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

Recent ordination lists in the Church Of England
sbovv that OF 517 candidates for holy orders 29I
were Oxford or Cambridge graduates. This number
f5G psr cent of the wholeI was equally DIVIDED pc
fvesn the NO universities. Only four "eie HUN
the goddess university OF Lohuop'
The Compulsory Education bill recently drawn
m by the Belgian Minister of Public instruction
rcauires all parents to provide primary instruction
for the children under their care from the age of
six TO twelve years. OF. where local circumstances
make 1t desirable, from seven to thirteen. No child
under twelve years of age shall be regularly en-
ployed in mines manufactures or workshops; but
rernissions may be granted by the Communal au-
tborities for children whose parents may require
their assistance to work in the fields dur
ing the months of July to October Dut
not for more than two months. exclusive
Of the holidays. Illness infrmluies destItuuon.
as long as il is not relieved, the want oil Sehoo
within a convenient distance, shall be consdereu
legitimate excuses for not attending school, where
children who cannot allege either oil these impeui-
nents keep away from school, means OF persuasion
shall be employed by the School Commission ana
If these prove uuavaing, the parents shal pe
called before the JUICE de Park, and shouiu MS eA-
hortations not be attended to, they VIII DecoiLe
liable q fine Of from to francs anu III o"so ~,
repetition Of the offence, from TO ~ iIancs WIN
from one TO three DAYS Imprisonment. SnOuId re-
sistanee be persevered n the fine or imprlsonment'
ufactnrers and others employing children under
twelve years of age shall be liable 10 nue. Oh iip
20 TO 80 francs for each such child 10 DC
on repeltloa of the offence, and IL IL DE connnuou
the fine to be renewed every three months RE
quent absence from school, to the extern or yen
days in the course OF the MONTH sha po m lie "a
10 non-attendance and render tne paien'S H"DA0 ~
the same punishment.
One of tie new branches In the curriculum OF
J,aseu Seminary for next year is photography,
Taught practically by of the best reporters OF
Boston: another is military drill 1T being Deieved
that nothing is quite SO effective III securing an
erect and graceful carriage.
Iowa College at Grinuell. Iowa, which was
wrecked by cyclone last year, is rapidly being re-
bnilt The new buildings will be much superior to
the old aud will comprise various new features such
as Ladies' Hall and an Astronomical Observatory.
Saws The State REGISTER: 1.-THE new apparatus in
physics and chemistry is already very superior and
is being made complete The various scientific de-
partments viii he amply and conveniently accom-
modated in the new Blair Scientific Hail. Win
abundant room for future enlargement Inc library
is already removed to the new Last COIleRe, II
Alumni Hall and, with the Piedmont ana Hyoe
purchases, will exceed 10000 volumes at the OPEN
ing of the fall term The Iowa Conservatory OF
Music has n whole story in Chicago Hail. or new
West College appropriated to It, Two or tnr re
new teachers are 10 be added TO the conservatory,
as we'll three TO the College besides
Considerable attention is being paid inst now in
England to the system of examining" that Is
there as here too prevalent. The London Times
thinks tine crammer" is the natural product OF
the competitive examination system, which Is the
more TO blame. The matter becomes more
serious it says if it can be shown that this syS
tenn of competitive examination exerts really bad
effect not only young men during few weeks
or it may be fortnightof their career bit Oh the
general education of the country generation or
two ago before the public services were thrown
open TO the man who could gain the most marks.
and before the Universities had given themselves
wholly over to examinations publc-school eduea-
ton had many faults but at least it was free from
the vice of examining. boy learned things which
may not have been directly useful, which may
have had no direct relation to his future and
out of which he could not hope 10 make a Nv
ing OF get all appointment; but all the more they
were a training 10 his mind. They taught hlm to
remember TO think, and. in the case of the best
boys to love literature TO value abstract knOwl-
edge 1t may be inevitable but 1t is at least lamen-
ta6le thai this ideal OF education should be losing
ground under the pressure OF competition"