Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-05-22
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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 girls.
1t costs the city of Philadelphia S1.19
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 children; or $35. leaving out
the cost of new buildings and limiting
the expense to that for instruction only.
A short time ago a lady, the first of
her sex, graduated in medicine in Mex
lco. AS an appropriate compliment her
fellow students of the other sex got I'D
an amateur bull fight in honor of the oc-
sion.
The Arkansas legislature has decided
that girls shall hereafter be excluded
from the State University, to which they
have been admitted for the past 10 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, II legal, 237 medical,
556 philosophical Professors Koch and
MOnmsen 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 wears or |
more.
The overproduction of scholars in
Germany is far from abating. Fifty
years ago there were but 80 students to
every 900 inhabitants. The number
rose steadily, till in 1876 it was 42.7 to
lie 100, 900. In 1881 the ratio was 81 to
100000; in 1888, 60.3; and now it is 61.5.
IN 1872 there were but Is, ,7S4 students in
Ill the universities. Now there are
> 900.
The new professor of Greek at Colo
ado College is to be DR.. Augustus Muir
ay, who received his degree at Johns
hopkins University last spring. and has
'een spending this year at Leipsig and
Berlin. DR.. Murray will begin his work
It the college next September. The
lew building, Montgomery Hall, will
did very much to the working facilities
t the institution.
Iowa College is we'll satisfied with the
esults of coeducation. In the fall of
564 there were young women working
1 the degree courses and So in the ia
les course" there are now So in the
egree courses and but Is in the present
} called old literary course That is,
'hile there were then Il per cent Of the
oung women regular students in the a
ollege doing full collegiate work, there i
e now 10 per cent in full collegiate
ork.- In the first 40 years of the his '
ry of Iowa College but 19 women re- a
lived degrees. In the last four years IS b
ave received degrees, and this number :,
i'll be increased next June by the 13 of :
e present senior class, who are now in g
gree courses. ~