Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1873-08-09
DIR. MeCOSB.

! III SHeen'S College. belfast. Ireland. art
who was made for himself a reputation
rs one of the p-ofoundest thinkers c.
Earope by means of his Divine Gov
ernmens," "Intui:ions of the Mind,
Lectures en- Psychology" etc. was
imported into this country n 1869 TO fill
the chair OF President OF Princeton Col
lesa. He accepted the call and took the
place OF his predecessor John AcLane.
than whom no teacher was ever more
dear to his pupils. Before Dr.. McCcsh' S
appointments there was manifested bit
ter opposition to the selection of for
eisner to this exalted position; but the
Trustees of Nassau carried out their de-
termination to procure the best man they
could whether on this side of. or beyond
the water. And in DIR. McCosh they
certainly got the best man. Heis a man
of science. philosophy. and letters: in
the highest degree cultivated, and pos
sessed of master intellect. But his
executive ability is not less strongly
marked than are his powers of reason.
Princeton had lived out the first hundred
years of her ancient and reverend life
and at the end of that period there were
lust one hundred dollars in her treasury.
When DIR. McCosh became President her
finances were much enlarged; but the
Princeton of 1869 was poor compared
with the Princeton of to-day. The col
lege has now all the money it would wish
to spend. 1t has an elegant gymnasium.
and dormitories and examination halls
that are superior to those OF any other
college in the United States. 1t boasts
n long lis. of scholarships AMI prizes
and is endowed with numerous fellow
ships. Il has lately been endowed with
an immense fund for the organization of
a separate school of science. which,
within year. will he in operation on
Yale. All of these improvements, or
nearly all. are due to the practical bust
ness energy of DR.. McCosh. 1t was
his tact that Bonner. the horse
man. WIS induced to foot half the bill
for the erection of the gymnasium al
Iuded to. He has rendered his name
as powerful and influential
advocate of Civil Reform. And he has
come down from the upper regions of
classical lore and mind science to assume
IN active part in the work of improving
and elevatinS the standard of our public
intellectual nursery and
DuIwark of the land. He Is with the
irst for progress, always. He thinks
with the progressive world from day to
lay. He has been giving his views
ately at meeting OF the New York Ed
lcationsl Association, held at EImira,
IN the suhject of Upper Schools.
The sentiment that seemed to prevail
IN his ad lress, read before the conven-
lion was, that there is need in this
Of q class of schools between
he grammar schools and colleges, and
that there IS needed heartier SYM
D ,thv between common schools and col
ieses.'' He has clearly seen that orr
50 Upper Schools - which have been
greatly improved by the changes made
in the public school system of late years.
may he made to approach the standard
of American colleges; which if accom-
Mi he'd. will render Il university educa-
{ on in America as in Enrope, easier and
much more general.
GREEN FRUIT and BnYs.-The Spring
field Union says: The Destructive sea-
son of unripe fruit is upon Us. when the
green apple Stays its thousands. Medi-
cal science and ordinary obs, rvation pun
it beyoud doui.t that ii boy might better
Zine. on firecrack-rs than green apples,
aud that if he can manage to go In swirl
ming soon after eating peek or So. rs
be generally makes out to do, he has IL
dead sure thing on cholera morbus. The
boys may detianty inquire what we are
going to do about it. We suppose moth
ing. The green apple has a fatal fas
for the boy mind. If Eve had