New-York tribune., 1885-03-26
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

,. ;.,.osti,o ci,c <ton what will be the ultimate
-, 81 .a,oa,ion on vorkingmcn as a class. There
.r. many who even now deprecate universal ednca
t;on on the ground that while il Is undoubtedly
blessing iss tendency is to make people III hunoi0 sta
tians of life dissatisfied with their lot In measure
there is no doubt that this true but the unrest
which it produces il Of the most vaiuaoie ,h
in the development of man. IL all were l 4; LITTLE
their lot, there would be no progress. i,1 10 xort
danger that intelligence rightly directed WIN 40
;ngoen any HARM On the other hand igh9ran,Ue ,.d -
WAYS dangerous; and next to ignorance pauiy Iisu u
knowledge is most to be ieea. us uU, ore tound in
educated and intelligent workingmen VINO are io % ,h
the ranks of the anarchists but the Ignorant anu
half educated and the best way 10 convert an M
from the error of his ways Is to teach MN sohc Vi "
facts of which he is so wotuiiy ignora"t
A, ,,emrt will he made TO rebuild Carroll College,
waukesba. Wisconsin, which was burned down shor'
time ago.
II seems that there has been great deal OF oici'i
rotteppess in the of the schools In anu near
Cbicaoo A school order broker has peen eAPoseu
after having stolen several thousand aoiars' anu W
has fed to California. In the South Shlcago sGn"o "
district ring of contractors ana ouu f tho school
acting in oolsion with corrupt members OF the scho
board and have been punderng the scnoois IN I 1nI
most outrageous manner. These and other cases WIZ
probably come under 1 SGg Nen have e. to ro But this will
not reach the root of the evil 1t lies IN the taol ,n
vicious political methods allowed 10 have place
in the management of the schools AS long as 'ni' "
the case permanent reform is Impossible.
Through the liberality and cooperation OF the
vomon, Edncatiop Association the Boston Society OF
Natural History will again open the Seaside Laboratory
Mt Annisouam Massachusetts, iromJuy to September
1 The purpose of the Laboratory Is to afford oppor
fnnities for the study OF the development ana.oy
and habits of common types OF marine anihai ba
suitable direction and advice. There VIII tnereore Do
mo atempt TO give lectures stated courses OF IN
struetop The instruction and work OF the Lao9Taqy
will be under the immediate care Oh MT D. q. an
V assistant in the Laboratory of the Boston Society
of Natural History.
q Superintendent Seaver has answered some charges
reeenty made to the effect that the schools OF Boston
are extravaganty managed In the conclusion Oh us
nswer he savs The total value of the property used
Cor scbool pnrposes stands on the assessors books a
between 81 900 600 and $S,000,O0O, and this Is
little over per cent of the total valuation of the city
to be precise, it is 1.15 per cent In Chicago'
similar comparison of school property with the total
valuation gives O. 7S per cent in San Francisco LII
per cent; in Cincinnati 1.26 per cent? in Brooklyn
7 g ner cent Only in New-York and Baltimore is the
school property less than per cent of the total vaua
.on Of the city, being about OF per cent
In each case These facts show that In proportion 70
her means Boston has less property USED LOT scnoo
than has any other large city except the Two
last mentioned Philadelphia, Boston and St Louis
stand very nearly alike in tins comparison. BY COM
psar to he very txtravagantn To this " The Boston
Herald replies While in Boston all classes OF
property as well school property are raeaat Iheir
full market value, in Chicago and other American
cities while school property and other puGlic
property is given at its tuli market 'alue,
taxable property is only lated 2 a' b,ISV dG anv va
alton is made personal property thus De seen
that Superintendent Seavtr figures are deceptive ana
misleading for Ia probable taat in proportion TO the
actna value of the city, Boston has much larger sum
invested in school property than any other American
city,"
ia rroposed to organize an industrial school in
p;ttsbnrq This Is a good move, but such school
ought to have been started IN that city long ago
In European Russia there % 770 schools of all
kinds for popular INF ructlon, with 14O9lo scholars,
of whom 9O4,91S are boys and 235997 are girls In
these schools are engaged 36,955 teachers-namely,
1856 teachers OF religion, 1851 other male
teachers and 4S7S female teachers. For every 1,O0O
children of a school age there are l. b schools tue
highest per cent being found In the German province
of DOrpat 40 In the districts OF NEW eu aeu
Odessa there is but one school for every seven
villages the Petersburg district one school 1or 20
villages in the Wilma district one tor 90 villages nag In IN
burg district for IA villages and many other dis
tricfs in proportion For these schools the sum oi
6,15S, i 90 rubles is yearly expended
The people of Washington congratulate themselves
on the fact that only 81 year to educate each
nnnil in the District Coumta. This IL less than the
rate in MANY other cities In Boston for instance Is
$2S Az q head
Mr. Edward G. Towne's trenchant criticisms OF
Harvard are rousng the controversial wrath OF the
friends of that institution, and it is hrted that some
prominent officials OF the University will soon answer
him.
The educational department of the New-Orleans EI-
posjtion is well worth careful examination. The
friendly rivalry between the different States is stimulat
ing and helpful to all.
At the present time the Mayors Of thee Massachu-
ses cities the private secretary OF the Governor OF the
Commonwealth two members of ITS Senate anu
thirteen members of its House of Representatives are
graduates OF Boston University. For an institution
opened but little than ten years ago. thl5 Is
somewhat q remarkable record.
The new Laboratory of Chemistry and Physics at
vassar College oilers superior facilities for prosecuting
these studies At present there are seventy-hye
students pursuing the study of Chemistry in course
The method of instruction that of lectures text
books and individual work in the laboratory. In the
qualitative laboratory there is a set OF reagents
and a table supplied with every needed utensil
for each student in addition the apparatus for gen
eral use In the quanttatye laboratory all articles
necessary for eravimetrc and voumetrc analysis arc
placed at each desk. Apparatus for oxidation and
reduction for specific gravity supply OF hne chenca
balances drying oven and blast lamp, are all con-
yenently placed for the of students. There Is nc
extra charge for chemicals use OF apparatus New
apparatus added every year fund for that purpose
having been recently established by gift OF MI John
Guy Tassar. which enables the department 10 keel
abreast of the times in it's facilities tor instruction