Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-08-21

last Days PrOeeedfngs-A brthtaant
AssefnbIace Concluded.

Assem- DlNEG AOhNANNf
The convention met at Q A. NJ
PRAYER BY Rev. DR.. Skinner, pastor of
the First Baptist Church.
The minutes Of Wednesdays meeting
we're read and approved. lTnltEi ass
A recess of fifteen; minnies was then en-
tered into for the purpose of alIo wing the
Board Of Couacillors time to retire for de-
Liberation 10 a committee room.
After the recess the Chairman announced
that the time for DR.. Chadbourne's address
had arrived. 8kIBaE ttFl
Prof. Chadbourne being absent, Dr..
North, President Of Hamilton College, New
York, read the following brief and inter
esting paper on normal instruction in our
colleges :" '
PROF. E0RTHs PAPER,
He took the position that, as a large per
centage OF graduates engaged in the work
Of teaching, either as permanent or a
temporary employment some provisions
should Sc made in the college c,gTic1tlrm
for instruction in the history and' philoso-
ply Of education, and in the best methods
Of imparting knowledge. -
TWAS mentioned as n singularly incon-
sistency that most Of the n orthern States
had made complies provisions for the sup
port Of normal schools and institutes in
which common school teaehersare instruct
ed, bat that no normal instruction is pro-
vided for those who are TO have the charge
Of academies, and 1hus become teachers Of
teachers.
President Hill, Of Harvard College, has
proposed postgraduate course Of normal
instruction, to occupy one or two years.
Such a course would be well, II graduates
could be induced to take it.
a college graduate can always find work
10 do az teacher, and will choose TO take
his chance of success without waiting for
further discipline in a normal school.
Among the advantages to be gained by
normal instruction in college would be its
recognition OF the intrinsic dignity and i'm
portance OF the teachers profession. Gtadu-
ates would be brought to realize tina! sue
cessful teaching requires patience in the
details OF daily drill, absolute self-control,
and skill in the art Of imparting knowl.
edge Many earnest but Unparalleled
teachers would-be saved from humiliatiBg
mistakes and failures. Another benefit
would be the strengthening Of the bOsd Of
sympathy and brotherhood that unites the
college, the academy aud me common
schsol.
President Gregory heartily endorsed the
sentiments contained in the paper.
The views Of Mr.. Smith, of Kentucky,
we're that the normal school sent forth men
of the highest culture and ability for in
stFucting youth. f.-
DIR. Van Bokkelen said there is great
task Of professional teachers, not only 10
States where education is not only properly
developed, but also in the older States.
That he would hail with great pleasure the
Inauguration of any system which would
supply the want. Feared that there was
no institution yet suggested which can
supercede the normal school in the work of
training persons fit 10 teach. A college
may impart knowledge in abundance;
may make SolomOns, but il does nos give
the ability TO teach no more than it can
make a lawyer or a doctor. The college
is not the place to train teachers.
The poor fellow who is intended to
teach, in going through college often has
to fight his way on his muscle, for they are
looked down upon. We are = particular
profession and need professional training.
Professor Richards thought that the re-
marks Of DR.. Van Bokkelen might have
been misapprehension of the meaning Of
the paper read by DR.. North. The major
ity Of teachers in the States come from
colleges, where they are educated not with
any special reference to any profession.
They have the example of their professors
before them, and then when they engage
in teaching, they 60 on endeavoring TO build
their idea of what teacher ought to be.
DIR. ROlle instanced the case Of = gentle
man who is now one of the most eminent
and successful Instructors who had been
taught in a college.
Prof Andrews said he knew eminent ed
ucators who had been educated in colleges.
Mr.. Olcott said il was erroneous to say
that person taught in college could not
20 in a lawyers Office and succeed there !;
that one could not 60 TO the practice Of
medicine and succeed in it, He thought
the college educated gentlemen. He be-
lieyed he could succeed, but not so well as
one specially taught for a specific work
through life.
Mr.. Crosby believed the college turned
out the best teachers, physicians, lawyers,
farmers and the best men in every rank
and profession Of life.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE.
Prof ChadbOurne, Chairman of the Com
mittee on the Names and Sphere of Educa-
tional Institutions, reported "a follows:
Your committee are we'll aware that no
scheme of study can now be presented that
will command the assent OF all prominent
educators in the country. They venture TO
present the following statements as giving
their own views as TO the proper sphere of
prominent institutions as now organized in
this countrywide their aim should be
and their relations to each other.
These statements are:
!. That our schemes of education in all
institutions, excepting those that are strictly
professional, should be such as to secure
for the student both knowledge and mental
discipline.
.. That mental training and moral cul-
ture are essential elements ia the prepare
ton for any employment in life, and that
all attempts at special study Of sciences,
without these, must fail TO secure the best
results, even in the sciences selected.
8. That the public school should en-
brace such a range of studies as te fit the
student for college, 80 that 20 other prepar-
atory school should be needed.
4. That the simple college, according to
good American usage Of that term, is the
highest institution for general culture in
distinction from professional schools.
5. That the University, in the American
meaning of the word, is combination of
colleges, including the simple college and
such other scientific and professional
schools as the State is bound TO provide for
its citizens.
p. a. CHADBoURNE,
J. w. ANDREWS,
+. +. White,
j. BERRIEN LINDsLEY,
ID. G. GRAVES.
Mr. Bulkley offered the following resolu-
tion, which was adopted
Resolved, That a committee ofthree for
auditing the accounts of the Treasurer of
the Association for the last year, be APP
pointed.
The President appointed as the commit
| tee. Messrs. Bulkley Van Bokkelen and