New-York tribune., 1870-08-06
TIE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NETWORK.


CLOSE OF THE CONvOCATIoN-THE NEW EDU-
CATION Observation-Disclosures CULTURE
DOCToRATES CONFERRED on WILLIAM CUL-
LEN BRYANT AND HORATI0 SEYMOUR.
ALBANY, Aug. 4.-The University COnvoca-
ton has never taken much note OF the requrementso
modern and American life upon the educator, as 1t has
done this week and in consequence all here are agreed
that notwithstanding the attendance (which has been
comparativey small regards COlleges this has been
the most profitable meeting of the society Such subjects
as Chow to study physical not merely political geo
eraphy" physiology related to psychology Schoo
government" GLOW TO discover whether pupil under
stands his subject only knows isolated facts, by ex
aminatons" have been the practical topics practically
discussed which have occupied the time. The spirit in
which the discussions have been made shows that the
teachers Of the State under the leadership OF the Board
of Regents resolved to rid Themselves as rapidly as
possible of mere traditions and adopt their modes Of
Teaching their textbooks and the studies they select to
the wants of our age and people.
The resolutions presented by Prof. Dawes, from the
Committee on Decimal Coinage and the Metric System OF
Weights and Measures proposing adverse acuoh concern
the evident desire OF IN" C0AYVc2IlOh--"Neh nus
authority to speak as the representative OF the ste
colleges and aCademiestO discourage the teaching o
the French system, based measurements of an arc OF
the earth in all the schools under control OF the state
Prof. ID. H. Cruttenden Of New-IOrk CITY presented
statement Of "a Of instruction based mans
necessities and purposes He began the very beginning
and discovering that by its fundamental laws we have
seven necessities Breath, drink, food, warmth, light,
therefore ought first of all to take cognzance OF these
necessities Yet they have been so neglected that we
have no substantive terms by which to our enjoy
ment of these things 6nt Only o, our lack oi the-dS
Principal &. H. Barton OF Rome Academy read paper
The benefits of classical as compared with scien
tc of study" after which Chancellor Pruyu Tor
The Committee, reported upon Voluntary endOwmens
Of colleges and academies" The committee were ap,
ponted last year to appropriate legsation and
they now report That bill has been drafted making pro
vision by which any person wishing 10 endOw any such
institution may secure the funds to the proper object by
apuicaton TO any Justice Of the Supreme Court This bill
was introduced and yOraby reported at the last Assem-
6ccmed & Tt assbe to lay it more fully before the friends
OF education throughout the state To secure the benefit
of any further suggestions relative to ts provisions, and
TO enlist the friends OF education more generally In
favor OF its enactment circular address was also re-
pOrled from another Committee by Principal Albert
Wells of Peeksk Academy urging upon persons able TO
give the interests of academies, which have been com
oniy rejected while the colleges which educate far
less number of the people, and need the academies a.
dcbate which followed Trustee William II. Bogart
{" sentinel" OF The WOrd) of Aurora made an eloquent
In the evening Principal Homer b. sprague OF the
Adelphl Academy of Brooklyn delivered his lecture ON
and much AT the close of Mr. spragues adj
dress the Chancellor Of the University arTayed in his
oxford cap and announced that the Board of Regents,
at ,he aedes der4st of L. H. b. upon William Cullen Bryant
and Horatio Seymour The distinguished ute OF Doctor
been bestowed the Secretary escorted seyeray to the
front OF desk members of the Convocaton Prn
Emerson John Hamilton and Prin joel Dorman Steele,
lestowing upon each IN ponderous Latn the response
/ fiities q q Doctor or Philosophy, PHI. ID.
This morning, the third and last day, Prof Wilson OF
Cornell University reported from the Committee ap,
pointed devise methods OF conducting academic and
college examinations After discussing the subject an
srensO the paper suggests the plan adopted In Cornell
University, viz To give the pupils syllabus OF each Of
their studies the beginning term, and let them
90 through the term with that before them the basis
p0n which the examination il 10 be made and then
anime them according TO familiarity with topics and
not merely isolated facts Principal John Easter Of the
East Genesee Conference Seminary read paper on The
Religious Culture Of College and Seminary students
-Four points made especially prominent the duty OF
making the devotional (ODenng and closing exercises In
school formalitics is too common, but IN,
teresting the duty Of teaching the high moral and
spiritual relations OF the several subjects studied the
pils and the duty carefully examining, and in Of
need correcting, the manner in which the revealed word
Of God spoken OF or treated in the teNDoOAs IN use
The paper elected warm commendatOn from the Rev.
Drs Goodwin and Martini Prof ID. s. Martin Of Rutgen
| College Fifth-aveJ, and others.
Mrs Cemencc 5. Lozer, VI. d.. furnished papor upon
'Body and Mipd their Conservative Influence Each
oThe Necessity of Labor" which Mr. Cruttenden had
spoken, herein given proper attentions; u being
shown that the body needs Ia be exercised daily, In
All its muscles and forces, and the mind has similar
needs 80 exercise OF must not be allowed to
cude that Of the other nor the exercise OF one part OF
The mental system % exclude the OF any other acul
trs President Andrew ID. Whites long promised and
long gdesred committee report the subject OF con
ferrng "hOnorary degrees" was put down on the
schedule to-day 1t has been for years past but II
would seem that we are never To get IL. II Is matter Ol
GisnppointInent to very many that President White
shnnlt 20 long delay his expected report.
YORK" which Mr.. Assistant Secretary Pratt OF the
BOARD OF Regents has been preparing with much care
anu a as written They are now brought down from the
earliest Colonial times To the time OF the Revolution, ana
Iii I've uubshed as usual, Ia the report Of Conv0cation
and the Regents report for 1870. resolution IN
oduc.d requesting the presidents OF colleges to CONFER
,Coinma college the feasibility Of changing the
time OF the various COmmeneenents so as 10 aNod ihe
extreme heat Of summer, anu aiord Longer W aaoaa %
ith the apostolic benedction, pronounced nv the rev
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