New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-06-28
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

..o.a en-. eaorts of the Commercial Cirb of that
atty. The bu,bling will be fifty feet wido one
hundred and thirty feet deep, and 1--WE stores an
heaht and viii be In every respect adapted 10 the
work for which &C Is intended. Is viii give It's
pupils good Practical common echeoi eaucsnon'
and instruction and practice in the use OF 'ovss'
The tool Instruction will probably incinue car
pentry. wood turning pettern-making IRON emp
ming and fling. force work. brazpg and soldering,
the use OF nachne-shup tools. and other instruction
OF similar character; and the students VIII divun
their working hours, ms nearly possible equally
between mental aud manual exercises. one nour
day viii be- gwen to drawing and two hours 10
shoo-work The course OF instruction covers three
wears, and there will be five Inca OF stady-three
intellectual sni two manual, rs follows; 1. RUE
mathematics including srith1iosIc aiseora'
geometry and plane trigouomctry. = science anu
applied mathematics, including physical geography
natural philosophy chemistry, mechanics , men-
snratiuu and bookkeeping. 81 Language ana ,la .s
ature Including Eugis0 grammar. spelling, com .
position literature. history and me eie1'9,i's ~
political science and economy. latln anu &c 1ai
viii be introduced rs electives Win lsd .ctsn
sired. 4. Penmanshp and free hand aha me aad
,ca drawing. 3. Tool instruction. incIu9iht m i,
turning forging. SOLDERING and oench s nv, naob
q n,Ient n,u.t exe,.nts q project by ACTUALLY con-
strtctlng machine The school wear wiit so" e.
o two terms of twenty weeks eacD. III , Cor
each lsrrI will be 800 $40 and $50 respectively ior
The first second and third years There VIII DO "a
number Of fee scholarships TOT poys WI, ~, isy ~
unable to pay The .ohool VIII % cD apnsrus
The Res. DR.. J. Walter Waugh, the well-known
American missionary who was so largely instrn-
meatal IN the establishment of the CswnpOre Me-
moral School in india. years ago. has returned 10
that country to take charge Of the Centennial BOYS
scaool at Lucknow. The school buildlng VIII sooe
be ready for occupancy, aud viii accommodate
large number of pupils. II is stated IN ire fT'e"a
ssf India that the Government OF the Northwest
Provinces aud Oudh and the municipal COMMITTEES Oh
Lucknow have contributed literally toward tns
erection Of ills much needed structure. the to'ai
cost of which will not 10 less than $4,000 rupees
The work will he of masonry throughout, and
will be very ersdllsole aadl,,Oa ~ ia "ty 4.
the mighty moral upheaval and civil ara IenelOns
reconstruction OF India: now going foi ware so zap
iily the work of American divInes anu educators
OF different names and orders, sustained py tn9
benefaetlons of American laymen. has performed
and is performing conspicuous part
The buildings of iowa College, which were de-
sroyed about year ago by tornado. are BEING re-
built, and will probably be ready for occupancy
when the college opens III September.
The last Legislature of Illinois passed compul-
sorry education law, and now Chicago is confronted
with the problem OF how to enforce it. The CHIEF
difficulty Is the tacI tDat Ino pfcScue oChci
niodatons are entirely Inadequate Tor all inc GILL
drep of school age.
correspondent OF The Hartford Times has this to
saw about the great Improvement la methods OF
education In England: Under the inspiration and
examples afforded in Germany and la the United
States England has taken RAPID strides IN the last
decade in the direction of affordiug cheap eiuca-
tlona facilities to the masses of her population. and
she IL still going forward. Everywhere the OLD
parocnlal school, where sectarian instruction
formed the greater part Of the teaching aud IRON
which, for that reason, tho children Of dissenters
we're almost wholly excluded, is giving place 10 tue
public elementary school, whose affairs are man.
aged not by parish priest, but by board elected
by the rate-payers. and in which sectarian teach
ing has M place whatever. In many of these
schools religious instruction is given at the order
of the school board, and In most OF them. even
where there is no instruction there is at least Bible
reading and prayer Bat so SOLICITORS has the Gov
eminent been tsat religion shall not be thrust upou
those no object to it. be considered in any sense
part of the regular school syetem that 10 stipu-
lates that whatever religions exercises any partc
ular school beard may conclude to have shall oc-
cur at the opening and closing only. and shall he so
conducted as In no way to interfere WITH or detract
from. the two hours Of secular instruction which
constitute the minimum of every school session. 1t
is further provided that, be the religious exercises
what they may, parents net wishing their children
10 take part in such exercises shall have right TO
Withdraw them during that time. and II is par
tlculsrly enjoined that sucn withdrawal shall not
dsnrj ve these children of any of tie benefits of the
school or ia any wise deJract from their staining
10 the school Moreover. withdrawal from these re-
ligiors observances does not mean Keeping the
Children at home They must be at school, and the
teacher must see TO IL that while the others are To-
eel ing religious Knowledge. or observing religious
worship, they shall, in some place by themselves
secular matters. I0lS IS
what Is called the Conscience Clause OF the Edu
cational Act. passed ia 1870 and amended at var
lous times since
A correspondent of The st. Paul Pioneer Press
thus describes some of the interesting features OF
shattuck School at Faribault. Mimi, founded by
Bishop whipple The administration of Shsttuck
Is of q manly order: each scholar at entering Is
given capital Of Fifty good marks. and he is eau
tioued to beware of them. for were he to forfeit
them all but Ten. note of warning given to the
parent or guardian and il the spendthrlft con-
times m his reckless course until he loses all he Is
dismissed. Merits held out sufficiently tempt
ing to induce The wel-disposed to spend their TINE
and to use their fathers money to advantage The
use of ardent spirits and visits to saloons arc for
hidden TO the cadets"
There is movement in Cleveland TO establish a
Manual Training School similar to the fourishing
school In st. Louis
Mr. Mundella. the English Minister OF Education.
described the educational outlook in Eu
rope as follows aAll the nations this side the
Ais have compulsory education laws except Bel
GUM, and she soon win have. The best schools
are in the German States and Swiss cantoDs. Those
of Saxony and Zurich think reach nearest per
lection. The school edifices OF Switzerland fairly
rival those of America Scotland has better laws
to education than England, and the
average intelligence Is higher there. They have, |
too a oreat desira for cIassfca edupafon and often
the family at home is deprived of many comforts in |
order that the sons may be TO a university. |
Only yesterday Lord - said to me that of |
his galnekeeper was crowding his boy for first
place in a class in the Edinburgh University. The |
of shepherds and small farmers are gwen such
II the expense can In anyway be met"
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