The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-08-29

American Association for the Advancement
OF Eduea&aon.
The eth annual meeting Of the American AscocAtion
for the Advancement Of Education held yesterday
morning. at 10 O'Clock in the chapel Of the New
York University. The chapel was crowded at the open
ing Of the meeting by audience Of distinguished men,
among whom were o few ladies.
Among those present were the following -
Iorn Andrews, President Kenyon College, Gambler,
Ohio John Trmble, Professor Of languages In Kenyon
College, Ohio; Miles Fletcher late Professor English
literature, Asbury University Greencaste, Indiana G.
B. Docharty Professor of mathematics Free Academy,
New York; Dr. Van Norman, Principal Rutgers Female
Institute New York; Rev. R. L. Stanton late President
Oakland College Mississippi Benjamin Pierce Professor
Of Mathematics, Harvard University Dr. Webster, Pres
dent Of the New York Free Academy; Lieutenant NJ. f.
Maury, Washington, D. c. and Caleb Mills, State Super
intendent of Education, Indiana.
The meeting was called to order by the retiring Pres
dent of the Association Professor Alexander Dallas Bache
LID, Superintendent Of Coast Survey. Prayer then
offered up by Rev. Joel Parker after which the Sccreta
ny, Mr.. r. L. Cook of New Jersey, read the minutes
the last meeting of the Association, which held in
the Smithsonian Institute, at Washington.
Professor BACE then delivered the Presidents retiring
address He said:-Gen,lemen Of this Association: 1t
is not usual for the President to deliver ad
dress upon retiring from the chair; but in
asmuch this appears to be expected
me, / will speak to you for a few MI
nutes only shall confne myself in my address
to two points your consideration when done,
and these points are:-lst. There is want of great
university supplementary to the existing collegiate in
sttutiOns Of the country I'd There IL great want of
harmony between the American school system OF the
country and the collegiate institutions. These were tine
only points made by President Bache and these points
he dwelt upon for a few minutes only Prot. isache
closed his remarks by introducing to the audience and
inviting to the chair
Hon. HEyRY BARNARD of Connecticut the President for
the coming This gentleman, upon taking the chair
greeted with loud applause He said the retiring
president had delivered address that made 1t unneces
saIy for him make any sort of speech. He announc
cd that the address OF the President then open for
Professor Ho1lERMAS then took the floor. He COM
mented upon the points OF the President and said that
the points presented were important Education should
be democratic and for all classes Of the community Even
the commercial community were benefited much BY
the application Of science. He alluded to Lieut. aaurys
researches and their benefit to the commercial world
Prof PIERCE of Cambridge, next spoke He said in his
earlier days he would willingly have sacrificed everything
to embark in such public enterprise for education as
He in favor ola common education lie was opposed
refusing religious instruction In schools because of
the fear Of sectaranism Asa father he would rather
have his child subjected to any seciariansm than have
him In school where the existence OF his Maker not
Mr. Fowl, Of Boson.-Mr President take it that the
great point in this argument is the necessity Of this great
institution q learning which We hopeto see established
Now, in Ne, ngland, the rule is that every child is
entitled to an education. Every town has school;
of them excellent in titu'ions Of learning,
not equality by any think the suggestion of
the President Is good onehat there should be one
grand institution Of learning in the State, all the
rest, and this should be open to all.
Upon motion, the debate upon this subject here
closed for the present
Miscellaneous business was next in order, when Dr.
PRouDtr Chairman of the Standing Committee, read
list of names of members, about twenty-five in
The CHAIRMAN of the Standing Committee then report
ed that during the PAST year this committee had under
consideration The subjects of "a general agency for the
propriety Of establishing Amer lean Journal Of Eiu
cation and College Review but these subjects the
committee had not yet taken any action.
The reading OF various papers was then declared to
be order but each gentleman called upon had
excuse for posponemen and no paper was consequent
ly read
An invitation then read from Mr. McMullen, Libra
ran Of society Library inviting the members Of the as
This invitation accepted.
The meeting then adjourned till o'clock 7. NJ.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
This society assembled in the afternoon at O'Clock,
pursuant to adjournment in the audience, during the
afte, noon the Hon. Miss Murrsy the respected Maid
Of Honor Queen Victoria, and in country for
he purpose of learning common school system.
After some unmportant miscellaneous business, the
President ntI reduced TO the audience
Mr. H. P. TApPAS President of the University Of Michi
gan who read paper The Relations between Com
men schools and Colleges He said the analogy be-
tween tie common schools and colleges, he thought
would he obvious to ALL The the result AMI the
oHspl ing Of the other. Tho gentleman went into an
elaborate history Of what schools In the days Of
Greece and Rome. Then, school meant in that Ian
guaee leisure retirement from public business and the
affairs Of every day life. Them the people were educated
h,opgh the and the eye-educated by public exhibit
legend and story the Greeks well the Romans,
formed strong national character The results Of these
studies gaze to the world specuations In philosophy IS
immortal thought iseE II gave TO the world models
in the fine arts In all that eucstes mankind Blot out
antiqu ty and what would the world beg blank, de-
sert We might have the march Of armies and the fall
Of dynasies but would have nothing that would
elevate mankind The world must Look to Greece
a. the fa,herand OF education and civilization. From
this we learn that the lives of nations well the lives
Of individuals, important to the world But viii!
TO snother in education-upon the advent OF
and philosophy. This word Of God swept the
whole field Of learning and ca'sei all philosophy into
IRON the Greeks and Romans to the university Of mo-
dem ages In universities have an association OF I'LL
that forms the common school or COLLEGE ooeSes
dents ro '% ep1ysresated i' for Lodging and boarding
We TO third period in educational ins.tu-
tiops and this is union Of The college and university
We date this In the Of the Reformation in the four
tenth fifteenth and sixteenth centuries This union
between philosophy and practic Al fe Now, in the
dern age, will speak OF Germany for Germany has led
The modern world in learning Here we have freedom
tions such as never before existed In the German gym
pasinm we have schoo where everything is found that
ia possible TO discipline the mnu anu
university. In the gymnasium the student serves his
apprenticeship to the art OF study But this art searn
ed by the act OF studying. Now when the student en-
tiers the university he is prepared to read books to In
estigate subjects to listen to and comprehend learned
lectures And when In the university there Ia no limit
10 the opportunities Of the studentbut student,
lie may II he chooses, be student ahhs lie AGerman
university Is simply an association OF scholars or inc
advancement IL letters. We here all the freedom
OF private education and yet all the benefit Of an as.
ISOLATION Of cultivated minds But rudimental educa-
ton il necessary for the gymnasium; and here comes tho
connection between the school and the college
Prussia well the palm Of being the pioneer and
exemIiar in public and popular education. Having said
thus much OF Europe, et come to our own country
The demag, que may well talk Of superiority But Is
this so science arts, our orign-we At once
give them to Europe We arc not original Our com.
mon law is the common law Of England; our forms Of
worship European; colleges simply repro
duciion Of English coge-they have the same degrees
the same commcncements, and the same terms We ate
not origna-we English Closely allied TO our col
ege the academy which is borrowed from the acadc'
mics Of Eton and Oxford. In popular education we
symra,hise with Germany; but in pcrieetins our
education, Of educating Is English
the