New-York tribune., 1885-02-19
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

G, s,eobcns COLLEGE Annsndae, ~ Y. Is an
p;cocal Institution under the special charge of the
diocese of New. York but it is developing broad lines
of Christian scholarship, that ere long will give 1t
hgh reputation in the country at large. On the "a
ot the present month the twentyftth anniversary OF
the founding of the college was fifty celebrated Dy
tlro wing open handsome new building III presence o
large number of invited guests, one OF whom was
Assistant Bishop Potter of this city. The new build
inc is constructed of blue stone from the stone quarres
nj Maiden with Ohio sandstone trimmings, anu plstc
class windows, from the design oil Charles HiHh,
The architect The present cdice but hall OF what
ultimately intended TO be the south wing OF sohu
block and furnishes accommodation for twenty-1oar
students. The sitting rooms are all IN front TWo we;
students occupying in common, while each mas ms
own bedroom in the The interior is handsomely
finished in pine and oak the wood being vanished 10
preserve the natural cOors. The bulidng rises w -"
height of three stories and presents an imposing APP
pearsnce. At half-past the trustees iaHuii;;5,
students and invited guests including seteni nter
from the n@ghborhood sat down to su;nptuons ehe,
tanment the college dinlng-hal 10 tno i aoo
warden of the college, the Rev Or r. b Fslroan, o'n
much Of the great success OF 3D. 0'epnon 10
due.
The programme for the coming year at Chautauqua
70 be an interesting one and will nearly every
department of practical knowledge
The Harvard Club of Washington, is catching
II all around The Boston Budget" says " The
refusal of the Harvard Club Washington, by formal
vote to allow Mr.. Richard Greener and another
mulatto graduate of Harvard College to attend the
dinner was very properly rebuked by the absence OF
Senator IIoar aud Representative Long. lhey dechhed
to attend when slight put upon fellow-graduaes
for no other than that they were OF African
descent, and that their skin happened TO De lew
shades darker than their Caucasian brethren. Inc
Harvard Club behind the age. and Its snoboiShness
should be ridcued by every despiser OF snobs ana
their prctensions Their action is the tail end OF
preiudice that will vanish before many years only to
reappear at long intery ais, like the sea serpent
similar thing could hardly occur abroad 'hoqgh we
hn
refuse TO sit down at table with Alexandra Dumas on
account of his negro extraction"
Mr. Dwight l.. Moodys seminary at Northneld,
Mass. which he founded in 1879 to promote the
Christian education of young women, has apparently
come to stay It's growth in friends. buildings ana
pupils" says The Springfield Republican" has been
phenomenal and few venture to-day to express any
doubt about the permanency of the school or OF the
boys school at Mt Hernon in Gill There are at the
seminary about 200 students and many more are ready
TO enter as soon as there is During the short
life of these schools about $500 GOO has been expended
in the erection OF permanent buildings During the
present year three buildings two at Northhed ana one
at Gill; costing $1500OO will be ready for occupancy
The Marquand hall has Just bee been eG@Pieted
and commodious structure equal to the best college
building the seminary provided with two dornitorie
" East hall and Bonar hall and Mr. Moody's own
house Is used much of the time. granite recitation
hall to cost upward of $50 OO0 is also now under con-
struction. be completed in NO months, and more
to keep up at all with the demand OF incoming students
The above building is a memorial to FrederIcK
MaTquand from whose estate the iunds came, D W
McWillams, the residuary legatee visited Northned'
and becoming interested in the good WORK gong on,
offered to give SOS 900 for new building. When the
plans were ready the amount was doubled ana he mas
sent on checks until the full amount OF the cost,
$67, ,000 has been cheerfully paid
In the course of an article on the public schools of
Tennessee " The Memphis Appeal INDUCES in the
following criticisms Have the citizens OF Tennessee
reason be satisfied that common schools III ex
tent and quality of instruction, what they ought to
bel Is 2G22 teachers the number in actual attend
ance at the schools sufficient for the State Of Tennessee
when s93 private schools employ lOSo teachers Tor
daily attendance Of 27,3S9 pupils DO seventy-eight
days out of the 300 working days in year, give
sufficient time for the youth of Tennessee to attend
school Plainly there ought TO be eight months tuition
in each school every wear; ten months would be bet
Ter The extension of the time of teaching ought to re-
ceive immediate and effective attention. ApproPra,
tons for schools should be enlarged SO that every chd
In the State should have ample opportunity 10 receive
as good plain education as Is gwen III lDe pAiu
schools"
A corres1 ondent of "The New-Haven Morning
Journal" writing about cOlored school in Atlanta,
Ca relates the following deeply interesting incident;
III tell Won Of the work of young cooIed men of
this school which reads like tale from the Arabian
Nights; aud would that could fguratvey tell this in |
Gath and publish it the streets of Askeon proclaim
nr it from the very hOusetops There is young nan
here named Nicholson who is twenty-five years OF age
He has a partner OF the age named Mathis. These
two mere BOYS went % work about years ago aud
orgauzed private school project at their home near
Edgefeld s. c.. where Mathis is teaching while
Nicholson puts in year at the university. Next year
Mathis will be here aud Nicholson will superntend the
school, They got twenty cOored churches III the coun
try to pledge five cents head for each member once IN
three months, and doacons were chosen who are
financially responsible for this amount In the course
OF one year boy. had show for the thus
collected thirty acres of ground free of debt school
house 40 by 20 feet in dimen sOns. with wing IT. by
20 feet also free Of debt and girls dormitory, two
stories high. accommodating sixty glrs also 1Tee OF
debt This dorInory is for the convenience Of girls
living several miles away and in II the girls board
themselves and learn all branches OF domesuve service
under the superintendent OF lady teacher. Inc |
Southern States only provide three months schooling
per annum as a rule. and that in the enervaing sum
mer months. The boys established an eight months |
school, with vacation during the summer months 50 |
that their pupils might still learn if they wished. and
thev might themselves teach during the time that their
private school was closed. The first year closed with
an attendance OF 800 pupils There are this year over
400 pupils teachers, and the prospect OF large
dormitory Tor boys before snow flies next fall Inc |
scholars only have to pay fifteen cents per month 30
tha this private school Is Of free school than
great many of the State schools In the South. The
colored people of the equity are thoroughly ia sym
pathy with the school, and flock to 1t uasse on
6ibton days Recently ION the LIST day Of January
collection OF over $3.50 taken up during the Gus
tomary Emancipation celebration, as a thank oferng
TO further the work of the school The boys are now
paving Tor joint farm of 100 acres In the vicinity OF
The school Who will limit the good which these two
penniless you would say ignorantyonng negroes
Of twenty years have thus accomplished III humble
way Perhaps Oh contemPtuous young man OF the
North even you, with all your filings about race
equalities and your superior advantages, nave NOT
done very much greater work in your sphere. Ana
oil this work would not have to the surface II
had not acciC entay discovered ii, and probed till
got a detailed account OF II"
The following statistics in regard to education In