New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-05-01

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modern inventions. and. should the occasion arise.
they too prove equal to It, as they have ever done
%e pf let me- conclude With what might have
begun and Hished with
The Army and Navy forever.
Three cheers for the red. white and blue ,,,u,a
cloud cheers. long conunueo'
OUR SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES
Charles w. Eliot, president of Harvard College,
said in part:
That brief phrase-the schools and colleges OF inc o
states-ls formal and familiar one bus whA'
can grasp the inanitude Of human anecnons po"' o"
Wills which II really comprses' No' the n' 800, us
most far.reachlng. But let US try. Let Us ,'its y,
ou,w.ra things called schools and colleges and summon
up the human beings ..,,
Imagine the eight million children actually IN auehu'
ance at the elementary schools OF 'he eoua~! $500
before your view They would Ill this great mouse sA
hnndred Mines and every 1t would be packed win
boundcss loves and hopes. Each unit In sha' iha a
OF q glad birth, q frightened hons. mo1'e 80
heart fathers careful Joy. In oil that hu..uu
,,Ie boar, hounds and every eye shines al the hae "
,v..,,n rbov ali, Of whatever race-British, lfish'
u,cncb German scandinavian Italian, Spanish "r'oA'
African Indian-and Of Whatever rens'ous I,ha,a,
Jewish Mormon, Roman Catholic, hhghran' 80,
wcs,evan PRESBYTERIAN, Congregatlonal-h' h"'' '.
tho, no was the brave and seeadast soldier uhe "ise
man and the patriotic ruler who maze 'ncir 'o1' s
s,roro and lust, They all know his figure dress aha
,o.n,re. and II asked to Esme their country h '''
voice would answer. Washington tAppauScJ .,
M. go 900 Girls and boys In the secondary SCHOOLS
are Getting n fuller view Of this incompafao'o 'A"
than the younger children can reach. lneS -,
enough 10 understand his civil "a wen a. MS '''..,
.cbisycmen,s They learn Of his great part III ua1
m Of
se,v,c.s in organizing and conducting through TWO ie
dental terms the Government-sef''ces Vi "n.n ~
aIop. was eapable-snd Of his Arm resistance I" nss'
nublIc cIamor They him ultimately VICTORIOUS ~
war and successful In peace, but ohy 'h'oue" '"oN
yerIty and many obstacles D.,
Mex, picture To yourselves the eoooo Nuu'n'h VI
colleges and unycrsities-sclected youth Vi ho'" NV
gencc wide reading and high ambition 1heS ".' ~.
TO compare Washington with the greatest men Vi o
times and countries. and to appreciate the uh'qu.
Of his renown They can Set him beside the hc'oe VI
romance and history-bcside David. AleAAhoer, iet'
Caesar Saladln, ChareInagne. Gu'tAvus Auo'phu', ,
,Iampdcn William the Silent rcbr OF isussia ANU fi'u
rick the Great, only 70 find him hooiet hu"A" ~
Than any one Of them applause compfer IN MS ha'''
happier In his cause. and more fortunate IN the graz
OF his career. They arc taught TO So III MN ~
whose sword wrought only mercy and justice LOT hA'
Kind; q statesman who scaiici rcmatAAoio scn''"u
NJ pubuc men by his mental pOsc ana eAaiHa lh" y,
his sInehness Of heart, and ruler Whose eAe'e VI
power established for the first time on cai'h fRheo'
s,mpc stainless and robust character. which server VII"
dazzling succ,ss the precious OF human progress
through liberty and stands. Xix" tho sunni pa" VI
the Matterhorn, unmatched In all the woiL lAppAuc
And what shall say In behalf OF the 'ooV" ""eA.''
n, the United statesi They deserve some mention u"
dar Non. OF them are rich or famous; most OF th'm
Arr poor retiring and unnotcod; but IL Is hcy "ho "
building q perennial monument TO washington
they who give him q million.tonsu"d fame. thppnusr
They make him live again In the young hearts OF sue
and IA
American ideal Of public servant
It Is through the schools and colleges ana the NaA
literature that the heroes of any people win Asu"N
r,nown and 1t 4, through tn - same agencies TIA.
