New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-06-01
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

,...r+neut Of elocution has been established az
Trinity College, HARTFORD
There are sol understanding sixty -ohe in'i""'
at the Hampton Normal ScnooI
It's proposed to convert the Mesle Wesley Som;narv
Collece AT Cincinnati into a Iheoiogicai 0oi"N'''
Examinations for entrance TO the Massachusetts
Yns,i.ute of Technology will be held IN chicago 'nis
week 80.
Indiana has now school population of 7o9'42l'
and available school funds amounting "
Si,0l2, 70l go.
The total cost of books and materials furnished
20 the pupils of the Boston schools was during inc
mast wear S594lS 81, to which the city addeo ~
per cent for expenses.
Several libraries in the United States report uo
crease in tie reading of fiction by the youns ,1,,
from 80 TO IS per cent. This decrease Is ou0 o".I
10 the efforts of teachers and hnraii'"' "
school children better taste III re'u'"s
II lis reported that divers members OF 'no Nn
land Board of Education wish TO apoNsn '"o
school in that city. 1t has been IN oPo'"''V" 'o
noe, oiobt years and all the students 1t mas grau
P'ss 80, fo,r or five have entered the schools
as tcachers There are now 20I normal schooiS 4"
this country. $50
There will be at Johns Hopkins University TINS
wear more candidates both for academic ana au-
yanced degrees than at any preceding Oohi-
mencement, ten having applied Tor inc oee'eo
OLA B. and nine for that of Phi D. large 9u mi
OF men have also applied for teuoWshlps anu s0ii0
arships -,
The Brown University scientific eXpedlhoh VIII
sail from Boston the day after Commencement, II
isexpccted that theSmthsonan Institution VIII iehu
6redges and other instruments for deep-Sea Souiu-
incs. The Grand Mcnan Island and the shores d ~
ing about the Bay of Fundy VIII 3e Vlsitco, "rr LII
collection of mineral and geological speciineI' IA
be obtained for the college museum
The Case School of Applied Science in Cleveland
Will end its first year next month. SO Tar as us IN
struction goes it has been an eminentY successful
one les chemistry department Is spieholuy
cquipped-so also is that Of physics winch NIL pc
nut in operation next term. ne sch0Ol uutI ~ ~
past wear has instructed freshman cilss VI '"''O
and four special students III Chemistry
The situation at Dartmouth is. in the OPINION OF
The Boston Post an unpleasant one stlll IL &C.
clares that the position Of President Bar'iet'' sup
ported as he Is by a bare majority Is by no means
enviable The feeling over the VeNed question:
The Post adds has become very deep, and mas quite
DESTROYED the old kindly social NE at manoST cd
though il is not allowed 10 reach the sluueltS any,
Ostcnsiblv everything is quiet and the present
policy in retaining MIR. Bartlett Is gradualy a4ieh
citing the alumni.
At the recent meeting of the Now-England Asso-
citation of School superintendent written eXamiha-
tions in the schools were recommended but IL was
urged that oral examinations should supplement or
alternate with written examinations. by some
spe,kers il was proposed that oral examinations
should be substituted entirely for written ones, De-
cause there were certain neTvouSly cOnsutu'eu
children who though naturally bright, were phySi-
cally unable to pass with credit EXAMINATIONS
While this was admitted, it was, on the other hand'
ayerred that some children VINO became nervous
when orally examined could express themselves
correctly in writing 1t was generally agreed, now
ever that it was deprecatve of the value OF exam
t1,a chi IN a
due mental excitement Mt examination time. as was
habitually done in many schools. The children
should not be embarrassed or forced IN any way IN
regard TO examinations as basis OF pTom0uon, ~
was held that examinations should not be the ohiy
basis of pronotion but that regular attendance
studious application and the general recommends
tons of the teacher should also receive cue weight
in promoting child. The system OF percentage
marking was held to be OF dubious uuhty super
iDtendent Seayer of Boston, seemed 70 express tle
sense of the meeting when he said that the Judg-
ment of the teacher should be the bass OF promo
ton, rather than any examination, wrtten OF oral
The school population of Maine is now 213,92|;
l5vO67 attend school, There has been since 1870
n continual decrease in the number of children OF
school age The aggregate of thisdecrcase is 1920
There has been at the same time steady gam III a'
tendance on the schools The State has 3,9G6
school districts with 49SS teachers in the summer
schools and 4,6SS in the winter schools. Male
teachers receive an average salary of $2o 3D. and
female teachers get $l4 90. The State expended
the public schools last year @96o,60|. Inc con-
dtion of the schools unsatisfactory in respect to
absenteeisn. Not only CISCO children out of
the schools, but of the number who do at
tend one in every five is declared to be
habitualy truant 1t is said that this is
partly due TO poor teaching: Inc average
length of the school term in Maine is only III days.
Many of the schools small as TO be OF com
parativey little value the course OF study pre-
scribed Is too extensive, and textbooks are not
always the BEST not in full supply and are far
from uniform i'll the same school other
necessary appliances and aids to the best teaching
are almost wholly wanting in all save few OF the
best schools The tcachoTS-the great majority OF
ihern-lack professional knowledge and skill; many
are wanting in literary qualifications; nearly one
third without previous experience, and lack ma
tury of mind and judgment; and too many are
lacking in those elements of character, social ami
moral which are needed i'll the teacher who is to be
example TO his pupils. The reforms recon-
Inended by State Superintendent Luce are the
abolition of the district system better methods OF
examining and certifying teachers; systematic
courses of study; uniform and cheap textbooks
improved supervision and app0rtionInent of school
funds There 101 free high schools III the State,
ll,f, h,obor ucnful and nj