The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-11-01

lecture the subject Of photography dsltvsr-
ed on Monday evening, at No. 800 Broadway, bsfee0
the Young Mems Debating socisty.
The lecturer, Mr.. D. G. Croly, introduced By th0
chairman, Mr. n. Depuy, and proseeded to speak sub
stantialIy fouows;~
AL written hngnags is presumed 10 be rsprsssata-
tion Of the sounds used in speakng snd In fax -
language does not up to this ideal II Is imperfect.
English photography Il not what 1t should be In this
spect. Many words arr not pronounced n the sans
they spelled a1 the ssddest confusion prsvais
in this most important psst Of education. Whom child
has learned that two and two make four he h learned
fact that Is true under all circumstances. Not 20
with the spelling Of word He Ia taught for instance,
that gh in laugh should be pronounced f but whss
he comes to the word high he finds that that diaaph
sound. Much amusement was created by one Of our
popular newspapers during the continuance Msx
can var ey the that the Hexcans were
dental omission Of the letter s. but what commentary
this Is upon the absurd compositios Of hdguagDi
The lecturer here proceeded TO explain black board
number Of words with the conbnstion Of let-
ters, but which had different sounds. Thus, the
diagraph ch has different sound in each Of tne
following ktterschurch, chorus chos ostrieh schis,
He further iustrated his position by the absurd pronun
'e Rarss@ vs. good ,nsss:s s
every sound is the science of phonscs secures TSs
speaker here gave rapid sketch Of the history Of Ian
guaGc rctsre wring the ofeyente and
things stene and metal the first rude deveops-
ment Of writing; then hierogyphcs, symbol writing.
which art was brought to great perfection BY the ExyP
tians Syllable writing Of which have instance n
the Cherokee language with its eighty six syllss
ceeded the herogiyph and finally, letters, signs oe
sounds introduced and according to the fathful
with which they represent the Of the An-
guage ist rendered perfect Phonogsphy Is not hard
to learn On the contrary like all true science 1t n
simple and easy Of acquisition When it l. eventually
adopted as an essential part Of education, win
years Of useless toll to the child and render lam
guage more accessible to foreigners. Photography
should be made essential part OF education. Il fur
nishes the only means have of securing perfect
knowledge Of noble English tongue. To the pholo-
gist-to the eccutonst-R is Indispensable. There II
every evidence for believing that before many years
over lawyers win be compelled to learn this useful and
rapid art Judges juries wtnessesaf tired Of The
useless waste Of time involved in the taking Of notes By
COUNSEL and before many years over shorthand
porters will be employed in all courts to take down
testimony The speaker went to urge the Importance
OF photography to every class in the community, and
concluded by hoping that the day not far Instant
when its unquestioned merits would be generally admit
ted
The members Of the society then proceeded to discuss
the question, (Which affords the greater opportunity
for eoquence-the pulpit or the barr'
The debate had not concluded when the reporter left