North Carolina Newspapers

:.'-''ii ...? k ' '. - , - . . ' . ! : '"-! " . . ' j " . - (t ' . ' - ' ' . ' .rttiinwiy.r'f-rfr 1 i : I: f r T 1 1 E W E K Iv L V L E D G E U . i INSTRUCTION OP CIHLDliEX Saturday,- - 4 - - June 29, 1878. KATE OF SUBSCKIPTIOX One copy, "one? year, ' - $1.50. One copy, six month?, - - - .$1.00. tiSubscriptions must lm pakl in ad vance. - - ; KATES, UV ADVKUThSIXU : One square, one insertion, .- - $1.00. Eaeh subsequent insertion, - 50c. . fcjy special contracts made for larger Advertisements. . - RANK , 1). WINSTON, ) r f liouKHT 1. PELL; dd-ors. e" notice:- We be Pfeafd to publish any communica tions from any person relative to the yooil of tJi& people btU any commu nication relative to personal- matters or tending to briny about a contro versy will not be tolerated. K d's. . 1 M K. BADGE R, . . We visited a short time ago the jolil'and new cemeteries in .ISaleigb. Wesaw no monument - to George E: Badger. Alas ! that it should be &3i The announcement which wc : make wilh, we hope, call attention tp thejmatter. We will not venture tqVrite'orj the suject. ' heSeonle ol NorthaCarpliria,;inhey have. not lost tneir pride, vili see to it.that the rest ting p-taee of tta'grcat and good man is marked by a fittjwg monument. TnE Congressional race in' this district promises , to be spirited. Johnston county lias declared lor Genj W. Ii. Cox. -1 We hear other narar mentioned. There is ,no nse of asking s hovr we stand. We are ' ; for that . prrrcr . virtue-rev learned, chrisliau , gentleman Jon. J. Davis, lie has served us well. Our interest has been his only care. He neg lectcd a-large and lucrative practice for the purpose of serving usi The people want him again. His elec Hon is the redemption- orihis-tf is, Irictj If he should refuse to be a candidate, there will be no lack bf men to lake his . place, as the woods are-fall of politicians lying around who .can, after mueh persuasion be induced to serve their conntry. . Their, love for;Nor(li Carolina U .great, but thfcy can .be induced to leave for' a short time two years, ( Before we issue another copy of the Lkihjek the glorious' Fourth will ; - t have come and gone. The dsys of big drunks and orations have passed. We seldom hear how the best! blood ' of our rWrees of mingled with the dark waters of the Catawba, or how our patriotic sons bled at Lcxt ingtoii. Patriotism has dgerierai ted. In the place of the usual ora- tion aud fireworks usually had at this place, we call on the ertizrens of the village to give the Normals a big dinner. Have large tables spread in the Campus, and let people from '.all . parts of the State meet and eat a hi" dmnerj and rio doubt' it - will- be hcnhhfnl for them to retire at night - and dream of little George and the hatchet, ami think how wonderful a , thing Thomas Jefferson did when he penned--the immortal document, The Fourth of .July is very much like a bird stripjed of its plumage. It is a beautiful siirht to visir the evening session of the Normal School arid see the learned Miss Coe sitting on our rostrum surrounded by the happy faces of little boys aud girls. It looks as if North Carolina is soon to see a better day The educational training of the children of the lan-l has,be sjjdfy neglected. They are wot restrained at that period oiMife when begins that restless desire- tor roaming. Tliey are wot surrounded by the proper. influences when begins that wonderful desire to .-become ac piairited with every thing, andvheu commences that inquisitiveness 'oi which older persons too oftn allow themselves to weary. When they btsgin school, no care Js takento select a school specially adapted -to supply their educational wants; They lack the schools with older girls and boys. They are neglected and consequently , fail of the &timf!TS wnicw sa.ouid ue given to make them have a desire to learn. .They are placed in school rooms with persons oldar and stronger than themselves, and they , cannot get their sharupf pure oXygen Consequently their health hecomes enfeebled, v i No- regard is paid to giving them