New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-09-17
Inlvers,ty or ,he Clty of New.Y orll.

To Tie Editor Of The Tribune;
On Saturday the Erening Post announced that
the Hon Theodore Frel.0ehuysen leaves the Chan
celorship Of the University in favor Of the Presidency
"of Rutgers College, Nsw.Jer.ey" This statements
not merely false bat being put forth Saturday only
tour days before the opening OF the University s high
ischcvous in its tendency. aud the part Of some
one II either wicked culpsbly indl5creet No doubt
the Editor viii explain this evening, but we cannot
wal, the day.
The University is under grest and growing obligations
20 New.Jersey. Ten years sgo NewJersey gave us
Chancellor Freinrhuysen Under bis administration
we mad cleared Oh Cs23 900 hundred and twenty
three thousand dollsrs Of debt before 1919 Bat We
had sill $50 OO0) eighty thousand TO provide for be-
tore the Universiy could be considered safely estab
iished and endowed.
In as had commenced subscription to raise
this sum- but 1t fingered in the community until
July OF tina, year AZ that time Princeton College be-
came interested in our saars, and adopted to-
ward rs which adapted push forward this sub
scrption-ihey invited Professor LOOMS to leave Us
aud join their Faculty He went. This b d the de
sired ,arct The suDscrpu went on increasing, and
gave good hope OF rising 10 (eiOWD forty thous-
I'D dol ars before the Commencement Day In July,
1sl9 But during the month OF May the work slack
,n,d a little. and might not have been accomplished bad
NOT old friend of the In versity come % our aid
he too modest to give his name. but he had ev
DENLY been familiar Win our slArs az u be had
,een Al the head Of our cOunsels He came under
the uainc OF An Observer" and published Ia your
paper tWO articles which enabled - hni-h our work
Add What little curious ne PROBABLY rad no thought
Of such result but rather Intended Ia gave " tvt AZ
the Leg'siatUrs. How yer double favofs make US
twice glad We cot the grant at Albany aud the
sf0OiO forty thousand before CommeIcement-
Professor LOOMS only GOT on to get better lie has
now come back TO stay And hope the friends OF
the University In BrooslyH vii take this hint 10 give
him still higher poet Of o5sgraiios Tney may, II
| they Will. IA hia 20 fhf siGrs.
Scarcely hsd huished last years work, when that
other College ia New Jersey, called Tine Rutgers,
willing equal her Princeton rival IN zeal Tor the in
of the University and 10 sct US AZ work imme-
ostey raise The other $40 900 forty thousand put
| her endorsement on our worthy Chancellor, and IN
uled MN preside over her praceful councils and
quiet halls. They send this invitation ten days before
| the opening VI yearly course OF study nj the
newspapers with SIX days before and four days be
fore opening the E2safn1 Post gives TWO days
| nisdlfecuon 10 ne huushts OF our siudeuts How
ever, the apology for al this may be iOJro IN certain
| chapter Of hnickeroocker's History Of NeT-lor -
The Chancellor certainly has the invitation under grave
| consideraron and. as It is the privilege Of Dutch
man smoke over matter great many times before
be snnkes the matter itse be- may BE- many mouths
IN making his mind As the Trustees were IN making
| Ous the Invitation.
Meanehllr The hat which wss passed but hall
round" s.t year 70 get the $1,000 must be started
s..in 10 vii delight An Observer" 10 kno the good
| be has done Doubtless be has the good will D. give
- another III via as pen even thCuSn ne u-y bc'
rod q 10 bis heart 10 throw anything into the nst
However, u ~ comfort 70 reflect, that In eignteeu
| years have sert CUT thirteen hundred young men
Nth the UGiversity uHk on them. and Se have seven
hunor,t more 10 progress They sre heard In our Ma
tona and STATE Lrgisa on the bench. AZ the bar
the pulpit In The exchAnze the ses, and in TIE
missions and isctoes ~ the ends ~ the earth our
usn found. And of the whole number have not seeI
or heard VI three 10 die r<ceiui circumstances
Ia fhis great there has been vested The sun
OF $3.50 oOO. 81 whca $4,000 remain 70 be Prov
ded That done and The Univer,iy Will have with
itself the mesns Of perpetual support and grown
Tkaf will De done. snd done speedily. Ard hereafter
when = rich cuzens vii 10 opened the natural 'es
non Will be ssksG What hss he lsis - the Univcr
sly
Jer.ev sud 10 40 Observer, Tor their dsinierestet
bensvoience - the University.
UNUS UNiVERSIrATlS.