Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-08-14
Two Excellent Lectures.

BISHOP WALDEN on POPULAR EDUCATION
The public assemblages this week
have been drawn together by more
purely intellectual class of enter.
tsinment Than usual. The lecture
Of bishop Walden, Of Cincinnati,
at Columbia Hall, Sunday evening,
was OF surpassipg interest, and will
he OF permanent value in sowing the
seeds Of enlightened reform on q
subject which will soon engage the
universal intention of our people.
The Bishops views on popular edu-
cation, the theme Of his discourse,
are valuable no less as the convic-
tons OF man OF thorough ability,
deep thought and ample means for
observation, than that they outline
the policy to be advocated by the NJ.
+. Church, the powerful organic.
alton which he represents. He fay.
ors. in brief, the most thorough
education Of the youth possible in
common schools, ut the popular ex-
penss. This instruction should be
free from sectarian influence. He
deprecated oil idea of q union OF
Church and State, in primary educ.
alton, a. we'll as in high schools OF
colleges, which he maintained should
be under the special patronage OF
the classes, sects or professions, they
arc intended to subserve. Rudi-
msntary education was necessary for
oil Of these, as the foundation
course, and Just as essential to every
human being, if he intends that it
alone shall constitute the basis for
active business life. Thus far, a
common interest sustained an object
which should be free to all and it's
burdens borne by all. It would,
however, he affirmed, be a manifest
injustice for those who from ipclin-
alton or the force of circumstances,
could not take the advanced courses,
to be obliged to pay the expenses of
those who were diffently situated
nor would it be right for one de.
denomination, or one profession, to
be taxed with the costs Of any other.
Tho Bishop said that it was pecu-
liarly gratifying for him to have the
opportunity of addressing a people
who. so soon to emerge into state
hood, would be enabled by modern
experience, to lay the foundations of
their educational system on broad
end firm ground. His heart was
in the work. He saw the necessity
Of calm judgment in passing upon
many subjects connected with pop.
ular eduction. on which the passions
Of men, or the prejudices of class OF
creed. were likely to leave their i'm
print. The impressive language
used by the Bishop in abiding to
bis duty rs an American citizen, left
no doubt Of his utter sincerity, and
stamped him a. a man of enlarged
views, bound by no creed which
would sway him from q course sane
tiond by propriety and reason. We
have emphasized this characi erstic,
- liberation is not always regarded
% . cardinal virtue by those high in
church authority.
BELvA LOCKWOOD ON WASHINGTON LIFE.
Wednesday evening, in the same
hall. the somewhat rem owned lawyer,
Bslva Lockwood, made her bow to O
spare but appreciative audience. The
lecture was mainly rapid review OF
mon and measures ut the National
Capital. and was really worthy of q
much better support. The price Of
admission at first announced, one
dollar. was too high. and the subse.
quent reduction to half that sum did
not change the minds Of people who
had determined not to 20. This, we
have observed, is an inevitable rssult,
and sustains the proverb relating to
first impressions.
Mrs. Lockwood is rather under the
usual stature and size, somewhere
along in the forties in age, Of pleas
ing appearance. nervous tempera-
ment, earnest manners, and evident
~ very much 10 earnest in all she
does and says. She was attired in q
plain suit OF black, embellisbed with
few ornaments. This, it must be
admitted. was in keeping with her
oratory which, commanding respect
a. the truthful utterances of a very
practical woman, possessed very lit.
tic Of that ornate finish usually OBJ
served in the prepared addresses of
those quite as much intent upon
pleasing the ear as in leading the
mind along in contemplation of The
subject under consideration. Her
voice was pitched in rather q high
key, but 80 admirably modulated
that no discomfort was felt from the
high tension Of the waves of sound
which flowed in an uninterrupted
stream Tor probably rill would be
y better simile) for consider able over
an hour and Q half.
The speaker began BY abiding to