Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-12-31
DAILY EVENING STAR.
CITY ITEMS.

SrlitASoriGn Irsttfrtior.-LaSt night Professor &.
". H4ckIrv, of New York delivered the second OF
b,s course Of irctuies on ''Ins, nons NJ Learning
and srirncr,." The lecture was drvutfd tn an er-
animation of the system Of education As pursued ia
England at its chartered Universities of O1f..d and
Cambridge The lecturer showed himself wei az
unIin,ed with all the miDuiis Of the plans there
adnpted, and dilaed at some length upon the private
iutnrial system employed at Cambridge. The lee
,ure however, developed no theories Of e,Iu, a
rirh and consisted mainly at extract, from IN, evi
drnee or opinions Of vari0nS learned Oxford and
Cambridge professors and divn-S upon the systems
pursued in those Two Universities. Most of these
believe, gwen before commission mp
pointed by the British Government 10 enquire INTO
the abuses of ilo~. called venerable. seals of
learning The greater part Of the witnesses were
directly indirectly concerned IN these sand abuses
tlIni their evidence in many instances rather
an apology for the Universities than an rxposr of
Their siarIng faults With regard IL University cdu
ca'''n IN general the lecturer divided il into three
kno-. the professional >y-frp, developed in Ger
MANY; the eatschctieal public tursral system ~.
emPioyssi i'm the United States; and the private ~
t"ria IN .taneed nj Cambridge ~ England: for hrs
own part lie preferred a combination Of the three
systems.
The lecturer promised TO examine into The system
pursued at the American colleges in his nr, lecture
which WILL therefore, be more Interesting than that
ci last night. THIS latter was of too Technical a
k'nd tn instruct or amuse a m,Ied audience and
however entertaining Ia congregation Of Cambridge
professors and students, not suited, we incline
Z" The taste of those assembled. With regard To IN,
'anhrdge systen, ii is called il is no ~ stem al
aU, hut has arisen through necessity. From the
neglect and Incidence OF richly endowed coI.e,s
whose heads are paid enormous salaries for aolug
nothing, the task of t"achin. has Iapscd into the
hands OF private intor-, class oi instructors who
ARE not even recognized by the CoIlrye ntHciaiIv
but whose services essential that they have
taken the task of instruction out of the hands of the
University This cannot. therefore, be called syS-
trm, tor II has grown up unrecognized bv mere ac-
client and the force circumstances Its success
however, proves one thing, that competition IL a
good thing even IN educ aton, and that private in
tercst Is the most Influential here as IN any other
occupation Az Cambridge, the best teacher has
the greatest practice and sequence the ep,r.
Of individuals cxered in the instruction Of their
pupils, for their sake. The ulmirHty dollar as
sometimes ireverenfly called is just a. infuen
effects IN the struggle obtain namely keen com
petition and plenty of hard work. II appears, how
ever, ridiculous that the labor of the most richly
endowed University in the world. whose income i.
Immense and derived from innumerabIe sources
should be all shirked il this mean manner and the
students compelled for the purpose Of instruction to
have recourse to private individuals for that rduca
non which the University promises give but fall
=" perform. From such systeIs, Heaven preserve
our American Colleges. However inadequate our
system he, it Is far superior To ri. University
sham, should wish 10 see il inrrodrc ed among
Supreme Comf-Tke United States W. Thomas
H. Patterson, and ~. Samuel Dsvenport's heirs.
The above were appeals from the District Court OF
III. United States for East Louisiana marked No. 4
and , On the calendar. On "Wednesday last Mr.
Justice Campbell delivered the opinion Of tie CONT
reversing mnch Of the decree. of the district Conr
as authorized the location OF so many acres of the
lands embraced IN the grants firth In the records
as have been disposed OF by the United States or
any other unaPpropriated land of the United States
Hn the State OF .Ou-iana, and affirming ~ much
Of The DEGREES az declare the grants to b- valid
On Thursday, the following. cases were tried:
No. IL, J. NJ. Cuuan plaintiff in error W rbs Rank
~ Arkansas, the State ofAIkansas ~ al In er,or To-
the Supreme Cont Of Arkansas. Mr.. Justice Curtis
delivered the opinion at this Court, reversing The
Iudrmen, of Ihe said Supreme Court and remandins
TIM cause for such proceedings conformity to SAID
opinion, to law and justice, and the Con tirutio.
OF rliG United States .halI appprtain
No 81 Daniel Smith ~ al VS. Thomas J. Chan,
hers Appeal from the District Coun of the United
states tor Texas. ON tho motion Of the appellant
counsel the decree of the District Court IN his cause
Was afirGcd. with costs