New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-22
NOTES ON EDUCATION.


The fourth annual report Of the superin.enuen'
n Public Instruction of the Territory OF on'sn"
,ust ,ssued shows that there IN the Territory ioe
.noo,. 1e1 teachers and e,O54 scholars. In regsso
~ ,lliteracy 1t stands very well, coming us' aisv'
Hsv York ana Pennsylvania, and jass De1o,o inui
.ra yormont and Massachusetts,. During sne yea Ca
oleyen new school houses have ocon The Central
some old ones enlarged am@ az Bu,te has been
nisted at total cost Of $21.00o. LUIS nsniyy,
sommodoas trick budns rs are ali Of the
Of 600. the seats ana .4rls
latest and most improved stSie'
Thera.are !. 4y3 students now enrolled In the vari-
an. departments OF Oberlin College.
The Connecticut Industrial School for Girls al
,t;ad,etown 10 reported to be in q fourishng con-
ditlon much overcrowded'
lanes Parton addressed the evening high schooi
of Boston last week and said that half'educa'eo
Deople are often found IN the highest walks OF me-
He himsof had once founa visiting England
chat his education was wofully deficient IN many
vesoects When asked il such and such hover VI
tree was native of America. be could not tei'' he
M. unable to inform his questioner how inucn
grass was cut to an acre IN America. he rau no'
SnIiv comnrebended the fact that any grass was
ever cut in this country. 1t was to be observer
that no people had so thoroughly separated thouh-
selves from nature as Americans-a 1act pai''0u
larly salient when the familiarity OF Europeans
with country interests is considered. Inc Vaiae .,
tpowledce gained from literature is overestlmat9Su
he thonSht IL is not the chief end OF man, 10
write classic English 10 not the mghess acn aF ,bo
meut Shakespeare was not Inc gfeatest na -
Elizabethan era Homer was not tno uoy9oes
Greek He was less than Achilles, as the heIaiu 10
less than the general whose exploits he pToclahhs
In III first rank of arstocracy shoulo DC pi.o L.,
aiscoverers of truth like Newton. Next 20 them
belong those who apply the truth 10 she aeo'
Professor u1eenwo God, of Kansas Guy. Mo-, was
recently asked to make Investigations rs 10 "h"'
school children read. He has Just maze an inCeIos'
ing and in some respects startling report NO
spent eight months in the task lntrusted 10 mn,
examining during that time 81 boys and LOU
girls or 2577 in all He found that 80 per cent Vi
the books read were fiction; nearly IL per cen'
travels ana adventures; Sl2 per cent history 9i2
per cent biography; per cent scientific; per
cent literature and essays; nearly IL per cen'
po.try: per cent miscellaneous. ana ii pei cenO
" trashD Upon inquiry ii was also found thal no.
pupIls had read or more copies VI " haoHS
" sporting paper published III THIS city. In o'heA
words that one pIpil out OF every nVc was eitnet
constant ol an occasional reader OF this paper III
fifty seven rooms pupils were found VINO reau IL
in Line rouris no readers. When questioned tine
pupils said they read 1t because it had ots AoOu1
fights and Killings in it," ana with great unanlmity
thsy thought il ought not to be sold for children
In read itD The report concludes as follows:
q Going through the rooms found some chIuien
who read no books; Others again that read oniy .o
nearest All were anxious TO read lie TEACHERS
ara only 100 glad 10 help then Nearly al eniiuIen
.bat attend school reached. buU VINO Is apie
TO reach the waits and oulcasts and others VINO 90
moi attend school 7 Nearly all those who can reau
rev eli daily over the very lowest class OF literature
Hundreds and thousands pity them pay p!ty IS nU'
what tney need they need help and that lmmedi,
ateiv It NAV be that some day our legislators VIII
think of these nobodys children. Let us hope 30
at least"
Two bills have been introduced in the California
fraa hnlKs in
schools but it is not considered likely that etper OF
them will pass.
In the report of the McDonoGh Educational Fund
of Baltimore it is stated that the present value Oh
the trust is nearly 100000. The school ana
farm under the direction of their respective prncl
pals have attained high degree OF einclency anu
are in most prosperous condition. and II source
of grat6caton to the Board know that The fai M,
in its own sphere. is attaining rapidly as 1lgh
reputation the other departments OF the ns'i'u-
ton
For come years the study of German has been OPP
tioual in the public schools of st. Louis, and about
56 per cent of the scholars have taken 1t up bill
ia Low before the Missouri Legislature which II
adopted il is said will practically eliminate Ter
man from the course of study. In view OF tni.
strunp resolutions against the bill nave peeh
adupted by tho School, Board OF ST. Louis.
The Illinois Legislature is considering compal
orv edrcation bill which it Is stated is almost
tain to become law. 1t provides that persons haV-
inc the control or charge of any child or children
betveen the ages of eight and fourteen shall send
such child or children to public schOOi AT ieaSt
fweIve weeks In each school year" Neglect 10 do
this is lnaue punishable by fine OF not less than 20
nor more than 30
A bill IS pending in the Wisconsin Legislature 10
increase the income of the State University by add
ing to the tax now raised for that purpose further
fractional part of mill the dollar OF valuation
throughout the State
The total cost of education in the public schools
of Ohio for the year $50 was So. 1889. The aver
age cost per capita the average daily attendance
was $15 90, and the enrolment. $40 20. The
average cost per capita OF the population oil the
State between tho ages of six and sixteen was
So 30. exclusive Of the 6 per cent charge and in
Guiding that charge 1t was $11 O1. These figures
show an increased expenditure over the preceding
wear In the average cost per capita OF daily attend
apce in the townships of per cent. in the cities,
towns and special districts OF per cent, and In the
State of Sl2 per cent.
the High School OF Charleston. s. c. In his recent
report to the trustees the principal remarks az fol-
lowson this step: "When this measure was under
consideration fears were entertained by some that
the patronage of the school might be seriously
affected. These apprenensions, am glad to be able
to report have proved groundless. The advantages
in other respects which the school offered
evident that those who had been preudiced against
classical culture willing TO surrender the op-
ton that had formerly been allowed think the
marked mental development which has in most in
stan6 es resulted from the new course OF study has
satisfied directors that the change had been we'll
considered. In q few years hope 1t will not he
slry 10 this community 70 apologies for our
comp ulsory Latin course. he superior training VI
our graduates and their thOrougu preparation for
Lies earnest work will be an argument the force of
which cannot but be conceded"