News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-04-26

The Journey from MorrisVille and
st. Johnsbury to Boston was trans
ition from snow drifts and sIush,
through various stages of drizzle, to
foe overhead, noise and hustle on
every side and sickness under foot.
4 walk, n ride in the horse car, and
another ride, on the ferry boat,
and another walk brought me to
my destination in East Boston. Va
cation is fairly begun, and L have al
ready experienced the stern dlscl-
pline of looking over many new books
that Fought to be in every minister
library" without purchasing. But as
You may not care for the news OF my
self denials. | will turn to the sunny
side events Of vacation. Having a
sister who is trying her experience as
a Harvard Annex. | took the cars tor
a visit to that time honOred lnStltu-
ton. The Harvard Annex Is at pres
ent an experiment., to admit females
to the same advantages Of the college
curriculum that males have. The
female students do not have access to
the college buildings, nor are they adj
mitted to the same recitation rooms
with the young gentlemen, as at
Oberlin and Burlington. But they have
substantially the same course of study
and the same instructors. Thirty
nine young ladies are availing them
selves of the advantages thus offered.
Fifty-fye thousand dollars has al
ready been subscribed towards per
manent endowment for this depart
ment of the college. 1t is expected
to place it on permanent footing when
one hundred thousand dollars are Sc
cured. What the final outcome Of the
! experiment will be remains to be seen.
Some Of the young ladies are in their
Junior wear, but the Freshman class
is no larger than the higher classes,
and not all who are in the Freshman
or Sophomore year intend to complete
the course. Still many prominent
members of the facnlty of the college,
and others, are interested in the de-
partment. The tutors are learning to
meet their frizzled students without
embarrassment, and the "Annex" bids
fair to become a prominent attach
ment to the college. The person on
whom l called being 4 member Of the
Freshman class, | asked what studies
she had been pursuing. "ThOse 'hor-
rible' physics" naming a French au-
thor. | knew from that | was in the
girls department of something Tng-
onometrv, German, Homer's Odyssey
and dathmeekeeteah. What, Keek-
ar's dathmcekeeteah What's that
Why, Cicero detmicitia, don't you
know? Pooh | wish there was a elias
steal galIows erected for these new
tangled teachers who thus murder the
good old way Of pronouncing Latin.
Can any one give a good reason why
we should not pronounce Latin accor-
ding to the principles Of English pro-
nunciatiOn. After listening to an
interesting recitation in Greek | had a
view Of the modest house formerly oc-
cupied by DIR. Worcester, the author
of the dictionary; also of the vener-
able mansion Of revolutionary times,
from which LongfelIow recently passed
away. After a glance at the classic
halls Of Harvard | returned from the
pleasant students retreat, in Cam
bridge, to the more central part OF
the Hub"
Rev. X. r. Meredith still cOntin-
ues to draw together about four thou
sand teachers and others of all de-
nominations to hear his exposition OF
the Sunday school lessons every Sun
day afternoon. These meetings are
instructive and entertaining. | wish
teachers far out Of Boston could have
the benefit Of them.
| have had the pleasure of seeing
some Of Miss Lancaster's paintings,
recently transferred to private
studio in Boston. w. y. BUsHEE.