New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-12-04
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

,, ,,, that In many cases the imperfect
.r.,om ~ lighting school buildings Is rcspohsio'e o
,n.rv sefec;s OF vision among inc p"pHs vi ''o f
..n.o,s The windows are frequently on one s'"o' gu"
A.. us on the other side of the school are ophgeu 10
,nay with insufficient light The lighting area Is oc'
o.. small being less than thirty per cent OF inc hoor
.rca which many experts name as the minimum sun
again pupils arg in many instances compelled 10 s'
IN strained position holding their books al an improper
focus and facing the light when little care nmJ seem
edge might easily remedy those defects ~ wou SUI
as Though trustee and teachers might WIN great %
@ won 70 elevate the standard of studies but unless
the cycsght of the pupils Is pto.et, ,, Ia nossi.
Me or desirable.
Al,bouch the state University OF Wisconsin mas hau
nm excellent agricultural department. there appears !"
be sentiment among the farmers OF the STATE aoeor
ing TO The Sdc JouHa, d" in favor oi schooi II,
which practical farming shall be taught by the au Oh
manual training and where the students VIII be ao 10
acquire GOOD knowledge OF stock the best breeds ior
different purposes, most approved ana proh'apo vi
economical modes OF feeding etc. IL Is gehera! CON
coded tina, little theory must be concomll"ht win
practical instruction hut the desire OF the agcu'S's
Will be best subscrved II much the greatest care Is
devoted to that kind of education which VIII enaoe he
stnlent TO ill the soil and raise and manage STOCK WIN
q greatly added understanding to that OF inc o".",
farmer boy. The proposed college II cstaphshcu anu
run on the desired PLAN will probably act as eeoe u
the university and institution benefit rather
shall not exceed two years in length and that IN a
measure it shall include many of those branches Sen
are Taught in the accredited high schools OF the STAT
but NOT in the district schools hence, graduate from
this course will be nearly il not quite ready II ne ue
the state University win be enabled TO acquire
It. In this regard the proposed @ VIII 6d Id
link, like the high school, between me Gs' hIn of
and the unvesity" IL Is possible that the purhlhs o
the state University the other day may MODIFY some Vi
these plans.
The number of pupils attending the public schools OF
the State OF South Carolina during the past year was
1s5619 The eagerness colored people to secure
m education for their children is phenomenal the
Morris Street School coored children in Charleston
is the largest I'm the State containing more than lAoo
pnpis The school divided into three departments
grammar intermediate and primary, and governed oy
principal. viceprncpal and twen'yfour assistants
the latter being ladies' The teaching san are al m
and natives of Charleston Altoycther lnJ NH
will compare favoraby IN progress ana n
specimens OF the Pqpis prcncency IN n
ton
tn. Rochester Post Express is doing commendable
work in showing up the of country school santa
tion The yards and surroundings OF many schooi-
houses in the country inlescribably hlthy some o
the details cannot be referred TO IN pubic JOURNAL anu
are sickcning to contemplate. There may be some eY
cuse for family sanitation in crowded cities but there Is
none I'm the country II is high time that attention WAS
called to this evil II the cholera were TO CONT 10 LIE
country it would make short work with the people VINO
live in such neighborhoodS
"Dartmouth College" says q correspondent vi INC
Boston Journal erecting two fine and much hcedei
buildings library and chapel During the summer OF
1883 the Hon Edward Ashton Rollins OF Phliahelpha
rroposed to the trustees of Dartmouth College to Duid
chanel AT the cost $50 0o0 provided that twice that
amount should raised from some source FOR library
Meanwhile Ifalsey j. Boardnan. esq, trustee unocr
tho will OF George Francis Wilson. esq late OF ffo'i
dencc r. L. informed the trustees that II would he III ac
cordance with the known wishes of that gentleman mat
his legacy of $4,000 when paid, should he applcd 10
the erection Of library building The proposition wa,
satisfactory Mr. Rollins The library is Oi Drck aG
IOngmeadow red stone. tasteful and convenient ana
strictly ircproof capable of holding 10000 volume -
The college library contains $1,000 Volumes wen
selected Is surpassed by not more than three cOece
libraries I'm this country aud j. rapidly growing uiu'
The system of careful selection, and is undoubtedly ue
best library New England north of Boston ana Cai-
bridge"
The 81 Pad Pioneer Press donounces the incompetence
md misnanagement of the public school officials OF ST.
Paul "st Paul." It says, "has had succession oi
school boards that would he to factory town.
some of them boasng members who actually could not
read and write. No other reform Is so imminent ana
urgcnas that which will take the control OF educationa
affairs out of the hands of men against whom the mia
-, charge IL that they incapable and transfer inc
mighty trust 10 ahlcr and wOrthier hnnds lheir hetn
r IA her measure Of the necessity of action IMAM
calm surrey of the present rendition Of the interests o
,,lucaun IN the city oi ~. Paul
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