, 1874-10-31
Important n1octlng Of tho Alumni
Association.
Ten Thousand Dollars Raised te
Endow @ Chair.
Addresses by Messrs. Burroughs
Greencbaum, and Miner.
Report Of the Committee.

Alumni Endowment Fund for the maintenance
Of Professors chair In tho University OF CHI.
cnso has at length hccn tnauBurated In prac-
ttcal md tangible mnnlior. 10 bring abont this
long wshcd.for position, DR.. Burroughs. Chan
collor Of tho University, invited the Alumni Aa-
aocntion to moot him Inst evening at tho Bro
wort House, aud over h loapitablc tablo thko
tho inttiatory Btopa toward raising tho required
amount Of money.
Twonty-oigltt out Of al mombefs OF the Asso-
oiation woro present. and also Tho new)y.olectcd
PrcBidont Of tho UniycrBlty. Dr.. 1otnuel MoBs.
and tho Hon. Henry Greonobaum. Although, tho
attendance VAS comparatively speaking. small,
yot, as poruRal OF tho proceedings will show,
lack Of nurnhor wna moro than compensated by
tho enthusiasm displayed. Ton thousand dol1ars
WaB subscribed.
suprEn
preceded thn business meeting, and. as may bo
expected, there WAS tho characteristic " aow OF
soul" Of tho whiiom co]logo.studont. "Unt-
rorsity soup" WAS On tho menu, but with aeom-
ing disagrooablo "reminiscences OF dnys gono by,
tho boys rcpudatcd 1t.
When tho fcnst nj reasnn lad ended,
arose and sud:
aIn. PRESIDENT AND GENTLEMEN OF THE
A1ustN1 ASSOCIATION: / lieed not say to you
Of you hofo on this occnBiou need not say
thhs thB occaaton royivcs III my mind gront
many ashocta,ionH. AS baye Hnt here, and lookod
backward over the past fifteen years, asaoca-
pleasant, and tho majority Of them aro most
gratifying. II tho evening wero not 80 much
advancod ahould ltko Ia recn!l "Reminiscences
Of tho past. Dut ! must not got ;runutn,g
is hardly aafo for INC to venture to recount these
memories. am GLAD tliAt we hnre Teprcscntn-
tres Of the eatllcst dayh Of University prcs-
cnt. l. will conclude this brlof speech teuderiug
you D hearty welcome, aud assuring you that
this IL ono OF tho most pleasing incidents In tile
history Of Cur institution, nsd cspec.a3ly rs l
have tho opportunity to Introduce to you DR.,
Moss. President OF tl'o University, and tho lion.
Horny Grcenebaun, ono Of tho Trustccs.
Tho Chancellor then called upon
DR. Lta1uEL MOSS,
who said that ho vas happy to meet them. He
was satisfied from what he bud Becu that the
Alumni wese CAPABLE Of doing ycosnan service In
the movement bo understood they had assembled
to inaugu,a'o. Ho assured them TINT In liB new
sphere tho Importance OF which he fully appro-
cinted thoy would find him ready to nseist lbe,n
in oyery legitimate nlanncr. Ho invoked Gods
blessing upon tho Alumni Asaociasion.
HENRY dHEESEDAuM -
then addressed tho alumni. He declared that it
waa lis chiefost longing to DO trustee Of tho
Chicago University. 1t was his great ambition,
aud 1t has been realized. He trusted he could
find Bome way Of doing tho University service.
Alr. Grocnebauln's remarks though br1of, wero
well chosen. aud called forth demonstrations Of
enthusiasm. Tho pros!aout OF tho Association,
H. O. AIabfc, took tho chair and opened the
bualnees'moet'ng. He introduced
rKoF. j. 4. MINER.
who delivered tue following address:
1t Affords mo great pleasure to speak for CLASS In
n d to eaa sa and tS IT, mo9a II tie
psakaa 70 snS for am
embarrassment. am moro than pom layu,nn iu
s rhs 70 msn :96 Of s Il Ss ssS
ef n ths arte-" the art ot At words At!y spoken"
Ny knowledge Of tho Alumni of tho University haa
Conte saya ali knowledge mist pass. It Was first
mythical then metaphysical md now at Inst Ia posi-
Ss our q soeo
of knowledge, Their docillty which Kept cYeu their
their mental and moral, ,hcrnaphrodian,, strong With
tho Errugth Of manhooa gentlo With the Gentlenesa
word las Shown mo tnt beso oitrepeatcd stories ox.
| en,plify the mythical stage Of truth.
