New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-06-22
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

NJ, w T Harris. OF st. louis. has peen o"o''N
I,,s nreside ncy of Nebraska University
oooofTerc lce's plays was performed IN the orig
,ool bv the students of Michigan university i"''
week.
The Baltimore School Board has resolved to con
.der in September the question OF appointing Vo"or.
avs for Ifs or during good behavior AT pie1oN'
they are cheated yearly
D;vers uractical questions are TO be discussed at
the meeting of the State Teachers Association "'
Yonkers on July 3, 6 and z. J. W. DicNhlS"h' seo-
,atsrv Of the Massachusetts, Board Of EduSauohr
,silI read 2 paper OH " The Limits oil Oral Ieaoh-
ing"
The Cleveland School Committee in Its efforts -
reduce expenses las recommended TIE dropP'us v
some special courses, the oonsohda'"u u tho
with the general course several reductions at sal
,nrnber ri those teachers receiving iho h,Euta
nry. and the discontinuance OF the no'in"i S'''e
Tn tbecollepiate schools of Germany the s'uuS "
Greek is now 10 be retarded for ono So"i' ~.
purpose of giving more room 10 Fl'n' o." 90
,ic,l cjence; and il is indeed ieiha'N'''0
,,b.. ipportancc is laid On the proper az u
of fine French language. Inc nuOVi - L,. d,cta-
when spoken 10 10 DC sp0'i"''J
ticn
Ono of the most encouraging signs OF an ADVANCE
In popular opinion concerning educauoh - '"'
,rand for thoroughly skilled teachers ID 'no pr,
,narv schools. People are beginning TO uhderS'"""
frat the frst steps in learning are as
,le last and that the influence exered uy a"
s,,irInr and enthusiastic teacher over - Soicn
Siiijren has a value which can hardy DC o"iO"
lated. e..,, ,,o.o,;oa
The arrauqementsf for reopening the South CaEoil'"
Military Academy on October l are no" oonlp'o'7'
the superintendent and faculty having ll'eiy pecn
elected Colonel Thomas who was srauud,c" "'
The academy in 1851 aud who mas neeL sIlo'Ci .
military Instructor and lcurnall5t ts are ey.
snper,ntendeut. At least hundred Saue's arg GA
pocted on the opening day
There are now l,O96 teachers in the pnohc
schools of Boston. During the past year 'h"fe was
maid TO the various special teachers the sum o.
$50. 371 r. Thus was for instruction III ficLcn,
German sciences drawing, music sc"lHE "u"
military drIl and calisthenies Inc h'sn 9c"ooia
cost the city last wear S2O7 307 20. The total cos
of nnhic education ia Boston for the year "aS
81 ,391 .j92 Is ..-
Tho local lectures organized under the sUpeUA'eh-
6erce Of a syndicate Of Cambridge UniNerslll nave
been of great service to the people IN Eng anu. III
twenty centres courses of Lectures on science H'c'
oturc history political economy. etc., nave pe'h nc
hveIed during The past winter 10 more yuan -''O"
prnils in The first term and 400 in the second
The valnc of these lectures lies especially IN the
fact of their being systematic Members OF the
Cambridge syndicate also take part Ia the manage
ment of the lectures given by the Loacon NOe'e'3
for the Extension of University Teaching, iwenJy-
Elk courses Of lee uTes were gwen Nv tis pu'S n
ing the latter part OF 1851, ana tWehly -IoI ia ga ~
early part of 1852 securing lOiaI "''0i'-''"O0 "
3,020siudeDtS
A body of nearly $4,000 teachers IN the pnohc
elementary schools in England are protesting vlso'
ously against the Over-preSsura on schoi"S anu
teachers under the Education Code IL Is s'"'''
that inspectors school managers and schooi ooardS
attach so much Importance TO the mere pefcen'"s'
Of passes in the annual examinations ana seem 50
incapabe of taking into account the hgher results
of moral and intellectual training, or the quality OF
the passes that teachers are compelled against tieI
wish 70 adopt n examining system and 10 bring I'M
due pressure upon dull and weak children IL order
"a keen up the reputation of the schools, and to
maintain their professional position. The teachers
attribute this to the fact that, PRACTICALLY the code
10 based on the principle that all Children can pro
gress the same rate and that It's PROVISIONS en-
educated naturally. The complaints can
Justly be made concerning the American system
There are few educational publications which
are as uniformly wise and suggestive as Inc n'&oe"'
issued BY the Society of Friends. The last I'uiopeI
among many judcious paragraphs offers tnS'
valuable feature of a recitation is discussion or
the subject Of the lesson Whether this II oc'"eeh
the members of the class between the class
and its teacher il Is to be encouraged 40" inter
rsting it is. III the midst of bare statement OF
pe,oorized facts to SEQ the eyes brighten at the
suggestion of some pertinent question: How the
sleepy minds suddenly awake to thought N solving
anew problem OF evolving new ideal How
class becomes full Of brightness when an honest
difference of opinion elcits lively debate on some
tonic related 10 the subject in handi n sklful
teacher can readily provoke and control Such De
bate. When you can get child to asking inten
c,t onestions or expressing original ideas no
Ter how crude, You have brought that child into
very desirable frame OF mind for the reception OF
frnih and for the expansion of its powers We sug-
pest this as practicable rule: Never 90 before a
class without having prepared at least one question
not in the xt-bOok but closely related to what Is
there which will awaken Interested thought III the
minds of the children"