New-York tribune., 1886-11-09

found it hari to accipher and to translate into our own
and & sS @ ~ n, in Of the svs9T
honest sssrn man IKE motto finally s"Ssao for that cro
for that s Me arr % To- ce the
hshss, we have Of tn ard to the greaMng M
one a. time and a. Intervals prortoned to Wits
de savior DENY ehoe,; Primo &c gun est seenndo Oh =
come university And then il we become So whit and to
what end should university aim TO teach now
yet comprehend And when have settled what Il is best
to teach comes The further question How are we to teach
personal ava ability that Is 10 Say 10 its eiec In the conduct
shall find that we must have care both and
Why the two need be ncompatbe but If they are should
m not remote past scety had . certain recSsn5
ion OF the day required. But
quid nminnt dies
That ancient close corporation OF oeia guides has been
volunteers Niagara AMI as there II we follow
the higher Instruction nevertheless continues to be-
always was the training Of such guides only must nov sy
prestige.
MEANING OF A UNIVERSITY.
When President Walker it must be now nearly 30 years
ago asked me- in comm n with my colleagues what my
notion OF n university was answered. a university ia
place where nothing useful is taught but university
possible only may get his livelihood By digging
sanscrt roots What meant was that the highest Office of
the somewhat complex thing named TO distribute the
and TO breed an appetite shou also have
the and appliances for teaching everything, as the
medieval universities aimed TO do In their trvium and
qnairvinm had in mini The ideal and The practical sides
stution practicable and whether desirable
IN SSnnry like s think I y deraee ana
hes tate opinion than assert roundy But opin
Would be m the fason though NAV not be wholly satisfied
with the one or the other Opinions are as handy to borrw
hard to be at hope then that the day will come
years te r three vowes Of the Boman alphabet and
find tit audience though few hope the day may never
matters namely
of s literature as have overcome death by reason o. their
ov their elyzi1g properties their
come when these not predominant The teaching
given here Let the h1manes oo MAINTAINED nndminhed
nence those arts that we're rghto called liberal:
rrtste the reason that oiern mind those
in which the brains Of finest temper have fonnd alike their
intellect heightened in proportion as it gracou,
all and last all ennobes life makes
It generous stand here man Of letters and as man OF
intention No believes firmly than in the useful:
opening the rect scope possible to the prevailing bent OF
nS T e Ss5 20 eurs Gs 50
vision clearer and koener IN particular For after all the
view which erates the mind from sPecaes ana enables II
TO organize whatever we earn 70 .u IL ,ea xhoWl W.T.
rest " ''''S
THE NEW YDrCATION
By the important change that has been introduced
into the theory OF teaching here bv the
position in which fni ourselves has been that OF
the elective or voluntary system studies We jus
fed ourselves by familiar proverb that may
lead horse water but ten can't make him drink Prov
ers are excellent things should not let proverbs
buy Thev the wisdom OF the UNDERSTANDING not Of
and which ten couldn't lead 10 water much less make
force unyersy forms into college methods too narrow for
pm shed too lar and fast There who think
has too far already And they think because
moi having ceased to be college not yet having reached the
suons voice. or mixed Of 6oh Which
proper certain stage OF adolescence We are trying TO do
either Are students old enough thoroughly TO under
d sno%gS are s tey wise eSous Shall their papeSt:
make the choice tem not that
We comiored by being told that in this only
after ali only the goblin known
age in my time Of very different voices and guiding IN very
different directions but unanimous IN their propensity TO
first whether ne spirit Of The age who wond be very nsg
n nce ow we sq nocke Te MN .. sos ne % no % ns
the advanced teaching has srongdr in the voluntary
.indres is gaining ground i Indeed seeviicni
some lesson ior youth as You must Is so good fore
esoGns for life whc o viii be teacher Of quite another
hond not have choseni have to be sure heard the se
oung hither and I'D nothing more than rub hi.
9e e9ess fS %Ond
ss Si @ sn ssnse s % s as also
Of sharper vrne and accongy armei their president with
BY the Rev lanes BOTyer at Ghrss Hospital M IN The days Of
xhpping wild benent of nature" and. could they
nave read WordswOrtl's exquisite stanza,
zone impulse from vernal wood
Can teach MS more Of man.
OF moral evil and OF COOL
Than all the sages can"
hev vernal and inserted "brchen"
am not Of course arguing favor of return those
Tapustory methods but the birch like many other things
nat have passed out Of the region OF the may havo
mother term of usefulness symbol after II has ceased 10
,e reality.
THE STUDY OF GRFfK.
One tempted think that all learning
,ulsve ingenious youth the multiplication table to
,cots little friend. Marjorie Flemmng. though this is due
rreat part mechanical methods OF teaching. ="
oing you" writes the horrible and wreched
plague that multiplication table gives can't
Give 1t the most dcvish thing Is eight times eight and
times it is what nature itself can't endure
know that approaching teacherons ashes which
et more uneniurabe Than poor Marjorie task How many
eause ney invented Latin grammar And they were ans
light We begin tho study OF languages at the end
The end which nature does not otter us and are thoroughly
ired Of them before arrive at them yon will pardon tho
ulI But s that any reason for not studying them in tho
ight way am familiar win me argument Tor making the
indy Of creek especially mailer OF choice or chance ad
should be willing also 10 admit that the stuv OF The
What fey contain %onid be Useful only as orm o. teI e
he Hrsr to most toy OF s snt INK tst % as
eacher should adapt his tasks to the highest and not The low
ays George Herbert.
God takes a text and teacheth patience"
least pregnant Of lessons. OF the arguments
compulsory study OF Greek namely. that il
time TO modern languages and modern his
dead an1 ancient history involves
hnk verbal ialay. ONLY those languages properly
allied dead in ch nothing living has been written the
lassic languages ea they vet speak TO AMI
loarer voice than that o any living tongue
"Gras ingenium. Gratis deiit rotundo
Mnsa oqui praeter audem nulus avarls."
II their language dead. yet the literature enslrnes ia
amne1 with life perhaps. other writing
pcarc's viii be 1t contemporary
with the IL first for appeals not Il
he then now. but the round OF human
itself Men ephemeral evanescen but what.
page the auth nc sol OF has touched with her
matter how long still yonng
nd fair IL 20 the worlds fathers oblivion ooks
the face of the Grecan only 10 forget her purpose
Even the mastering Of tongue there e1pe
en so fruitful as translation out OF another how much
when that other angug at precise and So
e1ble as the Greek Greek literature Is also the
ul comment COleridge has told with what
,rot hc made Ia study Shakespeare and Milton
JUNCTION with the Greek dramatist~. IL
rgument for this study that the most Justly aance the
the Terminating minds the revival
II learning have been saturated with Greek literature We
whittier other studies Will lead u.s. especialy II
associated from this do TO what Submits far
bove lower region of turmoil this has led what Tie
sided outlook thence Will such studies
snls us Unfit us for the duties and the business of To-