, 1879-08-05
Uronson Alcutt's EItn.nler.School Mt Com
Ft1D lidrk inns.

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Cutie m untlhN1 number OF Wise H1cn hare
gathered to STR. AIeott's "Orcfarl 1iousc" III
spite III thu extreme fleat Of t1lMtncr, to tusK
over tic Jceter questions of philosophy nnl 1Ite
antl rcEresh themselves ny coa.parlnE notcawstIi
Wise women, also, or, rather, pefhaps, those
who arc :ixsous to be Wise, arc IN attendance.
Tie school is said tn bo 10 successful til plnt Of
numhers and interest That tl.o students fees
viii ci,ulc Sir. Il. Il. 9anhoFn, who Is tho blssI-
s,ess tllu,lager, 10 my cu ono Of tho Professors
handsomely for ihetr services alul meet all 1iltr
expenses. u Ia alnost the tirst school Of
philosophy slHce u.at wl|rlI matfn [lato's groye
tn ,fu suburbs Of Atl,cus tl,at ever ulado its
way to s,lcerss without an endowment. it lins
bern MI exceptonahlc happy experiment, nlll las
gathered lh pupiia far and wdc trom all parts
urtlie country. 1t IL tEn partial realization 1T
cuts of the dreams Of Mr.. A1rott's ltfo u hcgn
sucll M institution, nina tnaks It .l!e nucleus
for comparison or views, md 1t lnos US II tts
success this year might lcat to its repetition
smother SESSION.. Mr.. William 7. Harris, of It
L,tylis, has wbn fresh reputation by hIa lectures
Oil to philosophical problems which touch the
ho1ller land of theology; y se!flunght Platonist
has tnr.ell up In ihn persun Of Dr. lDnrs. OF
Jacksonville, ILL.,: nni SUNG ri the leatlnlE l'ru-
fcssnrs at Cn,nridEn nnu elsewhere, including
seyerui hpucial,stx VIM ate uuni,arIlr,l 10 any
Institution, have lent their MD to ll,0 H,nyc.
rnGDl. Tho Indirect Influence OF the sctool
prunah}y conhIiLutcs tls charm for tlr greater
nutnbcr Ut these who nre tn attendance T1n
| Lepcndru uDnM TO root and riyet tho chief
pofnts III each lecture. JtlA really tho iDtrottc-
lion o lie u,,ctc,lt method Ut study Into nudcrh
llte, TIC sctiuul l1as also hean greatly helped
by tic fact ihat 1t Is situntcd. IN n town which
enjoys choice lame as the homo Of men who
stisnt very high in our literature Ralph
Waldo Emerson, Henry y. Thosaail, NntIan-
ira llawtM'rne, William Z. Channing, Ellza.
beth Peabody, Margaret Fuller. Us well rs Mr.
Atroit uni hts Etitcii daughter. the author ol
"l.iitIu Wotnen," hayu given .Inl still give, q
literary atmosphere to Tic quiet village which
is enjoyed III il1u aanlo degree BY almoat nu
| o!rr town In New England. Northampton ii
famed as the early boms Ut George Bancroft anu
tbs lnta Dr. togswcli, ef tho Astos Library
| Anicspury used TO contuln tue tlonu OF u h1t
tier; the Town Of Quincy ts uoed as the llomt
| OF Charles Fyaucfs Albums; Cape Ann Ia ths
present summer resort Of many litesarv people
| who !iyo III Boston ailtl Cambridge; .nn,l Cam
brlugu Itself III the seat Of the linryarsl UuiyaE
slty, H. If ctursc. literary ccpsrc, hut concor<
IL fhe homc Ut Emerson, mud that s!nglo fac
elycs t4s rlaee its unique charn, to she presen
| geeraiinn. Atr. Atcutt las attractions Of hi;
own, but bc would probably bc the Inst to dcnl
tut Ills philosophical school has been areatl!
helped Gy thu knowledge that thu "Orcliart
liousen Ia nut u quarter OF mile rom th'
home Vt t;oneur.l's best losca citizen aal til,
uIost original pruso writer III Ancriea.