New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-05-24
NOTES ON EDUCATlON'

....;r all the European States
,nd,,r. for war is vastly greater 'nsn 10
o., sancstion. In France the propo -. IN
1Sto1 in England, to ] IN ft tu In Switzer-
pnss;a 80 TO /; in Donmark, = Coz educa alton as |
i aussii% nne almost as much Is spent ioi
for war. 1850. p,4;nora IN
TO consideration the practcabllity Oh es."u
,'ah;nc n technical school in that CITY, NIL ., De
W, hos inst presented to this committee pi"u
nv which such instruction may be gwen. Ills
~ nhst long bnt one passage will give an IDEA
al consider necessary" he says, " an ordl'
'ar,, soboolroom and a skilled workman IN woou,
ever or pattern-maker for instance WIN
has at least a plain English euuc"'io,,
and is quiet in his manner ana MANY
in his bearng The d IGom or can IN some school
naar Nv The carver or pattern-maker can DC I'D Uo.
FAMED in our midst for about @oOo ye"Iir ~
,,1inils should come from the hrst-year boys pt .
Ppr C;tv College at the rate of twenty day say
i've from each class if there are lOur nIs'-fEo n
classes or more if there are lever CLASSES no and
rms would be at the rate OF 100 boys weoh @ro o
Iyonld give each boy at least one DAY ever, wv
weeks. as the college is at present constituted,
The Nac- Horen Palladium devotes more 'han
column of its space TO a discussion OF the quesUo"
whether the public schools should DC oIoa'H ~
allow the pupils to circus parade OF "','nD
performance, and decides that they should not nc
i,a1oa Tbe Last naragraph of the article is the
,nost ;mnortant. being an announcement lhtt NJ IA
deroarten schools are about 10 po
New-haveD. - -. , ;,,ot
~ "a',rI.te sets of three old journals on
cbemistry which together form an uhoIoHen soi''
evtendinc from 1893 to 1888. The oldest is the
.Iog,voI der Chenie begun by A. N Scheler III
17os and continued by A. f. Gehien' In 1911 D. .
G. senvegger became It's editor. and It's name was
changed TO the Journal fur Chemie IND PhSS'@ IheIe
orc nnety-four volumes in all. It'll stated IN me
HoItpore Sun that this is the only complete set Oh
these journals IN that city, and probably lhe on!y
one in America. for there are only Few seIS III 80.
;tore ~ nresent Besides their great value 10 SUI
dents in looking up all the lacts Known "1 1,%ie
chemical question: these books alOru al, tst ~
oppDrtunitv for the study or historical ci; -
y Tranrh al the science which needs development ID
this country. r., J.. +,is
Overxork IN schools is not confined TO this
couutry; there are serious conplaln's Oh IL III luz
land gentleman wrote a letter few days ago
20 The JireyDooI Mercury, in which lie critlclseu
severely the schools Of Liverpool for over-eachlls
The davis study, he says, begins at $40 a. H. ana
losts until : u. H. Besides this. the evenings are
supnosed 70 be devoted to study at home, ana 'heIe
are no holidays on Saturday. a medical inspector
of Bolton has also called attention to the greV"uS
manner i'm which the health OF the cnlueh unu ~
a s of y hrigRt boy who was pushed on III ms
efudies until lie broke down under tne hu",h' 3u1
no as soon he partially recovered was 90"
witi, eytTo lessons in order 10 make up for io>t
lime II is 10 be feared tharthe public schools OF
this country also c0uld IuIniSh many
such brutal ignorance.
The Board of Education OF Cleveland nave ID
consideration measure to discontinue the services
of women as principals of public schools me 'e''-
land Leader does not believe that there Is any goou
reason for such step. NO fact" IT says has
bson mare completely established in this age OF
cop,mon schools than that ladies make competent
and successful teachers They give tneir uhulVlu
attention TO their duties, aud though no" anu me"
one of them holds a position only temporarily
while waiting for the coming man., the great
majority OF those who reach the posllon o pluc'p
,nSks the profession life business hut iuou 70
-, a Thousand avenues of occupation are open
follow the pursuit of teaching, as Tue lItli -
can get something more lucrative. Many nIen
"n,,ld ,oeddIe with politics and attempt 10 run
their wards and dictate TO the BOARD OF E,uCd'loi
Such political schemlng among 'eachoIS i 10 and
IN nlaces where male principals are eihpoyeu "llu
az 70 see if grow up in Cleveland Is 10 re-
move the ladies and put thiFd-rate men IN tien
places"
Miss Pingree, the superintendent OF the Boston
free kindergartens has written letter Tor Inc
Ki,dqoarten Messenger which is an interesting re-
yie,v If what the Boston kindergartens hayo Sc-
oor,l,shed There are at present thrty-one Tree
linderearens for poor children III and near Bos'oh
carried on by the private charity OF one lazy
Four of these kindergartens began their WORK III
1877. durng 1878 and 1870 fourteen others were
started and 10 1850 the remaining thirteen. MIC
teen of these occupy schoOI-rooms or haA7 the use
and care of which kindly given by the ci'y or
town where they are placed; the remainder are III
houses where day nursery work Is also caIileu on
mr. N suitable rooms hired for the purpose. lHe
interest," Miss Pingree SAYS, manifested IN the
lidre, aud families does much to encourage the
parcuts 20 do something for the children themselves
a9I to MAKE them feel more responsible iof tnehl
The impressions made upon the mothers ny Ihe pc
ihaye frequently overheard the women speak OF II
10 each other when at the childrens iestVa'S or az
fbe Kindergarten. Not long ago heard one OF inc
Women near me say on one of these occasions
How patient them teachers 49, and they never sn@I
80 she came 10 this school. don't strike mel
sav more. / don't think hitun' is good FOR chl
drcn' Another woman told OF her child VINO sara
1yron sLe struck her: God did not give you thos'
hands 10 strlke me with lie made tien TO dc me-
and Kind things Iny teacher sald So.