New-York tribune., 1885-02-28

about Brown which to degree took down the ptias
Brown though he had away, thought that Harya,
Of toIeraon borne so noby by Rhode Island and Brown
HAD Ssen flung h. syvs saows G
regards the course that narSar scns WAS &
study thought unwelcome task was yauetess
would study Greek and Latin he did not think any dis;
favor shown the classics Speaking OF some tsv al
Harvards Innovations he Thought aaNv 'nas Inflated 2
He cordially ndorsed President RobinsOns view: as to
especially diifcult OF mastery. ,, v,o
the ne1 s,a thar ne
traion OF the that one university should
net have monopoly of all the talent OF the country
Yale her students into the world equipped WITH
mastery Of" mixed drinks and poker no regre'eee tes
only cards were those Of tho dinner He assured Mr.
Ives. however that Brown extended him her hanu'
Mr. Ives after remarknG that the last sentences were
unntelligble him, thanked the chairman for his COM
pliment Speaking of his own college he said : , a..
Perhaps could have mered courage enough E tho TO
speak for her had she not been attacked recently III
house OF her friends refer to the remarks M wnicn
presume many Of you have seen made Dy C. th mnb
H. NewIIaven II he was reported ihe III .
ship of Yales professors, but OF the general ali s the
college education He thought II Woha m Oe into
two. one Of which should be placed IN 'ne 1 aanu Nv
and the other as s east ne o. spS OF his and
at the other end of mine and was vaedctorian 50
one, s! ne aST to read page Of
think got from my college course hSro uh nv
sns ann such seces as have won in fo and
not nd it in my heart to speak OF Yale College otherwise
in Win svf n"s Fsp.Gd be- s
opinion occupies nearly may be- cas ,PPoppht
aud the which cling: to the past keeny
ay: 70 the questions OF sTs nUar yst
more Cautiously than think Her
professors realize that boy OF eighteen IS oN ' @
that liberty shall not degenerate into license They
hesitate oo to regard the s,aay oi I'm, .e aSeo with
them. Applause But radical or conservative, COZ,
lege education must be useful ana .h ss ' and
cnlpable in speaking shghngly OF III pubic. We
can "a anr n corre.poadng with tho Increase
wealth population. whether the studies be optional
nrof.sson. are high the four years spent In college VIII
6s awong the most useful and productive oi man
Meanwhile the tendency OF education TO make all OF
us patient aud charitable. There no srer way
colleges in the South and send Southern men
to our Northern colleges. Education WIN give s
baysnet Is powcrcss to protect Instruct our puDHc
men moro thoroughly and the rrcaton Of our politics
why sir that the cry OF alunatc fool or an ignorant
socialist Better far 10 down every public building
tutious touch stone Of their foundations There Is
no hopeful sign Of the times than the eneris wAtn
leading colleges making To meet the az manu- int
wider and bsttef Instruction And while believe, with
a pride which trust i pardOnablc that ale II IN tue
very OF the struggle, kho" mat hor pIo'essor
aiming with honest zeal enly fer the truert sahuhfu
that in the strife they wish Tor her sister coeseS rs
well as for herself. God speed! Applause
H. said Mr. Curtis tue conclusioh ot Mr. Ivess re-
marks ne wished to touch the tendcrcst spot In the
hearts OF Bruuobsns he had hut Ia pronounce ono name
that OF John H. Lincoln, professor 0i !ahwho was re
criyed with loud cheers and who said In the course OF
hi- remarks that was terrible To Isad thc
discussions on higher education brlsthnk
with all the terns of war especially
those dreadful scientist. dealing hcrcey with the
War Of the Presidents" which he had seen llacel on
an account OF the between President, McCos
and Eliot He had stated that the cla'Slci-ts
claimed the exclusive place IN the higher education.
This WAS n sad mistake lie rcjoiccd al the ample space
given To the sciences in all the universities me sciences
which had done much Tor tho wcilbeng "I men. Ills
cauacitv for admrng them was limited only by his ca
pac,ty for approaching them He thought the dan
ger OF eIclu'yeness lay with the seencts
themselves and If their friends sreaa ead tnTif acd
Latin they would end by banishing all literary studies
what needed In all colleges was The cutNatioh oi
literary Studies OF whose genial soil should grow up
republic OF letters lie concluded ~ contemhlhg the
I use OF the dead aud living languages
one asccn called. the most really mod
orn, so IL was with languages ,,,
service in the faculty OF Brown University has enjoyed
IN the highest degree the esteem ana affection both "t
the undergraduates and the gr.duates Bi3wh hrver
had popular professor. ENcry wofd thst 40 Ut
listened To with the most eager attention ny
Tbr prSsient then called on Colonel William Goddard
Of Pr.t rure SON ~ Professor Goddard. OF the most
honorcd members OF the faculty OF Brown III the last
generation.
happy speech. referring 10 the many pleasant
memories of college days. Addresses were made also o
Professor Albert HARNESS. Professor OF creek pen'A
Thomas Ewing nd Dr ". " Keen. OF Philadelphia