New-York tribune., 1882-04-20
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

r,.. .,.o,aorce on her schools of 22,53l
,.na.nn Milwaukee expended last year
s216,193 3S.
Tho rres;dcnt of the Detroit Board of Education
"u'onds that the city should supply tho pupils
,f tho public schools with text ooohS'
Professor c. O. Thompson, the organizer, ana ioi
oanv wears the head, Of the Worcester free lns''-
mte of Technology has resigned his post 70 aSc'p'
90 rresidcncv Of a new technical school at Ierre
Haute, Iud. In so far as may he he VIII reproduce
At Terre Uaute the methods of the Worcester Scnoo'
ia j. To have $4,000 to cover the loss rcsuiting
rom change of residence, annual saIlrN ol 80
rom June l. together with house rent ~" o,y',
privilege of supervising tho ei,r Imne f. March.
i9S3 for European study He will select ms ms a., ~
,lty arrange the course OF Study anu '"' Wv
dbrary and equipment
The new school laws of Iowa provIde 'n'' ,'''
clarics of county supenntendonts Sh'h o0 -. ~,
,roaood IN ri \ dov that boards of directors sn",'
,ot ont and properly protect twelve or more sn" AZ
.roes IN each school-house site; and tha' 0'"''
rarcational Board OF Examiners shall be crea'eu'
Wis ,oord is 20 have power to issue Nta'e cet'li
.ates yalil for FIVE years and State d'pio""s e'o'
For life and its members are to be the ~
dent OF public instTuc ION Ins tIeS nv S'nfe Normal
state University, the pnnclpal oil iue II, I tr ~
school and two persons 70 be appointeu " ~, no
scutive Councone of whom shai. 9e "o'''a ",nra rX
,hect OF this law IS to do away Wlth '!lo "'"" -
lmination of wcll-qualiicd teachers
u-isoon.ip cxreuded upon public education IaSt
,oar 70 go us o. each pupil in the puonc sehooH
sosnc the state So 81. The receipts Of the prVa'e
,cl,ols of The state were S7O4sS, aud the eNpeh-
ditnres 5000 The annual report OF the o'a'o
sunerintendcnt advocates klndergarteh WORK "
gradual raising of teachers qualifications ana esc
crirc Of the number of kinds of teachers ceilln
co.as the imposition of a state tax lol Wy HuPi i,
NJ nubc schools the making obligatory the IoN
shin system and the wider adoption oi me Ha191r
system Wisconsin now has 1,Nfp u'ir, ~, Ill
nnleY tie chargc OF 7.061 tetcher'' II ~. wv ~ r"r
r',Io .inn numrers 49l .35s children. and the Pt-
ceatage of at tcndancc on the pHhhc Solo'i' -
The plan for establishing magnificent mns'c'l
Conscrvatore in Boston provides for the pu'rl"
the 81 James Hotel property and The cXpehui'uo "
100000 in preparing it for the purposes o1 'i,'
hool Il is nrono>cd that the institution sh"u
finnish instruction not only in al hrancheS o. 'no
a-t but in literature aud other branches as "e"-i'
fact that il shah be mad an institution ior GENERA"
;,.tr,ction W. IN musical education as us specit
i;oct One nj the principal instructors IN tAc
Royal Academy OF Music n london ana ai'o,1L,a ,L
from Stuttgart have already been ehg39e11. N -
C1ont ,unra Literary ClTcle VIII proNlde H'cI",
;nstrnrti6n DIR. Vincent having been engaged TO
ierture and direct that branch. There are no" ~
etudents from thirty-eiGht states, lecc!f inH -,
struction al the present quarters ol 'lo WI"
serVatOry.
Alta meeting of Iowa school superlntendehtS laS'
vect one speaker made some suggestive objections
20 the involved and pretentiouS fashion In wmch
1extbooks are written. "Alen of letters" ne sa'd
"and men Of science have sought to ven thoH
thoughts with the obseurity Of strange ana ioresh
terms rather than to make the road following them
in their aves iCation easy. They have Sought 'le
vainglory of stultIfcaIon in their selection ol a
Medium for the communication OF their thoughts
rather than the lasting praise consequent upon
simple style. Hence the difficulty IN fohowihs 'heh
h nd fhp
,orcht boyv to read thought from printed charac-
tefs think safely say that One-hatI oa me ne
pupils in the state of Iowa who have az a1Vahccu 80
Tar i'm the subject Of ithmcic as partlal payment
cannot tel the meaning Of the woId aTgmeh
which is found in the rule for partial payments.
From these premises the speaker wen
on to draw the conclusion that the eblGTr6 RT1g,
tice of requiring very young chiiulen
to commit to memory little declamallons IS at
least dangerous ii not perncious. The hrst thihhg
for the child to do is to famiharize Itself WIN te
external world. Fill the mind with precepts. fIe-
cepts are the raw material out OF when concepts
are formed The child cannot think until IL las
some material with which to think.