New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-08-10
COL Ten RRoEcK SHOT by GEN. WHITAKER.
NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL ASSOCL4-
TON


THE PROCEEDINGs-DEBATE UPON THE PROPOSE
T1OS FOR A NATIONAL UNIvERsITY-TTs APPRo-
VAL BY TIE AssOCIATIoN-rHE PAPERS ON CO.
EDUCATION or THE SEXES - DEBATE IN THE
DEPARTMENTS
lFRoA AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUNE
DETROIT, Aug. 6.-The angriest feature OF the
session OF the National Education Association just
brought TO close the paper Of President White OF
Cornell a National University" full abstract OF
which has already been published In THE TRIBUNE The
criticisms on denomnatiOnal colleges were made with
such panness and point that representatives Of
these colleges looked the OF ama0e as the ora
tor proceeded The debate upon the paper would
have been very lively but that the regu-
larry announced speakers upon the subject
took up whole forenoon. In the afternoon
the speeches Of superintendent Hancock OF Cincinnati
and Harris Of Louis nterDoseI buffer between
friends UNCONVENTIONAL education and the Presi-
dent OF Cornell. Mr.. Hancock spoke extempore ana
with vigOr. fayOring National University and the set
ting apart Of the public lands for the purposes OF edu-
cation Or. Harris, Germanized Yankee, who brings
20 the work OF common school education the shrewd-
ness Of the one nation and the philosophy OF the other
read paper full Of valuable suggestions. When ne had
udeI the Association ready 70 postpone the
further discussion OF the question until the next morn
ing.
To-day the lists again opened the hour from
$50 $3.50 being gwen to the subject. The army OF
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pontngy small. Neither President Eliot OF Harvard nor
President McCosh OF Princeton the two heroes Of Last
years onslaught on the National University project
present and the only man who spoke declsiVey
against il was DR.. Hammond OF the school at Monsen
Mass. The OF the debaters (vhOse names the tee
graph gwen your spoke more or less strongly IN "a
gor the University and the Convention this eye=ing
ccnched the Work by adopting resolution IN favor OF
/ a National University and appointing committee,
anon. whom are Of the ables. educators IN the
land bring the proposition before the public aud be
fore Congress.
PAPERS or CoEDUCAT1oN OF TIE SEXES.
/ The question OF sex and Education" was presented
IN three Il rent lights IN this mornings session. d.
L L. Carkes paper on The Building Of Brain was
largely devoted 20 the discussion OF questions not bear
n- immediately upon sex, but took occasion 20 reiier-
ate the VS. already fully expressed N his woik On
and ,ucatou. The paper OF Prof orion OF Va5sar
College was a very full and interesting description Of
that college course, rules, working, and success.
Upon tie subject Of CoeGucaton. Prof orion SAID:
word on the subject OF coeducation the stand
point o. Nl,sIr, AMI have done. TIE feminine ddFo-
r4to ~ ,yeucaon are not the tents % Yassar
mild Gagged who know not what college course
IS. While the main the De-; studies Tor developing
he mos, worthy cnItIre OF Young women are Identical
VIII those required young men, 10 Is admitted that
a college should be- more elastic II designed Ior
/ I5i. .,s t,.l Tor one Woman U.l. always nave her
peruI Do u.cis ana VII his, anu therefore Coz
educ4iIna involves expulsion or t1e elective course.
But undue freedom ot election destroys Iht u't.c-
tive purpose OF college which Is strictly disciplinary.
And 10 CJetucdtun neccs,itdes THIS lot Ie sac %. '
'ld.e> then tIHk the "Ed'0I VI VIC S''y''' 17 81
~ ~, ~ i Emulation baf,vaan the sayos would lead
TO higher scholarship. / the question without
'weiing IT, j. i TACT mat oui nl4eI corS are ,1p
~, ia lad ~ y ale ami HlryarIi Euuiat0n niI--t
Doe 0l service t0 young men. most OF whom nce stuu-
l1si DIX tAe lr7' ut lAe .'l-a. ~ ~ IN
r--tt -r ,'st. ~ ,,ts ~ outol-l1or .por.,
'uey should not be allowed 10 compete
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eGIcA,4ol Oh l45 E'olII oi e.yAoni / ,i shame
were "A "ViHhAf "V"'I ~ t"' '4~ 4i' III - - '4-
sur. ~ even ht'Ir " - i"'l't 'tii,ti t4i l'I
"ohl 'o.1.l OF "Odld eA."ir .J.'5"'5 eo1.se' ia
..e" rssSAf VEN lIeI r l'' ,- viii nor be- -,-
men and women too Wi. GLADLY found and p-rpcta-
ate 1r-c.'ss college Tor young women III ever! ''''e
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fIoi' ii''Ne' paper oA e-'i''n u '-' .--'' IL
! HIS coAcAislohs were illustrated ~ very 'A'ci-
/ r-luR c!NiHoL' u L'tl7 IA TIE tAP-I4'"r. o'
c'eiIC''-oI i'oi hI'ie. 'o-' uD' Ho'i 10 '"' '4-4
That roedueAtonls necessarily divintdS,lus as Hrht
stimulus or tAat the J"@lapo'IoA OF tAe TWO sexes
necessarily results IN an Improvement OF morA-5'
On t-e contrary ne Thought urfs might
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