exercise ira the open su-nlightand the bodies are 'dwarfed ! ' , In a word, where children should be most cared for, they are most neg lected. -But we think there is a brighter future in store for the youth of our State. . ; ' At, the' formal School our teachers arc learning . the new method of training children intellect--uaily,:' "Will they go home nd put this karninr i"to practice?'1 We truly hope-so anjd then owr children will become more anxious to learn, more eager to inquire, more calcula ted to develop into fis ciiiaens for the glorious ; commonwealth of - 1 North Carolina. - - .. . Teachers of the State it is a sacred trust, this forming the life of a child. It is with you what sort of a man the child will make. ,''.' . ' When you go home,bi ii?hten up the oM dull dusky school ror,u ilake it attniictive by the addition of flow ers aud pictures, flood fyour school room with a plenty of free a:r and permit God's sunlight to beam on thej faces of the little; ones; keep thtm as busy as a hive of bees; 'vary youir' teaching with songs, good htoriesr music- and bodily exercise: teach the childveu to love one an other; and alove all instil into their minds a sentiment of morality and p fear and reveferico for their Creator! ,'Do these and a thousand other things which the' Normal Sclfool Ifrofessors Ijavc called to your -.minds1 and 'you will then just' be eoiinnencirig. to do good work in the; eunealional . vine yard. The harvest is'pleni.y but the laborers arc -few. leachers go forth with the determination', to minister !to the educational wants of the chil dren ot the State;, go forth to satisfy their mental cravings, and you will then be gaining-ibr yonr soids a rich, ripe reward, i 1 , SCIIOpL. ! SECOND; ANNUAL SESSION. i Ft:iiAyF0VllTI1 dy' " Exercises' opened as usual with redding the scriptures, singing, ,and prayer by Kev. J. F. Ileitman. i; President Battle announced that there would be a social party be ginning at 8 o'clock in, the Univer sity library to which aH the Normal .students were invited. L . vrhe Marshals appointed were Meesrs. James Phillips, F. D. Win ston, Isaac M. Taylor, E. Ljllams, Isaac E. Emerson and 11. P. Poll. The divisions were theu - marclred out in order- to their respective reei tat ion rooms, j ; - .- Prof Owens-j was present . at his recilatiows- and every thiig'p'ro;cs,edcd as ust?al. " - - At lli o'clok the school assem bled in Grirard i llall to hear Prof. Ladd. lecture. lie said : My subject is;uOur Professio-n." We are Ty the inaumiiation 'of It fee' Normal Sclrool a body of pTOsiohal techersyjiy,. tw8lituo; There is great ; unportamte, in. es.hh. ('tirst duality "-esse At 1 1 :20 the clirss in SLafkespeai e met. and listened to a short lecture by Prof Page! The time for recita tion was changed from 11:0 to 1 in the evening. "The class again Jtssern bled at that hour,. and Prof Page delivered a lecture- fully consistent with his teaching, of simple, pnrt, expressive English , on Shakespeare; '"'Asia verv man and acorn panionablQ one In" this .class even the most '.drstinguish'id of our. professors and teachers are content to sit, and catch "the unadulterated sartiples; of 'our ! " I ! . - . lit; nmeh-a-d iilto rated- lafiguage, which ficvr ' in easy and . grricetul; expres: sions from . this youthful instructor. Surely never before did we. realize how utterly shuliow and (Uwdtory vvas our knowledge ot ourjbwn, na tive toftgne. ;-- I i . At 12,, M., Prof. Ladd del ?e red a lecture on the "Quanfications of a Teacher." The substance of his re marks is as- folio vrs ? Tliese thoifghts on the qualifications of a. teacher re-, fer lo those - which, ate essential to success in teaching, our common prinifji y sshools,. for upon these rest the " ult imate results reached in our Tim ;ls of learning." lishing teaching as a; profession-; let the 'teacher pss through a course, of study just as an adept iw any Oliver profession does. The Normal; school is tie first.step toward making teach ing in North Carolina a proiessidn. Public schools should not be called free schools;, .they; are