, 1900-01-09
EDUCATIONAL NOTES.

y. ii. lngham OF La crosse, WIS, mas
given S15. 900 toward the building of a
new school of science for Ripon college,
Ripon, Wis. The building will be nam
ed in honor of Mr.. Ingham.
Mayor Kinsley of Cambridge, Mass,
has given $685. 900 to each of eight col
leges. Cambridge appears to be one OF
the cities that do not select their may
ors solely on political principles.
DR.. W. p. Kane is to be installed as
president of Wabash college at Craw-
louisville. Ind, on February %. Mrs.
w. r. Jones of Chicago has given S.
900 toward the fund for building a
residence for the president.
Prof. Roentgen Of Wurzburg, the dis
coverer of the X-rays, has finally ac-
cepted a call to Munich university that
was extended to him some months ago.
There were certain conditions laid
down by the scientist that have only
recently been agreed to by the larger
university.
Mrs. II. p. Farnham of New York
City has presented to the own of Dub
mer. a public library building, to cost
2 1000, to be called the Farnham Me-
mortal library, in memory of her hus-
band. A St. Louis architect has de-
signed the building and work on the
foundation has begun. In it will be
placed what books remain of what is
said to have been the first free public
library in the United States. This was
the Dublin Juvenile library, founded
by Rev. DR.. L. W. Leonard in 1925.
The institution was supported by o n
tributions from the several school dis
tricts of Dublin and was free to all in
habitants.
United States Consul Monaghan of
Chemnitz reports that a school for
teaching embroidery is about to be
opened in Plauen. The government
has appropriated 5000 marks Cs2, 142)
and the city 5000 marks (sf14) for the
initial expenses; 5000 marks Isl, 1907
and 5000 marks (S714,), respectively,
will be contributed annually for its
maintenance. The number of appli-
Cants for admission is said to be so
large that hardly half can be accommo-
dated. Consul Monaghan speaks of the
excellent system of technical education
in Germany; nearly every important
iNFn ppl nf fpIttgtrt+ L., rln ~ Two he
says, has its school and the country's
industrial development is in large
Measure due to these educational IA
%cilities.
Following close to the action of the
public school authorities of Kansas
comes the news that the Board of Ed
ucation of Louisville has prohibited
the wearing of short skirts by teachers
while on duty. What was objected to
in Kansas City was golf skirts" in
Louisville it is called simply short
skirt" In Cincinnati, where the rainy
day skirt is worn by very many of the
woman teachers, Superintendent Boone
says he will not attempt to regulate
the wearing apparel Of his assistants
in any way. If there is this much in
a name, and the wave against abbrevi-
ated habiliments is, as appears, coming
eastward, women in this part of the
country would do well to invent one
that would suit the educational author
tiles.
At the annual convention of the
Northern Indian Teachers association,
held some weeks ago, there were pres
ent several of the leading educators of
the central west. At this meeting it
was declared that "inasmuch as fire.
quent bathing is necessary for the
maintenance of good health and as IN
healthy people cannot do good work in
the schoolroom 1t would be well for
public school buildings to be fitted with
bathing facilities so that pupils with
no opportunity for bathing at home can
lave this privilege at school," In har-
mony with this idea the city Board of
education of Mushawka, Ind, has de-
cided to equip with bathing facilities
the costly new Laurel school building.
While it is a new departure it is believ-
ed to be a step in the right direction
and plans will be formulated for build
ing bathroom additions to the other
city school structures.