Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-06-17

The educational meeting at the Uni.
versity of Southern California, ON 5atur-
day evening. as announced in the HER
AID Of Sunday morning, was q most
notable event. Mr. T. r. Spence pre-.
sided, and delivered the following elo-
quent and instructive address in his
Socratic and convincing manner;
ADDRESS OF PRESIDENT SPENCE.
1t Is meet and appropriate, that in the
midst Of business whrl and in the eager
chase for the unattainable, that a hall
should be called, and friend commune
with friend, neighbor talk with ntigh.
Dor, and man speak with his fellow
man, and mutually deliberate upon
questions of vaster Importance than
money. getting, over-reaching, specula,
tion, ,self-aggrandizemen anu vthrr9 kin
dred illustrations~ wi,ich now appear tc
engross the public MUD Let tie ques
tons be asked. what are we! where are
We? what are we doingy and whittier
are We goingf
Each should ask and answer for him
sell honestly, and then by comparison
with his friend some good might be de.
duced.
Are we responsible beingss Are we
accountable to God, who has placed US
here for q little whiley Are we thank
ful to Him for HIS many kindnesses to
| fha 1ntiau
SO well understand
| Are we aware OF the favored lot ac-
corded to us in living in this land OF
plenty and sunshine. land more ia.
vored than any other on earth; land
literally flowing with milk and honey,
with corn, wine and oils And while to-
night we sit almost within sound Of the
western sea, we are surrounded by o
bountiful harvest; life aud hsalth per-
wade; and peace reigns throughout our
borders.
The inward gucstioner asks, what are
we doingi can hardly tell. will
Though timidly) assert that, amongst
many things that should be done, ore at
present seems paramount, and that is to
pr vide the bread of knowledge by feed
Ing the hungry souls. by building up
aud endowing an institution of learning
in this beautiful valley that will be a
credit to the participants AS well as to
the country and age in which We live.
For few years our University enter
prize has been moving along slowly,
doing good work. and believe coming
up to the anticipations of its founders;
but point has now been reached when
larger buildings must be erected TO meet
the immediate and urgent demands OF
the increasing number OF students.
We eau pOiut with pride to the fac.
ulty, to the Pres dent and his faithful
assistants, laboring assiduously Tor the
best interests Of all, aud although the
institution is under the ausp ces of the
Methodist Church. il is not sectarian,
as | know that students are enrolled
upon the list of membership of all
shades OF religious belief Including
Catholic and Heorewl. and their sensl-
bilities have never been wounded.
Were it seciarian, certainly would
not be identified with it.
The importance OF such an institution
cannot be- over estimated, not only to
the southern portion Of the State. but
to the count, and city of Los Angeles.
and most particularly TO the immediate
locality in which it is situated.
again repeat that the point has been
reached when the friends must prove
themselves friends, or else retrograde
movement will soon be noticeable.
A test OF friendship is a simple yet
exaetiug thing. and when in this case
we link friendship with duty, we hope
for success. We are entitled to it but
the fut Ire must prove it. We are tired
Of these ,cishy ,oashy sort of people who
are always wishing us well but never
assisting. Deeds and work, not wishes
and professions, are needed now.
To me, in early life. was denied the
privilege which so many young people
now have within their reach. and posi-.
bly, may therefore more intensely feel
that education in such an institution as
this Of ours is more to be priced than
silver and gold where the student is sur
rounded by the influences of pure, moral
men and women, and educated in all
the material branches calculated to de-
and thus be enabled to rank as the peer
OF the highest, either morally or intel
lectually.
The warrior, the statesman. the jur-
ist, each in his place, but tony mind
the educator ranks higher than either
of these. His place may be either in
the pulpit OF in the schoolroom, his in
tiuence is always felt, he lives through
the ages, while the others are soon for
gotten.
remember wildly my feelings when
descended into the Crypt of st. Paurs
and stood by the Sarcophagus Of yelling.
| ton, the warrior and statesman. The
following Sunday stood by the grave
| of his kinsman in the little old church
yard of City Road Chapel, London. l
bered longest on earth, Arthur Welles.
ley, the warrior, or John Wesley, the
educator. The one whose artillery re.
verberated throughout Europe, bring.
ing terror and disnay to the hearts Of
men aud nations; the other with voice
silvery and sweet, that also reverberated
through the hearts of men and taught
them to look up. to have hope; taught
them to be better.
Methinks that the name Of Wesley,
the educator, shall live on earth, while
that Of the Duke Of Wellington shall be
forgotten.
saw and heard Gladstone, Eng ani's
premier and leader. ask and obtain aid
to carry on the Egyptian war. His word
seemed to be law, and all powerful ia
work the great machinery of the English
government. On the following Sunday
heard the great educator, Spurgeon,
talk to over 1000 people, and tell them
the simple story of duty and of love,
tell them what was right and what was
wrong. and again the thought occurred
to me, who is the greater, the statesman
or the teacher? Will not the name and
influence of Spurgeon. the teacher, last
longer than that of Gladstone, the
statesman My enthusiasm and judg.
ment both reply, ''yes.
My friends, we are here to-day, to-
morrow is not ours, the humblest may
and can do something; by an united ef-
fort we can achieve great things, let it
not be said of us that we failed to do our
duty. that we were weighed in the bal.
ance and found wanting.
II in these remarks have said any.
thing that will incite you to generous
deed. to make you resolve to assist us in
the future to help to establish upon a
| firm basis this University of Southern
California, have done we'll. If 1 have
not. then these few moments have been
wasted.
After the close of the address Of Mr..
Spence, Elder A. NJ. Hough presented
the financial requirements Of the case,
and spoke hopefully of the encourage.
ment which he had received from the
friends Of the institution in favor of the
erection of the new edifice to aceommo.
date the increasing attendance at the
school, and had no doubt of the success
of the undertaking
He was followed by Hon. w. A.
Cheney, who made thrilling speech in
favor Of education hallowed by the in.
huence of religion, as a coun,erbalauce
TO radically secular education. While
faynrinu secular educa finn ba das;rad IL