Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-03-05

COLUMBIAN rsAcnris AssocrA,,o.-rn -.
..' monthly meeting on Saturday ,,s,. ,.os. :.
"eioa''y attended than any before tb,. YEA, Th..
- no eacher In the city that could .n-nd tv,o hou,
.'oie Prontaoly than at meetipy NJ tb,. .,o.i.
ton. = - u WIS A"ocia
,, Wn opening, Dt. 3 l.. Loomi. modified 4,
the gas company th lsst meeting In reference
r1s... Pany used too little lime and too mmcl
exact com On purifying the gas, was found, BY a
COMPANY 20 at since made by officer Of III
lime usea was concerned. The n,ope,f sn,n
time . bushels to 10 600 cubic feetl II naed h0
10 Zoo cnh o. water is much above as gallons
Iof settlement. Let quantity of uafe, f.aS ~
PURIFYING the gas be analyzed bv a comn.t. -
enTh,"; ana the result will settle the mattel y
during tb e .an. reported no books received
,,aa Inc reviewer, H Steele, reported the title
pages, cost and publishers of some fftv ns,. ns
His.npv =, among which were vols and OF tn.
AieH H.mi Ie united states, from the Letters o.
year, )" by the author Of "Ruebv.,, vs,, ies
esung work. and will be prized nv thnsy in ,.h
Volume ao Of S Na Days at Rugby :" Also, new
cambridge College, on jelly fishes He oaye th.
s. ae OF stationery imported to the United STAT,
,so.n England, In 1855, at s22s SIS Books i'm.
were ran zoe 9ited States from England in 1855
N
VIZ nepors OF Scientific Progress, by O. c. Wight -
w, cannot DO justice to this report II QUO bit 70
De published in full W
a.. 1: Astronomy-Two months since he noticed
tnat La Verrier notified the Academv NJ scisncs.
al Parls of his belief Of a planet interior IN Mo-
curry. He now Informed US that this plenet had
from Paris, With "y clergyman about fifty miles
,nat there probably existed several Others The
Important TACT Is again announced that the math-
,h direct the telescope and not the tele-
=. unity OF the Human Race Prof Darwin of
Ehglaho, mas thrown the scientific world in con-
fusion by the publication of new work on this
topic, supporting the unity, while Prof. Agassiz
takes the opposite side, decidedly Darwin s idea
all things
3: Gas.-The engineer of the Philadelphia gas
works has been experimenting several years on
metres. Water freezes, alcohol evaporates, hence
both are objectionable. He then tried neutral
enIoride OF calcium, which worked well, but
corroded the metres SO fast that 1t was necessary
70 abandon It's use Glycerine was next used, and
Is now under trial. SO far this article is found to
oe the thing required 1t does not freeze evapo-
rate, or corrode the metre, and gives much more
gas disputes.
=, The Critic G; H. Twis. gave criticism
on work entitled "Trench an Words A Ger
tain critic has laid down rule never to read a
book till 1t is year old" acting on this be had
takep an old book. Books are of three classes
First, those to be read second those to he stud -
and third, those to incite study. This was on. ~
the latter class. Words have lost much of tbeir
power from our Ignorance of their original mean
ing. foetry In the earlier ages used the indigen-
Gus words of the country the fruit in its inscions
mellow maturity, but being transported over the
ocean OF centuries 1t has lost its pristine freshness
ana become insipid and tasteless The manner
In winch ne exPiodes phonetic spelling is very
summary and satisfactory, and every true scholar
must agree with the author. No one who values
the purity and strength of our language ought to
neglect the study of this work
Literary Gem, editor Rev. C. H. Norton I'm
the editorial he remarked if Grace Greenwood c; n
denver public lecture in New York CITY, he
considered it suPeriuous to appoint him to read
the contribution Of the lady teachers.
hevlew OF Ut. 3 Loomis's Analytical Aritbme-
tic was the first article read. The work was com
mended highly The points particularly noticed
were the combinations Of mental and slate eyer
ces.the reading results and particularly the treat.
ting interest, which it said was the shortest
method now known, and less liable to mistakes
The articles on Words and the Apostrophe to
tDe pyramids we hope will be published m or.
tense the hrst for the benefit Of politicians pener
ally, and the second as a literary prod uction The
second was poem of merit.
Discussion. Question. What position sbould
study, Oi'o Va
Dr. b. DIETRICH would have pupil memorize
early but not enter upon the analysis of the study
till IA or 10 years of age.
II. ii Steele thought we had too much Latin in
this country We had no use whatever for latin
either in the mechanical or producing classes. AS
lar as the Language is concerned it should follow
the English
Prof. L.. c. LOOMS said but few questions in
VOWED greater experience than this We must
decide what was the position Of our own language
In deciding the position of Latin and Greek
Children cannot understand under the age of II.
generally, the abstract relations Of grammar 1t
was quite di ficult even for teacher to note the
dlnerence between the words to, from, and 60
They all involved action, yet one was called
verb and the others propositions. Latin should
follow the English.
Dr. DIETRICH remarked that the most suicidal
step taken against the languages was by those
who attempted to introduce phonetics 1t segre-
gated us entirely from the past, and we lose al
most everything.
Il. Richards dssented from others We had
nothing to do with phonetics or the study of the
English language. He had changed his views in
a few years. Those that are earliest trained in
Latin are the best Latin scholars and as a general
thing are the best English writer's
The prudential committee reported the follow
Ing question for discussion at the next meeting
viz: What position should Latin and Greek hold
in course of education2
The following is the order of exercises for the
meeting at 10 O'Clock Saturday, APfil7:
Report OF Librarians. l.. Eoomis
Report Of Reviewer-R H. Steele
Report of Reporter-G. II. Twiss
Report of Crtic-O. G. Wight.
Report Of Editer-C. Fl. Norton.
Discussion. X
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