, 1874-08-07

RPoll-b0llnu during thu leItlrO, aud hia pAtto1leo
sp % % ssn IT, FS' Y s sss e BY one es o o tho ssas tsns
paror and ts Is valunGio euggoatlons.
The faculty consulted, ard decided That tho lt'o
should DO drawn nonlowl,cro, an.l forbado tllo
recurrence. Of similar speeches or ncct,os In tho
futurc. slolt occurrences, prof. !1oemcr, ad-
mttcd, 1natlo tho management Of mixed colleges
. mntter Of great responsibility but ntl! he
Thought illak tho economical aud othor nrE,i-
ot|,ora. Wl'io tho sltetch heretofore given
hhows tbat to regulate the 1fo OF mixed iuYtt-
tu,ion u net alwaya easy for THO facltY THO re,
s!'t &c, to te young persons ,sat1catca to IT.
70 sIse sess ts 's srRe s1sos to- faf VERY t e'y X
ovorsanglino to bollovo thai coolucation will
exoroIBo ontiroly tho artrlt Of maohof and rude
neHs. Tho writer hss not found u 10. nor l'ayo
o9ra SayeH y yea hyo Fs " enSn
during which Limo tho world ns heard Tint tlloy
haVa 1nato their natk MI ecllolars, mud oxortod
au inliuonco III many good why's. We may
doubt, however, Il 'llo ;cneral tono Of ntudent-
life ias bcon mich raAed wllou ono Of tho worst
br1itallteH ut pnr cnlloga life,
"MAx1Su"
is 20 rieo TINT It Inns been necessary to e3I,ol \
largo number for participation or connly9tloo.
In what way eau the bnBt rcB,,llH be secured
WHOM tho two sexos aio brought 1ogotior2 WI,oro
tluro is combined Will, tito dortutory systom
tito boarding Of the two a0xeA ut n common
table. the maximum Of dnnGor mud oml'ar1aaa-
ment ,ment wl be roachod. Iho writer thinks but
Httlo Of tho dormitogy System. Tho minimum
OF danger to Young Indies and Of embarrassment
to the administration will be rcaclcd when The
young ladies' llvo III their own hou.f Il IN fanl-
,ilcs whose scnHo of discretion can, bo
alone will insaro proper dccorum. Il
III said that young Women, really mnturo md
aolf-respecting, arc iii litLlo danger OF falling
from docoru1n. Tho caso Of tlo cpany on fright
Lac!ng" u worth hooding. No university III
llkoly to hayo for students young ladies' moro
mature. moro earnest, moro noblc-purposea
than Bo,no that wore led into error tlloio, lii
line, 1t Ii tho wrltor's bolicf that 10 de-
ny women university culture is unjust,
necessary coeducaton. Tho coelucation Of
tho Bexos In universities il pbsslble. oven to
Homo extone desirable, OH account OF certain
good inauences. The sexes n'ay exist upon
6acl, other. Tint cooduontion ia u matter Of no
difficulty we aro not to bcllbvo mitch lcas that IL
to bo accepted nj tho power whlc! II to proluca
straightway millennium Of purity and good
order.
0cnoral Convention adjourned until evening.
DEPARTMENT DISCUSSIONS.
In department. work this afternoon, tho De-
partmont Of Higher Edncatlon liHteued to n
upper by ptot. Jalaes .; Butler, ot Madison,
sftu;,ous fS Sa oi "'1 Edacasou spS IL IL ss Whics m ho
deronded tho. Study Of the classics
us a Bourco OF culture which could not
be dispensed With. Prof. Patterson, Of tho Uni
yera!ty Of Kentucky also spoke I'll Unlyorslty
cusBod at some length by Fresidont Reed OF
Missouri; President Whlto, Of Cornell DR.. Ham
mona, OF Massachusetts presllont unys, Of
Washington College, and othcrs
Tile Department. Of Elementary Instruction
t1ovotca tho ontiro afternoon to worry able paper
upon "What Shall Wo Attempt III Our Ele-
lnentary schools2" by Mira. A. O. Martin, Of
Boston. i was largely technical in lts chArac-
ter, but still OF great value to tho profession.
+ The Department Of Supcrinteidcnco rcoam-
should
ADOPT THE aTATIBTICAI. TABLES
prepared by stato-sups. Harvey, Of Ohio.
bupt. ltickolr, Of Cleveland, submitted n tnblo
chiefly IN Cities. 1t was recommended for gem
eral adoption by teachers, ana tuo following
Committee were appointed to circulate thonl
hiessrs. Doty, Of Detroit; Crcory, Of Baltimore,
and WiIles, Of GAINESVILLE, Q. This department
,hon adjourned to n1eot IN tno City Of Washing
ident.
Tho Department Of Normal Instruction de-
voted moat OF tho afternoon to l,stcnlng to u
paper upon, How to Make such 1nstitu!lonH
professional, :" aent In by Prof Louis Solda11,
Of st. Louis, which was also discussed somowhnt
briefly by profb. uamann, jones, Beard, aud
bellows. The following Committee wus aproiut-
cd to formulate aud print tho course Of profess
meeting: c. 7. II, Bellows, Michigan; J. s. Jones,
indiana; and Larkin Dunton, Boston. Al-
other committee WIS also appointed to consider
tle relation Of natural sciences aud tho profea.
sion Of teaching. TO report at tue Aext mooting,
NJ fo]lows: ]. f. y. Jahouot, Of Missouri; i.
NcLouth, Of Michigan aud Prot. Phelps, Of
Minnesota. All departments adjourned sineddle
this afternoon.