New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-07-09

present has given the school charming yacht 30 go
with into the deep water and dredge that we may be-
come acquainted with the inhabitants Of the No
other school on earth can do this. SO debt to
| Mr. C. w Calhoun but I trust You win become ac-
auainted With him soon. We have Advantage from the
Coast Survey and that is Of the most Important
departments service want to tell You now haS
service is Interested The Coast Survey is one OF tine
interesting scientific organizations In existence,
and exercises the highest order OF training They need
trained assistants They will give us all the heP eheS
can that we may ourselves TO help Them trust
that under the guidance Of Count POurtaes who Is the
master OF this kind OF service, you will learn now 10 use
the instruments necessary for exploring the shores ana
| at home you apply the practice 10 the
| exploration OF our lakes We don't know
| what is at their bottom. One solitary lake
OF our larger lakes has been little examined by the
amented Simpson and he found at it's bottom marine
animals resembling those Of the Arctic seas There Is
no knowing what you may find, il you learn how TO
explore in the very neighbOrhOod where you Thought
there was nothing 10 be found Specimens Tor exam
nation be obtained from the museum at CamDrdge'
have brought some which may be Of use while We are
learning. -
Now would say a few words about our work. Every
| morning when | be here L propose to give you
piece Of advice about the way to employ your time In
proporon as you have made progress 1t Will be or
different character shall invite you TO ramole ABOUT
the island to observe what there may be OF interest
shall constantly ask you tell what you have seen
TO see how your mind works Our chief ork VIII be 10
watch the AQUARIUM. | want you TO study principally
marine animals The only way 10 do that properly Is 10
have them alive by your side. In very FEW days
shall place at your disposal series OF these appliances
have ordered for every person admitted 10 the
school, so that each OF yen will have means 10 make
| these investigations. L have never had III
nv own laboratory better opportunities for
al al
ing Will be some what different from the instruction gem
erally given in schools want TO make 1t so very diff
erent that may appear that there is something et 10
be done in the system adopted in orr public schools
think that pupils made too much 10 turn their atten-
ton 10 books and the teacher ia left simple machine OF
study. That should be done away with among u.s.
shall never make you repeat what have been told
but constantly ask you what have seen yourselves
Prof Agassz then spoke briefly iof the study OF GER
tain diagrams OF animal structure microscopy, the cur
rents of the ocean, and the phenomena Of hight and
| cluded RS follows:l
sELF-RELIANCE TO BE TAUGHT.
What want you To do order profit by this Is TO
work yourselves. l shall turn your attention instantly
in that direction Don't read ask questions. shall
not answer them, as you know you must understand
things Yourselves II is poor service TO render to
pupil To give him a ready-made answer. shall want
you also 10 the lens Of the microscope ana also 10
learn the use of the knife. IL is not hard operation
done properly The hOusekeeper cuts the meat Tor her
table in some way other The animals we dssect are
not any more repusive than many OF the articles we
use in the Kitchen Then why should sOu not make
Yourselves acquainted with the operations which are
necessary for the study OF these animals This Is about
| all had TO say. II You will give me and my friends
your confidence, we will do the best We know now TO
| promote your object (Applause.l
At the close of Prof Agassz's address, W. I. Har-
rington, Superintendent of Public Schools in New
Bedford made few remarks hoping that the stu
dents would not be deferred by any fear Of present
discomfort Mr. Grod responded in place of Mr..
| Anderson with few well-chosen words and handed
| TO Prof Agassiz the following letter:
| TARRYrowN, n. Y. July 8, 1873.
| JOuts AGAgsTZ sSg-My Dear Professor: have been
confined my house for some days past by an imam
OF the eyes, oceasoned by exposure 10 the sun
and am advised that IL would be somewhat hazardous
now to venture from home, and that on the seaboar
where should be still more exposed. need not say To
you how disappointed feel al my lnaDty 10 partc-
pate the enjoyment yOn in coutn0n win those other
distinguished students Of nature who ENJOY the PRIV
lege of being associated with must derive from the
founding institution which for long time you nave
had mvch heart and OF which our country, IN tue
estimation of thinking men, stands 50 much III need
| While / truly gueved at my inability 10 ate M
personally, am recOnclied by the fact that ieel IN
anticipation the great results that must surely ensure
from the establishment of an institution By winch Our
eTessiye classes cannot fail be benefited without
invading any way the religious or seetarian
| of any one. Most truly yours, JNo ANDERSON
1
dinner During the whole time there was very little
to remind the observer of the opening OF an educa-
! tional institution. rough, UNFINISHED barn,
about hundred listeners. and Prof Agassiz in the
center dwelling upon the scheme which he has so
long hoped to begn-that was the whole Of the dedi-
catory exercises After this the company separated,
the students TO get acquainted and settle themselves
in their quarters and the guests TO prepare for their
! return to the main land. About p. IN. the Helen
Augusta took them away, and Prof. Agassiz and his
school were left to their work. The following Is the
| list Of scientists who will assist Prof Agassiz:
DE- Burt c. Wilder OF Cornell DR.. A. S. Packard OF
Peabody Academy OF Science, Salem Count POurtales
OF the Coast Survey Prof Waterhousc Hawkins OF En-
gland Paulus Roetter artist OF the Museum nc Cam
bridge; Prof Mitchell VI the Coast Survey Prof.
Joseph s. Lowering Of Harvard University Prof.. T.
W Putnam OF Peabody Academy OF Science, Salem )
prof n s. Smaller Of Harvard VINO WAS the hrst pro-
poser of scheme and who Is at present IN Europe
Prof Arnold GuyOt OF Princeton, n. j.. Prof. Brown
Scquard.