Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1868-10-28

the world. A great error among educa-
tors is that employment, no matter
what, is good This hurtful fallacy
The mental powers should be engaged
only in profitable work. There should
be some pleasant objects in view, that
the labor may leave relish on the pal
ate of the student. 1t is not necessary
to resort to Improbable studies when
we have SO rich a variety of useful as
well as pleasant ones to attract and oc-
enpy the mind. knowledge is not
genuine unless it yields fruit. The
study of the sciences not only gives
nourishment TO the mind bat gives it
life as well, just as the sun supplies
heat and force and life to all it shines
upon. It is well tu study nature. There
Is beauty even in the skeleton, in the
loathsome insect which makes You
shudder at its touch-beauty that to the
student calls forth admiration and Won
der, and to the pious observer love for
the Creator. 1t is not necessary that
the College should come down from its
high position to teach shopwork. What
ever it teaches should be taught as
science. There are factories and mills
and laboratories in which the mere me-
chanical, the practical, may be learned;
but the college must be the educator
of young men destined to act in the
higher walks of life Language is an i'm
portant element of education, and one
which is much neglected. Children
learn to speak without an effort They
love to ring their vocables upon the air
the livelong day, and when they are
brought to Think how pleased they are
with every Interesting OF curious ex-
PLANTATION or history of word Nature
presents her objects in q complex form.
Language enables the teacher to separ-
ate the parts, to analyze, and to make
the peculiarities of each known to the
lpupil. Brantome says of Charles V
that the monarch often remarked,
"AntCoa de taNgues que rhOanette scat par
len, uuloat de JfoiS est IL homno )" that is,
that man is just as many times a man
as he has language with which to ex-
press himself. The clear and methodi-
cal Latin, which has given us gram
mar, and the subtle, delicate and ex-
pressive Greek, are tongues which
should be studied but no American
boy should neglect the study of his
own noble language, which has the
strongest claim ON our love and esteem,
the language so manly and massive,
revolving around themes which never
entered into the heart of Roman or
Greek, to conceive. Let it be taught
as a branch of science, and studied in
all its various forms, to give a relish for
its noblest works.
The speaker touched upon many
other points which space forbids me
even to mention. His address was care
fully prepared and well read. with lust
enough of the Scotch accent to make it
peculiarly interesting 1t was a re-
markable address in that the authors
ideas on the subject of education were
much more liberal than one would ex-
pect from q man bred without the
sound Websters, Mann's, OF North
ends voice. When he spoke OF the
subject of religion in English schools
he classed among the greatest mistakes
the neglect of the inductive study of
the mind, and created much merriment
by limiting at ''the sickly attachment to
Ritualism among the weekly devout"
as one of the natural results. He
brought his very instructive address to
close by thanking the people for their
kindness, and giving some excellent adj
vice to the Trustees. I omitted to
mention that in the course of his re-
marks he said that every student of the
college, "be he of white or of q dark
color, shall be protected in all his rights
the right to his own political and re-
ligious opinions among the long
as he does'not infringe upon the rights
of others" At the close DIR. Gosh was
greeted with tremendous applause
Thus ended one of the most memora-
BILE ceremonies in the history of time
honored Princeton.
DIR. M'Cosh received the public to-
night, and the students illuminated the
college buildings. The grounds are