New-York daily tribune., 1858-07-23
TIE TH BETA GRAFTON Ar CAM
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C,sBsIpGE, July ., ls1s.
The O-s.ion be sore the Phi Beta Ksops wss deJS-
.,.d .o.sav By ,be Rev. Th,css Hi cs Ws.thsn,
.s T. occunsd little ever one hour 10 i:s delivery
and ps,a, rno-rsmertel bu. earnest discussion
ot me question whs. principles shoui govern Is 'a'
selection AID sr7srlemsl. c. studies il al aiienlc
curriculum.
The subject might Re spprosched historically, f'm
an examination OF the caases Q: super IN 'le ca
,n,s Of ore rsce or ere sge smother 0. by aiie
,nr IN, observing the modes in which Divine Pfoyi.
Ssnce teaches nep or BY deduction from survey o.
ths noyers 10 be educated, aD tie oolects On VIC
,osy sye 20 be exercised. Mr.. II. cnose tue -,
moIe SO sltsr btef sketcn OF 'ae pp"e's ot ,us
human soul showed that E survey Of the ooyecIs OF
.he ucbt w)lid inclcde the ploces OF cG!tiVa,h5 a'
The obicc.s o. hua.sn though, he voala ciss unaer
i've hesds, giving rise ia hvefod civs.on OF t1e en-
oycl,I adj. q: scerce. These I'VE gees. divlaocs o1
.tef ces he srrapged, de6ned ard nsmed as ioH,F
l. Theology, treating CT the Crea;ori Psyeno'osy'
treating CT MAE the u lite crea'ori D. nss!.!, ~
ouoirs al the thoughts as well as Ssts OF tn 80
ere sro7 I. Ns.ursi History, including physics, ;ae
history of the sters c,ealI1p -. Name - ats
cus,in- the sws Of thst Geld OF spsce AID tine n
which History snd NstU-sl His.oTy must ind thel'
events occurring. lie risintainsd tns' the haman
movers ave developed % such az o.der s. 70 renisr
knowledge "a sry Of these departments lnposhoe
un;ii c,nespopding portion OF kno Wedge IN ms
over departments Scquired. he hrst putiy Ia.
rescs Al corcs p.iols M infant must De thoe OF
orm tie rext those of paysc.l properties tae tnii
no c)acsrniDg the scti1ns u rs mo-her a'u u Is
not for pspy months spaoe OF turn'ns rs !.
up itself; for years capable OF TS'slns M
70 God. Thus through hie clesr concep.ilns VI .us
oJsy mus, a. recessiy be p;ecede1 by ear ae'-
s;.I ding OF he hu powers, this by kno" cage
mems uht and act.n tlls agaln oy kGo fiease
the rs,erlal world on which iAey nave scVe1 anu
frsl.y this kuo oslsdse OF the na'ersl woni re-
ouires pYe vious knowls DE Of nGt1enlstlcs deIce
he nair;ained .hs; these five grsst departments OF
thcueh nus. be fully represented In every course OF
liberia study and that the usual practice OF giVing
natural history subordinate place 10 the &C sdemlc
course was injurious 10 the development OF t1e stu
dents powers Of thought The stmirers OF the Greek
classics should no: object to tais vew Tor the e1anpe
of the Greeks decidedly favorable ~ cultvstns,
with sedulous csre all the ge branches ot knoSedge
Ii was natural that in the sixteenth century the value
Of Creek ard Ls.ir should be overrs.ed and II was
natural that in the nineteenth century t5e mathemates
and chemistry should be overra.ed but the orator
v.hed TO show the principles on ludgment
should be founded, ard just psce DO assigned % Tue
classics and to the physical sciences. lie then adj
yerted 10 other than SIMPLY Intellectual 10
show the importance giving physics their true place
No other study could SO powerfully inculcste 6 Just
humility and give just sel-reliaace here alone tae
metaphyscian could keep his feet on the sohd ground
OF CON mon sense here alone the natural thsoogan be
preserved from both panthestic and sthestic ten
dencies; here alone could asthetc effects h)w from
intellectual culture. If he were sssed no"
Idr ne PDJelcc oiu a.
the college course ne would reply, certainly not tothe
deIiment OF clasical study. History stood higher in
his arrangement of studies than natural history The
most important part of history is the history OF human
thought and that is emb smed in the structure of the
Lstn and Greek tongues. These must not, therefore,
be given up and other studies must be brought in ac
coditg 20 circumstances, guided by the principle that
all the five departments essential and to keep
proportionate pace nth each other. BY . judcious
stlection of the important branches the principles of
ell the known sciences can be thoroughly mastered,
nd Caa he n pprep ma a for ia
voting oneself to special study profession The
orator closed with gancng at the glory of the future
Of our race when specialists in oil sciences might work
together in sympathy, each ,cIng at the others sue
cess and with the inference tnst since the field OF sci
ence il absolutely boundsss shal be permitted 10
rsioice in exploring il forever and ever