New-York tribune., 1876-02-23
ABSTRACT OF THE ADDRESS.

cence NJ thc founder OF the University The total amount
Of his .benefaclions exceeded S7,C@.0O0. Of which
80 800 900 was devoted TO university and kc sum To
a hospital Tie University fund yields revenue oil
nearly 900 600 half of which will be set apart ia
hmainr fund In addition to the magnitude of it, fonn
dcrs bounty the new University derive great al
vantage from the choice OF trustees. The IN
stituton Was clHd neither OF the state
nor Of the Church. and its trustees wou'd moi
aim TO rromo,e the teues Of any denomination PreSi
dent Gilman referred to the educational movements
and discussions going on Ia England France anh
GERMANY as well = in America. and grouped IN h'e
classes the Institutions founded In modern society Tor me
promotion Of higher education. The academy he
said "promoies the intellectual aitrition OF the most
Learned men: the university favor, the liberal and
specia culture Of advan, ed students; The coiirg"
trains aspiring youth for their fuIure intc'lcctnd
freedom: the technical school affords "A good prep
aration for specific vocation. either professional o'
practical and the museum provides ina'"Tl''s 'of
study adapted like tho word itsolf to interest VI" most
prorpund ana the most superficial Now IT l. clear thai
we might have university without the four aUnncts
nave named; aud we m-ht have the four accessories
wbont the universy bnt practically wherever strong
university IA ma nj lnoi these our-foi agencies r.
vovc IT, II - the aun. and they arc the pineS
After rectng several points in respcct Ia university
education on which there Is a general agIerh'h'
among educated men, he passed to the main topic III hi'
.drcss-thc scope OF tho johns Hopkins uni'orsi'y
This was the most interesting portion of his slcech
and with the exception Of Passagcs, will be found
below:
In ORGANIZING faculty tie nrs; chairs TO b. nled
those which everywhere. In all times and by all pe"p'
in the modern cpuhn Of letters, regarded IA need
full We must provide for the study Of languages. ancien
ard modern mathcnaUcs pure and applied science
natural AMI physical. All tnis is assumed as granted
ut Il We should do all this vel aud do nothing more
we should add not much to the mt lecal resources q"
the country. We must ak ourselves "ihef questions
What special departments oi learning now neglected
Lishor installations of this country W'At can We
provide for I Ia what order sha We procecdi
TIE MEDICAL SCTaSCEs.
When we turn 10 tho existing Provisions for medical IN
.ciion IN this lnd aud compare item vita those 4"
Erro 9can uniycisiics; When We ste what in'dPna''
rndowments have been provided for orr medical schools
aud to wha abuses the sys,m oi fees for tuition hah led
when " e that IN OF very best colleges ih'
degree of Doctor Medicine can be- won half the time
required win the Of Bachelor of Arts; when W"
SEE dispos tiou to treat dpomis - blank paper by The
civilians home and tbe profession ahioad; when We
lrad reports Of te medical faculty In Leir own p"
lrs,ional journals when we zee the diicuaos whic"
have been encountered at Harvard Yale. cir ~ tho'
attempts to rcors-ui1e ihe medical schools; wen "o
SO the preyalcnco OF ignOr nee Hni gua"kery,
vaunting dplonas when we SO tie medical de
.reos conferred by Il bogus university openly s"l
ike patent pills, II Ia clear HAT Soh'hinS should De
one Taen, turning 10 the other side ol "a" picinrt
wnen We Bee what admirable teachers have given in
stnicton among in medicine ana surgery; what noble
mspi;as have been created; villa. marvellous d-co''-
r ju surgery have been made by c1uu'ryn Wha
ingenious Instruments ti.,y Lave conuiyod wla hu
name auo silUl appliances inry have prv'l'1l "n t
ntuc 6eld; what adm. able measures ale III '-rS 80"
the advancement OF hygiene aud the promotion Of rubir
etlth: wEen sc see what attended recon
Mort, H. reform tie system OF medical INSTRUCTION. whu
-, observe all th- we need not lear tat to 'iy "a d
may rather rejoice that the uornin has dawnrd
wncn shah ondo"ni.nts Or medical science as mn
II iccnl "a those lruvilod for branch oi le'ri
ns and schools good as those which are no" pio-
! ydcd in any other land.
