New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-30
NOTES ON EDUCATION.


Williams College has just arranged course in
graduate astronomy. The college now has 2ol stu
dents
An institution to be called the University Of
Little Rock will shortly be opened to students
In that city. It's founded by the Methodist Church'
In Oil City several features of the kindergarten
svstem have been successfully introduced in the
rst and second yoai OF the primary schools
Two of tho most accomplished kindergarten
workers Of ST. Louis have been invited by the Cana
dian Government TO introduce their system in the
American domnons of the Queen.
The new Yale catalogue shows total of ,O90 stu
dents coming from all parts of the country All
the departments are now equipped in an exceien'
manner end are IN the best working order
The last census shows that there are 4,923'4oi
persons in this country unable TO read anu
6c3995S who are unable to write vi the col
ored population z per cent are unable 10 wrlte'
Som, of the trustees of the Iowa Agricultural co..
le,e are endea yorIng to eliminate from the currcu-
linn whatever may not pertain directly to aSIicni-
fnral education, Nearly all the alumni anu INC
students forcbly object 10 any changes.
The Teachers School of Science established at
Boston some years ago has now been assured per
mauent existence by connection with the LoweH
Institute gives to the teachers OF bo S"rss anu
physiology, geology ana other oranehes Oh sc'enoo'
The Smith professorship at Apdover. established
to furnish an abridged tranng.to men who coulu
not take full course but could be made useiui III
the Church. will no longer be used In this way
The trustees have avaied themselves VI the per-
mission given by the founder Of the chair, aud nave
devoted IL to Biblical theology. 1t is 10 give III
attractions in the quest ions hicb relate ID the pluo
and 10 set forth the aoctrna teaching OF tho pooA
The Tavlor professorshIp is new. In accordance
with the judgment of the founder OF inns pIoiesSoi
ship this chair is devoted to Biblical history
Since the modest beginning thirteen years ago OF
Gjrton College--the woman's college at Cambridge
it has twice been found necessary to make consid
cradle extensions. The students have proved theu-
selves eager to profit by the advantages afforded TO
them. as was show n by their distinctions obtained
at Cambridge this gear 1t is now once more In
tended TO develop the work OF the co lege by max
ing further and more elaborate extensions. For
some time past number Of applicants have oeen
refused admission owing TO the want OF space anu
plans have at last been adopted when WIN Ilaho
room for twenty three more students, bringing up
the number to scventy-eight.
An Oxford correspondent says that out OF the $50
resident members of convocation 200 are college
officials and 40 of them are engaged IN teaching on
behalf of the colleges distinct both nom private
teachers and from university teachers Inc num-
Der of undergraduates on the books is Z,ooo anu
the colleges thus provide already one teachef 10
when Mr. Matthew Arnold made his report, the
rhirty-four German universities had 2o3t pIoies-
sors ana readers against 1897 matricuiated stu
dents OF one to every nine or ten. and the proper
fion does not appear to have been reduced since
that time. Two years ago, for instance the oinclai
returns for Prussia showed go teachers agalhst
9,663 students.
In a thoughtful plea FOL the establishment of
practical instruction in pedagogy, The GLOBE Demo
crat, of st Louis complains that the majority OF
oh
conception of the true Importance Of the work be-
fore them than the children themselves. AS the
fwig Ia bent the tree is inclined aud il Is about as
RESPONSIBLE duty as can we'll be imagined 10 start
these young minds IN their most impresSlbIe condl-
ton In The right direction. The teachers IN ques
ton think tie beginning and end OF their mission Is
the hailnerng of the alphabet into the heads lett
ia their charge, and they are content 10 10Y luo
STRIVING but earnest little powers Oh thouent sn ,
\, hch the right kind OF instructor could let In
upon them with all the power OF a revelation"
ait is strange" The Cleveland Herald says " that
educators can still persist in closing the doors OF
our great institutions OF learning against young
women who really wish to attain the highest pos
siblo scholarship. The knowledge that the DAY is
inevitably coming when coeducation OF the sexes
shal be an almost universal reality, seems to have
the singular effect of confirming some en- In TINS
unproeresslve course. In general the objection 60
ANYTHING which threatens interference with the
present ORDER of things in short, against any In
novatIon And thus it happens that most ire
oueutly the iren that object to coeducation are
those who have never thoroughly investigated its
workings They seldom descend TO an examination
of the facts in the light of figures, and the chief
weapons with which they answer the champions OF
coeducation are contempt and good-natured rldl-
Guile"
At the recent meeting of the Maine Pedagogical
Society the sentiment of the members seemed to be
opposed to the marking system IN schools Princi-
pal Rounds of Pennington, declared that much OF
The marking is sheer nonsense. besides being great
burden to good teachers. He added that he had
given up trying TO find out pupils knowledge by
searching examinations. He held brief examina
tions at unex pected times. Rotations he added,
cannot DO judged minutely as by tenths without
interfering with the instruction. He thought that
conduct should be taken into account in marking
because teachers undertake to do something more
IN teaching than merely to make scholars-they
strive 20 mould character. W. j. Corthell, OF Cor
ham ,rmal School, would. no said, give more fol-
the Judgment OF the teacher at the close of the teru
than for any system of marking; would promote
scholars upon the individual opinion of their
teachers that they able to do the work OF the
higher grade Marking he thought an unhealthy
stImulant.