New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-01-05
PUBLIC MEETINGS.
NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL CONVENTION AT
WASHINGTON, DC.

WisHnSros, ID. e., Thursday, Dee e. 1854.
EVENING SESSION.
The Hon. HENRY BARNARD continued he seao,,.
Of education in Europe particularly in Great Britain
lie compared the state Of edacstion IN this country
where Geo coo white sdafs cannot read or write VIII
that OF Denmark, where every child ia obliged 70 A.
tend school seyeral yesr.. The same the ease i,
sveden He deprecaed the idea Of excluding :erpi,,.
or. from political privileges here, csim NJ tha, il ".
far better 10 afford them every facility for amlysns
,ion with the Amer 'sn people. lie AOasht aAy Kind
II dsnomiu aiiouAl education would be detective and
cot calcalsied To ben-6' the ~hoe people. lie adye-
Gated pubic school Instruction So the opiy eficieo,
mssns and ihis should not be for class; rich and
poor should be cd a,ed together susai smeaa,
should be PAID by the psresi, 20 secure ms interest,
He thought Congress shoald inquire wna bad eees
done by The several States with the land sppropnsiel
for educational purposes In 50 ne places bad beso
tGusndertd apd wasted. II was 81 act u Simpls
Justice 10 future generations that provision shcuhbe
uads in ali the new States aud Territories for and
appropr isuoss cr education. lie adyocstsi also
property taxation 20 support schools, and proved hy
statistics ho~ much property bad increased in valae
where liberal expenditure had been msy iJr edacs
ton In regard Ia houses Of reformation auG orphan
asylums he thought observation and eSpsn nee bal
shown thst great Snd expensive estabi nents iof
these purposes verr unnecessary IL w2s far better
IL scatter these children among dihereu; fSnlies
wf.re they Will have 4 home. than - pa,e them al
10. ether IN one IL sttuon Societies OF dice ssoals
be formed 10 visit families, and ascertain NO eoai
take the orphan. So provide for thshirtnng, while
frequent SUPERVISION should be exercised 10 See
how their morals y we're cared for. One half the
rum now expended would support mach Larger
number Of children 10 The right way.
Amer Mr.. B.RSARDS -emsrks An address was de-
lv.red by Prof Jo>grH hENRY, the rotrio President
Of III. Association, the Philosophy OF Education.
Prof Henry remarked thai education was forced
condition OF mird ana body-the savage fever eda-
Gated themselves and were all our eiucs 1nl estso-
hsLu, nts sboshed We would sink into haIbtrisn.
He urged the importance " educating the HABITS "a
the child a. ia character was generally formed before
seven years OF ale. He sdvocaied the system OF
drirg and insisted on teaching children tue pseeise
lAp.uage Il rules a. 4 precepE, thus storing Their
mil DIS With mental furniture, 90 be used Ia all their
future lives. Hcremarked A. an idea originating IN
biz own mind though suggested by the statistics OF
crime. that the ealy Ia It's sous, aui prHPenAtes
of the youth return in old age. and tha' an od msi
who commits crime may almost always ne SHOWN 20
hav. been a bad BOY. He spoke of the Importance
of constant application of the truths of Christianity
I'M lie essential aud Of the incubation Of moral
pre,,pts 10 the young. IL Was impottanl 10 teaen
rLl9r,u how To DO ss well as how % tath'
After the lecture az interesting DISCUSSION ensned
m N. subject If classical education bei",ea Bishop
Potter, Nj Cole. Nf. Green'eaf Prof. Pnoadht and
others. A resolution, offered by Bishop Potter, VA
Jf,i Thai rss,dr he Latin sui Creek i.nsqase'
mot valuable iu,nrn OF hsh culture 'h' Association
the ehcl.in h''V'' OF
che tiisH NeH'Ns -" s"iefs
u The United stalfs j,
Mr. GREFNIEAF mentioned the 'ac' that q son OF
his fa,Ler's strVaut-.nAn WAS nov one 81 tue moss
di.t euish.d Protectors ia one Of our ini 7erstes,
archer Professor ia the same Institution had been
tok.n when boy, from the Aims House, and the
sane Cniversity had never seen his father, or had
ary oih,r early training than III II OF hs mother
Nr. RICHARDS thought the reason why the classics
arr not as much STABBED was, because the parent
wishes the child 20 be- man too soon, aod cannot
wait for the time required for ledrning Lsha and
Greek.
The Hon. N. B,RNARD thought all the mental dsci
pine 81 much advocated by the friends OF the classics
could be gained by the study of the m0iers Ian
puages with the acci,ionSl advantage that, what sbe
child learned he could IN his everyday lie sfier
ward.
Prof PRouDF,I believed the demand for a classical
education was increasing lie referred o the fact,
that in the New York Free Academy, where q choice
was LEFT the parents whether they would nave their
children study The classics, the e|chdaics-the men
generally of common sense, snd aso those who expect
10 receive al equivalent for what they spend MONEY
generally preferred the classical course 20 any other
Prot. BicHr gave il ss mis- experience, from an 81
Summation Of all The schools in Europe IN It the most
thorough culture OF The ayerge man was best " DO
obtained through tie classics.
Prof PROUDFIr suggested that teachers enteavor
10 give their pupi apprehension of the mean
ipg Of the classic writers, and not merely coadDe
tn m To alton, although this was the most D-
IOrtaut.