New-York tribune., 1876-07-20
QUESTIONS IN PHILOLOGT.
THE ASSOCIATIONS SECOND DAY.


AND SEMITIC RELATIONSHIP.
The American Pathological Association con-
tmucd its sessions yesterday, the President Prof Ilark
ness of Brown University in the chair AZ the morning
session the Executive Committee announced the follow
ing new members w. G.. McCabc of Petersburg. PENN
Prof John A. Broadus of the southern Baptist Iheoog
cal Seminary. Grcenyillc s. c.. Thomas c. Murray Of
tue Johns Hopkins University; Baltimore, Mi; Prof.
William T. Gage of the Hartford Female Seminary, ana
John Storer Cobb OF New-N0rk.
E G. SHlcr read paper The Historical Aspect of
the old Attic Comedy" in which Se aimed 70 sho" the
ncorrecness OF the lite aryhstorical explanation OF tue
Of Comedy, and 10 demonstrate lS actual counec
don with the harvest festival and Baccc celebrations
md lis analogy 10 the CaIna Fescennna OF ancient
italy He declared that the main characteristics o
Attic Comedy which should prevent Ovcrcstimaiinn
.f It's historical value were its universal tendency
toward the produc,ion oI funny things for their own
account, and its tendency toward the "itmhc li'a,
severe and irresponsible at acSs on prominent persons
II VAS however possible to utilize the entire comedies
transmitted as well as the fragments, by maintaining
mainly Chronological order. Daring the Pcoponne,ian
war these comedy descriptions 0f men and manners
we're exceedingly sovculy ahd often Incorrect and the
writer's OF Attic COMEDY deserved n greater dignity
than that accorded to deytrOus pImphc'ccrs Mr. Shicr
ther maintained that there must have been an carly
publication of the commanistc theories OF PiaI" wch
ne considered probable from Pato's peculiar de
cloulnrnt and varied experience IN his community
The strong and sweeping statements contained III the
5arer excited considerable opposition oh the part oi
members Of the Association and diScu son followed
It's reading in which contrary views were expressed.
TIE next paper. upon Shall and saou.d and their
Greek Equivalents" by Prof Goodwin OF Harvard Col
cse was read IN his absence by the secretary. Atcra
short disc, Prof Gderlccve Of the Johns Hopkins
University presented paper upon "rnc use OF q with
the future indicative and OF cdH with the suuncuVc IN
the TRAGIC poets This illustrated bv numerous eH
tracts from the Greek poets, dcmon,utns the cons ant
occurrence of various forms OF the con itona sen
,crce aud Indicating that with the sulunciives
more frequently found IN prose than e. with tie iuiuc
indicative. aud that an, with The opt1vc was en-
poycd in place Of the future because e Greek future
had a different sguiIcaOn from the English shdH ana
icM
Prof. Packard of Yale College read a paper upon
"Grotes The ~ OF the Structure of the HAD, in which
he aimed to controver Groes theory, dat the Had Is
comb. nation OF distinct poems an cHHetS ana an
JtGd Prof Packard said IN conclusion: On the whole
woud rather accept the Had a. 1t Il, considering
single poem with poetic freedom III diseSdI'lns III
consistencics and subOrnatng even natural sequence
70 -,on,l impulse than accept Groc's explanation
ot it, present shape"
Prot Milton ". Humphreys OF Vanderbilt University
pres, ntcd paper on Negative Commando IN Creek,
showing thar the distinction between the uses OF inc
imperative and sujuuctve originated III courteous
wish TO often the apparent impolitcness Of the commend
The Last rapcr Of the morning session was b. PIof
RrchaIp upon Cornill's Examination o. the AhhtoWc
Book OF the 'wsc PHILOSOPHER" rhis book said
P,of Brigham, TO have been OF Greek origin II
Is certain that II frequently translated INTO oriental
languages II first mentioned by an Eng sh writer
in the wear 1900 The introduoon TO the Corn trans
laton leads TO the conclusion that the book as origin
ally only an arrangement of provcfbai sayings OF va
rous pcrsons called wise Of which some are re-
narkabe for tcrscness and force al meaning one ol
the most interesting facts connected with is BOOK Is
that the savings Greek wise therein quoted vary
essentially in character from records of Them which
history has preserved or instance the uiefances oi
Gregory and Basil These writings are not Of great icf-
a.y value many parts Of them being comparatively
worthless Their chief interest lies in the fact that they
exc apl'y and Illustrate the grammaticai structure OF
the Eiopic aud its relation TO the other dialects
OF tnc NIie aud Red sea Il strlcts"
The society came together at O'Clock FOR the alter
noon session The folio wing mcmbes were elected:
H. II. Smith, She!hyylr, IGGhi Ifoi; W; b. 'HLi lc
,crsUurg Va; II. C. q. Brandt Johns nopklur ChlNrf-
1I mle C"ieee Ytw.Yc CIV; JancsW shearci, Liberty
Corner ~ j. Prof. d. = Martin read an adore Of vel
come from the NewIork Academy OF scicnces ana Tie
Association adopted vote Of thanss III response.
