New-York tribune., 1884-02-21
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

Tho oitv authorities of Baltimore have appropri-
ated some money for the creation and maintenance
of manual training school
Pnblic education in Greece is sadly limited anu
there is a discouraging amount OF lil'efa'S'
private schools are tlourshlng'
Tbosa teochers and students who do not caio :,
take n systematic course of instruction ''i g.. =.
by the rules of the Correspondence 'r a,oo;ol
receive occasional assistance ON PSnrStarv Matt
1,6crItv Application is made 10 S ;"n10rtoncc
NnnJuiN' NN ond fee prop0rtioned to the importance
OF the service is chaIso"' - ~,
-, 4bo f-st the most able professors Oh mar
,.arl have given every aid to the Annex ny 0oi""'
;,terest. by wise counsel and by personal "S'iu0
finn Professor Peircc says" Inc courses iuoS'
ouentcd are those of the most serious cn"i'''0'
Among nv pupils have found some Vi N'.'i E..,
cellence and all have given evidence Vi ""r'S '-,
sor,ons nrrpose" Professor Byerly adds; Inc aver
Ia, hoon invariably higher in my Annex classes
- :; my, college classes" Professor White says:
- mot uniformly great earnestnoSs ana aDhlty
f a high order" Professor Lane writes; lsnccIeI9
homo the Annex will be sustained IN every PosN'o'
,yav Every one Of these young women Is" ii''
sionary: in training one you may DC Training nun
JrodsY Some of the Annex students are u"ins
from love of study, and the desire oil making thc
most of themselves; many. are teachers taxing
special advanced work, or young women h."Ie
for the teachers life. Among the former stuoeh's
of the Annex are several teachers OF classics anu
,oatbenatics in schools of the East two prihc'PaS
81 lo.sical schools in Kansas and Montana u p.o
fessor of astronomy in Carleton ColieSc', iI CoI
and teachers of Greek at NasS'li anu Nv o,nans col
lcOes The Annex is not rY!ll OF any me- mi
ieSe il fs different plan situated III sIoas u M
xersity town. and possessing the prNliGsrS W f thc
Great Harvard library and the instructions pi iif &
f~vord professors each of whom has gwen MS lllc
1o his particular branch OF learning, tno -, Iil oI
offers advantages beyond those ol any oo onn tbe An
II, nd, fund OF
mex NAV have an official connectoh WIN Will ii hoye
University and the successful beginning VII VII hoen
an assured continuation; S!O.oOu mas ae,nNy va ddit
a;scd Gao 600 more must be raised and an addll-
ional $50. 600 would build nan IoI .r CI'oo r''
library and laboratory, and modest uol"l'oi9'
The Student believes that there ought to be doc
for in every institution OF Importance, 10 supcrh
tend the health and physical training OF the pupils
six colleges. all denomnatonal, are in process oil
establishment in Dakota.
There will be opened at Fremont Neb., next au-
1ump. a normal school and business college.
The Massachusetts institute of Technology has
now 443 students in the school OF industrial science
and IA in the school of mechanical arts ana 'hc
Lowell school of practical design. OF the Value Oh
tbe Institutes training. President Walker says
Here is a case in point: The president OF one oi
the great lines of transportation IN TINS country
aman with genius for organization ana eNecu'on
said 10 me- but a short time ago. lhaV hc oo"i''
take young man of good sense good In !uugeil1 IN
and good habits a graduate from our course III
civil mechanical engncSTGag a anG G1sSyDnp5fS by 5SffS
IN ,' ro;iro"i manogement could in five years time
make m IS him a better general superintendent than
could be made of man lacking TINS pTeprItiom IN ~ ~
twenty years The day of half-traned men Is paSI
in this country, in al Oecupations-or is rapidly
going past"
Denver, it is reported is to have another college
The Presbyterian Church is to establish IT, ana ].
will at the same time found number Oh norman
schools in various towns Of the frontier country
Ieodville is already carving on free institute
modelled upon the Cooper Institute OF this CITY,
The studies at the Amherst Agricultural College
are now arranged in two general courses, the ocieh
tGc and Agricultural, and the Scientific and Liter
ary While developing the practical ana tech9lcal
work of the institution an effort VIII DC lhade u
strengthen the literary departments also
A japanese student has been appointed assistant
10 the Professor of Anatomy at Berlin.