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axsaaisnt opportunity u verifying fol
hsaasslsms the ssposa which had 50 Of
san rsashsa saaas ears before, Of the la,
ssnssay iIIisesass aud undsrbrsd mssn,
VAC hold municapal Fale over us. oul
AldeEmsn sustained their rspasasion
bFaTsay. TAsy eenmsnoed naoss giogi.
oasly, By sslsesing as ahs sheatre og saeis
speFaaioa tAs Msaxppollsam Hall, whess
proprietor asqaissa their wealth, by NE
Valley B@nk swindas, whioh Fufnsd 20
nAAy poor msA. Hanee, she LINK of
fsyaasasy waaeh bands them 70 SuE city
fathers Bas what's khs zee Of snlarg-
ing CA the subjece Nsw York AIaarnsn
oanaos be Esfosmsd By the structures Of
the psass, oE shey woald have bssn an
gels long ago. a s
Oar leading D@iliss hare been publish-
ing latsiys swO-eolumn letters, desert
bing tbs exercises ID the conmsnesment
Of the vazious Colleges, within swo or
three handred miles Of New York. /
never zee one Of these lAudatory letters,
without being reminded Of the faet that
there are many radical defects of organ
ix&tien in most Of cur institutions Of
fs&raing, and that the modes Of impart-
ing knowledge in most Of them are
wretehed. 4 word is sadly wanted in
our language, to express the kind Of
knowledge youth shouid posssss On
leaving 0ollegs--a word expressive at
once, of his knowledge Of general prin-
ciples, and Of his abiIity to apply thsna. |
Al present. our yoang student knows IS
principle, and can dsmonStrats on Ehs /
black board, that shs square Of the by |
pothennse is equal TO tho sum Of the
squres Of the two shorter sides Of 3 right I
angle triangle; but, year or two after
leaving College, he foFgsts all about the
principle, because, he was not made to
angrsfs il apon his mind, by applying it
10 some practical useful purpose.
have heard 8 man who had stood well st
Csllage ~ mathematician, ask Ma
son who vas building cellar wall, how
be managed 10 gOs it SO sFniOa and
square," hare had man in nay ofaos
who had just bean graduated, and who
had taken all the honoEs, less ussful IS
8 wrissE on any subject, than some ''dev-
ils'' / have seen, in the second year Of ,
their impship. Students aFs taught
mainly 10 dassct and srisi else the ideas
Of Others, and to soms extent, and after |
q fashion, to think, but not 20 apply /
ideas, 70 construct, TO do. This Is all
wrong, except, perhaps, for young men
who intend TO become speculative phi !
losophsrs, ss prostsgse aihil; bat youths {
who are designed foE any Of the praeti-
cal pursuits Of life should be taught TO !
synthesise as we'll as analyse. It is we'll I
to be able to parse Milton or ShaksspeaT, l
bat ii is much better to be abba to write
plain English, ons's self. Edneators !
shoaid understand that men incapable ]
of applying ideas, or il indicating shsir
proper application, are, for the most
part, unreliable thinkers.
The fact is, the entire system Of pre-
pairing youths for the ordinary and Ak
duties of life, requires TO be
rsnoddIsd. Evidence Ofpositivs eaPae-
ity 10 apply knowledge TO useful purPo-
ses, sh0ald be exhibited BY the man who
diploma. Until this radical !
change is mzas, she world will eontiRus !
to owe lie advancement m&inly, as here 9
sofors, to the isolated efforts of indiYid- !
aAla, and emily Femetaly, whsn al oil, TO :
sne inauencs Of the Universities. |
There are two institutions OF learning =
in America, which, form suoh striking !
contrast 10 moss Of the others, that they
deserve special mention. These are the
AiIitaRyAsademy 81 West p0inE, and The
Nsw York Medical College Of this eisy, !!
the latter presided oysF BY DR.. Horace
Green, and the faculty comprising such
men a. CaEnoehRn, ths woEld-Fenowned
operative Surgeon; Fordyos Barker,
whose speciality Is obstetrics, and the
diseases OF women And children Dcre-
mus, the wall known chemist, aad pro-
fsssoE Of medical jurisprudenes ana 9TH
srs veil known ia the medical world ,
men whose general Surgery, and whose !
pre- -eminemcs In shsir respective speoi-
alitiss are acknowledged by their pro
Essaional bFesheren on both sides Of the
Atlantic. DR.. Grssn's speciality is the
diseases Of tie respiratory organs. i
4 man goes to West Point to learn to
be soldier in the highest and loweat, H
in every sense Of The wsrd; and when ne
is graduated from thai insEisution, he 10
noa only Mathematician and Engineer
Eamiliaz With the thsory Of var, bat no
10 aIss praetieal Ggheing man, abls 10
perform, himself, all khe lGbSrs snd du-
Ties oE ghs profession Of arms, III The
Yamka OK oaa Of thsEa, and to impaEt bis
kn0wisdgs 10 FsCruits. II
The New York Medical College ia oE-
ganixed On basis smilar, in many re-
spssas, 10 that Of Wsst poiat, and aims
- turn oat its young Physicians and |
Lawyers As thoroughly edacatsd, shso-
rsaic&Ily and practically, ~ West Point
sarns out iss soldiers. The msa who /,
ssesivs diploma fron thts College are
not mere shsorista ssns ons % learn 70
practice By experimenting upon their
nnfortunass fsilow.moftal; bus they i
ieavs the Inssitusion already good prao-
saisati working FhysisiAaa ana sarssons
Thesr sxpsgsmsating u all doris bafsrs
shsy Issvs College, IN the ssvan hospis. 1
als and ays dsapsnslassss which We havs
here, and wisk saaA oE which one or an-
oshsr IL ths Erafsssess oE ahs N. z, Med.
.ical UolIsgs b sonnssssd. The asnl-
granssa hospital aloas, of which Dr.l
carnosAan u SaEgsen-iH-shief, ssssivss
maEaa nfkaam thnMsana pMkRaaka Mnnuaaly. I