New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-11
NOTES ON EDUCATION.


sh.,r seats a, members of one the district schooi
boards of Philadelphia. They were co'u'aiS ="
ceived nv the other directors.
Lectures on tho principles OF the common law aiU
e. be given within month to the pupiis Vi La'o"
Seminary. The reason given for TINS Wise i"no'",
zion Is the practical ignorance OF many wo"os os
ths simplest elements Of financial security anu "
ordinary business forms The ansn m9aetisa teach
TO give also during the winter SONIC p'"'''"'
ing OIL sanitary plumbing IN HOUSES
Superintendent Coffin. Of New-Albany, read u pa
per IN tn, Iuaiana teachers recently on the teach
ing of tbi,t in the public schools. he sugges'eo
that 4 should DO taught, first, by example. leacn-
ers should be careful not to waste chalk paperwooo'
coal. etc. Second. it may be taught by preccp''
Spend less than you earn, pay ready money noV0i
borrow uvr Lend keep regular account oil Gil tna'
rs earned Ind expended have savngs pnmn' anv
knowledge of labor and the value Oh money 70 10 VI
OF worse than to send them out without tae wr
edge of mathematics. The Association re,eNou '"'
Collins paper with Interest ana approoa'io"
The most important step recently taken I'D
Euxs;a, education is the institution of o speclai
school for the instruction of the daughters OF the
noorsr class of Russians. Midde-class education IS
already well provided for by priva'e INSTITUTIONS
and the ublc gymnasia. Fer the elementary ouu'
cation of women however, the existing arrange
mems are lay no means perfect. The iewness Vi 'no
elementary schools, uniting so to speak, the pr
mary and middle educational establishments. mas
led vareuts belonging 20 the less wealthy s'ra'" VI
society to resort With their children To the ~
sis whereas. in the greater number OF cases '"o
minis thus placed find themselves not cniY without
the requisite capacity for the programme pecuiar 70
these mldle-class institutions, but also hhdeieu ny
,overtv from completng successful course vi
study AS matter OF fact, very lew ol 'nIse
Young persons ever pass tue exaiins.iorS ut
ffan "A
kn,winp Russian correctly, or being a"ie 10 "uIN
au nIltumetical sum without error. 10 supply tie
want caussd by thus state oil Things new ecuOo Vi
n special type for urls iron nine 10 eleven se ,h
tId has boon fo ed. under the pa'tohaeo Ul Sno
Empress. The course Oh study VIII lhe uI Iene s
ths Rnsslan apguage, elements OF natural histoiy'
caligr,nhy drawing, singing, music and needle-
work and the term of study Will extend over 3"
period OF four years.
Some excellent statements and suggestions were
wade Mt the recent meeting of the academic and
high school te ichers association for western Mas
sacbusetts. Principal Frost. of New'Marlboro, de-
Io,ao trp,hfuly enough that while the ideal text
book should be interesting TO open ana read III our
actual text books the human element ana tue lncf
dents have pyen crowded out, till the books nave
become examination papers bound up Win pictures
He would at her have week to teach gwen Pc
Rod in American history with selections from h'oi
ature man a month with textbook Inc geogr"
miles have altogether too much about the source'
direction and mouth OF such strearns as MackehZes
River and little about the places every one goes
to see in Europe. Parkman's account OF our neio0
ags is better geography for tn. st. Lawrence Naey
IMAM any text book, and should be used 10 supple
meut the latter 1t is easier, he reminded ms near
ass I'm remember two rela go facts than one isolated
ono M;ss Prentice of the Westhcld normal schooi,
in discussing the fashion III which children shoulu
be taught good literary taste, said that they snouu
lie made to ccnnecl their literature with the events
~ tho dow. The persecution of the Russian Jews,
the career of the Rothschilds. Daniel Deronua
md the Merchant OF Venice" may all be prohtaoiy
stud,sd as the same time; the latter in connection
wub photographs of Venice and the stones Oh
vsuicen The instruction should be elementary nj
Gro, and SINCE the high school course is so brief IL
i; htter to skin authors of the past who will bear
b;pniuo and coue to the good authors oil THIS era,
leaving the iuterstces to be filed by the college
course In teaching any author spen your time On
his works aud p"t on the incluen,S -, % 80 ensnlt
the library freely, AMI 10 do 80 give nein i9,o ,
enres by page and volume at first, so iheY VIII uot
DC. uo a'S tbat ne had substIiufed ON Brown at
Knrby % for his reading books thai no used Two
newspapers in the school and bad ne wspaper e1-
er,lse each Friday afternoon III when tte puphs
asked questions about the matters u'Scusso"
The ST. Louis Post Dispatch saws that the State
JYniyersity of Missouri is wretchedly managed ana
uo,rly supported. Its buildings are unht ioi
their PURPOSES tho clsss-rooms are nsuihcient ana
badly heated. there is no accommodation worth
snakiug of for Students and the zeal and energy no
creditably shown by all connected Win the uni
yersitv cur ators faculty an students are painiuiiy
Knocked by the contrast with the ancient, ricketty
and poverty stricken quarters in which learning Is
o,,nar.d to house Itself. The State of Missouri
has been badly advertised abroad for years. In
,, older dsys border raids guerillas and reprlsals
gave an orable impression OF the state OF CIV
,l.tion within our limits and even to-day we nave
NOT ieed oarseyes from the reproach incurred 10y
az. recent exploits of our noted bandits Yet
when we attempt to defend ourselves by pointing
to the evidences of our higher cvlization we arc
outed by the spectacle of our chief temple III
Is,rning housed in ancient barns and crainped ana
oIstructed by the scantiness OF resources which
hardly permit il to assume the dignity OF q CON-
mon school,"
The controversy as to the advisability of supply
,ny free text books ia the public schools promises to
ne eudless. The teachers convention which re-
Gently met in San Francisco discussed the matter
very fully without reaching any conclusion.
The PHILADELPHIA Press has this to say about the
Penusylv ania school system Familiarity with
the existence of our school system is apt TO blind
most of us to its extent ard Importance Inc
framework of public instruction. whose statistics
and condition are this morning presented in ont
line in nm abstract OF the annual report oil the state
Supcrintendent is among the 6rst OF the civilized
world In the tabulated returns of the education
O, sixty principal countries. recently published by
the Bureau of Education. only ten have larger
attendance and only four make larger annual ex-
penditure for the purpose of education Mono but
the largest OF the European Powers exceed our out
iav for this purpose, and the only civil divisions
outside of the Union which gather greater numbers
os mails within their schoo houses are Japan tie
J;yf;sions of the United Kingdom. Prussia, and the
isadiue countries of Europe states like Sweden
and tho Netherlands whose population is the sanre
~ that of Pennsylvania, have barely two.thirds Of
The school attendance in this State, and Portugal,
State whose population varies only lew thou
sands from that OF this state. mas, rs 'ugnt 10 OK,
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