New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-06-29
NOTES ON EDUCATION.


G, Ionis now he's thirty-six k'ndergar'ehs eaon
containing from rs to 125 pupils lh'y '''' al
sminently SUCCESSFUL -. >.
~. or,,;nc oarital of Brown University is
e7O1 500 SO. The institution has "o"
II 900 scholarships.
r,. teachers of Colorado are endeavoriug 10 Sc
=. ,,,;forr, coursa of study in that State Ie"u-
M, from the primary school 10 the uhNeis"S'
rbe Louisiana state University and Agricultural
,a Mcdaniel College is to he removed from batoh
Enuge to Rspides Parish, near AeXahoiia
THREE authorizations are to he established 'mne-
siotelv in Washington Territory in connection win
Inc lowest grades of the public schools
The Boston JcvrncI in neat and judlciouS az
,icle criticizes severely the spirit of lawieSS'cS'
ocev,lopt among college students ana acquires '"'
authorities TO maintain discipline.
Their, is complaint in Paris that the present gen
GRAFTON of students do MOI wor Sufficiently 'n'' "
d. Latin Ouar;er the tradition Of severe S'uoleS
hs 1en LOST and that the ideal Of most students -
20 mass their examinations anyhO" auo o''"4'' "
diploma.
Itis soriouslv complained in Troy that the graau-
,,i,g ARRANGEMENTS in the high school are perh'''u
a. be 50 elaborate and expensive that many poor
pnpis leave school before the time arrives, no. lo
b. hnmilldtcd by the slg4t Oh cN'i"'"A
they cannot afford.
The principal If Phillips Exeter Academy mas
sent ont 20 the parents of his pupils circular le',e'
asking their opinions as 10 the use OF tonac0o ny
their sons lie inclo.es some pertinent extracts
from the report OF Medical Director Glhon, OF the
Naval Academy at Annapolis report II VIII DC
remembered which recommended the absolute IN
tculictlon of tobacco among 'he s''lu'ntS as ,i
re.ult of many years close observation Oh Hs cFH
eject upon the health of growing IanS'
Amanual Of morals for the public schools is de-
,,auded nv The Toronto UOrid. 1t should lay
broad ana deep" says this journal the foundation
Of moral duty, it should show. clearly and SIMPLY
the inevitable consequences of moral eVl, II should
form a regular part of every day school exercises
Such manual would teach morality utterly
apart from the sanction Of sect or dogma YET NhG
cnnld moi f,ll 10 advance that which surely ought
10 be tie highest aim OF every sect cburcn ana ue
domination, training lle young 10 le4d lives u
charity, temperance anu uStlce'
Professor Huxley has been expressing himself
more decidedly than OF the subject OF medical
education for women. AT the distribution ci
rrzes the other day to the students Of the London
school OF Medicine for Women he said " The cX-
reriment has shown that there hundreds of
women who have the capacity and power Ia DO the
work of medical practitioners JUS as well ms 1t has
hen done BY the great majority OF Their brothers.
Why. under these circumstances, they should not
he allowed and encouraged to take up the probes
son | cannot understand. Ii may interest you. as
! happened for the past twelve months TO be
member of the Medical Acts Commission. il | say
word OF two as the results so far as they affect
you am Obliged TO speak guaIdediy, because IT
was only this morning that | signed the report OF
the committee, which has not yet betn iaid cel0re
Her Majesty. But thiDk may wlth0u, lnpropu-
ETY. 90 60 far as to say that the commissioners were
deeply impressed with the Importance o. the qucs-
non of medical education for women If the rec
concentrations OF that commission De c@rlleI out
whether there be one portfolio or many Tor adms-
SION t. the Medical REGISTER, the way VIII not be
closed against women
Mr.. Matthew Arnods recent Rede Lecture at
Cambridge was devoted 20 defence Of the claims OF
literature to prominent position in efncallon and
more particularly was intended as reply to no
fesSor Huxlevs vigorous appeal Oh behalf Of phySl-
cal science Mr.. Arnold stated that ten years ago
an attempt had been made deprive letters OF their
proper position in education. aud the crusade of
physical science commenced. He had then pleaded
on behalf of literature with the friends of physical
science but he was afraid the position Of men of
letters had not mended The establishment of Sir
Josiah MasOn's college striking proof of the
progress made in the attempt 10 eliminate literature
as an important factor IN education, and TO prefer
the exact study of physical science. He agreed
with Bishop Thirlwall that most perfect knOwl-
edge of all modern languages would not compensate
for "A want Of knowledge of Latin and Greek, and
he endeavored to show by the arguments adduCed
IL his lecture tnat as All Teaching was hCloHtc, IL
systematically land ont and followed to its original
sources it was great mistake on the part of those
who set up knowledge of things as against a
knowledge of words to suppose that an extended &C
quaintance of facts provable by demonstration
would compensate fox the neglect OF a study
winch was less monotonOus, and, if properly pur-
sued was as beneficial. All would admit that n
habit of dealing with fats was most valuable but
he protested against giving 10 natural knowledge
the chef place IN EDUCATION. The great medleyal
universities not brought into existence for tins
end lie maintained thai HterG huiRa0ioTos and po-
etry poss ssed the power to engage the emotions
and exercised ii. Their attractions were inevitable.
They would be studied more Iaii0nallv, but they
would not be displaced 10y physical science II the,
lost their prominence for time they would surely
regain it, III the instinct for beauty Is served by Il
study of Greek literature as IL Is served by no other
literature. then the study OF Greek will survive, it
Will be studied more nationally, ana he augurad
from-the fair hosts of AmazOns englrdling the uni
versity that it was studied nationally aud for Its
beau