il VII doni tees lc long. after tie opening OF the Cn
vcr-ity before tie opening Of The Loelal and ills n-
icryai may spent in forming paIo FOR DO asent o
medicine But in the time we have al excellent n
pornity 10 provide Instruction ant'colcnt tO the proo
sonnl study of medicine. At tho present moment IA, -
cal student, nv old the ordinary coN'gts noe hi
the catalogues is enough To- STOW that the uu'l classical
nr aradInc course siuntcd bJ ine DOCTORS car The
tc.us need not be given here. EUt who doubt thai
a coirc tay s r1ania ned like that already be IL
ihe sheffield Scnool Nrw-Hdvrn. which shil tam u
eyc The hand, and The brain Tor lir lirr STUDY ui 'i
cine such wOuld include abnnilne riartce ii
The laboratories al ch nisry, nOioeN ana r scs the
low,r of life; ihe Investigation oi tn" principrs
drainage and ', ntation. and cm c or me oooiogi-
cal the geographical distribution ~ as i1T l
remedial AGENCIES nature ana ART Hnd besides tre
cirrrifr ladies the 4 cnt snould acuirc enough o.
| French aud German to follow with EulUleaL
scicn, and cnOign Oi Latin iCr lis professional hco'iS
I'm on,I words, IN oar sc..olao Of = university, great
prominence si,ouid Do given 10 tho stndeo which bta
| upon III the group now cae bioological sc.enots
SurI f,i rs s aru now afforded Ladcr lIuxc In L0n
don and Roll stOn ONiuId, Foster 40 CarbniC,.
and IN German unvctat,a should here bo moro
duccd. They would us III tho tian!n- oi natural
isis but the, would siiil more ib riiug
physicians. BY tno tiaa Ne are ready 10 open school
| of medicine, might b"ro Ia baNea superior II not -
numerous body ~ ssirts Tor on" OF tho hobcht e1il'
IN Ia which The heart aud bead can o dr'oiel Nh'
the mrdical department In organized II sb0uld be in'
pendent of the Income derived from sta cnt lee
That there may moi bc the sE"'e temptation To bost-"
tho diploma on an nnwOrtny cihi'it3 OF iaii'i ct i
say, 80 the Johns Hopkins diploma Wll not be n
gro nback. but will DO worm Ito lace IN the currency m
| Ihc world.
| NATIONAL SURVEYS AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS.
Itis generally conceded by our most Influential men Of
science and OF affairs that before many yoars have
passed survey Of the area of tlc United
States co responding with the ordnance and geogra phi
cal surveys Of Great Britain. France. switzerland ana
| Germany, must be undertaken. Under what auspices
| and upon what plan remains ~ be determined. Al
present the heads of all the governmental surveys ac
knowledge the difficulty OF finding men. enough qualified
enough forward efficiently such work In all its
manifold departments, ASTRONOMICAL, gcomcLicaI, to,
graphical, metaureical. geological zoOJgica botaD
cal economical II University provide instruc
lions In these o physical research looking
forward TO future development not only Of Mary
land and the Atlantic seaboard, but also Of the entire
| lani. IL will be "a good service.
There is department OF engineering which may also
special attention bcio The needs of critics vi
large sucn In dy rat every cnser of pop
ulaun, where 900 10000 persons are ss.cnbed
should have the services OF competent sci, ntnc en-
ginecr He must OF course have general mathematical
taiuine but he should also kboA how fo Use thoso lt
dauenlil prnCpl municipal aiaiis Ia The pfepara
ton OF map. in the Diet, nation of the suppe~
IL water and the methods of drainage In She consirnc
ton OF roads, boulevards, Ple'-,lre grounds nl paths
the building Of wharvcs and docks the supervision 81
ings. monuments, and places of assembly There sbou
cpaI engineering-in distinction civil engineering
which is NOR. vague ana general ini.inciudng pef