New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-03-30
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

t.r.n ia pow full, Of schools, and the obi'oi'"'
sfTok,o has over 200 students.
San Francisco estimates at Ss50,46O the neces'
sa,v school expenditures for next year.
Mr.. Blaine has been asked 20 address 'ne N
,;o,al Educational Association at It's amman ''''
ing at Saratoga
tn. Commercial Club Of Chicago proposes 10 es-
ta,.lish Mammal Training School IN tha' Guy ~"
cost Of SlOO,Ooo. a.
The colorcd people of Richmond. Va.' are Loudly
demanding that teachers Of their own raoo S"o"'"
be placed IN the public schools
pr. MAYO saws that no Southern city h done SO
mnch of itself for its school children WIN so "''''
aid from abroad as has Charleston
Al :, teachers, meeting recently held In Hartioru
q was suggested as good plan for self-cuitiva'ioh
that teachers should devote an entire year 10 Oh.
stu,lv at n time--taking mp sculpture one year anu
tie next engraving, or chemistry OF history
The delegates of the National Educational Asso-
citation who asked Congress last week LOT haiion"'
aid for the public schools seemed 10 be agreed tha'
AN oppropriation of $l5. 100000 wonld place t the
Southern schools on SONG iounu""0'
present at least
r,is formally reported that there are 2'6o2 less
ban half rs many seats in the public schools OF the
rs,r;ct of Columbia as there are children OF
s.hool ace. The reduction in appropriations mas
placed the School Board in the p9sluch Oh h". ''
months having cent with WHICH W i'f'
broken window pane.
Hearing recitators, Colonel Parker says Is
not teaching by any means. Teaching is the prihg-
,ny Of new ideas into the mind through Objects class
ifving ideas comparing them, and combining tneih
;nto new creatures of the imagination. All that
teacher can do is 10 lead the chds mind to act 10
ocouire knowledge. Rote learning IS simply lhcuiI,
eating stupidity both IN pupil ana ieacher ~ Ill
be q happy day for the public schools mI ,y,S on
ID 10 nm
Its complained in England that the Universities
,,rseIves have long since abdicated their teaching
functions Most of the real teaching il is SAID is
rrovided bv the unauthorized and outside system
NJ nriyate tutors. who exist independently OF the
colleges and have, in q great degree, superseded
Them. In too many cases the candidate for an or
binary degree, If he wish to pass IS competent u
make use of private tutor. HIS college does III
decd nroyide him with n certain number OF lee
sures but the number is usually qlie .opo t%c
aud even If IL were greater in several instances tne
ycaching provided Is not nearly so wen calCuhlou
for the needs of the pupil as Is the betterarahgeu
teaching Of the private tutor.
In the grammar classes of the New-Hampshre
schools n system has been adopted by which
teacher devotes her time out of school ana her III
struction during school hours to particular study,
passing thus into three more rooms each day. ana
bringing the members of as many classes under her
immediate care State Superintendent Bent says
an REGARD 10 this matter: "Whcn teachers have
! been working together, and have shown IN what
particular direction their tastes lie, each may oe
asked TO adopt certain branch of instruction, and
vacancies can be filed by promotion, as experience
points TO particular fitness But when those SUD-
jects are assigned. and the work begins the faith
full teacher longer expected 10 scatter her ener-
cies over wide range of studies, collects as many
treatises as possible and makes the learning and
q ,nuIs frihufp IN her stock
trade Ii can also be arranged that she remain
with the classes she teaches during their study
hour thus giving them the beneht OF her knowl-
edge while they are pre- parng their lessons. and car
ryiuR out the modern view OF the teachers duty,
which is something far different from hearing les
sons
The experiment of coeducation at Michigan Uni
versity has proved TO be thorough success. Pro
fe.sor Donald MacLean of the medical depart
ment, declares that though he went TO Ann Arbor
ten years ago with "deep and violent prejudces"
ngainst the coeducaton of young men and maidens,
he is now "a most ardent advocate OF the system"
his former objections 10 il seeming to him, III the
light of experience trivial. untrue despcable ana
ridiculous The sexes pursue the same courses OF
study without harm TO anyone or TO any interest.
but with the most unequivOcal mutual advantage"
Lady students no more require lady principal,
rpatron or guardian than the boys need mother or
elder sister to take care of them. Female can
didates Tor graduation III 'no Houi0"i W.
partment have several times gained the highest
number of marks. The same amount of work is re-
uured from them from the male students and
things are in no wise made easy for them. Profess
sor MacIean adds that in all the ten years he has
never seen any sign Of rudeness indelicacy or i'm
propriety The presence of female students acts as
q regeneratng and refining influence on the gentle
men, and discipline is easily maintained. Some Of
The female graduates have gone 70 India, China;
japan aud elsewhere in the capacity OF medical
snifs Professor MacLean's frankness is commend
able and illustrates the marvellous change in pub.
lie opinion as regards the higher education OF
women Possibly AZ the end of another decade,
tyen Yale may begin to think that there is no de-
Tocation In the instruction of women.