Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-07-17
A. R. Savage, of Mortified, Secretary
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A. R. Savage, of Mortified, Secretary
and Treasurer.
A. e. Leavenworth, of New Haven;
r. G.. Williams, of Castleton and Louis
Pollens, of Burlington, Executive Com
mittee.
The number of persons already
elected to ordinary membership is
eighteen.
On motion of A. E. Leavenworth, Rev.
j. e. Worcester, ID. D., of Burlington,
and Oscar Atwood, A. M. Principal of
Plattsburgh Graded School, were elected
honorary members.
The Club then adjourned until two
o'clock. In the meantime the members
dined with Prof. Pollens, at the Ameri-
can Hotel.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The Club met at two o'clock, and were
entertained for over an hour by Prof.
Pollens, with an instructive address on
the Importance of a more general study
of German and French by young men,
especially by those who have not the
time or inclination to study Latin and
Greek.
The address was unwritten, and was
delivered With much earnestness and
even enthusiasm.
Three out of five who stop the study
of Latin and Greek, on leaving the high
school, do not, in the opinion of the Pro
fessor, derive benefit proportionate to
the time spent. A like amount of time
spent in the study of the German or
French would prove better investment,
and open an easy path to further prof.
cheney, as the demands of business might
require. A knowledge of French Will
do much of the same work that is claim
ed for Latin, being a kindred tongue,
and knowledge of German would open
to the student the Saxon elements of our
language.
To the practical student greater adj
vantage would be the opening to him of
an avenue to two of the richest languages
of our times.
Eight out of ten of the books of au-
thority in letters of recent publication,
are German, and before the Franco
Prussian war four were French.
But one of the strongest arguments is
found in the rapid increase of the Ger
man and French speaking population in
our country, rendering it almost ne
cessity for business men to be familiar
with the one or the other, or both, as
their location may require.
The address was rich in suggestion and
instruction, and worthy of tie speaker,
who, being proficient III all of these
languages, may be supposed to know
whereof he aftirms. 1t was not a TRADE,
as is too often the case, against classical
culture, but an honest inquiry after a
better way for students whose years of
school life are limited, and who need to
acquire practical training suited to the
demands of the times. In the opinion
of the speaker, teachers should be the
first to recognize and provide for these
demands
The address was followed by free
discussion of the subject, which was par
ticipated in by all present and was felt
to be suggestive and profitable.
1t was voted that the next meeting be
held in Burlington ON the Friday even
ing following the annual Thanksgiving,
and continuing through Saturday.
The thanks of the club were most
heartily voted to Prof. Pollens for his
very cordial reception, and his hospita-
BILE entertainment of It's members.
After adjournment the Professor
placed his guests under still deeper OBJ
legation by the treat of a ride to Green
Mount Cemetery and through the princi-
pal streets of the city. Returning to the
American, the members voted the meet
ing a thoroughly enjoyable one and au-
spicious of success in the future, and
parted. /.