The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1892-08-27
EDUCATIONAL NOTES.
Three Characteristic lnstrumentalities Of
Modern Civilization-Gospel Of
St. Mark and the Blind.

The University Of Leipsic is worth
nearly so, 1000.
There are thirty-one colored schools in
Iberville parish, La, and only twenty
white.
The English Privy Council has decided
that Manitoba need not maintain sep
arate schools for Roman Catholics.
For two years in succession girl stu
dent has carried off the Sargent prize for
a metrical translation OF an ode Of Hor-
ace, open to all the students Of Harvard
College.
There is not at the present moment in
the whole length and breadth OF the Ger
man fatherland a university which ad-
mits women as q matter OF right to its
lectures.
Queen Mary's College is the only col
lege for women in Scotland that fits them
Tor university degrees. 1t was founded
about fifteen years ago, and has 200 stu
dents in art, science and medicine.
England with ninety four universities
has 2,723 more professors and 81 ,Sl4
more students than the $50 universities
in the United States. The revenues OF
Oxford and Cambridge represent CAPT
tai OF about $75, 900, 900.
The only dental departments that adj
init women to the study of dentistry are
those OF Ann Arbor and Pennsylvania
College. The first woman dentist, Nine.
Hlrsch feldt, who atterward became dent
list to the family OF Emperor William,
graduated from the Pennsylvania school
Thomas Walton OF Philadelphia says
there should be law forbidding y
teacher to teach after reaching the age
OF 5o.' William Geuder OF Milwaukee
recommends change in the rules which
will insure permanent tenure OF office
to competent teachers Let the other
cities speak. " In the multitude OF coun-
sellers there is safety"
The gospel OF st. Marx, printed on
raised letters at Philadelphia in Novem-
education OF the blind. 1t was printed
in the old French type invented bv Hauy,
but now Roman letters without capitals,
to save space are used, and the Bible is
printed in eight volumes, each a little
larger than Webster's unabridged die
tionary.
The new catalogue OF the University
OF Pennsylvania shows l,164 students,
or twenty less than Yale, while the Uni.
versity OF Mich gan has 1858, or Just
twenty less than Harvard. In the mum
Der of teachers Harvard now comes first
with 25S, the University OF Pennsylvania
second with 237, Columbia third with
20, Yale fourth with l55 and Michigan
fifth with las.
The three characteristic Instrumental
ties OF modern civilization are the rail
road, the newspaper and the common
school. The common school means the
acquisition on the part of each boy and
girl, whether rich or poor. OF the neces
sary knowledge required to read the
newspa ger and make nse OF the railroad
10 exchange the products OF their own
industry Tor share in the products oil
the worlds industries. The consequence
OF the use OF machinery and the steam
eng ne is the transfer OF population from
the country 10 the city and the suosti-
tuition OF educated directive power over
machines in place OF mere hand labor.
Hence everywhere education is in the
ascendant. After the Franco Prussan
war Austria increased its school attend
ance until it has now l3 per cent. OF its
population in school. France has in
creased its school attendance to Is per
cent. OF its population, where it had
only per cent. before the battle OF Sc
dan. About the same time England re-
modelled her own system, and following
the example OF France in 1881, England
in 1889 has made her schools free to all
her pupils. Italy and Spain have devel-
oped their schools until 1912 per cent. OF
their respective populations are in the
schools.