New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-08
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

Rl Il
Sor,los learned in childhood. Winch one o =" b U1
readers could answer out "a manu- of March
how many days there ale III w III 10 iccall the old
AIu " ILicI Inc learned when studying aIlNle'o'
Thirty DAYS hath september
Ami June and November etc
According 70 The Louisville Post there are s'e''
,an,, school trustees III the South WHO arc no' o"S
,,neducated men but actually llh'etaVt' O"e "
the School Commissioners OF ken'uchy s'"', '"''
in some Of the districts the chalTmeh OF TIC po"'T
81 Trnstees are not able TO write their names. IN
n number of il stances" he says Il 1ouhd trustee
who actually did not know the teacher VINO h"u
,oop conducting their district school tr h'on'h VI
,ooro The teachers are mostly ladies' ana 'lrS Eo'
,,nr, low salaries. They range from $50 10 @oO per
,non+b. INIT very few get more than %, 30
may BE- taken a. far ayeraEe. II - tlanv of
get tirs-caSs teachers LOT t1l[ "a and shabby
tbe school buildings are IN 9laplHa u an nv, nc
tnU Some of them have no 10. oh vi
Joors which have 10 be kept smut WIN n PHf, riv
-. the windows are broken, ana 'iiV ahool
pl"P ,;ToaI In one or two Of the dsifc > sShSoi
had fo he dismissed during the lattc 60" 'i'o'' ~
canse the trustees failed u pTONlue luol'
The PHILADELPHIA Record does not think tha' Tue
State Normal Schools ought to be cohUu"0u % -,
ora wholly useless. The Normal SchooiS "io' -
,actv il saws, simply academies hO"Ioi' D.
single instance superior to prlNa'o "'"'0'" 80
Notwithstanding the large appropriations 10 .n'''
hv
ocode,,ios and are equally costly to the S'uoou'S
- a+,ond tbo,n. OF what benefit, then, Is the
c. an,ronriaton. and what becomes OF 1t IL Is
-hI1v syollowed I'D in eXtravagaut eaiul1s ~
4ha Normol Faculties" who receive tWo' 'hl0e
and four times as much in salaries as Other e'cHo
of like grade and qualifications OF aS 'N0 "'N
norsons could obtain in any other schoo's vi Wv"
nations How can members OF the l., EiSia ,, u ~.
Justify themselves in thus Wus,ins a ~" Nould
4 10 %
,,roducc the same number Of teachers, equdilN ~
r not betier qualified, than these NoIhaS 40 -
latter were ont Of the way ana rs lnrA 49, Coz
,'ooecsariIv have 10 depend upon gpod ciifI", '
sncc.Ss they would be careful 10 give oe' "! u
IIon and to preserve lar D I,e' L ST, snt up
these nampered rivals ca cd Norman HCnouiii ,rr
nose aid destroy the legitimate acaueIHy &u on
nay maintained only by real merit ana PiiN"'0 ~
elprlst J. ,..,...
THE atlanta Constitution is in favor OF esiaoilsn'NE
..t,,ols Of mammal education 1t thinks that i
80 ,yoste of time TO teach Latin and OIeeA 10
1o,,s who have 10 leave school and 30 TO "orA' -
:; the want OF trade more than l.Il'eI'c9' - sly"
(which is the source of vice ana ml'eiF' vi 'o'
convicts aged twenty-One ana uhuei' Ie''''0u -"
The Philadelphia Pemtentiary, 100 hau DO 'r"ue'
Int all had been TO school except 1873 these heuI'S
csr he proportonatey duplicated III any pei"i
;ns,itnt1op and it is undoubtedly true 'ha' uno>S
- -, n J. wholly depTavcd, he VIII mol resort
g. cr,r1e II he is skilled IN some claIl. Nil a. "
MI become criminals through pressure o. ave.
circumstances. Society can pesV prof. 49, w. ~
eJncoting both the hands aho. inc Hod"s -,
- Inns making il comparatively easy Ioi tH'lu
g. became GOOD and industrious citl|-Hs l. % 49,
TOO much to say hat the nope o. Tue FOu"'S - j13c
NOM embraced in the substitution ol nam nam IuT i
- for fine fancy studies which VII hoI HCIp
~, in after life t. supp ri himself. EIet' cH'no
IN our s, 5 EN- of public education - HDUo' ~ +be
IL nd we w0ul0 be glad 10 see Atlanta near Tue
head of the PTocesSlOh'
THE Sacramento Record Union opposes the Piopo-
,ton to publish all scnool-bookS at the expense u
tbe State which has been brought forward II
that if the state is 10 have the DOCKS c"inlcu
- rin+od the scheme viii be deienslble only on
the ground that uniformity will he secured anu
the outlay by the state returned by charging 'he
noon1e for the books the cost OF their producloh'
al the stale should do and we believe the peo-
Me desire nothing beyond THIS 10 give lne DUN
awav II simply to encourage wasteIuiil - anu oPd
uool rol destrncton IN the in erest of IN So VINO
Tesre to supply the State with STOCK OF seizure Id
Dor under II.
1Ir Iobn w CARROTS recent arrangement OF his
teloyv.trustees of Johns Hopkins University has
avo,,ad deem interest throughout the country. lie
Relieves that they are not carrying out the wishes
f The founder VITA sufficient haste ana IN II III ne
iocation of some buildings they are violating HIS
wishes.
The number OF students in the German unlversl-
ties is now about $4,000. According 10 reports re-
Gently published, most VI lHVSO S''i"+i''
themselves to what in German universities IS called
nhilos ,ply, which includes natural history 'he
ic,o,,es and the exact SCIENCES. Next to TINS the
h,,,e, Sc has occurred IN the number OF the
Low tpdents the PruSsi III universities alone haV-
NC . 5rs candidates for the hOuOTS OF the Bench
and Bar The only marked decrease mas occurred
,n the number Of students devoted to Catholic the
olocy. while Protestant theology attracts very
many students, especially wen tauent w ;N'n'
20 "A SOf
tune n. German unlversl les are n0V very WI
descrlbrd in English and Amerlc2n DOCKS, EXCEPT
tbot thr Bur.au of Education III w a5hInEi on las
90 nm6lIsLed a good article on the University OF
Ron ana that was translated from Inc Frehch.
Pom by The way has elghl y-seven professors over
0Go siu1ents and the whole University bu0gel
is Iess than $50 900, OF winch out 0ne-Dali goes
for salaries. InCeed, German universities ,eeh 10
ear, for eudowments less than Tor eminent men III
the al. fessors' chairs The salaries OF all German
uuiver,ily ProIessors III -nilohed-anouI %
o,'onnt to less than S75O, 900 year. And yet tue
most eminent scholars OF Germany arc "1iN"S "
serve as university professors
A very successful manual training school has
heeu es al ished for three years IN st. LOUIS. FROM
report recently issued II app that the course
nj study embraces throughout the three years
term simultaneous work in five parallel Ines as fol-
lows:
F;rst-A course of pure mathematics including
arithmetic algebra, geometry aud plane tlgo-
nometry
Secoad-A course in science and applied mathe-
not1cs. including physical geography, natural
philosophy, chemistry, mechanics, nensuration and
booklet ping. ,..-.. =.
TLjtdLA course in language and literature. IN
cludng EnQlsh grammar, spelling, composition
literature history and the elements OF POM a.
science and ecOnOmy. Latin and French VIII DC
introduced as electives, with English II desired
fourM-A course III penmanshp, Tee-hand and
mechanical drawing ,,
fidh-A course OF tool instruction, lhciuuIhs car
peniry, wood-turning, forging, soldering ana Dehch
and machine work in IRON.
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