Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-10-20
EDUCATIONAL.


OF 35l towns and cities in Massachu-
eetts 248 have free public libraries.
| The average salaries Of the mattresses
| in the London board schools is 1850.
1t costs the teachers OF Kansas 1900
GOO year to attend the Normal lnsti-
tutes.
There are 230 Normal Schools, with an
attendance OF $4,000 students, In the
United States.
Philadelphia turns out more medical
students in a year than any other city
in the country.
President Warfeld OF Lafayette Col
lege, Pa, is taking vigorous measures to
stamp out hazing.
Pittsburg is trying industrial courses
In the public schools, and their success
is reported to be marked.
Albert q. Lane has been chosen Su-
perintendent OF the public schools Of
Chicago, vice Rowland resigned.
The Kansas University is good deal
set up because a Harvard graduate IL
sending his son to Lawrence this year.
The number OF students registered
this year in Sibley College Of Mechan-
ical Engineering, Cornell University, Ia
something like 400, including a consid-
cradle number OF graduates from other
colleges.
Superintendent Anderson OF the Mil
waukee public schools is talking about
getting up procession OF children OF
school age who are denied an education
from the lack OF school room in that city.
They number about 1000.
1t ia eaId that Miss Mary f.. Holmes
Of Rockford, III. proposes TO invest from
$75, 900 TO 100000 in establishing in
NJ iseouri c0lored women's literary and
| industrial school to accommodate $50
pupils as a memorial TO her mother.
The fall term Of Oberlin College has
opened very auspiciousiy, there being
nearly 1900 students enrolled. Prof.
James Craig OF Lane Seminary and Mise
added to the already efficient corps OF
teachers.
Within recent years the rush into the
professions has been so great In Ger
many, Denmark, France and Greece that
these States can utilize only small pei
cent. Of the university graduates. Since
1870 the growth OF the attendance Mt the
German universities has increased from
IA 900 TO q, 267.
According TO an educational journal
the number OF illiterate persons In Rus
STA, Siberia, Roumania and Bulgaria
form 80 per cent. Of the population, in
Spain 90, Italy AZ, Hungary 43, Austria
80, Ireland 81, France and Belgium rs
! Holland 10, United States 8, Scotland 7
Switzerland 2le and in the greater part
OF Germany only per cent.
Sweden stands behind no country
not even the United States--in popular
education. To this may perhaps be due
the superiority of the Swedish emigrant
TO this country over emigrants iron
other European countries. The number
Of school children per 900 inhabitants
Is l40. Technical instruction, especially
OF woman, is a great feature. The diff
eultiea in the way Of school attendance
are very great, not only because of tn,
severe Northern winters, but also becaus,
the people live to large extent on iso
lated farms.
Prof. Michaelson has just returned /,
Boston from California, where he hai
spent large portion of the summer
lie has been working at Lick Observa
tory, experimenting there with his recen
invention---the refractometer. This h,
attached TO the smaller OF the telescope
at the observatory, and during the sum
mer he made numerous measurement
Of the bodies Of the solar system, partic
ularly of@the satellites OF Jupiter Tn,
results of this work were highly satisfac
tory, and the mean OF the measurement
made varies from the maximum ans
minimum measurements by but or
per eent.---a variation many times les
than is obtainable by other methods
The reiractometer win be used by tn
staff at Lick Observatory during the com
ing year, and in that time Prof Michael
son hopes to perfect his invention still
further. The relractometer bids fair t.
be an instrument of great Importance il
! future astronomical work.