New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-10-11
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

The faculty of Amherst College have placed IN
the hauds of college Senate" all matters OF as
eiplpe and order President Seelye says that be Is
atsbeu with the way things have gone tn@s da f.
Sisc,nline The students we'll pleased with this
innovation.
The Dailv Herald and T he Crimson, two period
ieals conducted by students at Harvard have been
onrsolastad under the name of The Herald Crimson
Tha new ionrnal will be published daily and its
aim will be to give the news OF the day interesting
to college students
Carl Werner one of tho most distinguished au-
thorties in Germany on education, has lust pup
lished IN Vienna paper an article III which NO
elbows the superiority of the system OF lndustrlai
art in schools, as taught by Charles " Leland IN
Philadelphia, to any at present known in Europe
Professor Werner declares that, simple as IL seems,
Germany has as yet ignored the main principle OF
the American system that all the minor arts, and
with them most of the major, are slEply nothing
Int applied design, and that this may be easily
taupht as Mr. Leland has practically shown: to all
children of from twelN to fourteen years OF age
Mr.. Lelands system is however even more iI
henslye than the distinguished German writer sup
noses He has now In hand a OK IN wnlch ITO
will set forth the possibility of practically Prepar-
inG boys for agricultural caillngs, girls LOT mousse
Resplnp cooking and the like. and IN short, OF iay
ing the groundwork for all industry even ID cnllu-
hood.
1t is popularity supposed that all the literary men
Of scotland live on oatmeal, partly because 1t IS
nutritious but mainly because their incomes are
too modest to afford anything else. Recent re-
tnrns do not corirm this latter superstition There
are thlrty-nne professorshipS in the University OF
Edinburgh. OF these eighteen receive $4,000 OF
mora = wear each and five get 10000. The probes
sor OF anatomy receives $4,000 ayear, the PROBES
sor of Latin 81 500 the professor OF Greek SOoOO,
and the professor of mathematics S|,ooO. Two Oh
tT.r nj vi
years oF AGE Ten of the twenty eight professors IN
Glasgow receive over $4,000 and three over Twice
that sam. The salary of the Latin professor is
$Il O00 and of the Greek ana LaVlH Ve"choiS
So, 900 and $4,000 respectively
Cinp q Heath have N press an edition lAngio-
Saxop) of CacdmOns Exodus and Daniel by PROBES
BOY Hunt, Of Princeton College.
Shaking of the night chools of New-Iork and
PHILADELPHIA The Public Ledger, of the latter CITY,
SAYS; "Neither city makes such provision lor
night.schoo education the statistics oil LilteGacF
seem TO require but part of the neglect no "ouoI'
arises from the difficulty OF controlling tie attend
.nco of puDils in the uGhU-classes 1t would be an
excellent thing for the Sectional Boards TO devote
attention TO the subject and devise system OF
,ponapiup night schools thsJ should secure regular
atendauCs over q long teru-the full sohOoi-year Vi
nine months At present great deai oI Ilbe j.
wasted in organizing classes. and by tire tihe lheF
are in good working order the appropriation IuIs
out and the schools are closed. The day-schooIS9
could not survive that kind Of management anu
thar the night-schOOls manage TO 40 some Soou III
snite of snch drawbacks shows that the work they
do is needed and is worth cong well.
GTbs New-O Orleans School Board" says The
Times Ucaocrai of that city, "has decided to re-
omen the public schools on December 3, AFTER a
long vacation Of SIX months, being cOnvIncea thai
if they are opsued auy earlier it viii be Impossible
70 pay tho teachers regularly A. 1t is, the tedch-
ers have not vcr received anything Tor June, al
-, s~1lIh Ina m Al
for that mou q at an early date, with lalf proc
meet of success Notwithstanding the inability OF
tho city TO do ANYTHING the schools have remained
open for some time past on peculiar pay system
and the great desire for public education IS well IL
luStratsd by the thousands of children that have
f,ocked TO them although they can be no longer
calleA free or public. There are now 4,o29, OF
aLout one-foUIg IN the average number OF chlIdren
IN the public schools during the winter 'ak'hs Eu-
VANTAGE of this new system, which, moreover. gives
employment TO some go teachers, no VIII mus Oe
nbe to weather this very rough PeIIou ChlOItu
nateIv this system bears severely on the poorer
classes The pay schools IN the poorer portions OF
the city as was 10 be expected, very t1nS az
cosed as the cOlOred people, with lew exceptions
are unwilling to pay anything for the INSTRUCTION.
and education OF their childIon."
The ST. Louis Republican thus dlsposes OF the ques-
tion Of Federal aid TO public schools That class
of uolitIcal teachers who want parental govern
mont and are clamoring for aid from the General
Government for the schools, usually commence and
end their pleas with lectures on the abstract value
of education This at once demonstrates the weak
ness of their position. Who denies the Valne OF ed
ucatIon and the necessity in our popular govern
ment of dissemination Of intelligence There Is
no more difference OF opinion on this subject than
there would be on the proposition that Wholesome
food is desirable for all the people. Yet we believe
nobody proposes that the Government shall! furnish
the people with foud The tone held by the pa,
rental school Of economists is pitliuL One would
infer from their peadngs that society IS about tc
dsintegrate aud that more education would at once
arrest the evil AL other duties and obligations OF
life are treated as subordinate to that OF Increasing
the public school facilities The inference is tnal
herein Is n panacea for all the ills OF existence
whether material moral or political. The trutl
will be found he that those who ave not the VII
aud the character to seek an education and to con
tribute something toward its attainment viii he lt
Tie benefited 10y It's acquisition, even II 1t Is posi-
BILE for su Gu TO acquire any mental training "hci
NAV DO properly called education"