New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-12-13
NOTES OF EDUCATION.

Mr.. Fupepe BoutOu Professor of English Litcra-
ture in the Albany Academy, has accepted an APP
monument as Conductor of Teachers Institutes;
rendered to him by the State superintendent Oh
Public Instruction.
The second annual meeting of the Elmira, n. Y.
Educational Society will begin tomorrow. The
name of the association is perhaps misleading. III
Is not" says The ElmrG 1dcetiser, IAN assemblage
of teacbers discussing matters of interest to teach
ers chiefly, but is an association OF fathers ana
mothers. public spirited men and women, teachers,
members of all professions and callngS all persons
who desire to come together and consult regarding
the best methods Of promoting the welfare, inc
moral. mental and physical progress OF the young
Colonel Francis w. Parker, ana Other wcll-kho"h
educators will address the society.
The English National Union of Elementary
Teachers has replied to the recent letter of the
Secretary Of the Education Department, which
asserted that there was too much Oyer-prcssure III
the schools The fault was laid to the teachers
chiefly. The teachers say that the fault lies with
the provisions Of the new educational code AS
long as high grants can be obtained by ONerpfcss-
ure and i'm many cases in no other way, and so long
rs human nature remains what IL Is, managers VIII
demand and teachers Will he compelled To Obtain
them in some way or othcr'
mot long ago" says The Hartford Times, Presi-
dent Smith, of Trinity College, met in New York the
aIunni resident IN that City. There was a full,
college. and the favorable impression then made by
the new president upon the alumni whom he met
for the first time, stimulated them to join in an
effort 70 aid him in his work. Within few months
the college has been particularly favored by new
Gifts. The Cooke bcqucst has added $1,000 worth
of rare and valuable books TO the already rich library
n fine telescope another free git. soon VIII be
mounted in weIGqnlppcI op,efMn y, a,u tlo
the institution to the extent OF AT least $GO.oW.
But none of these are more significant, or really
more valuable. than would be the strong WORKING
Influences of the alumni. They can do much besides
sending mere money contributions. They can send
students, which the college soTcIy needs. And IN
other Ways they can lend the new president help
ing hand. The action OF the New l"!k aiuIuhl III
dicatcs that they mean to DO H.
The primary schools in Toronto Canada are said
10 be very much crowded. The Gobc If that city, in
calling attention to this evil says: th"r'-is nj least
rs much need Of reform rs r. sprcts children who DO
attend school rs respects those who do not II Ger
tainly is a hardship for parents who are taxed
heavily for school purposes 10 find that they can-
not get their children into any OF the city
schools 1t Is a still greater hardship Tor thesr
parents to find out by experience that they cannot
send their children 10 school except at the prc" al
ruiuiug tb. chdrru's constitutions. Ii II a QucS-
tiOn whether the children who are kept away from
school to grow up in health aud Ignorance are not,
after ALL better oil than those who have their littIs
divisions in the city. There must surely he some
way out Of this difficulty, as long as each scho9'
building has than room for the pupils attend
ing it,
There will be- n meeting Of the Kentucky state
Teachers Association in Louisville, on December
o. The question of State and national aid to edu-
cation will Jc discussed.
According to recent statements, the schools of
Germany are suffering from over study. In the
agricultural schools 1t is said that no fewer than
twenty -four subjects are required during the six
or seven years which arc supposed 10 complete the
course The boys enter III their ninth year. and
leave i'm their fifteenth or sixteenth. The studies
embrace religion. German grammar and compost
tionl French English. history, geography, arth
mctic mathematics. botany. geology, chemistry
physics agriculture and plant culture, breeding of
cattle business and book keeping, agricultural cal
citations aud mercantile composition, surveying,
and dwelling and drawing Of plans. laying out OF
gardens and experiment fields, huc p"uIndushIp
frcc-haud drawing, singing and gymnastics.
II is expected that the handsome new building
Of the Chicago Industrial Training School viii be
ready foroccupancy by Fcbruaryl. ltisannounccd
that the regular school year will begin on the first
Monday Of each September and consist OF two
terms OF twenty weeks each. This course OF study
will run through three years. Only the first class
will be organized next year. The curriculum will
be: Arithmetic algebra. English language, history,
physiology physical geography, ir"c-nand ana
nee hauICal drawing. Besides these tlrIc VIII be
taught m the workshop carpentry, wuod-caTying,
wood turning, pattcrn-mahlug aud the proper care
and use of tools. The price OF admission will be
$50 for the ITst year $40 for tine second 0nd so
iof the third. Applicants Tor admission must first
bc III possession OF "a good common school education.
MrRuskin thinks that II is about time for III Uni
vcrsity oi Oxford to erect bindings, cspe-
cially for the artwOrkcrs He says that il is char
actcrisc OF the scientific tendencies of the day that
whi,c the university will spend nearly $I,COOO0O
in decorating in n styleas incorrect it is un-Eng
lsh rooms Tor the torture OF scientific students
s, giycs her art-N UrkCT, nothing better than cell
lar 10 draw in and her Art Professor no other place
for the storage Of his models than corner Oi his
private once IN the gallery.