Omaha daily bee., 1890-01-19
EDUCATIONAL

Rev. Moses Colt Tyler, LID. of Cornell
Is very Ill with la grippe and his lectures
have been postponed for tho present.
Prof. LtoOey of Princeton has been
elected a member of the executive COMMITTEES
lists.
Prof, Mather OF Amherst has entirely re-
covered from his illness, and has resumed
his classes in Greek. The class at first will
read AristophanU's Clouds"
MIR. ID. Hull, $50, has boon elected presi-
dent of the Alumni association OF the HAIR
ward school in Chicago. This institution ia
the leading preparatory school for Harvard
in tie west.
The catalogue of Princeton seminary shows
a total of 1f2 students in attendance. forty ~
whom have attended Princeton college.
osborne, 80, who played second base in last
years nine, has left college and will not mi
his usual position next spring.
"A western club has been organized by
members OF Harvard university for the pur-
pose OF arousing Harvard sentiment among
the young men of the far west. Onlrcrs
have been elected as follows: President, j.
IL; Flnlay, VI; vice-presldent, Il. H.. Leach,
special.
An unprecedented number of petitions to
register were received by the faculty Mt tho
opening OF the term at Cornell. The intu.
enza was an excuse that had to be respected,
although 1T was handed in for ali Kinds of
delays. They appealed to tho dean, VINO was
suffering from the malady himself, ana few
were refused.
A new fraternity has been established at
Cornell. IL is called the Alpha Zcta, and is
intended solely for the benefit of persona
born in the western hemisphere and who
speak either Spanish or Portuguese. Tho
fraternity is established on the same general
plan as the other Greek letter societies.
members.
To teach is to select from the mass of en-
vironment that surrounds the learner such
only as will stimulate the ideas aud thourbts
that the teacher desires the child TO con-
struct, and TO direct the attention To these.
says the Pubic School journal. To so bring
environment and mind together that the
knowledge neeoed mt that time shall be ac-
quired, IL the "art of teaching.n
Many teachers are inventive and discover
methods OF teaching which, like machinery
IN the physical world, reach ends with tho
least outlay of power. This misconception
OF the new education is not SO likely to do
harm as 1t once did: still 1t is worth while
TO call attention to it. The time has passed
when anything new passes current under
the name new education.r saws the pnbIo
school journal. The people as well as
teachers are beginning to realize that there
are principles with practices based upon
them. 'p",
The annual reports Of the State collcpe
ana State agricultural experiment station Of
New York are now in the hands of the
printer. lhey contain the reports of DIR.
Patton, the geologist. who is now eyperis
menting on the soils of the state with refer
once to tillage; of Prof. Halstead. the
bootanist, who treats specially of diseases Of
The cranberry; of Prof. Smith, the EMO no.
loglst, who tells of his Investigation of in-
sect pests; of Prof. Nelson, the biologist.
who gives an interesting account of blg ex.
perinents in the cultivation of the oyster.
and the rearing of oyster seed in artificial
ponds, and OF the senior chemist. Mr.. Voor-
bees, who has just finished an important
series OF experiments upon early toma-
toes. ~
The recent death of DR.. Vintou, librarian
OF Princeton college, has deprived the uni.
verslty OF one of its most efficient officers.
DR.. Yinton was at one time in the service OF
the Boston public library. While there he
arranged the entire Bates library, cumpris-
ing 81, 200 volumes. He was eight. years ut
Washington as first assistant in the library
OF congress and went 10 Princeton an 1879
as library OF the Chancellor Green library.
During his administrator here the number
OF volumes in the college library increased
from 5000 to 6s,5 800. The library is nj
present in charge of DR.. Vinton's two ma.
sistants' Miss Joline and Miss Martin. His
successor Will not be appointed until the
meeting of the board Of trustees in Feb
ruary.