, 1869-07-05
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meat ExrrrI.cs-The I'rcsIdcnt's
inaugural.
&c T., :ESroSrsscz or FEB sat1ekc', rK1RCNH.I
6ALEsBrRG Ill, July l..
This institution, which has been Ncathettpg the
Cape Of Conteu,ion, has po1 come out upon The
pactpc, The basis OF pnlon, upon which LII. .. +.
GuliFer was elected President, proves to be sound
aud satisfactory. Confidence Is ral1ytns- Old
friends arc ret1Tnlpgs II WIS IN Inalc3tse lae*
that two Of the old graduates Of the Ciaas Of 1s,
Reys Wm. 7, Dartle and q. P. uasktns, come
back ior their second degree, that Of Master of
Arts The number OF stude nts IS incEeaslng. New
uesBures arc initiated for the more complete
equipment Of the Institution. The Boaf0 Of 1In5-
tees has eject ed Prof. Il. u TIles. nor Instructor
In the Ancient Languages IN Amherst, q soo Of
Prof. Tyler Of that college, to the eha1 oi Gfeef,
and Prof. LEV ellyn Pratt, Of y arlington, D. C-,to
that Ct lata. The lrst hiss aeeepted: tue second
VII. probably do 50. Tue Preparatory Department
IL to bc reinforced pJ the associatDg Of MI John
Il, Eastman, Of The gradusung class at Amherst,
with Prot. George Churchill who, foS many JeAss,
has had the charge Of 1he tamt- Prof. G. Ina had
teupt1ng offers elsewhere, bat prefers TO Ee1sasn
with bis Alma Edttr The ladies' Department,
under Mlaa 4. l. Howard, Has AaE1 l. SeHcopn
and Prof. II. E Hitchcock, an aluranus Of the col
!eee having also the services of tee psofeSsofa IN
the f4Alu lQ4OtlJpu3 ~ IL AGft 4f ~ - A'e0
Standard The conrse Is one OF four yearA 1t
leaves out the Greek But tho accomplish
ments sought BY the young 'adieA IN
music, drawing and painting, mike quite
rs much Of draft upon them As the regular COL
ieee coursc would. The endowment OF the in
et1tntou amounts 10 -FOUR hundred thohRaMd ofla's
or more. In the hands Of such men - C. S Col
ton, Levi Landerson, r. G. Frost and Judge LaH-
renee II VITA ee well cared for.
AT the commencement, last week, ten young
men and seren young ladles were graduated
President CULVER nas .naugurated, delivering an
address Of great ability anu acceptableneAs upon
the uuestaehs which had been before the boa'd,
one Of which w2R the relation Of tie oaAsic
14n4uaseH to the college course. Upon this point
hid argument WIZ exhaustive and triumphant.
Among other ILLUSTRATIONS wAs one drA~h from
the defect IN the training al West Point, where
the languages arc left OUT In the opening OF the
war the West Point ueu could not move until all
the elements OF their mathematical scheme we're
provided. They had lesrned tactics III the school;
strategy they had to learn BY experience. ualn-
ing In the languages, which would have disciplined
them In the balancing OF probabilities, would
have supplied great lack In thelr mentA fuf-
p.ture. Mcclellan failed because be was a
mau trained only IN the exActttude Of science,
and not In the tuaupaTer1rg OF rrohahlll'
ties, which the classics wou'd have secured
hin Huu2y took Baltimore whua scoti
vas drawing h!s diagrams General A. A. Smith,
| 1t the corpor1tion dinner table, Illustrated tue
idea By stntlng that 1t one time, when the5 came
to q stream, the commander. q regular, set about
desistng and building bridge; meantime the rear
composed Of volunteers, came up to the stream a
another place. and before the bridge waa bui!1
The, frdet President Gnllives admitted that IN
| the end the West Point men came cut ahead, tnA
the!s exlet training was all nted1ul, though II
| lacked an element which would hare saved to tn
nation time, treasure and Life. Rev
| E. r. Goodwin, Of this city, delivered
| thoroughly entertaining and stimulating
addrees upon that ever new the,ue-1ndnsttJ. !
nephew Of WE c. BrJant young laESer
Dover, Ill, delivered before his brethren Of tn
| alumni raty poem upon the Course Of Lie
Rev. J. &. Grren, missionary to Turkey. add1esae'
the Society Of Inquiry. Barua,as Boot (now Il
the Senior C!xss>, native Of Africa, WIS one q
the nI chosen BY the two societies 10 compete 10
the rTtzea On oYascry. Though he failed TO Ge
either Of the two pr1es bis article, IN the merit
i1s matter, wax AdjudSed equal TO any Of th
o,hesx Professor J. C. Bartlett, Of shts city, Al
Rev. E. L H1rd, Of Sandwich, were added 70 ID
Board Of 1TuEt.
prpf, James Grant, graduate Of GtasspW, wht
for 2. years, haH taught the ancient languages
Knox, resigned his chair. a toar Of broad scao
arshlp. Of thntuu4huess In d1ll, Of fasc1nattn
vii, OF Kui1e!eas life, be has been greatly hc4ove
by the tucceasise e.Assea which have come und
hts training. Wherever an Alumnus OF Knox
} fo1aa 4 friend Of Prof. Grant IL there- Peasal
: memories peseelcl days to the glsad Old schoe
: master, ]. E R