Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-08-20

appointed with others) to represent tn
Convocatioa at the Ameriean Teachers
Association, 10 be held a Nashpilie, Ten
nessee, on the l9th, Goth and 2ist days o
lsAugust, 1868. =
I BY order Of the Conyocation, I q
n q, J. PRATT, ASST Sec'y.
"A letter from Cephas Bingham, Seere
tasy oflhe Massachusetts, Society foF Chs
| prevention OF cruelty to animals, read By
4 the Secretary, says; tsNe apology Il
necessary foF calling the attention of edu'
Gators TO the great need ior reform in tia
treatment Of orr domestic snimals. Teach
ers of our youth haye powerful influences
in forming public sentiment. VIII you
give us your cooperation and your inaence
ia our great undertaking !"
A letter from Prof. Cruikshank, of New
York, Treasurer Of the association, regret
ting his inability 10 be present, was read by
lhe Secretary.
Adjourned till 2P.M.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Met at 230 p. n.
Z DR.. PanI A. Chadbourne, President Of
the University of Wisconsin, was intro
daced, and delivered a lengthy address on
"rhe True idea of a College, The fol-
lowing is but, a brief synopaislo Of the whole;
/, PROFESSOR seHApB0URE's ApDRRsa
T. Prof. Chadbourne then delivered an ad-
dreSon the present conditioa Of soealled col.
lege education, and the true idea ofthecol-
lege. The learnedspeake rWaslistened toWith
great attention and interest. he discussed
al some length the subject Of education, and
cDmbatted the idea that its intent is merely
70 prepare the pupil for the worlds bust
ness struggles, to enable him to contend for
the possession Of the worlds goods, bat to
fit him for the highest national snjoyments
Of life. He contrasted the sordid existence
of the seeker of wealth to the higher and
purer life of the man who, having obtained
the means of snbsistence and comfort, spent
the evening of his days in the realm of in
tellect and employment. avAH
He then reviewed the condition of educa-
ton in this country, and traced the history
ofschools, colleges and universities. Once
tley were simply the doorways to the
learned professions but as people mpl-
dplied and the professions I became
crowed, they sent forth young men
unprepared for the duties of life.
They failed TO meet the expectations
of the people. Then the government
stepped in and inaugurated the System Of
common schools, advancing to high schools,
Industrial schools, embracing science,
agriculture and mechanics. This was well.
Itswas the duty Of the State to prepare its
people for the highest development of all
its resources. Some had succeeded-otherg
failed, aud many melancholy wrecks would
l.. I.eo,-, - r-vov,1
would be perfected. All the people have
q right'to criticise State institutions, be-
cause all are owners There viii be clash
ing of rival schools and rival systems Of
education. Politics will aeontaminate with
its harpy.like touch. These shoals, quick
sands and rockscannot be wholly escaped
til the dangerous channel has been
widened and deepened by more thorough
civilization and larger experience. The
work should 90 on, bat the educators and
people should unite in pressing theexperi7,
ment to successful and happy result. e9'
Mr.. G. proceeded to discuss the relations
| which theschools ofthe country shonld bear
to each other, from the LOWEST to the
highest-contending that they should
be so graduated that one should be d door
to the other, and all form parts of a syste-
matte iwhole-so that going through'
would mean something and secure some
thing. EnIargiag on this subject be showed
that the lack of this system had led to con-
fusion and great waste of time and money.
He stated that, he had never instructed a,
class of forty boys in college, who ought
not to have been divided into four or more
classes. .-..-.--r.. r,..,-.,r
He next warmly advocated the establish
ment of colleges for the very highest cub
ture of the intellect, into which none should,
be matriculated under eighteen years Of
age-and in which rules and marks aud the
discipline of boys should be discarded
Most of our colleges, he said, as nov con-
stituted, are simply schools for boys. Ewaut
a college for men. | propose that every
school do IFS own work. Let the public
school take care of the boys. Lei parents
send their boys to school, fit them for
farmers, miners, chemists merchants,
engineers but let it be proclaimed from
the housetop that no more boys are to be
sent to C0lleqe Make the College such an
institution that no one can be sent there
that all within its walls shall be there of
their own free Will-banish monitors and
marks, and keep them for miscellaneous
bows. make the College SO high that every
member Of it would blush at their intro
daction. He then argued with great force
The practieability of such institutions, and
expressed his conviction that the time was
now when the step should be taken.
The length of our report restricts Rs to
this brief synopsis of a speech Of great
power on one of Sic most important and
eonprehehsive topics treated by this sineetS
ing--a speech which would edify and
please, If it did not convince, the learned
AND rejecting minds Of the country that
we are at that period IN oar educational
history, when 4 vast step in advance may
be taken.
The Committee on Nomination Msssrs.
Ogden. of Tennessee; 0IeoEt, Of Indiana
Mallon, of SayaEnAh Wells, of lllincis
Coiley, Of Arkansas BuIkley, Of Brookiyn,
N. Y ;iNewall,. Of Maryland. j & "
Committee on aResoiutions:s Messrs.
Richards, of Washington; Hagar, of Mas
sachusetts; White, Of Ohio; Holmes, Of
Virginia; Smith, OF Kentucky; Hull, Of
Pennsy lYania and Cladbourne, of Wis
| cousin.
| Adjourned to 8 n NJ ia
NIGHT SESSION.
The topic entitled, ''Hygiene of schools
was announced TO be in readiness for dis
i .cllssion. 1t was discussed by Messrs. Role
/ oil Illinois, and Hagar, of Massachusetts,,
i when the further discussion of the topic
was discontinued.
Mr.. Buckley moved that the thanks Of
the Association be rendered to the citizens
of Nashville for their kind invitations, but
that on account Of pressure of business
tbs visit to the Asylum would have 10 be
abandoned. Carried. srar@ 400 av
DIR. Gregory, President of the AssOcia'
tion, delivered an address on ''Education,'
during the delivery Of which, Prof. Bulk
lev, Presidents Of Public Schools of Brook
lyn, New York, occupied the chair. H., Z.
4 Gen, Howard next spoke, and said tha
the eOlored population needed edueatioE
as much as the white, that their capabili
ties extended as far. He said that there
should be D0tmAi schools established te
educate persons TO teach in the Freedmen
schools. H. r.s1 .-,a..s y s't,5I &. ell 10.
| DR.. Nan Boskelen offered the fUllowine
resolution, which was adopted - - ..--as
: q. a u.