The President appointed as COMMITTEE 10 nominate
Prof scleic DE we're, Pror. j. B. sewa Prof. Tracy
PEEK aud Prot. lie VIII Eecy who VIII report to-day
fist piucr the afternoon read by Prof. SHln-
uel Po ter Of the National pGaf Mute Colegc On ihe
Nat ,re Of Tie ID Dstncon Of SUBJECT ami Prcdcaf."
IAis was folowed by T essay by Prof Tracy Peek of
Romans IN the Pronunciation OF Their Language" The
liner v,as illustrated py the views Of Latin authors pre-
.euteI com rctly Tue object To show that even at
the time Zen the Latin Language was spoken IN the
greatest purity there we're crL'ip dishd and rrcOg
IN It's prJinCa ION. Some Of the posi-
tive cAfact-iiC~ OF the staudaid pronunciation OF The
C4utal the gn~bdH0 fret considered and Illus
trated by statement OF the habits oi Httei"h eo sew
era Glasses Several pecGidi1tIcs Of tue cur rtshon
Wfrs brought to uDiicc, rs Inc excessive Use OF
the d-pirae, the assimilation OF ldrLbncdlon oi
vowel suunda, the indhc.rnro 10 hiatus the reckless
treatment Uf words cucliiics ana pfochtcs, uhd
Inn. the tendency tosuiAke the idnAnIE" atccntusl
Prof peck said the ni-lasJned uttci uphcd
by man. pcr.uGB similar 10 what Inc described ds
rl ruao1 Among tP chdId, rI1sCs were TIE tendency
10 dI-ir0 mai letters ana even sllHhlS ihr fNhcuia
ti %! yDwes aud CDsOants, the treatment Oi the nr-t
,o4f In fedup cacd psriccts, ctc. The iLnucucc OF
Greek uJO tine pronunciation OF Latin was next
sJ.Icd. ana IL shown That Roman cTitlcs Spn1e
ctry sffyully Of ~ whaling ana mUuifyHg InHtLcc
upnn tler Language. IL Was utIcr SHOWN that Tue
E,tgabt di not perfectly agree with reference 10 the
0uantatiye element IN ihcr anguhPe Tie paper closed
AMI, "A ueutl u Of yidud differ Dc'B ana detects III
utrr.ucc a. TT instance the recorded personal pccull-
afte, Of Cicero julius Cesar, Augustus aud MTrcnas
PTOl. Whitney 0i Yale College read paper upon iho
OucstlOn VI iudO-LurtIcan aud hGmtc Relationship,
10 which hc replied at length TO All open lcttcr
which had from Prof. Rauner of Germany,
who holds the OiuOn that there numerous colncI-
drnces between ths two families OF langug the indo-
European aud The Semitic which show close relation
ship The speaker claimed tha there are few such coin
oidrnces. most Of those which certain writer's have
pointed being only random comp risOns winch prove
nothing ht all N they allowed any tWO languages
can proved In tie way To have close relation
sbip each ether In point of fact II IN almost npOS
sibe 10 establish the relationship winch has been as
serted.
"The AlgOnRB Verb" IN which be stated and illustrated
IT. structure aud s peculiar force Ia the sentence Como
authors have claimed that tho American Indian Ian