New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-10-23

higher education ia England" -,..,
Yon may very well ak how he came 10 b" appointed
nj nIt aud MS "A remarkable story, because the gov
cfninc body ~ Rugby School WIS composed nm
ana Ia, beeu unul very recentY-wben We hiNo
ms an act mndifyng very mucn the constitution Of
our great -cnoOls-wOuli be tho most apiagonstc n1t
urlI 20 any such appointments The trustees VINO nau
an Govern neut OF the SCHOOLS almost exclusively
uOprmcn aud ennlirnrn OF the neighoorlug counties
WIN. o! urse, were 'turiuy, az they always must w.
o. very bi any art.tocraio AMI Toy sympa' hies IL
was u strange hing that tney could be- persud"rd
Arnod but IN v we're persuaded 10 A. BY Lord
Deuby happened 10 BE- man OF nigh nina ana let
tnc necessity O Dr Ak down the excllAiVooes anh
narrow winch the school had MT erto Oeen Guar
accr nd He could no hye taken any better me N 20
rst rdth~r giteurd the trustees. One OF tho common
things So o 9D"p' H e him. No., hat his prnc
pi's we're not thoroughly ased aud formed
and mInd @ncn enabod him without the least fear to
and Consider on its own mrrlh apart IRON us sur
Constitutional or rehg1ous Oh a question
OF school government
ARNOIDs DIFFICULT TASK.
This was the nan 1 went as a small boy,
when his amO,t beginning. Already ne had
come INTO sharp collision with the squires OF the neigh
uorhood whose were at Rugby, ana the
press was attacking him IN very vehement
manner. He mad Put down lot OF the most teeming
abuses that during the office OF his prede
ressors and for had received anjtlng Out credit
It WIS Que OF the strangest places Of education that
eve heard Of. and lawlcssness wnlca Arnold had
90 deal VIII was so DetBng extraordinary Nearly al
IN young fellows the son, Of the rYs'dsn5 gentry
H r ma, rties Of IIe ueIghborhood. and
taey n4d got almost absolute control ., OF tne
mack Of bounds-wnIcn is an odd
thing school boys do-hd Jun them over the hcgh
mood practically Ignoring I'll rules ds 10 pounds, ana as
to hours and O.tOD ting mo qnarres with the people
OF tae town. Whru Aruod ud away with the mounds ne
became opuiir witn te ~ hrc@ re - ms yer
ri5e ka1icaI i"nON, they sAd, gong 10 reVCutlOhZe
every Inns and put ali sors OF dreadful de,' ,n.o
the mluds ~ our boys la tue inca UNI,
although DerUmIng Unpopular wuh some OF tie
faaiis III tue nelFnooLhood' ne peg gam no. no.
cine ore dtecy IN coma ms 100 ,os ' a
love Of truth ami courage one oi the ~ayings whch
had 10 doubt siderable 'ntuenc upon tne'mnds %
his nupl,s ana Il ar q Gralic persons con
,"'h he nnd me " ma ne ready 20 die II wuuli be
Democracy Without JacVbiDism. rha was a sentiment
wnici really scared people ia England at tnat Lhe'
although We may augn a. II now. -...,
As Iud you. England WAS much more arstocrati-
cay org country tneD man ut pres No now tnK
W. afr Wy little Dcuiud you Tue hbJrlLtJ our
Institution, lApuausc.l or course all aristOcrat-
caiy organ Bed communities the period Of our mOuerh
Mnidle Ages known ma tbs AYE OF Cniyary. You
know III ,his country that word has been used anu
who fsmi'iir WITH your Own recent nistorl
Will Kuo~ what e sprit II IL when an mates "a
claucsliy orsaJlzed society ana wuich vas
tho novS sprt OF tnat por.on Of tLe Miadle AEes 10
wnlch nave referred 40 snow low Dr. Arnold SPOKE
against spirit, Mr.. Hughes read extracts IA ON his
II was this KIND OF a man. with these strong demo
cratic instincts, VINO WAS trying " break down PRIV
leg, tno Distinguishing max oil aristocracy, III this
EXPERIENCES AT RUGBY.
