New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-07-19
PATHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS.
MEETING OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
NEW MEMBERSHIPS HEBREW AalIcIE-sY-TEM OF
THE sAysRRIr vERB--INDlAN NUMERALs-IHE


Pathological Association opened yesterday alcIOou
I'm the Chancclors of the University oi the my u
New York. Chancellor Toward Crosby made SNORT
address Of welcome. In which ne iLcnlohe" Hc Io' '"'
in the very room in which thcy Hlet WIS
first established the Association which has since
done so much for the linguistic learning %
the country Psot Hardness OF Brown University
The President of the Association, SAID, III snort re-
Spouse: We are most CRATE III to be thus welcomed III
this great metropolis, IN this Sad Centennial year OF our
national independence, and we accept with uh!cis'u
measure the hospitality which you kindly offer u.s.
Eight years ago, you nave SAID wien We met III 'i'
room we were welcomed by learned predecessor III
III. Cbapcqor's Office; and now we come here AGAIN
we find ourselves once more this familiar room, ana
are once more welcomed by the Chancellor OF inc Onl
ycr,ty We thank you foe your kindhcSSto inns As'oc'"
ton In doing so much for the comfort OF its members
aud will express the nope that from this annual meet
Ing important results may follow"
The Secretary read the following names OF new lnen!
bers: Prof Is. IL. Engbcrs, Mt. St. Mafy's Seminary
Cincinnati Ohio; l.. H. Buckingham, English ihsh
school Boston, Mass: President Gilman, Prof.. Glider
sleeve, and Ernest GOtticb Shler ~ johns ioihHis
University, Baltimore Md; Prof. Lawrence Rust Ken
yOn College, Gambler, OHIO; A. Duncan savage hhue
cliG " Y; Joseph Alden Shaw. Highland Military Aeao
envy, Worcester Mass; DR.. John G Shea NETWORK
Cty; Dr. Alexander Flcischmann, Cazenoyia Seminary
Tie report showed receipts Of Sl2o7 49, aud
expenditures OF 500 iG.
The trst paper read was by Prot Goodwin Of Harvard
Coil &c on the "Ansonc of soQhoclcs, verses 1Jo 10
10 The paper very snort, aut VAS Simply IN en-
ulauatiCn Oh tue construction by which Prof. GOODWIN
holds that the Of this disputed passage becomes
lie supported his view Dy pass 'Se Ia 'He e"
Ia, muuu OF Ischy!us.
DE Entlcr Of Fluklin y. Y, presented paper upon
the Hebrew Article. He opposed the theory thai the
Hebrew article ha has the origin as the Arabic ar
clc a. ana favored tie opinion that III Hebrew no'h 'Ao
article aud thc conjunction are derived from the sH
st.utVe verb h0cd and are connected VITA the "cn'
statiye pruuOun ht Tie subject VAS opened To hia'ds
sion id Prot Toy of South Carolina argued against the
tvs 90; The essay at.
Prof Whitney Of Yale College read paper on the sys
ten OF the slskrt verb and questions ana plantations
followed.
H.. secretary read n communication from Robert Ellis
OF Exct r. England cTiticsinc Or. j. Hammond iium-
bulls Numerals OF American Indian Languages.
~ Elise view forms part OF bis theory
"a TO proof, Of the original unity OF ali
LANGUAGES and IA that the numerals are a same IN tue
lp1ts Of all languages, aud that an arc dri'Ntd from
words meaning iugcr,"" hand" or some other pat 81
tho body This opinion supported BY long tables o.
words from different languages. Dr. rrimbuil holds on
the contrary tuIl there real diHcTcite III the "ollS
and that many OF the res.mbla"ces are mar'ly acct
dental In the discussion watch followed, d. iruAiDhi''
Prof Whtncy and Prof uIldom,n opposed the views o.
the writer.
Tbc last paper OF the opening session vas read
by Prof HubIcuIn Of the University 81 P'nns}!''"i
upon a Supposed Mutation Of In, Letters lana a.
This mutation he claims. 10 in the Lan G'tue aud
fine Fren, auel Latin olste!Ipm aud French r1Hstu,
Latin JsHss and French JsajL Prof. ii'ldcman
holds that the vowel is heightened simply IN com
pcnsaiiuu for It dropped cohso' mt
At the evening session held the chapel Of The Fourth
Avenue Presbyterian Church. at fouriD'N" ana I"'hiI-
socud,t Prof iidrkucss, President o! the Association
lao yltll,s-, winch he spoke OF
plllolosy, in It's Ougn Development ana future lie
reviewed the work done tins ucd during the century
s: considered The c-ait OF that work, and described
the pathological poets Of the new century, or the
work wul.u IA, closing cen,ary commits 10 the new.
