The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-12-28
COLLEGE, SECTION CLOSES.
Pass Resolutions Fayering the
Study of Greek in High Schools. :

| - Study of Greek in High Schools. :
The closing meeting of the college
session of the Minnesota Educational as
/ ISOLATION in Central high school was. one
| OF marked interest and enthusiastic dis
fcussion of the topics on the programme.
For some reason this department of high
| er educational work has not received its
i proper consideration in the, past sessions
| of the association. The spirit of today S
meeting as shown in addresses and reso-
| buttons, indicates that. if the public be
not entirely deaf to the appeals of those
4 educators there will be a hearty response
| from school boards and all in authority
and influence, for a more earnest con-
s:deration of the values Of thorough
| classical course.
! Prof. III. &c. Wilson of the department
1 of mathema tics and astronomy of Carrie
/ ton college. read very interesting
1 paper on the "New Star of 1901 This
| star suddenly appears in constellation
I Perseus on the night of Feb. q, 1901, be-
I came nearly as bright as the brightest
! star in the heavens for a couple OF days
and then slowly Waned until it became
invisible to the naked eye. It is still
visible with a field glass and will doubt
/ less remain visible in the great telescope
for years to come After giving an ac-
/ count of the fluctuations of the light and
color of the star the professor spoke of
| various theories which are offered to
| explain it's sudden apparition, such as
the collision of two dark suns, the in
tersection of two great streams of me-
teoric matter the running of dark star
| through a nebula, concluding as follows:
perhaps the best explanation of the
| apparition of new star is not that of
1 actual collision between two bodies or of
| two swarms of bodies, but rather that
| of a very close approach OF two dark
| suns, so close that the tidal action of
1 one upon the other, shall draw away the
| dense atmosphere from portions of their
| surface, and even break open their crusts,
| letting out the pent up forces of molten
| matter from Within
! Although this paper with it's stupendous
| calculations of time and distance was a
| trif1e staggering to those who were
not familiar with this subject, it was
! listened to with much interest, and was
| discussed. Prof. Leavenworth. of the
| University of Minnesota. led in a dis
| cussion of the subject. He was followed
| by others, who, despite their erudition,
! by their questions and answers, echoed
/ he said, touching one point: THE fact
| is I do not know much about them.
| It's too hard for me"
The next paper, Should Greek be Be
| gun in the Freshman Class" was read
| by Prof. L.. M. Anderson, of Gustave
! AGolphus college.
The reading of this paper provoked a
! hearty discussion in which Prof. Ander-
! sons main contentious were enthusiastic
| ally concurred in. Horace Goodhue, dean
! of Carleton college, expressed his pleas
ure at the prominence which had been
given in the paper to the Making of
Men, and referred to the strong lead
ers of our nation who were the direct
preduct of the solicitude of our fathers
for the church and school. The import
nf hiohpr To
| who are acting in the most responsible
of spheres, he Illustrated by statistics
| showing that college men have consti-
| tUted 80 per cent of the national house
| of representatives, 80 per cent of the
senate and 60 per cent of presidents and
! 20 per cent of the supreme court.
The broad culture and strength of
mind of Chief Justice Marshall, he SAID,
| probably accomplished more for the sta
billty and orderly. working of our gov
| eminent in our formative period than
was accomplished even by large bodies
of his patriots. The ptifully small
percentage of Greek graduates from
Greek classical course only proves that
We are getting away from the old courses.
| Whether the new order of things will
! be satisfactory will be for time to tell
| This evident decline of the classics was
declared by Prof Goodhue to be largely
| traceable to the action of our school
boards, but that school boards, if proper
pressure were brought to bear upon
them, could be induced to provide for
Greek. DIR. Walstrom expressed his be-
! lief that proper consideration should be
| had for the natural preference of the
| student for memory or intellectual work
and declared his belief that Greek should
not be studied if not commenced in the
preparatory course. 1t should be put
on the same plane with Latin. He OBJ
| served that after Latin and. Greek had
been pruned from the classical courses
Latin had been found necessary and had
| been re1nStated.
! Dr. Brooks placed the blame for the
retirement of Greek upon the Eastern
| colleges and lamented that whereas
fifty years ago the classical course meant
something, today nothing is so easy to
/ drop out as Greek. Eastern colleges now
| grant degree of A. B. for a doubtful
! one years work in this classic, which
the venerable doctor considered an hon
or hardly worth fighting for-better give
the degree for anything studied in col
1ege.
| The University of Minnesota really
makes provision for an exhaustive study
of Greek, and by the beginning in the
| high school a five years course may be
! obtained by an adjustment of the curricu-
| lum. He would not have raw boys and
| girls study Homer that they might read
| Greek, but study Greek that they might
read Homer.
Prof. Hutchinson was an earnest advO-
cate of the Greek course, and believed
that he who reads Greek as he ought
to would be endowed with spirit that
would make him a better citizen and
patriot.
| President Wallace, of Manchester, con-
CURED in what had been said, and round
| ly scored Minneapolis for the shameful
way in which Greek had been kicked
from the high schools of that city.
DIR. Brooks hoped for the coming Of
better times for Minneapolis.
Dr. Haynes dwelt upon the increasing
number of students coming into the en-
| cheering department, and thought that
many had come who might be better
adapted for the study of Greek.
Father Dolphin, from St. Thomas,
| thought that there was an attempt to
cover too much ground, and that some
! thing was wrong where students do not
like Greek and do not ontinue it's study.
Election of officers.
The following officers were elected for
next year: President, William w. Payne
! Carleton college; vice president, Mrs. Ju-
liza johnson, Manchester college; secre-
tary, DR.. J. E. Granrud, University Of
| Minnesota; executive committee, Prof. L.
H Bachelor, Of Hamline university;
Prof /. NJ Anderson, Of Gustayus
Adolphus college; Prof. Willis West,
University of Minnesota.
| The members of the college section were
greatly pleased with the session this
year. The papers were all of a high
order, the discussions were pointed and
| instructive, the meeting of so many col
| lege men was full of stimulus, and their
| lunching together made fitting close to
one of the best meetings they have ever
| held.
The following resolution was proposed
! and carried by a unanimous vote: 1t
is the sense of the college section OF the
i IL o:c,tic aot