New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-05-11
True PURPOSE OF EDUCATION.
ADDRESS BY CHAUNCEY NJ. DEPEw.


morning All the seventeen chapters represented
organization was perfected and all the routine business
transacted. Lebgh University ond the University
Of Minnesota applied for charters for chapters. The
total membership Of the fraternity up TO date is 5SO5
active mem bership, $685.
In the evening Chauncey NJ Depew delivered IN ad-
dress the Grand Opera House the and abuses
OF education OF which the following Is an abstract:
The principal feature Of the evening the address
Of ChauBcey N. Depcw upon the and duties OF a
liberal education lie began by speaking OF the history
OF cGucatOn It's cXC.ycncss III past ages ana us pres
cnt expansion and freedom. But as the demand for
trained workers and the necessity for thorough prepare
ton Increase, sad the orator. so 90 the dncules IN me
way OF solid learning increase. There Is FEVER Ia the
blood and fire in the eye the people are possessed Win
TIE hercc energy OF industrial ana haterlal PROGRESS anu
plunge with absorbing anxiety into the struggle for
money Father ana son. anxious Tor llinclate results
say these precious years Wneh iractce Ingnt 10 se
cured, business established cannot be spared for
whon are not essential in the practical WORK OF tDe pro
LESSONS, merchandise, or manufactures. For them
me speedlest equipment is the pest rms tcach
ing and practice have filed the land with mar
row-ninded; partly Informed and bisoted spec
Inside Their ayocation, and not great within TO- and
with shallow idiots, fresh from ailors block and
aesthetics and ctchaw But as tbe ENCOURAGEMENT OF
the state ana the contributions of the liberal have FUR
nished opportunity, so do we owe III return lar
ger recompen;e than or personal success III IS TO DC
puDcprited generous in our efforts 10 ala our fellows
the can whatever undertake to do at all and
preachers be more than dOcIrnares as lawyers more
ing each day knowledge is power and Ameri
can men of culture understand its proper use
EDUCATION AND POLITICS.
The literally educated young men in country
should be politicians but it is almost impossible for them
to be occholders Office unless they have first secured
least moderate competence, ondangers their indie
pendence, retards their success and may spoil their
Public life has been IN all free States the highest
and nOblest OF ambitions To guide the Republic com
mand listening senates and promote the national wei
fare I the full of duty and fame But the
causes which threaten solid learning have changed
representative opportunities The energy business,
ITS absorption OF all classes. its demand Tor uninterrupted
time and attention. and the increase OF the cost OF living
have nowhere produced such marked effects upon
statesmanship The legitimate expenses OF an election
almost equal the salary OF the sentative and the
cXactng duties or the place prevent his successful man
agement OF either professional or mercantile vocation
The rapidly increasing labor Of properly administering
this and growing Republic adds
daily the difficulties of the situation Men of affairs,
instead of applauding the public spirit OF OF
number WHO enters public service, regard him with
dstrIst, aud withdraw their confidence and credit.
