New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-09-11
EDUCATIONAL NOTES.

.r,o p,.,on Transcript" says "A benevolent
,.av of this city obtained permission many years V0
o. introduce sewing into one OF the p"ohc s'noo,'
AN condition of paving for it herself ana nopo "o'
AZ charity grew out of it. She furnisheu no"'V "
hor avn EXPENSE after time as a refuge ioi ' VIZ
Hnov;,oa Of earth whom the sowing exercise OF that
one schoo brought to her notice but the prae'oc W"S
NOT introduced generally into the schools In 'ha'
ho.o If vouuc girl showed special talent, her pat
roness had it thoroughly cultivated, that she might
alo oc Il n means of living The nursing and care OF
children was made a science. and many families were
male happy by the service of such girls The vacation
school whose exercises were celebrated at the Jenny
son Street schoohouse days ago, was organ'@'U
for this very purpose, and also established al" guy
ported by the same lady who opened the house
of above: and she has established similar on's
some of the Southern States, where they are "''"e
great work The latter not SIMPLY n'u"
ort schools like the Boston vacation s'hoo' Wv ~
are connected with the common sc9P'. P'oRP oc The
carries ON its literary branches nan 'to ooo,;or
f,l vro,l done in the weeks OF the NdVd .
scbool shows how much latent talent lVr u,,;tr
and artistic employment exists in the commune nL ~
anu AZ - n,orest classes of society, from when tus
scbool is drawn. The children were nstcu ~ ar
in and do this work. but no loree was interesting the
o. retain Them None needed, so iht.lo9'' oh,o
- Vac made bv Miss Romans ana heI siN "a
sSistants The embroidery. the clay m0u9lng "hU
,bo
attendance of 125 girls showed tue interest .sAo 90 "
m kitchen kindergarten was also a great success
Tn tl'st all household work is taught with immature
utensils. and the principles OF marketing an" o
are practically inculcated'
The total number of graduates from all the depart
ments of Columbia College since its foundation ho"
amounts to o,OOo
There are thirv-nine professorships in the OnVers
nv of Edinburgh OF these the income oil eighteen
l. 81 600 or more year each The professor oil anal
omv receives 81 600 the professor of Greek To,2Jo
while the heads of the Latin ana ma'neh"'io"i w
partments respectively get S"ooo'
President seelve says of compulsory exercise in the
gymnasium: BY close statistics carefully kept Tor
twenty wears. it appears that the health OF an
Amherst College student is likelyto grow better IN
each year of his college The average health
of the sophomore class is better than that OF the
freshman and of the Junior better than that oil inc
.onbomore and of the senior best of all. Ihls aver
ore il shown to come from an Improvement III the
T6vsical condition of the individual student, ana nor
from dropping out OF inc course Vi 'noSo WI" e
be TO weak 10 complete it
The English Inspectors of Schools have been looking
into the matter of overpressure" and they report
that while tho evil exists it not scrious as has been
stated They all agree that keeping in Is the
practice most open to serious objection
The writer of a letter published in Tho London
Times objects To home study in the evening for ureu
.chool children and adds: Whenever schools snail
be worked upon true principles. ana not the tongue
and memory only receive nearly all the training nut
hand and eye, and ear and Judgment ana iecmg'
md nervous vigor all receive their due share ana the
imtneasurablc distinction Ia imperativcly made pe-
tween those who are merely teachers and those VINO
orc horn and cultured standardization school Will
bs the happcst place In the world, ana there VIII be
grovne up n race attractive In form and feature skil-
hi in nit full of energy for work day employment
truo and a,mpaihciic In Judgment, wellniofincd IN
necessary knowledge. and with almost unlimited
,anncty and will for receiving more ana WIN t"sio
almost ideal In It's purity, that shall extend from tho
iowost thinga Of HE 10 the highest ONorpicssufc
then will never be spoken Of
II il not always comfortable TO be schoolmaster IN
Germany DR. Dcecke, equally distinguished us
scholar and a. the director of the Lyccum at strasburg
recently published a little book called Plaudercien
uber Schulz und Hausn In this he pointed out one OF
two particulars IN which he thought the present school
system of Germany might be improved. General
MaoteuGel Governor of Alsace at once took the
alarm accused him of undermining the authority Oh
tbo Government and DR. Deecke has now been re,
moved 10 small town I'm the NOsges. IL is understood
that Ultramontane influence has dictated TINS hlgh
handed measure.