The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1881-09-10


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Ing a1minol MO Ne regular cnufsf
" study W. ac surprised ihui
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sort NJ least ~ b. literary should
exclude rom M curriculum W im
rafiahi u means NJ mental discip
line and Of preparation for scion
tifc culture, ~ that which " elp-
Piled by the study Of the Lstin and
Greek language, This exclusion
Of the ancient languages from The.
course Of study, wc consider m
error on the part of those who NJ
ranged and ordered the curriculum
nm error, which, II Is 10 be- hoped,
the malurcr dclibcfation of the
Trustees and Faculty, and y due
difference to the wishes Of a large
class Of citizens in the State will
lead them 20 correct.
II Il n mistake to consider the
languages dead because they are
ancient. Their life is pcrpe,uatcd
10 the English language and ~litcra-
,urc. The style and title of this
institution itself, agricultural and
Mechanical College" is derived
from both Latin and Greek. The
word Campus a name given to
The college grounds, is a Latin
word. The college classes, So
phonorc, Junior, and Senior, are
named from the Latin and Greek.
Many other terms now in use
among us, familiar as household
words, are derived from Latin and
Greek. And besides this, the
sciences so much emphasized in
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the course Of study, are based in
their delineation, in grea, part, up
on these languages. To become
a thorough Chemist, Botanist, or
Psychologist, a student should
have sufficient knowledge ofLatin
and Greek to understand the mean
ing Of the nomcnclatures of these
sciences. The Trustees and Fac
ulty seem to recognize the impor-
lance Of a knowledge of the class
les. as help to the study of the
sciences (; and in reference to this
poin. the published catalogue has
this language; "Their nomencla-
ure,"--the scicnces-"has been
taken almost exclusively from the
languages.
The only reason assigned for
this exclusion Of the ancien, langu-
ages from the regular course, j, an
apprehension, that, il too much
importance be attachedt to the litera-
ry feature Of the College, the Az
ricultural will be lost sight of and
overridden. Blu, the admission OF
the classics into the regular course,
need not in the least, conflict with
the design OF the Trustees in max
ing this cmphatically an Agricul-
tural College. Let this design be
properly guarded, looking to the
material prosperity Of our State.
Let the manual labor be compul-
sorry let our young men be taught
that TO work is honorable let them
become scientific farmers, me-
chan.cs and civil engineers. But
help them to a better success in
the attainment Of these ends, BY
giving them every needful and
possible facility.
II is not claimed that the langu-
ages should be laugh, to be extent
OF a University course, but il is
claimed that they should be taught,
sufficiently to help the students TO
\ more intelligent understanding
Of their own language, and of the
sciences taught in the institution.
The provisional arrangement made
for such as desire a knowledge Of
the languages is merely optional,
outside the regular course, and il
involves an extra charge o lconsid-
cradle amount hence, compara-
lively few students feel able or dis
posed to avail themselves oft. We
regard this provisional arrange
ment as a failure. so far as the
ends In view arc concerned.
Somewhere in the six years cur
rirt,lum LEI placs he yiven l,r a,