The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-07
PROF. MUzzARELLI HoMoRED.
TEACHERS PRESENT HIN a PURSE
AND VOTE OF THANKS.

Thoughts and EIoquence-What
the Education of the Child should
Be-EdurHti0n Natter Of the
Head and of the Heart-Its Great
Aim should BE the Up-BuIIding OF
Human Character.
Interesting closing French exercises
took place last Monday at Chatham Acad-
envy. The teachers forming the two
French normal classes. presented Prof
IiuzzarelE a well-dilel-up purse and a
vote Of thanks.
The final lesson was hardly over when
the members Of the junior class made
their entrance in the class room and took
seats by the side Of the seniors. Mr.. l..
Ferguson, assistant superintendent act
ing as spokesman for the ladies of both
| classes. ln well selected terms warmly
/ thanked the professor for his intelligent
tuition and expressed their appreciation
Of his valuable labors in the field Of edu-
cation. II gave him great pleasure, be
said. 90 Doe the voice Of the charming com
p1uy which. without one discordant note.
babe him present TO the professor this
token Of their respect. affection and graft
itude for his noble and permanent work
a work OF benehcence. of power for good
a work which had added much already to
the sum Of their knowledge and happi-
ness for the future. They hoped the pro-
fessOr would fully enjoy his vacation ana
be with them again next October.
Prof AIuzzareln. with a voice fun Of
emotion. replied feeingly: II very fully
appreciate your spontaneous tribute" he
said. land the kind words with which ii
is presented If IL Is always pleasant TO
De praised, surely the pleasure must be
double when praises come from those
IA .s
of them. When two years ago we joy
fully embarked for our intellectual voy-
age. hfty-two teachers bravely started
along with us, with the fun conviction, I
imagine that they were endowed with
the necessary strength 10 follow us till
the end of the journey. out of that mum
Der hardly two dozen have been spared TO
bring home the sad tale, showing that
more than half of our friends had over
rated their own power of endurance, and
that the way to learning Is far from be-
ing a royal road. And now that we have
reached together the sunlight shores, is
10 not a pity that our pleasure be clouded
10y the melancholy remembrance of the
girls we left behlnd2'
AS for you, more fortunate compan-
ions, who have manifested a strength OF
viii Of resistance, TO which your bearded
schOolmates could hardly attain, 1 profess
to have the greatest admiration. BY de-
voting TO higher studies the few hours
left 70 you between school time, you have
shown great deal Of that pluck, energy
and perseverance which are the principal
characteristics of the American race.
Your efforts, / am proud TO acknowledge,
have been crowned with high success,
and by thus improving the springs of
your mora influence you have once more
VIGOROUSLY demonstrated that you were
worthy of the great duty devolVlng upon
you-the education of the young
Then the professor proceeded by laying
down the principle that the education of
ind rHNn "a IIlnFH nd
ton TO progress on the part of the nation,
and that 1t was one of the highest duties
Incumbent on community to see to it
that the opportunity OF education IN all
higher things should be placed within the
reach of all. Nature had its laws which
We're ineXorable, and in accordance With
which IL was necessary TO proceed If
positive advance was to be made in the
direction not merely of the discovery OF
the hidden mysteries of the universe, but
likewise II real progress was 70 be made
In the great task OF eleVating humanity.
The great natural philosophers, to
whom the world owed so much for what
had been already accomplished, dealt
largely with the play Of material forces.
Those to whom had been entrusted the
work Of education, whether in the great
university or in the primary school, must
recognize that their duty lay with even
higher matters than those which occupy
the attention of almost any other class
OF men and women. II was theirs to en-
deavor, by working on moral and spir-
itual lines, to raise the whole tone of the
life around them, Education was not "a
matter merely of the head. but also of
the heart. Carlyle had spoken with just
contempt Of the 'gerund-grinders
who IN the past had limited
and life by imparting the mere details of
knowledge in Q. form destitute alike of
charm and iof force Something more
than instruction In dry and embarrassing
formulae was necessary, not only for the
highest development OF the intellect but
also in order that the highest plane of
-
which the soul itself rested, which was
1.-THE noblest part of every individual
Unless proper training and nutriment for
be in vain. Hence, ii was necessary to
make a careful study of the nature of
the child, mot only individually, but in
Wordsworth had declared, in line, the
truth of which Is apparent to all: THE
child is father Of the man."
"If we wish to see the young people
in our families and schools become hon
Ored and useful citizens, we should con-
slider our duties to begin at a very
early stage in their lives. We should
by judlcious training, commence our work
men of the race at that period when
they are most susceptible to the infiu-
ences around them. With that object in
view. we should try to promote the har-
monious development of the various fac
ulties and powers of the child If the
great Cathedral in an its strength, lOfti-
tined to remain a lasting me-
mortal to the genius of the
architect, the laws of symmetry had to
be observed. The body, if it were to grow
up in health, strength and beauty, required
to be symme trcal; and the same was
true Of the mind, an instrument infinitely
more complicated. The body and mind
acted and reacted upon each other; and
hence the most careful attention had to
be paid to each, if we We're to be re-
warded for our labors by the attainment
in the child of "a sound mind in a sound
body"
The lecturer then gave a definition of
what he considered true education to be
He said: ITO discover with an eye whose
glances are inspired by love what there
is Of noblest and best, what there is of
truly sublime and godlilSe in the nature
of the child, to read its very soul, and
then with heartfelt sympathy and kindly
effort, to promote the harmonious eX-
panson and the true development of its
best instincts, whilst, at the same time
endeavOring TO eradicate everything that
is evil to do all this is education in the
highest sense of the word" He next de-
voted himself to the consideration of the
great principles that underlay education
He said that the parable of the houses,
one Of which, being built on sand, quickly
fell into ruin when the winds came, and
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