OF THE

FOURTH ANNIVERSARY

OF THE

UNIVERSITY CONVOCATION

OF THE

STATE OF NEW YORK,

Held August 6th, 7th and 8th, 1867.

CUDDENLEY LIDNARY

ALBANY:

CHARLES VAN BENTHUYSEN & SONS, PRINTERS.

1868.

CONTENTS.

Minutes of the Third Anniversary of the University Convocation,

held August 6th, 7th and 8th, 1867,....

The Study of Mathematics. By GERARDUS B. DOCHARTY, LL.D.,

Professor of Pure Mathematics in the College of the City of New

York,.......

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21

A Letter on the Education of Girls. By Miss M. E. THALHEIMER,

of the Packer Collegiate Institute,.

33

The Study of Philosophy. By Rev. Louis JOUIN, S.J., Professor

of Ethics, and Civil, Political and International Law, in St. John's

College,...

43

Educational Economy. By DAVID MURRAY, Ph.D., Professor of

Mathematics, Natural Philosophy and Astronomy, in Rutgers'

College (N. J.),. . . . .

51

The Study of Latin, without reference to proposed Liberal or Profes-

sional Education. By N. W. BENEDICT, A.M., Principal of the

Rochester Free Academy..

59

Literary Exercises in Academies. By SAMUEL G. LOVE, A.M.,

Principal of the Jamestown Union School and Collegiate Institute, 77

How to Read. By ALDEN B. WHIPPLE, A.M., Principal of the

Lansingburgh Academy, ....

The Nature and Method of Teaching Mathematics. By WILLIAM

D. WILSON, D.D., LL. D., Acting President, and Professor of

Christian Ethics, Logic, Intellectual Philosophy and History, in

Hobart College,...

...

The Relative Value of Studies pursued in Academies. By CHARLES

S. HALSEY, A.M., Teacher of the Classical and higher English

Studies, in the Canandaigua Academy,..

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The Classics in Education. By BENJAMIN N. MARTIN, S.T.D.,

Professor of Logic, and Intellectual and Moral Philosophy, in the

University of the City of New York,.......

111

Voluntary Endowments of Colleges and Academies. By JOHN V. L.

PRUYN, LL.D., Chancellor of the University of the State of New

York,......

121

University Necrology,..

137