Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1885-09-04

were tried. He said that free tuition
would ill our State with lramps who
would rush to our normal school be
cause It cost them nothing.
Mr.. McKendree Downham believed
that if we asked for an appropriation
from the Legislature we would get it.
He thought that we ought to have
new school law which should include
a normal department.
The Rev. A. d. Davis said thai the
State had better build a normal school
than her contemplated penitentiary,
aud that the normal school ought to
be recognized as part of the public
system.
J. Alexander Fulton, Esq. said ifthe
salaries Of the teachers we're increased
we would have better educated teach
ers applying for positions.
Section of the bylaws was so
amended as TO read, '1he animal dues
ofthe members fthis association shall
be so cents" Before amended it read
81.
On Thursday the Association met at
8 a. M, Prof. n, n. Rawlins in the
chair. Prof. w. L. Gooding, Of The
Conference Academy, delivered an ad-
dress entitled "The New Learning, "
which Was an argument for the re-
moval Of Greek from the requisites tor
admission to college. The writer
showed that for the purposes Of diseip-
lining The memory and the discrimi-
! native faculties Greek had no advan-
t tage over German and French. In
respect to the culture which is claimed
B. for the college contact with Greek he
argued that the amount of Greek now
required for the degree of A. b. is st
small that the student never comes t.
. a reading knowledge of the language
$ aud consequently never to Greek ar
= literature,and philosophy,whe what
l. ever culture inheres in the Greek j
l. found.
n The claims of German and Frenc'
e not half, but well learned--were EN-
s. phasized they being the avenues t
e much of modern thought. In conclu
$ sion, the present was declared the I'M
< portant tense, and the cultured man t
be he who best represented the spiri
!, and impulses OF his age.
" Remarks were made on the subjeC
e. by the Rev. c. w. Prettyman, AleS
o. andvr Fulton, Esq, of Dover, J. 1
ID Carroll, H. c. Carpenter, Dr. Raub, 2
is n. Rawlins aud Z. e. Formau, pri'
rt cipal of the nigh school of Salisbury
cd Maryland.
rs This was the most enthusiastic mee
e ing Of the season. The audience W;
large and kept up its interest to IL
:, last.
At the afternoon session DR.. Schae
he fer, of Pennsylvania, leclured on "E'
.ir ucalion among the Greeks and r
.r- maus." The lecturer said that Il
w. fine gateways by which kn0wleds
on enters the mind can be widened al
en- improved 10y a proper scheme OF ed
be cation. There is evidence to sho
lite that the eyes aud ears the race ha'
en- been improved by generations OF Gu
rs ture. Human beings come into Il
ne world with their senses in a very r
lil dimeutary condition, and attain the
y, subsequent skill in sense percepti'
:, by process of development. The al
- of this culture and the conditions til
must be at hand, were next discusse
He The aim is to make the senses the rea'
,u- instruments of the mind, in 9th
I'm words, the formation of habits OF
IRE servation. The conditions are prop
lily care of the organs and undivided
led tention on the part of the class. II
lie exercises recommended for the attai
III ment of this culture are Object IL
- ~, sons, topical spelling, drawing, descIi
" tive essays, natural science, music, f'
eign languages.