The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-08-09


Interesting Abstract Of its Proceed
angs, Written by q Member. as,r
IFor the Dispa,chJ
August GrH, 1873:
Not yet having seen in your valuable Pr, ;.
FER any account Of the recent meeihS ol
She American Pathological AsSociatieh 81
Easton, Pa, and thinking That your pune
so,ls readers especially among tAe pro'ts-
,Sors md teachers of Virginia. would be iil-
ferestcd in its proceedings, send you the
following synopsis:
The Association met in the beautiful ana
tastefully- furnished chapel of Latayette Ie!,
lege at 3 p. u. on Tuesday, July 2Zu,5ahu
was called to order by It's vcncfaoie prcs!-
dent, Professor A. &. kcndrlck. OF the cni-
Yersity OF Rochester, n. I. Judge MaH-
we'll chairman of the local committee OF the
citizens of Easton. delivered an address of
welcome, which was briefly responded to by
the president Of the Association. Tic
names OF
NEW MEMBERS ag
were then announced, and among them |
noticed from the South those Of Professor
J. A. Turner, Of Hoilns Institute, Botc-
tourt county, Va; Professor 5. NJ. Shllte,
Of Columaian University, Washington' ID.
c.: and Professor J. VI. Garnet, principal
of St. Johns College, Annapolis, Nd. these
gentlemen were present, with the exception
Of Professor Turner. There were also pre-
sent Professor c. IL. Toy, Of the Southern
Baptist Theological Seminary, Greenyllle
s. e.. member of the Executive Committee
of the Association, and Professor Il. >
Jovpes, OF Washington and Lee University
Lexington, Va, both we'll known TO many
of your readers. This is the first occasion
that 70 many from the South, especially
from Virginia, were present.
THE FIRST PAPER
read was on "Some Points IN the Life Of
Thucydides," by Professor l.. Z. Packard
of Yale College and the second, on Some
Passages in the Germania of Tactus," by
Professor w. f. Allen, of the University o.
Wisconsin. These papers gave occasion fol
but little discussion. DIR. j. II. Trumbull
of Hartford, Conn, then presented "Vo.
cabuiary of the Indians of San Bias and
Caledonia Bay, Isthnus of Darien," collected
by Commodore K. j. LuIl, United states
Navy, and consisting Of .42G words. 1t wa,
found very neatly to coincide with meagre
vocabulary of the same dialect made neal y
200 years ago, and this gave rise TO consld'
cradle discussion as to the fiXedness OF un
written languages, especially Of the Indian
dialects.
The Association then adjourned until 8 Z.
NJ, when the session was resumed with FRO
fessor +. A. March, of Lafayette College,
yice-presiden,, in the chair and Professor
Kendrick delivered the annual address. Hi:
subject Was
THE STUDY OF PHILoLoGY.
have rarely listened to an ADLER or more
interesting address. The advantages OF this
study, from an educational point OF view
and as means of liberal culture, were
clearly and forcibly presented, and its effect
on the development of the taste and intellect
was most oonvincingly and beautifully ex
pressed.
The Association adjourned Immediately
after this address until 8 o'clock mex,
morning, and soon after reassembling, on
motion OF Professor Toy, a committee was
appointed to prepare suitable resolutions
reiatlye TO the death of the late ProfessoE
james Hadley, of Yale College, vice-presi'
dent and one of the most active members
of the Association, and the Executive Com.
mittee was directed to have memorial Of
Professor Hadley prepared for publication
in the transactions of the Association.
Prof. G. FL. Brigham, of Ann Arbor, Mich.
then read a paper on " The Great Harris Papy'
rus. and DR.. w. e. CattelI, president of La
fayette College, exhibited to the Association
an Egyptian papyrus scroll, found in Thebes
and purchased by Mr.. John w. Garrett, OF
Baltimore, by whom it was presented to the
college. Copies of printed translation oil
the hieroglyphic writing on this scroll were
afterwards distributed among the members
of the Association.
DR.. A. Uonai, of Newark, n. j., next read
paper on English grammatical tcrminology
as introductory to his pamphlet entitled I" A
Concise system of Grammatical Terms Ac.
cording to the Teachings of Comparative
PhilslOgy,' copies Of which were distributed
among the members of the Association.
This gave rise to much discussion, the tenor
of which was adverse to the new system OF
grammatical terms, and, on motion, the
whole subject was referred to the pedagogi-
cal section. Following this was lengthy
paper On "AphraSia (speechlessness) and Its
Contributions to the Science of Language"
prepared by DR.. u. w. Easton, of Hartford,
Conn, and read by DR.. Trumbull. The
paper discussed the subject from medico-
pathological standpoint, and while bringing
forward many curious cases Of aphrasia re-
suIt;ng from physical causes and character
lied Dy medical names, did not seem to your
CORES pendent to contribute much to clucl-
date the physiology or psychology oiSpecch.
Alter some discussion of tue subject the
Association adjourned ...
FOR LUNCH,
which was daily beautifully prepared for the
members by the citizens of Easton in the
rooms over the college chapel. This thought
full hospitality on the part OF the citizens
was q great saving Of time, and enabled the
Association TO ra>semble daily at L. M.
On r;issembling, appointment Of COM
mittees on time and place of next injecting
and on election of officers, the committee
APPOINTED in The morning reported resolu'
lions expressive of the loss which the Asso-
citation had sustained in the death Of Profes-
sor Hadley, and OF sympathy with his fam
ily. Your correspondent found in CONVEX
sation with different members that PROBES
sor Hadley and Professor Whitney, also OF
Yale College, who was not present ae TINS
meeting, were regarded as the head ana front
of the Association, and that the death OF
Professor Hadley vas considered IN IRE
parable loss.
TIE FIRST PAPER
read ut the afternoon session was most
interesting one "On the Old Italian Lap
guage and Italian Dialects" by Pro-
lessor F. stengel, Of Columbia College,
New York. He discussed very clearly
the pathological relations Of the languages
spoken in Italy anterior to and con'em.
1nrary with the Latin and their kinship
to il. and made frequent reference to new
work on this subject now N course of pre-
marathon by DR.. Won Marck q, of Schleswig.
Holsteip, advanced sheets OF which he had
been permitted to make use of.
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