, 1875-08-10
THE UNIVERSITY.
What the National Baptist" Thinks
of It's Troubles.
Heyiew OF Dr.. l.. u. ]loonc's Recent
l.ctt0r.

The National IapHst Of Fhnlelrhia has In
ia last number All editorial review ot d. L. ID.
uooue'e recent letter to tho EramtnPr dn1
Chronicle on tho subject Of tho troubles Of tie
University. Tic foilowing oxt1acts may be of
lntofoSt.
of tho Clancollor, Dr. Burroughs. Dr. Doonc speafs
la glowing ternr III ...
.sThs Win had brought Tho Institution ,p from
nothing 10 {Ssll!ou vt emtuellcn never nta,ntt ~
nuY instntinn ttlot Hinder tao fnatcring care " Tic
state IN tbs same number OF year,, will. an alenlaco
Of etulcnta numbering atrHIs :'vI with ",tis 1t
alumni numbering soma b2i. air! III character for
sehuasslr an otherwise that venture will compare
favor1hly will any either inst,tutu in auy co.try"
No doubt Dr.. ioorir lrileyr4 oil ths Ont It s.otns
uly tel, htiu HAT he II quite In hts fa,a
Tho Universally Ut Chicago began ta existence about
neycntsen ytara AHn Under circumstances favorable
beyond precedent. Ths University Of 1cl,tnt-r t9an
under auspices far lcsr cheering. TIM latter Ind the
StAte, and lie vl0rnt opposition or liTerence Of tho
other half, Ye III the first seventeen years, II lisd
graduated ~ h,nns te'a wero sss isv 1T ia!-
Grams, Mo.s, j. i Gr.tasl Hewitt. ana sage llof*
rlrket. within, Liarkntsa. lnmor, ! q {. cArk. ale-
xlekar, y. II; ls"tlason, 9. H. l"lti.om. kru,tr.
'c1 W,1:9 and Hs.e,on sr @ sS sn.na A. l. S,
llolilng., Ind siarArsAnr rs tisso might lo aittri
Drs. Anderson, Kct.drick, tonant, siagnn., Robin
xon, Raymond, WrhartHon. Cutting, MikinAon, srt
Ward werc I'll numbers Of tho College Faculty during
tia frat seventeen ycars Az To hlhlces, cabinets,
library, antl oher means Of instruction, wc behave
that ltchester. at tile end of IL ga! seventeen ysa1h
ferior: 1t Ind nut uehtvth dcI of slRt t aud 1t
Ind no Observatory. But thcs II It had lH.sns.sd an
seryaso1y j. woa E1nban,y , ,ss. male M .nts i, to no
ahtl Tho men 10 run II.
Wo might a!so 'an,o rsssar caleec. organized in
1hd5 nov navlng eor1a Of thiry-ofsht Instructors
II tloctster Ii s,o fir o 10 b. seon from Chicago.
ptsIaps; d. no9ns % 1n r. h!s eyS !" he
ton, suburb Of Chicago ut Just sbou tho eAre tn'e
with tho Institution ut cnir"R0, which, thrso sesrs sgo,
nito nc.osEe, Of whicl tay oo1 was from, g,fts.
Tho rast was good management:
1s;a and tho ssracnse Uugsrsy, founded In 1911,
both Ut which aso miracles If lroalAsty and success
We do not for non'unt aeere Dr. nni!a OF !ntsn-
self before ho wrilcs fur Tho papers anu on making
suitable inquiry, he will learn that tho unserHy u
Norlixest anI oi tic denomination. having location
that waA II itself equivalent 10 Au endowment hayn9
no competitor nearur than Kaanazoo on tue east, snd
Shurtrn on the auuth, and competitor tho west,
has beon \ distressing failure, not ttnsnctAly alone
but throughout. In laouting s coliapre, The de:
no1nnas,nt, not tho oss Of what has been, but
of ts extinction Of tho horo Of what might have bcen
II Dr. Doune Ind shown Any appreciation q liz
ba Able to attach wcght to la judgment Of The
adaptation IT Dr.. Moss 10 tho Presidency.
II now Say that qnitc fall 10 knew The men WIN
eonpnsv this Uoarl Ut Trustees Of tho UreraIly oi
ChcaHo. II they do not from thts !s forward fhpN
to the world tAa they Tho guvernorn u that tnsu
tution."
No think Il quito 1ikcly. The bearing Of the Board
Ia that Of wllo fec! that thfy urn tho aflr. AMI
yst tAls assumption Ut dignity u little amusing or
the part Ut who have hoen lei by the noBe and
have voted IN they wera hidden md drilled.
uere Ia portion tn duo stsson for tho Philadelphia
ministers. Dr. Boone says: . ........ -.
"Ren1tng tho n1crefness OF their tr1sst, they ttht
Board of Trusteen} will not be driven aRau from thSl
convictions Of duty by enemies IN aily glse, or b,
mistaken frlcnts who volunteer. without tho nures
RAry means Of Information. to contlen thctr cours.
the Baptiat niniserh Ut lhIla4aThla, whu II they
| wsre as good business men as they aro preachers
would neyer aye perpetratcd their recent fufly."
Dless uR; this In futhoF aevcre. "rhfnk Of It, atr
Forty tffy gentlemen, wIoee height averages fec
lDk inches and whose aggregate lc'Hht IN Hsrcsa
rons: Of whom, staDds feet tuA tt.eAea anothc
| Of whom weighs 20s pounls: sntnc u WAonl weh
sleciboxcd glaascs; wlH moi few arc baldhcatled-
| aro these men 10 ho set At ilauGht
"loud bilxlncEs men No, no !" t;1ry mt hugl
ness men. They know nothing nbont The magnificen
srlenes Of Auante. Many Of them are Oil th
hoard Of the Publication Society; o,crs on til
Eoarsls Of Crnzcr md 14owisburg; institutions, M
Just know enough to pay their debts, and keep ihs
expenses within their income. II they 0nly geot
business nlcn, now, and knew how 10 up debt
$ls3,'k0, and to Hcnd the endowment, and to !cav
tue interest Unpaid mud The current c1penses unpro
sled for, aud to gct mad an blazoa when they wer
abkcd tu 1naku m annltal rcrnFt-if thFy could on
cook r tho figures properly "a to put alt the asss
| totl would ilhYo Weyht but, being only preach
| efd. Of cpuf6S