Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-12-13
EDUCATION NOTES

Manchester. ~Englant-Thr ManchrS-
ter Municipal School Of TcchnOnogy.
which has a. il principal n. III. Max
well %tiarnctt late fellow uf Trinity col
lcgc. Cambridge. has Il most complete
schedule of technical courses this wear
covering engineering of various kinds.
textile industries for which the i~nStitn-
ton has one of the most complete sets
of practical appliances TO be- found.
printing. photography. mining and 9th
cr chronological subjects. The library
If this municipal school has eight thou
sand volumes and two pamphlets rcIit-
ing solely 10 applied science and tcchno,-
OK.
Cambridge. Ma>>-Thc report from
the state of Baroda. in India. that there
arc now BOSS educational institutions
there including one arts college. four
hleh schools and fifteen special lastitu.
tiun>. recalls the fact that Baruda " the
ONLY state in India with a compulsory
education law. 1t il also recalled here
thai the ruler. the Gaekwar of BarOda.
sent his son To Harvard. The young
"iikc'' ~ h. was called here. was one II
the Most popular men who ever came
from out of the far East To Harvard.
pressed the opinion Of many educators
'tht NNHi htfInA INTO american HlclllpftS
That his influence has been felt i'll the
growth Of education among his people
\ >lOwn by the report from BarOda.
West Point. n. Yin a re- ent al
dress before the New York State Ills.
torical Society at West Point. Comm =
SioIt,r If Education John III. Finley cx-
pressed thcopinion Of many educators
r~rl"tivc To military training in The
>rhrol>.l II have objected TO Introducing
military training into our public schools
- Y means Of cOn>cripting children and
youth for a service which assumed the
continuance Of the very thing which we
are trying To cNtcrmina!c in our schools
bit have ardcntly advocated as serious
discipline ~ our schools a. We expect
"f those who are to serve their country
a. soldicrs."
Boston Competent observers are
agreed that one of the reasQns for Mex
icp> REVOLUTION H. the lack of pODular
education. says Dr .Andrus O>una. the
new superintendent of schools i'm Mexico
city. who has brought 100 school teach
cf> To Boston and other American titles
to observe the educational methods in
pracalCai use. There IL another
heNican revolution Of which little is
known. Ii il the bluodLrsS battle for A
lew and better method Of popular edu-
cation. Constant revolutions have nj.
WAYS been in the way Of education in
McalcO. During the Diaz administrative
education was left 10 local initiative.
iHd 1t was only III 4 very few cities that
proper attention was given To this i'm
loT ant need. I'm fact the greater part
~ he states neglected their schools. The
'onStitutionalist government il cuntem-
plating the organization Of 4 general Of
fEr in the City Of Mexico which may cor
respond 10 the commission Of education
ID The United States and a certain am.
omit Of money is To be distributed from
The federal revenues for the bcttcrmrnt
of Bublir schools
Detroit. Mich The new engineering
building If the University OF Detroit IL
now completed and the alumni a%SSocia.
ton II giving a dinner tonight "a signal.
ize the dedication Of the new structure.
Or. James y. Walsh dean If the College
~ Medicine If Fordham University. New
York will be- the principal speaker.
New York-The onG-ial sanction Of
college presidents has been placed on the
students camp for military training.
AZ a recent meeting mere Of college heads
presided over by DIR. John Grier Hi5oen
of Princeton il was decided not only to
endorse The student ramps but Ia recon
mend them 10 their students. We r..
gard tins movement aS in no way mill
taristD declared one ~ the college
heads. Its object IL to train the stu
uentS ~ our colleges and therefore serve
a uSeful purpose 10 the country. The
education which the students receive UNI
der officers Of the army IL ~ The greatest
value to them and to the nation. and
feel that the summer camps are agencies
for good which the universities should
do their utmost TO encourage"