New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-07-20
NOTES ON EDUCATION

powdo,n College has a well-invested enuo""o".
srna Of $500. 900. 1t had a surplus last year VI
e2,lss
a,o,bcr Of the higher educational institutions Vi
rnoland ia "a be opened to women This Is owens
College. at Manchester, which is now prcpa''ns
scheme of Instruction Tor women s."uon''
A Working mans College is to be estaoiisheo Nv
Melbourne the workingmen themselves h'r'"s
eagerly taken up the scheme and engaged 10 coi.o'
half the necessary money. Inc otnef ha the
contribution OF Mr. Ormonu, WIN 10 "
founder of one college. -,
The female teachers in the public scnoois VI
Rochester n Y. have asked for increase Oh 'no'l
salaries They are now receiving sums i""s -
from $3.50 to S45O--ony those who have taus"S .o
several years getting the larger SUM- '
laborers get better pay than this Is an, an civic
ordinary result of republican insttl'iU;, h emitting
retrenchment should always pSs.n
down the salaries OF " omen teacno'''
Tho nor,v elected president OF the College Oh
Chor,os,on ia II. E. Shepherd, North Caroiiii'ah
- 90 adrcated at the University OF virginia
na who has been for fourteen years euperih'oii'.
90 p,blic Instruction at Baltimore lie VIII III.
not only the chair of the president pun aiT "f
Of English language and literature me 6;cb
Charleston has handsome enuo
makes it comparatively independents
o,ast,or of practical legislation is troubling
IT.. Pos,on .LouypoI Congressman" it says. I'M
nressed with the idea that we have an overno".ns
T.o.srrv roll mn River and liarbor Dill ior 'io
.nnro,r;ot;on Of twenty million dollars. anu VIC
,,b zach otber in securing the erection oil unneo0o
sorv nuhIic bindings in their DISTRICTS Dun ."
Seams never to occur TO them that insteau "
nroviug almost imperceptibe STREAMS anu oul1 he n
needless buildings III remote " he national funds
T. rali;nS haclsths vast and threatening 'iue "a
illiteracy." 80
Thu INN. examinations for the Freshman CLASS %
via College in both the Academic department anu
sheffield Scientific School show the following
,esu)ts: Candidates for Freshman class AcaoeinS'
100. Candidates for Freshman class ocieh'iiio,
81: total, 2S3. The September examlhau'ns wiz
of cou,se swell this number. Examiners report
higher grade of preparation than q aa nremnarv
ZION there were as candidates for the preunnnaniy
examination tor admission to the Acadeinic Se py
ment and "a to the Sheffield scientlnc, S o,sooi
making 100 ALL Also theae we're $50 candidates
Tor The undergraduate courses examined Ill "Ai az
the June EXAMINATIONS.
The course in chemistry at Johns HOPKINS VIII Do
enricbed next term by increased facilities LOT "olh
Mt the laboratory. Arrangements ale 10 DC haue
for work in applied chemistry, as, LOT eAa'npie'
metallurgy, and the chemistry OF dye-stuis, SOILS
fertilizers ETC. The biological course provinces 'or
five lectures and Rotations weekly Win worh III
the laboratory. An advanced course IN the roh"noo
languages will be guided by Mr. A. NJ Elliott, ana
will be concentrated upon the Norman dialect III i's
rslat;ons IN English. Dr. p. b. Maroon will give
course of lectures the history OF trench eta'uIe
during the last three centuries. Inc depart M ~
history and political science conducted ny II' H.
u Adams will treat of the sources OF English con-
stitutiopal. American lnstltutonaI anu ~
constitutional history with special reference ~ 'pe
existing constitutions OF European ctates ~. ~.
r Elv will lecture on finance. the theory ana
practice of administration. with special reference
TO civil service problems and municpal REFORM anu
the history of French and German SOCIALISM,
At the recent annual distribution of prizes 1t
University College, London, the Earl of Kimberley
nresident of the college, remarked with pleasure
npon the distinguished place which the women
students had taken in the competition for prizes.
He added that the Council must feel that they
were fully justified in the step which they took In
admitting the fair sex to their competitions; and
he was glad to see the sister college OF London,
Kings College, was following the same course In
fact they might say now that the participation Oh
women in the higher education of the country was
thoroughly and firmly established. Sade Fine
Arts Schoarship-f5O per annun Tor three years
was awarded to Sarah c. Harrison, of London 1t
was a noticeable fact that whenever lady competi-
tors appeared they took rather more thaii Inelr
share OF the prizes. In the examination on Phlloso-
phy of Mind and Logic before Professor IT, Croome
Robertson, NJ. A. Doan Of Science, Mary L. u.
Petre London, took first prize, and the second was
divided equally between Edith NJ Thompson, Edith
AR Williams of London, and L. Mukerll, OF Dacca
whilst four other ladies were highly commended
The ladies were also first and second In composition
examinations.
Edinburgh University has just been enabled by
the generosity of an anonymous benefactor to
open an account for the endowment OF research.
Five feowships of $500 each, tenabe for one year,
but renewable for one more further years, are to
be avs arded at that institution in October. There
will be no examinations; the Sepatus Academicus
will consider only the qualifications and circum-
stances of the candidates. The fellowshps are in
tended for persons having attained some proficiency
in and who are desrous TO prosecute unprofessonal
study and research in of the following subjects
Mathematics pure or apped), or experimental
physics, chemistry, biology, mental philosophy,
history or the history of literature They are open
10 any graduate of o Scottish university not being
more than thirty years of at the date OF appca-
ton and provided that he be net an assistant to
any professor or an examiner In any department.
Each fellow will be expected TO reside III Edinburgh
during the winter and summer sessions OF the uni
yersity (lSS2-'S3l to prose cute his particular
branch Of study under tho advice of the professor to
whose department the subject belongs; and WITHIN
wear after his election TO give evidence OF his prog
ress by the preparation OF thesis, the completion
of a research, the delivery of lecture, or Ill some
other way approved by the Senatus Academicus