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

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a great nation 10 he borp and great M, oo
10 be achieved. trained men for leaders IL aLe
scholars less apt to edit Greek plays man 10 i'1 in
American history. IL produced men oI c'n, ,t,ira
sirht and tenacitv who had learned IRON h'cI
and the annals OF all res the resources ol tb
the sophistries of power IhGy N'rg 80 adrittel
world not of the coister. Their degrees I.' Me-
them ad eundem" with Pvm and Milton WIN -
and John Hampton However reacL'haIl ,"e O.
Of the.coIcge John Jay ana hoo'' PHI X Cortland
erneur Morris and Egbert Benson ihuP an ~,
and Henry Rutccr- with others OF not less 's'.'u
family names in New-loik, were euuct' 49,
Liberty and in all the advancing me o., 'I' H. tbe
e., - lie con.uicuo.. Jcaders. And wlch 'ne
Tory president. Dr. Cooper former t'il"" ". -
entered the lists Ter the tBntlsh VoYerhm'it -. -
v,uouisn ned by a masked antagonist rom uhos, -
- Ion r. wa. lifted iooked The face oi the ma.
vellous boy Alexander Hamilton tnen '''''
eighteen and freshman ~ the c""e4s' a. .r,11,r.,
Thus a. the university had htIe'4l NJ al III
,{-rat,0, IN tine country and bad fosteT.d ana az
rectcd the instinct Of nauontHtF' So ais" 5.hste
leadership for national Independence. A. tl' u',"
na,sed from sermon and pamphlet anu VI S'ii,-
courts Of law from the town meeting anu Tue
and the committee of correspondence 10 I' M 5 49,;
aruie. and tie battlefield. the colleges c!"7'" 1i,H
door, indeed ont not unu ihe -,"'es'i a had
mental Congress and the tonstltutlonA '"n -
nassed OUT Of them. When the war ended ana ."e
united colonies. loosely huddled lh ch''u y l =
non were TO be bound in flexible powerin an" H4L
morious national union. once more nc &c e.
nished the builders of the state, ana or lhe uI'
n,e1lh hers Of the Constitutional Convenuon thll 'Hie
we're graduates " hen the convention a'yYYI
Columbia aud Princeton united Hamilton jaw ana
Madison 10 present % the country The grea al SeH'
for the Constitution and 81 was Alexander ntnll."H'
son Of Columbia. who lifted New York INTO me lo,
and a son of Princeton, James Madison VINO P''''u
Virginia By her side
YorNpArrox or THF STATE UNIVERSITY
II was lust and commanding instinct when
promrted the leaders Of NewIofk. when the he' oiN
on ended to lay the broad foundation OF system Oh
o5pc,on for the state which should tend to cherish
the intelligent patriotism and public virtue whl'h n'u
occurred American independence Education thIookn-
out the State had been paraiyzed nN the W. ~
scbooIs we're evcrvS here closed The one college was
practically extinct But. in tho wear aiter he neIoa
ton of he treaty which recognized ne maj Sc
of the American states from Great britain '"N'
George Clinton invited the Legislature 10 CONSIDER ,le
question of the revival and ENCOURAGEMENT q" >H'
,sres of learning He was not a cohcge-ored man. n"'
he was wise statesman, anu one of the Gle1' IN
ors of New York aud m the first coniu>ed an" ia
hour that followed the war he felt perhaps 'Hgu'N
and remotely. but surely, the necessity OF opIr
the money making spirit. Which WdS sur -. 7,
70 assert ia supremacy The spirit OF letters du' an a.
pleasant 10 think of the sturdy S'o'eIno' u,
cari,al CITY. in whose hat-chared anu u'bI''-''
streets the trees had been cut down anu tu' Iuneu
buildings hid been left unrestored and from N3'S q
shore. the !ong-occupvng aud devastating army n'u
,.t marched .vav pesdinz that not Tyre and Sidon
not Carthage and Capua should be the model OK 'Ae
new state, but Athens. rather
Athens, the eye of Greece mother OF arts
And eloquence
vo~l.,, of he eincation OF youth" were CHnton'a
memorable words m h- message TO the Legislature OF
January ~ lisa " j. among the eNl' 'on-''lu. I
u
vour attention than the revival and encouragement ~
.crinaries of learning and nothing by Nh'oh we cau
more satisfactorily 'N'. "'' = .'.,. IA ,tr.r.
prcmc Being for His past tlv1rs. since p.'' 'n9 N"e
are generally the offspring of au enlightened uhdeI
standing" Tho Legislature did not shrink from de-
cr,fiu fhc du'v which the Governor urged ui forming
c mind. of h, yoath of tAc state 20 virtue and from
inns mobile purpose uf promoting public VIRTUE aud con
,,queut public u-cflu.~- ,praug The University oi the
Win the English practical genius and tendency 10
adapt existing institution, {" lA' "''u' 'u"'''"'
rather than 20 attempt wholly new system oi tu''"-
tiou, the first proposition was q" revive Kings Eg
.s The nucleus OF university, 90 Dee compose" 'l a.,
college. that might arise ~ ihr state rae '"Ip'li'"
institution 90 Doe governed and confronted n' lh' Nv
eots of the University who were created bt the Act
This Act practically violated the Ter oil od NIHS7
Coero and -rgue.,crcd to the state property nor
was h improved bv amendment E'vn- io ihc clergy
2i eacA aoH3Illla ' T,,,,ri, ,io n committed
all the details Of he cement Of the college 10 me
Regents Not only they % employ the professors
and pay their salaries, and 10 prescribe system o'
go lego buildings. and to mako tlc ror"r- lod-" cone
Portable and 20 pay The messenger D. A'eeH p.lA'7
per auuum. and ~ take care that he floor scinh's
were dIIg,nt and 10 procure bell Tor ne coz 60
and % rect the purchase " onr cords ot Wood an
uual.y and 70 dctray the expense thereof rom me
treasury of the University. Tie minutes OF tnr N'eI
mo. of the Regents, In he dsv- ot tins simple service.
show how imprac-cable inc scheme would become a.
tie University developed. bur ta' minutes nave i -
,ages. also. which command at.--.ou.
ITS EAr.Y ASNAI-.
ON The 18th Of May, lisa hundred years ago. the
irst candi5lro for admission r1 10 .uvcrsv. It's
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only eA''l-| '''''7 i -.
Education His name va 'sF-ii '"n''h. ms 'l'l'
Ca,r.re tbc Governor was tie Chancellor If the LIE
DBL. ...t.. -.,..,.. T,,r... f,ir.or was Nc-
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l.'. i t..i..--- -. and b.t.5-t..r,v a-r.- I'm
t-. .. l'c.o,,e. . re,r...ic from hereditary
i ~, --., e.--I fIat., yy,o Ures...e. -atL
No. 49, ..-...,,. ,-.-. rl.,, md I,e1-ye TIv-
49,, - nj piii, ( .,-B,,,fIn WHO came to study
-, +L- l..,,o1a -.,.in Robert H. Livingston. the
..i,l'r . tIs $50. ..-. ed. Tor then the families
,, IN rf,. ,. l,I.c service of the -t.t.. and
N .-.c,s-.5 viii fine 90. I-r4 and the nj