New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-05-10
TIE ATEEAGE NAN.
AZ ADDRESS BIZ LINUS NJ. CHILD, OF BOSTON, BE-
FORE THE NEw-YoEK YALE ALUMNI AssoCIA-

Az ADDRESS BIZ LINUS NJ. CHILD OF bosIoN' BE-
ropr THE yEw-YoGK YALE ALUMNI AssocIA-
TON.
Ar the last meeting Of the Yale Alumni Asso-
citation, OF this City, Mr. Linus NJ Child OF Boston
Yale % delivered address ON Ihe Average NAN
which was listened 10 with unusual pleasure ny Ine
,dr.,tes pre-ent and has since been warmly praised
t ~ reIent Judges OF good speaking Ntr thaun-
GOV II Depew and Ex-Governor D. H. chamberlain.
% f the hest passages in the address are reproduced
below: ,,..,
n YOUR committee sought FOR moral food ana nen.at
a. IL their 1rpotrst ln the last moment was scht
or otherwise engaged Il wnS usual HaIll'H ]liu IN
cyitqbe that they should SEMI 70 hostoIl' WlOs . @
and re.ruers nave again and again pointed out thc mar
@ narh in which YOU should walk. and held you mp a.
warning all manunl whose business iei, b an
Come over here the river OF conlnercltl uoo O
Jim Sn,eau stabcs-manaced your railroads watered
your stocks and cleaned y0n AZ o o has 6Ssn INC rreat
oi and intellectual reservoir from which New-iQrA
ha drSWI e rp o Is in no wise diminished, which
proves the resources OF the Boston reserE OF ~ Ia
ase 10 these local gods and have on slch c@.c lo .
still been only an aYerdse man anu . rJ f,e
no Won OF the student II and the graduate ou o. VoNoa
Each year there are thousands Of young men between
me res II sixteen and twenty, who enter me colleges o.
III S,,,,trv for four years OF stndy OF these
tAoil7at's on one and expectation OF becoming high
scholars. Possibly ten per cent enter thest 'ocSs
T one Wi deny but that y cent of az these yotHs
enter with definite purpose OF smy hud 1 ~ "G qi
VIM. O = c0ileoe cducaonl shall not cOnhnc our
colleges and universities 10 me 5,nue , 10 NJ b a..
rfri what alacritY she bows down aud woIslPs me-
- ~ he LGuor and suffers for her gcniuses; how
~ hruds her broad back for them TO- Use rs stepping
tones. how ready she j. 10 swear when ithe egou7 -e
b I,aie from the top his slender and uncertnpedes
ns , bis i,ttlc light that 1t j. a star Of the first mag
ritnde But woe he 10 them VINO nave 30 l"us anu ioy
eJ tbelr wares when the world concludes 10 ny theni
1ir ,u.f the great the small, the True, tue I5e ue
rel the sham, be taken In hand by the average n..
Then come tic Sitting the reinlns then Il y tl' tHc
nj ,Iroff and reason OF the average men hecoHc w
ouv test aud for them II Is 10 say WnetheL liz r
wheels OF progress SHAH turn MY VI ~ h@i
igbf snail iumine the dark places, or tWlIht sl..
Hsi $3.50 III, 4eonls 10 better the world and its people,
, IN g1ni1s NAV have invented and egotism heTaidr'
r. when Won get close YOU hud the average man Is SUI NJ
tainug IT, The hope ana uust Loi se az h. edIi-
,f arr in the average educated man. am 10 us ~
cstion is attended to- facilities increased ana laags
and dewaeonIes. Tie average educated man hDusi.l'
r oie-tions of craftsmanship. or policy, 0tdpioAd}
have 10 De tried by the average man nc - Wv ''
The specialists In politics aud religion ana human l.
those who have spent theli ". e. ~ O,-ic W NH {,
th freed from It, shaciles walks erect before me ~
toushed world Livery ssoteMo -. 1919 T,S IL ,t-.gl
man L- place lie and society that r. uselul h'no5
iJ iTji men sable Imperative The world dem"nd
Nm aud win and does have hun. A. time goes Oh l'
average is raised higher aud higher DIT the con dt1
S,ei-i5n and the power welded almost the same
Ind there been IN Rome j 900 average educated no
unbiten by desire 30 be great there wo"Id nave "e'i
a mighty change the history OF the world. ~,
And has the average man lO personal - 1iui h D
ret up honor out Of NE His uplug- amt cOnlINE' ~
GOING. are not heraldcd by the press. His portfa1
1ot published In the volumes OF the living great IA
pb0fosraph h. found IN the shop windows WIN ~.
MINIS elephant or the Thompson blondes. But MS 'L
ife d. "a help 10 tlc community IA winch hc ives III ~
iavef's Office lac quenche- many blttaF end ia ~ ne
srufk. stamps out the beginnings VI some inohstol
fraud In his ministers study be gives sIaueiA an
none 10 many sOul hanging over an abyss 81 sumo
and rcluorse la his quiet rounds anon MS tl.4. ~
-rrFncfrus and cures body and nina ny MS .lhhl w
do In his modest public NO ia the thorough peTIor
erra If his public durs-, and ahis moderate care
-fir1sc OF men and measures be comes Indeed 10 DE- w
,---r 6ebind the throne. And when The great cll-i
t.. aud the nation ia peril, not only run the thru
yfrboI.f bat from unbalanced science ana genius ~
s-tbtu the average men take the mutter into t-t
- s.- hands place average man az Tue htid ana u
% f,tr4.I iV Tie average men IN the ranks afhlNNe
q ,r,T fbe genius OF the world said was imp0ssihe.
c . rrv then tAat our dcnr old Alma Mater nsf ~
. a. ii-ren with tho desire % produce only hrliiHi
,s,i~s n any are DE neglected iet II 20 those ~
e - her care tho least. Let Yale have every uh"
81 III. Iflhe-t scholar the proioundest athde
-. Int let hcg not refuse "a teach becan1e o., =,
,f.. need there a.. Then az the Years 90 Oh shdl
49, n, yer increasing band ~ seAdIi,,t men W np,'
j. - strythen herr then shall size secure w y,
y - Va, f,rcttfune4s. remembrance thRt 'ia pr
10 Then white she may ctnlt IN me kl'"tit, ~
. have attained and glow IA thelT bfllha,y ~.
IL 80 - s1pu0rt and strength and guidance on ti .
r id,nuf 'iil Oh the strong seaa!aal am VI INC 49,
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