The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1842-05-03
P III r E " OLO GY.

In Middebury, in every other place there has ever
been set Of sour. hard listed srumbers. who about
every other week wrap themselves into rage, because
some tuerant lecturer into town. and for a small
doceur offers resals with the discoveries
ia science, morals and religion. Not being among those
who to be deferred by these crouty fellows from
spending a little time and money upon geniuscs from
abroad, who have adopted this laudable method of OBJ
tanning livelihood almost insensibly fell into the
current of beauty and fashion which was flowing into
the Town Room on Friday evening, to listen to Prof
Grimes, the distinguished exponent of the science of
Phrenology. The Professor certainly very srikingly
exemphes in his person, some of the organ: in
full bloom, which he graphically describes Ideality
mirthfuness, language imitation, and self esteem must
be wonderfully prominent in the congeres of faculties
which fills his perici anum HIS lecture was a co ntin-
al round Of the audience file must have
been for long time acute and diligent observer of
human nature in all its and combinations; and
his power of deincating the emotions of the human
heart, and initiating their expression from the rude boy
up the full grown man, battles all description. In
the contortions Of his face and the ntonations of his
voice. he rivals the distinguished comic actors of
the day. He gave college and school instructors
capital tursts In the advancement Of the science
Of Phrenology. he regards the present uniform scheme
of instruction altogether stale and Improbable
Teachers who do conform heir instructions the
clear indications of bumpology, will fall into the
egregious bunders and be of very little service their
pupils.
But alack a-day, what falling off from our learned
institutions would occur, should il become necessary to
appoint Professor Of Phrenology, whose duty it
should be to thurst his fingers into the hair Of The
candidate and endeavor to discover by examination
Of the outside, rather than draw out the contents of
the inside of the head, whether he was competent to
the profitable pursuits Of knowledge and rejecting all
those who arc likely to turn out ounces
But Professor Grimes being judge, this kind
Of manipulation is the most important test. All
judicious instructors be acute phrenolog-
lists to decide upon candidates for college, or the
plans Of instruction. which be as variant as the
diverstes in the formation of the skull And hereafter
may expect to only four classes in college
but each subdivded that every scholar shall have
fair chance for the development of his good faculties
and the repression Of his bad ones. How ridiculous
Is to educate combatans with combatants, and no.
bic, generous Souls with little rataced devotees of
mammon.
The professor could not suppress his sovereign con-
tempt expressed both in words and grimace for the
understandings of those who refused yield to
the glorious truths Of the science which he teaches.
sanctioned. they are. by the immortal minds CT
Gall and spurzheim. But certainly he should exercise
little compassionate orbearanee for the brutal gnor.
and obstnacy tho present generation, especially
since history informs that the greatest philosophers
have erred, and the doctrines held sacred in one
age have been utterly exploded in the II Zcno,
ARISTOTLE, or Plato, sbeold Ant their academic groves