, 1882-12-02
American History.
Nru York Times. cc.os--r 2s.

NFV NOrk inns. tS-ct~t
{ Perhaps the most interesting address
/ delivered a, the reup-ning of the old Mas
i sachuse,ts S.atrLousc ~ the BIstonian
Society las, Tuesday ~ss ,Lss ~t the Rev.
/ EGwsr6 Everett Halc. Mr.. Hale ssIi
? that lis conn. crion With The educational
! institutions had tsugh. him hox soefuliy
( ignorant of the history Of their own cuun-
I try the youth of the present generation
are. He h,d recently been called upon
} to speak to lsrg- class of girls in a
school IN great city, "mos, If whom, IN
I tie regular course IF their education go
, forward to the normal school and become
| teachers He asked the Young ladies'
/ few questions concerning the Revolution
airy War, and found 10 his dismsy iha, the
word Saratoga IN mt nothing excepting
in connection with fashion, with dress aHd
with Saratoga trunk. At another
school IAN allusicn beirg made to Laiay-
e;te telrg wounded at Brandys sine nearly
called ou, the laughter If the class be-
cause the word B.andywine MAS such a
funny word, and he found that there MAS
not 4 member of that class Of girl., of
aees between Is and 10 years who Snew
that such a battle was ever fought, and
far less that Lafayette was wounded there.
Evidently a textbook of tho United
ats history was Eo, used by either 1T
th.se c!assrs The restored StI,.huuse,
with lis historic Souvenirs, wilscarcrly be
f much c.etlIt rn teaching the rud.nen-
tary facts Of history. Its purpose seems
rather L. Illustrate historical events, To
cl-,h the attention of those 10 whom the
s>a.rments Of the textbooks are more or
IS familiar, and to awaken an interest IN
happenings, the matter of-fact accounts cf
which would otherwise be forgotten.
ilr Hlle S,li that the late Dean Stan
leg, during his visit to BIston, became
araIaiEtcd with "a young clergyman IN
the prime Of life and in the prime Of pop
ularity.' asked him, (the Young clsr
syman,) said Mr. Hale, 'how he found
Stanley Il WAS delighted with hun #
course, was the answer; ''but how he
plies you With questions. He nskei mt
whrrs Roger Williams Was buriedl How
DID know where Roger Williams Was
juried2 He sad TO me What was the
end of the Federal partyr Good heay-
ems, how did | know what WAX the end oi
the Federal party, Pcohai!y Dan
Stanley found 1t even mnre difficult Ia
obtain answers 10 such startling ques
tons III New York than in Boston. The
Bo,tonian a. least takes patriotic pride
ia has Cwn state and city, and is famIl
lar with the names # Their great men and,
10 some exteut, with the deeds of those
men. Bh; the people II New York are
generally Of 4 different sort. They s.e
the landmarks # their city swept away
Wlth,u; a sigh. and give no, thought to
retaining m,morI-is If the past for the
education Uf rhsir children. Mr.. Hale
said IN MS Boston sp. ech that the history
II Jur own t.nrta drives out Of YES the
thia.s which 30 our boyhood we're Very
sacred and very dear This is true Of
historical events oi a much later date than
the war for Independence The battles
Of the second Sar with Great Britain aud
TIE MeNieAn Ha' have teen ovcrshaduved
l.y the fercer contests Of the rebellion:
the political Contests which precede that
terrible conf G, and are so essentially
connected with TIE study # it, have been
lines forgotten IN the excitement of
lat years, and IL the rising gen,Ta.ion
the names oi Clay and Calhoun, the Ms
-ruri compromise and the Wilmot prnvis-
axe words which have but little s'guIfi-
CaUcc.