Among other thin s. 10 said:
The comparative Iilo!ngy aud linguistic science arc
rapidly becoming CHEF dependence III ne .',''h OF
a!'cnt mStIN, lin ~ ,H' % I,,;,.r. tn i've
Va, iva The git recent studies T." yeiI- -"
Roman civilization was Thought 10 ne oily h"dih'
ton OF ~, Cheek. Even Prof. Lhs"ig ~
Halle University in Germany, punil'i'd ~ Il'G
i,t lam f. ony mix .urc 81 GrccS dicccjs written
Roman characters. But all these views ave -ihps an
aafroutu OF tuc old r,asgiin theory utterly exploded
Iusfic ,cicu,c has solved r,lrtioasp ~ TIC pr
ll,tol,c P,Lssrans 10 t4c IL irn,s pi'hrn uion
witch Il long succession Of SCHOLARS have cAp,Lded tI'
p;tIns their ingenuity. IT, PC ~ s.arc,y hs!L 81
inquiry ~ tue who's rang. OF i'rIt !'"iy "rivn i'
not been ehIicA,d b. lhe result Oh tn'7e I'n''s'
Tho cuurform Inscription OF .irlt, WhiCi 80 yii 'c-
manned mutriii-iblc' are no" re-" a. sute,S Il @
or virgil lie ~ pi'i 1rto-l i - ~ ~. ., ' tr
to modern scholar nip Having waited @Voo years lI
r,aHrr, they iuily l'cipAc ri dud INTERPRETED
AID must not forget to mention among h' I"phl's 81
or thc literary mOhuii,h'a or Nu'''ch
aud Wllcn have enriched the world by toe dih'loh
of large and comll.te HOIhs. Alter cnuin Ing very
the speaker said: ave have seen then what las al
ready pr n done need sr'rrcl, ddI tIat u % nptf-
explored We very little yc' ui aynaN IA ancient
languages, aud even 30 The iorus oil N'I"0 ana nouns
own family u lanaI.gts tlrcrc IL wide room
for exploration and achievement In Wow OF th'sa
amin u,,sI It,A .tpTl 4.
uu5cl may Wei Iocl that H,rc u "a work !ot Inn - 80,
ana con win a!i sincerity ny that every o-c .. te
u.crs linguistic study before me should kno" tai n
hy patient research contribute mdch To TINS most
useful science.
TrcIcmain Ing sessions Of this annual meeting will be-
held in o., same pldccthc chapel o the Fourth Avenue
PRESBYTERIAN Church There sill he two sessions dll'
nom to l o'clJca and from To o'clock Tie 5ecro-
taiy las notice that uapcIs ou tc ioi"Wias
Hlar.s on Number CCcXXvGrI OF the CotcY DIPLOMAT.
VA &c. arr To- b, Attributed to tie Faculty OF Speech
and nos iag arc t..} I.stAcu'gi
\ ttu'l!yo scheme oi Instruction. english for AhIeln
In.Aiaaac' - Means 10 an End
~, E I' I'm q. Zee palail. -il,lant I'm Ehoish
Cnu DAcr.n,y among te i.onsns IA iic Pronunciation
N,ait.eC na.au!s IA Greek.
C.ian iatn,osol Accent in Latin Iambc 1rmeters.
NuIt si1ecsI.'Ira hEcs oi i"I~nlttsip
GIo.oa inc''fy Oh. i.c ru'iuIc of %" Had.
Tn usc Of wi IA, tuJyre Indicative caU
' Inc ,'I ..Sr cal Rsiesi Of -, 0d Attic COMEDY
Coru.. cNiriuatoaC t"o AotDi,ic BOOK OF the wise
Pu.iY,upAur.'
Jt.rIG.IH.
Tie Al -unsiu Verb.
Name Tor me and for Water IN certain American
gGa-rs.
Nuiuc Ind an Names ~ Places about Nrw.York
"SuaI" aIt "-h'uld,' ami tholr GGcca IiGlta.ruis.
Tlo Gucsr"n Of in-o i.u.opcin and semitic relationship.
\ i;ot.uIcJ.l IIlOiu-I,I4 iul'gin
Red IDcaI Verbs IL the Present and Second Aorst
Systems.
To Historical Formation 81 the French Language
Substantive Verb" ana go Verb Existence"
the Nature Oi tic DISTINCTION o subject gld Predicate
IL s probable tnat paper Oth,r rti.,,a bc
pres u.cd. Many Ol the ,ulJr attendants u,Un The
ng McgtinCs the Association have rot set arrived
following members written tu tire SrripIury .l-
nOuucng tpI mention 10 Ice prCson, dHd most tne