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to instruct his classes by the aid of Murray's Grammar, he frequently 

 louiid it impossible to explain the text. On examining further huo the 

 matter, he concluded that the text in many instances was inexplicable. 

 This led him to attempt the substitution of something better. There 

 are some things in the book to which we object, e. g. We see no ne- 

 cessity for the introduction of a new class of nouns, viz : Monadic^ so 

 called ichen there is hut one of the kindj as earth., sun : or of a 7ieuler 

 active verb, which seems a contradiction. But our limits do not allow 

 us to give a minute examination of the book, or to enter at large into 

 the difference between this Grammar and others. We remark, however, 

 that we are much pleased with the perspicuity of its arrangement, and 

 the brevity and clearness of its delinitions. 



Many of our popular Grammars lie open to the charge of inaccu- 

 racy in the definitions and indistinctness of the whole system. Conse- 

 quently, there is a corresponding inaccuracy and indistinctness produ- 

 ced in the minds of pupils, and a habit contracted of uttering words to 

 which no definite idea is attached. 



The practical part, only, of the author's system is at present pub- 

 lished. The rationale of the plan will be presented to the public at 

 some future period. L. 



A SCENE ON THE CAMPUS. 



Li.VN^AN Operations. — Our correspondent " Rusticus," will, no 

 doubt, rejoice to hear tliat his suggestions contained in the first No. of 

 our Journal, are in a fair way of being realized to the very letter. Ta- 

 king his hint, the Linnaean Association, last fall, organized itself into an 

 ornamental gardening and arboricultural association, for the improve- 

 ment of the College campus, and appointed committees for the manage- 

 ment of the various divisions of the work. Thus one section was to 

 manage the walks, another to superintend the planting of the trees, a 

 third took charge of the shrubbery, a fourth of the flower-beds, ami so 

 on. The result has shown tliat tliis was not a mere whim of the mo- 

 ment. Measures were immediately taken to secure a large number of 

 trees for the ensuing spring, and flower-seeds and shrubbery were col- 

 lected from all parts of the country. The mild weather which we had 

 towards the close of February and beginning of March, was seized 

 upon as a favorable time for commencing operations in earnest. The 

 contractors in Waynesboro' and Carlisle were forthwith called upon to 

 fulfill their engagements, and promptly furnished between 150 and 200 

 thrifty young trees, chiefly the Aihuuhus, Linden, and Silver-maple. — 

 Whilst a suitable deleiratiou was escorting these trees to their new 



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