New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-04
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

There arc nearly $500 students at L''p'i0 Uni
velsity.
The convention OF the colored voters of West Vir-
alma have recommended the est establishment OF per-
mxnent fund for the payment OF the expenses neces
rary to secure their rights In the matter Oh eaueA
tion.
The endou meut of tho University Of Vermont mas
lately been increased new scholarships nave po,n
added the standard has been raised ana Inc iosA
men class Is the largest over entered tnere ~ HUN
'bers forty-two members
The Chicago School Board last week passed res
o,nton ordering the committee on TEXTBOOKS 10 in
n,Ya INF. the expedisncy OF disseminating the study
nj Grammar in tho public schools and q modihca-
tom of the present course OF study accordingly
Tn. n,esidcpt of the Illinois Teachers Association
no. ,o;ptsd ont the needs of tr',ant law Tor the
cities of yhe State and moro effective system OIL
,,ptv institutes; aud no suggests that the county
superjntendency Ue made AN employment olen w
the world instead OF political once.
Mr. Merrill, of the Boston Latin School, SAID ~ tho
meetup of the Massachusetts, Teachers Association
that he believed all children should DO euucaVeu
alike up to u certain age, Whatever may 10 sneii
mental ATTITUDES; but that during that time 'hese
aot,tudes should be carefully studied and afterward
formed to as great an extent as possiplo.
The commission for winch the Massachusetts, Leg
islature last year made an appropriation Tor the
purposes of an investigation OF industrial educahon
IN Europe has rcpol ted to the Governor IL visited
the schools at Crefeld Prussia, and several technca
schools in England, and the report gives encouLas
ing and suggestive statemenSs III reeaiu " 'H0s'
schools.
At the meeting of the Michigan teachers last week
one sneaker advised more judicious distribution
Of labor IN the classroom. He suggested that
each teacher should have q general charge OF her
own room and should instruct her pupils in certain
branches. Then" he added divide the remaining
time into any four parts properly apportioned De-
tween the four principal topics of study: Now ar
range the work so that the teacner OIL any 90 one o
of the four rooms which have been grouped togsther
Under such circumstances no clash!ng OF Glasses
narncious tendency of the graded system Is one 70
produce locadencc OF real teaching anu 70 Trans
form teachers into mere recitation hearers.
General Francis a. Walker advocated before the
Massachusetts teachers the other day the early
teaching of the elements of science. asked" he
said. pupi of one of our best public schools in
Buston the other day, an excellent scholar in the
bichess class, why is it that water rises in the
pump. and this young person of fifteen years had
not the vestige of an idea GU tho subject. NO
teacher during eight years OF school had offered an
explanation of the phenomenon or ever called at
rentlon to 10. hold that 1t should be made 1ar
more discreditable to teacher to have pupils sno-
rant of the action of atmospheric pressure tnan
il wouldsbe to have that pupil unable TO spoil no
lieve or separate Create such requirement. ON
the part of the public. ard you Will soon nave
teachers who will find no difficulty IN making their
pupiis understand the simple laws OF physical ana
chemical action. Why should a child go on Tor
wears walking about on this earth, bus eye railing
every waking hour upon o multitude OF Objects ana
never once be instructed regarding themf"
writer in The Ne,c- England Journal Of Education
saws: "a word to those who are fortunate enough
20 have n mixed school of boys and girls. say
sfrtunate' for it seems that the only true way to
Prepare the coming and woman to walk side by
side through life is to teach them to stay together IN
the school room. Each loses the unattractiVe shy
ness and painful selt-consciousness which marks
the first association of the BOY and girl who have
been educated apart. The boy needs the genileness
and inspiratory stimulus of the girls presence and
the girl finds in the independent strength OF the
boy the necessary complement to her own nature
In snch a school the opportunities are countless
for the proper adjustment OF the lie relation.
Above all things Let us discountenance any conpul-
nory ASSOCIATION between the scxos. as penalty
rbus peryerting the true intention Oh sex associa
zion by the Creator The boy and girl shonld be-
seut to each other for assistance in lessons. wnen-
ever desirable, and any hesitation arising on either
aide should be entirely ignored by the teacher A
bow VINO is taught from boyhood TO seek for oppor-
fu1ties To help his girl acquaintance is not goiug
to be the man TO oppose broader channel ior
women and the giil who is early taught to CRATE.
fully recognize this chivalry OF boyhood. will not
grow to be the woman to ask for an unwonaniy