New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-05
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

The plav-grounds of many Of the country schools
In England arc covered with hard concrete Inc
advantage claimed for this is that In RAINY seasons
tina children will not get their shoes muddy On
the other hand, it is often slippery and chlldreh III
falling have been serousl, hurt by it. me London
Globe suggests that cindsrs well peaIen uGwn anu
sort of weather
Everv State In the Union except Florida has now
taken ad, antaCe of the act of 1862 granting lands
Il. aid in the establishment OF schools Tor agrlcul-
turnl or instruction. The amount oil iand
Tins appropriated is 100000 acres; and this gen.
erous endowment has been very largely increased
nv Gifts from various States and Individuals III IS
almost certain that in time many OF these colleges
of agriculture and mechanic arts Will become
strong and wealthy institutions. In many OF thcih'
women are admitted under the same condlti"hs ~
men. In Kansas they are taught household ny
gene and receive practical instruction III INC
Kitchen and the dairy. In Iowa they are M TSf
Tn nurse the sick In tho State College OF limos
they study the science of food ana deI th1{ aIo
also trained in nursing, and IN houseaodt ,hnI
and home architecture The value OF such techhl-
raj training AS is here indicated, can haruV De
estimated The decadence of the apprentices - stoil
in this country has been serious eVl anu ~ my
ha hat the schools of the future will do thorOush
what at best was only imperfectly aceonpi's heu
under the old SYSTEM
The 81. Louis Republican speaks hopefully OF edu-
cation in the South " In spite" 1t says, " OIL tho
dolefui figures of the census on the subject Oh III
eracy aud in the face of all the upbraldinEs whon
have been hurled southwark. there Is apuhua'' o'
idence that the Southern States ae making S"'
,,.ntial proOress with their schools In some sec
-. n ia tne there has been and is laxness
which cannot be too strongly condemned, out taken
whole the results obtained are far from dlscour-
agi,g They l)0k small when reckOnsd by percent
ayes and ulacet IN columns of figures alongside SIM
liar statistics of other States but in considering the
subject the fact should not he lost sgnt OF thV ID
always slow process to spread enlightenment WHERE
any very large proportion OF population IS nlDcI
ate Nothing offers such disconraglng oarfler W
imnroyemsnt as dense Ignorance. and III much OF
the South the ignorance has been very aensg anu
the condition OF a great part OIL 'no P'I ui"'''
servilo."
The Rose Polytechnic Institute has just been
onarad at Terre Haute. Ind Mr.. Chauncey Rose
owealtb, citizen of THAI town is the founder. Be
sioes giving the beautiful buildings. he has on
lowed it with nearly 100000 and is soon to pro
eide il with library and valuable museum
The students are to We thoroughly drilled IN mahua
labor aud tho uso of machinery, Oeslues Receiving
liberal education
Edvoation calls attention to the fact that in The
tschnical schools of Paris girls are taught various
trades. "Among these" it says, are booK-keep
inc intending syeryth ne else necessary to com
nercal education painting on porcelain, wooden
craving. artifcial-Aower making, designing pat
ferns. puiutng " window shades and other industrial
and decorative arts. Millinery and dress-hlahni
are taught, and in such way as 10 make OF tne"
fine arts All the work Is done under the conslah
inspection and criticism of the abest ana most al
tisfic masters that Paris furnish. Cheap III
stIuction would necessarily be second-rate an
second-rate teachers would produce secon11era,t
SrJisans iniurino permanently the character OF th
schools. The course of study embraces three years
the literary course is that laid down by tue fienc
Government for schools Of the second grade, CORE
snondng some what to our grammar schools fIlc
OF tuition in any one Of the handlcra,ts taught
two dollars month. IL the pupil takes also VI
literary course the charge is about two dollars an
q half"