New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-07-29
PHILOLOGY.
CLOSE OF TIE CONVENTION.


THE WORK BEFoRE THE ASSOCIATION
THE NEW Observation-Disclosures
NEwHAvEN, July 2S.-lhe dead sea OF de-
bate latin pronunciation reached the utmost verge
Of the afternoon session yesterday and Of course no
agreement reached the vexed question, beyond
Areadirmston OF the resolutions OF last year. Tho un'
fipe arguments against the Continental method were
generally crushed by the majority Of pEactc'
College men, who gave Judgment for The de
ACCESSION the Committee last year. The difficulties OK
the unsettled school may summed M IN these three
queries First Whether it is possible TO derive kno"I
ridge Of the sound latin letters pronounced 10y
the ancients and attempt reform Second; Whetner'
In case il impossible 10 obtain that knowledge Il j.
t1pedent 70 adopt q European Continental SYSTEM
rhtrd: Whether the advantage derived from snch a
change would repay the labor involved, and whether
she introduction OF much foreign SQUAD womb NOT
injurously affect our English language I've eu'ye''
viii probably rest henceiorh.
CELTIC ORIGIN OF THE rRTScH
The nieht session was opened by Prof. Mixer % tne
Rochester University, who read paper ~ great H'ioO
pn the 'Celtc Elements OF the French" IN "hlou No
rontended that French clearly not 50 MUCH
Latin as Celtic race, claim which recent events Ie
der more than usually notable to students Of races ana
languages History mistakes and deceiTes but language
,annot mislead though removed 70 more remote an
nQuity. National speech properly anaIyIeo furnishes
the true index TO the peoples NC ana chaf-
se,er Language Is the mirror OF national
radically and completely Roman than the people. The
Feucb people are the o: three successive waves Of
migration OF which the Romans were the latest The
old Romsu descriptions OF the Celts picture tol the life
the Freedman Of today. Lngustically the Cets be-
hong 10 the IndO European family constituting vi ts
primitive branches. The only relics OF the Celtic tongue
le 20 do not number more than hundred preserved
90 MS IN Greek ana latin authors From all the hstor
cal evidence Of language the French people or today
arc the Cclts OF Old, and we learn more OF our
tongue in establishing the Poist The Romans were alb
fsrntf into IA
mans were absorbed by the saXoDs. The German ele-
Inent kept its place hut the Roman tongue
gueTed the people GAM. The Professor further Illus
teted the changes the Latin elements had undergone in
ALTERATION Of words and OF syntsN ana the fundamental
structure OF thC language. with the Celtic influence IN
then growth ard Development All French words are
forms from which they are derived It is no Doubt in
the spirit genius Of the French that tie Celtic mas Sit
as udeibe stamp declares Prof Mixer aud m proof he
cited copously from the sOundes pathological treatses
front the French aud German societies. -, ~,
Tie theory not allowed Ia pass nnchalhngeh.
Prot. Hadley substantial reason 60 argue nom
the main stem in broader range Of peoples
II such argument was admitted fgrtheTin0fe, no
the modern descendants Of the Celts and the newly
claimed descendants OF that race.
paper on the GraanGtica CeinA Of Tenses considering
mainly the peculiar examinations Of Welsh verbs ana t9
Welsh Prof. Hadey took occasion 10 acknowledee the
lated the Association on one accession of scholar
potent 10 investigate 80 important ana t"hiWi"i'ciy
unfamiliar 4 held 0i linguistic science.
IHE ALGoNKIS LORDS PRAYER.
The assembly, undiminshed ia numbers, cruIe TO-
sother for ua session. rushing the papers through
with great CELEBRITY, and almost wholly blocking discus
zion The Agonkiu tongue and dialect were still further
illustrated by the J. II. Tumbul IN brief paper
ON the Lords Prayer the Aboriginal tongue, twenty
Of which were presented IN as many dlaects
.f the Algonkin stock each with t,,a @
jDto English For VINO ort IN heaVen one tongue nps
ST. "in the sky visible heavens; another, IN the
place beyond !" others "in the high place., " oo high
and whimsical variations OF the same. FOR = Dieau,
the pOus man, when he prays after the manner OF
i,u more modestly and literally "corn cake" ground
cake" "loaves," or baked corn The paper seonhaea
speech when aided by the more analytical Velpase
Prof. Goodwin Of Harvard read short paper on The
sO-oalled general supposon' IN Latin prepared by
tlou the writer maintained, IN Latin the legitimate
descendant of the IndO European Language, and not
when be first called attention TO the distinction OF gen
era and particular supposltons IN Greek ana Lauo'
The paper cited examples from LATIN writers on an ages,
Including from Cato, 70 show the frequency OF me
construction In question and further cited examples
nom RE Veda containing examples Of both suojuncuYe
end aptative. with this meaning In Sansnt,
eth in a chaotic state and little scientific research MAD
been made In THE department. but that early sanskt
usage was by means strictly fixed In such matters,
aud c confidence could be placed In arguments drawn
cm the sanskrit In deciding important questions like
pEMosrHrxEs on TIE CROWS.
Prof Goodwin presented stn another paper accepted
prime importance, the chronology OF some " the
events mentioned in DemOsthenes on the Crown" He
,sid II is generally conceded by scholars that the de-
crees laws and other documents included in the text OF
Demosthenes on the TToSn are spurious but te i3c
authority IN the Greek chronology, which recognizes the
documents in question ssNt historic authority coupled
1sebnes aesnst CtaspRSn shch follows Clinton chro.
noogy In general makes 1t wsrth whieto call attention
thority il Is absolutely impossible to make any consistent
chronology Of the events whis preceded the battle u
subject that single name q an Archon and not
single important date given in these documents, can be
In he
ments foun in the text OF Aschnes and Dem0sthones
nothing can DE simpler than the whole order OF events
scbnes tells us that the last month of the year Of
ChaerOudas 3J67, DemOsthsnes was appointed one OF
Now the whole object Of Hschines In this part Of his
guuent prove that the decree FOX CrownDg Demos
ihenes wac proposed during the laters year OF Office
II was Therefore proposed during t6e yeaf W'a ioI
lowed his election mat as tae ear 49, a., As e oFoTa
decree OF CtesphOn must have preceded that iestiya
she decree H. iee medstey after the pfoPosaat be.
Its passage 10y the Senate and the first day on
place the two events together, probably IN the
Winter of 1915 B.. 9. But Asohines further
Of ''' Pbn P'' e.. I in the sum@er Of $50 B. O.
Bu; the documents place the former in
November vi the year OF Euthycles (whO never was
Archon at sD and the latter in March OF the year OF
Charondas e. 3s b. O. me same ~ true q the dates
Leaving out OF account the spurious documents, we
Dee h't IN fse png "ds H GU tsai fh
was chosen General Of the AmphictyOns in the
ms election Philip passed Theunopyae and seized
Platea The panic at Athens and the embassy Of
Denosthenes Immediately followed The alliance with
Inches and the entrance Of the Athenian army into
BOeoa succeeded and the skirmishes between the allied
forces and Philips invading army fell In the Winter one
of these beng called by Demosthenes 1.-The Win,
ter battle" The decisive battle Of Chaeronea was
fought in the following summer The time OF the
delivery Of the Orations IS shown by great
variety OF testimony 10 have been $50 b. G..
The paper Is Of decided interest 10 scholars ana received
marked attention from the Association
ANGLosAXoN PRoSUNCIATIoN.
Coming nearer home Prof. March Of Lafayette
College Penn, read a paper ADglO-Saxo on 'and
Early English Pronunciation. From the Anglo-saXOn