New-York tribune., 1884-12-18
MOVES ON EDUCATION,

- ,,..,.,s. ON the tsriA and modern socialism
~. u,v.r ,n Amherst College during the preseh'
wintss
S.. an. IN "Tho Popular scicncc Monthly says
~A.. An. practice OF taking tea or coheo oy
., o,dsr 10 work at night Is Downright m"ono''
.,,ss,alv when preparing for an exaninauoh' ""''
Ill os the cases of break down. loss OF memory
tsn,ing etc, which occur daring severe e's""a''"''
.,a far motc frequently than 10 commonly known arc
ns 10 thl. Sleep Il the rest OF the BRAIN 70 roo "0
brain of Ia necessary rest 10 cerebral suicide
Tho California papers speak eevcrcly OF the way In
~hich tho University Of California h managed OF
rather ,nismansged They say that u ooe. mo- no' sr n
half aa many students as Il should have ana ,na. 'no'0
4 a great lack Of disoplino in all tho departments
, 4 revival Of the old Roman Convvium was held inc
st. d,y IN Trinity College. The guests were att'red
N ao,s,oc white togn. and speeches made on tho
lain authors. Modcra cisafette' however "o'o
smoked In proiuaion'
The night schools Of Cleveland arc crowded with
eager pupls all of whom must show that they a'o
rn,l,ycA during the day. graded high schoo' ior
me advanced sht scholars Will soon DO opened
uis eSpec,cd that the education exhibit In tho New
Orleans Exposition will be powerful incentive to the
cause of education throughout the South.
The people Of Georgia arc much interested IN the
proect TO establish great school OF technology III ha
Etate.
Professor
of extinct rhnocefa to the Yale College Museum
There must be some pretty dspcable persons either
I'm or near Harvard University. few weeks ago the
sta,ue or John Harvard was defaced and now II has
been disc pyercd that books in the library are oes
Mltilaied.
The recently issued catalogue of TUFTS College shows
The number of students in college TO be u.s. an
increase Of thirtyGye last year. To the ocers
of instruction added Josiah p Rider rs assistant Ia
Inorganic chemistry The Revs. II. Cushman ana a,
psttfrs son take the places OF the Reys Richard Eddy
and II. ". kugg as lecturers III tue 'Heo'"s'" 1'f
Ment
Tho last number Of The Columbia Spectator. pub
ljshed BY the students Of Columbia College gives
some interesting statistics showing the comparative
Growth Of the fifty largest libraries in this country
I'm lS7G Columbia stood forty fifth in this list OF hlty
libraries. while to-day her library numbers o4'Zoo
volumes and she stands twentieth in the list snsn
rapid rise" says The Spectator is 1"nnu Ivy ", e.
.ise on the list indeed IL Is unprecedented IN lle
history of any library growth. Eight years ago
Columbia was surpassed in the size OF her library Dy
ths following named colleges Bovdoini Amner1t'
Cornell University Of Virginia: Brown and Dartmouth
an these IL wiz be soeu. we have now outsttippeu.
Princeton Yale and Harvard alone remain apose w Us
nmong the colleges The FIRST named we nave strong
hopes Of leading before two years noie anu ,ngn % %
,honld press on nor pause till We have placeu our
lhrsrv on a footing Of equality with our ouor hs'c'
Institutions, Harvard and ! ale'
The conference of or-d mon, which will be held in
No, o,eans ON Iannarg . to consider the advisable
~ Of establishing industrial schools for coiored
,hiaor, 1. move in the iight direction For ob7iou
,c,son, n (. aiHcr, ari sometime. imrossble, for
es,ri ial 10 ler,, fai ard the coloied people rs
4, ,,.4 a,. ,h.,.i.r r,~rp~t 'S stick Is ayUcs''uns
yblb srrr..t 'rr.t riirer condition uf settitnde.
ghr,r afr ,, l 'atr. nr ralistire ihit the neeo =
eststly ~ tr, riire en t*pt'' ninehnnir ept y ie
t.AaiYit rB rH,r 'hin iai' that hc shonii have
lL4-,e - .hf- t-.t, t- raH he ir 'hi' tif"r'iit