New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-15
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

Mr. A r. Miller of Warren, Penn, wel-Rho"n
educa,or gives teachers some pertinent ana useiu1
advice in An article on teaching recently wri''e" ny
INN. He does not believe in teaching orhanon'i
branches before the useful. The ability 10 "n
ordinary arithmetcal problem TO wII5e n1derstond
worried and phrased letter, TO reau au9 these must
the English LANGUAGE as currently uJotinn nj the
always be the nam features III VI"
people.
Tho Scboolmasters' Club, of Boston h'V Ia. laS'
week to par,ake of it's second annua' oinnor'
nr.sident. Mr. l.. II. Buckingham, Vi '"0 i"s
II;ob school. said that he did not IKE tne 'eru,
:. toaoborv 60 we'll as " schoolmaster' Ooiohe,
u;ocnson thought that the teachers OF 'o-u"y n''
orny cd ont inferior and incompetent moi' -Au
dressing the teachers, he sad no oA !, Mossa
10 Rais, the characters o the schOois ~ W.. H.
Insetts and dc not fear for one instant V' ;n h
LEGISLATURE or the people of Mass ienusc. Diner
falls, with YOU or interfere WIN 49,, Of Governor
sn okcrS sharply criticised ina poluph "a 80
Bufler's message rela ing to the puDic Sonoo'''
The Chicago Free kindergarten Association
o institution recently set i'll operation WIN 'iio
homo of gathering the children OF inc poor iioi VIZ
,enanents alleys and saloons and giving theu soOO
DIV and some little nstruc ion under klnd al" CUM
netent teachers for three hours day Esn
are now maintained, with III o. ~ iodies who
"nd six+v teachrrs are employed. Inc 'auIos tior
arc carving on this work aim TO eIteho IL III 0'
cities. -,
writer in The Galveston Necs. speaking "i 'no
nroposed State University, expresses INC N.Y. ."
fbe study of art will find place III us 0uii -,
NTH 4 largeness Of view only equal'doS .no '"s
ness Of his State he utters n glowing ploPhe'S C1"
corning the future art possID'hCes III 'uo oa,+
Stata All of which may be true; out IuI - tLov
need Of fexas and all other new o,nitv 70 ACQUIRE
&C Tn all tucr citizens an opportunity ~ ao,no
Soond common school education hlgh All via O'
in its own good Ine
r,bo s+ota Normal School at st. Cloud, Mlhh'' Is
50 crowded that many applicants are turned away
The present buildings are reported to be olu ooiu
dangerous and croWueu
The Oreooaioa thinks that the College OF oITeo"
will compare favoraby III most respects WIN
in the T, stern States. " w hue the Nlooh
Thrcvd,des.p II saws. and the Principal OF New
ton may possibly be taught IN Eastern
more anpeerance Of thorOughncss than III our ."
s mn ch here as any student requires LOT
his introduction which is al that any college co"So
oo, octuollv supply If more is TO be had IL must
no tbrouoh special study outside OF any Iegu''
.orrse. and not one in hundred requires w. i'u
cation at home is more likely to be regarIen a.
means than as an end while III me case ., eu rSed
abroad this condition Is very ukeY ~ oo ion - nj
ronno nrrson sent abroad for his educalon II apr
IN r.ruro with an idea that ne DrihgS s ~ r. 80
home with him which Is very nluor cn IN TACT the
CHANCES are that he himself lacks Jusi lhuo, src
which are requisite tor his usefulness oil" '"
cess" -
The reasons given by the trustees oil johns johns mop
,ins University for not building at Chiffon d
snhnrb of Baltimore. as the founder was th"ue'
TO have directed are follows: The site at Cii'tol
Is declared to be unhealthy To put the unlversl'y
~ srcb Mace would absolutely ruin 1t. Besidcs'
thew say, Mr. Hopkins did not recommend nc, as,S c
hut left the choice to the discretion OF the
tees They saw therefore, in conclusion, ta' der
,rusts have been executed with a tholough uiuo,5
standing of their legal and personqi
with the SINGLE desire 10 promote me gIe"' o'J'0'
which Johns Hopkins had IN view"
Ata meeting of the Philadelphia Board OF Euu
cation the other night, a communication from !"
CLERGYMAN was read calling for the introduction III
nnblic schools of non-sectaran CHRISTIAN leA v
books and offering to prepare suGh system "
tevt-hooks himself Just how text doom Oh oI ~
~etic for instance, could be made CHRISTIAN Is no'
very clear.
The biennial report Of the condition Of the PUBIC
schools of California just issued is not IN all 'e,
snocts satisfactory. Many of the children OF schoo'
pgein that State must he growing mp IN lnteFa'V'