uoty siwee capitation-tax must be paid in oifderto attend them. We nave lensorr lo be proud that North, Carolina lias of- bfered siKii atlvantages for enabling persons to become pj'oiessionat k teachers rise Hp in your .pl-aces as proiessi-onai leacners, prouuj uigm tied and deserving;; do not make teaching a stepping! stone to some other profession ; devote yourselves to 'it until death V 'lndics, however, are excepted ; teaching requires a certain degree Of innate genius ' in that direction; it is no easy business. The step to be taken tor perfection in this work- will be disciissetl nex time. . : ; . ' j i; '- '. KiND-EROAUTESsr iUSS" COE The exercises in this department opened promptly at 3 . o'clock with music,-"Sveet Bye and Bye." Miss Coe,. after KKkiftg a .hasty. review of the last lecture, said : "And a little child 'shall lead them." What shall the little children be SO years from now' Just what! you makethein. Nevcr( do in the I presence of chil dren anything which you Would not be willing for, them to imitate. .In teaching children, pictures are very valuable. 1'aients havo a groiit-ri quality -essential is' a. complete knbvvledgel of human natui b. Un less you know your ovn species you cannot,1 deal wit h your oyii jspecies. Aseertain character. I amj a linn believer iir Physiognomy. The re -is always a certain kiitd; of nose rippn a man's face which tells1 voi, some- f thing about the m:tn. For instance, parrot I'isposP and long ...... .. -I I .1 ' nti sponsioiiity resting: upon thsm. iiM. trum sat u)liss Ooe sitrrounjiieu b should be 'continually thought ; ofA eveiy child in Chapel Ilillf. : Thi i a itoman i nose, arcnea or shaped, ind. cartes a . wjh like tion : a -Crrecian , nose, . -1 . li.. .1 I " .. sirai'mi lntucaics giliaih o .um, i eime incut.- .Tli ere a-re rcry many dulei cut kinds of temperament, ivnd be fore teaching a school, every ,ieachej' should take a' diagnosis of .every scholaiijstemperainent and teach them accordingly, Scliool-tjeaGhers ;are ;generilly looked upon as a secoml-class niece of furnitiird and anything is too good?- for thm. Thb is rendered! peYiuliarj'y so becaaise pi a defect in the teachers,, and if you a-re a good cue, it will certdinly be discovered In your teaching do; not give all your scholars, the same kind and the same aiuoupt of. men tal medicine, but vary it acuoidiiiu to their; temperament. Instil I -in to" youu pupils eQnliiWnce in yourself. Find out their tender points,, atid do not wound them but lnitnor them. The fewer. Jaws you have,-the; better; that - is, if they, are well Executed.. The sulliect of the next lecture will be "Self-Control." ,1 " ,; j At o o'clock . prompt! the exe'r cises in thelKindergarten iitj ucuoii opened with singing.; On the ros trum sat uUiss Coe surrounded bv a refined anul elegant- language. At 7 o'clock the class n Shakespeare under Prof.v Page met. and began this most . interesting : work. -The class read portions of the play, and gave their comments upon it. i, liis torical Gi-ainmar was illustrated by wordrtikeln trom, the play, and in deed one's. .whore, knowledge of Eu-; glish wa j nf to a severe test. Sev eral fhings were- enjoined upon the class to be accoiiipUshed W-iU There are now 52 counties in tfeis. State lepre Konted in the school, t They are Or- Meckleulmrg, Mher Giiilfo.wL Iredel 1, Surry,; L'ncoln, Wake ,v Jol vu ; ston. ,'Hockinghani, Moore,A.lexandei! Davidson. ; Edgecombe, v ayi Cleveland, Cumberland, ; ltandolphv GranviHe, Sampson Beaufort, Davie; Bladenrl Neiy lIknover,.: Craven : Fj anklin Alamance,:; Ilaniett, ! Alle Nrhanv, LenoirNoftolk, Va., Clay; - Dupliii, Pender UoJtimbus, vi?o wail; Chatham Stokes. ltoberson, Anson, Burke,; Catawba, itt, Caswell Richrnondv Cabai-rus, Person, I lal U tax,' Peiuhrians, ;Nash; .IcDowell, Forsytlie and liertie. a unit of creation, au , organized bodr maufoi' some: particular purpose. All branches of .learning may be separated- into three great di visions. (LL Language. 