New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-05-18
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

Antioch College is to be reopened neA' ''''''n
The &" spcller still prescribed for the use Oh .no
,mblic schools in Allegheny PENN IL 'no ''"''N
one published in 1896
r,o so,r vc,ks, session of the Concord School OF
Philosophy will begin July H. Ahcro WIN ~
eleven lectures in each week.
Tho Yale Association in Colorado have raised
o,,orous fnnd for the purpose of aiding poor boys
In that State to go to Yale.
The prevalence of near sightedness among flehol
school children is attributed to the thinness anu
smallness of the type of the textbooks they use
The number of students taking Sanskrt has III
creased so rapidly at the University OF vienna 'n"'
# has been found necessary to appoint secoho Pio
fessor
Notwithstanding that the South will get moS' y.
the money, nearly all Of the Boston pape'' a.;
heartily In favor of the bill providing l9a and
tribution of $40 100000 among tno
Territories upon the basis oil hi'el"'S'
The Minnesota Normal Scho OILS have been iiis'ruo'
"A ,o nrenare their students TO teach the eloi"o""
of social and moral science, including
Saot,h unity cleanliness politeness, pa uio'iSn''
self-respect, conscience ETC.
The recent dropping of Greek from 'io oV.i90
.ho milwaukee High School Is not supposed W oo
trimnpb of the scientific over the classical .e"0Ne'
Int merely a yielding to circumstance. iho ~
bers pursuing the study in the schooi nat German
TOO small to warrant ITS cohunuaIO0' ~
class is TO be organized I'D the soNooi'
9TH. Cirs Latin School in Boston, which began i''
,,.o,, fonr Years ago with class OF twenty
now has 40 pupils. There are only shgh' aa
lions between the course oil this son0
that of the Boys Latin Schooi, aa Hh
difficulty has been found IN cfIryinE ~ omnIIca-
easily without forcing or roquni"e
ton from the girls.
No snec;al courses are prepared for lady students
.f,ho Harvard Annex. The instructors repeat inc
courses which they are giving III college, utinS WV
.,,,rrort year. In some cases college three-houi
course is given in the Annex as two-hour ooui'0'
,be ladies thereby receiving somewhat less inS'u W
tim At the examinations. however, 'ncS io00',
the same test that the young men DO ana RECEIVE t
we'll too They show decided prefer A r +i,n
Noii, vi Iranr6e. They are reported to be eLulu-
siasfic over their work. tut lndlVidullIS du ra
ectivcy they do not desire coeducallon' teuis
onnosed TO il as strongly as are the naic s'u0"''
,rho rocossitv of tact and of the sympathetic and
manly handling of classes is not always recosniAou
h,, 4bc average professor The Waterbury american
r4;ons a recent occurrence at Williams College
winch illustrates the folly of unnecessarily exciting
,obellion among students The Latin professor has
hen GIVING longer lessons and continuing the reclia-
TO- LONGER than his class thought proper They TOOK
+bo matter into their own hands" cat rotations,
and sent letter TO the professor telling MN no"
he should conduct recitation ana now long '"o
lesson should be. The faculty StralghtwiaA cen
sured the young men severely ana a'l'ch.u ti +i
their most vulnerable point the nome cIIciI, n"'i
fvInp their anxious fathers and ag0nH q mo'hcIs %
their dlsobedience " OF course, adds 10 AW T
con +" fine boys will be compelled TO yleld as theI
shonld he BIT there ought TO be some way Oh
reaching the instructor as well-that Is II tnS easy
has two sides as most cases OF TINS KIM navy; A.
little tact would have done away Will All 'ii'
trouble.
The superficial and unsubstantial fashion OF mod
ern teaching which is apparent to every thoughtiul
bsrver is the subject of practical article in The
Rosfon Journal. 1t points out the failure OF the
nrcsent methods in developing the mental faculties
in the directions of observation and expression.
"The aim being to traverse a certain amount OF
ground in given time, the scholars are advanced
at the regulation pace, being kept busy win 'he
letter of the lesson. and often being compelled 10
learn it by rote which is senseless and depressing
q process as can be found anywhere IN cducatiohai
systems The instant a scholar who has been inc
victim of this species of culture, OF noculture ID
diverted from the ordinary routine, he is wholly
adrft Let anyone visit school and, if he can secure
the opportunity test the pupils after Agasslz S
method by requiring them to point out the ohsllh-
gushing characteristics OF some famuiar 9pJec Vi
BY asking them to deine IN thcir own I'nS urSo
some of the large words which they nave memo
rized IN their lesson or by getting them to write
simple letter or a few lines describing some com
monplace experience, and he will be pretty apt 10
find bewlderment and failure the result lhs, OF
course is true of all public schools, al let no.
of all equally but is true OF the average scnoo
even under good conditions and 1t IS true 10 Ger
tain extent of higher institutions of learning. We
know some college graduates who got through tleiI
course with pretty good standing, and TOOK thelI
full share of przes aud other honors, who have not
only not acquired the faculty OF easy expression
but who cannot converse for any length of time
without dealing with Cae Queens English III a way
TO make ones blood run cold"
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