New-York tribune., 1886-11-09

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ia s1s upSsr Esyen s gea a eye they s
their system public schools where reading and writing
sS'S e"%s Ge for s more college,
5 ""s sysp sa %Gs Ss po y s h er ens rough hsv Them
they sS to e a snap could Be sSs on the
tegent men, worst. to whom they had given
chance to become such
OBJECTS OF THE FOUNDERS.
In founding college had three objects First the
teaching Of the humautes Hebrew the hcratc Ian.
guage second the Of learned rs we'll as gody cer
gy third the education Of the ntians. that they mg
missionaries OF gher civilization and OF pnrer re-
lgou necessary preliminary thereto The third Of
these objects after much effort and much tribulaon thev
forced abandoH John Winthrop IT, In letter writ
the Hon Robert Bowie 1863 gives interesting
glimpse o. pair OF these dusky catechumens make bold
he says to send here nclosed kind OF rarity. 1t Is
papers OF Latin composed by Indians scolars
In the coedge in this country. and the writing with ther
hands. Possibly as novelty Of that kind II may
he acceptable heng rea fruit Of ha horein worke vt
oeve hc Of os Indians ont Of her own hands and had
ready from them in latin questions tat pro
seversl Grcke also doubt Int those hon
receive Intelligence Of Vestga Doctrine in THIS
amongst such osparGus people % Alas
showed .r sresic % natural On, "I e II
sides SSeir 1Ser own Wild lie must have been
to them e forest beckone int outside the college doOr % ara
They would to president with the gypsy stew
"oh sir You hear am called" 81 rate our c.llese
INTO ercu shadow the III, name-bHt as there
who his unconverted name and leave the
shall not attempt in brief, history of the college
IL s' bs sTea os Sns nd
ssd that such names are stop all
usefulness of all institutions Of learning de-
pend on the greatness OF those who teach III then
Et meliore iuto hnIit pr;ecordia Ttan"
and great teachers almost rarer than great poets We can
be Agassz whom adopted; but have had many dc
have not pushed further forward Of knowi
Of the case ss are apt TO ca things witch ought to
reform but do no to do too much OF work not properly theirs
might have been ample for higher service They have been
the century we have reason to think
pretty %s up to % the ia Of @ soS
iSnays enjoyed certain fame abroad among men
Hebrew A.cdcnce dedicated some 200 years t. the rs
scholar w1em cannot heln thinking very discerning per-
That hc students Of that day had access to lary good
nsIa though he knew not how to make the 6es.
sss College % ''l had @aS Ss'' % England
Interests Of Ss trade During the eighteenth and drs quar-
ter Of The nineteenth centuries fancy the cond ton Of things
s colleges Of the period q trust the verses which
8eHs ~Iiss mainly to aeS shemseyes might se something
@ s hs put wn.e here y do sf
wal, IN the gates Of M were opened to them safe from amy
% !, AK ne an % Th hs
shortcomings the door their teachers They are often
wrong IN this and am quite aware na there are some Rnps
believe be trustworthy that there have been periods IN
with Bishop Golas:
Hi nos decent sed indocti:
1ndicat scentam.
We testing the general culture given here
by Col the accession OF George III
~ s s0 sa aca I dn scR v Rnsk at on r@s
il noteworthy that the Greek il it remember rightly
Is WIN nv chi a
some Of the tracts in the Withheld controversy Prove
They had certainly not read their Swift IN vain.
CHIEF SERVICE OF TdF COLLEGE.
But the chief service the chief Office Of the college
during all maintain and hand down the ira
dons of how excellent thing learning even If the
teaching always adequate by OF Illustration And
yet teaching went 1t wise this that IL
gave pupils tncure OF letters distinguished from
scholarship 1t aimed to teach them the authors that is
great ones-he late Professor Popkn whom the Older
remember would have allowed that title only TO the
Greeks-and teach them in such TO enable the
pupil to asmate of thought sentiment and
gage i'll which they wrote II struck for Their matter as
instead Of learning decline vrtus II SET more store by the
should be ladder to literature and not literature
h" aS Horace aT S
would loved Homer and Horace tho poets had hs
instruction bad tho prime merit OF enabling ts pupils to con-
shelves Of what truly literature We owe great dent to
the Germans one is more indebted to them than Du Is
OF msead ng us into peany In his preface
an Old French poem OF me s ge'y m a e t a9
vantage OF listening only two and hall years 10 the lectures
through the first three vowels At this rate omaser Tho
the centr al Methuseah than for less lib
S ao and % s on,e VIM wi g that % old % Fenc .d @ Se
benefit of such scrupnlosty but think see tendency to
editors and not lovers Of polite eratnre Edacion.
Often G n Is s o Sl or ss
OF scholarship Both are excellent ana admirable in Their
Is Milton understood the word and accuracy sto truth
MOI s sn5 h with the eenm. Of the Creek dramatic
Sc glad 0 have him easy terms with both -
study the ccess followed mainly the traced
sSs e ' % Ts' all a make @
England whsts During the lao years preceding onr war
the greater part of New England with teachers
every parish in Massachusetts one man clergyman with
eS Of To- @ 3 or 10 IN gaer co%ss c@a Ssn
able collection Of books by no mems Wholly teO9ca
Of Chaucers good par1on receiving much sometimes M a. Of
OF a where the soil all backbone II
Ss fg"sr @ Of me RfT 'py eoy 3
harmful lo d9ra mesornm a than The heroic reanent @
through college TO portion their daughters decenty trained
the duties Of household and dairy provi
sons for the widow if they should leave one With all ths
that woud ranousy liberal to these less sal
sai
"Sai at end the dras @
OF their parishioners the wiser for i'll Their
one great holiday commencement which
they punctually attended. They shared the many
and festivals the joys and the OF their
townsmen bone of flesh of their flesh for all
blood and OF faith They dwelt on the
brothery level with them ss men. yet set apart rom and
their sacred Office Preaching the most terri
BILE doctrines did they humane and
cheerful and when they dOwn from the pulpit
merely twisting their cast iron logic
Of despair COlerdge said OF Dome into trueove knots
Men OF authority, in council independent for Their set
life they living lessons OF piey.
INDUSTRY ir1gay and and r With . the sss
simple harmless exemplary aud nj TO
remember few lingering survivors OF them In
boyhoOd recs OF a serious but suen OF
muny for which, in civic virtue intelligence and general ef
cacy, seek parallel in vain.
Ruscorum mascula militum
PROBES dOcta
Versare glebas ct
Matrls ad arOitrlum recsos
Portare fuStss.
know too well the deductions to be made 1t COM
muny without charm, with homey charm at best and
the life II led visited by even In dream But