, 1880-07-19
"Bummer-Schoo1 for instruction in
Literature and the Higher
Philosophy"
ITS Successful Initiation Inst Year
Tho Second Term Now In
Progress.
Program Of tho Courses Of Lectures for
tho Five .Wcels Of the
Session, ..

place, Inns bcen regarded M fnal Of lit
practicable schemes. lie lns bceii the illost
prratic of The New England Tralscc,Hlental-
;sts Ills theories in reference 10 tho euinlf-
nation Of mental md manual 1nor, lis cDi,
lIcctEon with ComMnntstic experiments, his
utivocacy OF VcHctnr1nnism, haye a1I been
1,nspnrlugly rttifculcE by contemporary Phil
1stincs. Tic unrcKencratc critic has also
made 1n,lcll sport OF 1'c.lagog A|cott's novel
application Of the toctrtne Of vitar'o.ts sstEcr-
Ing to tic government or hisscho0l,- ,-l,1s ltlca
being to lnaku tho bud hoy t1og lila teaclcr,-
the castigntton to be administered With tlilc
regard to the cnorinlty OF his (the boy's)
0frellsut ..
Dut, with nil his crotchcts, Mr.. A1cott hns
thoroughly convinced his generation tl,as he
Ia lnan Of rare sincerity and unwOrltIluess;
mid now, iii his vigorous oil aEc tlIe Is near"
~ Sl}, lis eycs behold tho realization Of ol'a
Ut his fontlest dreams III tho establishment
Of tho
coSconp SCHOOL OF rii,rnsornr,
which was a,lspcinusy Initiated last sun-
)ucr, Md opelel fur a second term OF five !
weeks OIL Monday, July H.
Mr.. Alcott Inns cherished for forty years
tic icn OF converting lis applc-orcllar.l Into |
classic academic grove. III Ills book, !
"Concortl days." published in 1SGs,'le DE-
yctops his Ideal of Il school uf philosophy as
follows: "Whcn / reeoitect the ntslor with
wl,tc,, ! sought the acquaintance OF those
whom imagined Ind ideas to cntl,inuhl-
cate. and my delight In sucll when found, lan
led to think how very desirable were a itlsti-
tuition to Which young students might resort,
during such portion of the year rs might he
most convenient, to etljoy tho fellowship OF
some Of our most cultivated PERSONS ,-scllol-
arslitps being provided for slch rs l,a'l not
tic rlctllls to tefr,y the necessary expenses,
thus enabling bright young men aliu wonlrlt,
whether Undergraduates or not, TO cuiil-
picto wllnt colleges do not give" lie adds
that thus opportunities would ho given Tor
that sympathetic union of mind with mind
III which all living instruction Mtd Influence
consist"
TIE NATURALIST TI10nEAu
{,yllo borrowed iii ax uf Alcott to clear n
place for lIis cabin I'm tho waods) seems also,
III certain sullsc, to hnve syinpatl!Zcd with
Ills friends fdca of village university. 10
his sclf-centret mind (as sotno one Inns
satltl there seemed to bo a slight error III
making Boston tho fOcns Of onr stellar sys-
TEN: nicer calculation would have located
tic tfue "lIub" twenty miles westward, til
his latlye yillAgc of Collct,rd. "Shnll ttle
world bs coi,ne.l TO- ons i,ars orpne s.1sd gxiora
forever ~ lie asks, III "Waltlen.n GntliloI
| ctlucatlon under tile skies uf concord? Gun,
| not NO hire solMe Abelartl 10 lecture 70 ns?"
| Again l,e says: New England catl hire nll
tio wise 1l'uil n tl'e world to come @ @ a1H hacl, @
ller, aild btlurtl t!le!n rOttnh the willie, anti
mt be provincial Ut ~. Tint Is the 1t'tcons-
7lon scanul W. wlnt,"
Bit ,rhorenu WIS too dtshaInfut Of Or
ganfzed actlylty to ltlakv nny elort H. toMMrss o,
Ajoott's fIcn was ,lnt,tv ti.tmlt, and thu At-.
tempt 10 realize Ii seems likely to result in
MI enduring SUCCESS.
4 FACULTY WAS ORGANIZED
q syinx rS 'n' GENERAL invitation 10 iii, without
Limitation Of age seX or lrrytitGus ttn co1tioa
mer-scl,ool for Instruction BY, conference a!1d
losoply, to opcn jnly Ii, and continue llye
weeks; terms, Sl5 for the. course, with
slightly higher rites for naltla! courses aud
Single tickets.. THO schoo! thus allll0uncetl
1oopersons, gathere,l ,nniuly from New En-
S1ns Mcls tscrs a se py wSz Gssses 1t
Tss% 1is p 2 VI Ii a!ys s. B.
II. K. Jol,es, Ut .1acksonyille, III. ol, Pin
tonic Thilosoply"; BY David 4. WassoI!,,,
9n ! politiea! philosophy anl bY Mrs, .is; +;
e:tafss e Gassey %ero Sa posfs sso s2cn 81 m ea.
SNnborn of Concord, Prof. I'eiree md Col.
iiigginson Of Cambridge, md Mr.. Thomns
Davidson and l)r. Hnrtnl Of Boston,. Mr.
biaks read from Tl,ora,l's unpublished
mn,ll,ycrtpts, nlul Mr.. Emerson Envo hts lect-
ure I'll "Mem0ry." Several worry pleasant
evening receptions md conversations were
held al tho houses Of prominent citizens.
THE LEADING ATTRACTION
of the school last year proved to bo tho lect.
% urincinles Of tic t;cr11ian Trauscenlentallsts
+, d inilsterly Islunnur: lie has. recently r.
signcH lis position ns Superintendent oi
rHbilc Schools at st. Louis, and Tins CONF
70 Concord to liye. residing tn tile M
tf'''.W Inst vears o'' lectures w wore % delivered
prof, Ii, i,os been offered n Flt,fessor
, ship OF .EtLlcs Ut Harvard, but 'iaa Dc
eS ers,, piosophea d1n NJ and @ eucntfonai chi st,ie
h thhore. It is r,liaorctl TINT Ills Journal .
frnm 81. Louis 10 BostUii.
THE SECOND TENN,
AZ alreaaY rss.atNsas openss" oMls 80, 80, M.S hn
lzapet Im9tpsth; ,;orEstv ~ N1w Hs - In G ~,