New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-07-08
COLLEGE COMMANDMENTS.
AMHERST COLLEGE,
MEETING OF THE ALUMNI-THE NEUROLOGICAL
LIST FOR 1860.


Rtorrs the Rev Henry Ward Beeoher President Searns
sx Gov Bullock Mass, Alpheus Hardy OF Boston, Ed
ward Dickinson OF Amherst c. Cushing OF Boston, Luxe
sweetzer and others The customary SpeeeseS sSeTy
scholars and professional gentlemen generah1 ''''
The following Neurological List OF the Amherst Alumni
was Sso1ie a%p Shepard % 1921 Amherst Mass
p. HDss 1S1N ~ Fshruary H. 1863 AGED 6S 80
B1ooh Rugsbuy as OflSz died Of consumption Dan'e '
A1d Moore & Of ia2o died Ofparas FramiEghSm Mass,
Bsn FfsStS Foster cas, 1920 died DummeOn' w.
%s1s c.rse class ss typhoid Iudepeude
bs Dsisb jeas oiS) died Cambridge Mass Feb 1862
Deter c,p s., Of 1880 consumption Salem Mass,
a Hsrpe Jackson (cs Of 1885, died Of pneumonia Middle
Khan Ey Boes ass fish died OfgDhod fever in Brooklyn N
DsH3 Besiss as Of 1851 Of typhoid fever IN sOu'hTiel
Charles Risri Lane elss Of 1862 died Of sthan
David H Howard ar Class Of 1879 Alton 1854 aged
Ne Mare March D n 1855 aged Sc 60
jane: Wilson Tss, s, ofls' died Of e'p'' Joo' T. 1853
Rosi Fss Fs eas, 1885, brother Of the Es' Of the class
sf35 died March 3. 1868. aged ~ go. , r,
W1fsb Nm Apdrsss tciss, Of 1881 May H. 1866
social gathering Of the Alumni and friends was held
at College Han this GSeen 1d ped States kTmory
Band Springfield supplied the music playing TO an
strangers who now crowd the village, giving us some
small notion Of Mayor Oakley Hairs FHmaueh1 u
ADDRESS BEFORE THB LITERARY SOCIETIES, BY SENATOR
PATTERSON OF NEw-HAMPSHlRE ,
The exercises of Commencement thus far favored
with cool and delightful weather. were continued ts
SV senator Paterson Of New-Hampshire, whose words
held the close attention OF large ana neson
In It's relations the Republicans matter which ex-
the events Of our time directing the thoughts of
public men as never before Education Is familiar sun
there rich subsoi which, if we can reach and bring 70
the light, Will repay toll. Some truths connected
with It we as a people the principles of our
social aud political systems g. that the necessity for
ratio f to their moral and intellectual training
and that nations material prosperity and progress
in civilization keep pace with ITS schools. Here !
then, than elsewhere, the education OF the |
people the first duty OF the state BY no logic can
this responsibility Of the State be shrked or transferred
properly educated community can dispense Win muon
with this principal condition Of social and civil compact
in this be it's substitute the right Of parent control
springs from the lncapacty OF the child ana involves an
obligation teach and discipline We reject the theory
that the family should hand over its functions to the
State and experience proves that t1e fanny GannOt DO
relied discharge the primal duties of the State
With whom then shall the duty resti Can we safely sur
render IN pepeO TO local communities, where our leg
I'm which repOses the final destnles OF the na0nI The
convention Of 1857 found schools established part OF
the States believing that each State would feel the
need and provide by municipal legislation for the main
tauaDce that intelligence in which institutions took
RISE left them unrestricted power over the whole
subject BUT iOGkg Pe[gy NJ 5 f is iet
innate subject Of national legislation as commerce. cur
rency or naturalization. Should the welfare Of The
Republic demand there nothing in the nature Of on:
institutions, in the work ITSELF which for0ids such
change in the law will confer upon the General Gov
the power to establish national system Of edu
cation. If science ministers to the common comfort
and prosperity if the study Of art refnes the popular
taste; the pleasures Of cultivated mind pluck from
discipline Of intellect gives power to every station IN life
properly be brought under national jurisdiction as any
Subject now IN the scope OF Federal power Inc Original
sion, they thoroughly acquainted with few
essential elements Of knowledge: A hundred and NIFTY
the lust Of gain their motives were pure their wants but
few Liberty to them substantial reality, to be
built wisely. They could not be expected TO fOresee
% nUr tnG The an3eTato2 of hafciyiHed
peoples borders and the uplifting Of 100000 Of
slaves TO tile responsibilities of citizenship. Could they
might have been national While the tendency OF our
time to unrestricted participation IN political rights
evl liberty always the condition OF progress hence
the political PySges belong only to those Sho can use
sponsblitIes must be individual and any person Of
proper capacity has the right to voice in public affairs
iBhenabe, right Of suffrage Should the people lapse
naena6le right political bedian is the divineis
appointed condition Of twothirds Of the globe An intel
In tweiyemonth the unyOung majority would reyolu
exercise what Is our condition In 1850 oneenth
Of our voting population could neither read write; and
the average intelligence Of countrymen till less than
sixth read the ballot they cast aud this tide Of nm
grafton still rising beyond all precedent. When this
will end God only knows at the South schools cannot DO
established years except by National aid This the
question students Of to-day will be called upon TO
The institutions OF country must be born OF their
history Governments should be beralized parf passts
with popular capacity Of self restraint and that a
suit Of knowledge II Is unnatural and absurd TO force
upon civilized people the customs OF sayaRes and
equally so impose upon body Of savages the nsttu
tOns Of enlightened people Besides schools, other
forces civilization are relied upon the press and tee
graph Their power not easily estimated and must
far To break down National prejudices and differences
But turning 70 the other side Of the picture do these IA
cities improve deerorate the National intellect and
eODsceDcef Does not this modern science bring back
some Of the eete dogmas and loose morality Of other
countries And the effect OF these inventions at |
hprna 70 IA "A fOp
the getting Of which requires large body OF cor |
respondents, many Of whom, from the small pay |
they receive, must be young and Immature men, |
TOO often tempted to write for a pttaHce whatever
mind or to create news when il does not exist The
American Press both secular and religious sometimes
efrOnery, persisteny nisrepresens public affairs and
men. Such things must uDsette the national faith |
reasoning The Press furnishes defective premises for
the logic OF affairs l creates disreisb for profound
study The desire for gain has Ourun the power OF
dncnon, and thought aud study must be done by ma
chnery Our system gives more learning but less BRAIN
inspire our youths with controlling enthusiasm and
preference for mental power. Our nation, than all
others, delhanus PLaeucal Suucauoh because we are
more exposed 70 the tendencies OF tins age than Others
and habits OF exhaustive investigation must |
be LAID nj, in youth to oognteract its ten |
ing glory, but little exercised by the aneieHts
a whole, the few doing the thinking and carrying |
things all their way At length the idea OF personal
aud popular rights dawned upon them, aud public |
opinion created followed by the establishment
OF small demOcracies Let our schools and churches |
perish and children will repeat the experience Of the
Greek aud Venetian who now crnge upon the soil where
their fathers walked In the pride OF power. The prob
lem OF constructing curriculum for general course OF
training, including both discipline and knowledge, is
child dOes that which nearest to US history OF
country before that OF others and analyZe
tive soil before anayzng the verses of Homer The char.
Acter Of mental structure will be measurably
Greek and Latin B to be pursued for The power
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