Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1828-11-22
SEMINARY.

'6tsat.d nine m,es from Iiarftoya, on lAe IurHpike Road
&JOrILE of this scIroA has been given 10 lie public
~ about two wears since. shortly uflrr, through i'll
iealih, aud some oiher minor causes, we wee obliged 10 re-
sfus, nking any more scholars In tire Latin. Alter numerous
and repealed applications, we concluded to hue an esi-innt;
and have been fortunate NJ obtailng "a gentleman graduated
si YsIs College, who eui-rs iacet-ely Into Cur system OF ed
ucslion. Ills qualifications ~ "A teacher. and ms iudeatiga-
BILE exerions Tor ile iwnehl OF The scholars, promise lire
school all thai prosperity that we could reasonably expect.
We are now prep,reIi Ia receive all those scholars VINO sill.
be pleased 10 attend. We do not pretend our System OF ed
ucauon 10 lie peculia, to ourselves in searching the Writings
Of uhe INN, RAJ Locke, we find that lac had tie siRe views,
and strongly recommended them 10 otiers. We have also
had conversation with some OF the litsi Literary gendemen Of
our State, who highly approved OF the system, aud Inform
us, that one OF the Foreign Missionaries, who1s dlstingu sti-
ed for his abilities and his facility In acquiring a KNOW ledge
OF foreic,, languages, gives IL Tue DECIDED preference over all
ou,ens, aud says, tlal a scholar VIII obtain a knowledgr Ola
Language IN one half tie lime that he can on lie usual melll-
cd OF teaching. We copy the f,AcAyi ng from IA Respectable
Boston paper -" Practical method Of teaching the Latin,
an extract from the long unnotecd bat now celebrated worN
on education, by Locke. Ia TINS extract, he condemns IN
his usual clear and forclble manner, te practice I'll beating
ersmmaso of strange tongues into the i~ .ds of cI.ildlen, be.
fore they have any know edge of Tie languages Ihenise YES.
He says thar a child may learn 10 read AMI talk a language
easier by rote as he learns his mother tongue, and that IN a
grnt majority Of cases, tins kind of kDowteige Is more prac-
0csl and useful, white time is iefl for more mpurtant s%iua!es,
but those wi,se occupation il Ia be Ia ue the tongue and
pcs CORRECTLY, can Afterwards learn The pranimar."
Having matured and taught on tins 81 stem fr moro than
three yosrs. we find II str,cily necessary, after The lesson has
teen given TO the scbolaf, that he should have some means
ky which, he can call IL a. remembrance, when he mas retired
20 his rn,m. For this purp,,e we tayc mepatcd a key 10
tho Latin, Greek and French languages, by means vi winch
the scholar, with close application, may be able To read
the the Aneid of Virgil IN Twelve weehs. Without any
previous knowledge OF Tie Latin, tue tnsl day he commences,
he will be able 10 read twenly.dv lines. the fourth flly, and
Al tho end of the second week, he eau oonsi'ue upwards
Ne can construe, from three 10 five hundred lines per day, be-
sides obtaining a morning lesson lr parsng.
Here Is a saving Of at least SIX months tune and expence;
and .lbe knowleEg 20 tlns gained Is far more perfect, and the
impression made on tie ni,nd more indenble. Another pc
culiar advantage is gained on this system. The scholar IN
stead of complaining that The subject Is dry aud unneaning,