Omaha daily bee., 1885-01-03
EDUCATIONAL.

Brown university will have q fourbarcd
crsw On the water next season.
Tho University Of Pennsylvania will soon
found a school for nurses, the Hannah Lodge
legacy OF $780, 900 for that purpose becoming
available.
Hon. Thomas A. Hendricks will deliver the
annual address before the Yale alumni and
graduating CLASSES, at the commencement
June %, 1885.
Left hand penmanship is now taught in q
number of AMERICAN schools. The method Of
instruction is to have the pupil write his name
in pencil and then go over IL with q pen held
in the left hand. After doing this for some
time the writer Is able to write his signature
without tho aid of tho pencil copy. This Is
kept up until n sufficient degree Of proficiency
Is obtained.
The proposed war college of the United
States navy will be located ut Coasters,
Harbor island, near Newport. 1t is
proposed at the college 60 u
ordnance Mt the navy yard Mt Washington and
in torpedo warfare at the torpedo station in
this harbor, by giving the officers u post
| graduate course in the science of war. AS far
back n, March, 1873, an order was issued by
the secretary of the navy to sn officer to eX.
anime and report on the foreign systems Of
naval education with a view to estAbli hing n
postgraduate course for navy officers.
The city of Cleveland is discussing tho ques-
ton of co-education ut Adelbert college. Two
of the faculty prekented n memorial to the
trustees asking that o date might be fixed after
which no more girls should be admitted. The
chief reason alleged was the fear tlsG young
men would be prevented from entering the
college IL they knsw it t or in girls. \ COM
mittee wrote to educators all over the country
asking their opinion, and finally presented
two reports to the trustees, a majority report
of five In favor of the girls, and o minority re-
port of two against them. The trustees-12
to 6-decided in favor of the girls. Their nc.
ton was based chiefly on the fact that ell the
opinions unfavorabls to co.education were
from institutions that didnot admit girls, while
all that did admit them declared co,education
q success.
EsThe school is tn be under the immediate SUI.
pervision of the bureau of navigation and Of
flee of detail, who will nave charge of the de.
tail of instructors and students. In prescrlb.
ing the course of study to be pursued and care
full and thorough examination OF the systems
employed by various foreign institutions of
like character, has been made and such details
as were thought necessary and practicableduly
considered aud in some cases recommended for
the proposed college. The establishing of q
naval college in this country is no new idea.
England has her Royal Naval College at
Greenwich, for the higher education Of off
GERS, which has been in existence since Febru-
airy, 1873; France has her Ecole Polytech.
nique, which, although under the control of
the minister of war, is open to navy officers
who may desire to perfect themselves IN all
the higher branches of tn ir profession in
which scientific knowledge is neGessary; Ger
many provides for the higher course of an ex.
tensive and elaborate character for her naval
officers at the academy situated at Kiel, and
Italy has her gunnery and torpedo service in
addition to the naval academies at Genoa and
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