New-York tribune., 1886-01-29
PRAYER FOR COLLEGES.
WHAT LEADING PRESIDENTS SAY ABOUT Mo''"i0 ~
THEIR INSTITUTIONS.

WHAT LEADING PRESIDENTS SAY ABOUT MoHAL0 IL
THEIR INSTITUTIONS.
The day OF prayer for cCeSgs Was Was eity 6v
n meeting in the BIick Presbyterian ChurGA YES
terday afternoon. The Rev. l)r. Henry - ,ih y aI
Dyke. IT,, presided. The Rev. Ut. Henry W. fieiu ,
i'm the course of his remarks ,saId that yoIns Iel,
came in battalions the colleges and lot louI ye
are shut out from home influences. III ~ ia u"so
ous crisis when boy leaves home TO 20 10 % &c
With all its advantages college Ire Is @ luii I ~
dangers When evil CotS into college IL may p 1
come contagion before the professors lih' IL out,
There cannot he too great an interest sN,t pla3 GO
made hy the kev. DR.. +. ii. Marling, the heD' IT,,
Erskine y. White, and others. services welo aisO
held i'm the University of tho City OF New loIk ny
the students and faculty, a sermon beng dehVeieu
by the Rev. DIR. A. q. Nerrllye .,o,..
Al The Union theological seminary SIX stu,l 1ii
presented various phases 81 cogg9 nG gndents @ another
taking up the work of tho Christian =.
etc L. h. Gulick Of the middle class, % h;,u syn 9 &
the presidents of several colleges aSKllE lVl III III
formation in regard to the religious ana thoral con-
dition. The following are extracts 1ron sohi0 u
the letters received:
prosidaut Flint. OF Harvard drunkenness has de-
and of self respect strengthened fnonc seniic @ %
among students has Improved On the other hau ICES
tS are horn of luxury and self indulgence tend 10
inorense Part the utility of athletic SPORTS III ooOe
The Rev DR. W. NJ Barbour college pastor OF +, iae t%
-ILe behavior of the Yale students OF ato years ~ to
ind, ent of their instructors las been most eAePI9
Eire at,.t,rs encouraged as they here on moral
prouud contrhute the essennG OF lower eiDoyiuep
PrSsdent seeye of Amherst The moral lie OF the
members OF the college was mover nisnSi M t i"ws s"d
There Is special improvement Dotn IN o 'io" tn srs
nractices OF tie stodents relating to Temperance
Is also a much higher appreciation OF thcc CLAIMS o "
PSc,t s BARNARD OF Columbia far our means
OF observation extend tho mora n v ter ~ een more so
II there are vices prevalent among the students 'heS "
Prn9,Iept James H. Mason Knox OF Iaiayctte-Thc
vice OF drunkenness which has trou4!eu Tue ~
some degree in past years has hardly shown l.stlt VI
late Thf youn: men have been orderly ana correct "
their conduct and ilicent in Their studles. - = lima
ExPresdent Hopkins, of Williams Ihere was q @ ti.o
when we felt it necessary TO exact pelec from crc
student that would not use ntoXlcalihE o'
by college orders There has too been erauua cnae
OF sentiment the immunity and so au1ng the % y"e
men regard to college tricks ana diStuo"noo' s''
any anu 80 an o. a. Rortlett OF Dartm outh.There has
hasn unnuestiOnahy at Dartmouth Tor seNera years +"
steady and marked Improvement III college ihoTas. M
brutal element is almost eXtlnctuhazts aoSou,' Ne
are making earnest efforts &, do away WIN tu9 h
that students may have d1crcht s'ahua'u 'i "'"0'
morals and obligations from ot"er men, ,
After the addresses by the students President
Uitchcock smoke briefly and the closing prayer WAS
offered by tie Rev. DR.. c. II. Parkhurst: :, .,,o
In the evening there was large sat lcI'h- IL '.0
narlors of Association Hall. W, ii, Parsons ~,
conducted the services All the ieauins
colleges of the country were repIeSIT,Vr IoTTorI
Ccphas Brainerd jr for the tnlyciN ny OF thG TI,f
nj Eew-York; j. Is. Shawl OF LaIafeitc, and H. NJ
About twenty-five alumni of Williams ColieRe
met IN the Broadway tabernacle IN me eVrming
1he Rev Dr. c. 4. tVddard presided. HctNlV' ~
were aio held at the Madison Square FrcSDy terrain
Church. ,:, y T oil
At Rutgers College. New-Brnnswlck, y. -; al
1,oon a,orl, ,vos su Spcndcd. The Rev. Dr William
NJ IayIor. of the Broadway tabernacle, preached
The college chapel was crowded A large MeetlnS
Of the students took place in tie AFTERNOON; ne
NcT- Jersey Conference of the \. NJ. {: A. college
Association will meet in New -jrunSwlck n"Nt "rei
Friday. j. =. * Studd of Cambrldg. EAs'' an"
other rrou1lncnt workers viii be present.