2.J Numbers , 3. Sctr lence.l very. pupil must! be taugl; individually and not collectively. ht beginning. lo f each . . geography :J do not begin- in-some distautf land or iu some; other Si ale, but take the very plot of ground immediately around your school house and then gradu ally expand youi territory.. Usejno text I books birt tcacU.' your pupil first to become ihorougliiy conyer sarit with the jilaces immediafely arouud your keliool roornvand in struct them in the distance, direc tion and heigjrtj of the diflerent 4bb-; jectsin your vicinity.1 Ilej then ijlus-' traced his ineaEing by diagrams upon the black-board, ' and exhibited his manlier of 'beginning the instruction1 in this science. There are three es. . .. i - V ' : - ' i Among 'the - p-rptuinerit 'men prcs--cut this' morning we. noicecl Major Robert B.ngruuny' Opening- exer cises were conducted ,ns iwual, and ; the miwly-foruveH sections proceeded in order to their . recitation' rooms.? At V2 .o'clock le Normal ' stiv- dents ami a largo :(.niimbeK of v a ge i s ,assem?ll e I i n, x G( r a i d II al 1 ho'.u' Gu'ik' CiinL rnairs lecture. - -Pi' IjHttlein introduc'mg hinu said : Theltas'les of a scijbiar, puliticuiij:, sciejVtist,,-sollier and statesuiau are apparently incoinpatib!y(. "with one 'anothetj.yet' 1; haviv ;lhe' hoor to, in troduce to' you va; inan a4a li-as; earned air enviable reputation, in each jone of these IGcik Thomas.; L. Cliii'nnan. Gen.'1 Cliiigman stated that his suliject Aviis ' I he hollies of the- I'osi uve I'ii ii Gophers. . As ' usua i )arMii and Tyndal were de- molishea fuut t)V .a siujtie ppoeess oi i Redact id Aojurdum, materialism was numbered with things that were and are nut. Illustrations- p,f the principal theories afgainst ' feligion renueredihe theories not only lu crous. but completely -unfounded; Tiie whole, add ress indicated a knbvviedge of scientific branches ;a;t lamabl'e - only by close application. There isno mail in North Carolinp, who,. Un' vivried and thorough learn inggcan cy:ihete AVith Gen- CUug man. ) . - " ' ..' I; Al o "tAd'ick, -as. usual, the exercise in the '''Kindergarten - began. Miss Every section of the State is send- iug up the cry down with independ ent candidates. ,'That is just what 'we say. . If a. man professes to be a Dt'iaocrat, why does he wish to .vote for a nian who U ot a' Democrat ? An iajrpent7rU hopes-to get a few votes froav hi own party and a good .many from the opposite character, and in t!iis way to get elected." Kad- icals will voto for -an independeiit Democrat 5miry to cause a rupture in ibej Democratic raaks. We do not want any old field colts in our race. -i-GivQ us the - pure Ilamblcto nian Dciuocrats. Wc do not wish any bastard Democrats tp represent North Carolina.. Give'us tlm, legal rhild of" Democracy and our rights I , indennndent. Ho pui m - . . . V ; Tie is worku IIcwilI do anything toget eleeted means He is working lor litmseit. Tbev need watching. Some of them tight to be wiwi We want none oi iuciu. Paleigh: I)AFING. L Of all the crowded professions of the day, none at Chapel Hill caii boast of being more - crowded and coinjosed of more shallow brain" work than that of loafing, .Its vo tmn"s are none but the most despic able' inignificarpt speeriniens of hu manity aid we cannot see why men vlo possess either mental or physi cal, power can indulge in it. The great secret of Northern success in mechanical MH may bo attributed to the ceaseless energy ami the just odium meted out to la-ziness antfl loafing exhibited ainong them. They will work 'at something it tlie profits are not more than one cent per day. However we refer most especially to the proverbial laziness and! l'oat- png spirit that pervades our colosed population. As circumstances exist at present, every -violation of the lay or outrage committed is charged? to tlicm and they are continually1 "rest ing under the eye of suspicion. If they would only occupy their time in profitable j employment and not min the streets and wear out . the merchants' goous boxes by sitiing upon them, ; the white part of our community would not only respect respect lhemr.luU also, after showing a disposition to work, would enable tliem to get enough to da. - We ad vise our colored friends to form an association the object of which shall be to persuasively coerce every one of their . rac to work at something and if they do not, to use slang phrase, "drum" them out ot' town. Wh en a man becomes a professional loafer, he is thorOughlv defunct with theory Rot." What, can a telacherdo with a child ? First, they should teach them to ob serve objects ; of .nature. There is always a piestioiv in a child's mind. Legfn at first sunply. ami continue jnipartmg them instruction.