New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-04
EDUCATIONAL AFFAIRS.
COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY NEWS AND
NOTES OF INTEREST
STATE HISTORIES OF EDUCATION-THE
PUBLICATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES

BUREAU OF EDUCATION.
Among the many activities Of the United States
Bureau Of Education not the least valuable has
been the publication Of its contributions to Amer-
can Educational History" This series. under the
general editorial supervision OF Professor Her
bert r. Adams. OF Johns Hopkins University. has
been In process Of publication for more than ten
years and has reached It's twcnty-thrd number
Each issue is a monograph In the history OF edu-
cation in Of the States Of the Union Several
have been written by prominent educational au-
shorities. In many cases the whole field Of edu-
cational activity-prmary education secondary
schools colleges universities and technical schools
has been covered. while IN others the sketch
has been confined TO higher education Among
the States thus far covered In this series are Ala
bama, Florida. Georgia Maryland, North and Sou'h
Carolina IN the South Massachusetts, and Con-
nectcut. in the North Ohio Indiana, Michigan
and Wisconsin. IN the West. Pennsylvania has
been partly covered in what IS now rare pam
phlet. entitled benjamin Franklin and the mi
versty OF Pennsylvania" by DR.. Thorpe Inc
latest issues this seresthree in 1898 and one so
far in lss9-are The History Of Education IN
Louisiana" by DR. Edwin W. Fay. Higher ECU
cation in Missouri by Professor Marshall $
Snow, OF Washington University. The History OF
Education In New Hampshire, by Dr. George ~
Bush and THE History Of Education IN New
Jersey" 10y Or. David Murray.
The treatise on the educational history OF Louisi-
contains
settlers as necessary Introduction TO proper un-
Outstanding Of the educational history Of the state
The French explorations and settlements unue'
La Sale DIbervlle and others. are sketcheo' the
educational work of the ursuline runs IN New
Orleans in l-2, is considered and after that the
wo.k Of the Spaniards. TO whom Louisiana was
transferred in l7s3 is described Between 1903 ana
1913 the dominant policy Of the State In educatona!
matters is characterized by what Is called DeIe-
hcarisnA" This was the system not only win the
College OF Orleans and several smaller co'eees'
but also with many subsidized academies A"''
system Of granting aid even extended IN some
cases 10 clothing the students. ana the iu'us
therefor often came from the proceeds OF lot
teries The liberal gifts Of the State TO education
through the old University Of Orleans were dlssl-
pated but after the war the state University was
developed out OF the State Seminary OF Learning
and Of this new foundation General W l. sherman
was superintendent. But the most interesting an1
hopeful part Of the work SO far AZ the present @u
future concerned. l. the account OF 'S iVuy ~
institution which bears tho name OF fau Ia
lane-for in louisa the State university is III.
an individual and Is called the Tulane University
Of Louisiana. ,, L., -
IKE L9u sn, e4' 1s9 $50 tSe state was
settled chiefly by immigrants from Kentucky and
mad tSeir homes In and around ST Louis and by
that time The stream of Northern migration had
souri, and iowa. There carly settlers founded the
State educational system on very broad basis as
state University at the head OF and as vital anu
,.ifalizng part OF the State system or education;
In this history OF Higher Education In missouri
the interest centres about the state University az
Columbia and Washington University at st LOUIS
both Of which are types Of successful educational
enterprises. -Four other prominent observation-disclosures
colleges also described $500. III,
In Or Bushs account OF the history o. r-.I
cation in New Hampshire" which deals win Ne
common schools the academies ana me SINCE
college of the State the chief interest or the gen
eral reader viii no doubt be in the accounts or 81
paIrs Scbo"l ana phillips Academy at Exeter
both OF which are more widely known lhah are
many colleges-and IN the Dartmouth Oo.tkr.
The last number Of this series IS Dr. Murray
History Of Education in New-Jersey IN HiSilS
WAYS II Is the most interesting OF these FOUR MS
tories The author dwells AT Length on me MS
This was desirable for the motives for educa,lont4
progress I'm early settled colony were ~ Dc
sought in the characteristics or widely uliNSNO
nrinitiye colonsts one If the most interesting
Subjects treated IS that Of the textbooks 1orHeIy
nsed in the State. This chapter includes notes 10y
George a. Plimpton. OF TINS cll{. Wh0Se vr.
tion 81 early text books is thought 10 be Nhsui-
paesed. an article on Textbooks or the Elk
century" hy Dr. J. Il. Thompson 'l-lst 81 IeNe-
hooks In Sc 1875 TO 1872 by Charles ~ bcSnicl,
and a list Of the texts IN use at princeton hhu
P-,trers during different periods, by Dr Murray
ser,es-is A fine selection Of illustrat0ns lhCud,,
ing a hornhook log schoolhouse a came sN1luo'
IN session well as many views OF fLln .'.,
University Rutgers College. the stevens tlSt4'Uo
and OF the theological and secondary s,rools VI
the Stale together with portraits OF theodore
Frel!nghuysen and Or. McCosh me hstoiI obi o
princeton University IS sketched ny ~. J"4 4
De Witt. that Of Rutgers College BY Dr l)aNiu -
Demarest and that Of Stevens Institute o| II"S'-
dent Henry Morton.