New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-05-03
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

IA. al. =, i,ahama how imports four normal
-.h.s,s ~. - which are for colored people;
go 80 thssa lhrea two have coiored principals In
uo,tnonerv the public schools have been thor-
ouyny reoraanzsd during the past year; =, nv, no
recent convention OF coofoo 'o"0 -
city was very SUCCESSFUL.
~. ~ ths feat,,,es of wellesley College Is the at
..,tiou maid 10 the physical culture OF the young
,v..man who are pupils A fully equipped eyfna-
;,m "a proyided and under the direction on COM
tenf Instructor the pupis are taught the exercises
common to gyinnasums
The eccentric old Canadian Arunah Huntington,
WHIP left 900. 900 to be divided among the puune
schools of Vermont has done something wh'ch
Will be Of little practical value to Inc sJnco
Each district will be entitled TO the iIsielihoapo
sum OF $40. which VIII not advance much Inc o""'0
OF education. :
A hill has been introduced in the Illinois Legisla-
ture which if Il becomes law viii enable the Board
of Education of Chicago to condemn property LOT
school sites solely at its discretion THIS measure IS
strongly opposed unjust and unnecessary INC
Chicago Tribune says: "Tbe power OF condemnation
is dangerous aud should not De resorlen IL NJ
except as a matter OF necessity; and as lhrIe - ~
troubls in getting all the school SITES Ihat aio
needed, the Legislature will do well 20 ieaNo 'l''
bill unacted on for a few wears 10 COME
The first official act of superintendent hach,"'
ter of Philadelphia. was to inspect the oir's ~
School.
ton.
rho ctv ot BufIalo has been using the same text
hooks :, Ito schools Tor the past twenty years
INT NOW there is movement on foot to make an
entire change Ii would seem ~ be hlgn tiihe ~
teach geography. for instance, out oil oooAs pun
l;sbed twenty Years ago. is little worse tnah hot 70
teach il at all. To change teAt-oooks V p I'll -
is serious fvll. Dul nVt W 0h"h-" ' Wv
intellectual death.
Az the annual meeting of the Tri-State Teachers
Association of Ohio held few days AGO at Ioleuo
SUPERINTENDENT Ellis, Of Sandusky, took strohs
ground against introducing industrial educat'oh III
the public schools He believes that the evils prev
aleut m society attributed by some to tho pnplie
schools are due to other sources, notably 10 ti'e
greed for gain. What is needed Tor worRlhsnhen
in all departments of labor, he says. 10 the knu Oh
training given by the public schools INDUSTRY -
cultivated In the schools and the same quality that
sends boy to the bead of his class VIII push nun 10
The front in whatever business or work ne may en-
gage in when he leaves school aehc,i;a i ,o tIe
more right to train the son OF q inechanie 10 t'e
business of his father than the SOD OF a uocioI.
LAWYER or preacher to the profession OF MS iaher
The obiect-Iesson craze and the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
1raza i'm the public schools exhausted themselves
without any serious detriment TO the scnoos q. WV
increased expenditure OF pubic money, out iii IL.
is to be an annex of industrial framing " VIII ~
volve n large expenditure of money IN aduluioh 10
what some people consider the highest limit ior
educational purposes
Mr. John ID. Philhrick, in noticing recen' Sti'o-
meut of the Paris correspondent of The Boston Jour
nal about the schools of France. says Instead oil
supp-ssing the schoolmsster, the Republican power
in France is doing its utmost 10 make his status as
desirable as possible by offering for his encourage
ment in the first place. gratutous training OF the
first ORDER and then honofs and awards Tor lathiui
and efficient servise even the door of the National
Council of Education has been opened to nm. In
the original plan Of the present school system oil
France which was adopted fifty years ago nnheI
the lead of Cousn and Guizot 1t was intended there
should be two normal schools, one Tor either sex III
each of the eghty-seveo departments Ana previous
10 $40 there bad been established normal Schools
for the education of the school masters N seventy
four departments. while in only nine OF the depart
mepts normal schools for the training OF schooinis-
tresses had been opened. The Republicans nave
resolved to carry out the original plan OF Cousin
and Guzc t. and place the sexes on an equal fcotng
in respect TO normal schools, and hence the iaPla
increase of the number of female normal Schools
within the last few years"
There are 3i3,s 500 children of school age In the
State of New-JeIsey.