New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-08-24
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

system Of graded schools leading up 70 INC '''
zoe and university is contemplated LOT ""'oS'
california has school population OF 2lo'o--'
Ind has inst distributed among her couh''eS Il" "P
,ortionment OF $334,ooS ~
crook and French have been added as opuohal
,,udies to tho course OF the Indianapolis lhgn
School.
Conntv school commissioners from different paris
q, Georgia are quoted as saying that the teachers
.rbo come from tie two colOrcd normal scDoois III
Atlanta do the best teaching that Is Gohe III 'i'''
counties.
The new Adelbert College. at Cleveland VIII 10
dedicated September 10 The COMMENCEMENT %
crcises of Western Reserve University bong .nrI
hold President Gilman of johns llopN"'
1--WE The anmua. address before the College
A. the coming election of the London School
nj candidates. will bo asked 70 pledge tucin-
saves to support the demand for the VI
Cnris,'s Hospital st. lauls School, INC NN"'
lou.e ana other great foundations 20 .'o. - T t
oti1cts Tie education of tie poor ana nu1 Va r,o
rch 10 whom they arc now @ih'SO o4''"'''0'' wa
dncd.
In ENGLAND military drill is Systematically taught
20 the bows attending LIP day schools; cookery
1auebt i'm 500 schools; ia 1o7 savings banks nave
been established; and school libraries III %
m exncnditures of the Board schools arc stea"uE
oecrcaSinp: the average cost per chl.n 'hIou-T"t'
England aud " slcs hos dHnlhirneu ',''''7 INV '
slx orscyen years by more 'Aah - 80
Tim Southeast Missouri Teachers Association al
IT, meeting LIST week passed resolution Gaming
mon CONGRESS to pass tie bill making WUN'',oN
for Government aid to public education Lee AS
so.iatiop however, expressed itself opposVH 10 ',o
disbursement OF the funds by uatohai V.'SS, -
10 any supervision within the Stae oAccP' - S'"'0
authority.
In the Manual Training School AT ST. Louis each
,,,ril has complete set Of tools aud workbench
In himself In introducing the lesson o. lhe Gay
tie teacher place, the object before the class anu
teaches them practically how to manipulate vac
machinery aud to execute the work. Ihofo Is d
close inspection Of each pnplis "oih W.'cl .,ii,
AM regular system ioi ma hlh4 1"e II ,,.I ~,
yalue ol tnc worknans hp ana sNiIl uI>pIncTI ~
each scholar The interest taken hy the pnpLs III
TINS dcpartnont Is 80 great mat 'i''y coi''"Oi ~ "
harlsaip to be deprive ed o. any one lesson
Tbere are two interesting " Housekeeping
Schoo'su in the kingdom Of Wurtcmhurn which
have soncth ng Of the character OF secondary
school OF college, no girl being admitted to Them
til she has passed through the ordinary Schools
The general aim of the course OF lectures anu oi te
practical work at these institutions Is tie cuItN'-
lion of cleanliness. order pnnc'uaAlJ an"
eidcency.in Homework and iarm-Work' All lhe
vor!. of the house is 0ole by The pupils Dung inc
day hours The evening is devoted TO lectures or
various subjects singing and drawing. la ooth IN
branches Of Observation-Disclosures woman
work and continuation Of the teaching acquired IA
ne urinary school The first of these branches IN
cludes cooking, brcad-maklng. Washing HohihE;
tl0thes-m2kIng, gardening, the M"na-c'lCI' Va 90
articles of ordinary food, such as MIX liult meat
etc nder the second branch ale louhu inc VS. vi
the sew ing-machlue embroidery ana even c0Dblih9'
with instruction in tEe manulactUIe ana cu"I"S-
,e, Of the various stus and materials. such rs WOOL
SILK cotton and lace. re tATu uI' son -.
,1.,'t,I arithmetic head reckoning ~ the Ger
faft oftA
L. sons on health. There are Two terms III each
vrar occupyin. between i've and SIX months during
which the complete course OF INSTRUCTION is caIicu
through from beginning TO emu. me expense Is
very Slight. From eighty p.ennlge TO one MARI -
t. - cents is charged ioi daily board anI ioue n
and the fee for the hWs'S or entire pan "l Hls'i"c
Ron is only twentv-siX marks "a term. The success
has been 50 marked that multiplication o. similar
institutions IL certain.
The Minister OF Education in SaXony complains
that grave dangers have arisen from the too-rapid
development of new ideas aud so-calied reforms IN
higher education lie considers that the ever
growing criticism of classical studies impractical,
ond the desire to replace them by something more
nbviously useful aIlses from the acknowledgement OF
these studies: first, by Over-burdenms tie pupils;
secondly. 10y oyer-speclazug the instruction. 1t Is
noted tnat with the rapid increase in numbers OF
the Gymnasla. and the necessary employment OF
many Young and mex peIieEced teachers the home
tasks and preparation expected from children are
such AS to oyerburdcn their brains and leave no
fine for Wholesome exercise or recreation. 1hs Is
the case not only IN Saxony, but all over Germany,
where the pernicious Ia which shoitens military
service TO those who successfully pass an examine
fion rs in force Every stupid boy Is Killing himself
that he NAV escape the compulsory service as a
private The second evil noted Is ihe over-Npeclai-
zing of classical teaching, especially IN Inc dlrec-
ZION of theoretical syntaX. The researches INTO the
constructions of special authors and the specula-
tons on the logical use o. particles, which have 50
deeply infected the modern grammars, encourage
teacher, of what they call at Cambridge " pure
classics ri to set exercises which afford mere
series of syntactical problems, ana no practice IN
tnrninp the natural idiOms OF one tongue INTO those
of another The minute of the Minister insists mat
no learning OF by heart OF synactica rules VIII
ever teach a pupil the tree and actual handling OF
- foreirn tongue The present school is GeScThed
AS teaching an abstract aud subtle d2gmdt f.
which destroys all the pupiIs enjoyment IN the
great literature OF the past.