New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-06-16
ANNIVERSARY OF THE PACKER INSTITUTE.
ADDRESS BY GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS.

ADDRESS BY GEORGE CURTIS.
The 25th anniversary of the Packer Collie
gate Institute celebrated last evening at the Acad
envy Music Brooklyn In honor of the completion of
its 2bh year. the Trustees school invited George
william Curtis address the scholars Of the institution
and its friends At O'Clock the Trustees passed to their
seats the front Of the stage, and the curtain rising
disclosed to the audience the scholars Of the school, to
the number of 400 seated upon benches rising tier above
tier to the back Of the stage An opening chant was
sung and prayer offered by the Rev. Dr. Sewer A.
A. Low introduced Mr.. Curtis, who was received with
great applause. He said
Mr.. PRESIDENT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: What
golden age the old times TO Somehow bravery
seemed more brave there than in these prosac days
But who to-day that the glorious Of Summer,
thinks that the of the Vale Of Tempe surpasses this
in beauty. Philip Sidney certainly noble hero,
but no greater than that wounded artllerymsh
Of Gettysburg. He who was wounded unto death, and
asked his comrade drink Of water and, when told
that the gun would be lost II his brothersolder went
gun Ali that was best in the old times we have now
1t is the old world. come into the Packer 1nsti-
90 into households aud Ttana embracing the ears
of beloved Bottom. The stern critic denounces the
here is queen Elizabeth with 1900 dresses dencuncing
extravaganza. We have fears for the preserya-
in those days. long ago. Robert wapole heard to say
that every in the British Parliament had his price
But here, Fall, heard Mr.. Mundela say that Mr..
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time may come when, with reformed civil service our
no time to appoint Treasury clerk. We shudder
at the horrors OF Paris, and think OF modern civilization
tutionaliy-ruled nations Of the earth peacefully
settling differences that 1t seemed would never
on these omens Of new and better time the constant
and higher estimate Of woman In modern society is the
behind me, reflect that II they had been Gre
clan madeas in ot the times Of Perees their
preparation for life Of degradation. That
the highest intellectual development was the exclusive
the world But now we have higher culture for
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what please do what command, and your moral and
The reasons AGAINST selecting cultivated wife are
many Dean Swift says that the natural evty Of the
she viii be very apt TO despe her husband and the
she knows the worse she viii become. In Dean swifts
consented TO remain ignorant, to not
shame their husbands. have doubt that
the fact thrt only wrote books, and intended them
I" be read only by men The preiudces against
can make light bread without knowing Greek Is
IL then true. that the most ignorant women
woman to be fully mother to her children as one
that is intelligent enough to answer their eager
tons on every topic. The most noble woman / ever
knew fitted her sons for college. Now ladies' your pres
eDce here tonight shows that you don't believe your
greatest empire Is simply 10 please men. Is not
manhood Is to mel The only law, by which
perfect deveopement You cannot know the sphere OF
being until he has the liberty Of choosing sphere
Give women every opportunity OF education that men
enjoy. And II there be q woman with overwhelming
love OF learning then that womans true sphere is
the nursery, but the shrine Of science When Miss
Of Vassar educate herself in medicine, she has
the same right any long haired, sallow checked boy
ia spectacles who Kisses az her womanhoOd The golden
lies before and not behind We hear the words OF
promise TO the chosen people, and every nation hears
the command "Cbildren o Israel forward" and the
battle standard the advancement Of women. We have
left the Idle toy Forward forward we co. to md ihe
true women IN the free American home.