New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-07-13
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

One-huudred- and eighty-one applicants io' au
mission to the Freshman class Nv ii"
passed the examinations
OF the fifteen memters OF the chicago Se..ooi
Board ten are foreign born' SIX are Noin"" N"'"'
lics, and eleven are Democrats.
The increasing number Of technical scnoois III
ENGLAND marks the decline of the apprenticeship
kvstem One of these schools has Just been opened
at Bradford and another will shortly De erec'o" anu
fitted at Bristol at cost OF $20o,Ooo.
The Ministerial Union of San Francisco, composer
Of clergymen of different denominations have ior-
malIy requested the Board OF Educa"oh oi '"",
10 arrange for the admission of all duly quan"eo
Chinese children TO the public schools. There are
ALREADY n few Japapese children in the schools
The elective system has Just been auop.ea ~
the University of South Carolina. The ins'i'u'ion
IL, t,,h TOO literary and three scientific courses
..o,,.r With snecial courses in agriculture me-
.har;cs and surveying and in purely Enghsh s'uo'
-. .w;,, also presently arranre normal COURSE
for teachers.
An ,,s nublc school fund which Texas is able
.. accumulate is derived from a proportional
contingent. discretionary and precarious tax
constitutional amen dment is needed IN oraer w i
nose a more practical, reasonable and enec'i'e '"A
The Iieutenant- Governor of the State Is endea'-
orne TO press the question of such an amendmen''
The lectures on Ancient History, OH Greek Liter
oture and on English History are now thrown open
m female students at Oxford. And the skies nave
not fallen. Those who think that IL "o"'o nV'
harm Columbia College to follow OSIords eAanpio
must reflect that an ancient and magnihcen' ""
yersty can afford to be just.
At the meeting last week of the PennsyiVanis
teachers was heard the eveI-encouragihR ueih"n'
Al. x,sp0rU
for more thorough teaching in the primary o'"oo'0
One sneaker earnestly protested against 'ne Pc
tce of putting mere girls in charge OF tnese
while another declared that the best teaching ooos
not ALWAYS mean that given by the most loarnou
but that which best gathers mp III l's mean
inc puuctuality energy, enthusiasm. tact love anu
wbateyer gives efficiency in the school room.
cheerful view of the education o. the future II
taken by The Boston Advertiser. "Ihe opJect-'eaon
inqD it saws which is becoming feature OIL son'
schools. the Familiarity with things ana luea'
rather than with their printed conversational sisn'
which is tau ght will have an effect upon the inen''
habits of ones entire life In the coming generason
as n result of this new teaching there may 10 OK
pected a reader comprehension OF new ioeas'
more lively spirit of inquiry and puonc discuSsion
n keener perception OF what is honest anu Soi'u'
less charitable liberation OF words "hon uo nv
olothe ideas q decreased demand for, glitterhe
t,. ,,.;rts os any scheme OF doctrine, whether
n relate to popular government, social science Oh
household economy"
. oommittee of the Wisconsin State Teachers AS
sociation has recommended the establishments VI
.ohool savrgs bankp. At the recent meeting oil
The association Superintendent {. +. Vlepahn Oh
Watertown read an excellent paper critlclslng the
fanlts of the graded system and advocating ehe
making of tests of capablity other than that OF ex-
animation He declared that the defects I'D the ~ .
tenn tended to make the school machine I'D WHICH
things are not valued according to their worth pu'
according to the fashion in which they VIII NJ as
payts of it, He complained that in the disregard OF
Individuality which the system enforces upon tne
teacher the more advanced pupils lose interest ~
explanations required for the backward members Vi
the class and the latter dull when SUBJECTS lol
eicn to their understanding were peing uiScusse'
with their intellectual superiors
The recent Educational Congress at Maorlc
passed resolutions that primary education shou'.
he aratpitous and compulsory, and that mauaa
labor should be taught in all primary Schools in
Eroebel method of teaching was recommended iol
49,. =, oil infant schools: but a resolution in fayo
AZ allowing women to become candidates for teach
sr in the higher scho bis rejected SPAN is sui
, ,ono wav behind most other European countries
In regard to education but appears from some sta
tstcs referred to during the Congress that the mum
Der of primary schools has increased from Z4,oVo
$4,000 within the last twenty-five years ou' tnei
are still many villages without schooi OF an.
kind. and others in which the school buildings al
unsuitable for the purpose. The teachers are badl
and unpunctually paid, and the consequence is ina
thew are as rule very unfit for their posts. I'D
Minister of Public Works intends to bring IN OIL
enabling the Government to take over the prinlar
schools and provide the funds.