The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-04-03

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er Greek per Latin will be m
compulsory, but rather optional st
les, affording wider range Of ed
ton to those who wish it, the Trus $
thought it best, to recognize tess
studies from the beginning, especi
lest their neglect to do so, might BE-
construed into an act of hostility,
taken for precedent for their
lect and substantial exclusion il
future. Should anyo ofourP PROBES
or students be SO fortunate az
make original discoveries in sci
and wish toldescribe Them SO as
understood il 81 the nations Of
rope, they would BE eompelle
employ the Latin tongue, whie
though called a dead language
more nearly supplies universal
guage than any other. Whatever
may be said in these modern days
about utilitarianism and the practic
it is an mdisputed fact, that the lea,
ing minds in all civilized nations,
have for many centuries been trained
and developed in classical studies, and
it may be fairly concluded that they
have notsyet lost all efficacy.
The mere fact that agriculture and
mechanics are to be taught in our
school, will Obscure its success,
which will depend more upon its be-
ing Q good school, doing honest and
thorough work, with a course of stud
les which meets the various wants Of
students seeking an education; and
the mannerin which things are taught,
is as important as what is taught,
whether it be little of languages, or
much of agriculture and mechanics.
Thus far, in selecting q faculty for
the College, the Trustees have been
fortunate in securing persons OF ex-
perience and marked success in teach
ing, and in the prime Of Life, promis-
ing long years Of usefulness to our
institution; and with the full con
viction that an accurate and thorough
grounding in principles, will be the
best preparation for any specially,
and most certainly insure individual
success, broad and liberal crnricr-
lum has Been determined on for the
Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical
College.
It is said to be fact that neither
in the halls of Congress, nor in the
State Legislatures can sufficient
number of real farmers be found to
intelligently fill even the committees
on agriculture! Ii this be SO, it must
simply be for the want of proper ed
ucation, a broad and liberal culture,
for of all occupations, agriculture en-
braces the greatest number of indi-
viduals. Agriculture is one of the
Oldest occupations of man, and prac-
tisedas it has been in purely empiric
manner, the art has not been difficult
to learn, many of its methods and
processes having made little or no
change for centuries, and among the
masses is but little better understood
as science, than it was a thousand
years ago. For it is science also,
which may well exercise the. highest
powers of an enlarged and cultivated
mind, and upon it other collateral sci
ences may be brought to bear with
great advantage. In, fact to explain
and demonstrate the rationale of its
different methods, and the circum-
stances upon which its success de-
pends, will be the chief function of it's
Professors.
Trained and educated minds ever
haye and ever will, take precedence
over ignorance and limited yknowl-
edge, in allsthe affairs of life, and it is
a mistaken notion that narrow and
technical education, is all that is re-
quired in the industrial pursuits of
men. And while the Board of Trust
ees will, as in duty bound by act of
Congress, make the principles of Ag-
riculture and the Mechanic Arts
leading objects" in their Institution,
they do not desire to educate those
confded to them, simply as farmers
or mechanics, but as men, fitted by
education and attainments, for the