New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-08-11

.houd never be divorced from the intellectual there
Il room enough for THIS wisnout msoomns WIN -,
y,spi,m The paper closed by recommending more ~
tenton 70 the subject Of Female Education.
The PRESIDENT said he was rather OF
opiOion that nearly all the studies pursued in male
schools might be advsstsgeousy pursued In those OF
the opposite sex The President introduced,
Mr. EMERSON, of Boston, who said he
had been pleased with the paper just read He differed
on peints but perhaps the difference OF residence
might partially account for It, lie would give the schooi
lecture good place 1t was highly mportensfha' pup
should learn how to listen well and this faculty woua
be- pest cultivated by listening to lectures ms
OF giving undivided attention to asPeaheI vi -,
consequence, and IL Of much vsue hs In
pllne for the mind. Reading wen' no' po.S
but cel Is another matter OF g,oss "nSer.tsnd
To learn how to read book properly, ulue' $50 n
ipslv with close attention, with logical acu"en ~ ~
of the most important of school ACQUISITIONS LOT '
Females have incomparaby more adventases ,1l luz
,,on thsn males Girls generally have all their time from
infancy 10 wo manhood for purposes OF educauon oys
are drawn into temptation or sent TO LABOR ana nave M
les, time for study and naturally iess dsposuou' ho
.n,aker said he would be glad TO hear further ana es
nrecIslIv from Mr. LORD of Ohio, upon this SUBJECT
The hour of closing the session having arrived, the
Association adjourned to meet at III o'clock at the
Central NJ. L. Church
EVENING SESSION.
Al = I. Va
sembed In the Central ~ f. Church, In Markets., 70
hear paper on the Use and Culture Of the lmsslna-
ton" b. Rev. DR.. BARNAs SEARS, Superintendent oil
Schools In tie State of Massachusetts 1t was an elsb
crate and interesting essay, and was received with care
full attention. He said that many persons were OF ths
opinion that the nsginaon should not be cultivated out
should rather be depressed because they say the ira
citation stimulates only the baser and depravcd
fpIf I'D axnAr Hnrna
the ina gnsion should be cultivated, properly trained
and nghieo0sly disciplined ard then i would be, as Il
should always be, pure and noble.
Among the great minds which have adorned the
world, we find the pures and greatest deeply imbued
with imagination. Plato united In nearly equal pro-
portions a lively ard vigorous Imagination with the
more subdued faculties Of pure reason Luther had
powerful and vivid imagination, by the exercfe
Of sbich he portray In the most graphic language the
great truths which other iet but Tor want o the
imaginative faculty, could not convey The speaker
also named Jeremy Taylor, Edmund Burke, joan Eos
ter and Dr. Chalmers notable instances OF the unity
of powerful Imagination with " ell ordered reason 1t
is isllacy 20 talk of subduiog the imagination II Is
natural iDdestTuctible power, Inherent and not TO
| be destroyed by eny effort OF man Eelag in'
ersdicable, it should be judiciousiy trained If neg
! lected, it will either be oyerpowered by grovel
ing passions and result in mental deornity or BY an
opposite luxurisnt growth become impure aud destruc
tive ter ding to evil results Al the present moment We
1
imagination than from Its abuse The use Of abstract
reason is too much depended upon we put logic and
exact tcences too far forward we are led ia vague
distractions and thence to false conceptions. Ali truth
| exists in concrete forms, and not in these wire,
drawn abs,ractcns of a severely logical and pas
sonless course OF reasoning. Tas idoizng OF logic
has led Us TO make God himself the subject OF In
vesgaOn; TO refer his attributes some higher pow.
er OF the reason. By this severe and mathematical
course Of ditcpre, the mind loses It's vitality its elias
ucity, It's cTts alive power We our educated men
from the college and the co!ster into the world
with dry, why nlinoE, OF and ilbera Views
their minds !rretfevaby loared by the eradication $50
far that Is possi6e) of the ina gnave faculty Tnus,
the nlno loses lie important power OF pcturiDg and
pressing the thoughts that 1t entertain This is the
reason why among such army Of wei educated men,
have few orators they have neglected the proper
cultivation of the imaginative faculty and lost Cor never
possessed) the tue power OF expression. Among
the evidences of neglected aud diseased imaz.
nation the speaker mentioned a love for eKasge-
rated rorance-,hat species OF trashy literature
which was neither positively good nor pntvely bad,
but rather absured, meaningless trash. Person, ad-
die ted TO this stuff ne would Gail intellectual weaSlngs
he then went on to speak severely of class of pOVsr
tul writer's Of the present day. who look for higher
state of human existence, who commend themselves 10
The poor and the ignorant and exercise powerful In
fuerce for evil upon the public mind lie said they
aimed a something far hgher than our present co1ci
ton. bat la reality would sink much lover. lie
hardly knew what oppose 20 this food OF destcoyng
literature; awholesome censorship of the Press might
be suggested but that was difficult and delicate expert!
ment our holy religion would do much TO coun,eract the
eV out pc main nope OF The speaker was founded In
the unceasing efforts Of the teacher, of vlglant
watchfulness the part of the educators OF chl..
6ren that the youthful Imagination should DO trained up
in such manner as 10 prove a shield, a safeguard
against all such iBsidous attacks upon public virtue aud
religion. Train child to regular habi,s of thought,
bring forth his Imagination under the control OF ha
ressor cell up the love Of the pure and the beaudful
In nature and in art, and you will create pure taste,
give order and besuty 20 The mad. and raSe ef.
ecua barrier against all the corrupt Influences of the
age.
Here the train and our Reporter left
for New.York. The Association will meet at Library
Hall at 9l9 this morning