, 1865-03-04
THE "cLAss1c COURSE" IN COLLEGES
AAr1oox, Feb. 81, 1sG5.

Editors Chicago Tribune:
feftnlt word from this central city Of Mattoon.
IN Upper Egypt las gou are pleased to cali u.) an
this most important subject Modesty prevented
m answcr to Jour first argument; bnt since tbe
able reply Of President Blanchard has not wholly
e1hausted the subject, aud Is you chow friendly
disposition to examine it fu]ly-aa the Ta1puar
always does on al important subjects pertaining q
70 the public "elfare-wc Will venture to give our
99p'nion. This we arc the more willing to do for
mis- 5eason: We are engaged in cstahiishin1 hcre
- mae college md female seminary OF the hich.
ednoaisan a9d az faising IN endowment fnnd foT ie
the sciences Taught in Iii tbe ~ ana
non nons n Amefes; and II the CLASHES asc unnccea
tes OF sn, can Ge t qsPensed With for somchn bet
to act accordingly. 0o u tae iaet7 and
We Will present bnt ono among the m,nv ra,.
ate course Here let me eay That exnc1;en so.iesi
pe1or to all theory On any fubiert Sat; Is 81
sxPedenee Of al The literary institutions u tie NJ
to TINT Of those in Europe Tor centarie.aaaanfeao
which they hare been modelled should lave sntHs
consideration In settling this importan, qpcstpn'
But what sa5s TIC experience Of all those who
scholars, and the greater portion OF those who
have not studied the class,cs!- But one answer,
and that IN favor ot reain!ng them in The literary
rience IN teaching, both before and since my com
Ing to this State, thirteen years AGO. Thus a1l ex-
pc-fence shows that no other studies can 80 fully
develop the mind n Latin and Greek, in counec-
tion with the higher mathematics at the same
time Greek and 1atfn a1oae cannot do this work,
neither, on the other hand, can the mathematics
md the sciences; but both together, properly
united, can. While we firmly believe In the 1rst
great principles Of PhrenoIosy, get as one Of the
sciences tt IS BY no means fully developed nor es
tabl1she0. In the hands Of norices It has been
turned into contempt In the construction Of the
human mind, one part Of It can only be fully de-
ytf0p<d BY the study OF mathematics, and another
~ the Languages. The one can no more take the
place Of the othes, than the organs Of locomotton
those Of hearing. What develops the one has
taE different effect on the other So with the men
tai faculties for languages and mathematics Hence
the Wisdom IN the curriculum Of European col
lege'. after which those Of the Unied States have
been 60 closely modelled, for centuries. Bnt the
present age has become 70 utiltarian that sniff j
Gent time cannot be spent By the youth d fully i
preparing the mind for nscf1lness, Seyeu ye1rs :
4te considered not too long for this training in
~ 1ttnsMnnd. Fons and nye have been adopted in I
the e imted i.atse states We mast add in h7or Of ;
mnqss tg 9ur freeschool system, With ths mental az
and nnra.x IT,. exceed the former. With the college
and thnt 15iy a5y training Of these two natIons fhfy
he riy,'i.oau men stand at the forefront Of
lite refined an5 91,a ior I'll that sabstantial, po.
eoy some If It reourcs I.nenana. 1Hu % H.
nina 49, YIN ~! mathematics to fa1Y Gereone ~ IL
Snanisl,. Ebna.s h". substitute tho German. Fteneh.
iangusgcs for Iaun ~ ~ sGs e other 1lrlng spoken
unspokenF' We reply, s,mniI ha tast nEe dead and
never answer the purpose. X oesanse aH these can
en- en- shppy anelr place Edueaon mesns s.a;se
i,s facn,tiea and og na1asg to o,hought-do1eloptas
well as the cou1se now pursued In 1mcrs .n1s 20
eges - 1A"'F'ean col