New-York tribune., 1868-10-10

attended No charter timely its special aims.
more broad in its general aims could have been
granted In eutre harmony with the spirit and letter Of
ischarter was tho foundation idea II was put forth
by the founder OF the University himself in language the
yorslty Instruction. fcoah found an insiiion where
70 factica pursuits he recognizod the ac that there
must bo union OF the scientific and heoretic with tne
worthy of such an enterprise. The idea, then,
OF those who planned for the lnsutuoH M, ~ a eno
national halls OF Washington, and the ideas OF ts man
who had thought the problem In farm ana workShop
on the shores OF Cayuga Lake were IN IUn. i M Which
foundation principles was wrought aloeui, az " mn
every earnest man should reoice-the prlnolple OF u
sectaa9 education Perhaps no Oe N this land than
the sectaran principle As the result OF much oDscrva
tion and Thought would declare my firm beei ha' Dme
for our ensayement to this unfortunate principle we
shoud long since have had great free universities liberal
"st ~ cr The most vigorous in thought the world has
Vet seen | believe they would have had much
van9bIe result on national education in science tora
ture art and practical pursuits do not say tne secta
GOOD il buG colleges which otherwise would not have
been built; 1t stimulated men who otherwise would
sacrifice which otherwise would have been wanting but
the time has come when wo waT o and % sef sacyIane Of
the founders and promoters OF these CoegeS OF tcr
nor do deny that they are doing good work
TODAY but do deny that all the work necessary can he
done by such means. deny that any University funy
nefoTm of any one sect combination OF sects DO you
ask WHY point you TO the simplest facts III educa0ha
history One Of the most hOnored Presidents OF New
York was excluded from teaching philosophy in New
England College because he EpiscOpalian.
An honored College President OF New England was OK
cnded from teaching Greek III New-York Faculty
because he Unitarian. SO President IN western
State was rejected because he Presbyterian One
of tho main College Presdencies of New-England re-
manned long time within these latter years vacant,
because the statutes Of the Institution required the
President to be clergyman OF u particular sect
Place the strongest under system Ike this
and they are robbed of half their strength
Under such a system the foundations of a
University which is liberty are wanting the fonoda,
tonal idea Of this institution is different IL accepts
fully the principle Of religious freedom in educa0nal
matters all receive IN national matters @ TINS
idea the Legislature OF this stare planted IN our
They dOuby planted 1t there. The first clause Is; Ana
majority Of the trustees shall never DC & OF any one re-
igious sect, or OF no religious sect Ihe second is;
"And professor officer, or student shall ever be ae
%bci 6e H nav or may not hold" on this ground
stand The faculty here assembled is in tho best sense
every religious body is represented. The whole
OF common schools is carried ON In this manner inc
great dests and raonass OF the last century were,
with scarcely exception, educated in schools where
seetarian tests rigid We appeal from Sectariaism
10 Christiansm-frOm the Sectaransm in every man
10 10 tdg Hgcd fbe ,dea Of Worship From yondcr
chapel shall daily ascend praise and prayer day AFTER
day IL shall recognize not only mental ana moral out
religious want. We Will labor TO make this Christian
institutions "a sectarian may IL never be- Another
elementary idea was that OF lvns union between ts
We believe that the only hope for such an institution as
we long see. pushing its roots down INTO this rich
which tile scholars passing the best examination IN each
Assembly district TO be admitted free OF all charges
for tuition Another main idea was OF concentration OF
persons advice and education In these days taxes
large TO and equip institutions prepared TO 40
the highest and best work. Formerly the policy OF the
state had been to frter away large sums among many
institutions Smaller states east and west O u.s. 10y con
centraon attracted students from State, aud now
II is proven that concentration draws out greater mum
White then spoke of the success Of the University Of
Michigan, which today has more students than mas tbe
State OF Ia all her colleges and ne showed that
students only can be attracted 10y neehhg ther wants
Here are OF the main foundation ideas OF our PLAN
that i the formation Of ideas trst tho idea OF qua
ity between different OF study. II IS defer
mined 10 give special Ike those In Agriculture
honor with other special couts TO this We are pledged
These departments Of Agriculture aud Mechanic Arts
are 20 bo leading I'm full standing at least equal
to any in privilege and rank. perhaps more than equal
in care Our plan does not send the student IN Agcu
ture or in Mechanic Arts TO some place remote from
general instruction 1t gives the farmers sen the same
standing that 1t gives the son OF any other citizen ana
makes his study the equal OF any study makes hm the
Stated that he had during two years past visited the
leading industrial schools In the Od ana IN the New
the plan here adopted that is concentration Ho then
stated that the courses OF the study would be such az to
The general result IA making each pursue rigid course
Of study in the old institutions. notwithstanding many
nobler have been Produced has been unfortunate
In the extreme. In addition TO producing dislike for
higher studies mental quality has been injured by beng
without being interested, dronng rather than
studying, being halfway mental labor, more
injurious than no mental labor The Cornell Umyersiy'
by It's variety OF studies and by its material resources
qualifying them for different pursuits Another part Of
the plan is combine labor with study and the attempt
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labor will be profitable The wages paid be accord
ing TO The value Of the labor performed more and
whether students could pay their Mr. White said II
highly probable feas fsd m II S
half the time stl II was his opinion that the most profit
labor would be that having educational value.
With unskilcd labor students may do something TO sup
port themselves S, the number who vi" DC able TO DO
so wholly would be very small. Everything possible
will De done to solve this problem. Mean.
WHILE physical education will have prominent
place and all students will he required during the first
",
and hoped that in addition TO approved exercises tno
students will be prevented from becoming "a feeble
folk" The natural sciences 10 De studied at the be-
ginning Of the preparatory to the studies ia Ian
gusge and literature The President then entered upon
The subject OF the higher studies which belong properly
to University, and IN connection he read an extract
mendcd that system OF education be adopted suited TO
e IN @Tdpe T & address S Of marked S
ity and was heard with profound attention
Following the Presidents address was the inaugu-
ration Of the Professors and the address repre-
senting them from Prof. w. C. Russell A happy adj
dress by the Hon. j. V. L. Pruyn. Chancellor Of the
University, closed the forenoon exercises.
In the afternoon tho Hon. Erastus Brooks of New
York was President proitempore. and he made some
remarks, in his usual happy manner, the presenta
tion of avalued gift to the University. This was
chime of nine bells weighing about 5000 ID, by Miss
Jennie McGraw of Ithaca. The presentation speech,
by +. NJ Finch, Secretary of the Board Of Trustees,
was as follows:
PRESENTATION OF CHIME OF BELLS.
OF these nine bes is the worker Of the flock. II
will call the young men from their slumbers summon
them TO the duties OF the day. TO the class and lecture
ROOM The rest silent while the mperious worker cangs
his call to work. will add their voices in the still and calm
Of the Sabbath morning in the grand melodies Of the
Christian Church. and silence forever the false tale that
because ali modes OF Christian worship respected
here with the same broad liberation which is the
and glory OF Republic therefore there is no moral
air fhaIr anlag
upon the Sabbaths OF the years, the festivals Of
the nation and their sweetest chimes set apart for