New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-07-07
CHAUTAUQUANS AT WORK.
OPENING OF THE COLLEGE OF LIBERAL
ARTS AND THE TEACHERS RETREAT.
REMARKS BY CHANCELLOR VINCENT AND
VARIOUS HEADS OF DEPARTMENTs-PRo-
FESsoR CLARKS LECTURE on
ORIENTAL ARCHITECTURE.
,sY TELEGRAPH TO THE THIBUSE.'


treat were held at II O'Clock this morning. In me
Aluph,theatre Chancellor v,ncent welcomed the
pupils OF tho summer schools Professor j. 1.
Edwards representing the Departments of science ana
| Chemistry was the next speaker. Colonel Porter
spoke for the Department Of Pedagogy The art OF
,caching" ne said. "is the greatest Of all arts we
do not aim teach methods, bu, to study the child
ard the means 10 develop the child. The dragon OF
tradition guards the school house" Frederick starr
followed for the Department Of Anthropoogy ana
Professor Anderson for the Department OF Phys'c'a
| Culture Dr. Anderson said that the norman cIisseS
o, his school are already full and he gave ~ III
v,toton 70 the special The parents class Is
| %, uothors p,rtcularly Four lessons are gwen,
| With a view TO the Intelligent correction OF common
| physicinl defects In children. such as droop'hs
| shoulders.
| Professor Gilmore Of the Department OF Engish
literature referred to the usefulness oil the 'hau'"uluu
co,lcce in providng an opportunity for college stu
dent, 10 take ND studies in which they are weak anu
in afording graduates the opportunity 70 take P's'
graduate courses It is better" he said. u go 10
| Johns Hopkins University for three years thah "
come TO Chautauqua for three years; but thrce years
| al Chautaioua afford broader OUTLOOK una" ''o
scholar would other wise have. and give nm lhsp'l'
ton and culdancer Professor Moses Cot Iyler WIN
will conduct the classes in American history n'aue
| ,h o,otro address He said: IL have come to
Chautauaua quite as much to learn ms to teach alu
| IN understand the phenomena OF the ChauIauqua
| movement" Other members OF the 'hiu'""l
faculty on the platform were PROFESSORS Our '"
| Cutting l.. IL. Batcheldcr, sylvester Burnhath ~ a.
McCIenohan. Rufus Richardson and Lewis stuart
President william r. Harper, principal OF the oonese
OF Liberal Arts detained this morning by oe1"u
train and his address consequently delivered tuis
| afternoon at . o'clock. DR.. Harper spoke Oh Inc
Rational and the Rationalstic Higher CRITICISM
| A lecture on Lowell, by Professor Gilmore. and
round table Of the c. l.. S. e. were features VI the
afternoon with vesper services In the amphitheatre
| At 8 p. M, In the theatre. Professor T. warren
Clark delivered to large audience the nrst OF series
~ illustrated Oriental lectures Tho subject was
.rhreo Tvpes OF Moorish Architecture the Tai Mailu
y, Asia: the Alhambra OF Europe, and the Ponce de
Leon OF America" The speaker said Among al
the treasures OF art and beauties Of architecture
adjoining three continents, none have ehcltN ihore
admiration on the part Of Travellers descriptive "reis
and students Of history than the famous gems Vi
Agra Grenada and ST. Augustine, the types OF dy hasueS
whose opulence and spendOr long since passed away
| History contains strange condolences, and these
beautiful edfces mark three milestones IN the adVoc
Of tho centuries In 1892, when feiulhalu anu
Isabella made their riumphal entry into the Aoahoa
and the embarked for tho opposite shores OF the
Mediterranean, 10 retnrn Columbus entered Tue
gates Of the New World. 1t was within sight OF the
! same Alhambra when Columbus was leaving the
spanish realm discouraged, that Queen Isabella sent
| messengers and called him back and commissioner
him IN cross tho unknown sea- He set sail In scarch
of the riches Of the Indies, but found the New World
| in his WAY Had he reached the original object Oh
his search. he would have found the Moorish and
Mahomcan power rising 10 It's zenith In india at The
| very period when IT, sun was setting IN SPAIN j,
The first type Of architecture, the TAI Mahal OF
Agra is the most magnificent tomb the world mas ever
seen II WINS erected by the Emperor shah Jehan, in
| memory Of the Empress Jehanara Begun Ihc Whole
| Empire was laid under tribute to build IT, IL was D.
gun in 1880: 20OuO wOrkmen were engaged seventeen
years In It's construction. standing on the banks OF
| The sacred Jumna In the midst Of luxuriant tropical
garden approached by a colossal gateway ana ihnh'r
| by two imposing mosques II Is unique ana unrVaied
The marble and precious stones entering lnto us
structOn were gathered from all parts Oh the Asu,N
| continent It's cost probably exceeds that OF st.
Peters at Rome, and though not so massive III pro-
| portions It's carved work. moesics. dcncate thce,y
wrought In stone. and PERCUSSION Oh c.suy se NE b
| tect The whole building Is surn0lnte by az oren
| tai dome swelling ont into nearly twothlrus OF a
sphere and tapcrIng al the top into crescent upld
| spire. This tomb seems more IKE tempe Ol Pr.sc
! than "A shrine of sorrow The spirit OF love Pervades
rs silent chambers sprituallzng the cold marble ana
making the whole structure dream. poem in stone.
Tile second type Of Moorish architecture ), tae
on an elevated terrace In the suburbs Of Granada
con Ssts Of a series OF courts OF similar saracenic
! design. The court OF the Lions. the court Of TIE
Wyrfles and the court OF the Fountains present the
| same general types Of architecture a. MoSe III uH'
| palace forts If Agra and Delhi , WA
the Ponce dc Leon. OF ST. Augustine. This
though belonging the period Of the spanish Renals-
| ridnr from the prevailing Moorish type. 1t IS
| snd Professor Clark " historically appropriate mat
| in Inc oldest spanish settlement In America, within
| SIGHT Of the Old weather beaten ramparS or the
spanish fort Of St Augustine there rises in our own
! dpy he newest and nohlcst expression of Moorish
| art which has yet appeared on this continent