New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-04-23
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

The promoters OF the American School at Athens
ave issued an appea for aid Although" they say
the existence of the American School at Athens Is
enerav known we think it can hardly be understood
nv the friends of classical learning that all the advant
ages of the school, including library OF moro IMAM
1000 volumes a comfortable room open through lno
day and evening, and the constant AID ana ADVICE VI
dent d;rector are offered absolutely free OF expense
IN all comnetent students from the United States ana
also TO transient visitors in Athens who are ih'cr
in classical studies The school Is now supporter Wy
the annual contributions of thirteen OF our co"eee'
the quota of each about $3.50 being in most cases SUI
scribed by the professors and other residents o"0n
college in turn giving to one of its professors leave OF
absence with at least part OF his salary ior
single wear to act as director Although the school mas
heen successfully founded and tsusefuness has been
.h,nda,v nroved under this system. 1t Is more ana
more obvious each year that this precarous subsistence
from YEARLY contrbutions with the annual change Oh
director cannot go for many years longer Inc
managing committee feel already that the 'utare exist
ence Of the school depends absolutely upon s receV
ing such an endowment will enable 1t to MAINTAIN
permaucut director at Athens, and to erect suitable
building there"
3 The Mccormick Observatory Of the University oil
Virginia which was dedicated few days ago. Is one
of the most complete buildings OF the KIND IN th''
country The telescope cost 1000, and the building
about $50 600. both the gift OF Mr.. Leander j.
Mccormick, of Chicago. The dictatorship OF the
Observatory is endowed with the sum OF SooOoO. An
additional sum of s25, 900 was also given by Mr. w.
H. Vanderbilt of this city.
The nine universities of the Kingdom of Prussia dur
ing the winter term just closed had the following at
tendance Berlin, 5000; Halle, 1851 Bresiau'
1889; Bonre, 1850; Gottingen, 993; Konigsoerg'
ss7; Griefswald, $50; Marburg, 7OS; KieL 1857.
During the past four years the increase has oeen over
eleven per cent According to faculties the students
are divided as follows Evangelical theology, 2.322;
Catholic theology. 236; law, 2,244; medicine 3'Zoo;
philosophy, 4,s79
DIR. Easton, of the University of Pennsylvania has
under his direction probably the largest class In
sanscr in tins country There are eleven in the class
and they are all said to be quito enthusiastic over the
study.
Superintendent Seaver, of Boston, reports that the
experiment of industrial training schools in that city
has made interesting progress. He says: Z" The ex-
pertinent has already gone far enough to prove that
work of this kind be joined to the ordinary gram
mar school work with good effect"
Mills Seminary, California is In a fourishing con-
dition An effort will probably soon be made to endow
1t adequately.
The correspondence schools of Chautauqua appear to
meet popular want About 10000 pupils now re-
ceive instruction in these schools.
In Kentucky, it ia said. nearly 800 900 has been
subscribed for the Louisville Theological Seminary.
but the expenses of collection have about swallowed 1t
mn President Boyce says: " / have sent out agents
personally to collect but found that was compelled
to recall them because the amounts collected would so
little exceed the expenses of the agency that the
Seminary could not afford to employ agents at such
heavy proportion of expenses to the collections"
In the Boston University there now 93 officers of
instruction, and go students, of whom l64 are
women.
"If IL be true" saws The Cleveland Plain Dealer"
that student of Adelbert College was suspended be-
cause he used quotation from Bob lngersoil In bis
Grafton that institution stands sorey in need OF little
liberazing influence. The days when an institution
of learning can succeed with such spirit of intoer
ance manifested, have gone by"
It is expected that the coming session OF the summer
school of Hebrew at Morgan Park, Ill, will be very
successful one.
The Schoolnasters' Club of Boston discussed the
question of moral education the other day. OF course
all agreed that moral education was desirable, but
there was some difference of opinion TO the best way
OF getting it.
Boston takes great pride in its public schools. and
with good reason The list OF men who have ntted lor
college at the Boston Latin School and who have after
ward become well-known would be one OF considerable
length The graduates and the friends of the school
will celebrate this evening the two dfiteth
anniversary of its establishment The Rev. DIR.
Phillips Brooks will deliver an oration Robert Grant
will read poem, aAd chorus, under the direction OF
George L. Osgood, will furnish Emusic The two-hun-
dredand-fteth anniversary Of Harvard College will
be celebrated next year, that it as II this
famous preparatory school, which has sent nearly all
of its graduates Harvard, founded in anticpa
ton of the formation of the college. The standard OF
scholarship among the Latin schoolboys has always
been high but of the 127 graduates who have applied
for admission to harvard not one has been rejected in
the last five years Of the forytwo graduates Of the
Girls Latin School in the time, hrytwo entered
women's colleges winning in 1880 and another in
1884 the 800 prize offered at Smith College for the
girl who passes the best entrance examination.