The colored American., 1899-12-02

own In spite Of the aFgumsu,g tie,
utiIltaria lists and in spite o..ss Of ns
duc.ion Os The more gandT VI ne iahn s
the curriculum of sec01d ss01oleeR q,
ana colleget? In a tabuIs;ysa 'eaoo,.
ment recently obtained fron" fea stslS
t1onal Bureau OF Edueatjon '1s ~
lIshed d in the October DnnaIIna ana lUe
Educational Review. 500 ei Of u.
msrkable statistics are 0tye, yer! Il
ing secondaiy schools, bo.h pBbqs gJIesfn
private, Tor the first eight yfs,S rrOie .'aa
deca de beginning 1850 g1 ''Als Of d,
According to the prese,t in.
higher education one can no, VI lbe
sldered literally educated rs.e t' Ge co.,
at least a reading use OF F1o.ass LO ass ls
0ermso. Inc study Of FrescEbu Eu =! I'D
part OF a liberal education VS. VS.. L
duced In this country yery es,1S rIo ilo Mo
present century. This Wss ;,y ~ 10 lie
TO our early political r.Is,i--o olA
France and TO the use OF FTapas Nla
languages OF diplomacy, Hsr,,--a' Hu q I0s
Iege hrst recognized Inc modsrnu Va Co'
gusges and soon after the wsTo, IAc ae.
IS ablished the Smith Pro'es.orS',s. !, Isl-
Frenen and spanish; yerysho,'S14p q
that provision was made sIso alsl
teaching OF German both b.oio it 'as
Its use in the higher depsrtnIl' q
Ihougpt and because Of The MN,
OF 0oethe snO his school IN tbs c"1S S'rS
try, -'' cOla'
Through the study OF French -
man ana Italian We aTe hronoIii oFi'
touch with many Of tue nss9e'-'o a' mo
Of The worlds Literature bosa n4I'y 't-sSes
and beauty are iRsepaTable from 't,ssI -Sa.l
liz gulstlc dress. The works az c,'lal 'l5l
ana Of Schiller, CT Dante and ~ G'T'l' S1
Tach, as well as the CHAIN ana ,,I
OF the French prose afford sDcn t-'iaSS a'aS
Ia art, In sympathy, and in tbo5~t.
that the stu dent Of Literature co. sl' 81
but feel that his training hiss bsa.
seriously neglected, II he Is Un2bIs =
read and study the productions oftb.'.
mas eIs in their native g.Tb TS'
knowledge or French, ana Of g.ym.4 1-a
especially, is or vita necessity tr -
dtnGs IN colleges, universities rc.,
gradusts and professional schools T.
matters not what the sutisct rf IN
vestigatiOn may be, they VIII find tb.,
It's higher and more lntrlcgfs rbsss'
have The most part been treated bv
German ald French authorizes spi
hat recourse Is to De nad 10 such suth.
thOrlIies only through q reading NJ.
Uf tie languages in which they writ
Ia mathematics ten valuable ymT.
are Published in either French or O..
man to one III English; nearly sg a
the O6st bulletins aud reviews 10 ibs
natural ana physical sciences as well
as the standard works on these sDb,
JecIs are German publications. IA.
s,udeut OF the classics " neither iDya.tr
gazing literary or linguistic questb1.
must look 10 Germany fJT valuable s.
slstanee. Even from d strict We,
point OF utility there can be no dOus
as 10 the value Of these Language, ID
tue higher education. l. il ObylCu,v
cie-r Inas the phiiUIogist in The gnlf
ate school WLO:e business il Is 10 S91V
the individual history OF words and Q
prosecute the cOmparItiYe STUDY Il
languages is poorly equipped ind4l
unlees ne can handle the ancient AID
modern languages with equal faclll7
WIth regard 70 Il value Of the CD
satloDal Use Of the modern tongues, ii
must be SAID that the general UpiIiA
among educators Is tlRG, even il suea
knowledge can be obtaiL ed ln second
airy schools and in colleges, It is Of Do
special Value and, therefore, hss 10
well defined function IN the hlgha
educsuOn, There sre not, peIbsp
TWO colleges in the United SIsH
which OtfeT complete facilI les for &C.
quirII 6 a conversational use Of thss
languages.
Ia col usion | claim that the stud
OF any foreign Language whether IL
cient or modern is or great insight
giving value and has the effect Of tt
ing the student out of his immed3i
environment and placiD G lim 10 tC..s
either with the rich resources Of "a.
civilization or with the hig Ter cgtI
aud thought of those mod,rH Bs.H
W 1Ose civil ZatIOps have taken 3 TN
different from his own. Ig bTOsds-.
his sympslhIes, expands his though
and gives him comp eteT ides Of lll
In the language OF a famous sch0M.
''Happy are they who thTo' the tdmA
education Of the schools ale bIOugG
into touch with the attitude Of OiIa
peoples as embodied in their iaugusgri
and especially Of those peoples Eh g
spiritual life has blended inlO the ear!
currents Of Lis own"
q orge 81. LightfOot wss born 10 C1'
pepper, Va, December 2j, 1855 Dc
the local schools until be va
fourteen, when he entered h0Wsu
y University, where he TemaiUed i0i l''
years, completing the Freshman clss
he tnen entered the Sophomore css
Williams College in the fall Of l;'a
and ~ as graduated in the class Oi l''L
Both at Howard University sDa = :.
Williams College he was noted iaI -
accuracy and Tesch Of his schClar:IE
On graduating from Williams Coi,Fg
he was appointed assistant ID -
Pr paratoTy Department Of Hoah-i
University, " here he has since .sO.is55
as assis tant Professor in Lalil a. =,
the modtrn languages. Hr. Ll2l.,..,
succeeds In stimulating the lI.',,- -
and enthusiasm Of bis pupils 81 -
teachers are able TO do; aud inc ~
gress made under bil tuition ls uLL uLu'.- ...,.
Prof. LightfOOrs instruction IN PisFI- =
atOry Latin has been passed upoI :
educational experts, and be J. pIf
nOunced one of the best tescl'i. -, !.
the subject ia the country. f1i - =,
Hral years Prof. LightiOOt ns5 80 -
taking courses in Low sDd Ned.E 4
Latin at the Catholic UniysisA!. II
A meTlca. MI LiphtfoOL take -.