Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-27
EDUCATIONAL NOTES.

The superintendent OF public instruo-
tiou for Iodians reports that during the
past year there we're BOZ school buildings
erected. and that the total number now
reaches Q. 566, the coat Of which aggregates
e305. $50.
State School Commiosioner De Wolf, Of
Ohio, SAYS that the school system Of that
the school system Of that state Is more, ex.
pensive than that Of Indiana, Pennsyl.
vania or Wisconsin. He gives as the rea
son the general iooseness and wastefulness
OF the sub.district system.
In Ohio the question Of equallxing the
taxation for common school purposes is
being generally agitated. As the law
stands 10 some counties are obliged to
| pay moro then they receive, while other
poorer ceunties draw more than pay.
A~coordng to The Inter. Ocean, the APP
pointment OF woman as school superin.
teudents In Illinois has been notably sue.
cessful. They bring a painstaking care
and t~hcroughness to their work not al.
ways shown by their Muscular colleagues
The university Of Little Rock, AK,
founded under the suspice, OF the educs.
t~ional-society Of the Methodist Episcopal
church, Is Abort to open its doors. The
governor, mayor and other leading citi-
gems Of both psrties have contributed
towscd Its establishment.
The annual report of the superintendent
Of the common schools Of Maine shows
Ethn< education Is advancing rapidly in that
education Ia advancing rapidly in that
state. The past two years have been years
Of new departures In some respects, and
tkese have In each Gaze brought gratifying
Fsssults.
The Boston Post would like 10 see
evening schools established in all the
towns and villages of the state. 1--WE
know young men" It SAYS, growing up in
q they prefer 1t, but because they cannot
afford working time for instruction, and
) there are no opportunities to use any
. other. To this class and II consists ol
. thousands the evening school would bs
an inestimable boom"
1 Nine hundred teachers arc required an
/: nually TO supply the schools of Colorado
and these, as q rule, are teachers OF abilit.
and experience. Wages in ungrado
schools range from $50 to 600 per month
and In graded schools from $50 to SIS
per month. The supply Of teachers lsrsei,
exceeds the demand. Following is
= statement OF tho Increase In the differen
y educational departments during the, pas
year, AnCr6aS6 IN BCDuOi pOpNlhLtOL
g %, 404; increase In school districts, ~; II
increase In school houses, &c; increase !
y teachers employed, 90; increase In enrol
ment, 1878; increase 10 average daily o.
tendance, 1883.
10 DIR. Clinton Crsbiug recently lectured
q San Francisco On the education of womei
Among other things he said ,thgt II
,r schools of the country are to be blamed fl
I the nl.health Of many women. Ohildre
d shou d not be restrsine !; their animal spi
its should nave fall vent. Girls are n
turaly more studious than boys; they q
= tend more closely to their book. A ii
a will do more TO please q teacher or a parel
than q boy Up to the age of twelve. DO,
~ and girls are lrenarksoly alike. Abol
that time there is a change. Dhe rnervo'
, organic ,tion If che girl then begins to g
sert itself, Nothing Should be done
q check its development. From about t
" age of ten or twelve, for the next six
seven years, the change from lCirinood
u womauhood occurs. liz this period scht
n books and csces should not crush I
health If the gIK. She should net be
n lowed to attend school more htkan !
months in the year. In the other I
l. months she shozld have plenty of,sunshi
Is and outdoor lite, and be instructed in I
Q. important mysteries Of bread-malTing q
housekeeping. The strugges Of the {,
tens OF examination and promotion shou
be discountenanced.