nation is moulded into the likeness Of It's hefes ms
local COMMUNICATION Of one great event In the NE o
Washington aud OF III" United safes /" wen OUT II j.
az nothin. complrs! with the hcc'"ant memorial VI nm
which the schools and colleges o. the country HiA'"'"
fran, generation to generation i have hchuohci oh''
the pupils and teachers now In school ana 'ocs' oD
all the generations for hundred years past have souH
the praise Of this Virginia country gentleman anu Gun"
loss generations to come VIII swell IN" ''u' .
what reward 10 washnst on'si What All ihht'h'e Is
his and will De- mind and viii ifah'tH''a W
svnps,betIc instruction into IIons; ono ehafde"f
standard for millions, one life pattern Tor ~ p'O.
men teaching what greatness and what the pathway
10 undying fame. tLong continued hpp'Au'''
REMARKS BY MIR LOWELL.
Here are some Of the points made by James
Russell Lowell in his address
A periful frugailiy, benignant alike to BON tr par
Elephants IN human utteTancc. hs Hin''n W. 49,, 49,
anr. M zach sneaker this evening Ia Ten nhnut'o'
,aughter Cut In thick slices. our llttIc loai Oh mo
would not suffice for II. This seems neasIr ta.'
hui ~ vr poyc 10 oar life the Psalmhts measure oI
seventy years and boar In nInd the population " un
Globe, little cpherlnx will show 'hAt no slns n r
s slrn,ton ss this daughter MOREOVER. how few
arr the men In any generation. who could mol deliver
c%srssG tsn in les. than sixth part Of an hour.
am to sprak for li'erauc' and ., our own , as ~,
plsne for critical balancing OF what Nc have done or
left undone IN this held. An 'NaSerra'"I rH'Ih a.
and in s f. ,rs you'd Be Of OF
YOU might, inderd read over hst o, hshrs ~"
~ speak of the living. hut the list would b" short
as could call kw 81 the name, great n, inc lrPhua
T,SS Amercan litnraiur" was not worth speaking for
NJ Ali n II were not quite a6e " sprak Tor itsei' ~
all otbors are expected I" 90.
IITERATURE's FART IN TIE cELEBRATloN.
think this n cOmmemOraOn In which IL u
ncculi,r,y fitting that literature should take part ZAP
For We arc celebrating To day our true birth
dsv "A a Nation tho day when our consciousness Oh
wider interests and larger possibilities began. All
that went before was birh-throcs. Inc nay Also
recalls us to a OF something 10 "hch We are 700
indlae ront. I mean that historic continuity wh'ch'
40 factor in moulding National individuality, Is not
81 nnwerf I'm itself but cumulative In It's operation
In one OF these literature finds Tho SOIL anu w tn
other the climate Il needs MnUr c s have come
a hains under the conditions ia which then wer',
~, va NOT parasitic and dependent. without the
Continuity which slowly INCORPORATE, that c%nsc%m,,
,c.s into the general life and thought. no literature
od have ACQUIRED strength to Diet ach itself and begin
a life Of its own. ---..,., H., ,,o soy
And here another thought suggested by inc gay
oomas ~ INV mind Since that precious and prrsiia
ave quality, style may be cxcmpihed as Truly IN
iifs a. I'm work Of art, may not the character vi tue
no.s man whose memory decoIaics this and all our
DAYS GapplausrJ in rs dignity II. strength, us cam
of pass restrained, Its invidiabie reserves ius
q lesson which our literature may s'uuI " sr'"'
adv ant agel 49, 49,, c..roo,v had uc
whose language understood began to AK IN varSn-
tones of DIES Dondency, where Wa our lhctatnrc we
cnniS not imprOvise vIrgIs or Millions though We
oblgng effort TO 90 n,, aa6 Wholly ,h dis
| anreeahle And indeed II hal never been put Ia
several Nations far older than We to which 'atr,
S..o h.T been longer wanting But, perhaps. II
49, not altogether 30 III natnrcd a. II seemed. for
After ali. Nation without q literature Is mPerfcouy
,Lo porII OF Mankind. IL implied