Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-03-17


received. both at home and i'll San Francisco.
When it WIS proposed that life membership
certificates be issued at SO each they were can
vassed i'll San Francisco and over 500 was real
lied in a few hours. Since then several life
members We're added to the list from there.
Unsolicited a lady Of San Francisco donated to
the Association the sum of 500. refer to Mrs.
Charles Croker and for this encouragement we
are thankful. TO enable the Association to realize
means wherewith to purchase lot upon which
to erect the museum, it was resolved to hold an
art loan exhibition. Mrs. +. B. CrocRer, lady
whose wealth is ornament to her noble ma
turc, kindly consented to the use of these rooms
for that purpose. Learning the reason for which
we were to hold our exhibition. she at once, and
without charge. reservation or restrictions, gave
us the use OF this beautiful temple of art which
at that critical time was almost equivalent to
the assurance of positive success. When
such Woinen are not, say natures no
bleman; when they are, say nature 5
noblewOman God bless such women
In canyassing Tor lite members, the committee
had certain experiences not laid down in the
programme, and which, for the time being pre-
duccd an effect that almost neutraliZed their
ambitious zeal. What do you want a museum
for" said one. Cant you see ali the old stuff
YOU want in u Junk ShOpY' Another said
- Museum? Nonsense llldeous idols, Indian
clubs. scalps, Old Patent Office Reports; cranky
models OF impossible inventions; old nlummieS
that have Il suspicious smell about them; pas-
ter OK Paris men and women with no clothes on
them: bottles with nasty WORMS so Carefully
preserved rs to save them intact for the day OF
resurrection: and 10 add to this insult 10 com
mon sense, lOng-Wndcd names that WOuld puz-
zle the very chiefof Hades 10 get into plain solid
English. Trash and nonsense. No museum for
ne y thlid sald museum lldecd. VINO
goes to a museum lallk and lean young men.
who wear their hair long and parted i'll the mid
die. whose mysterious climax is heightened by
their eye-glass string significantly Topped over
The left ear; or, see the old codgeI
who mopes around musty books; who
delights in autediluVian remains: whose
burden OF .alne ntaIlohS consists ia grooming
after the missing INK. No. SIT: qoA want II
museum when want progress. ! send my
boy to the most progressive machine shop OF
business mousse.
Ana 80 II comes 70 pass mat Wheil Il man lives
10y bread atone MS hlnd bGcomcs dyspeptlc-
ohop, ana hothlng but the shop, soon converts
the man MO i boot, an overall barrel OF
teal CoAG.oh practical stomach, let Us write
the biography ot one sHch as You. Don be
inpatient. We Won't detain you long. Birth,
Feed-mcEoy, behlh.-No sooner dead, when
your h1rc-carned gold vaniShes like a puff OF
S.Cukc into hands other than you wished or
dreamt OF. Lucky, indeed. II you ever have
erected over you a POI derolls stone to press
your useless BODY ught within Its narrow cham
her. And we WCt tnGt, II we c"ad follow goa
further, your clustering business soul would
make its appearance at the gate. IN vain would
you quote the price leather, the rise decline
OF cotton, or the foreclosure of mortgages.
With stcrn rebuhc YiSl!ant Peter might in
kindly charity point you out Tie road to earth
again III oTder 70 give you another trial, per
chance to learn by past experience the duty Of
a man. How unlike the image Of Cod such
men are, allied by instinct and capacity 10 the
brute. These are the men above all who have
need of museum. If we cannot interest them
in the work, let Us hope 10 be able through the
medium OF the museum to interest and instruct
their children
Was the museum no factor in the welfare and
happiness OF man Roll back the scroll of his
tory nd q rGt 70 INN mi =,
mans recorded deed and thought five
thousand Years. Five thousand years ago
what thought does it awaken" Is il
not meaningless symbol to the VegetativC
with fruitful result to the contemplation What
Of mans relation toman. his history his deyel
opmcnt, civilization. Is it not embraced within
the period OF 500 wears? Why 5000? Why
not 10. 20. So 1850 years ago? What warrant
have YOU for Your 300 What evidence iol
your 100000
And man, Ike tic child in the Kindergarten
searches out a method OF Interpretation for tiG
ever pressing queries Whence what? why
and what the proper duties to be performed
The earth, the planet and the distant star be-
come the objects OF his contemplation but tn
balanced reason serves to little purpose the am
bilious investigator, until like the vessel well
loaded with ballast, it can with safety plow the
ShOrelcsS deep
What, now, is the nature of this human
ballast, this unknown quality. whose potency
consists in posing the reasoning faculties in q
'eming mcth0dical and consistent equilibrium
The accredited opponents OF ancient and mod
ern culture agree that II Is due primarily to the
thorough mastering OF facts. Nor Is this alone
sufficient, for Isolated facts III themselves are
only heterogeneous ideas: whereas, reason, tC
be such. should be purely homogeneous. Il is
only by method OF nerazdtion that we ar
rive at n state called intellectual perception
! Thus generalization Il an eject OF which facts
are the cause. Therefore, where there are nC
facts there can be no generalization, no thought
mi no nj al frsfsll
Indispensable. Facts are to the mind what
veins and arteries are to the body. IN order tC
obtain knowledge OF facts we lind an impOr
taut factor in objects Objects are the clinch
nails of thought They are the cement the
dOYetail of formative ideas. They are both
conclusive and circnnistantial tenders of evi
dencc. Tho immortal works OF PhidaS and
PraXitclCs, which can be seen to this day nj the
Vatican and the Louvre, are evidences of tho
grandeur OF ancient Greek art. The Bible is an
evidence OF the rise and progress of mOuethcism
The pyramids and their automatically squared
angles are an evidence OF the high state O
knowledge Of ancient Egypt.
The advanced state of civilization of the nine
teenth century is mainly due TO the untirins
efforts of those who have devoted years Of CLOSE
application to the study of facts The rank of
nation may be determined by the number AND
quality of its scholars. The intellectual stand
ard of the individual Is also governed by hi!
knowledge of facts ana his power OF gencTalil
ing them.
A strange in!utuatiOu possessed the dcspOtiC
rulers of Europe when they began rearing vas
museEmS-and began collecting therein the
measurable momeutoes of ancient times. 81
eS.Ur were tley in their accommodations thai
wars and treaties were often the basis for these
| POSSESSIONS These vast couseryatores for oh
serVa;ion are suited only to the progress of /
| free and Independent people. Thrust upon tho
notice OF euslaved races it tends TO breed mis-
| chief Witness the diseased state of political
affairs in Europe II needs but spark to burS
! the apparent quiet into a violent eruption
Could they have foreseen the result, il is doubt
! full if they would have been so eager i'll the
! preservation and the accumulation of these
priceless treasures of antiquity. For with thest
| as nucleus, inches were soon found within the
museum walls for curiosities in nature Natura
history and science soon found an entering
wedge Thus was philosophy restored and SCI
al liberty for ever. Every Spade-full of ear Il
! taken out OF the ground for the foundation of
museum was an act for the emancipation o
mankind an act tor true liberty and freedom
| Il vas an act Tor the doom of tyranny: poten
corrosive FOR the disintegration of despotism.
| Blot ont the illustrious band OF mankind