Show s 1 1 JIT nr noi the attendance las been efad api 1 I wini j during dunny tho past week arho u ar ding house la is already wel met I 1 tilled ab d proves itself a valuably abl y to t 0 t the a labors of the lusti ansti aution tile the academy seems beams to be ba of im im interest inte iest to visitors to pro biow vo at the meeting of th the Poly society beld aug 20 a lecture on LANQUA CIES was delivered delire red by prof professor eager karl G maeser the tha speaker represented resented the subject under the three heads monosyllabic agglutinate and in languages he showed that the monosyllabic languages lanu aRea of which the chinese is la a well known lyie iye uie are chiefly found among the mongolian nations while lathe the ageal mate languages are beet beat known k own to 11 us 8 by some indian names such as is etain in in abe face etc the inflect bunal known are those which have bate risen to classic distinct ions in many instances ng the wonderful capacity c cf f to same wort by inflections an almost endless variety of 0 applications and shades of meaning by which poetry the highest furm form of language his has been bean enabled riia bleil to create creata its beau ticul laiful forms forma of expression express iou all inflect lonal ional languages are either of cf semitic or aryan extraction the former being known to us by the hebrew arabic ami carthaginian branches and do de riving its name from saem ifie ibe old o est son of noah the latter co comprising millin 0 9 the great famil families ieli of languages known na foe tile indie indic the tha the celtic tile the the hellenic the slavonic slav bla onic and the teutonic all of these are as branches from the great aryan stem all similar in in some re aspects in general grammatical con ati action tiou and etymological develop mont though differing lenng dif from one another as the stoat gibat families of the vertebrates may differ but distill gui Blied from the semitic stock as the vertebrates veite brates differ from the insects tito 1 he lecturer illustrated the geographical location and beneral general charac characters teris ties lies of each of the tha different aryan families and closed with a re reference refe f renco to the youngest of the aryans of the teutonic family viz the tha english alluding to the tendency of I 1 some aoma languages to become universal lie Is in formed his hearers bearers of the late latest at attempt to form a new nevi language the IVo lapuck CUck 11 which ahil urinated jia ji li A years ago at constance in germau germany Y ani and la is extending rapidly in some rome literary and commercial circles in in europe the futility of such attempts to establish a common world lang ungo was waa shown and the final issue of the restoration by revelation of odthe the original pure tell language of man in in use before too tho confusion of tongues was dwelt upon by the speaker with tho the warmth of earnest conviction the weeks work in in the class raoma has been of the usual estial interesting and instructive kind the class in As has been considering tho the history of that noble science and be low jow we give a brief synopsis of a re cent lecture on EARLY by prof james E talmage the a science c of the stars is is so old that tha all reliably reli ablo traces of its earliest ine ills tion lion lira are lost in tha mists 0 of tho the past almost every famed nation of antiqua ty claims the honor of giving it ox ex istance we need not long wunder wonder at the tendency of early mau man to study the heavens not having baying his bis mind imbued with the idea that knowledge is ig to be found only in books roan man then observed nature besides the occupations of men in in early times those of hunting farming and stock raising called tor for an out door life and the chaldean shepherds as with others in in watching then their flocks by night could not fail to look up and wonder at tho the sentinels ot of the night ido idolatrous Idolat attoun roua man too not knowing the true god bowed in in rev arence before tile tho inmost highest and most mysterious of his big works ilia The abi chinese nose C halda eans grecians Grec Greci ians alls and egyptians all claim the carlof astro nolyin its ju infancy rancy the almost universal belief of old ol 01 1 was that which is e embodied bodied in in the ptolemaic hypo thesis viz viz that the earth eaith is is the great centre of the universe universe and all other bodies in in space revolve abou arou around d it T to give strength to their belie belief 1 t bee t s theorists held that all the be heavenly bodies were set each in in a crystalline sphere which spheres being concen trio about the earth in in their rovold tion carried the planets and fixed tars stars around in the imaginations of some these spheres were replayed by bars and cranks binding the whole to the tha earth then ihen followed tile tha theory ot