Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-11-23
THE EDUCATORS NOTEBOOK.
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Pittsburg. Pa.-rhe aftecnth anniver-
sary of the Carnegie institute Of Teen
noiogv IL being rclebratrl today and ~
MORROW at thc Institute. Many cduca-
tionai leaders have come for the exc
,i~cS representing I'LL phases Of indus
trial :ll technical training. Tp'id. :
fcetusc rs a visit Ia the institute un.ler
-.lti "a the fannitN and the cl'>>"~ VII
br o.. rvcd in operation. Tomorrow
yhc1. vii Re a procession. in which tie
.rc>tS viii be escorted hv faculty ana
students. and formal exercises Will ~
hold. Or. Henry :. Pritchett viii make
a speech ON Andrew Carnegie. the vene
rahlc philanthropiSt. who viii reach his
cighticth birthday this week.
New Yorkshire report that the fa-
nous University of Warsaw has been r.
opened IN the German government OFF
Gals since the fall of that famous Polish
city j. confirmed bv information re-
ccivcl here. There are three faculties
lax ana political Science. philosophy
and history and mathematics and nat
Ur1l sciences. The institution which il
thus rvoprncl. was one of the seats Of
learning i'm Europe for a period IF Sey-
crnl centuries. The downfall If the Pol
iSh nation ANA it> separation into states
in Russia. GERMANY and Austria brought
min 10 the national university. One Of
the most pleasing deeds TINT the Ger
mans could carry ont. III view III their
desire 10 gain the good viii of the Rus
sian Poles. is the revival Of this famous
university.
A~I.-Ifpmtar. III. ,..t4,t.,f a.. ...f.
the So-callei funny sheets which arc
used AZ attractions for the children IN
the daily AMI SUNDAY papers. by indus
trial art features Of constructive and ed
Irrational character. IN endorsed IN
commissioner VA Education ClaNton. The
idea j. 90 give the children something to
do. IN work. ont. and tn inculratr thought
and activity in children. The plan has
been endorsed ~ MANY ci icatorS and
childrcnS aid societies. pr. Charles W
Eliot ~ Harvard once said. As Il
have seen more and more education dur
ny mv professional career. / have come
mere and more firmly tn the conclusion
hat the most cftG tive kind NC education
: obtained "a every stage. not bv listen
M and reading. hut IN observing com
barring and 1ring.'' The ullru cumir~
may d be displaced ia many large
newspapers hv industrial art pages
which viii furnish something ~ hc huilt
1N the children. something that VII w
lulrc the using Of ingenuity aud thought
With satisfactory effects hat viii ulra>r
hc Youthful mind.
New York The association If STR
'cntS with their professors in the vlri-
ms Bf.tnt.EAN nF ..f.ttrrE.
rowing tendency ana the attitldr II
nch men as Prof. Michael I. Puuin eat
ulumhia. who also holds the office III
nn>ul general from Serbia III the Uni
ed states, is notable IN this direction
m 4 recent communication. Prof Punin
'Anc> Edwin Armstrong. one uf hiS for
itr students. rs = lose asSociaIc "a
iectrlcal research for two wears. de.
larine that the student SharcS with him
qnally the credit for pcrfectiug the
2e1nS of solving the problem Of static
Interference in wireless transmission 4
hr recent Inventions III Prof. Purin
With their fnr-rcachiu~ results are nn
m SatiSf;". tory than the fact that this
ls researches y fine holy NJ graduate
cachcr is carving along with him FL
'udcntS whom he is training especially
h "dvancr and enlarge hiS scientific
work.
Albuquerque y. M-Thc state univer-
itv of New MrVirn claims the distinc
'cu of having the largest proportion ~
III supporting students IT any ruivcr
'tr iu the runtry. The total enrolment
y l92 of which numirr ilG arp mpr and
y arc women. Few ~ tha wamcn con
ribute % their own support. hut Of IN,
'cn l3. nr over il per cent. are paving
'll "r " considerable part ur thi r ovr
htVersity expenses. Another interest
mi" phase of the enrolment. due To TIN
'rrnt dcvcI0nrient nf thr state and Wy
he university. IN the fact that only -
I the students were born i'm the state
h" others lrr natives uf 3l other state.
M four foreign countries.
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