Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-07-21

The author announced as his subject, Educa-
ton" Ii has stood Tor two thousand years az tho
head OF all other subjects AID It changes tn the
wants Of the people. The eGuclt On Il the past
generation woul 1 not be suitable COR toe present
Or. johnson says men do MT need Instruct on 90
much they do rem ud-n-. The statistical ides
OF education IS to read snd write; but il Is not 50
much education q, tie leaning from every dsy
life The state t,kos the stand that viuc .ton pre-
vent- crime. IL IS Dot the euuctt on @; books but
the associates. The elcEa Ell liezs gained by ex-
panding The mn1. Is there any ieret &c between
education and morals. Il 50 Z deal IN reason,
and the prosperity o. tie nation must r,st with the
University.
IT. Arnold says there can be no moral super
structure built without moral character for
foundation. ana that good boy Is almost sure to
maze good man ana the reverse.
Education enables Us 10 I've the most CON
plete vi the ears that il take 10 graduate
from University II is computed that II takes four
yeirs in classics and two years IN mathematics.
ahich Goes The most to prepare and discipline the
mind! The general impression ha- been that the
c'asscs were necessary To dlsciI line the mind.
This was caused by tne University being Tor long
time under CLERGY nen. Tn.n classics were
cessi-y The sacred history. al the professions
works and ger eral Literature were written in the
dead languages / make the assertion TIA. classics
are OF the best dlsci ne Tor the mind believe
that al. knowledge Of the classics be put into
f:iy pages and carried IN tue vest pocket Org
nllly the classics was studied Tor the poetry,
science, art. history aud Philosophy VII oh they
clnfaiued. What student attsius to a know led e
of the classics w ich enables them to iesd them
| aueutiyf and what Is the G-e o. stopping ia the
vestihuie II You do not 1t th- key 20 p0- er They
| should he purs uea hot edd but a. cans.
echnarsh!p Is often aka md Il the eNpe 9TH r
more u.eiul udie'- rae ivas we STUDY Latin
/ anu Greek do Is tAa- ct tue habit Il
drssst : cur tuiucs a. vt ih oar bodies, the way
| other folks do. Science y often bring out Doy S
had previouslr snow Tie ieas. clinatiOn Tor
study. The cl1at.lslss Cd. mo are not those OF
others. So the college Sc ,,il allow students
{, ,ursue the course tti {. taair various abii-
ties The i-nc'amus 81 cola - oten wins iAufcl-
at tn bar acc OtAar pro SLOWS education Is
| valuable very Eucn - i Itch Us 20 ccCeile our
selves.
| The reason way the Alum-i do a,t make more
| progress in sc euce aud literature. outside CT tho
lew who choose pfuiessi on, Is tnrt they got
sufficiently interested ia their studies wIeE "a col
ie-s 1t IS rot the study 81 the $rammar OF a or
| Ell. n tongue. nor matte MATES thug- D matnemst
| les are lndi spensable General framing should he
sought elsewhere. Mathematics teach u u reason,
| to Commence and - up -'ep hy st-p To a log cal
tTu .h-geometry in Pariicu ~. ant II may also be
SAID OF the cher mathematics Ia General. LiIerl
ture teaches Us To- expIes, our thou mt. and TIE
| workings OF the human spiri, han los SIS on ~
| material test in even thing. We owe more To our
books than he traced back 10 them. The coIa-
parson OF education consists OF things tsnstbe
bu, lie Quincy rays there Is something IN It akin TO
re zion. Inc ina -inatiOn. Sap0l-On said was the
| great source Of act witty. without i one -eners
ton uld the counterpart OF the ono te.Ure 1t.
/ Emerson says il is the main spring o. sN a-ton
| and energy. Thomas Carlyle sad II 4 countr,
man Of Your nation Is rushing fown to hell,
| and believe there IS hell for a nation a much
as for an indiElCuai Let AOi me hliinc D. tli "
| US. my friends.
The addres, was listened to with attsn-
ton by small bat select audience.
The address was followed b. poem By
Phillip Batteil. Of the class OF '26 Title
The Village Pastor
PARKERIAs PRIZE SPEAKING.
In accordance with the usual custom. iour
each from the Freshmen and Sophomore
CLASSES contested for the PArkerian prizes,
Tuesday evening. The prizes fer each class
are sos for the first ard SIS Tor the second
The contestants we're:
Freshmen Clssi- Z r. Bsainerd, St. Al
bans; VIM. Dawson. Putney II. W Hal
bert, Middlebary 4; Henry Wade. Water
bury.
Sophomore Class-J ". Atwood, Sails
bury; W. j. Fish Hampton. n. Y, u. =
Hsidy. Auburn, n. Y; NJ B Marley. Fac
tory Point, VI.
The Speaking uas very good. but
hardly up to the average- The judges
As usual distributed the prizes some
what against the decision of the audience
Henry Wade received the first prize and Ii.
W. Hubert the second, in the Freshman
class and IN the Sophomore, W. b
Mspley the first and W. j. Fish the second
Though the church was crowded and the
weather exceedingly warm. the audience was
very attentive