New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-05-10
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

has introduced bill in the Canaoian "i~
which If passed. will among other tnihPs oA'0n.
the right of suffrage to unmarried WOMEN an. anu
,vidovs Mrs Lucy Stone, in speaking OIL IniS
,nsosnre saws: Sir John Macdonald deserves the
--o,;,roa.o Of all women He will wear the honor or
6ayine taken the lead in securing poIltcal LenIs
for women. We congratulate our CanauIIi %
tIat they are to have so easily that tor when we
IN This side have tOed tor a lcng time without
success" 1t is however. the general opinion MI ~
Canada that no such radlcal measure as Vhis win
becoue a law at PRESENT
A movement is on foot to establish the free texy
book system in the public schools OF New0urg NJ l.
bill has been introduced in the British Parha-
rnent by which the Scotch Universities are TO re-
ceiys in future 5000 900 annually from the State.
They have HAD $4,000 in the past A new ex-
ecutve commission is created, with power to regu-
late their general control, institute an entrance ex-
animation and distribute the powers of their vari-
GUS governing bodies The chairs OF theology
hitherto under the practical control OF the Esta9I
lshed Presbyterian Church, are cut loose IoIh az
ecclesiastical control. 1t Is SAID that tne Increase
in the grant will probably 90 to new facultlg9S Oh
science and St. Andrews the oldest and smallest
of the universities will probably DC Gloseu' do 'N0
now commission is given power 10 90 lhls'
Speaking OF the recent changes in the constltu-
tion of the hoard of trustees of Trinity College, Inc
Hartford lines says "Wbat the alumni long nave
wanted and what the General Assembly, act noN
gives them is voice and vote in the board Oh trus
tees They want fewer clergymen. more lVo l"y-
men and more young men-who Will attehu trusUeo
meetings and who will work as well as tax LOT tho
college They want men who will insist upon and
will get an annual statement from the treasurer Oh
the exact financial condition of the college, When
il il known precisely what Trinity has done with
a the money il has received-hOw 1t has been eX-
pended or investedlt will he time to call for more
money which Trinity sorely needs, ana when the
alumni and friends OF the INSTITUTION mgnt 20
disposed to contribute if they ere sure tne invest
ment was a good one. Above all, lflnlty ne99s
more students A college does not consist OF puu-
ings and grounds. but is made up OF
and students-and a live board OF working trustees
woud do much toward advancing the interests anu
influence OF Trinity in this respect. The new power
given to the alumni is the hrSt goVd move Ill 'ne
right direction"
President Stark of the School Board of Milwaukee,
in a recent report of the work done during the
past year said The kindergarten has during the
past year been treated part OF our school system
Whether IT shall DO permanent feature OF the
system will depend upon the wisdom and caution oil
future boards. That this is the true method OF
education for children Of tender years IS no longer
questioned, and il should not be abandoned do
long as we are compelled to provide schools for IN
fants of four and five years. 1t requires oil the
teacher. however something more than love Ior
children or skill IN their entertainment ihe sue
cess and permanency of the kindergarten tnnA
depend upon the appointment OF mature lhIe!iigent
and thoroughly qualified teachers to dIre3t them
and malicious restriction OF their cost. LNeHIhs
schools were maintained as usual during me iast
winter with a good attendance. The utlhty OF
these schools cannot be doubted and July Jnstlnes
their continuance so long as the resources OIL inc
board Will permit
The movement in Boston looking to the establish
ment of an industrial school as department OF the
common school system of that city. is said to be
making great Roadway. In speaking on TINS SUBJECT
recently Superintendent Seaver said: There are
oho - hoy in schools
are fourteen or more years old. Some OF these
would be greatly benefited by joining the M anu"i
training school, and their parents would Doubtless
be glad 10 have them allowed to 90 So linen there
are in the high schools some boys who would De
better placed in a manual training school. tur-
thermore there are many boys who are now Win
drawn from school at or before the age Oh
but whose parents doubtless would be very gldu "
keep them longer in school, II the prospect NeIS
that the school would help them Wen on to"dnLut
earning living by some form Of skilled labor. OF
the 5000 or 1900 boys of suitable age in this C city
it ought not to be unreasonable 70 e1Peco, Too "
800 pupils for a good manual training SCHOOL,
The Baltimore Sun has the following interesting
pararraph about the Johns Hopkins University
controversy already refer red TO in these columns
0Numerous letters have been received soliciting
COPY of the address delivered by Mr. John w Car
rett. in which he arraigned the Hopkins trustees
Five thousand copies of this address have been
printed III pamphlet FORM and will be distributed
over the State 1t is proposed to agltate the matter
in the counties well in the city, and nave the
law repealed which gave the trustees permission to
have branch OF the University in Baltimore. 1t
can be proved 1t is claimed that after the trustees
got remission to establish the branch in Baltimore
they made it the permanent site of the University,
and so declared 1t. It is proposed that the Legis-
lature shall repeal the law permitting the branch
in Baltimore and thus force the University TO 90 TO
Clifton 1t is SAID that several of the trustees who
have heretofore been working with the majority
of the board will IN the future be found earnest
supporters OF the views entertained by the minority
IL rs understood that one of these gentlemen VINO
has worked in the ranks of the majority says be Is
nov in favor of moving the whole thing to Chiffon
al once: that he is tired OF seeing PloOOOO ID sal
aries and other expenses spent each year without
corresponding results An enort wiz also oe m9de
to start the medical school of the University ueXt
September. 1t is sand that the will and wishes Of
Mr. Hopkins will be carried out, and CT on be,
come place where the people from the SOuih Will
congregate while their sons and relatives are re-
ceIvIng their education. be members OF tho board
of trustees who have held these Vows from the first
congratulate themselves on the advancement made
toward their tulhlnent.
The Philadelphia Times very pertinently speaks a
good word for the primary school. which nowadays
is somewhat apt TO be neglected. There is" IL
SAYS very much talk about the higher education
bat il IS the lower education that is really lmpor-
tant TO most of us, and there is moro gratifying
evidence of progress than the gradually developed
recognition among those who have charge of our
public educational system of the essential impor-
lance Of the primary schools. The work of the
primary schools is the foundation and the main
structure of all public education. Many children
never 90 beyond this, and in every case 1t is the
first bending OF the twig that determines the III
clination of the trse We have been giving atten-
tion in Philadelphia to high schools and grammar
schools which are for the few; the primary aud
secondary schools, which are for the many have
been Left too umch to chance and to the ignorant