The New York herald., 1876-11-26
THE NATIONAL NEED.
AN INTERESTING LECTURE BY PROFESSOR s.
ROYCE ON RACE EDUCATION

AN INTERESTING LECTURE BY PROFESSOR s.
ROYCE ON RACE EDUCATION.
An unusually intelligent audience enjoyed last
night interesting lecture by Professor S. Royce on
"Race Education; or Hereditary Culture" Intro
ducing his discourse with pertinent refer
TO the present excitement concerning
personnel OF the national administration with
out expression OF political bias, Mr. Royce entered
upon subject the declaration men OF
mere did not care about ends, but tho wise
did for the sight OF our journeys end kept
the right track. The end clearly dsccrned and
the and method for attaining clear. Tho
solving of the problem rightly half the battle
hence soictude or ascertainng the great end Of
education and tor finding the winch embraced
tho whole of education Race education, he cla med,
implied that education must have It's tangible iounda-
ton in the physical nature OF man and lis moral pur
pose devotion TO the race. He ielt that lay
upon the moral element, which, he believed,
was crowded out OF education by the multiplicity OF
modern studies Virtue. he said 10 AIMED at
education aud not forward perness any little
OF shifting. All other considerations and accom-
plishmen,s should givc way, and bc postponed for
the accom- pishm OF that The teacher should know
that Latin and languages the last part OF
tion anu that virtue aud well tempered soul
bc preferred to any sort oI learning. Lord Cairns
sad lit appears unaccountaoic that our teachers
generally drcct their Instructions 10 the head
with very utlc attention to tho hearLo
Bacon and Milton like all other great leaders
Of the spoke In The same strain. But, he
GAINED, the right disposition could only DO
formed III the mind while IL was IN It's very making,
By stamping ucvotion TO mankind upon every
vi The school The whoie OF education, he
claimed, should be a consccration OF the ind,-
yidual TO the race, III which Lo must be
merged, and lille. from Tho cradle 20 the grave,
must be sacr,nce OF the present TO
the future Teachers OF the present day could
other than poorly develop hereditary culture bud
desirable national character II they had not
to tho bare conception Of race education. He
who aimed might hi, while he who did not
WAS Qnitc After having, at interesting
length illustrated his authority Tor iuli belief
joint mental and physical education, which brought
the wc known phrase, "a sound miud in
a sound body, and after having illustrated
tho teacher should correctly train the child by tho
study VI It's family history than that that study
should be forced upon us, III the end TO correct pau
pcr,sn. insanity ana crime, springDg up from a want
and applying the proper treatment 10 their various
tcmpers and hereditary tendencies.
CORRUPTION or OUR TIME.
he said and It's mental and moral contusion our lack
OF ability Tor organizing society To meet tho
quiremeIts OF present degree OF civilization,
sprung from constitutional deterioration, and
were not likely be met by pcdants. with whom tho
social condition OF humanity was secondary 10 Latin
grammar. lie believed, with the great positivist,
that the ovsngesization OF education must pre-
lie oplDion and public morality and intel
lgcnco must DO improved and that without
II legislation dcnd letter. Race education, ho
claimed, led 10 proper division oi labor, which
rational infant schools he claimed, employed and
trained the young women for their future work ana
duties as mothers. Married women almost n
vAriabiy, IN our system OF sducaton kept IN their