New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-10-09
PT,3LIC MEETINGS
THE HON. HORACE MANN
LECTURE BIZ

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~ III - the Relation OF College. 70 The
People.
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.l,e ,r.s 49, ,to .,,e. said that toe practical
ii -, y idea by saving tina,
knowledge was government. 7. 'e oolese "aS tonn'
tain Of Influence. Though g ~ "'"' t'' '"'e-iaiN'
rose 10 high positions. YET they We sne .ale
ton, and nne-ten;hs If the posts II ~ "u'i s''u'
ior throughout the country were ailt vF c"Ne "hs'
Ii was they who wrote the books ard - H 10 ."
scientific discoveries. A. Plato had salh - W. '.,a'
he employed his leisure time by geomeEiE * ~ t"e
moving men Of tie world geometuzed- iLs "''.''ai'
in all stations were the fruit. IN eneci, VI COZ
leges though the speaker acknowledged that many
Ounces passed through colleges. II was even Sad
that set of students graduated with ruined heath,
and another with ruined characters, and that now IL
proposed 90 decimate the ranks Of women by
placing them in the same position. STILL the fact was,
that collegiate students were numbered by the thou
sand, and they were al incho1te power OF underlined
strength Ii was, therefore. question to
know with what ideas and culture these
would leave their Alma Mater. Oxford furnished stu
dents of greater classic finish, and Cambridge those at
better scientific and mathematical ability. The con-
trolling characteristics of College were reproduced IN
the graduate mingled with hisown idiosyncraces The
speaker then adyerted 10 what colleges should ncu-
cate. First they should ucucste temperance. He
had no faith in the strength If any Saint except he
could conquer his appetite The true idea OF religious
fast was to hold fast when one had got enough and
then stand fact. Laughter. College students should
be ndoctrinsted with all the cardinal virtues of life
honor chastity and piety. There should be early re
gion. Youth its time Of growth. Everything
should be excluded which was u departure from the
golden rule. "Fagging' at schools was but the be-
ginning of barbary the part of graduates, which
would eliminate in the barbares of Lucknow and
Delhi against the Sepoys. Practical jokes, too, We're
deeterous to the character of the who performed
them Some of the greatest vices that existed through
few years since three ambassadors at foreign courts
were common drunkards and hardly ever saw lucid in
teryals. They there exhibited the elimination of
habits begotten at college. But It could be
ranged that alcohol could be kept from colleges and
college students. Prevention better than cure,
and hence the treatment should be prophyactc rather
than therapeutic. The physician knowledge, turned
into practical life, could eliminate disease, and this
could be taught in the college. The speaker advered
to the position of the lawyer and cOunseled the strict
adherence to equity in all his professional Transactions
and not to sell his ability to the triumph of
wrong The college graduate in thinking of entering
the legal profession, should inquire of himself if he
could withstand its temptations. The natural growth
from the position of the lawyer tn that of the
statesman, ard the speaker drew vivid picture Of
the true statesman. The true collegiate education
opened to pathway to this aud other spheres Of
exalted usefulness. In conclusion, the speaker dwelt
upon the advent of the day when women, too, could
gain the advantages of classic education, which
were so important to the interest of progress.