New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-05-17
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

Tn his annual report presented ias' 49, 1s+a,;or
Ssr, steel of the Philadeipma ho''u W -,
-, on the fact that educators and not teachers
a"0I' =. .ad IN the schools Statistics show that
@, 600 or one third of the whole number OF pup''S
=. 49, philadelphia public schools, have less 'hSh
- ,oors tn devote to study at school. TIC there-
To- 1Irrcs that the system OF instruction D5 ~ ,
moved as to meet The needs OF thtsf hin
Give them a practical educalDn "n'OH WIN P
Them in earning m honest INciihoo~.
Cantaln Pratt of the traimugschooi Tor lndlSh
,,o,,tbs at Carlisle Peuu tells Of an Indian lad
eighteen years of age who appeared at tie scHooi
few weeks ago. having travelled across .ne ooi,i-
nent. mostly on foot 10 reach the school. Nhen lie
left home he had only s. - m money by SeI'ng
bis Indian ornaments be obtained = 70 a"I ID T tbn
winch. after nnuIciable rutduous, ne I'@O"'" INV
SCHOOL when hc WAS taken anu cared ior
Twenty years age sa5s Tie Fos'oa Transcript
"history was taught from a compendium ia when
tle record OF tc world FROM liz ea.les time to the
rresent day was compressed into a few hundred
pages. The AugIstau era. the ago OF leHcIe' ana
1be perod OF tle Reformation were each cro"ueu
into paragraph which left upon the Pupn MN"
wayne IMPRESSION that somebody houriSLeH some
where. and If be ceased his historical NuueS VII"
he belief thar Prlcies. having dcneuio'
Cesar nailed his thesis upon irioze OIL nc I"I'uo-
,o, and ,eoe ~ communicated by Martin utue,' ne
''',,t,. ia th, cvcuse which traveller VINO is
Svbirled tlrouph vast country lay q hgh' nue tH-
nreSs has for CoufCuudlug oplrcs :" ".t.'i.' -
passedD Ii then shows how the he| rnV'nU' il o
ttot,',,, b,storv as i'm vogue IN tLc Boston puoic
scLoois attach more importance 10 me piinOAPINS
underlying his ory than to tie pare I"t's
Speaking Of the new chemical laboratory OF Johns
Hopkins University. President Gilman SAID, a lie"
DAYS AGO: "Whlle il Is no doubt true that modern
educational methods require la g expenditure OF
money il is also true that money may be wasted
Z ai qrtfa q hHv ~
nish proof that money has been wasted. Regarded
asa palace our new laboratory is not. CT course 10
he co,npared with these. and am glad oil 1t. 1t IS
smaller though plenty large. 10 Is much less eA-
prn,lvc in all ITS details out-pt"dN9 moe ll'S rii
ticularly-t Is not wmt less use ui' IL Wa pI.i1
Tor u~e and | thiuk ] can safely say that, when
Looked al from the standp Olut of uthlY IL VIII "'l
the closest scrutiny. believe II TO be- a. good
laboratory for the iC8cmn& ana a.. E'!cis Oh CiIc!i
lstry as exists nyVhcIe to-day @uu At - Sui0i ~
most
The report of the Baltimore public schools for the
mast wear shows that the whole number 81 schools
mas been 121, containing 3J.G49 enrolled PupH'
and SIG teachers. The report recognizes The hrceS-
uty of a secure tenure OF ONCE Tor teachers. sew
sral of the concluding pages OF the report are "'-
,oted 10 the criticisms of the school Board ana
some of ITS methods winch It2dls educators ~ ~
AZ various times made through tur press. ~
charge that the Board has been c"hd'l'" "H PV'tt'
ral considerations IN the general u3h@t rucnt Oh
schools and especially III the "a P'i"'ii0l'' Vi '
ers is explicitly denied
The Utica Herald agrees with President Eliot that
pccunilry assistance gwen to young men STUDY l''|
for the ministry is harmful Tie ranks o1 STU
douts7 il SAYS have always been recruited from
tbe Door. Theological students a'o no. an eAcep-
hon. Education must be cheapeHcl ~ cost NOT tor
those who want to be ministers only. out loi all.
Then those who are ittest for the Masters vineyard
ran bc chosen without requiring them III a"E 'lC' I"
accent riffs and place thcmseiYcS ia 'h' lrahlhS-
,rtn,,s of the mcddes0mc ladies 40 thrust my
the nulplt not those who have t.e "idi. an" ne
scnlT Cor thr task Int those who I'll most fe1d. ~
respond 10 invitations 10 accept he N'iuidhsHiP ~
sewing circles OF female committees.
The Earl Of tiand has given 1000 to the
EJnhurqh Association forthe University Education
of Women.
There are four universities in Svitzerland-at
Bssle Bene, Geneva and Zurch-al winch there
are 543 medical students, OF whom 81 ai9 women
In = recent order the Secretary of War detailed
two West Point instructors to visit and examine the
methods of instruction at Dartmouth Yale. Harry III
and Princeton colleges. tits desirable" he says,
.'that West Point should avail itself of everything
which is commended and mdorscd by the r'e eA-
perieRce of our leading institutions OF learning
IrolcSsorJ w. Maiie of the University OF VIZ
c,uia has decided to accept the presidency OF the
University of Texas. 10 which he WAS elected some
time AGO. The endowment Of this new university
IL . 600 600 acres % land and an additional cash
income of $50, GOO year.
The atlanta PostA ppcal is opposed TO the public
school system. bccause by It's operation the whites
IN the South Will be taxed to educate tie blacks
IL bcievrs that each race should pay Tor It's Own
eCucatiOn.
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