Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-01-01
EDUCATIONAL.
An American Girl Succeeds in Getting
Permission TO Attend Lectures
in Berlin University.

There are about 2l5 schoolhouses in
Philadelphia.
There are six schools in Ireland where
Irish Is taught.
There are students from fifteen foreign
countries at Yale.
There are 9S) students at Princeton
this year, against S5l last year.
There are eleven graduates OF Yale and
sixteen OF Harvard In Congress.
President Angel threatens to close the
University Of Michigan If gambling Is
not stopped.
The next contest between Harvard and
Yale is to be debating contest on some
question OF public interest.
The next annual pay roll OF the OIL
GERS, professors and employees OF the
University OF Michigan amounts to $780,
600.
Officials of the Chicago University an
nounce that they will receive the sum OF
500, 900 from the William B. Ogden es-
tate.
The authorities OF Cavendish College,
Cam bridge, England, have determined
to close the doors OF the institution after
a fruitless struggle Of fifteen years.
The annual report Of William B. Far
nam, Treasurer OF Yale University,
shows that the University has received
$343, 384.Dl in gifts during the last year
The census statistics show the gain in
population in the United States to be
24.88 per cent, while the enrolment OF
children in the public schools is z6.54
per cent. This ia q healthful indication.
The dedication OF the new agricultural
and mechanical buildings and the open
ing OF the new dairy school at the Uni
versity Of Vermont, Burlington, took
place December l. The dairy school
opened with forty students.
Although German women have not az
yet succeeded in getting admitted to the
German universities, bright American
girl, Miss Gentry, has coaxed from the
surly authorities permission to attend
lectures In the Berlin University. This
is the first time on record that the favor
has been granted to woman.
Twenty universities Of the German
Empire show 28,5l5 students who have
matriculated. Their studies for the
most part are: Medicine, 8,9l6; law
1902; evangelical theology, 4,23l Cath
Ollie theology, 1907. Six Thousand eight
hundred and forty-five students were
matriculated as students in philosophy,
which includes chemistry and physics
In the case OF the School Board o.
Fitchburg, Mass, against certain French
residents for refusing to send their chill.
dren to the public schools the defend
ants we're fined $40 and costs. They ap-
pealed, and were held in 500 each for
the Superior Court. The children were
attending the French parish school,
whore most OF the instruction is in the
French language. in violation, the board
says, OF the State school law.
The new building OF the Institute OF
Technology at l47 Troop street, Chicago,
was almost wholly built by the students
OF an industrial school, The broad plan
OF this institute proposes TO teach "any
person, any study, day or EVENING"
Draughting OF all kinds is made a spe-
cialty, force OF three instructors being
employed in that branch. Evening
classes in plumbing, brick laying, arohi-
lecture, electricity and engineering be-
gan November TO-
OF the 1856 students who were grad
uated from the four colleges in Maine
this year only one has chosen farming
for an occupation-about the usual pro-
portion in such cases-while thirty-three
are to take up teaching. Other occupa-
tions find an order of preference between
these two-6ve choosing journalism,
seven commercial pursuits, twelve engi-
neering, thirteen the ministry, eighteen
medicine and nineteen the law. while
the remainder are undecided,