New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-07-10

salaries paid except those Of tho Office for actual
work. and every dollar of the kegenis appr"pTl",lon
stands for q full hundred cents worth OF elective
service Modest uno-ten aou- in the best sense con-
sentative and devoted 10 lofty and ennobnng dutN'
IL not without reason that the members Oh me p"'
of Regents selcctcd Tor their unpaid service WIN W
impressive aud dignhed ceremonial and that the >ie
chooses appoint her representatives and guardians
AT tbe interests Of higher education IN the Common
wealth with the soiemuy with which she s'I'tt-
her Senator'S In the National Legislature II was WIN
the same of fitness that of the htE'n - IA
davs somewhat more formal than these. caused inc
church bells 10 Doe rung ~ announce their entrance l
a town 20 VISIT the academy. that the mihd 'l y" mn
might bc impressed with due 81 ID" dignity %"
these rerresentatives OF the state interest IN academic
education The praise Of the Efficient work that nave
described belongs mainly 10 the administrative ""c'l'
of the Board az the capital of the state Of NA' ,
secretary is the executive agent and m nothng - ,le
State Of Newly ork more fortunate than IN the
and ability of the eleven gentlemen who duilh- me
century have held The Dce o secretary ana a-ls'i'
secretary of the Board of Regents 0t the DIVERSITY
TTI every office iu the -lte been fled Will the same
sir-lr regard persona character and especial uI
the annals of New ork would seem to be those oil Ut
Thomas Mores welordered Otopa or fI'Vo ''''
his is the fret Of the great services Of tho Board Of
Regents of he University and OF THIS service there Ia"
been No intelligent denial
ITS MORAL AND INTELLECTUAL INFLrFNCE
The second great service Of the University IS not
measured Ike tho first by statistics and details. II Is
a service of moral influence. of intellectual elevation.
For the University of the State Of New ork Is the
orreual witness Of the imperial common wealth 70 the
profound truth of George Clinton words. tha' P,'.
and virtue are generally the offspring II an en-
eued understanding II j. the continuing de'iTlii
Of the state that the r+gher education nronoteS =
higher national and local life. that colleges ana
ACADEMIES are not of feebeness hut sources Oh
toprt and that There il no more in-IdIous enemy OF
free popular institutions than the man VINO deile7
trained and educated Intelligence. II IN othcr couh
tries what the state honor the people u'hoI
tbev arr accustomed 70 be led ~ the Government IN
ms country what the State honors the people honor
because they are the Government lheA KNOW II'''
reitber the college the academy the common
school the counting room. the workshop or me caucus
can do more than inspire develop and regulate nm re
,o,e-s AMI Bisposifinu But they have learned. for
ihe- own history teaches. that the youth who earnestly
desire the know ledge and the training which the college
supulies are those who become men that the coun-
trr wants. and thev plainly and gladly own
that no community serve il own Oesl ana MI
est interest more effectively than bv providing amply
and worthilv for the utmost possible development
and discipline of the moral and intellectual powers
with which it Is endowed.