- uni formly. -Teachers rnust themselves j be thoroughly jcouyeinarit with na- Hfiiro Tlmv in list, bfv nnim nt tlu vastest intelligence. Nature is com posed of just two things ; 1. Organic f and 2nd. Inorganic, ill is, however, 'must not be taught children in stich difficult laiwiuage. : Te.ncli them -to observe things which have life,1 and ttiings whicli do not have lite. Give them simple definitions' of the ani mal, vegetable ahU mineral -king-doms, and make them collect soeei mens under each onei j making cloe observations, "lloj ! for Carolina t" was tlien sung by Prof Chas. Wil son and others. After this the chil dreii were practised in a short gym nastic exercise by JNIiss 'Marshall. Miss Cos then resumed': The mem ory must, be -cultivated. In cultivat inghe memory of a child, let. him memorize a verse from the Bibleior a piece of poetry every day. This must be doue'xysteinatically and regularly. AdrninisteiJ a little at . a timeX Leave Out s-tniwilating stories Coe', made a basty review of the pre-ceding-lleeUirc and ' then proceeded in but give good, tonics, A teacher order to cultivate, the perceptive faculties': of a child must be conver sant with. Ment al j Philosophyn But any,' Biology; Zoology IMinera'ogy, Geology, I hysies ;. and Uhemist ry. The cx.euciseS) therv closed ' after music. . T ' . .'j -. .- ( The ' c-ntiCrtamment; at eight was well attended, and thc.wchin-mUsic'' yielded ruivv and then to instrumen tal and vocal. .In order to diversity affairs, Miss Cook carried, the stu dents through a gymnastic exercise. Every. onc was thus initiated in. the socialistic department of the Nor mal. ' ! On'Srvturday morning a? meeting Of the Debating Society was held. Fifty nameS'Were enrolled, and many more arc expected to join.' The fol lowing officers were elec cl by ac clamation : F. D. ! Winston, Pres. J. II Small, Vice Pres. ;. R. P. Pell) Sec. ;, C..W. Howard,1 Critic. The questions for discussion will be en tirely educational m their character. The classes in Shakespeare and En glish yere formed, 'by Prof. 'Page and regular recitations and lectures will begin Monday. oeui to be hex- ideal of humianihap' pin'ef-.s, aiwl j a right noble one it is Surely the coming generatiqrftv wil'hj, . " i ii 'i 11' t rr.-t rise .up ami can -uer lm.c.cu.- me most (iiovet jfeatuiv, JioAveVer1 was the collectioii of animare and inaui- I - - , ' - ' '' mate, objects made by the cpildren Flowers, nv'meralsr veel abl ls, cat s and e ven rat s- were i ro u d 1 v e x h i b i ted is the yesuJtig. of their labors. Appropriate, and' simple (pi est ions were akef them, by ALss Coe, in P to-iiuine her discourse She iiii presseii "Upon the teachers the absb;-' itite neeesi!y of impriutilig upon the tablet of every .child s mind the ea of a Siiiireme Being.. In order to-do' tins-' every teacher should be imbued, with a deep sense of piety and a" lull appreciation . of her own examide. The teacher, so to speak. thingji to Wvtaught in geography as elementary yrincTjpics, and these must be applied fust to youniiumc--diatc- neigb.'bprhood They arc; 1. DirectiQU. 2i Distance. t &; Height, lie-then illusti:vted upon; the blackboard- a method by' which every child could peVtaught tocoiistruct its own scale iVf distances Instead of be ing confused by' those foiind in text-' , books biv geography.-' ' Coh Hotch- kiss is Of- StMinton, Virginia, and! like j his i, lowivsiiwv -' 11:0., .Ladd, knovfS ; flow Jto attract - Uie au . fUuiiiori . of his njjid.KMiie. Tlieie is 11,0 rliing 'insipid, in. his Utyle, but itattniotive, jloicible, aud his ideas-; are ! j very cleariy elucidated. .'