But to return 80 my personal recohecuons. was in
III, lowest torn OF the school, and In contact
with nim month, when he came
down examine the iorm-and very for
midabio ordeal 1t 1 had been there about
three years before attracted hIs notice at all On ths
OCCASION was examining us upon Horace, and after
putting Of the boys TO construc he asked some
Questions 10 see II really carried away what we
learned. He asked top boy why that tue Ro-
mans mad been 80 specially CAD for ceria'n treaty
wnIch nad been ado with rnr Parthians IN the lime
5 on A1 a e eS" called %0 The Praise Of
Augusu e" rne question went down and down tIe cas-
iOrt. | was nehlJ at the bottom llausht.If-aIi
the dSoors Ip gOt Digger ana Olggsr liahGhtei'j Az
last II came me. aid Dectu'o t wts part OF he
trelty that tie sand rds he CAKES iaAen rom Ses
de eat should - returned his racr DrlSb
ened. sad, Go up to the top, Husues" Laugh
ter went rlght mp 10 the Top oil tne iorun' ou. 4
a mt ~ inere long, because tlere were sOD very
cey.r boys In hGclss at Et time. a Matthew Arnold,
the poe. ANA Utners. In us tAahn''lo"s III Sin'u
used {, ask liz Tor Illustrations, especially from . OTIS
noyels wulrn To encourage IL To cad lie was
stronsy AGAINST our reading DINER novels; suGh DIS
Dick. MSS wnncn were zen published monthly. was
was ever ontsrined, sorry aud
ashamed tuan on one occasion, when
SIX form men, tue DOc,os custom wn' ne
hal any dist us1ed visitors uvlte them to lear the
ski fora recit. On this occasion ron Bunsen was
prrsent, ana question based upon portion OF
Ar-Iote Elncs. wnere ne wa. scrpng AS The sign OF
attention exclusively to the affairs winch con
IN themselves. and take less and less Ia
lrrr,i 10 tnrir neIgnDJrs. Dr. Arnold asked Tor an
husra rom s,Ott. bat nobody wa aOle To give H.
may well ton yod wuefe tne idstr tiol - s 10 Is
Ia, opinion, very aprOpOs. Ii - ia Tue AOOJt III
The wnere Mary is Crossing the DOrdef. sue
paus take last ioJk II Scot and dnd near by the
Syu1 hves cd aOJott, now upward OI eigh y III
VILE of tue ABB us attention is gwen up
To Inc cultivation OF herbs. Mary LOOKS
,,ar,u.y back Tie old Abbott, leaning on bis spade
saw: :: could ply poor Qiern. But what are
things man OF tour COZ years and IL is hne
growing morning Tor he young Kailwort" Laughter
Nat give, you an idea OF the way d. Arnold mus
tratcu us topics Every week he nad u d'nuci
p.rty, TO wnicn be invncd SIX or eshv OF
TO introduce them TO distinguished people whO
from tiinc tima visited hn. Among hem was Are"-
bishop Wndeley. Cdrn MacaUiay and others Tue
Jliu make great Impression upon us boys
perhaps 1co.nse o. MS "aDit o. carry ,hs sinn III NE
vest pocket th0ut box ana paLshz II he hiduie 81
ms srrmOn, to ake p.nc1 lLansd.er'i renemIer.
h.rI-worEing energy Of The headmas.er OF Rugby.
Tncy had walked over to Edge Hl, one
uo,'s nouse Ciryie spoke OF as temple or nuusLl-
GUS peace"
ARNOLD AS A REFORNRR
Well as time went Ar1olG became more and more
powerful, aud nad oesn prophese of m, he began
to cnauge system of English higher education.
He bo 40 do H. first aco, the eXclusvenr OF
Rugby. aud used encourage the boys all deuOmina
there. He Introduced new life Intoahe sys
ten Wnen he ms. Welt there the boys stood III tue
form ps,c,seJ tne order they went IN. and the Whole
school scnt up b, seniority ut.i Cnoy elt All that
was cnaugrd and introduced. lie insisted
on tue proper teaching Of modern languages. whicd.
ain sOiry lay, we ana not appr'clttr. OIe tnug
wa, "A Oiter grei Go nm. the loss Of many
of his fren.s by folio" ng ~ the course no
had ,Opird Be vas ~ nlrocr Of Urtl College,. Que
o. tue tnit Jhe great idgh Chufcn mUScineht
originated winch nds become very powerful since
IN nnurnce rcigIou, life ~ ksn"ud llis intimate
trends tns nad been Nc%mdn, tue present Cardinal
Purse. krue aud Jtuers. HIS girndtIOD from them
que Ia DcIutiiuI words ny one Oh his celebrated
pupils. Artnur CioRh
THK SOUR ~ or ARNOLDs INFLUENCE.
cannot conclude without saying one or Two words IN
regard to tue very OF ArnO's TEACHINGS. and In
fa,i the cause 1 more than any Other perhaps
OF the enormous influence has exercised Oh giisn
education aud English lite. The subject he used o.