New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-10-25
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

r IineIl NJ D. of Norwich, Conn, recently
read a paper before the Connecticut Homeopathic
sor;ety. in which he spoke of the many dangers 10
The eyesiQht which school children constantly
epennnfer In the course Of this paper the iono"-
ing significant passage occurs: In 1879 had Tue
,,"o,tunitv of examining 700 school children be-
,,sen the ages of seven and eighteen years. Some
of tle results of my examination may be snrpIlShs
q, tlse who's attention has not been especially OIL
rects.l 10 the subject. Only 00.7l per cent ia"
,o,,,,sl vision found eiglIty-seven Of myopa
ont Of the 700 children; the ratio of myopla 10 the
ages of the scholars was especially noteworthy
The cspecal causes of its development and progress
are close application poor print, and poor hght'
What are the remedies In the first place the school
rooms should be arranged that there SHAH DE at
least thirty square inches of window space 10 each
square foot of floor space. The windows should DC
one side The scholars should not face the lIeht.
The desks should he graduated 10 me s|t oa te
scholar and their tops Shou!d he soping 80 Inal we
LooLs cam he placed as to he easily read while the
scholars sit in erect position; Recuihear uIaT
ing Oh plane surfaces Is especially injurious anu I
hooks should be printed on good paper Win LAigo'
clear type
The Albuquerque Indian school established by
the United states Government IS III hOufIshlhs
condition hut is much crowded, and needs more
accommodations. When the proposed new Ouhu-
ings are completed. there will probably I've 3oo Pu-
pills enrolled in the school. These pupils come
mainly from the Pueblos of New-MeXco, semi
civilized race. There i'll this tribe about -,ouo
children of school are, who live wljhlh easy ~
of AIhn0neraue There is a great desire among
these Indians to have their children educ"'eu'
THE r oronto Globe recently sent ont a circular 10
prominent educators in Canada, requesting 'hen' u
give their views on the question OF te higher c"u
cation of women The answers when II recel'cu
show that all whose opinions were asked vert IN IA
tl,o
a+io,, of ,vomen But there is difference 0f Opm-
ION as to tle means TO be employed. Some advocate
the establishment of separate colleges tOr young
women Others the co-educatiOn of young men ana
vonnc women IN the colleges already established
THE ,,I lobe strongly argues the adoption OF co-edu-
cation. ave scarcely think" 1t says THAT the
Provincial Government would he justified IN incur
ring The very considerable expense involved III Il
separatc building somewhere IN the heighboihoou
of University COcge-at least not till the most cN
ident and most practicable plan has been tried and
has been found to work badly. The numptr OF
lady students will for good while III all IiAellhoya
be comparatiVely small, ana the experiment VIZ
therefore be all the more on ms account n,,tC
in favorable circumstances. Inc present FhOSa'HS
right of the young women 10 have such hlgher tIuci
zion supplied 10 them by the STATE cannot DC
questioned so long this is done for the othcr sen
'fhesr Young women say, and most unanSWtIaDIN,
I'VE don't care how the education Is sulpiH1. Dut
we stand upon our rights. ana dcli'ilu 'ii"V Ia
some way or other II Siall pc
IN a lecture on education in the South III Burning
ton. VT. few days ago, the Rev. DE- A. d. Mayo
stated that there are i'll the South four million
whites under twentv-one, of whom nearly hail
have never attended any school In many States
the schools, such as they are are open only IRON
three 10 six months in the year. The school Sys-
tenn is almost entirely broken down IN Louisiana he
said, through the bitter hostility Of the fomah
Catbolir clergy. Boston pays twice aS much annu-
iI- as t,o whole State of Georgia for the inStruC
lion of IFS children Aud net more than one-tcnih
of fhe coored voters and Onc-halt OF the Whte E"-
ers can do more than read the ballots which they
vote If these statements are true the Cohdliol o.
tho Sonb a. regards education Is most aInentabie