The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-07-15

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"ReSoiced, That the daily Use of the
Lcrd's PRAYER In our public schools and the
daily reading OF selections from the Holy!
Scriptures would, M the Judgment Of this
Association. be d safeguard against the inf.
deity to which the young and unhappy are
exposed. and that such practice might be
universally introduced by q wise and judi
cious scheme of lessons without giving OF.
fence TO the peculiar tenets Of any branch of
the Christian Church"
Mr.. Mckim supported the resolutions By
an earnest aud effective speech, and lively
discussion ensued. IL was urged, In opposi-
ton to the resolutions, that their adoption
would contraveue the uniform practice Of
the Association, and the sense Of the body
AS, after full discussion, last year re&ffirmed,
uamely--that :. Il Is ineXpedient for the AS
ISOLATION as such to declare for or against any
policy. any system Of instruction; any set Of
textbooks" Professor c. j.. Cooke OPP
posed the resolutions and General +. Fl.
Smith advocated them, both forcibly, though
in brief. Finally, after many others had
been heard, it was proposed and, with the
consent of the mover, agreed, that the reso-
lutions Should lie over for discussion at the
next annual meeting. /
Mr.. II. l.. Davies, of Bedford, moved the
appointment Of a committee to report next
year as to the correctness or incorrectness OF
various current English idioms, such as " lind
rather" "heart of mine," cit is me-" ETC.,
which have recently in one way or another
been called in question. He wanted Profess
sofS Joynes to be the head Of thst committee.
He said that he, a veteran teacher, had learn
ed since he came here SO many things he did
not know before, had heard so much that he
had supposed orthodox called in question,
and so much that he had regarded as hete-
rodoX approved, that he wanled more light.
He thought Professor Joynes was the best
man to lead in giving that light.
Professor Joynes moved the reference of
the subject to the Executive Committee, re-
marking, however, that he had rather not be
on that committee. This heart of mine, he
said, tells me that if there is any man in
this body that had better not be on it, that
man IS me.
The motion, after some discussion and
considerable merriment, prevailed.
The Chair announced the following as the
local Committee Of Arrangements for the
meeting of the Association next year in Nor
folk and overwhelmingly, Professor N.
b. Webster and Messrs. j. F. Croker and j.
p. Slater.
MIR. L. NJ. Backord, was adopted:
ReSolped, That the local Committee of
Arrangements be authorized to provide for
the next meeting Of this body an excursion,
or other suitable social reinion, at an ex-
pense to the Association not exceeding one
hundred dollars"
The following telegram from Commits.
sioner Eaton, addressed to. r. L. Carne, Esq,
school superintendent Of Alexandra, was
read by him, and by the Association &C.
knowIedged in a vote of thanks: ......--
"s....s.. WAsHEGToN, July II, 1873.
"Official duties will prevent my presence
at to-day's meeting. Viii; gladly receive any
visits from members who may come to
Washington. JOHN EATON, JR.
On motion Of Colonel K. E. Withers, it
was determined that the recording secretary
should drop from the (neXt published) roll
of members of the Association all who have
for the three years last past failed to pay
their dues. This action is somewhat in the
nature of q general amnesty. 1t is not de-
signed as reproof for anybody, and still
less of course to diminish the attendance on
annual meetings, but inasmuch as members
thus dropped would, upon again entering
the Association, as it is hoped they all will,
only have to pay 50 Cinitiation-fee), as against
So or 81 arrearages wiped out by their excl
sion, it is manifest that they are gamers by:
so much through the action taken. No wish
certainly exists to lessen the attendance.
Increased membership, and still more, in
creased attendance on annual meetings, is
earnestly desired. !s-
The consideration of the elaborate report
from the pen Of Professor j. A. Turner,
chairman Of the committee, yesterday read
before the Association, but at that time not
discussed, was TAKEN up. The report had
reference to "the sequence of the study Of
languages, ancient and modern, defining the
stage at which relatively each should be be.
gum"
Professor E. S. Joynes said that he hail:in
general approved the positions of his friend
the author of the report. He (Professo
Joynes) thinks. however, that some element
airy study of French, or even of German,
should precede the beginning of Latin,
though he dies not believe any modern Ian
uuage CAP, Or ought to, take the place of
Latin. He stood up stOutly for classical cul-
ture, and, though pi o'essor Of modern Ian
ruapes, altogether deprecated tho notion
That anything can take the place of Latin
and Greek. He took the more pleasure in
asserting this position, as from some of his
spoken or written utterances in the past his
views had been misapprehended.
He proposes that children should as soou
as they can understand it study in the SIM
NEST manner, as an introduction to Latin,
some French. Let a child begin French
thus at niue, say, and pursue 1t for two years.
At eleven let him begin Latin, remitting
French now to wholly subordinate place,
and even. if deemed advisable. suspending
its study for time. The child will if so IN
troduced to it receive Latin much more
kindly, and ut the end Of the second or third
year, say, be really better up in 1t than If he
had begun it earlier and had not taken
French at all. Greek may be taken up TWO
wears after Latin. French, Professor Joynes
Is satisfied, forms good bridge between
English and Latin. 1t is much easier than
Latin, and when but slender knowledge OF
it has been gained there is pleasant juvenile
reading to be found IN it, such So we seek 10
vain in Latin. He concluded by relterah1g
entire dissent from the notion that the mo-
dern languages have, or can ever possess,
the Disciplinary value Of Lain and Greek.
Mr.. r. Jacqueln Amber was in the habit
OF putting his own children in Latin ateight
years of age, and thought that children
really learned Latin more readily than
French. He had begun Latin himself at
six, and would always have child do as ne
had done in learning Latin grammar before
English. He allowed that there was one
advantage in studying French first: it re-
,noyed the temptation boys have who baYe