New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-01
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

Tn England n Teachers Education Loan 90
cietyn has been in successful operation for ten
Its object is to assist by loans, without ntcresu
promising female students VINO, H .uh;e "'
means are unable to carry on their stuuieo'
Among the last batch of books condemned, pro,
scribed and placed In the Papal Index OF proiu1ie
books, may be found Nine Grey rev pani Bert's
Civic instruction for GirisJ anu D
civic instruction lii the cchooi'
Alta recent meeting in Birmingham, England thc
Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, NJ. r., made al,
interesting address education IN wmch no ediu
that he did not believe in cheap schooi punoins'
Still less did he believe in cheap educatioh. any
- ,,,ro mean and contemplate than the doc
tr;ne of cheap education he never heard Oh INC
notional education given in the elementary schools
sbond he the best possb Q Of its kind. where was
this doctrine of cheap education TO emo 0onie
people would save the money which was expehuou
in identifying parks and pubhc gardens WIN
the flowers which, at the proper season vi 'no go
wore tobe found there When he thought Oh the
go, &, which ,veoltb was distributed in this coun-
try. when he thought of the wantOh luxury anu
,yostafp, extravaganza on the one hand, and the
constantly present evidence OF ever, grlnullR po
ertv and nnremitting tot on the other ne dl9 not
admire the wisdom envy the generosity OF INC
man who would refuse to do ali III his power 10
level the distinctions which now sepaIlcu Da %
from Glass; who would refuse the very poolrsU 70
his fe low-ctizens every facl lty IN ms poWer oSt
better his condition, who would deny 10 t1e pooiro
the opportunity of enjoyment, ana tne auN"n'"s0'
which education could bring III It's uaih'
Girton College, the girls college at Camoridse
University in ENGLAND, is about to be enlarged anu
the plans for the new buildings have been alfc"u'
drafted and submitted to the proper autdoil''eS
The State University of Ohio has opened ior 'no
winter term with $50 students There Is quite al
fta fude "a
tion of chapel exercises in the UNIVERSITY ts oes
something to which they are entirely unaccustomeu
Al their last meeting the Board of Trustees, a1ter
consulting the Attorney General, passed resolu-
ton instiucting the faculty TO hold, 9hy' gu ~
era meeting of the students 1oT tne At the
Scriptures without commonly anu pi"90i'' az Wv
discretion of the president"
The Toronto Globe speaks thus OF educa-
tion in the Province of Ontario III Is uh-
necessary to say that our educational system was
never so perfect as it is just now. That future
changes in detail will be necessary IS as certain as
that the country will progress in other respects ou'
these NAV be carried out with very little dlstitD
of the existing ac9i e ths yeat r ask the Leg
slature to consolidate the School law, and ~ ~ "
be hoped that the movement will be carried Out
President Eliot. of Harvard University believes
in college athletics "Many people" he says take
il for granted that the students who are consplcu
Gus In athletic sports capable OF notmng oetter
ond stand. as a rule. at the bottom of the college
rank lists. This is by no means the case. vi the
eighty different students who were members OF
the university crew, baseball nine or football
eleven from S73 to 1883, quarter stood ap"Ve
the middle of their respective classes and the aver
aee standing of the whole number was represented
nv seyenty-two in a supposed class or loo IL may
be said moreover for some of the very lowest schol
AIRS among the athletics that the perseverance, Teso
luton and self-denal necessary 70 success IN ati
letic sports turn out TO DC quantes s"d9 9an If
business and other active occupations OF steI lIci
even when they are associated with lack OK interest,"
in scholarly pursuits or with dulnes5 or sowness "a
mind making this tbn aH ~ lower
rank than the rest seventy-sX IN SUPPOSED cldS "a
100 the probable explanation being that tne pdse
ball campaign occurs III April May ara Juleii ao-
sorbinc much time at the period OF the annual e4-
sminatlons
The old-fashioned system Of memorizing from
textbooks is now attacked with great ylgor IN
MANY quarters Speaking on this subject Inc Pht-
adelphia Times says: "There should be great
deal more oral instruction and great deal less Of
textbooks Especially should there be a less strln-
gent and exacting rule in regard to memorizing
from Textbooks A teacher who cannot teach his
tory or geography without requiring pupil TO
answer ouestions in the exact language or the text
hook is not fit TO be teacher-ls, IN lact uIuelly
nn6t Some teachers exact from pupils degree OF
sccnracv and verbal memorizing in this regard
which the teachers themselves could not at!a,n 10
and which not single member OF tne oenoGi p oftsr
could reach even if they had TO- Dc kept III ai'ei
uhool' every day in the year.
Bishop McQuaid has written an article for 1he
Boston Journal of Education on the Public-school
system of the United States in which he vigorously
condemns 1t.
The Connecticut State Normal School at New
Britain will be ready for occupancy in May. The
site selected is on high ground and commands an
extensive view, while 1t Is easily accessible from
the centre of the place The building is substan-
TALLY parallelOgram with projection at the corner,
and il 1875 feet long, So feet wide and three
stories high, with large attic and with finished
rooms in the tower. Winch IS los feet high; The
material is New-Britain si1cated brick with ONO
stone trimmings The ground floor is about three
feet below the grade level and contains the hat and
cloak rooms water closets for both sexes, JanitoTS
work rom ep Savo reS
and are designed to be wholly separated from the
Normal School
The report of the Superintendent Of Schools for
Yew-Jersey shows that 259 Normal School gradu-
ates are teaching in the schools of the State an in
crease Of Il over last year; and that 1876 under
graduates are teaching, decrease of 2 The total
number of teachers furnished by tho Normal School
Is 1896 which constitutes about ii per cent of the
entire number in the State. There are ,577 school
buildings in the State of which the latter OWNS all
but Ca The number erected during the year
81. Among the buildings arc 81 that are valued
between $4,000 and $4,000 each. Forty-three
are valued between $40, 900 and $40 900 each, and
AZ are valued above $4,000 each. According 10
the census as given above the increase IN attend
ance during 1882 is 1926 oyer 1881. The total
snroment IN the puoGc So99T 40 e nov %UV1 no
rising generation III the State there are 69Zo4 who
attend no school.