. We-cnii-feay'that wef are excessively grai ilied, and no lecturer can jbetter erji body the two ideas of pleasure and iiitrubt.on in his discourse, ' At 8 o'clock a ;gool audience as- seirbled in- Gi rai d Half tc hear Maj . Bfngh.amV lctira. Pres. Battle.inJV troduced him in od appro Driate man- V nor. Maj. Biahaii; after bestowing: some scattoreal',anU . agr eeatble re marks iiDon other topics I connected ' :A ith the sehoolj proceeded to deliver. his lecture, 'lie -did not state' his ' sulyect but perliaps it Avcjuld not be jiuappropriattt ttj' call . it adiseoursc jn The.-Clainii ot'Christianity ujibn kis as-a? Civilixep.-" His lecture em--t)odieshe following ideas J: As tlrtre js a,i ' phyWal sin- performing upon iho human race a' beuigiiauti office, $6 there J jrf so a spiritual jsim yhose , pftice is still more beia-giiant. : Thi ' ic t m ix it tin 1. 1 r . is a in uUdoi: of t fie child just as ! a brie k -'maker is a moulder of br ick; Ciiiidi en are Ves'pecially iiripiisitty about plants. I We must at first classify these things for the children,' tehded to elicit the. frinomrf-of ob- (. but soon- they iWst be' com-pGlled to 1 uetly lor tliemselyes. 1 fuse their ideas .with the servation .they had -bestowed upon the objects collected. Her lecture was. las usual, simple, graceful, in structive, aiid exhibited - throughout the deep whole-soul enth isiasra 'vhieb inspires ; her- to cont this tt'dioiAS,.' but, not less. work .. ' tlT-:.sja i-si.xth i vy This morning, in addition usual prominent men and teachers present: Gen. Clingman aiWared upon thej;ostrum.' JVlter thi. frsual exercises, iiue in worthy to the announced' MOIST) AT FIFTH' DAY. The scuool was opened with the tisual exercises .j 6'clock Public in the Prof. Ladd tluit Gen. Oliugniun would deliver an address Wednesday at 12 o'clock ' Jveisey, the assistant of Altss Coe, also appeared hi the Chapel. This lady is iau old student of jIiss Coe's, and possesses all the spjrit and energy other indefatigable instructor. In addition io tlie usual lecture and recitation Mr the' Kindergarten sys tem at 3-o'ciock,ahere is also an-othcr one during the day in a-private reci-, tat ion room whpre all the workings of the system are practically taught by carrying the children through different exercises. At 12" the difiV'rent sections in tfro School course assembled Qhapel lor I the purpose of (being graded. Those who desired to be promoted from the elementary prin ciples of Arithmetic, .Geography; Grammar, vrc, to the-higher branch es. in tltese de part men t,. were in sectiomBj and those in either the foi mer sftctions who des be drilled in! the elements of were placed by thenreelves in A. At 2:15 p. m. the class in higher English under Prof. Page assemble d and were thoroughly drilled in the analysis' of sentences. Things were literally" torn up, and English in its puidty and simplicity put to' blush the awkward expressions of bur every day conversation. The day Will soon come, when, -through the th 9' co-operatiou of our teachers with the professors of our highec institii- "I AllCi 4 r LniLn!nH A.T -' n ' - nuwd, uu uauau unge oi pur uia- do So u.it e Do not con technical terms )t' ayB(otany, but in struct them hi .this branch in'simple and unmistakable -language, Eui- courage them with . a .moderate nf i .rn ifcn-." M amount praise, - &very teacher should'' possess'"' a certain .degree' of inventive talent and. Revise origini -1 l i : . t . - ways aiut means jior tire entertaui ment of. their imus.; Always ake an active .