New-York tribune., 1882-04-27
NOTES ON EDUCATION.


sention of such teachers IN ther placos'
There are in Louisiana, out of population OF
aioo1G illiterates to The number OF 3le,3sO; "a
hese o5o 129 arc colored persons. 1t is sald that
The State alonc and uuaidcd cannot pOssioy lAo-
y,de for the instruction of these uniortuha'eS'
The Democratic legislators of Kentucky met IN
.aucns last week and decided to recommend a p''i
submitting to the people proposition providing io'
IN additional tax OF cents for schooi pulp'>c p
TolOred children as well As Whlte ones 'i' " INV
the benefit OF tins bill.
The dissatisfaotion Of Mr. Gum SOS vaiedc-
tor,an at Williams with the marking system OF 'he
college is shared 10y most of the undergraduates
md several of the professors Several other nieu'
oers of tie senior class have declined O"H'"'''N
nent appointments on the same ground
The great educational trouble Of the southern
States Is the lack of proper elementary 'nS''
Dr. MAYO saws that the academies are 'on,'oliou
.:hcr 10 do the work of an elementary sGnHoi q, !"
.rL.t;tpte n min Veucering OF "acconpISiuvl...o
To- So6 instruction and systematic mehtai ''an"s'
The Boston Society of Natural History will open
soas;de laboratory for n limited number ol women
nm tents at Annsquam. Mass. on July l. the term
lo end September /. a windmill Will supply run
c,ng va.er so that living animals may I've stuuea'
And a Yacht will take ont dredging pdiIos d. SUN
bble intervals.
pnblir discussion on music in The public scnoo's
WAS held in Pittsburg last week between Supc''n-
tendent Luckey and lively antagonist III "V'u'
The latter coutcnded that the school course Is "i-
IL ovarloaded with studies: that only 10 per
rent oi the school chlld,en have musical 'aieiit
and that the time occupied IN giving smalte'";Mn M
9f the art might he more usoiully employ ca I"
more hOuely branches.
Superintendent Rogers, OF New-Oreans' says
that the public school training given 10 thc 'ooi0"
,,oonl, has had remarkable results in the direction
os,1
no,als In New Orleans both the pubic ana pi'-
,oto school, for colored children have constantly
iors,sed and the parents have shown an applecla-
.ion of t6e benefits or education by seudng thcH
thiIdren 10 school when they could III .,lipIn 10
mar. their services at home. ana Whcu III .A1
;torTes con.dera bic Sacrifices have been required
to furnish them with suitable clothing ana VcAr
books.
The centenary of Friedrich Froebers birth was
,ornollv observed last week in Milwaukee, III
Eo>ton and in Philadelphia. At the commeDora'
five meeting in the city last named, Colonel larAer'
The organizer of the Quincy system gave an inter-
estnc address on the Frochol l1inclaieS ol eouca-
tion. He declared that the fault that troehei "a"
in the schools OF his day-the examining OF the sus-
ceptible mind with words. not ideas-was apparent
in the American public schools Of this generation
Although advancement has been made in the
method and appliances for teaching older pupils
those Of fender years are still slaves to the ola
ideas Their minds are chained to books, and from
the very first day they enter school ihcy are loCtu
TO learn abstract IDEAS WMcn tenu 70 ue"Don ~ ~
brightness OF he'll minds. COiOneI IaihSI d>svI 'Ou
that the little ones learned in spite OF the task set
fhsm hv the teachers and not n consequence OF IT,
lie expressed himself strongly IN cohuena'on ta oi
Teachers developing that which IS plecoclouS ia nc
cDlll Rather their efforts should De toward lnat
winch is weak. The best incentives 10 mehtH
rrowth are found in what Is most pracucal III lit'
II was asserted, and the practice Of making percent
AGES arbitrarily, and demanding that Purls sAouIu
reach certain standard or DC d!s- We,
therefore. condemned by the speaker. lie "eIloNcu
II Was nossibe to make the child love lis Work.
The vexea question OF the powers of a local
hoard of trustees OF a normal school has just been
Settled by the Court OF Appeals. The case under
deciion was that Of Professor HoOse and the Cort-
land school-a case winch went against the Pro
lessor before Judge Martin at General Term. by
this final decision is settled that superintendent
Gilu our acted beyond his legal power III dlsmssing
Mr.. HoOse from his position as prlnclpai OF Ihe
Cortland school without the concurrence OF lhe
local board The Professor was appointed Dy lhe
board in 1877 with the approval OF SUPERINTENDENT
Gimour Various difficulties arose between the
two men and in 1850 the superintendent ordered
the local board TO remove Mr. lioose ana to recon-
mend n successor This the local board refused tc
do and sustained Mr.. HoOse by considerable
majority; whcreupon the Superintendent i'sulneu
fo remove The principal and actually placed d
successor i'm office Mr.. HoOse then began suit 10
obtain possession of the Oihcc. me h"rH'teF Hem'-
cyot and Chronicle thinks the decsiCn OF the Court
of Appeals Just one, which pr serves tIr equities
aud curbs the prerogatives OF The SupeIlhtohu
already too great. The Os'rcgo ItacS SAYS we
have not admired Superintendent OIImours course
i'm this Cortland matter 1t was not dignIhed' ana
it savored too much OF malice or spite. bnt II
seems as il the State Superintendent nj or else otle
Roard oupht to have control over these Schools
supported as they are by the state ior the lre1
education as teachers of pupils ifOm all soctlouS oi
fr t44I lf der n IL
gives"
The system of teaching in elementary schools Is
snbiect of complaint in England as well as IN
America. II was stated at a recent meeting OF The
National Union of elementary teachers that codes
and repula1ions. which confront the teacher al
every turn were rapidly degrading him INTO meI'
bearer of lessons marker Of registers, grinder O
the standards and "a worker for the examination
week The inevitable examination came round
and iron necessity compelled HIM to subject 'h'
backward to all the mechanical resources his III
ceuuitv can suggest to screw them up to the pitci
of a pass. Detention after school hours was the
universal refuge for the teacher. The clever were
dismissed at the proper time, and the weakly IL
body and intellect must remain behind Accuracy
in SUMS accuracy in diotatiOn, accuracy ia passing
for all irrespective Of the diversity Of intellect pre-
vaiiug amongst children must no secured or tu'
percentage would not mount up TO the respectdp4t
fgnre which gives satisfaction TO managers and
school boards and wins for tbe master the Justine
t;on thar Inc is a skiiful assiduOus and successful
teacher The mania, however, for competitive ex-
animation was slowly. but surely, working out it'
own end So many evils were stalking IN us tram
flat eycntually n reyusiOn OF feeling would start
W against it, Babics, four Ind five years OF age
We're subjected to il. and children of seven years OF
age earned grants upon theiT ability to satisfy tine
,nsnector after passing through the ordeal of ndi
ytdual examination. The pale faces. lacklustrt
ewes aching brains of the lttle children. and The
,.1af, of lrqf a
ond bodily dcprcssiOn and weakness, plainly
syinced the cruelty as we'll senseessncss OF Tic
system.
LOgGFELLOW'S MEMORY Nv PARIS