New-York tribune., 1884-01-17
NOTES on EDUCATION.

Professor carson will begin next Monday at the Pea
body Institute in Baltimore, course OF twenty
| lectures on the Poetry and Drama of the Restora-
tion Period and on the subsequent drama to Sheri-
dan, inclusive.
The Faculty of Williams College have taken an
important step in the substitution of German IN
place of the Latin for the winter term OF the oopn-
omoro year. This action was taken IN accoruance
with petition for German from the entire Sopho-
more class and will enable the students TO continue
the German through the rest of their course
President Carter was elected president OF tne
Modern Language Association which, held an or
esnization meeting in New-York during the hOli-
days.
The Maryland Institute is instructing in Its Art
Schools GA pupils
A system of instruction for working people has
been organized with great success III Copenhagen.
At a public meeting held in the autumn, the
number of wOrkingmen desirous of attending
the classes were found to be howard of 5000.
There are at present 1856 classes wit 1872 teachers
dispersed over the town in II different houses
There are 10 classes of women, comprising about
200 students for the most part under female teach
ers The women are taught hyg giene and the chemis-
try of housekeeping besides the elementary sciences
and languages. Some of hemale pupils have asked
for instructions in bookkeeping and the elements of
law; Others for help toward their own special en-
plOyment The painters wish to get information
about the chemistry of cOlOrs, the smiths about
metallurgy. Men who work by night have been
formed into classes; the bakers got their instruc-
ton early in the evening; and the men at the gas
works. who work by day and night IN turn, get their
instruction during one month with the rest OF the
students in the evening and during the next month
have special classes in the daytime The wholeu
dertaking has reused interest among the working
people which, based upon an increasing and more
and more consciously recognized desire for knowl-
edge promises good results for the whole society," II
directed rightly Ii has been considered best to let
the plan grow according to the wants and desires Of
the laboring classes instead of obtruding any COM
pletely arranged plan upon them and this way of
proceeding has evidently met with their approval.
Professor James, of the Wharton School OF FL
nance and Economy, lately delivered lecture III
Philadelphia in which he advocated the charging
of fees for public secondary education. A great
technological school could be supported in that
city, he edccarcd, and in addition to the high schools,
with but little additional taxation if a moderate
tuition fee of 500 year were required from all
pupils
The Louisville COija-J0vnal declares that it does
not think greater disaster could befall education
in the South than bill providing for the distri-
button of $lO.OOO,00O annually for five years
among the States. at would paralyze local effort,
create feeling Of relieffrom personal responsibility;
it would strengthen that dependence Oh some out
side influence which undermnes all voluntary
work. The passage of this bill would put back the
common schools of the South five years, and no
effective plans would be executed until the period
of subsidies had expired and the people were again
thrown on their own resources.