The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-07-26

The report read by Ho, ace W-bster. l. L. d ths
Of the acads my who in addressing the pupils
said -
Young gentl. men Another term has closed in the
Free Acsd my ana the records 81 the progress you
hsve ade in stuoies during that time aud your
classification, are now to be read TO you 1t is due
b'~ever 10 your friends. that brief statement Of
fcation is founded Moral conouct, so necessary to
success everywhere H. not neglected here. An accu-
rate account kept Of every delinquency he 1t email
or great to which If applied tcsle Of numbers limi-
tea by nsxima and mpims values At the close Of
the term these punber- designate negative quanti-
ties the standing Of each student according to the
tuIe Of his of nces they OF have the effect to
lower him in his class view this matter Of moral
conduct AS Of very serious import especially in con-
Dectiop with our Institutions of learning here in
the GENES. circle restraint and good morals are
imposed ard enforced As it respects the studies on
scale OF numbers above mentioned in estimating the
ex~elepcy or otherwise of their daily recitations.
with this difference however that they considered
pssiIive quantities instead of negative In the for
psr instance The same thing IL done at semi
annual exsmipattons except that at these exsmina
tions We assume higher rate tor Q very obvious
AT The clcse Of the the aggregates from
all these sources determine the standing OF each stu
dent in his class (Urder Of merit read The results
Of the Classification just read to you is such
ought to have anticipated your position In this
ticuiAr has been fxed by yourselves; we have only
your conduct and your opportunities the deductions
Of The measure OF your success are almost much
teal problem There are, scarcely know why i'm
pTetsions foImtd by students during their academic
course. that their tuccesh depends some fancied
Circumstance entirely beyond their control, aud not
on their individual efforts; there IL nothing more
untrue per nicious than this belief Many impedi
msbts frequently serious to be be-
fore you can attain anything valuable that is
worth possessing The very efforts you make quality
you for higher attachments and the difficulties you
encounter may be the making of you. A wise man
has raid that difficulty IL very severe instructor
tet over NJ by the supreme ordinance of parental
Guardian; be that wrestles with strengthens our
nerves and sbarpens our skill antagonist IL
helper. Thu snicsbe ct with culty. obliges
us To an intimate acquaintance with object aud
comPels us to consider 1t " all it's relations 1t will
not suffer us TO be superficial
The ceremony OF awarding the medals pc rform-
ed by II. y Benedict. Esq.. President of the Board
Of Education, who also made address. for the
bett net only Of the pupils but the large audience
which vas ssfembled to witness the ceremonies The
speech IL Mr.. wac in advocacy of the academy, and
the ,pssker underworld to chow s utility and great
pt~fulBess in such q community lie would
bss@ all clssses Of youth educated here He would
hsve prepared for sud educated here the Of the
wealthy and not only such but slso the poor the
very poofett He vent into q somew what heightened
srgpms mt to prove that, following such hap
py r-tDlts would follow
Eighty one new candidates for admission have been
sxsmincd md found competent. This will raise the
pnDbsr Of pupils in The free academy to nearly 300
vacation until the first week in
when the next tel m commences.