Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-09-11

rue ObJectIOu that many things were studied
IN the schools that In after life were useless,
has sp 3nt its force. - Can honor set a leg?
querIed FAlstaf: vet was honor to be dis
carded for want of surgical skill? la this
connection the ancient languages were
euigoize1 with true classical zeal for the
beauty and freshness which they always
brought 70 the mind. illustrations Of the
prevailing sense of these elements in the
productions OF the old Greek pOess were
gIven. = The common workmen of those
days said the speaker, " breathed the
atmosphere Of the gods. Quality instead
Of quantity is the object TO be attained by
education and though Mr.. Lindsay said he
did not desire to make "a labored defense of the
study OF the classics, yet he regarded it as
the surest means OF forming tastes after the
best models, and of strengthening the reason
ing powers. lie regarded the Greek IS the
N isr perfect language the human mind has
ever evolved
Study Of the human mind W Is urged a
important part of eiucation. w hat is man
And, quoting eminent author, the
| speaker added - On earth there is nothing
great bat nina - The end of all education
- To lcti the mind up to God how impor-
tant, then, t. study of Gods work AMI Gods
ways. Ene stu iy of nature aud natures laws
was also ImpJrtan- Away with the tune
worn assertion that 1t led to infdelity. The
/ array ot names prcsentCd, which united this
study with the most sublime Devotion should
save It from the reprOach Of infdelty. Per-
icec schpl l.rshIp consists not in mInutige or
details, hut IN comprehensivencss reaching
ont through natures laws. We need in
these days profound scholarship. New Eng
land must retain Is position, not through
Its political elements nor through its In-
du>trles, but through Its educational lnstitu-
tiln~, which, with Gods blessing upon it,
would prove a blessing to the church and to
the nation.
The audience then joinel IN singing the
hymn
al uasi llc power ot.Ic~u-'- name
which wa followed by poem by Mrs O. z.
hp.u, of Bellows Falls, alIey0rIcll and
descriptive of the bulliins of temple of
learning. IL was finely written and well
pronounced, and free from the rhyming YER
1ags that often accompanies the amateur
muse. showing thle the p0ctess on this oc-
clsi'a was not trenching upon grounds, OF
attic uptInL heights. with which she was not
familiar. The modest introduction OF It's
author ami the etfYrt, by Governor Dilling-
ham, dli not raI-e our antici pati1ns to 50
nigh pitch as t1e production justified, aud
Se therc.o eni1yet the double luxury ola
I pleasant disappointment and a most excel
I lent poem.
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next introduced he saw in the audience
/ before Aim the strongest argument he had
met with against e female suffrage hut
Acknowledged compensation in having Ill
rs-ev So fae an audlenc- for this occasion.
whilst thc men We're away al St. Albans
learning how [, vote. Mr. " lizard said he
desired r1 he present al these exercises tor
h.- lwa Jratdeation He had something TO
j. I'm days past IN connection with the
lo.lt.a9 I'D this school, and did the best be
eeu.- II Ariu. i- here. had watched it, pro
gross ~It1 undated interest, and was pres
cut AZ tire hyiuZ Ut the '- corner stone - OF
tae battling they were now assembled to
dedicate. lie wa here to-day 10 Join in the
congratulations Ut ITS patrons and trienis
over tas completion OF - important a work
fac institution could an no sense ba called
>ecttrl nam, although IN charge Of a particular
denomination. There is no Meth0dism,
C1n.reg1tionaIsu, OF BaDtisflSH in learning.
Hc ali hold 10 our own interpretation ot
tha Scriptures, hlt when we come T. train
tle mlni, after uil We ~ through the same
methods. Ile mind. next u the soul. is the |
most .mp3raut part OF man. That we should |
ear 2a3 trlua aud die, Is the lowest achieve
m me ~ the human race 1t Is thr0u yh
ulSl system 9t education and culture that
we are ena1.e1 20 reach into tuturlty, and get /
taretl~te ot the highest fulhllment Of man 5 /
-tI3etts Tor eng 'ymeut The school is the |
formative ur9 .e-> which makes us whatever /
we -laI be iu subsequent life We may not
SEE tat=. er rc1lze 10 from day To dav. no /
more tlln we ctu sac az once how the gentle /
rain aH4a tac hillside feeds the spring
E1r tae ustlu IS hllei. and We know that |
Dc I- tlc 4IICt rams that have done It la /
t-- alr -lN-s4 lives, II We but turn uack /
We >.i1ls ~.e tlat NJ oar mothers knee. from I
some e4tuce word on the street an in the |
lu~ritur 10 oi learning we gathered that /
which i.rmeltes through all our after years /
We Iu tla iull corn IN the ear nDc only |
tae lu.I1.,- 1T that year but also the results |
IN subsequent years which high state of |
culrure VIII produce So In the harvest o |
oar lives, we reap tbe fruits OF our early |
savings, though we may not be able O - /
back ami an8lyzc all that has contributed !
O. produce the harvest. We therefore see !
the vast Importance OF every influence upon |
voutl Iuc speaker was particularly felic- /
t3us in as remarks throughout. although /
speaking cNtcmp lrancJusly, and made most
cl14aeai appeal 60 those Who have in chlrge /
tie eiaeltIan of youth 10 10 their work
well ami thoroughly To-day. he SAID, we
celebrate the completion OF this temple of
oi learning IL is a grand achievement. and
worthy the munifcent contributions of its
friends lie alluded to the mission of the
japanese Embassy 10 this country, suggested
by a passage in Mr. Taplins poem, and
said that every Institution like. this was a
contribution to the great work Of civilizing
and Chrstiauizjng the world. Appealing
to It's friends not 20 let its usefulness be i'm
paireI for the want Of that patronage and
support which brings success. and that this
hand d-majd OF religion should not he permitted
to falter, hut should send forth its influence
for great good. not only in the present but
beyond the grave, MIR. Willard concluded
his we'll timed remarks, Of which the fore
going Is "a limited abstract.
IIou Frederick Billings OF Woodstock,
who had been announced as one OF the speak
ers, not being present, the President, Hon.
Paul Dillingham;, remarked that the he had
probably gone To St. Adams along with the |
rest OF the men, adding that he would like |
to have been there himself, but his heart was
here to-day and be had followed its inclin- |
ings. He dld not regard the presence of so
many ladies' in the absence of the men, as an
argument against their qualifications as
voters. but as an indication of their superior |
intuitive perception, which would enable |
them to vote right without going off to at |
tend mass meetings and conventions.
Mr.. Dillingham; then briefly alluded 10 |
the location of the school, and the competi |
ton which grew out of 1t before the matter
was decided, in the result of which all towns |
save Montpelier, were disappointed. His
own town, Waterbury, was one of the disap- |
pointed but God gave them grace enough |
not to abandon the enterprise on that ac- l
count The institution, he said, was called \
a Seminary College. 1t was entitled to the /
name, and came nearly up to the character
Of an University. The record 1t had made |
thus lar was a favorable one and none of its |
scholars had gone away alienated OF dissatis-
fed
He next spoke of the building and its
H-,.-L ..n,nr..hat In dntal reInarkInu that |