Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-12-23
THE INSTITUTE OPENED.
Literature 10 a Liberal Education, u
a Brilliant Paper,
READ LAST NIGHT BY DR.. HANCOCK,
Of chiIIisOthe, Ohio, to Fine Audience
] The Programme for
To,day.

The Teachers Institute was formally
opened last evening in the hall formerly
used as the House of Delegates, BY lee
ture entitled Literature in Liberal Edu
cation" delivered by Dr.. John Hancock
Superintendent of the city schools, Chilli
cothe, Ohio. Bys o'clock the hall Wal
about half filed with spectators, the audi
eace being mostly composed of teachers
and others interested in educational work
Among The
PRoSfsEHP GENTLEMEN PRESENT
were nories Prcf A. L. Wade, of Morgan
town; Rev. DR.. Cooke, Rev. Applegate,
Prof ]. A. Brown, Prof. T. E. Orr oi
Bridgeport; Hon. Leroy Brown, Commis
sioner Of Education Of the state Of Ohio;
Prof G. s. Fay, Superintendent Of Schools
of Wyoming, O.; Mr.. Geo. A. Howard, o.
Cincinnati; Profs Anderson, Stevenson,
Crseo, State Superintendent OF Schools
Morgan, Prof. J. A. Hammond, De- Jep-
SON, Mr.. Frank Jepson and others. After
the choir, composed of pupils Of Clay
school had sung a song, Prf Anderson
arose and in a neat address of welcome in
troduced Mr.. Hancock, who read q paper
full of sound expressions and thoughts, OF
which the following ia brief extract, ss
lack Of space forbids the extended synopsis
which the paper merits. Said DR.. Han
cock:
aSiuce the beginning cf formal educs-
ton there have ever been srrsyed against
S,ch other two great opposing hosts = the
one sveripg that education consists in u
knowledge of man,
OF WHAT He HAS SAID,
thought and done; the other that il con.
sists in q 'knowledge Of the material
universe and its laws The one plants
itself on what it calls the "humanities. ."
the other on tie sciences. 1t is scarcely
necessary to cay here that neither of these
two theories is correct The gentleman
then went on to show the mistakes Of both
these asses IN a pointed and forcible man,
ner, almost .preclnding the idea of DIG
pute. The scientists have until re-
Gently been kept upon the defensive,
but now they show disposition and ability
to force the lighting, and, righttnlly or not:
there can be no question that in the mind
of the general public they are gaining
ground. II the sciences possess in them
selves to an equal degree with the classics,
the elements that go to make Up liberal
education, they do not show it in tn"
course OF study or in the results obtained.
Why, in the use Of the term Liberal edncs
ton, should we be restricted 10 the mar
row bounds SO long prescribed BY one Of
the parties in this controversy Why not
give il a significance broad enough
to take in the classical course
on the one hand and the
best of the scientific course on the 9th
er? The speaker then went on to speak
o. the
EXERCISE OF THE IMAGINATION
and read as q fue example, quotation
from Jean Paul Richters Dream, as trans
lated by DeQuincy. should be glad,
continued the Doctor, to speak otthe place
of the Observation-Disclosures and moral
in the curriculum Of study wehave been
considering. They are those which stretch
the faculties to their utmost. They do not
yield large element Of inspiration as does
the contem plation Of nature and the read.
ing Of books, but they give strength
He then went on to speak
of the selection of materials
for the new curriculum of study and indi.
Gated the source from which such material
is to be drawn-the whole world Of nature
and thought. The speaker then dwelt
some time upon what sort of man was
considered great scholar and what sort OF
q man was q great scholar.
Who can question for moment the i'm
mense value The study of such literature as
that of Homer, Eschylus. Sophocles, Plsto
Dsmosthenes, Virgil, Horace, Csttullus
and Cicero, must have upon the formation
of character. Says Emerson,
DWELL. AMONG MEAN MEN,
and life itselfis mean; then read Plutarch
and the world becomes proud place, with
heroes and demi-gods standing around
who will not let Us sleep.
DR.. Hancock then verged into discus
sion of the lsugus ges. 1t has been said,
he remarked, that q man who knows but
one language knows none-that this is be
yond the strict boundaries OF truth, but the
most casual glance over list Of eminent
authors makes evident. There ID
a great awakening in the
study of Euglish, not so muchin the study
of its grammar, but of its literature. Bot
this awakening has not originated in
colleges and other higher institutions oi
learning, but among the common school
teachers. To make him who has never
read them, realize the value Of books and
feel the pure rapture that lies within their
covers, is almost ss difficult q task as II
would be to enable blind man to discern
the beauty and freshness Of q spring land
scspe. 0nly they who read until books
become a necessity Of their being, know
the full Joy Of it, JOY before which al
Others are
/ PALE AND EvANEsCENT.
Poetry is another great factor in hbers
education, if, as We have agreed, the fore
most element OF culture, is an scqusintanc,
with the brightest thought Of the world
/ The rytbmio movement like mu'ic, sfir
the emotions, while its thought influences
the intellect In speaking Of the readinl
of fiction, the speaker sptly said: Indeed
I sometimes think the world Of fiction
where all disguises are stript Of, is tn
real world, and the rea
world in which dwells 90 much shan eu'
hypocrisy is the world Of fiction. Tb'
Doctor then closed with few genera
thoughts on the subject Of reading, WIS
books should bs read and what should not
bis lecture was listened to with the intsn
sest interest by all present. At its con
clusion Prof. Anderson introduced Stat
Supt. Morgan, who made few Pleasan
remarks, expressing the hope that th
ci,izehs would turn oat in foil force to q,
tend the institute. Following is the
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