forward i'll edu-
cation
The U1eclino IntelRqencer says that the normal
schools of the State to be the objects OF sharp
attack in the Legislature. 1t is asserted hat theSe
schools are an incubus on tie State. and an uhne-
cessarv draft on the funds of the people. State
Senator Burbee lately made speech in which he
said that on the present basis il would take Just
900 wears TO furnish teachers for the 4OOO schools
OF the state and that it would cost over II 0oooUU
To do IT. Action ON the matter was STAYED OH 1or
the present.
A correspondent of The atlanta Constitution scouts
the idea that the State University at Athens is in
moribupd state lie says that while the glitter and
oare of former years gone, the solid results OF
the University's work satisfactory as ever.
1t has an endowment of S5OO,OOO. besides land
yaIued at 100000. The annual income is
S47 900 and any deserving young man Is received
ms free student The students have access 70
fine library and laboratory, and board is only $l2
per month, including room.
An Ohio teacher of forty years. experience calls
for reforms in the country schools of that state
He saws that the teachers are changed too often In
the ungraded schools while on the other hand the
graded schools of the cities keep good teachers
when they get them. 1t therefore follows that all
the really good teachers of the State gravitae to-
ward the graded schools He concludes by saying
that the remedy lies not so much In higher wages,
though that is necessary as Ia permanent eilPI5oy
rnent Let the teacher feel that he is not wander
ing star but that he has come 10 stay, anu hhhe IL
hIs object to STAY and he will soon develop perna-
nent and efficient method OF instruction.
A lady travelling in Switzerland has written
letter for The Buffalo Courier giving her impressions
buildings are roomy and well ventilated. The
nupis are slower than Americans but better drilled
and more thoroughly Taught In teaching history,
great principles are dwelt on rather than trivial
details and sensationalism and narrow sectOnalism
are carefully avoided. The discipline has nothing
of the strctness OF American schools, and longer
reeesses are given. In the primary departments
the children are taught to play hall the time;
Every child up TO sixteen years OF age must attend
a Government school. Consequently private
schools are only resOrted to for finishing the pupils
This provision is made to insure the instruction OF
the young in the principles of republcanism All
The schools arc supplied with the latest and best ap
plances for teaching
The BostOn Erening Transcript says that the
breadth of Harvard University has rarely been more
strikingy illustrated than i'll the existence OF two
vigorous movements side by side under It's intuen-
tial favor and support, the one for archaeological
research in America the other for exploration and
practical study in the old world of classical history
The Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and
Fthpologv represents the former, and the American
Institute of Archaeology. which two years ago sent
out the expedition to AssOs, Asia Minor. and is now
nroposinc to establish an American school of class
cal studes at Athens Greece, represents tie Other
Heretofore both these valuable institutions have
been sadly crippled for want of means TO prosecute
their researches; but under the auspices OF Harvard
An appeal has been made TO the colleges through.
ont the country. The response has been cordial
and shows a lively interest in the matter