New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-04-28

idle, however, and wrote many Important "iV'''''
on his favorite themes during his enforced rest
SIXTY YEARS AN EDUCATOR.
"A sKETcn OF VARIED AND SUCCESSFUL
cAREER-Dn BARNARD's INTEREST
IN YOUNG MEN.
Frederick Augustus Porter Barnard. 5 r. D. Ill. d..
f. H. D., D. G. L. the eminent matheua'iclaA'
phvsicst and educator. and for nearly twenty-five
wears the honored president Of Columbia college was
hor, IN MAY 3 100 IN >icfcld Mass. when Thomas
Jefferson was at the head Of the Nat" lie was meal
descendant. In The seventh rcntfac"h u fI""'S
barnard of Coventry .WarWicRshile Enclan!"h came
10 This country in 1896 settling first near MaSSd'
cbiscts Bay then at Hartford Conn. and later al
IIadIev Ma. His mother was descended Ill the
eighth generation from John Porter. of Warwchsmre'
who cane t. Massachusetts Law I'm 1875; he was
descendant in n" siNccntL crrcraton. Of William dc
la Cfande d Knight who followed William the ION
qucror from Normandy into England In lloO' Ills
son wa, grand" uor'cur % Henry nl2O-llfo from
which Circumstance be received the name OF fof'e'.
aftcrvafd borne hv tic family DR.. lalnaN s. ia'heI
Wa Robert Foster ralraiI prominent LAWYER ana
several time STATE senator from >hcin"h. IFS
mother. a woman OF rare abilities. VA Miss August"
Porter. the daughter of John Porter NJ d. Vi Sd''S
bury. Conn. ~
nr Barnard I'm a magazine article on How
VA F,ucatcd~ puld be-, III 1-@6. gave an interest
ing sketch 81 bis early hfr Wien b" was ihI"' year
old ~, Wa TO The Village district S'h"' i'll H"'1
field with his sister. two wears bis SENIOR VII" p''""
the wife Of uil.d Statc~ senator Port ci M'I-''
Uc had IT, good fortune BE- said. To be- born III me
middle Of his family, General John G.. Harnar'' u'
,r,lII,own ENGINE r. VINO died ia H. being younger
br,fIrr The miserable reading oi the scholars i'hl
sin Ia twenty years cd pul1lt him FOR Young d. ne
wa, hc could read well havin- acquired th' aDiiN
frD,n The same source from which d'rNu ANUS
,evcrytbiug c!, in ne fai COOL NJ there IS any s'h
chou. .Ff1 pagli
,ikc school, IL. o," ploa-iuc incident bcnr The mas
,cr,s daily ACKNOWLEDGEMENT that I'll" boys may 20 out
10 play
o,,,o .-yAI,N FOR SIX YEAR-oLD LAD.
fre M Dr. Oril Dewey, who became lie ra'tor
of the Church Of the Messiah in this city. opened
grammar school In the village of sheffield the follow
anc wear and the Young pupil was sent there WIFI DIS
sister, 10 keep him out Of mischief" When he
reached ac, of years. his father decided tha'
was time for him TO begin study of the Eunauitics
and cvillagc clergyman wa engaged IA instfuci nm
I'm Latin Tai, scheme failed, however ana on" "i ms
fathers law clerks took up the TASK. After struggle
OF wear or two the Latin grammar was mastered
committed Ia memory from beginning to end, rules
and exceptions. cvmoosy. syntaX and prI~ody, word
for word bv hcart' His father put Shakespeare into
his hands before he was SIX years old. and later his
mother introduced him COwpcr. Burns. Golt>Hth'
Scott Byron. Addison Burhc and Robertson having
previously given him the " Mother Goose Mel"lF'''
Robinson Crusoc7 and the "Plgrlms Inogre~s.'
Among the achievements Of his boyAood. n the con
struciinn of mechanical con'rVance for which hr had
propensity, were wind mills, Walcl-mll- flaming
mills riIhammer~. elcd~, barrow, kite, and cross
bows
At the age Of uinc the young scholar was sent 10
Sarat ga S,mincs. "a live with Ms maternal grand
father and there he became student In the saratoga
Academy In This >chool he began 10 take an interest
I'm Latin and read nearly an that f. now required for
admission 10 Columbia COLLEGE. There hc also took
M the study of Greek. III saratoga he first saw
printing Office. which interested him much that be
learned t. type. He -ct up many PAGES of The
Saratoga sentinel This voluntary apprenticeship 10
the printers trade wa, viewed at distance as an
important element h his ciucaron. H. remained in
SARATOGA three wears. wien Ac went to iOcLDridsc
Mas. attending school under The direction OF MAYOR
Jared Curtis. At Stocklridse Ire acquired his first
notions 4 rhy Sic subject which became the iavorte
pursuit Of his varied studies.
\ LEADER IN ATHEMATICS.
In 1891. when Dr. barnard fifteen years old
he ready enter 49, (uIlrs Hcjrc the close
of the sophomore Year he the recognized leader
Of the class in the study of the pun mathematics AMI
exact sciences, ON september 10. 102-. he was
graduated second I'm lis cla,~. and the next week he
began life Of teaching. beginning his long and useful
career al the Hartford Grammar school Al Hartford
Professor Barnard met the poet Whittier and formed
all intimate friendship that has continued uubrohcu
nearly sixty years. H. wrote for The Hartford
Review which MIR. Whittier then editing Both
were fond Of Eastern history, and in 1910. when the
Onakcr poe, published Miriam a sort Of Eastern
poem. he showed his fondue>, for the friend of his
youth by defeating the volume To lin. After Dr
Barnard came Acwlorh 10 live. Mr.. Whittier wrote
that when he knew tire prc>cui president Of Columbia
College. IN the old DAYS hc fcl, that IN the
matter Of literature and poetry Or. barnard had
far greater chance for distinction than himself Dr.
Barnard In his younger days wrot' many poems some
of which were published but the majority of them
were designed only for friends When Columbia
dCollcge held its centennial celebration, III lso7.
q DR.. Barnard wrote y College Slogan which was
y, printed IA Tie Tribune.
In order prosecute hi, stolie, III physics and the
.sner mathcmatc> Dr. Barnard learned - read FIvnc
fl Hartford and he two wears that he IN the
grammar school there lie concluded more advan-
tsgeous to him oducau0uaLy than Any other equal
period OF his NE There hc wrote tie Inst OF h, many
books. The school AriiAmruc7 which appcar,N In
1s29. which found much favor a, ale that fl
placed on the list Of books required for admission.
The next year Professor Barnard published "a Treatise
on Arithmetic which was an addition 10 Bridges
Comic sections the Yale authorities soon made lis
a text hook In the college. OtAer Institutions fol
lowed the example by Yale and for many years
the majority OF the college students In thi, country
used this book In their study Of the higher mathe-
naics.
Two years after bis graduation and before be W.,
tweniy.onc years old Or. Barnard returned to Yale
rs tutor bu, AT the end Of year he resigned h.
tuiorshp 10 tahc charge OF department In the Amer
fcsn Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb Hartford. The
cause of his sudden change his life plans WAS due
10 the beginning OF tho affection from
which he suffered during all hts life. lie
had "a scl ere Illness while he in Hartford. and
when he recovered from Il he found that his hearing
Wa some what affected Deafness hereditary
and the possibility Of ono day becoming deaf
heavy shallow his bright prospects. and he
% much depressed that be left Yale.
Afser beng In the Hartford Asylum for q year. ae
.~psed higher position In the Institution for the