Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-08-01

SON. youth of slender form, snrlll voice, aho
much gesticuation. His defamation, like his
subject, was bold, vehement and overwhelming
The GREEK ODE by RICHARD D. Currs was
delivered with all the majesty of the ore rotando
and brought to our recollection the rumbling
adjunct of the pebbles used by the prince Of
Orators.
Christians though we be, We confess decid
ed prediction for heather Greek; and we
would earnestly urge on the attention of mo-
dern Greek Poets the exact observance OF
slow, clear, and distinct enunciation of that no.
bic language. Owing to the rapidity of the
speakers utterance, or, perhaps,-to an Incl.
pent rust on the edge of our own Greek learn
ing We declare that though We sat,
"With out stretched necks to catch the glorious
sounds"
the only phrase we could grasp in the whoie
Ode was 90 o Andres agathoi"
The Grafton on SCHOLASTIC ART, by
GEORGE S. KENNEDY, rivetted our attention. IN
asserting the superiority of mental over Maze
rial Philosophy, the Orator reminded US OF by
gone days,-of the days of mood and figure,
when the dicfum of the Stagyrite' was quoted
and received as decisive. We were pleased to
see our favorte SYLLoGIsM indicated and its
legitimate province assigned. Induction may,
indeed, be deemed the handmade of Syllogism,
supplying the materials for its Major: but
their provinces and duties are totally distinct.
We have, therefore, often read with surprise GER
tain passages in the writings of Bacon, Locke
and the Scotch Metaphysicians, urging the sub
stitution Of Induction for the Sytlogism;-the
substitution Of the collected materiais-for the
constructed Edifice!
4" SUPER FLUMINA BABYLONlS" form.
ed the subject of correct Elegeiac delivered
by PETER E. BoNFoRD, with judicious pauses and
uetrica accuracy. And here, though not Alum
nj Of Catholic College, we do not hesitate to
declare that those Institutions alone, throughout
the British Islands and North America, retain
and teach the correct pronunciation Of the La
tin Language.
We were, therefore, much pleased with the
Young Poets broad, Roman, sound OF the VOW
els and e, and INDUCED the consolatory refec-
ton that if ever his avocations should lead him
to visit Europe, he bids fair to escape the sup
pressed though polite, smiles with which the
well-bred scholars of that continent listen TO
the unintelligible Latin quotations Of English
and American Tourists"
The COLLEGE DORMITORY, a Parody
on Gray's Elegy, delivered by John Michigan,
abounded with strokes of genuine humor, and
felicitous illusions to the minute economy of
the little world bounded by the students limit
ed horizon.
L'HONNEUR, Poem by Julius Garasche,
exhibited to perfection that popularity of &C
cent, and nasal pronunciation Of the Elements,
upon which that politest of Nations, France,
prides herself and to which characteristic beau
ties Erasmus entertained an antipathy SO ire
cOncileable.
In the French Ode, as in the Greek Poem, the
principal difficulty We encountered was the
speakers rapidity of utterance; though perhaps,
after ALL the fault lay in ourselves. In languag-
eS, not vernacular, We appear TO require slow
ness OF pronunciation for nearly the same rea-
son that staid gentlemen of last century prefer
red the Ninuet to the Reel: because the former
served to exhibit the graces of saltatory motion,
without the physical exertion, incessant atten-
Ton, and consequent fatigue which invariably
accompanied the latter
The DEATH Of NAPOLEON by CHARLES F.
Ming; an Grafton ON ELOQUENCE, by Dun
GAN KENNEDY, and, ON GENIUS, by JAMES r.
jennings, were pronounced in style credita-
bic TO the speakers, and severally elected the
F applause of the respectable and learned audi
enee which filed the exhibition Hail.
The EyprriCnc cloead soon ga. ~
anu on the whole, reflected high credit on the
application and attachments of the students, and
vi the untrlng cares Of the pious and learned
Professors
81 =, We are proud to quote in confirmation of
WIS doctrine the testimony of our venerable and
G1'e countryman James Ross Of PhiladeI-
pn'a In his notes on the Roman Letters prefix
~ 10 The last edition of his Latin Grammar, he
An cnglicised pronunction of Latin is
1e cautiously avoided, as Gredus for Gradus,