New-York tribune., 1880-02-21

q representation
the whole body OF students; ten years later ao ~
aud fraction per cent ten years afer Una, "a y % 70
inward OF 25 per cent: and tO-aY more thah 80 ~.
cent OF the Harvard students come from places o' %
Western and Middle states Part OF this Is aus 10 INC
increased wealth OF trose States. .,,, 70
We nave had - wonderful Increase or our ma'eII !" G
sources during the past eleven years scarcely any CIV
knows how great they have been We nave Ieroi'rJ MI
buildings Of the value Of Sl2oOOoO since I9aw I9 nm an
money gifts to the amount OF $1.75OOOo lLonu NY ny
piause.l Now universities cannot DC hiauc " III
90 600 600 will help materially. one o., o. o,an n
most liberal neneiact0rs has gwen since IL - hrs M
less than $3.50 coo The pubic only KNOW go ~ o1o
benenccnce tle college TO the amount ol So1,V 20 ne
re bas peculiar way OF ey'nG lie 'ees nv neei es " Snd
supplies H. says nothing aoont the cost re o.
certain department neeas enarne; ne % nrslcUt
aud Fellows, without communicating 70 theIn 81 a. h,,id
fact t4at ne proposed TO is sIfe' wsy sy" he CON
rbuted S23OOOO to the uniyer.ity don ht ms
ANYBODY knows OF this except myself, ana thOusn @
! would 6e a favorable opportunity OF informing 1o"
Tie snpaker then referred TO the various WAYS IN
which this gentleman Professor AgassZl has Dren VI
great service 10 his country to the scientific World anu M
to this college whcn called iorth iru1 choe's "nu "
peatod crIc> for " Agassiz.' AgassiA'
SPEECH OF PROFESSOR AGAssIz'
Professor Agassz was introduced by the president as
represenatve the Fellows, and as one of inc 70"
,en ~ irunate AS 70 ndd new usre to inherited Gs-
tnction." Professor Agissiz said:
The rresicent as usual. has been limiting that the
collrge needs q great deal more than II ASKS
for but yOu have not heard, l tHlhA
from anyone connected with the college "hd'
has been done IN the last twenty or twenty-five years
in c direction oi bringing ihe college up 70 I'VE
stv N Is, y0u know very little OF what as o'th
done in ihc scientific epaItinent "i lho 20
lrge. Ieihemher peII'GIS5if bn wei ' scient,uc
sconi yp, established. Tha, The first sign the col
noe ave oi having chHngrd from tne old system TO tue
~ scientific men tueu stOO1 IN peculiar reintiOh
mud r.. cou.doIcu somCWh % dangerous llHlfuuas ~
| a Community. As long a. professor confined rs
! .f raT r
dian make much difference whai ne sa or it
scien no study s.der rather tend g toward
mt in.I.in .ud scent fc research WAS ioOArd ui"h
as ihc hauuiuaid "a But is has oassed a% y.
the scientific progress oi tne c"l' go Is nov H d , ~
ull ia do;,urtu.euis A8 {" what has been shd this
evening ot M own efforts 1t has Deen te
20 ak ac of ms departments the university. fnd 40
or it wat nave done, ana ONLY hope that othes W."
bp Kind enough 20 follow ny example. .,,.
should h. 30 iDpress Tho mportance of scenill 10
ha, uiicUuN The hndlhC ni chpane yOnlf VI, j VIZ
viii olnw oui aud continue the work u which NJ Hlo
f1 be- bcitcr apprrcialcd Nv their own VINO
roe irud oi patng ou Tue hhck piolersoI9 rom 'no
Proit-,or Hedge 80 spoke OF the progress Harvard
tinn as 10 Whether althougb there was nowada> q
grcaic- humber ci tUhlccts taught. there was Dnong
mental yirilty, as much independent though,
ana lurcres In literature and rcicntnc topics as for
mcry. lie was afraid ieainng , %as Sous" ho""'"5'
+ firis vi-c ihcn read from Robert C. winthrop.
Gdvrifor Long james Ere enan Clarke, George ". Cur
Us and others expressing being able
DE. HOLINESS LETTER.
The following letter from Dr. oliver Wendell Holmes
was read
BosTON, Feb. IL, 1850.
