Omaha daily bee., 1883-06-09
EDUC ATIONAL T

A Londoa actress recently carried off
| the prize for cooking In the South Ken.
sington School.
According to the United States commits.
sioner Of education SGl,475. 900 hos been
given by private individuals for education.
| al purposes in this country within ten
years. This does not include the recent
gift Of Slater and others, amounting to
| 49, O0,0 O..
The Pope has vouchssfed permission to
| Archbishop Spauldipg tor the erection Of .
| Catholic University in the United States,
which will probably be at Milwaukee, and
for which 81, 1000, 600 have already been
subscribed.
Over 100 Indian boys and girls, repre-.
senting sixteen tribes. have been under in.
struction ut Hampton during the past
year. They have learned to read and
write. they have had practical lessons in
industrial Notwithstanding, shoe.makiDg,
Understanding, tailoring, kitchen work,
etc.
The younger children in the public
schools OF Boston were recently examined
on their knowledge Of familiar subjects.
Eighteen per cen of the number had
never seen q COW except in pictures, sixty.
l one ItT CblJ hhu ncNOt btCu hh htlbt btAbl-
five per cent had never seen corn or wheat
growing, and % per cent did not know
what their ribs were nor where thoy were
located.
The school of the mobiles of Tokia, japan,
has in the court behind the school building,
q physical map Of that country between
500 and 400 feet long. It is made of turf
and rock, and is bordered with pebbles,
which look at a little distance much like
water. Every inlet, river and mountain
Is reproduced in this model with q fidelity
to detail which ia simply wonderful. Lat.
titude and longitude are indicated by tel
egraph wires, and tablets show the posi-.
tion Of the cities.
Last week the Chicago board OF educa.
ton increased the salaries of the nine
aeBistsnt teachers in the high school from
81, 500 to 81, IT'S, O increase of 20 pei
cent. Whereat q Chicago paper invite;
the attention of the taxpayers to the
"wonderful faculty for growing" which
teachers salaries exhibit. In 1877 the
whole appropriation for such salaries wa'
$3.50, COO; in 1888 it is $3.50, 0~00-showinf
nearly o doubling of the appropriation il
seven years. 1t appears, too, that The
total smouLt appropriated for Chi
caeo school purc oses in 1888 is 81, 700,
600. There are four high schools anc
ffty-eight other schools in the city. TIL,
! average attendance Of pupils has increased
from 80, 494 10 1877 to 5l,022 in 1888
t Jsnitors' salaries have increased from $40,
900 70 $50, 900 in the same time. The av
t increased from $40 4 to 81, 37S, and in tn
: other schools from 1898 to 1861 The ay
: ersge cost of tuition in the high school
has grown from $29 to $40 per pupil, anc
in the other schools from $40, so 20 Sl3
All salaries, those of officers of the board
t ss we'll as those Of teachers, show an in
/. crease of 10 to 40 per cent.
The interest of tho Dartmouth coileg
I graduates in their alma mater has beef
, visibly quickened within q few years, ant
: their loyalty is likely to be manifested t.
. an unusual degree during the approaching
Q commencement week, when there is to b
q reunion of all the classes. John Went
s worth of Chicago, q member Of the class o
Q 1886, has issued a circular setting forth tn
}. plans for the occasion, and asking that al
who cannot attend write o letter to tn
class, care of Prof. j. III Wright, Han
over. n. III. 1t is desired that these let
tiers shall contain the personal and famil,
8 history of the writer, and the letter
t will form the basis Of q valuabl
Q personal history of the college Publica
tions Of any slnmnus sen. to Prof. Wrigh
will also be gratefully received. There ar
living graduates Of classes as far back q
1900, and it is thought possible to hav
representatives from at least 60 classt
present. Dartmouth has . large consti'
uency scattered over the country, and tn
h reunion will no doubt prove of substanti'
benefit to the institution, though there
no financial scheme connected with Il
affir. The college is probably now in be
te! sa.sncial condition than ever befor
, an" the relations between the prsside
and faculty have greatly improved.