Hence the halls OF Congress are gradually filling up with
wealthy and professional pacemen. The glorious
school In which preceding generations were trained for
grand careers is almost disDauded CONVICTIONS yield
expedency. and the ability to guide and the courage
20 resist leaving their accustomed seats BY comb
nations and cunning, medIOcrty occupies positions it
m and the machine for the suppre ssiOn OF
dangerous ability aud division Of all the dividends Of
honor and power among It's directors The leaders are
dependent upon followers who have no livelihood, but
oce and who desert the setting and worship the rising
SUM- with facility hlcl suIpaSses the middle age cOu
tier who crcG Tie King - dead long i've the King
The necessity or manipulation Tor reelection,
bt reelection for vocation, gives n0 opportunity
to mastcr those great questions upon whose
solution depend tne destiny of the Commonwealth,
and the representative, dcVOarcd Oy q consuming
xiey about his fortunes aud having failed to study
the needs and principles OF Government is blown about
b. every shifting ccrront Of tue popular breath When
be falls because he has bIded upon the sand If he has
passed tine period when adaptation is possible TO new
pursuits, he closes his doorkeeper claim
dcpdr mcnt clerk There not at this hour
ceptcd IDEAS iIe congressional icco1d Is a morass
a IA Il...a "A ham
less depths nave tue courage to explore. The
Adamscs and Jays OF the first period, tne
Nebsters. Clays and Calhonns OF the third and the
Stewards, summers Chases and IAncolns o INC fourth,
have Of equal power ana influence. The
debates to-day unread Du the utterances OF these
statesmen the Ordcles OF millions. Has the talent
winch % ade these men eminenf died out Oh, no. 1t
Ia prac.clng Jaw, editing newspap managing manu-
factories mines ANA commerce. building railroads ana
direc ing transportation
IL, them those VINO I'LL the leaders place cannot Lead
so much greater the respOusDlii.y and duty which
rest upon literally educated to watch ana ward,
understand ana teach, TO discuss and act that an III
tegent and vigilaut public opinion shall hold IN its
grasp direct Tor ito purposes Presidents, Cabinets
and Congresses. Never fear, but Ii tney are true to
their MISSION whenever OF those mighty crises come
winch threaten The STABILITY oI our nsti,utOls ana de
nand the services OF the l5ftiest PATRIOTISM and genius
that from the ranks will spring other WeGsiors ana
Cla, to the Council otter Stewards, Chases and Stan
tons the Cabinet Otner Lnc0lns to the Preside ncy
and Grants, Shermans, Sneridans and Thomases
10 the HELD
PRESENT PRIVILEGES AND OPPORTUNITIES.
The privilege Of freely criucsing is granted only to
those who greatly boast We need have regrets
for the past, anxiety for its return No tune
good the present, no period country rich III
liberty aud opportunity ours. Races have lived and
died. nations nourshed and persisted, heroes
yrs and sages have left priceless egacos are
their heirs and the benecares OF all the experience,
the examples and the Accommodations of the past. The
most radical also the most conservative of States
We eau canonize william Lloyd Garrison as a reiormer,
and dismiss Denis Keaney as a delDagoguc. Extremes
winch amounts 20 license, and seeking walls TO tear
down beat against the empty air while Conservatism,
Wrttea COnsti u4iOns, adoption OF The COM
law reverence Ior The fathers, our independent
judiciary, hnas rights pro eoteu ana wrongs reessou
God, or pefse
cuted, put 10 death in Its own Les receives the
recognition and applause OF Plato sold into
slavery and Socrates compelled to DR. nix the hemlock
plead to bought Jures, sidney ana Russell thongh
heroes WI. U.S. were martyrs IN their own age. calico
was forced deny MS philosophy and bacons contein-
p9rAries said his works .s. w1r' IKE uDd tne
standing" The wits and WORTHLESS OF the time OF Queen
Elzabeth and Queen Aune are more thoroughly appre,
which have preceded. While even the earlier part OF
this century doubted and opposed the railroad tired TO
prevent the introduction OF gas ana sneered al anu
fought the Telegraph tins decade welcomes ana encohr
ali Invention ANA discovery art an letters tweny
tAe r,OutOnist, alike the objects Of almost uni
yeTsal sneuIs aud scOs, anu now the WOr assigning 10
enuy witn Darcd mead while the one Is buried oeneah
minister Abbey, among England's mighty dead
NOBLE EXAMPLE.
recent gcdy which shocked and stiled the world
brought before his countrymen glorious example OF
the scholar In public life While performing with rigid
exacncss all duties OF MS calling he neglected
the claims community had upon his citizenship and
culture. lie found time every day for his allotted lines
from me classics, aud pages in some book OF SOLID worth
Wuen he enlisted IN the Army he mastered the currcu
lun Of West Point IN three months, and won Ken
lucky by crossing swollen river, when the engi-
neess could suggest remedy, upon a bridge
constructed from recOllecuOns OF OrsaTs Com
mrutArea. He learned tnc French language 10 get
reader access 10 the great works upon nnance, when
ms Congressional dulles demanded solution OI thal
vial ic-uOu; and Reasoning rom original principles
founded Ia mis- college lie, impressed upon the Supreme
Court OF the United states now DdiWark OF liOcIty
The broad foundation ne laid al Williams. hS iSAy