Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-06-20
EDUCATIONAL.

Savannah will have college for the
colored.
Buffalo unions oppose the manual
training schools.
The North Carolina legislature has
provided for a normal and industrial
college for white gils.
It costs the city of Philadelphia $1.10
per pupil to supply the schools with books
and stationery for year.
Since the establishment in 1902 of West
Point Military Academy 1884 men have
received diplomas from the institution.
The department of philosophy of Mt.
Holyoke College loses a much valued
teacher in Miss Kles, who accepts place
in Mills College, California.
1t cost Chicago $45 head last year to
educate her child or $S5, leaving out
the cost of new buildings and limiting
the expense to that for instruction only.
A short time ago lady, the first Of
her sex, graduated in medicine in Mex
leo. AS an appropriate compliment her
fellow students of the other sex got up
an,amateur bull fight in honor of the &C.
clsion.
The Arkansas legislature has decided
that girls shall hereafter be excluded
from the State University, to which they
have been admitted for the past IL years.
No trouble has arisen from their pres
ence, and the reason for this decision is
not apparent.
Berlin University faculties will offer
to the 5000 students enrolled for the
summer term 716 courses Of lectures to
choose from. Forty-six Of these courses
are theological, n legal, 2S7 medical,
1853 philosophical. Professors Koch and
Mommsen will not read.
The interest felt in university extern
sion is becoming widespread, and it is
estimated that in Philadelphia alone,
during the last five months, the attend
ance upon lectures has been close to
$4,000. Although of such recent origin
in this country, university extention is no
new thing in Great Britain, where the
system has been in use for 20 years OF
more.
The overproduction Of scholars in
Germany is far from abating. Fifty
years ago there were but 80 students to
every 100000 inhabitants. The number
rose steadily, till in 1875 it was 42.7 to
the 100000. In 1881 the ratio was 81 tC
100, 900; in 1888, 603; and now it is 61.5
In 1872 there were but 1874 students ir
all the universities. Now there ar,
10000.
The new professor of Greek at Colo
RADIO College is to be DR.. Augustus Muir
ray, who received his degree at Johns
Hopkins University last spring, and ha!
been spending this year at Leipsig ant
Berlin. DR.. Murray will begin his worl
at the college next September. Tit
new building, Montgomery Hall, viii
add very much to the working facilitie,
of the institution.
Iowa College is well satisfied with tn
results of coeducation. In the fall O
1884 there were 6 young women working
in the degree courses and IS in the ala
dies course;" there are now 65 in tn
degree courses and but IS in the presen
so called old literary course" That is
while there were then IA per cent of tn
young women regular students in tn
college doing full collegiate work, Their
are now 70 per ceLt in full collegiat
work. In the first 40 years of the his
tory of Iowa College but 10 womeNre
ceived degrees. In the last four years 1
have received degrees, and this numbe
will be increased next June by the 10 O
the present senior class, who are now il
degree courses.