New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-03-17
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

Mr.. William Houston read paper on spe'i ra
poforn, - a few DAYS ago at meeting OF the "a
madam Institute in Toronto. lie s'a'eo 'n'o
reads between three and four thousanu io'''
wear. and finds that hardly more than 'nioo "
hundred are correctly spelled and tnat DIS
the uneducated spell more correctly thah 'io ~
oo+ad Modern spelling he thought. tyrannlcai
sunerstition inherited from the eighteenth
and Millions spelling was much more eoiie0'' 'o'i
etvmologically and Theoretically. IL VIII pe no"'
to many that Edmund Spcnser did NOT use Amer I'm.
i'm snch words as honor. for emitting which h ;,
cans IN We been oseVcrcly criticised by ne ~.
Doubtless reform III spelling is deslraoei otS rE ~
practical difficulties i'll the way Oh accom- ~
are great. ~ r.,.o
Nearly one-ffth of all the children in ProVltYnce'
RI. of school age. did not attend school a single
day during the year 1855
irevIsed course of instruction will soon be intro
duced in the public schools of Philadelphia anu
Superintendent McAllister intends to begin a series
of teachers conferences, the object OF when VIII
be to discuss and eXeinpfy the methods Vi Ins'i"'
ton which the course implies.
The catalogue of Franklin and Marshall College
shows il to be in fOurishing condition 1t mas re-
Gently received some liberal endowments when
will enable il t. add largely to its effectiveness
The Province of New Brunswick has an excellent
common-school system maintained by genera TAX
alton, but large percentage of the children Ot "
school age do not attend schOOi az an nnactmenf
this fact The st. John NeCs calls Tor the 1 1I GOV
of q compulsory education law oy tno i0'"' ~
eminent. -, poohos-
Al the last monthly meeting OF the hocneS-
Ter Academy of Science, Dr. W. /. "n''"
read paper on "School Hygiene when aoo"'U-
ed in excellent practical suggestions INC s.i'0
t;o, of site for a public school, he said, re-
,,iros os mucb if not more, care than private
residence. An ideal location would seem to be near
q ublc mark. on wide street, with the rooms
having an eastern and southern exposures or III
1bnly-settled and growing quarter, where lana
epouCb can he procured at moderate price TO guar
antee against hemming III from future Oultulhs ol-
erations" In ms opinion the purity Oh ar IN
schools depends almost entirely on the purity oI
The cellar air and he therefore condemns the coII1
mon practice of keeping cellars ulNeullIa 1 anu
filling them up with refuse or nolsOme matter
For some time past an attempt has been maze III
the public schools of Nashville, Tenn to dispense
with corporal punishment except IN very extreme
cases. And the annual report of the schools, just
published states the result in this way: Under
the GENIAL influence of this exaltaon Of the law OF
love over that of force. quarelling and fighting.
once the rule, are now the exceptions. Obscenlty
aud profanity have entirely ceased truancy is OF
rare occurrence, hardness has greatly diminished,
detention after school hours has been abolished,
ouiet decorum in the schOOl-rOOm and interested
attention to study are easily secured and the inter
course of parents, pupils and teachers is harmonic
ous and pleasant. We would not be understood as
arguing that all penalties should be removed IN
school management, or that corporal punishment
can be safely prohibited In fact, as mai resort
in extreme cases, we regard II as necessity, put
discipline is of night mere incident IN school
life means to the higher end OF developing III
terest and character, and sh0uId never, clther III
enforcing or avoiding il, be ridden as hODDy.'
The National Educational Exposition will be
held this wear at Madison, Wis, on July To- and
will be in session four days. The exhibits VIII be
arranged in twelve departments, and Will include
working illustrations Of all the most approved
methods of teaching. There will also be exhibits
from the National Educational Museum, and Wards
Museum of Mineralogy, Geology and Zoology, as
well as a valuable collection of pedagoglc ntela-
ture, school books and school furniture.
The fifth biennial report of the Superintendent of
Public Instruction for Washington Territory, has
been issued. This report states that education IS
making rapid strides in the Territory There is lit
tie doubt of it, Judging from the grammatical con-
struction of the following sentences IN the report;
"a COMPARISON of these tables will readily show
that the progress of its educational interests hare
kept pace with the rapid growth and development
of the Territory" We cannot. Therefore, speak
too highly nor urge TOO strongly the Importance OF
these Institutions etc lnu T netDcI 'i''' "a
Mr. NJ l.. Hawley the Superintendent of Public
Schools of Gloucester, Mass, thinks that sewing
and cooking schools are needed in connection with
the public schools. Comparatively few girls" he
saws. are now taught to fit and make any part OF
their own clothing. 1t is useless to insist on theiI
being taught at home becj-Ise many of the mothers
are as ignorant as the daughters. Fewer still are
able 70 cook palatable and digestible food. Good
cooking indeed is likely become one of the lost
arts if something lie done in the way of teaching
girls a knowledge of it,
Nem flntlic1tloll6.