New-York tribune., 1883-03-15
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

~, ,h., 1s p,r cent of tie number had no
SN,r.,.ao Of a COW. further than that gained from
nictures: 81 per cent of thrse examined mao never
sreu an ant: 90 per cent had never seen corn grow
ing; 90 per cent did not know whero tner iio'
were nor exactly what they were, while only per
cent were ignorant OF the location oil 'ne'r s,oon
Some Of the children stated that flour came from the
r,oo.r vho ost. |. directly from God others said
ttat meat IN ding from the ground or picked up from
tbs msat tree From these facts DIR. Hall dednced
two other facts-that gross Ignorance o p,sc.,c, %
sh;ogs NAV exist side by side with. very
thorengh book knowledge and that sou'e modihca-
ZION OF tho kndergarten method is nescessarv IN
the instruction OF the young
Professor Henry Croft, of the Toronto University.
who died IN Texas last week, had filled the chair of
chemistry and experimental philosophy IN that
institution for more than thirty years, " lie was
no,ea tor rare sk,ll as a manipulation Of chemical
experments and was for many years the chief and
ulmost only authority cited in cases OF suspected
noisouipr. He was an enthusiastic scientist with
exceedingly practical tendencies OF thought and
owing TO his thorough acquaintance with his sno'
;ct and his fondness for laboratory work, exceled
as n teacher rather than a lecturer. In letter TO-
ceiyed a few days ago from the late professor ne
stated that he had been Ill for nearly inoutn win
dropsy bat that tn. doctor nGeed d. 70 p@ cne e' to
Canada in MAY, but that 1T was on the csIds tnai
he would never leave Texas again, yet ne nopeu
for the best"
elected Mr. McAllister, of Milwaukee, superintend-
ent of Schools All the papers of that city express
the hovs that broad measure Of liberty and inlIia-
tive will be allowed the new officer. His election,
saws The Press, "marks an advance IN municipal
education which will prove permanent and fruitful
largely a. the capable who has been elected Is
given power and opportunity TO make his aoily
felt. Our schools long since reached point at
which tho loose Organization OF carrier Ga{s mas
aspn tO be efficient, is
PHILADELPHIA to rival the results reached else"neTe
unless IT, city is willing 10 equal he eGpnd tHrl OF
n het less pppuous municipalities much can be ac-
complished by a superintendent ~hO can Orlng the
entire organization TO higher IeVel'
The syclone of last June, though very destructive
did not by any means Kill Iowa College The state
Rcqjsier saws that tie library Is nearly II not quite
all il was IN number of volumes before the cyclone,
and good Gea better III quality. In the caeulcai
department the excellent apparatus is replaced and
in that of physics the same thing is being RAPIDLY
done. A much larger and finer music hall than the
one DESTROYED is contemplated. The trustees are
also intending 10 build largo and commOdlOus
ladies' hall Mere than hundred Young ladies
run various parts of thus and other states ALREADY
resort TO Iowa college each year, ana WIN an ane
ruate home for them the number wonld al once
double itself Both the institution and the commu-
uity have advantages of their own for the educa-
tin of young ladies' and these are increasing as 10
collge appliances. and edlhces multiply
The American Institute of Instruction announces
that a premium OF $50 arising from the Blcknel
Fund of 81 900 will be given to the writer Vt the
best essay on the topic: "The Application oi The
Principles of Psychology to the Work OF Teaching"
The conditions are that the essay shall not exceed
1000 words; that il shall be written egiby on one
se of the paper; that ii shall he sent the secre
tary IN Boston on or before May 10, ana tnat lne
essay receiving the prize shall become the property
Of he institute
"Our common school system" says The Chicago
u tha true ineaO Of cO.p
Il makes no distinction between the male and the
female pppls but it opens the door to all who seek
knowledge and il distributes its favors Justly and
lmpartally to both sexes The sphere OF woman Is
constantly widening in this country, and those OF
them who wish to obtain a university education
should not be debarred from doing so by the senti
mental caprice of all the doctors OF divinity in the
land Roysand girls are born and brought together
in the same family, and get their start IN the same
preparatory institutions of learning, and to sepa-
rate them as they advance toward the finish OF
their education can only be done to the dlsadVant-
age OF both sexes
Governor Butler in address to the scholars OF the
evening high school of Boston last week said: 81
wish there were schools like this in every large
town OF the commonwealth; they are gradually
taking pattern from this in other places. Here is
the education for those who desire it. and 1t IS
given to a class of scholars that, by their own
though and industry and selfreliance and good
conduct, have chosen this better path for Them
selves. Therefore l say that there can be to the
,tatesm,u the lover of his country, finer exhl-
btion than this to touch the heart or inspire the
Judgment in the firm belief in the futurlty OF our
tioysrnment and the liberty of our laws, when the
younger portion of our people have an education
such as this.
The second pastoral of Bishop O'Farrell, of
Trenton, n j., treats mainly of Christian education.
He maintains that it is pagan and not Christian
idea to allow the State to teach. and he chalges
that the public schools of the country are defective
in the following particulars: They do not educate
for they do not improve the heart. improving only
the in,ellecS they do not even do this WELL because
many branches of learning can only be studied in
connection with religion they are not truly Ameri-
can because they abridge unnecessarily the rights
of citizens and encroach on the rehis vi parents;
they are unchristlan and calculated 10 destroy
Christian principles in tho rising generations; they
tend to loosen morals and they impose an enormous
tax every year growing greater. which is unJustly
levied on a large section of the community. He
closes by appealing to Roman Catholics TO support
parOchial schools
The Baltimore Day EXPIRE sses the hope that before
many years technical trade schools will be estab-
lished as aduncts of the public schools in every
city "The wit Of man." II says, could scarcely
have devised worse method of learning anything
than that which is embodied in present system
of pprenticcship 1t Is at best but poor substitute
for none AZ all. 1t is as it we're. awkward bundle
of old laws and still older notions and is much ont
of place in our new civilization u dstaff and
spindle would be in e~-England cotton mill.
Trade schools not an untried experiment
either In England or this country. The Boston
School OF Mechanic Arrs Is in practical operation.
and the St. Louis Manual Training School, recent
institution, has met with nattering success The
Object of these schools, as has been said. IS not
to teach special trades. but TO give two or three
years preliminary mechanical education; TO teacn
the use of tools to give that practical knowledge
OF woUis and metals which can only be gained by
actually working IN tue materials themsei' es ana
last nut by no means least, to give systematic
and very thorough instruction in the art OF drawing
winch NAV be properly styled the language and
literature of tradesD