New-York tribune., 1886-11-09

b" helped onward 70 college or next to tho ve points
e r that %ns be @ The
tenn II shonld be cae'' was good , one sc, plsc'
ton ~ how he parents the whole family ioed and
M Matthew @ Arno % as t %s hat
which seems doomed to ry every theory OF % % s
children Of the public schools taught in answer TO the
State III fares the State in which the parental image is re
by an the U hG boy 81 whS op
state and Tor the hope OF his own future life owe them
mother and the sympathy Of good men Nor was the
ss neil & FOR Tine a was sves py and Is no
longer The ambition Of promising boy to 60 TO college aney
enouh for all practical and 80 perhaps Is bu
or 1Gi Too or nn a % o % Su Si o no too
IN n ST INV wa r rs Sa % sasn is & 60 be sInS @a
TO ty 90 further @ & @ of the p%e + Of
the purpose toeraby well and TO be cheaper never In
Harvard done much. by raising lts lard to force
upward That also OF the preparatory schools The eayen thus
fe ment in the lower grades well What need
@in @n to oSs a %n % r
they 90 az to wn aos hs% o Ses
e only way % which our m nv can aav e S heS s
ye made general and Ge SD higher i X
more energy less cultivated and 9y
nes to those indirect inucnce winch make
refinement Of mud and body Democracy must show It's
capacity for producing not higher man. bu the high
il Is failure matter what It iors for body. 1t DO
not & nt & 5 o po n the the
common aud the vulgar it failure Unless it know how
done ti.' Is 4 doing ms m or trying to DO ~ Not yet
that an American who stays long enough In Europe Is
sure to ni K own & country nnsninraoe @ when ne CONES
ence but !, Is interesting as Implying certain unconscious
be mpat mt 1t is far from the dwoers caves to even
such civ zation as we have achieved am consct that
years with what to very inadequate results. We
civilization those things that tend develop ne
noa orres OF man and not merely to quicken his esthec
the two than is popularity believed.
1HF TKUE MEASURE OF SUCCESS.
The tendency Of prosperous democracy and hitherto
had little to DO but prosper toward
confidence In tsef and its homemade methods everest
of material success and corresponding Indifference
OF the mind The popular ideal Of
than before the accumulation OF riches
"seem" for it only because the opportunities
greater ignorant that wealth the fertilizer
OF civilization and of the arts that beautify 1t The
which made the arts possible the birth OF cities
where wealth earliest accumuated because found itself
ar Il mean. eis9yre 10 II Means % erv 'ns' o' "e"'
Hut these divorced from culture that is. from intelligent
purpose become tho mockery of their not
ike the Wheeling 1oaT DOOM instead Of blessing am
saddened when see nation measured by the
number Of acres under tage or Of bushels OF wheat OK
po Tor The rea value OF a country must be weighed N
Sicily empty but the bees from all cnes stu fetch
S World voa G may 5Sdea with thumb %tsos
With 5 tip and s er dr 6 them o S5s' ana the 'S
every Civilized 1an D not Dante cover With his hood ali
where was Germany unless in wemar Material
FTS s @ D% "a 1f ns e amount Il has
contributed 10 the thought the moral energy the Intellectual
There other let candidates hatter us as they may
repeating but they tusns that need to
be repeated IN season aud out OF season -. r -,
trustee maintain higher ideals OF lfe and its purpose to
than which from the reefs aud shadows Of
e%vate persons in comauaitT viii tie inner uses Of pros
pert' tangt and the vulgar uses OF become dsrepna
And n = AT ar
out with such consciousness Of their fortunate vocation and
s"ple% pTo6icSs fsi Of all demCcraey ami that
results whether consider its effect upon ua
a a% sn & ST @ Tn i na
oe seem. to be a rn not 5, only S 9ap Sn
OF eas and mat one nan as good as sn9er % Ir an m @
when ne press mSas U1 an % OF more than
duty teacher giving news instead OF Intelligence; win =
human allowed 10 about unmuzzed in
alter number ami variety than ever ocore since 1e rs,"r
with time when the idols OF the marketpaee are more de-
when the electric telegraph by making Pnne opinion slmn
eregarious impulses which transform otherwise reasonable
INTO mob and when above ALL hs cs's m9s q n ne
the highest OF all sciences aud services tne m oil
a hs % sosT ~ ss 80 5 s ns ~ and 70 should be
limited by certain pre- existing conditions and must consider
That more genera pnrpose E IT, to set rec to supple
and the faculties In such shall make them
most whatever task LIFE acrwari SET them.
windows every side OF the mind where thickness Of we
goo ailaronnd education htted TO cope win as
many many eIsencles % OF , the day as possible ~ nan
totles foursquare men capable Of holding his own in
deveoped aDnormally in direction our scheme should
objects hlther such training viii
make me most Of " VEN % aeg sy a STe & sc
the average mind can only be discovered by experiment IN
mean Of study should be adapted tn the
,ve Of but to Is nshs Ior y ses os
the best is the Only thing that Is good enough Keep the
the without in the least encourgng the other Brains
stand Of themselves those thai understand another
shows them and those that understand neither OF
should the stunt The second will get better than
pleasure oi watching the others show their PAGES
wnAr A DIPLOMA SHOULD STAND FOR.
college proper repeatfor it is the birthday OF tho
college celebrating the college that we love
which proul-let it continue to give such
training will m the rich be trusted with riches and the
poor Withstand the temptations of poverty Give to his
tory political economy ample verge tho times de-
mand but with dernent liberal which have
have lost the SKIN 10 form them Let be our hope 10 make
conventional gentleman but man OF culture man ot
menl with that sooi taste Wien the conscience Of the
mind ana t s S % IN m6 S sas e M Ts M ry tS to n
Ne cannot do this for all at best perhaps only
tclsc nee and harmonouy developed character is meal
IL
il il pevasve 1t Is subtle There may be few Of these
there must be- few-but
"That few Is all the world which with few
Doth live and move and work and stirre"
They tiny clearing pared from the edge OF tho
Du here most probably from the timber hewet from
the they eed earliest hall with the solitude Of
them the forest before them. and all
desoaton most surely Isl qus anms celestbls
locus share our gainess AMI our sattne At the splendid
ulinent OF their vision IL we could but have preserved
e humble ROOF which housed 80 great future Mr. RusSn
sacred associations pathos OF the past and
They reared IL had the sublime
OF that which fears only and could
face OF all discouragement and doubt: lie
hath e us forth into large place because he delghteh IN
repay only showing occasions RISE that
10 not undei value the worth Of their example
Brethren the alumni becomes duty 10 welcome
the guests who have come some OF them so ar
% share congratulations and hopes to-day. cannot
them all aud each his lifting phrase Thrice
them ALL and, Is fitting. first To those from
broad OF usrous universities that were
Nd usefulness and ame when was In its cradle and
land from colleges and universities
which, not daughters OF Harvard young enough to be
heart nnl lnLn / all That i