New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-05-31
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

Tn yI. gostos Globe appears an IL usuaiF i"i' ",'
..s,..r .:sto-r of tine Harvard Annex WINCH
,,.r IL, spite of popular preJudico "oihen ar
49,. Int sarcly gaining a foHiin2 IN 'i"
,rn,;.rstv The movement was peI"n '""
,c.rs ,eo 10y the ifstitaiion Oh e'eu'"S
thc university which were Tree ~ h'eh'"oi' ~ 80
.axcs Then an enthusiastic young E'hy tooA VI"
-, ,,..s;..i ,,urse un6er Que Of the professors
.t,.h,. shcv;,s wi nc women could do. Then, at
.,s en- cc,st,,n ~ Mr. Arthur Gilman and his VIC
n few ladies of Cambridge combined to FORM i'''o
.chool for the In y:cr education OF young "oieii,
IFS only connection with Harvard was that seVera
professors OF that institution were engaged as e"o"
Gro The sum of 1900 was raised to meet the ex-
nonses of this experiment. There were twenty
seven pupils the first yoar. and 1t was th'n thal d
t Combridce lady spoke OF 1t in Jest rs the iiar-
ward Annex. This name was taken MP at once py
svervbodv and the Annex il is called to-day even III
the official reports of its officers. The corps vi IN
structors ncudes thirty professors ana tutors
in the college. The lectures and rectauohs "io
held in building on Appian Way. There arc Vi
course few appliances for demonstration OF Iaooi"
tory work though by the kindness Oh MI i"io
Whiting instructor in physics, ~ shlan p"S ''O"'
laboratory has been fitted up with the necessary
apparatus A working library OF aoCut looo ''
umes Is in this building but the university noIaiS 20
that Int little inconvenience IS expeIiehcou Iloin
lack of books 1t is Thus 70 ne seou M. / C
tIcally, a college tor women eAis,s III f ~; LIMA in
n crliege that SURPRISES any other oil lts hih9 III
America in the advantages and range OF stuuIo'
offered 70 II, students But rs Mrs. Aga'siz saws
the one link is wanting which alone can give ~ 80
curity woman's college at Cambridge can na ni
no permanent hold on the advantages oi .no W. ~
versity till ITS affairs are administered anu ono
studies directed by the organization that goN
crns the university itself. The fourth year oil 'ne
experiment is drawing to close ana the mai
ayers before the public for The irst te unot
the conviction that, educatlonauy. the experiment
Is an unqualified success. They feel that they oan
not reasonably ask the Harvard corporation 10
adopt the Annex without guarantee that liarVaru
shall not suffer financially from the new burden.
few weeks ago an attempt was begun 10 ralse
100000 to present to Harvard as an nGude nynr
$50 600 has been quickly supplied but Just now
pause occurs in the subscription 20 tne work i9r
the advancement of woman goes on, Inc Irlenus
of higher education for her making an undis-
guised attack upon Harvard. and meahWh,io tno
corporation ana government OF that veneraoie III
stitutOn are awaiting developments WIN conseiI,
vative calmuess and no one can tell what attitude
they will take when the critical moment comes hor
how long they will continue the battle
Mr.. Charles F. King, master of the Lewis School,
Boston, recently said that in Boston geography Is
more poorly taught than any other branch OF study
and that spelling comes next to it. lie believes
that geography as commonly taught gives the pupil
O false iea Ofthe relative importance Of Inc dlher
ent portions of the world.
Tho commencement exercises of Williams College
Will take place on June 80.
The schools of Nebraska are richly endowed WIN
land by the State. Ii is estimated that the 2443I
acres OF school lands in that State, II sold now
would bring in about $4O,0OOOOU. The state
University at Lincoln has faculty OF eleven pro-
fessors and an average attendance or 800 students
school of medicine will he opened next year:
The university proper has an endowment Oh
acrps of
ment has an endowment OF 10000 acres.
1t Is said that there is great need Of a school of
engraving at or near Chicago
Johns HOPKINS University conducts five journals
devoted to original scientific investigations.
Presbyterian university is to be established at
Pierre III Southern Dakota.
The reorganization Of the University of PennsyI-
vania which has just been decided on. will unite
the Faculties of Arts, the Towne Scientific school,
md the Wharton School of Finance and Economy
into SINGLE board which will be called the College
Faculty. This reorganization will largely increase
the usefulness and strength OF the university.
Baltimore maintains an art school, attached to
The MARYLAND Institute, which within the last few
years has advanced to position OF distinction. III
is soon to give an exhibition Of the work of its
pupils which il is said will show that 1t takes
good position among the most useful art schools OF
this country.
English type and script will probably be substi-
tuted for the German black letter in the German
schoolbooks of St. Louis. II will be remembered
that this measure has been advocated in Germany
for many years. but thus far without success
Tho Commencement exercises of Harvard Uni
versity will take place on June 81. The Latin Sal
utatory will be delivered by A. Il. Hodges, of Taun
ton, Mass. The other speakers and subjects will be
rs follows Edward Cummings, of Lynn, Richie
lieu as Statesman; G. R. Hewitt, of Roxbury,
CHARITY" H. NJ. Lord, of New-York, "Chemis-
try IN the Eighte nth Century; A. NJ. Lord, OF
Cambridge The Melancholy Of Heinrich Heinz;
A. p Marsh OF Newport =" Petrarch and the Re
paisSance y; Charles Ranlet. of Holyoke, =" Es-