The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-08-11

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they were pest repetition he suspected they .ere 49,
ms.ory. The ChInsrs afforded some valuable s1au
p rs;es on ", ,n Sr,si vita much .os
Judge Dora Of New York moved vote Of thauks
10 the President for this sddres xn,on ahas
ing committee 20 take such steps ~ they
nav Deem most eAsctusl toobtain nom Congress
IMPORTATION Of the surplus ter the bonedt Of
common schools In the several Staier" Judge d. ex-
plsined that ago there was an appropriation
loan; how they had been applied In all, he did not
know, but In some they we've devoted By the super. |
visors to building court houses and other mat
For years there had been dividend the govern
ment being pressed by the requirements Of the Mexican
comngn again and look the dividends he submitted
the resolution with view to their application to cduca
tiopal pury oses II unanimously adopted
RonERT L. CooEE Esq., Of New Jersey Recording Sc
cretsry rrad paper on the deecs and difficulties
offemae education Hs rst enters the subject gene
rally CONCERNING the disregard often paid books
and the drudgery OF study which Is necessary dscip
line the mind to habits of thought and self
effort and the number of systems. which have
been got up 10 suit The views OF individual teach
eIs multiplying the text books, and loading them
with useless perple1ipg addeBda and In some cases
conceived fundsDir ntally wrong principles Pro-
erosion much the order Of the day that false plans
and systems devised to teach us TO think fast
well TO travel fast Thu evil Of book making had be
great evil and If most OF them buried in the
Of Lehe the OF education would be pre-
thought e. neraly sending children TO school at
too early age before their physical deve
Hoped arising from the natural pride In parents 10
their Children excel and chow early signs OF martness
He fell any fear that child who, five six years
old did know its letters would il its physical
powers health cared for be quite any
9th. at age natural cnnsea uenco
of being too eally they removed from schoo
too eaiy-just when they were very often beginning to
fully take advantage OF approaching their opportunity
for education lie enumerated the difficulties and def
ciercies Of female education as-beipg sent to school
too earlya mistaken, but general idea OF the nferiory
of female capscty capricousness OF parents in frequent
~ changing their schools and by thus transpanting,
checking the int slecta growtha capriciousness
reaaiy excited with reference to the girls than the
boys. After some remarks the station woman was |
called upon to fill as the centre Of circle and the mother
Of Children he concluded with some general the
subject OF scnooi education the chief being that it
should include some instruction revealed religion
which be done without intoxicating the dogmas of
any sect there platform broad enough for all to
stand on.
The PHEsprSr was pleased to hear some Of the pas
ssges Of the paper just read The subject of female
cation had been thought by him; and the question
how far The studies of the other should be modified
presented difficulties 10 his mind Tie would be
glad to hear the remarks of the gentlemen who had
maiuroiy weighed t-pnrticularly of MIR Emerson. Of
Boston who his right and who had devoted much
time and to the work of educating the daughters Of
his friends
Mr. EMERSON, of Boston, then came forward lie diff
fered some points with the Last speaker In educa
ton he considered great point to discipline the mind
to become good listener Brought up amidst
nation Of takers with every opportunity OF hearing de-
srable dscoures this habit If the greatest impor
lance; and quite much ladies, who had the
In village at least each sabbath day thi,
opportunity given and it great advantage
be able 20 to ston to give the undivided attention to
the whole Of the discourse Another great object
be able 10 read we-he did not mean to cnuncate we'll
Reading well from q book is Of the most charming
and beautiful any lady can carry from
and she shall be the and warmth Of Intelligence and
the light Of the circle of which she is the centre
But that got what he meant. To read properly
of greater Importance to give attention to the Ian
to be they and the thoughts of
ne ri 10 on Of hs a.
important acquisitions. IL was generally remarked In
New England and the question asked. How is it
with all your colleges and advantages that these young
ladies better educated than their brothers,? And
they better educated They had better opportun
ties; their whole time was devoted to 1t under the
guidance Of the mother whereas the boys out of
doors, occupied tempted and led away by such crcum
stances parent control On another point of his
arpuentthat children were sent to school too eariy
he should like to hear few words from Mr. Lord Of
Colnmbus' Ohio explaining how they had begun the
so that there was no danger In sending them
ThePREslD,ST would Ike TO hear Professor Kingabury
he in the but having ascertaneu that the
bour was arrived lie must declare the adjourned
till half past O'Clock ut the Central Methodist Church
EvrsIno MEETING At THE cHuEcH-DR. SEARS LECTURE
In the evening the convention and respectfully nu-
merous audienc.-ccmposed before Of many ladies'
re-asssmbed in the magnificent Methodist Church,
in Market street This edifce appears to have been
reared direct eontravention to all pre- ideas
Of the primitive simplicity Of esleyan Methodism Il
is built of reddh gray stone. and the pire not yet
completed towers the height OF hun ired feet while
the interior is beautifully fitted up with carved oak The
seats pews are xuiously carpeted and stuffed
Windows Add to this that there very fine church
organ sdorned suite and the fou ensemble OF
the humble house OF worship upcn this instrument
voluntary well executed after which the President
introduced
STARS Secretary Of the BoaId of Education Of Bos
ton The inject OF his lecture had been announced
The Culture and Uses Of the Imagination y An
epitome OF much that he would said had been cou
in the eloquent address OF the President He OF
the in the the intellectual i'm
agination, the picture drawing quality of The mind
lie knew it had been said that this property of the mind
ha httt 4I
considered anngonitic TO the pare and under
standing This he distinctly pronounced to be heresy
The inil inaiion essential part Of spiritual
nature and Therefore proper subject education in it
tire In proof o. this find in all the most SPLEEN
did minds brilliant imagination united with the purer
reason As instances might look to Plato, aud TO Luz
ther, The latter Of whom wh all his many great qua
ties strong faith keen penetration powerful Judgment
ano undanDted courage. would never have held the |
sway he did peoples minds had not imagination |
come to his aid Jeremy Taylor, though diGe- |
rcDtly constituted intellect was another instance with
Burke we felt we're in the presence OF prolirous
genius but it the brisncy of his imsg nation |
which left he deepest mprints in hearts, and
for this lbs works would be read by the few onl
instead Of the many John Foster again derived his |
great power from his imagery by which he could
eIs mind as the leading features of q gallery |
Of Elem h paintings. He wouli only further in
imaeinStion was intellectual faculty which needs
TO be cultivated. aud which may be used. for
nation be would have crodicated But how 1t was
natural quality and ma ural one indc.Tuctice To
preserve 1t from irreguariy all could do give
1t regular ~ by civilizations ally II with the understand
ing and let II ct With Americans generally this
suffered TO be hadoved by other powers
Of me mind and the result 1t or shrunk
in deformity or took luxurious growth in other drec
tons Of which complained without seeing the cause
or applying the remedy which might prevent it. We
suffered nofe from the want If It. however than
from the abuse Theoioginns philosophers. aud mer
of Gil profe soDs. have got into way Of thinking
truth valuable for its logic only and this led to ab
stract talfe conceptions All reality concrete and
distinctions we've human and following them ou. |
esSe finally TO elevate great realm higher than The Del
y himself though He 10 be the subject of inves-
tgaion Thus logical abstractinDs up in the
ace oi the living Sod The mind itself injured by
bling disciplined in logical cisesthough he DID not
mean to call in question he value Of logic and phoso-
ply To his cause he attributed t. that had so few
Ginning men, or fine orators In comparison with what
otherwise we night expect lie then proceeded to show
what course the Imagination took when toaly unedu.
Gated exhau trg and debasng itself ia lose for extray-
sgAn' fiction which we saw on all sides so vey pm