New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-17
NOTES on EDUCATION.

Western physicians say that the standing OF
few Western medical colleges IS not as hish as IL
ought to be, and that consequently they nave
beggarly array of students Recently prospective
student of one of these colleges, after rayng MS al
vance fees concluded to go to another cOleee' anu
asked TO have his fees returned. The AUTHORITIES
declined to comply With his request ana inc young
man determined to pass snch poor prcnilinaIf
examination that he would have TO he relec'cu'
lie accordingly gave the wrong answers 10 tWehS-
two ont of twenty-five questions submit 10 nm;
and called for his fees the next day, supPosnng Va
course that he was rejected. lie was. however
informed that he had passed brilliant e4aii TIo
ton. and was student III good stahuihe ~, 4 NC
inference appears to be that the college was "il"s
to go all lengths TO Obtain students.
President Eliot has recently pointed ont what he
considers weak spot in the education of the puollc
schools Practically no instruction is gwen III re-
gard TO events that have occurred IN the last
twenty or thirty years. And attempt IS made 10
give the pupils a knowledge of the political move
ments of the present day. The Boston Hddtd sug-
gests that the boys in the higher classes OF tne
Boston grammar schools be taken perlodlcallS 70
listen TO the debates OF the Board OF Aldermen ne
Boston aldermen must be very dlnerenI rom VIC
New-YoTk variety, if sch0olhoyS W3uiu nc pJno.
fitted bv listening to their debates. But dOu9tlGss
The Herald is Joking Until Il better method is ue-
vised the Boston boys had better stick to ther
school histories.
School Superintendent W. r. Comngs of Nor
invention of his Indicating the temperature of distant
rooms He says that its design is to regulate the
tenperature of different rooms of school buildings,
hotels hospitals etc, in which the rooms are
heated with hot air from a basement or distant
point The lanitOr can detect at once, ny inc III
dcation of thermometer attached 10 hG .lu1o'loH
pipe, the temperature of any room III the Ou1uIhs'
The seaside Laboratory at Annisquam. Mass
under the auspices of the Boston Society OF Natural
History, aided by the WOmans Education Assoca-
ton will be open to students during the coming
summer from June 30 to September /. Annsquam
is situated inlet of Ipswich Bay, on the north
side of Cape Ann. and is delightful place Oh sum
mer residence. The purpose OF the Laboratory IS 10
afford opportunities for the study Of the develop
nent anatomy and habits of common types OF
marine animals under suitable direction ana al
vice 1t has now been III operation III lnlOO o"O-
CcssiVe summers.
The Tufts College Summer School of Oratory
will this year be under the direction OF Professor
Moses True Brown. 1t will begin July Q, and Will
continue five weeks The principles and methods
of Desarte will be taught and illustrated, series
of object lessons will he gwen by experts Oh tno
management and use OF the voice
The miners of northumberland. England, are de
termincd not TO be left behind III the race Tor
knowledge. They have projected a series of Uni
versity extension lectures " for the coming summer
which will no doubt prove useful and instructive
The eXpenSe entailed bV these lectures VIII DC mt
v the trude Unions; and il SPEAKS well for the good
sense of these organizations that they are expcnd-
ing their money in such an excellent way.
The acknowledged library and collection of the
late Dr. j. lie Coate of Philadelphia, is for sale, and
President Reid Of the California State University.
suggests that steps be taken to buy it for that in
stitution The Sacramento EeCOrd- MIN seconds the
suggestion. "There is 10 State in the Union," it
saws. where a knowledge Of entomology IS of pro
fouDdcr interest to the people, since so much OF our
prosperity depends upon our ability to protect our
| orchards and vineyards from insect pests. Such "A
collection as that of DR.. lie COnte's would be Of
| treat value to the State, and to the agricultural
students at the University IT would possess an IN
erest hardly measurable IN its breadth lhere are
wealthy men enough III tins State TO secure ms
| splendid collection for California by a compare
! tiyely very small contribution from few"
The Rugby School Company. limited, of Rugby,
Tenn is about to engage in an important educational
venture This is the. establishment of a school
! for boys at Rugby, Tenn, i'll connection with the
| University of the South at Sewanee. for the
Southern and Central States OF the Union. 1t is in
! tended that the school will offer an opportunity to
! Americans and to the numerous English families
who are settling in these States OF obtaining for
/ their sons an education such as is offered by the
| public schools of England, and by such schools as
st. Paurs, Concord, y. H., in this country The
! governing body of the school will consist of "A
Visitor and Council Of Twelve, of whom four Will
! he Engiishmen, four Americans ana four HunDahs
of either nationality. Inc teaching Douy VIII COu-
| syst of a head master and various assistants The
/ Risbop of Tennessee will be Visitor ex-o1iclo, and
| Mr. Thomas Hughes will be one of the Council.
| Aud for head master Thomas Arnold Wise, Is. ~.
late scholar of Lincoln College, Oxford, and of
| Rugby School has been chosen. Ii is intended to
make The charges reasonable, and arrangements are
! 10 he made for the interchange of pupils between
! the two countries in cases where II Is desirable.
! The situation of the proposed school IS healthy.
! beautiful and convenient, and there IS no reason
! why high class school Tor boys should not meet
/ with success in that part of the country.