St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-11-07

Oxford. ar that OF Samuel W lllI>tOn q
George Peabody when on reflection an,
from religious motives they devote larg,
sums to the perpetual support of IN
AcadcmV How tar on into the futur,
40 they dare to let their thoughts run
DO they distinctly forSrc that in spite q
all the legal conditions they may at
tach to the endowment. it may still ID,
perverted so as To work directly again>
the principles which they desire most @
all things to pcrpetuatc? What gIIar.tn
tee i there that Dartmouth College. %
the University of rrmOnt. OF st. Johns
bury Academy. may not i'll the yea
1913 he engaged III pIopagatimg som,
pcstilcnt hcresy i'll philosophy o
morals. undermining the faith whicl
their hcnctactor> Thought they wcr,
cnmtrihutin" To cherish Under wha
persuasion. then. do prudent men. meI
who take into consideration the puSSihl,
influence ;IS well aS the present Valu,
of their gifts. pour them without condl
tiunS into the treasures of literary In
Sttutiun>. and confidently commit then
To all the uncertainties of the future
The answer to these questions would
disclose the dccp-lyin% faith of man
kind. especially of the noble and mag
nanimorls among mankind. first in til,
favor of God attending and guarIin.
every GOOD enterprise. and secondly il
the general rcrtitudc and fidelity %
| learning. When Il good man POUNDS {;
| school or cndows il University he Ger
tainly thereby SAWS. and intends to say
TO all the world. Il have such conf
dcnrc IN the loyalty of learned lu>titu-
/ tinn> to truth and virtue in the long
ran. 80 Thoroughly believe in the self
corrective tendencies of study and sci
rmcc, that | will take the responsibility
| of guaranteeing the influence OF this In
SlitutiOm to. all time to come. y noble
and beautiful exhibition of mans conf
dcmcc both in God and in man. HUI
mau life hardly presents one more no
blc or beautiful. such am act is an un-
conscious prophecy of the triumph OF
truth over error. of real over false
Scirnrc. hmd il i very RENAL kahlr
now lmrl, this confidence has been
disappointed Il is safe to SAY that
funds given to learned societies have
hccn far les frequently perverted Than
tuulN given t" most "rhcI objects. even
to charitable and religions Objects.
There are u" more Impressive or IN
>irucIiNc sights in the old world than
those venerable colleges ami schools
whose antique uNIgc> themselves Hiic>;
me fidelity with which their NOW ample
funds have been kept sacred t" the
purposes for which they were gwen ia'
back III prehistoric times. w hllc the
greater pant at the vast wealth devoted
to the t"undir" al m"n">lclir> aud the
cnrlching "f the \al!"il> tcci'>iaHtlcal
orders. has long ago been >qlIandcrrd
on The vices al ririat"N. and kings. the
EIrr" lltlanc'> ia comparison that have
tr"lI tine /" ilm' been gwen Tor Inc
mantcn"n'" "i 'p"nlc >'I''iai~ have
been :" iiu@Hlli administered that they
Standing III front 81 bll"l COLLEGE IN On
ford "r { h:l~t : Hospital IN l."nd"n. and
remembering that t"r hundlrd> ~ Years
Nurc">>1N" generations ct youths have
been Trained Tor usefulness and rml-
hciIr' from iind~ which are sim gro" :
iu- cNcrf NcIi larger. We hr impressed
with tn" thought ihd' wealth has ~"
Nh'Ic found Il dcp"~ltirh :" ldllhlui 10
IT. trusts H. ir;tIulliG 'td~ h"rlI. lnd'rd,
the question has dlI~cn whether II has
not h""n too lailiiu! Ion ilN own good ::
whether it, duties ~ Il l"Gdtcr hay" NOT
itnmpcr"d lis other duties ~ Il leader
aud prophet.
Ihc>' thutCiIt~. nat" which have
been naturally led ~ the suggestions "i
th' nrra-i"'r, prompt me- I" add i few
"rld~ "h Eda''atI"n a. related To pro
.lc->:
ii J. I" hc born" il mind that those
who are nov under training III our
Academies and Colleges. will spend
most of fhcIr active life in the next gen
cratinH some of them IL the twentieth
century. by that time the world will
he in many respects, quite a different
place To live in. S"rictl will have
pa~~rd INTO another phase: the great
uucStinn> of this da> will have hcrnInc
obsolete and new ones will have arisen:
there. will hr different work Ia du and
it viii he dome in other WAYS than
ours. l. il not the duty of u " i~c ed
uratinu la anticipate Ihc demands of
This coming time and Ia prepare the
Inuth ot to-day to act his paIt not in
0H,' hut in his generation This uuc>-
ton brings ~ back tO uIu fundamental
ideas of ciuratiun. and calls tui the re-
statement of certain old truths which
can never hr stated too of en-. and W hich
never needed to he more boldly and
urgently insisted ON than in orr own
times.
There i an cXpfc>>iun which is often
nn the lipS of certain men and has been
made the. title of a r;dcly-rrad hooI,
namely: the culture demanded by
modern life" W hich assumes that cui-
tlrr j. something Variable aud must lie.
adapted to external changes IN Thought
and life. It Is true that the means of
culture NAV vary il i also true that
the hr, of culrrrr may hr enlarged
and lis realization rtuirr Il more varied