Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-06-08
.aoREss OF TBE PRksI'
cril YaE BeARD OF UNfvEx.
.s,y gEGESrs'

M REs'
"a struve, Prssidsnt of tn
800, :. q Rso,uts, delivered ths address
an the evening of Thursday
ire o'p .5.st the Faculty and Sta
n ". FIT RI University Of Washington
%sG ne GyyTLEMES The education
Il laDns NE ~ Is a problem Of transcend
3tbs PeO.nde and moment. Into 1t
81 snter as into no o'ngI .ne ele
Ssfs Of national destiny IN a ,.J pres !,
ps' .h - issues that divide and emnat'l'
es IOI nartIes are dwarfed into iuslg
pBtla Compared with 1t, othel
pcsnos If national concern are loca
4 s5sstGns This great problem II
- Pacing and everlasting IN 1T
d enpis 0rssp. because it enfolds the
/ Nsep az otthe State in the shaping and
~ Ihe ,a;no of the character OF IT'S
he taking a retrospective view
CO.. s. condition Of mankind before the
the two last centuries daWned
Eb' =. hs world, education and learning
sp0e W. vas a monopoly belonging to
ns iI'. n,,iyileged class, and was the in
tsnsn nv which this favored class
En~.tlsd 10 exercise a tyrannical
w. sLt exclusive control over the
90 asses of humanity, which lay
go IN ignorance and superstition.
fsp,.sllsctual culture which then gave
t-v The means of maintaining an
p'Ssncy over the fears and weak
60 N their fellows, has gradually
s,a5 and diffused its presence until
s; IA within the possible reach Of
In a country like ours, where the
Institute the Government AM.
A Il. laws: where the Judgment, the
&c. and the prejudices of the peO-
pa,cta.e what governmental policy
s,H be pursued where not single
ssof general nature has found a
.I.,. m the statute book or - not kept
- without the assent of the people
/ .ss,s all the rights Of persons and of
'.onsrty have been declared and de-
| "a by the same potential voice
.s.re solely by the power OF universal
..auIar suffrage, one administration,
4 k,tsonal. State or municipal, Is contin-
ii or substituted for another, and
sss,e all the forms and agencies OF the
Government and the exercise OF Its Iu-
Ss,aI and administrative functions are
.,,scnbed and regulated in obedience
( tbs same popular will, the Importance
a. such vast and far reaching power
/ sosId be wisely and intelIigently exer-
| sd becomes at once clear aud appar-
! mi Not because even the most igno-
l m, and uneducatsd of our population
void willingly endanger the stability
! aoar Government or Voluntarily inter
is,s with the wise and patriotic admin
rA.ion Of our laws, hut the inability
bring to the consideration of the
nave public questions constantly
admitted to the peopIe for decision,
, md the incapaoity to take an intelli-
ANT part in the formation of healthy
OahIie opinion, which. after all, rules
he State, tends 10 place such elements
under the political guidance and oon-
troll Of ambitious, dishonest and un-
uineipled men, who altogether subordi-
nate the public safety and public vel
isrs TO the advancement of theft private
ends and selfish purposes. Ii IL
THE DUTY OF OUR GOVERNMENT
To provide and adopt the best and the
arrest means for its own safety, strength
md perpetuity. Ii must be remem
bsred that the generation now on the
raes of action, and which controls and
manages not only the affairs of Gov
aumsnt. but the mnltifarious concerns
Il professional, business and social
lie will have passed away twenty five
thirty years hence. and that its place
viii be- occupied by the succeeding gen
9stion, to carry on our work-to make
isd TO administer the laws, and to keep
10 aud extend the vast system Of the
Earned. commercial and industrial ac-
bon of a great people in all their
mried occupations by land and by SEA.
Il this sense, the children of our coun-
u belong not 10 their parents alone
ihey are the herit 90 of the State, Its
property, as muoa 80 rs are the public
lands and the public revenue for they
sfs 70 be ia supporters and the guide of
lie action, and for them and by them
the Government il to live. How. then,
can Government sat before itself a
higher duty than that of u.aking pro-
visions for its perpetuity and its broad
or usefulness, by fostering aud wisely
guiding the education of the youth in
Cur schools, to fit them for good oitI-
zership and prepare them, not only TO
enjoy the blessings of an orderly, wise
and benefcent Government, but TO pro
lsot, perpetu ate and enlarge those bless
lnga This is
WORK OF poUNDLEss COMPASS,
Difficulty and interest. Ii requires no
violent stretch Of the Imagination to
suppose that our country will continue
10 advance, by the time the next gene
nlion makes its advent, with the same
apidity and in the same ratio that has
marked It's progress for the last twenty
Eve years. BY that time our popula-
ton will probably number not far from
one hundred millions all the Terrific
fies will have become thrifty and popu-
leus States cities, towns and villages
will spring up aud flourish in regions
Jet lyisg In unbroken solItudes rail
roads will cross now painless noun
hins; new arteries of commerce will
b opened new industrial enterprises,
smpoying bouudless labor and capital,
vii be lnaugurated, and all the springs
Of social and Of business life will in.
crease correspondingly and be intensi-
Nd In power, strength and activity.
In anticipation of these probable
events We must educate and train our
oasprlng-those precious gifts of Provl-
dence and blessings of our household
Who have not yet stepped across the
skreshhold Of childhood, who cling
about our necks and nestle in eur arms,
whose presence brings joy and sun
snine, and in whom center our Aztec
lions, our hopes and our anxieties.
and on the skill and care with which
ihis educational process is conducted,
and on the liberality, zeal and devotion
displayed by rs in tais work, each in
Ms proper sphere, will depend greatly
ihe success OF those who are sure to fill
our places, possess our fortunes, wear
car honors and take the scestre of oom-
mand FROM our hands, when, worn out
md enfeebled by the inroads of time,
We quietly make our exit from the
aaQe Of life.
II Is we'll shat the genius of our inssi.
Mnons recognizes, favors aud enoour.
yes the faithful discharge Of this
suty. II is well that the policy of ouI
ssate and Territorial governments
ailected by the intelligent will of the
pcopie, have made the oommoa schools
public institution, supported and
maintained by the pub.io treasury
paced under the supervisory control OF
Paoilc officers and regulated by whole
1ine laws Of the peoples own enact
len. and that their portals ara opened
81. Ssh TIE children, whether they are
~, ,s or poor, white or black, aud thai