New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-07-16
HISTORY IN NEWSPAPER
HEROES OF OUR OWN TIMES" DEsCRIBrn
AT CHAUTAUQUA.
PROFESSOR ADAMs's INSTRUCTIVE ADDRys..
TALK ON EVOLUTION INCREASED
ATTENDANCE AND RECEIPTS.
[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRrBUsE.I


Chautauqua, ". Y, July 15.-Profcssor n. B. Adam.
OF Johns Hopkins University. has vindcatcd ~
reputation for Intelligent practcabillty By nota,a
departure from the beaten track OF the ordinary Ella,
lectures on history. Speaking to-day on The usro
of Our Own Times he Acknowledged that Ne b.s
drawn his materials entirely from the daily PAM,
and confessed his surprise at finding how much r,a,,
valuable matter might be gathered as driftwod from
the passing news paper stream The morning ..l.
gram read at the breakfast table showed that "A.
heroic age was by no means past One no soons,
decided that the days Of chvslry were gone than m.
newspapers were all aaane with tho glory OF soma
heroic human deed, which, like a splendid mst.a,
or some brilliant auroral light, filed the Who'll. had
with admiration. DANIEL Portion gsoping Gov,
the Conemaugh Valley with the news that n, ern
had burst. and the young woman operator stsyp,
at her post in The telegraph tower until the soS
washed everything away, notable instances n
the heroic in common life.
II any ono doubted the force of Charles Resd..
remark that not day passes but men and woman
of no note do great deeds. speak great words and
suffer noble sorrows, he had only to think OF Captain
Murre Of the steamship Missouri. rescuing wso,.
ship-load Of human beings from certain death in MID
ocean OF the Trentons cheering the British shi,
Caliopc as she steamed ont OF the harbor Of Apla:
or of Father Damien, shutting himself up 10 die among
the detested lepers on the island Of Molokai. Ibs
Trenton's cheer proved that long American
sailors live nobody need despair for the American Navy
or the American Republic, and 10 the sublime self.
sacrifice Of the leper priest there nothing in all
the lives OF the saints and martyrs 10 compare with
IL. His example had gone out INTO all the earth and
thousands had learned from 1t recognize tho spirit
OF genuine Christian charity in other ecclesiastical
forms than their and at the same time to do
their own work more unselfshly and with proper
love for our common humanity. OF special laierest
to Chautauquans was the formation by followers Of
Arnold Toynbee Of college settlements a,
whItechapel, for educating tho London POOR
and the kindred movement begun By
Stanton Colt, at Forsyth-st. NewYork and copied 10
the branch at Rivngtonst., to be orened o.
October 1. In the Middle Ages the Christian deal
was one of faith In the time Of Luther It one d
hope: but the ideal OF to-day was the higher ideal
Of charity, which governed the whole philosophy OF
modern heroism.
Professor B. P. Bovine, Of Boston, spoke later about
mistakes Concerning Evolution Evolution In
the scientific sense really a perfectly harmless
and not important doctrine In ITSELF II was
as good as any other, and when proved, or in so far
as proved 1t was better than any other. IL
equally plain, but most o. the conclusions drawn
from IL did not follow The mass Of what passed
for evolution. in popular literature was bad meta
physics, worse logic, and hearsay science.
prize pronunciation match was held tonight
In the Amphltheatre, at which the Yale Glee Club
octette sang.
Miss Bemis presided yesterday at the primary sun.
day school over attendance Of about ffty. Pro-
essor r. +. Weidner took charge Of the 200 present
at the school for youths, and at the Assembly school
for adults Professor d. a. McClenahan of Allegheny
City, presided. Dr. Broadus spoke to audlencs
OF about $50 II the Young Peoples Society o..
Christian Ethics. Miss Ostrander, OF Brooklyn, the
wellknown primary sunday school teacher. will short
" arrive 10 take charge CT the primary class.
An examination OF the class books at the College
Of Liberal Arts shows division OF students for tho
past week follows: College Greek, men !. women
.; New Testament Greek, men -. women 2 School
of English Bible men 80, women 81 Semitic Ian
guage, ! man spanish. women, man preparatory
Greek women. 90 men English men, 25 women !.
mathematics, 10 men, 13 women; psychology, men.
Q women political economy, 9 men, women history.
9 men. women; preparatory Latin, 10 men, iJ
women; German. "a of both sexes.
The total receipts Of the Assembly for entrsQco
fees and tuition for the eleven days ended SATURDAY
5000 in excess of those for the corresponding
week last year. The receipts at the gates alone
showed an excess of of 81 600
Five of the British delegation left the grounds to-
day. Alexander Lawson, of Edinburgh, belated
member has arrived.
Prominent arrivals include Mrs. Richard T. Ely, Of
Baltimore; T. J. Aldrich, Of Quincy, Mass; A. ].
Miller. of Buffalo; G. G. Hubbard, Of Toledo and J. IL
Murray, Of Eureka, Ill.