The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-10-10

has felt the inspiration or Whitney, and a Whitcombe, and Paccard. As a. lover of scholarship 1 was proud of what Yale has done for our field of educational work As you are deter mined to make this Nn occasion that shall appeal to all scholars, I would be disloyal to my life-work if I could not congratulate the club and the college. Yale has shown her faith by her works; the new home for the languages of ancient Greece and Italy in the beauti- full hall, the monument of one of Yale's distinguished sons, is token of the re- gard you feel in that which contrib utes to the life of higher education in | America. Phelps Hall' is a "Mema- moribilia,' a joyous assertion of the es- sential spirit of Yale. This occasion l rises to greater scope. My purpose l was to give review of American scholarship, the features of its present work, and a prophecy of it's future, but data could not be gathered during my wanderings ove~ the Acropolis through the Black Forest, and through | the Forum of Rome.
 1 My first year of professional study
 
 | years ago; these forty years suggest many things; among others the Wan derings in the Wilderness; I may not Ee censured if I give my own wander | ings.
 l Long before the 'fifties" men had be- gun to turn to the German universities in slight degree; only since the middle of the century, however has the num- Der been very large, of those who went. It was an early dream of mine. To sit at the feet of the great men in those universities was an opportunity that would stir the blood of any youth. A 1 tour in Greece or a sojourn in Rome were not to be compared to it. It was possible for an archaeologist in those days to write an extract on Pompeii without ever having been there. But new era has come To-day the proper ly educated American instructor is bet- ter equipped as teacher than his Ger man brother. A glorious age for the classical student is on the horizon. As I looked at that little white spot in Athens, the Acropolis, I could not help l thinking how much more it means now to scholars than 1t did in my boyhood days. The scholar of modern methods smiles as much, and perhaps, at the old methods, as does the bicyclist at early | attempts at wheeling.
 I It has been remarked that Amer | jeans have an especial fondness for grammar; but the thorough gramma- rian alone can fully appreciate the deli cate infections of any language, and l oln Gull ,atn {l,o | finest passages in the lyric poets. l Translation is more and more becoming a high art. The present reaction against grammar is only preparing the | way for more exact grammar.
 A year or two in Germany was for merly considered to be the fitting post Jude and a complete education; this 1 privilege is coming to be widefelt ne- l cessity and wide spread privilege. Even more, the advantages from a period of l study in Greece or Italy. No one can censure the enthusiasm we all feel for ! the home of the classics. There is an overpowering sense from the ilnmedi-
 ateness of objects about you, as you stand on Athenian soil; an impression
 that cannot be gained from any other source.
 Dr. Gildersleeve rounded out the full need of praise for Dr. Doerpfeld, when he said in closing: Among all my joys
 I count first the time I spent with the
 noted speaker we have heard this af-
 ternoon. I canont analyze my enthu- siasm for him, but we never can an- alyze genius. Perhaps his noblest trait is his love for imparting information to all who ask him. To follow him is fas- cinating to a degree"
 Adjournment was then made to the new club rooms, where the throngs of enthusiastic guests were entertained in a more material way by the refresh- ments served The formal opening Of the new Phelps hall has set even one
 degree higher the prestige of Yale's classical club.