Tho metaphysical ssago Of my knowledge Of the
tho members Of my casa shared n the rosscsaion Of It,
Wo found 1t easy to make satisfactory theory to ec-
place III society. Our faith IN efficient ana Anal
causes sublime. Wo ourfclves wero about to be-
moro efficient sccai ranscs .an any which wo
could discoyer round tie. Seeing Ms wo did our
adaptation 10 tho work lotoro how could We ques-
ton tho doctrine Of final when we
Of ourselves were sufficient instances to establish
that doctrne7 wherc 10 metaphysical explanations
Of rhenomona moro abound than around Tho snrlno Of
young mans ambition who liaa soo c.liyat'on aud
| no cxiorlcncc Of personal contact With tlo world
Once yesr the Ioers Of tho Anerlcan COLLEGES orcn,
and several thousand youug men, IN tho main 1oro
against modcrn socsty. 1t is Que Of tho rules Of COM
position that tho onotiona should not DO laceratcd by
0 es Ws M a,s.p S 1s ords Ae'
| which Ia 50 full to al Of ls Of sa1 memories
aud Of deep chagrln comiorted BY tho thought thas
to meet unnppreciatyo world. There aro cycles In
human exrerluncc md there rcasona for fearing
th9t our children when thsy rst enter act, active s
their fathern. Int IN, toing wrong In Dwelling 30
long upon Tic provisional aages Of tho truth. am
Thero 6sSa Seea ii asw ssadaates from tho ga!
srs'se IS ses a and
am very willing TO compare their achievements with
my band Of graduates Of corresponding expesienco
But tllld myself between Scylla mud ChnrybtiB.
60 forward mid recount how ably our nrtsadlera Gem
cral onr colonels. and our sopany officers ACQUITTED
tic praises which beloug to tic aAte surcrIntendons
| Of Education liz Iowa aud Texas. II point to orr
c!er9ymen who from iansas to Jarnn arc filling posi-
plysiciaus wio have yet been aucd for malrrac
to os Very 5sa Iy pa e. e ss'
progressive journalism In Anlcrics.-1 refer to the
city PRESS Of UhlclBo to out cnchosH VINO, aB FRO
fessors III colleges ot ollcno AMI Of artn In thu
High Schoos which tho rfected part OF pub
llokehoo system, hayo ach!eyea honorable dBtlnc
ton to onr business WIN, amid tho war of wits
| which charaoterizca tho modern fold Of gold, and
which requires qualities no les exceptional than
commanding position even III Chicago. Say that II
should describe all these sacceasoa truly somebody
might say thas We not modest Upon tho other
1and there seena reason for speikng the plain
truth. 1t hMs been published In the pa.
pcrs, croakeA Upon Rtrects, and htsscl
in pariorp, TINT tho lat yonng anop, tho Anmni Of
| this Uniyern!ty, who arc about 1900 600 parI
Of tho people q this great lepublio, have Furnished
| no Supreme Judges, no United Btates Senator's nc
tuxlsys or Tynail.. no ogaent, 10 yahterbllts, ne
fact, nothlng areas u any lns While tho Letter q
hut IL 1t worth wlo to fctgn irritation which VIC
do not feel and 60 usido 10 lInt doWn overy ca'nl-
nios,s Atale1nemt3 I think nut. Sometimes such
statements aro Ike those annaa wli,h over.
charged will, vouom to sting themselves to death.
So much for tho ,past mud present Of our Alumni
What can no lopo from thcm in tho future
Tho temptation 10 phtlcHorh!zo Is strong enough
To ,nnho mo ask your indulgence for brief Interval
Among tho advantages which como With jl6oral elll-
caton are an acquaintance with tho stops Of human
progrcss sympathy with alt which mlkeH for rro-
gross IN abll!ty to l!Iscer amid all tho t,1nn Of lfe
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