New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-07-19
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

The Atlanta Constitution earnestly advocates the
Introduction of some form of technical edu-
cation in the South. aud especlaIly III
Georpia. as the best method of advancing
the material interests of the country. we
have thought il best" 1t says to begin at the
bottom in binding up, while Others think lofty
ideal should be held up from the start We would
prefer school like that attached to the Washing-
ton University, in st. Louis, or the recently estap
lsbed school in Chicago but other good friends OF
technical education would prefer 10 esta T -.
once a school on the basis of Hob0ken or Troy, vi
Boston. Ii the Legislature leaves the commission
that it creates any discretion I'D tne t 80;
friends of the two plans will have good opportunity
to present their respective merits and htneSs 10 lho
needs of the State"
The following incident deserves to be noted'
not only for ITS rarity, but also 10 Gu
courage struggling race. AL INC cio''"s
exercises of a school in Newport, Il. L. boy naineu
Hammet and colored girl named Rice were Iouho
to be equally deserving of prize OF $40 LOT pro-
fciency in Greek. But by vexatious cohui'ioh
the prize could only be given to boy The master
of the school stated the facts of the case and exs
nained that Miss Rice was equally deserving OF
the prize with HamInet, but that under the cicunis
this. we'll known gentleman of this city sent the
master check for $75 to be given to Miss kice;
saying that he desired TO PtSc With tnv the bow
School Arithmetic and about 600 copies of his
Algebra, have been sold during the past lorty years.
The report of the Superintendent of the Pubic
Schools of Memphis shows them to he in generally
fourshing condition.
There Is trouble in the Arkansas Industrial Uni
varsity. This is one of the finest schools IN the
Southwest, and is sustained by legislative appro-
priations amounting to several thousand dol
lars a year. Two three years ago the
ex-Confederate General ID. ii. Hill was
called to the presidency, and brilliant career was
predicted for the university under his management
Unfortunately these predictions have not been full
filled. The pupils have been gradually decreasing.
and a determined opposition to PRESIDENT mn mas
arisen. The principal objections to him are that ne
has introduced too many i bexs heeu
made obnoxious and tyrannical. The matter VIII
be carried to the State Legislature, and bitter
tight Is expected.
The State Agricultural College of Colorado at
Fort Collins is said to be strong and successful
institution. In 1862 Congress passed an act grant
ing 90 900 acres of land for the benefit of an en-
dowment fund for college where the leading
objects shall be, without excluding classical and
scientific studies, and including military tactics,
10 teach such branches of learning as are related TO
agriculture and the mechanic arts" In 1879 the
main building was erected, and since then the
college has been widening its sphere OF usefulness
1t is fortunately located III une agricultural val
lev and In State where oil grain Is raised oy rri-
CATION. Thus the experiments have been large,
and under different circumstances from those OF The
East and they have shown that the SOIL of
Colorado il particularly adapted to agriculture, aud
more especially to the growing OF wheat and oats.
In recent letter to The Chicago Tribune Mr..
Charles II. Ham said that as an industrial agency
the public school is a failure; but its value as an
enlightenng aud civlizing agency is not therefore
underestimate 1t was not established as an in
dustrial agency 1t was established as buwark
OF liberty and nobly did it fulfil its mission. The
colonial fathers had horror of ignorance. and as
barrier against it they raised the public SCHOOL, But
they were without industrial interest In the higher
departments of skilled labor aud without commerce
in large way. Lord Sheffield said that the Amcri-
can colonies founded with the sole view OF Sc
curing to England a monopoly of their trade. aud
Lord Chatham declared that they had no right to
manufacture even nail or a horseshoe. Even
after the Revolutionary l7S4-the commerce OF the
country was so insignificant that eight bales OF cot
ton shipped from South Carolina were seized by the
customs authorities of England on the ground that
SO large a quantity could not have been produced
in the United States. These humble conditions no
longer exist, and object 10 the expansion OF the
pubic-school system 10 meet the requirements OF
exigencies is 10 ignore the logic and march OF
events.