New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-10-18
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

The prospectus of the new system OF instruction
nv corrcspondence already referred to III thc'e
coIu,nns has been received. 1t is to be known as
The aCorrespondeace University" and CONSISTS OF
an association of eminent instructors ia HhI"u'
institutions of learning whose object Will be 10 give
instruction on all subjects which can DC Eius"C "5
oarresnondence Ii is not intended TO tiKe IDe i'I"'
- ~. .x;etiug institution Of learning buttOsupPie-
nent the work of other educational n6tItuV'"hS ny
ipstructing persons who from any cause arc un""'1
IN attend them. Il hopes to De cordially "'ieohso
bv the authorities of the schools ana colleges III INC
United States and Canada. Examinations are 10 pc
held at stated intervals. The Ice lof Iour "'cN9
tuition in any study of the grade required ioi adj
mission to a college or scientific school VIII ne
sG "a Four weeks tuition ia studies Of an adj
Iapced Grade will be SIS 30. An honor examination
and certifcate will cost the student $40. Tue isI
of instructors includes the following: Professor
" = Allen University OF Wisconsin; Professor
RasmuS Anderson. University OF Wisconsin DIV ~
fcSsor ". II. Appleton SwarlhmoIo, N UI' nrra
fessOr W. J. Bead, Michigan A9lCIllmaI "a TG,,
Major J. B. Burbank, L. \ A.. Professor j. H. N"i ~
stock Cornell University: Professor h'Ii'G -. -
Eddy University of Cincinnati; DT. a .'e'I0n'
TniScopI Theological Seminary, GuunCi' "
James Mcmahon Trinity College, Dublin; HI; u -
Ninot Harvard University; Professor ", H.
MitcIrU Marietta College: Thomas Muir T. IL. -"
Glasgow High School, Scotland; Professor Ni"A
PUTT, Wells College, Aurora; A.. ioi' pro-
Mli.lan n,It IyiIdrr Cornell Unycrsty a'd
BENJAMIN williamson I. X ," IrniA 1T pg ~,
Dublin. The secretary OF me Innciif f' to whom
fessor L. A. Wait, of Cornell LnNGIsity, iiT -
all applications for instruction sh"uIu dc ""'i' "
Ina sermon in Providence. II. L. last sunday
BisLop Ilcndricken Roman Catholcl crit'cisc" '"'
educational system Of this country. lie S'"u tii"'
there is a general desire to escape work "hi'h IL
encouraged by popular education. II there Is any
thing that ought TO make American people thihh' Ii
is the fact that when We want g"od palh'ei'
sculptor or artisan must go to Italy or UerihaHH
to get one TIE PT0rdeace Press admits ihat lIeG[
CHARGES are i'm a measure true Amer 1t
saws as a general thing cannot spare 'ha linr t f
Icarn n trade thoroughly. An apprenticeship o.
c,nn three wears seems like an age 10 lh'l an"
many of them at the end OF one year, leave, 'he1
nasters and 20 to other places as Jouiheyi''"'
Tho prospects for the establishment OF manual
training school in Baltimore are good. me sun "a
that CITY i'm speaking of this matter says: no
while srh9.is undertake to give the youth OF inc
,it all the learning they require that can DC E"'n
cred from books. This is well as far rs II goes III
the way of knowledge, but TO q c"hSIdelaDie C'!S.
those who will be compelled TO earn thelr HNInS
from The SHIRT the drift Of such knowledge Is not III
+ho met practical direction 1t mclincs them
toward ccrk,hips, and the professions OF law OF
medicine which are alrcady-ClcrkshlpS c-PccHiIE
--frightfuiy OyerCTOwd2d. ana ne ehCi ~ y ~ -,
withdraw them from handlcraltS Nh.iS ShL.iv"
stuciyc trades require TO be reinforced M eAH,io
artisans and the training most needed az thls I"Att
aud i'm tins country is that of the proper Use VI
fools and tie method of applying them
# is said that an Indian school similar 70 those al
HAMPTON. Va. and Carlisle, Penn, is to be opened
at Genoa. Nebraska
Alta meeting of the friends Of improvement IN
education" in Boston the other day, Professor
Bucbaaan delivered an address Education, he
soid . j, the chief factor in human destiny; ana
before il all other questions should give way
Question, Of finance labor and International aiiaI'
are subordinate to this. Mere intellectual cduca'
tion ha, proved practical failure as shown by The
ipcy,aso Of physical degancracy in this century III
the aggregate. it has not checked the current OF
crime pgohigacy and insanity. We are not obey ihl
the moral law" said the speaker, when we ecu,
cate only one side of human nature, Tor we shgMI"
edncate The moral with the intellectual side Inc
nrofe.s0r frequently alluded TO one OF ms PuhlHl
lions Illustrating his views. and concluded ms az
dress with an appeal for organization III TINS Dch'H
The schools of San Francisco are Overcrowded.
The Le,c;,toa Journal says that penlnanahp Is neg
lected in the public schools.
The evening high school of Boston IS well al
tended this year, and more rooms are needed