The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-06-18

n0w going on between the friends Of
classical and technical or practical edu.
cx.ion. and argued cosLow that oEe Sss
in great neAe1fe depeuten! On The
Other W make the "l1li rounded man"
We haze today Distinction between
the so-calid ljbetGl education aDd the
practical. He then ieSced the dite:.
ercs between the tetGs liberal and
practical, arguing that young Men
yhould lint be educated "Iibs'ElIy" and
then "pfzciicaily"-the general edtcs'
,i0a CONES frs!, then the special; trst
mike Of the boy well rounded rnzD,
and then 1T Him for the profession IN
life which he Ia 70 follow.
The Doctor made q Erobg plea 10
favor Of
TIE GTCDT or TIE cLAss!CG.
Many people you'd say, "Why waste
time 10 the stndy Of the dead Languages
end o,he, ma:Iefs that viii be o; no
practical nse in the futpreY They will
point 10 inet2ncfs where classic learn.
Ing has been Of no benefit whatever TO
The man who hes followed practical
DusineEs lie. Al this ha. very taking
sound, but I. IL not a fair argument.
You are tod knowledge Is power, but
there ID 10 powe! about knowledge.
knowledge Only shows enc how % ex.
rrcise the power he already pog1eEsea.
It Ia not what 4 man know. but what he
can DO. Doez the physician, 0! lazy or, or
theOlOgi2D know how " apply the znow!.
edge be has? il the important question.
We educate men 10 give thetu power
and not 10 give them knowledge. We
cultivate in the youth who intends TO
be a lawyer, for instance, the faculty OF
applying hia knowledge OF Law, 30 tina,
he will be q practical lawyer and no.
merely walking dictionary Of Law, 60
that the educated man stgnds out yell
rounded man. 1t is true that the dead
languages, the knowledge Of algebra,
geometry, tr2onomet:y. etc., may g.art
10 no direct purpose s0t may he iorg9t-
ten, bat II gcryes a purpose BEye: !Ie!eea.
Everything that Ii ever learned stf7es Z
purpose. II shows The student that II
there ~ anything lie needs TO know he
can learn 1t. Wefaah lhese youn2 men
the dead !zngus2eg and the c.4tticg be.
cause they Involve tho study Of the pro.
tncts OF the greatest minds in history.
Touching another phage Ct his cub
ject, the Doctor szid that there IL an
atmosphere about a college lLa. is no.
where else. 1t develops the mind. It
brings students Of various gec,long Ia
contact witI each other. There ID an
education ah0ut college as.Qc;ations that
cannD: be described. and it Ia . greet
deal better 10 20 10 college and loaf than
not 10 20 at all. DR.. N0Ga, c!oged With
al eloquent srguent In behalf Of higher
education and at the conclusion OF his
address WA heartily applauded.
TIE GRADUATES. OIL
After muEic by the orchestra, the Eve
,nesahets 81 the graduating c!atg deiy-
cred their 0ra,Ioue, each being entLusi-
aa,icalIy applauded az be appeared.
Dir. ". q. CAldYcll'g orgLiou was an
entertaining history Of matches from the
time OF the Invention Of friction match.
en-, in 1916. TO the present. Sir. Cald.
Wells Grafton was wei! delivered.
There was a vein OF humor Yunninr
through 1t, his reference to bass.balI
matches, boxing matches and love
matcLea bringing down the house.
Mr. +. II. Cfocka!d's topic vas "Alu.
miIuln," aud his Grafton gh0yed care.
ful research and q familiarity with met.
aInrgIcal subjects quite beyond bis
Year,.
Mr. G. II. Duncan'g well conceived
and vel! delivered Grafton on "Imayina.
ton" spark!ed with wit and was one Of
the -ableht prepared addresses on the
Mr.. +. la Ring gave an interesting
comparison between "The Old Times
aud the Ecw,"' his description Of The
progreas OF civilization during the past
century being worthy Of more than a
pasaing notice. t.5
Dir. /. J. koemcr's paper on the "In.
caH oil Peru was q most instructive his.
toflcal production, and bore evidence
that the writer has been Il close student
Of history.
LIEUT.. HhEs9ERaREuTHEE'H Address,
This closed the cxerciaea Of the grad |
ualing class, and Lieutenat Brcuucrs.
rerthcr Professor Of Mathematics and
Teacher Of tho Military tactics, was in.
lr0ductd 10 the audience. lie was
greeted with great applause and dcliy.
cred a btiei address, making IN elegant
and hpeclaI plea In behalf Of Linaly In.
slltute. Speaking OF the particular de.
pnrtment over which he prcaides, he
proceeded 10 SHOW tbs Importance oil
lcacliing military tactics In educational
Ins,ltutlons. The military icnluro. he
taid. ~ Intended 10 develop the physi.
al being Of The boy, to preserve his
health and to augment his mental
power, and not to cultivate in him fl
spirit. Tho Lieutenant nd.
vocated physical culture, and stated that
10 was heartily. In laror o! adding
% tho institution gymnasium In order
hat the MUSCLES as well ~ the minds OF
he boys may be developed. Tho mill.
AIRY drills straighten tho figures aud
and cultivate discipline and
manners, and the gymnasium Is needed
o mako tho physical trimming more per.
cot The Lieutenant closed by showing
Inc nccel4lty for encouraging such llome
rs tho ljns|y, where boys
an DC prepared for collcgc without send.
hs them away from home and thus ex.
posing them 10 the temptations OF life
before they arrive ut the ugu OF discre.
Ion. - $50
:, Alter muhlc by the orchestra SIr. A,
W. Campbell presented tho graduates
WIN tho certificates, which, Inc said,
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