New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-26
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

Tho anonvmous Gift of $1,000 recently reo0rro"
NV the Department of POLITICAL Econoiu' 81
yard University viii be devo'ed 70 pas near The
va o,I;,,onal instructor for one year inc
airy oI an at" Tnn1 for Inc Harvard Annex no"
amounts to more than @oo'oo''
A. tho last meeting of the Northern New iorh
c.,'sor.rce Chancellor Sims made an earnest ap
- for money to widen she sphere anu 'hoi0"'0
the usefulness OF Syracuse OE'Ve''''
The n,hlic schools of Now Haven, Conn, are very
inch overcro ded and there is absolutely no room
Tor many children who wlsh 10 attenu'
what ~ known az the Wisconsin method of grad
;,, schools ia attracting much attention III Tue
West. and is being generally adopted. Inc psorni-
,on, features of this plan are as follows: course
of stndv embracing the elementary branches, the
classification of the pupils of each school INTO threo
grades. primary intermediate and grammar oon M
ing the regular steps to be taKe IN each ~ Ia
a1option of rules to govern the proP y. Io cd
crodnntIop of tho pupils. and the use oil sinpie anu
vet complete method OF school records
Mneh attention is now being gwen in England 70
the best methods of educating pauper ch''u,'u'
the Anglo Saxou mind there is something u@"o,"
Sing IN the associations of the work-house' ~ u"
even an education given in that Institution /" VI Nv
tie value At a recent conference helu II, hO 49,
to consider this important matter Tue 'o'i 11
NJ work house life upon the children were ITCHY az"
symnotbv affection aud hope. Girls su''0r n'oi'
81 r.. from, the experience. Mr. H0rsIey, ca;aIt
sn IS SO ns of fine LARGEST London prisons sau 'pV
Of all the classes OF woed Heen trained IN the big
mork mouse schools were the most hopee s ond Ill
have no adaptation to family OF sSc'' SIMILAR rest
their best instincts seem perVetteu' 7ii"'i' WV
mony was given by other spe"hol''
r,,sburv Technical College. an institution JUST
nan.d in England. consists of IA day-schooI LOT
nnnils entering between the ages OF fourteen an"
seventeen and an evening school Tor apprentices
and Uork,nen The day-school VIII give piepai-
otory training to students for practical WORK III 'ie
factory or SHOP and the eveniDg-schooi VIII 'e"V"
those already NJ work how to do petter ""'N'
,rho,s are fonr departments 10 the college-eiec-
+io.1 apgineerinQ chemistry. mechanical engineer
~ and anped art of which that OF electrlcal GU
o,ne.riup promises to be by lar Vhe ihooV popT.
Ii is not the intention 10 tescn any mIno ro 1--WE
ealing bu, by IA course of general tialhiug' " 49,
fhr pnpil such intelligent cnnpfenenS''n " ~
ciples and such manual deSlerlly' u az i n
readily succeed in the calling thaI he VIII "i'''
ward adopt.
,au DAVIS ago n letter appeared in The Philade'-
.lio Record calling attention to the lack OF educa'
tona facilities Tor the pauper children OF the otate
80 papnsvlvania Commenting on this suggestion
The Record says: 4" Why should not the "t"'e sen"
its wards to school, tn tue public schools as VOL
70 the pubic alioshonses If it is tine business Oh
the State to educate the children OF parents who
ore able to pay for it. 1t - hundteu tlh,es Vao
i;as ~ tho State to educate the unfortunate
cniIdren whose parents III they nave any are un
able pay for it. these en nun Hass the law shord
comn,l it, Tie duIy or looking alter tneih ID ue
volyed upon soclety'
Professor T. R, Vickroy, Of the pubic SenooiS %
st Louis after many years OF Thought anu Iaoor
has lust perfected phonetic alphabet OF thr'y-sN
letters which in the OPINION OF many good Judges
u ,bs hest alphabet yet invented 1t is very simple
lo43o l.aiu Y
ia the publisher of phonetic magazine ana tf?as-
nrer of the National Spelling Reform Association
He will present his lphabet for adoption 10 an III
ternatlOnal commission.
The Baltimore Sun says that as Mr. Enoch Fra't
will prohably during the coming summer be ready
according to the terms of his proposition to found
and endow the Enoch Pratt Library. 20 convey 10
the Mayor and City Council the building aud lot
IN Nnlberrv-st together with $S33.333 80 IN cash.
Mavor WHITE mas suggested an ordinance whch
has been passed by the first branch vi the Clty
Councl providing that 20 soon as MI Lhocn fraV.
shall have paid to the Mayor aud Clty Couhcl
the sum of 1888 1888 33 the Commissioners Oh
Finance shall invest that SUN in per rent CITY
stock ALREADY authorized to be issued. and renvest
The S33. 1893 80 accruine annually in city stoca'
until the ucone from the WIG lie reaches S2V.ouIu.
Thus after few years. in the Mayor oLioL th
city;s Investments will supply the amount OF inc
an9nitv which the city has undertaken TO give 10
the support of the library, and tax Htl9o TOT sne
purpUSe raising ANNUITY thoy Nv N'NO-
tipued
Mr. Garrett found in his recent trip south that the
Southern psople were deeply interested In the sue
cess of Johns Hopkins University.
In July next an Educational Congress will meet
In Rio JaneiIo. under a eau from the Brazilian
Government. The Government of tho United
States has been requested to furnish the best spec
mems of work doue in the public schools OF TINS
country,
The Phillips Exeter Academy OF Exeter, n. H.
will celebrate the centenary of its existence on June
90 Mr.. George Bancroft the historian, will preside
at the exercises The Rev. DR.. Stebbins, OF car
Francisco will dely err the Grafton and the Rev
Edward Everett Hale, of Boston, VIII denver th'
centennial poem.
THE. important school measures are now befor'
the Illinois Legislature, and Will probably become
laws. They are compulsory education bill
fres textbook or school Ii brary bill. and two Dill
which aim to raise the standard of county superln
faudeuts and establish uniform system OF teAl
books througuOu the state
In Thoughtful article the need OF Nationa
University, The Utica Herald says: We want
national university not to teach men how TO pill
nm wealth. but how to make life most noble, ant
how To train scholars in all branches aud u broad
an the capacities Of the human MUD. to gather
ali knowledge and to extend its boundaries. W.
must grow up 90 the ground upon when such a.
institution can stand, and then not one Dnt soVeia
snch schools may arise TO meet the demand IN GU
coaptry"