New-York tribune., 1872-06-06
PACKARUS BUSINESS COLLEGE
FOURTEENTH HAENIYERSARY-sPEECH BY HORACE
GREELEY.

GREELEY.
The 18th anniversary of Packard's Business
College was celebrated last night the large hall
Cooper Institute the meeting being largely attended by
ladies' gentlemen, and children, Notwithstanding the
nolement weather. Mr. Greeley. who sat the stage
with Peter Cooper Senator Temann, and Others was re-
ceved with enthusiastic applause his arrival. Sen
ator Tiemann presided and in fcw words introduced
Mr. Packard who addressed the audience, rohearsing
the history Of the college from its beginning to the pres
ent time, and explaining that its principal object was
to prepare young for the proper exercise Of their
business faculties His remarks were concluded amid
loud and continued applause. The Union Gee Club then
sang "IIa TO our beautiful Lond and Senator Temann
introduced Mr.. Greeley who greeted with renewed
applause, and said:
LADIES AND GENTIEaEY: The greatest orator and
egitaor of the New England Sates-Mr. Wendell Phil
psis reported in the journals having lately asserted
every state TO every cllZcn male or female,
instruction in some useful ira aie do uot know that
should care to be responsible for proposition broad
and bold that but this am perfectly prepared to
stand bytbat If had my choice either 10 nave every
youth in this community provided with good useful
trade and then take his her chance of what We now
call educatOn-that Is the education OF schO0ls-or
10 have every youth get school coucaOn and take
his or her chance with trade, would prefer to take
Applausel That is do not believe. il it Practica
Die TO have every citizen provided with good trade.
efforts important and advancing as that would be-
| do not believe that there is anything for which our
people suffer much. In the whole community people
growing up all around us IN isnorance-not so much
OF letters,
an an fCne' TO bo acecsted this 6nd and
Cant YOU find something for 10 doi' You know
well as any what that means that they not only lack
hev lack in knowing how to do it, That is the trouble.
and the main trouble. IL Is not altogether connneu
classes born to ailuence wish IL were possible that
every one should have good trade; for know men
and women in this city, many Of them, who know not
how to read, who cannot write their own names, and
yet each of them is earning an honorable subsistence On
hand dlnan mp an
large been spent, are helpless ana hopeess
sometimes lament the narrow9ess which governs the
ANYTHING in the world which education should mean. 1t
is the arning and equpplng men Tor tae battle OF me
the means OF education are not disparaglng critics OF
saw that colleges are bad or useless but merely that
there is large variety Of continually expand
ing wants for winch mee e@ Thus the
business college means not that other colleges
institutions were not calculated to meet. Human
tastes and wants widen, and create new means for
interest in what called agricultural colleges
-lgreat applausel-inStltutlons intended 10 educate
young men, and trust IN time' young women also Tor
Useful work. [Applause.l Men say they VIII iall No
doubt II you start 70 % s m not bean os
bad but II Is too good Appause grand
noble. that u does not meet an SscSrnea ana
The community. fear that out or 100 young men who
enter an agricultural college, you wont ma ten who
want 70 be farmers They want TO get an education
then wonder they 40 not turn out tg oest pos
yet I am snre they meet very decided want.
was glad to hear Mr. Packard he did not expect
school iSst ever was cannot make heooGan out of
man who is not qualified for H. lAppauseI Unless
natnre has qualified him for that exalted vocation he
cannot be good theoOglan. so you may give man
he hest education for merchant and be have not the
ouaIacatjoD necessary his education would not make
n one for aspiration is thing and capacity Is quite
another lApplause.l The business college would be
dosirobe thing If there TO be clerkship
Garth L apprehend that the community unconsciously
strives that state othings wherein there shall be fewer
than There are less now than there were 80 years
ago in proportion and think TINS Is ues.ed
wifi buy and sell millions worth OF goods with fewer
CLERKS am" @ are looking forward TO growing demand
fr cerks think they Will be disappointed But TINS Is
narrow conception of the subject; Why, there is no
toleTabIe OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES would not be better
m "a keen debt and credit with eyerythng-with every
CROP and ascertain when he came 70 no no
made money or lost by it, And then he could shape hi
hbandry for the next year. that be could produce
that on which he bad made pfon ahu cese 70
that on which he had suffered loss Instead OF ms
90 on from year to year producing the Same things.
never able to eliminate their expenses on unprOntaDe
NAV have gained 80 it is in every vocation wish
business education were ten times as w,dsy dnIseu % m
they now do-for am sure the country suffers 10 It's
prosperity by the Waat & S vee race from soe per
baps from most of the races, slts aDy 70 u0 many
things TO run from one business pufsult 10 abother
don'r saw IL is desirable; but was impressed win
when our war broke out and several regiments we're
cenered at Annapolis aud the Conslltuton lay there
eronnd one OF tine officers asked how many men were
az 10 work that ship, and 5S men stepped out ready TO
do H. and ght her, too. If necessary Applause.
~ ~ mad a hundred thousand young men educated
for business, should md employment Tor tnem In n
tHousand ways everywhere opening around We have
resouTces that not develop. merely because the
hran and education necessary TO develop them have not
been prOyded We have thousand wants which busi-
ness education III aid to satisfy say then, honor
10 this one OF education and honor TO every form
Of education.
Let us multiply and diversity our methods and means
OF education. Let have colleges to tea0h men every
thing that needs to DO done, that we shall be, as
trs the world will recognize. the most effective people
on the face OF the earth, best qualified for doing what
te head deves and the hand finds 10 do best qualified
for doing The worlds work, and for teaching other
fiona "A so how the worlds work ought TO be done.
say prosperity and success 20 business colleges lEreat
and long continued appauseI
Addresses we're also delivered By DIR. II. W Bellows
and Elhu Burrtt aud after several by tue Glee
Club the audience dispersed