The University daily. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 18??-????, 1880-06-11

as one Of the foremost of the Inst. Math-
lematical knowledge IS useful and abiding j;
Tits definitions are clear, precise and def
mite; its axiions are simple its reason
Ing IS deep and logical it language IS
concise.
What other study can boast Of these
advantages The rules Of grammar are
modified By exceptions many passages
| ia foreign languages Do not admit ofs an
absolutely correct translation the fine.
arts can have no definite rules, and so
through almost tie entire list,
Mathematics makes the perception clear
and acute BY the variety Of change and mi
l.nuteness Of detail II improves the ex-
preston Of thought, and eorrects many Of
the abuses Of words ~ the accuracy Of is.
language it oultiv3tes and deepens the.
reason ii euItivates accuracy and detail
Eit brightens the inaginations BY the mum
beriess variety of its problems, and bound
less extent Of its researches.
It was 4 custom among the Romans. ii
the specialEdri and training 81 the sol
der to use weapons Skle 6e sial IS
those TO le used Oh the battle field and
uponthis to a large degree depended that.
|ralor and powered endurance which has
never been surpassed.
What the heavy weapons of the Ro- ]
mans did to strengthen and tougher the
body, the study ofsmathernatics does 70
enlarge and quicken the mind !, as the
power developed the muscle, soHthe lat
ter develops the brain. Mathematics
forms that gradual transition from the.
easy to the diff icult, whiclsis best suited
to the training Of the mind from the small
est child tcIthe wisest philosopher.
The child can comprehend its first
principles and has no difficulty in under
standing its reasoning from thisit gradu-
ally increases. in difficulty and intricacy,
until the greatest sage is lost in its bound
less extent, and his Imagination carries him
away into the ETHEREAL regions Of inhnity. |
"A distinguished educator has said :stHe ]
who leaves College without completing a.
full course in mathematics, including an
alytical geometry and calculus, has omit ]
ted one of the noblest sciences, lano
thrust himself out into the world at least
a hundred years behind the times. Z
Grafton 1.-THE Religious Spirit Of Sci
HI ence"-by B. J.. keenan,.
NJ Our literature haS not 4 few works on
theeonAic+ between religion and science.
The question is an cid and much agRatad
one. learned representatives on both
sides of the conflict have called to their
aid all their ingenuity of logicYant flower
OF. rhetoric to carry their point. The strife
has been contentious, bitter scurrilous,
The question has been viewed from a1par
tisan standpoint---its course shaped by
prejudice and bias. .. ~.s.
But it is not our purpose, however, to-
enter this dispute as to what science
proves OF what the Bible. teaches. We
are neither to point out on the one hand
theological bias and forced biblical con /
structions or.on the other, scientific ia
voritisn1. 49,. <5-=ts
It may be a. question whether our
vagueness of definitions of science and
our insisting on liberal interpretations,
has not caused much of this religio scien
tifc controversy this accounts for our fail
ure to understand the proofs of science,
and why some regard it as robbing Christ
Of his supernaturalness, as losing God in
the dignity and. supremacy Of ilnmutable
law, as making religion a superstitious
tradition, heaven. a fiction and immortal
ty a myth. Those persons greatly mis-
take the true mission. of science. Their
distrust carries them beyond discretion.
Their too sweeping conclusions are not
made from Study but from the capricious
definition Of some narroWminded divine
who would guard the portals Of the sky,
with a st-plate of ignorance.
What is sciencee
It is here that branch Of philosophy
which treats Of The tangible elements Of
nature-their actions and forces, by dis
tribution. redistribution, &C. and seeks