The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-10-29
out or coIego Into the World.

firmly on the platorm OIL tne oia, do Up
posed to Mr.. Adams newer, order OF college
adaoa,ion Tn tbe address of welcome
euuSauou' a,-.s-,
President Porter gave Lord Colerluge the
cra. awe nrofpss TO be- true TO the old
-L.-n La 4, .1o.o;ool
iounoatons "nAeA @e A"u
study, land to keep u eyes and our WINDOWS
onan In evarv direction toward all that
q. .-o..o.o;,o ,,o,oh -
science can 20 IN lib progressive macn'
From this Lord Coleridge Jumped almost
49,. a. .ho dat,,,e NJ h;a on;n;ons
~ onee W 'ue 1870.
Having given, at the tim Of lib delivery,
.o,oa ay,racta from the address of Mr..
-
Adams, and that thoSe Oh our feaueis mho
are interested in the subject may have the
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peAehs Va
much ID taken from the report:
We know in England, that in Yale more
than in any other place in America the old
curriculum Is maintained, the old standards
are refarrad TO. the old classical cultivation
"a irsisted nnnn and defended. learned to-
dav In tbe iIrst time that a very distinguish
nd man In anothe. mart OF the United states
bs5 Committed himself 10 an attack upon
thst cnrrirninm and has rather suggested
tssst II b.s inierfer a with possible SUCCESS In
nroiassinnal Iife.
r havs done MANY foolish things in my lille
and wasted many hours of prec!ors dime;
Int one thing 1 have done which l would do
ovsr again. and the hours which | hsyas spent
nj II ara ina hoprs which l have spent most
a.attabiv and tbe Knowledge thrs gained l
PpsSa fany d tho most nsefnI and prsctitally
nssini From the time Left Oxford / have
msds il . RELIGION, 50 far as I could, never to
iat ! asv nass without reading some Latin
and Grsat and I car tall Won that so far as
a = oonraa NAV hs deemed n suooessful one,
~ ~. y,oi;harsteiv assert mAintain and believe
!Lat ,,Sat t;t,Ia snccaa has heen granted 10
ma l., iIs has bean materially aided by the
nnnsIant stnJy Of tbs classics, which 1t
bss bssn nv delight and privilege ali my life
~ naIsayers In.
Sto,smsnt, Thought, arrangement however
seas strnsSIs Sgsinst t6sm. haye an in
n na ynor tbsn, and nnhlio ,nen, however
.hans 20. d;s,;te n ara foreed 10 admit that.
lucy m mas 5s;ng sonsL. tbe man who can
.ta.s nnr,b;nr hsst Who can nnrsue an argt.
49, 49, eiossIv who can pIye The richest
nH1stHSt SoiTn,toHs iIInstrationa and whocan
aos,msnS sone hind OF beauty OF diction, will
have the advantage over his contemporaries,
And II at lhe par ah OF N H.. sI Sss Sen nau' nici,onsIs
b bsttsr ei thsn tHs work Of other men, it has, ii
almos. every case, been the result oil high 90.
ncalon. : lns I tbe m mSt IL aI ssneraIIv SPEAK.
ing, the man Of the highest education, and |
do not hesitate TO say mat tae aishess eG " Y.
fanhd IN those magnificent writes, who as
writers, as masters Of style, as oonyeyGts Of
thought, nave never 0eeh equSieu ~ Tue
/ have put my defence o 1.-THE stndies, which
Understand you TO prosecute, npon q low
ip@ ,aS.,Sadi g XIV 7 se fan It TT mon no, Vow prscti.
cal ground alone. l desire 10 put II o n
higher ground stt a. ana a. away w.. rom M G Sssris
mind. aud iinteiIscts as we'll as bodies, and
that's Just SO much our duty 70 cultivate
s Sas s 90 nn rs. 0e II IS y" eu Ga INV fi' them en-. il I' we an.
to commune with the greatest thoughts OF
the g@Iestest men 10 In - all and ti IN e. ana 1Gis ne w Sal bS es
made himself most familiar with the thoughts
Of the greatest men Of Greecs and Rome, who
D Do,n u snSp X tb sI world LADsa's A"'' you
Reyond oresiion familiarity with the an.
cient ]clasaics has been a source Of pleasure
ord nrofeaaional nrodt 10 Lord Colridee, at
the bar and on The bench. Half an hour
witbVirsil or Ovid orTacituso or Homer will
eyer be a Measure 10 a man Of literary
tostes Ohio can be said to read either; but
tbonch there NAV be profit in the way Of
s,ndy. Of mental discipline, Of a growth Of
vocabulary and an increasing facility OF
srnression. a man who ats down with his
Homer before him, his lexicon in n
hand and bia grammar in the other cannot
ha said 10 be diveriipp his mind with an
snioyable nastime. The work Of translat.
inc 4 not the pleasure Of reading, and OF
ths man who study Greek at college a small
nov osrtago will learn to read It fiuently;
tba,e viii he fewer to turn to it every day
throu,h a long and busy life as Lord Col.
ridge has done.
TSs andy of the ~elassics is not to DO un.
dor valned, for Il has liz great worth.
Na,,hor sbonld ia value be oyerestimated,
for tbs bard.hesded. money.seekins world
nnts a yalue on 4 In spite Of the schools.
T TS.s srs ss,s mart Of our Young men are not
aa,ns ~ hs Iavyera and iudges, doctors and
a,aaShsrs, For some Of them. indeed the
iaea. Grsa,, will Int take the time which
,n;sh, halter he given to some other stud.
49, In,oIli,srt man ara needed on the
tSs -, ~ the worksbors. In commercial life.
, !, .hsse"snd tbis & Mr.. Adams, lead.
ous ,aS~c,aoL "a, rot indisnensable
ang tuea-S'''eN -, - ~. ~
something else % heatty ~ anu ulas VIC
az Co., MI .o,,o
desire IT. Piace .oi ofeeA' Luz Souns
man who hopes to take o responsible place
al. -;lI nok ha an,hox-