New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-09-27
NOTES ON EDUCATION.


The chicss,o Tribane makes s'nie sign'hsau.
s,snts wbsch show that education IN 'ls So e IN.
a.r,,r.h,, ro,,lfticn @rhfrty per eent OIL ,se
-. y n says and 20 per cent on thc
-, :, ,h. So,,sh are iliftcrato. Locking az e"e
-, sa.. , p.itioal point of view. there arr
ono ,,n,era,e voters in the Soath. and o. tHese
Ean,n,ex whose pereeutaFs of illitsiaev Is Vie
..,ol,.at furnishes $1,000 white a1H soso'"
.,Iorc,. IN Louisiana, whsse psrcei'ase
4, the largest bar one. tho situation ~ W. nF ,
sconragimg and II adds to the despair 9l ,ne e,,
,soS tnat all rne schools of the State nave pee"
Sossi until next Anil. owing 70 i.mocratic W
pDs,ion 10 common school eaucation'
II, Is n u,nurnfgl fact says Thc Kansas t''s
T,,,rsa, Is that public schools have been lo'oea
rtb,r than WELDON ed to the South. Their necessary
;.uev recognized. but i'll too mary instances 'hes
AZ, ex,,c,icd 10 10 furnished To- oTSeT iha' ~ M
posS;ble Tie common schools el tho MOTT" an"
West are not ~ sHy Eeaus perfect ana yo' ''cs
ar. the growth Of year. cf expense ara isoor' 40
hana money over t" of;icas III such State; as Ala
b,,ca without aay provision against m'smanase-
n.,. Sron,1 be = folly which would soon cause re-
,c,;nn and CONSEQUENT defeat o. the whole scheme
The hast schools come from the voluntary
-ao-rs of rhc peopie and when tho WILL is wanting
rentribusea funds arc not likely to furnish rens'k
abl, results The Morrill, bill appropriating 1905
for collegiate purposes was really successful ".,is
IN States where tie ands were lhtelilgssItS s ,sa
Economically managed. The same %ouic po toS
80 ,rrtb = national common school educatiohai
fund unless some pro vision should he m'de AGAINST
negligence and incompetency'
Tie University Of Alabama is crowded with ss"-
dents. and 10 more can be received until the new
buildings are completed. which Will be IN snof'
time rlrs Is the first time that the University mas
ever bee, ful and indicates gratifying state "i
prosperity.
The German language is taught iu nearly all the
rhite public schools of ST. Louis. The entlTe num-
ber OF pupils who are now studyIng German IS ever
1000. or more than half of the whoio number Oh
pupils ID all the schools OF 81. Louis
The newspapers in the South have generally com
rnented on she Rev. Il. Heller Newtons criticisms
of the public school system and many Oh the@ can
far the Introduction OF form OF Industrial eda-
e.;iou If i: be true" says he dugusfa Chronicle
sos Mr. Newton states IT, that the present system OF
Instruction is wolully deficient. and its tendency
ent,r,Ir one-sided and that 1T is giving to the
youihs OF the country dislike FOR manual labor
which is a very dangerous teaching, then VIC say
enphatIeally that no where should reform be nare
vigorously insisted upon than at the South. ne
very complex nature Of onf popuIa'ion 1e's.ueS
fls with trumpet tones And il Is not at all necos-
cary that should wait until New-Ensiand makes
an experiment
Colonei J. W. Nicholson. prssden: OF the Louisi-
aaa State University and Agricultural and Mechsu-
icul College has been mainly instrumental la organ
izing a useful society in the northern part Oh Tie
stat. II is kuown the Louisiana Educational
..socia,ion and ts pr,ncinal objects are 20 awaken
81. ,,eooe 10 the importance Of education, TO sys-
tematIze and improve the methods OF lhstrucuiu ,
and proaDto the interests ~ education III al "e'"
msnts.
roe Trades Conncl formed 10 Nottingham. Eng.
land txo years ago to promote technical education
ba, established a college which will oe opened mex
.,.N,It in he
few day, ..-n Mr. Samne Morley made an eloquent
address 10 rlvor OF technical education. lie said
that working men we're wanted now 10 make them
selves The masters of She ro-S they nal 10 90 Dy
1bc means OF intellectual thought and study Some
of .he Continental municipalities had male tue Los'
magnificent provision for the higher edncation o.
,yorI,iur men Abundant facilities were ahorGsd u
,hem for perfecting themsely cs IN ielr particular
haudicrxfts and this higher training bad uccn iouh,
4, I've of extreme value IN tho production or q Msf
s'noIitv of Goods In the counting houses and ware
houses Of England clerks from abroad were present
ing themselves with qualifications OF a NerV ulgi
Kind the result OF training III schools where tb'
rcacLiug was essentially commercial. fto pressed
Ion the adoption of facilities OF that KIND III @ns
land.
Sewing, eating and fitting are taught In all TN
girls primary schools ID France, ana TIC programme
f,r the hi ,hsr p-imarss includes household industry
and some OF the trades particularly adapted L
women The Iuost Important measure OF the LID
all Marty with reference To the education o
women in France is the Law OF December u, 1850
under which gees for girls are being organized
The strongest advocates OF the measure as Cainih
See author Of the law, and Jules Ferry. whose erer
petic efforts secured its passage. were IN favor
Establishments equivalent III the grade aud dula
non of tue course and in test examInations TO Tn
ivcs.s for bows. The tine has come, says
friend of the measure. when IL Is hccess'ry I
b-idge over thu chasIn that separates men frci
wonca III modern society