New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-11-21
MEETING IN AID or TIE ST. LAURENCE
UNIVERSITY.

Last evening n meeting was held In Or.
Chapns Church, aid Of the Uniyersast college and
theological school at Canton, st. Lawrence County New
York On motion OF the Rev. Mr. TOmlinson, tho Hon
Horace Greeley chosen chairman. Mr.. Greeley
made few remarks in regard 70 the position Of the
Unversalsts among the Christian sects. The former he
said not laden with the responsibility when they
who widen the divisions between the yarlods denomi
what h technically known Church, they were IN
true sense Catholic body. Every movement by when
man IA mado more humane and 10 have kinder feeling
FOR his fellow men, FASTENED the triumph OF the prcpes
by which Uuiyersallsts were governed. Inc kev II
Flske. President 81 the Academcal department or 81
Lawrence University said that Though IL was nearly
century since the first Uniyersast Church was organ.
effort. through the institution Of schools and colleges 10
spread tho Universalist spirit aud principles Inc ss
Lawrence University established In the year 1900
Is ev school and IL conseqn.ntiy has
hsnp"ncd thst the Tbroosica overshadowed tho Aca-
deuc Department Hut the Academic Department was
a. necessary "a the other. They ought not TO depend
npIu Hamilton aud Princeton aud Yale 70 educate the
the who were 20 sAud up IN The future Tor IhNer-
sasm The Unycrsnst body had therefore been driven,
a. II werc this undertaking Of establishing colleges
lie referred g. The movement IN progress an9ns s I'M
cation and culture Of he mipis,Ty by lpyh e 70 d .o
10y long study aud said that he wished TO see
Unvcrsasts preserved from 1t, aud they could not
endowment OF t5OOoo needed for the 81 Lawrence
Tpycrsity Tunt OF TUFTS College the only other Uuiver
salis College Elst ~ the Afegrnes, was toOooo There
WAS needed for the present Immediate wants Oh tho
Unyc ~ $500 They needed money 70 Iou1 a. ier'
Tor III, lb ~ Tor apparatus, for the proper illustration
Of the pys -cenccB By experiments, Tor scholarships
for leciure-i and for many other purposes Inc oca
ton ~ the College was good one lie believed mat
with proper foice OF teachers within hye years thry
would have many studons as Union OF
Hamilton. The Rev Dr. Fisher President OF
the Theological seminary, SAID tlat, Wheh
hc went there agO. there were four brek Walls
few chairs teacher three students ana an chuo"-
meut Of $4,000 yielding an income OF N26O soon after
that they received library from distinguished German
professor aud when the boxes were opened ohy ~ VOL
mes we're found To be- in the English language ana u
fortunately, knowledge OF German was not prevalent
i'm the University Things had improved a ntue sinSe
them but eth the distinguishing characteristic OF Tue
University was poverty The number OF students lheIe
Al present co. within seven OF AS many hs here "eIe
at Tui's lie defended small colleges-h more ulIect
superysi0n was found ia them, ana the Oau III
nueuces from the sons Of rich but lndiscreet pa,
rruts were not 40 strong at Harvard ana
decided within the years whether they should
fan back the orthodox secs, from when er fathers
separated aud De content with the Ichctonay III
nueucea which they themselves had there called INTO De-
ing or by vigorous effort maintain their roofing INC
Rev Dr. Chaplin, who the last TO address the meet
ing made one Of his characteristic speeches lie said ht
IL was very hard To IN favor OF seh eYSht prop
oslton The necessity and utility OF this WORK was 700
clear 10 be demonstrated What was needed was I'M.
mediate aid and prospective assstance the nope OF
a remembrance in some rich mans Will IhAt was wen
enough bat at present they didn't propose TO wait for
wears money from the pondeTous ana marble
laws the tomb opened To swallow up some Ctusus'
Tho Rev Tumlinson then inaugurated subscription
and though the meeting by no means large one ho
soon announced the following liberal Contributions from
o. 500; and from Mr. &. Huntington. $1,000 win other
sums among the hundreds. Other gentlemen nave the
nubiect how much" under consideration, hhd VIII
doubtless soon be heard from.