The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1849-09-01
THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE or Is
STRuCTION,

Hold It's Annual Meeting ~ this village on
Hr llih, 18Th and lGr, of August This was
the first meeting held la this Sntc II wgr
well attended, aud the exercises wcro such
T.r0 nIeftstGH HuGicuce IN Tie highest de-
are,
The exercises were discussions on topics
saaicclcd with teaching, leudlug not 20
much 10 draw out the plrus OF individuals nv
nmoke manifest the different systems 10 llu
-----l-4lni Sinlcs aud hy comparing aud con.
tossing these ~ -ietr- ~ :
t1rh aud iii them oul where practicable.
The Institute wns opened 10y appropriate
remarks Us the Wee President, Gideon l..
'lhayct of Boston, who Ia nlluding Ia the dc.
yolcdnrs, fNernopt 10 other ohlcct., pray
cd for the same cnrIiesincss IN The cnusc Of
Elur1lion. Mr.. Howard Of 'Ihctiord added
% lhcsc.
The Introductory Address WINS delivered
b Bishop llppkius nf Burlington, on "Ihc
dcftc, 1T the principle Of religious authority
IN mndcru cducaGun.n This lecture WIS IN
,umr part, M exposition Of ihc defects ui
l1ur,,ic government, tbs hoing the fountain
,lN,uhrdirncc. aud II faulty It brought about
ir.f', IA the INSTRUMENTATION OF society. II
v' characterized lay Frcnt strength OF un'h
H.l reasoning.
:. the nnrrnoon. Prof w G. T.. SImdd of
Bulmglon University, addressed tie lusti.
llir IN The relative position and influence
oi Collegiate Education IN complete. sys-
i,m of slntc EduratiOn." IN This lecture he
tool, u view which 10 very unny would ho
nu unpopular one, hut lac maintained the po-
siion. showing the need otthc higher dcpnft-
mruts To flush aud polish a." work which
cpdmary aud higher schools commerce..
p,cs Lnharcc, Of Midllrhury College, oc-
r07..d the evening, having for his theme.
"llc Education demanded 10y the peculiar
character OF our Civil fT1imtious.'
Rrprhlicailisu lives by intelligence, and
. tAsN.tl lis decline. \ distinction was taxi
IN between intellectual md moral culture,
somewhat too strongly marked, perhaps For
seems difficult to educate tue mind md not
The heart,
Intellectual training is one brunch Of NOR.
~ culture. The objects to which the mind
iSnpped IN cdurntiuH are objects ~ Inturr
and who ran fail to "iook from udtirc uu
10 nalurc's God Who can study the atom.
Of uHllcr, the muscles of animal life, or the
cycles the stnrs,and no, hc influenced witt
'nora' idcus "The undeyout astronomer j.
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We would detract nothing from the nrgu
incut for moral culture MS n brHnch Of l.du-
cn!ionhut we would not deny 10 intellectual
Discipline lis due weight in mixing men tfrt
ter as well ns brighter.
Wednesday, William O. Ayres OF Boston
ouTEhG claims OF Natural History MS n braucl
OF common school educmiou,n md WiitiaH
G. Gold'hwNue of MnitsGcld.- Mass "Or
practical Educnton,' occupied the fore
.uooH,
Mr. Ayrcs spoke in n particular manner of
- liza sas-tAant al understandable for scLauls
school books on Natural History being al
most upknown-of the gross errors in thos,
That we do have, of the consequent wnut of
attention to that Interesting aud useful de-
pnrtment of study, and the strange aud mis-
mken notions arising from ignorance, which
an Introduction of this study would rcctify.
Tho lecture Of MIR GoldIhwaite very prop
erly followed this, mud being practical of
course appealed strongly TO The ruling pms
sion. The utlltnrinn is the strongest nrgu
Weht Tor the advancement oS schools.
In the afternoon Thonus II. Palmer, of
FWlsord VI gave uu address on Essential,
OF Educn,on." -
Prof L. ID. Sanhorn, of Dartmouth College
addressed the Institute in the evening on the
subject "Education,Ihe condition OF Nationa
GreH,ness.7
In his lecture he assumed that education
was the true basis of society. That us soce.
iyIs more or less educated so much,is 1t I'D
'nnced in goodness, IN greatness He refer
Ieu to The history of nnliohs,nnd showed thai
'helr position was according to the standard
ofeducnrion
Thursday morning Res. DR.. Sears of New.
Ton Niuss. spoke on"'The uses of Imagination
III schools aud real lfer lie was very clcnr
on this subject, aud by nany huppy itiusira-
u9ns,hhowed the power anil direction of that
winch has been supposed TO bo the Legitimate
P0'FuSSToU or UiIc HuttT0r Of tirtinn md pc