New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-12
AT HOME AND ABROAD.
PEDAGoGIc NEWS OF THE SCHOOLS AND
UNIVERSITIES

A ties, has lately been made in certain schools OF
Utica 10 ascertain whether or not the old idea con-
corning talc-elling prevailed with the r'sihe ger"
Grafton Votes being taken on the subject u was
found that 3, per cent 81 the boys and % per Ceh
Of The girls considered It right 10 tell leaving tne
larger proportion OF the opinion that u was ~'ohs
In this country there are almost twice as many
women who follow the profession OF 'eaching as
there arc men, and the disparity is said 20 be on
tho increase In Prussia OF sxtyeight thoc-
sand tenchers only nine thousand were women an,
in the German Empire there arc one huhdfeu anu
thirty-nve thousand ,tachers. ana gd, I'D
ten million pupils. There are about one hunuIeu
and forty thousand teachers IN france yen W." ~
sand more women tnan men. 'ieat bI,,d NJ. W.
lows with only million teachers 50 iar az Hhomn I
although the most ordinary reader o, Englsn noVes
VIII feel that she can count up nat {nA, nan tSoSs
she has read" says an obscrvant critic
The women students CT the University OK Michi-
gan have raised strong objections 20 inc use o,
cigarettes by the mon students and are de'erHine'
to put stop 70 the smoking habit oarrlea on IN
tho corridors and halls ~ the buildings Inc 'na,
will be taken before the Board o. Kegeh.S az
early date. and petition proAlDiuhs '"e Se
Of cigarettes viii be presented.
While Miss Grace Parsons was teaching c'ass
in the kndergarten department q the pubic schooI
=. Rvo Y 7 last week col Of heating pipes
which was fastened 70 the ceiling fell IN Ho'' %
her desk The rooms were Immediately men WIN
steam. and panic cnsucd MISS Parsons h9~e|er;;
equal to the occasion, q urarinan rag
a IL Rembrandt Peel ,h" distinguisneS So r4stored
artist she ought to have been hraFe ~ u.,,'aS M
order and marched her Little flock out inr3Hg S"e
binding steam without any OF them oeing ihJu'e'
An indignant pedagogue OF Meeker' Co.. CON- CON-
mains TO the superintendent Of Public Instruction
tina, tho order and decoru:l OK the schoo' ar ~
ouslv threatened because the Board per'"'ts ~
desks to torn up periodical ana ne .crnf,on o.
he condition of the room the day atttr one OF
functions oro- ine .c6oo couid not be
kent in this sort q building | asked PPSis
mission 10 arrange and fasten ne Gesks, "ii
was given. and l labored TOT ~ r"S ,oorn Some
ono took A notion few days ago that tse!e 10
be another dance In the schooInouse aiu ~, no
OF my earnest protest SEEMS ,o 1non, ,hst any
nubIic Gathering In n district IS hound 70 dtaw
away the attention Of the pupils rom 'e'o
| work and is thus demoraz;ns X Is d 90 I'M
occurrence here for little girls OF t"elve or I'II
teen years Of age 10 60 70 dances ana ca''0c '"'
| whole night
Mrs Mary F. Robinson has recently presented 20
| tho r-rion Free ard High School Of MamaronecK
| .,, ~ valuable books and engravings. 10 be used
| n connection with the work % the instituton'
~ ,onv ~ tho rare work entitled The HIS
~. - ,bo Irdian Tribes Of North America Illus
,p::od uith one hundred portraits from me MOAN
| Gallery In the War Department, a. az. WIG N
TINS hook has greatly increased In value o"i.s ~
! W. ,oc, that portraits used in illustrating IL are
the only ones extant Another BOOK Is o,bpes- &c
Rrvant's "Picturesque America "nl,e I,oiab,a
| a ~, ceorga Washington's First Inauguration
| ooIy one thousand copies Of THIS h,sto.! ~,
U oriG,oG and few towns Of the size OF MamaFohecH
| can boast the possession OF one