Mr DEAR SIR: regret hat shall not be sh!e to be
present ~ The Annual DiuIer Of the Harvard Club OF
sew York on the 20th OF this month.
III had beca with my friends AMI brothers nt their
meeting could not have helped saying That the recent
scene between Alma Mater and her NeW-York Grad
uate reminds that unconsciously oUt convusveiy
comic passage IN Thomsons Seasons" where Damon
and MnsidOra are the characters
You remember how Musdors.-hkc our Anna Mater
"a iairer nYmph
Than ever biest Arcadian stream "
came 20 batne ucr leryent nmb'" III the refreshing
wave as oar ALMA Mater coo- on her heated blood at
her Ovcl-oers' meetings.
Yu rocolcct how Damon, tho rcnsIve youth. "pcrced
with Loves denchtiu paugs," kept hls iawiesa eye
upon Musidcra.
AS from Tho snowy leg
And slender FOO; M ~ cfiei SIX she drew
or IN roastc phrase pulled on her -t"csnes iust NJ
our New York Graduute has sat wa'ch.uS Our Lady Of
Harvard Fs rhe
stripped her beautcous limbs"
10 wade into "a discussion at an Ovcrse"rs' meeting
You nnye not forgoton ho~, a. Last. a'ier ia.o IN
dny-the law otptopHcty compclled nc ardent uu'
ncnnfets compelled the remote but LOVING sraiH'" 90
Gdress to nsidnra-who once more stand. for our
Harvard Mad1nn after rradDg which,
ASH to marble struck devoid Of sense
a stupid moment mouonlehs size stood,"
and then rrp al those sweet and encouraging Word-.
. (Which soon Damon kissed with weeping Joy"
"Desr youth aear Graduatel be ,un a. now
Discreet the tlmo may come you need not n.y.
let hope g. time vii soon come when the distant
graduatelover oi Far Harvard VIII not have to pay
The part of Peepng Tom Of Coventiy bnt be tdmiIte
hcr not only when she is arrayed IN he ho
day costume of Lor auuvcrsarc'. but also m tae mega
tive drsIery OF her debating conelavcs when she has
drawn Off the myericd SILK and 20 forth
"Tp taste the lucid cooness Of the food
of argument at an overseer' meeting Wy Icy @ truly
Joms O. SARGENT esq. President OF the Har ar'i Club
JOSEPH H. CnoATE TFLIs 4 STORY.
In response 20 loud and repeated calls Joseph II.
Choate arose and bis bandet and dryest tones told
characteristic story ustratiugthe opinion winch one
person held o. him 4 speaker.
| Imade an address graduating class In
| medicine said he. and tried discuss the subjects
that presented themselves to my mind In a becoIn-
mg spirit soon after l received he letter;
%leyer Gf,,r" limitation Of female hand. IIauShter
| The writer stated that she had atten ndcd the
Benis (Iaughteri. and lad never in her lie heard
anytring tnat savored go much OF the brond church
| as my spcrch did. lLanehterl Our prcsident has
ircaled the question OF overseers N loe"se yen and
| his geographical humor has carried Us fairly
| Isothprmal line lost the thread OF ms
| remarks There are many reasons WY We nOn-yesi-
! 'hub" may be Beacon H but the wheel i.not, and
ali the fellows the outside. Laughter and ap-
plnr-e We occupy the position OF the PrOdga Son IN
the pnrabe W. nave wander ed or and have nad to do
| our scientific deep-sea dredging own hooks.
! Laugh eT.
| Onr graduates get younger they 60 away from the
Immediate vicinity OF Harvard. For example, tdat
venerable who Is the outskirts of the Board OF
Overseers has grown young since he came TO New-York
| Indeed he s younger and has younger children thnn
ans graduate OF his age fGrrat laughter. So TOO,
AT get better and idea OF the col
| lege than do those nearer Boston.
| Ills distance lends enchantment to the view,
| Aud robes the college IN a crimson hue
| lLnugbtcrl
The report of the President IL the view
GET. These arguments certainly ought ~ have weight
| with the General Court. iApplauSe.)
| Mr.. Morse. Mr.. Russell John FOOrd and others also
| spoke
| F4LL OF 4 CEILING ON n PRIMA DONNA
| Miss Blanche Roosevelt tbe prima donna