New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-11

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nths object in the various ways In which You 10
do II can succeed in realizing these hoees r OF mine b
servant depart have done the work Thou gayest me
ton has been OF the happest kind. During the fifteen
years that have been connected with IT, you nave
Their have been misunderstanding between me and
the trustees or the faculty. think occasionally nave
hom have single gentlemen man fd SetSre II
nave literally forgotten it. Langater cannot 'nn ns
that have ever administered a robukc to them. zap
We have been on the most friendly visiting with
eaoh other and think has been o5 peaceIu anu
agreeable community as existed It's thus thai
have lived and 1t Is thus that when my work is finished
here, would retire, living Mt peace with all the repre-
sentatives Of this line Old institution prolonged APP
DR.. NOAH PoRTER's SPEECH.
At tho conclusion of DR.. McCoshs address, tho
band in attendance played "Old Nassau
which was sung vigorously, if not in perfect
| time. The chairman then introduced President
Porter of Yale, who welcomed with chorus of
cheers. His remarks were in substance as follows:
can say that count great gain to our common
in this country, that Princeton College has within the
ais een shot ene a1s
ST its m int its nm5 PRsPGGs tho
gushsd professors Certainly Dr. McCos6 cannot but
congratulate himself that he has been the instrument
bcneacons and so manifold appliances, for it's useful
nes, and its fame. applause All the sister
lest s on the s1 and favor
1t has been incidentally explained heretofore how the
went before, and how that Dr. McCoh came in just
at the critical time and with such signal success
TO the honor OF his administration the glory OF letters
and the welfare OF this country wish TO repeat ana
me 00ns a. trs fG ISa ana s
colleges rs Princeton TO gain In this way IS to gain for
TINS higher educational interest in the country We there
a 4 al
the source OF oar future strength.
Dr. McCosh proposes very wisely to expand the under
graduate instruction INTO school OF phoso 1hy, as
understand him. for graduates aud undergraduates bogh
dcslrugn this way TO connect 80 far "a IL practicable
phi losophca instruction with college instruction. rs
the way shall open FOR this further deyelopm ent
instruction and study. 1t seems to me this is legiti-
mate way for the colleges OF America to expand into
universities. Al AL events wish 70 give my testimony
as feel bound To do on all occasions, tha there eau be
no universities either IN the eaPai or IN
oughgOlng preliminary education There are no such
leading educational interests In Germany. particularly
the university interest cannot stand except
the gymnasial Interest is sustained. and the
alarm ana fear less relaxation in the gymnasia in.
stf1coG should sag ana destroy inG az R OF
moro nor in Cambridge nor ut Cornell nor az Ann |
Aror can there be- university instruction unless there
trained the capacity receive tand unless
young disciplined 10 tnc reception OF what may
be called lectures higher departments Of know.
edge We rejoice that Columbia College awakened |
to the possibility and the hope that II may become
great national university IN New York We nope |
II may. We hope also that tho atten; |
ton OF the community may bo called |
10 the expression In what may be called tho proclama-
programme for IT, future operations that the
rural universities Of England are passing mo tae shade
IN comparison wh the influence OF certain leading lee
lures In London. As though any London |
leetures9ips, or any organi1aton no, OF Ion, Lon,
instruments % powcr which never were 80 strong never
were well furnished never 50 splendid In the variety
Of the equipments 9t tue men VINO teac never 80 "ake
fu In the aror and eaErncss of the men VINO near as
the so.caled rural universities 81 Okiofd ana Gam
bridge! Ihe Tim" may com, ehI we h0p' IL my
come. when the gre1I university OF New-lOrk which IS
be- shall snino forth in its glory and when that tine
anu Ncw-lIayeB ana Cambridge snail seud fit men with |
atrIctou that sunll communicated from these
mctrop lan cbairs. In this We would rejoice and We
vance opportunities and tor the fame which shall
crue TO the universities which shall give them
Ex-Governor Bedle. of Ncw-Jerscy. in respond
ing TO tho toast OF "New-Jersey," expressed the
difficulty he found in doing so, because it embraced
so wide field. Even Jersey justice" COM
prscd in it, and incidentally he remarked that tho
graduates of Princeton, who had lived four years
under good opportunities for observing it,
ought to feel grateful to the State for
having been allowed TO escape its application.
lLaughter.l The speaker paid an emphatic c0mp-
ment 10 the practical common sense OF the Prince
ton Board OF Trustees, and carrying his thoughts
back ward TO earlier times alluded with: we'll
appreciated hum Ia their efforts IN those DAYS 10
advance the college through the medium of lot
terIes adding that IN those DAYS the people didn't
the PresDytcrians. Laughter
Inc speaker concluded by nm alinslon to the KIND
feeling winch had always been shown to the col
lcgc by the State OF New-Jersey, with whose his
tory IL was 80 intimately connected.
SPEECH OF THE REV. DIR. JOHN r. PAXTON.
The Rev. DR.. John X. Paxton. Of this city. re-
spOnded 10 tho toast Our Doctors" His speech
was ~ follows:
Mr.. CmugMAS Avp GESrLEMRS was asked late
last night 70 make some c1tomporhneQus romalks IN
honor OF the Medical Profession at this banquet this
evening And siHco the distinguished alumni or Prince
ton In the medical profession IN TINS Guy are to- busy
fighting disease and deaf t. be present dare sa' tha
Clergyman. will do ~ well rs another To resp nj
this deserving t9nst For the iac Is that crapegtcs
ore closely related When the physician leaves h0us
We enter it-whcn he makes his last prescription our
melancholy service begins. Laughter Besides this,
We Hd common origin. In Egypt ana Israel the
one ne son All ph Jsicns were priests and priests
ply scans The nigh priest OF Egypt the physician
Nor 1.-THE two professions alike in being dl-
yded into many schools or scots ~ 70 Instance nlo
pathy homeopathy eclectic and magnec, and doctors,
,a , r' 'n stc,, stI AMIN Wa nrs the Two I,ro-
fcsslon- that promote human happiness. Applause
NJ Prnc~ta hra1J DR. Willard Parker OF this city
rcure an h~nth Their, before "A miscellaneous audience
~ men and women. romombcr one thing he SAID An
hcoe a.ary to Gappn s. r. Two things SIR" was tho
reply "nist. pat your trust in God aud second Keep
Aud It 4. the glory of my profession that incucatcs
he rst and OF physicians that they promote the latter
Laughter. ,
GcntIemen many great men have been physicians
ythAgorns Gnlcu Calico, GHlyan RabeHls and 5chtl-
rr-nuI some famous doctors have RiuduDtcd from 4
Princeton Applause We all admire and esteem the
phy Slcinn When was bog with heart OF oak anda
cnd that never nchcd and perfect digestion tube.
not / had Ofgals cared tie Tor physl- 1
,laus But day, lad Of nineteen dragged mess
mate with "A shattered nb from the bloody Held OF
ha ccllorsyile To the field hospital remember what
pine table, surgeon, cool serene, WIN sleeves
ollcd up bent wounded soldier ANA saw MN cur,
saw tie arteries and pile up the discovered limbs
,It.Iv sold
urn next" That fellow brought IN since was. ii
Pull him of . Doctor, I'm dying unc,, ms blCOd
ion. Tho shells fell all about ~. Sl that noble
var .eon worked II made me sick lie viii clear
aud steady hand kept on repairing the damage OF
hnlIcfa shell.. lOnked NJ MIN and Know u