of copernicus Coper nicu which in in a somewhat t modified form is is accepted to lay day viz that the sun ban is is the great contra centra of our solar system and the earth moves about it as aa does doea an any y other planet The theory of tho thai lorec Floren tine astronomer tycho do aralle and I 1 thi h immortal discoveries and arduous labors of keppler Cla galileo lileo and sir lanao isaac newton came up for a consider aaion the contemplation of the do de velo janent of this science leads iada to the absei nation of tha analogy existing between the growth of such bat beliefs es I 1 in the human bs mind and the develop ment of the mind itself in in the pro brest ress from infancy to manhood the feivou learned is is one of humility we regard our world as one of many a floating lout leaf in in in an ocean of space 01 yet not without its great purpose aa and important destiny in in the PI plans 13 of the great creator there is is can cause s f for oi praise in the study of all his hia wo work in the tha infinitely groat as a well mil IB 8 in in the he smal smallest leaL llie in ili the mathematical department lie 1 vork urk hui has bron been no less important itu u interesting lecture on commercial LAWS was wai recently given lievore the hie book I 1 a g class clasa of prof duff jr ahe ih was opened by a lou con on of what la Is law and ills was wan followed by it dissertation D n the necessity of law lna laws are necessary for the protection of life dud property and for the securing ot it peace and prosperity among any people tito laws of a katlun exert an important influence fluence aud and ise 8 to a great extent a controlling cont roling power over the business transacted its it boundaries the great sources or of the U 8 laws aro are the national con the enactments of con gress tile iho state tile statutes ot of the states stales and tile the cuni cull conlaw mon law leao of the 0 law ex auses none lor for la in thia lay day all have tile thu opportunity or of learning the law 1 anil I degi tet 1 ot I such Is till all but criminal the geometry classes occupy un important place on the program an and feature of f tile instructions given in this use ful fill and important branch of tile he all s i act sciences Is the use anade in ala by the instructor of apparatus fir the P of presenting to tile thu in mind gilld of the pupil concretely v ee oo 00 m ee tt r leal concepts and elementary propositions I 1 tons to tile lie young pupils thu ilie study of geometry has generally been fraught with many almost ln in uri noun table owing to its but as ai the suj buloti t la Is taught in the academe academy Y this disadvantage V 11 1 geli h greatly reduced and tho the 11 y be geconius conius tit at ones once interesting and easy professor isor macera Ma MH aera lectures on THEORY OP OF TEACHING forin of course it highly ail aly I 1 in po r tant of tho dich letic tl labor of tile hie in fil tito hie ofa teacher formed if or of lectures it altures for sone HUHS so HU ne HS addy H the ilia in tor c arc su bubli qualifications to bo tut but by the hie public and hixt to be forgotten fore otten in anany cases bitses by chers themselves there tire are few faw vocations loni which put tho the hu irmia under bo ao von konstant stant hinl and bervy it 11 its that of a teacher li if the duties of calling bd ba conscientiously performed ile iio mut must ever keep a steady self control af pf resenting presenting to his pupils an example 0 of 8 of temper which they can rely upon and which is not in ili by In dispositions worry hall aim tao tk ii inh which lell patient merit from the unworthy takes besides Be aldei the multiplicity of spirit with which he has to deal call forth such ever varying vary lOiS ins ing scenes of mental activities as ra baire quiro an elasticity of mind freshness 0 of feeling and quickness quick nessi of compre he hension hon is lon sion chic cannot be found in any but a healthy body the adage aglaee Is as true as ag ever mens sana in cor pore jore banol a sound mind only in it a sound body anything anen that kentla to diminish lid L sor of the body la in answering ansu erini to lu tile hie cull call of the he intelligent spirit within must bo be avoided by a teacher with tile ut most care A teacher who la is ad dieter dieted to the habit stimulants intemperance in eating keeping keepin glate late hours taking pirt part in every social entertainment or ing in an atmosphere of constant excitement cit ement will fall all proportionately short in his it if endeavoring I 1 in spite of all such which however is is far from likely to lo bt still ill to do his hh duty by his pupils he ha must do it at tile tha expense of ilia hla health anil and eventually of life itself the percentage of premature debillie de decline cillie of nealla and vitality among teachers Is id too great to admit the mot such words el caution are superfluous |