-part in! their aiinfs;ements as well as in their nstruclionJ. There are five, classes iu th-e animal kin dom. .Lead the eUildren- to discover these b' accurate and continued ob servation,i and- . when they have be come. iijde'Iibly. imjpressedV With this idea, - the names 'wjill gradually be come iainiltar to. cises were as usual enlivened with- niusijc. them, rriie.exer interspersed and ;ll The first claim wc notice is tliat Ithei cbristlau system- of religion is in finitely supefori to any , other system t3ver established. This is attested byjthe confessions of ancient philos-- tpuers8 anu moieiu uiuu&i9 auu ecoiid claim is its success. I Its' grad- ua'lj eneroaclimei t has been silent biit mighty and' its has crept upon us bc: (oru we can rdajize ii. flfic third 4laini' is that it fias , held1 its position 80-firmly -that the boundary - lines ot" dhristianity and civil ization. hay ,e be come Coincident. Other civilization have' perished becauso oi tiieir misf taken foundation, 'but this1 Avijl last Us 1 ong as' the wo rid. I Tho fourth claim isJLWit th g i ble- is the ! hiost nni yeisally received classic; in the En-, liish language. This very fact is j enough to show its triumijhant posi tlion" ainong . the great wonders of progress,- inasmuch as the Anglo Salon, the, on y j language j in which it is used as a elassic. is th innst doWerful and widely spread language i ji ithe world, The Anglb-SaxQii getople are the pri-me movers in eyery to render progress; aud they are tTte most ingenious inventors,. most suc cpssful colonizers and greatest com' ; raercial people om the globe. ' ". - 'She fifth elairJ.;. presented is that in! Bible, lands .alone has woinan reached her highest station. Thc fernale' sex: is the redemption5 of j niddern moralitv. and the embodi- I : . - . m t . -.. r tUerit of -every good that i,ise our 'fallen institutions 1 he sixth claim is that system tendiii'g more effective, placed ; of red. to things 1 seciion TIIUUSD'AY LaUTIl DAY. , J To-day sec m-sv to Ijc the' most re markable since;the opening of tlie school for lit'erary ren tertalu men ts. tProtV O wens delivered a splendid ; lecture in geography, to his section. lii these , lectures Prf" Owens treats; ' his subject in a phitosophical man-' ner, exhibiting much briginal investi gation,, much- deep aud thoroug'h training in his depa tmeut, and" his style is beautiful and persuasive. r; ) At 12 o'clock Prof. Ladd gave way - to Col. Hotchkiss who deliv ered; a lecture . on' Geiograpli v. Wo were never taken nire completelycclnqu-er and. ji vi by surprise before in 6ur lives. , His VVhen itfalls system is striking, arid completely reyolutionizes the whdle plau of im parting instruction m this - depart- meiH,'Wtiicir . has been so long- prac ticed by pur-. teachers. I It is au illus tration of that wonderfully progres sive and thorough plan of object teaching. .: No systenJ of teaching the science more th oroughly and more pleasantly can vpossibly be de vised than the one proposed by Prof. Hotchkiss. ' He said .that very few people could give j a "correct de finition of geography - it is the y means tends, tc the Bible by whiclu furnishes- tfie on tlhe civilization t f the; 10th centiiiv -li.-'.ii- f ..' T !,.;-' snail not reaen its- liinax or pa . liyav. The history of the worhl is tljie history., of faHen empires The reason Greece, aid 1 tome ( failed to ' render permanent' their system of civilization is that they receded as" soon as they reached- their oal.Bfit" the civilization bf the Anglo-Saxon -will never recede. Th Bible is tljcv contemporaneous force which Khali kt'cp it-in motio n, and., no obstacle shall" cause it t stumble. ) And as lecj, will yield to the inauguraticrii -jtf ' science Ayhich, treats : of the earth: as ; again Iqng as the Bible shall constitute- tlie main soring of every progressive. action in -Anglo-Saxon conization,. jnsto long vl 1 E that civilization to our lot to hear a trulv good leciure, words never' fitriiish us- an available instrument. ,' for expressing our; approbation. -I Such an occasion j was this; aud al thjough Maj. Bingham has created a mbsi enviable deputation as an cdu cat or, no, one-- can deny toJum aii. . equally, enviable; one' as ,a lecturer. Itj was a niental treat seasoped yitli splices of every flavor, history, phi- . w losophy, science, literature, art, re- -Hgion, tfcc.J and never did! we ever hear a more beautiful comhination.; , Let v us heair from Major BinghaJtu K 'i' . 4 s -' 4 '