New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-07-19
WIRELESS BISHOP VINCENT.
. TALK WITH THE CHANCELLOR OF oHAU-
TAUOUA.
,vovyous DEVELOPMENT OF THE idea HE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT HE HOPES TO ACCOM-
n,,su vrr-rxERoIsEs AT TIE GROUNDS.
my TKLEGRAPH TO THE IRIBUSEl

my TELEGRAPH TO THE IhiboNh''
cs,n,suoua July 1s.-BIshop J. II. Vincent OF 'ne
x.,ho.ust Episcopal Church, one OF the wv VI 49,
=, -. Chautauqua idea" and Chancellor oil 'he
or' u -, to- ,,s fonndation arrived here this morn
nS' go hIs western trip. Tho Bishop is tlic-
10, .rorSor since his departure from Bunaio hVc
-, 400 bc has preached at Topeka pam VNi' W
Council Rufus presided at Church "oiAo,s III
s.nce IN San Francisco, conducted an s"''oiy
..,.hrat,on al Monterey. and aoahoonou pio!o
v,s,t TO Los Angeles only on account Oh pn'sNa'
rs,,on He spends busy ume hele'
eAn" - - chiffon Springs to attend a meeting
Oh. ,oos 10 lakeside Ohio, for Recognition Day Oh
VI -, - 90 tbe C. L. s. O., and to the Niagara
c,.,,no,. N take part In the exercises tnors' no
...a.,s 70 he back again by August l.
~ .A with Interest," he said this atternoon' Inc
,r,ns,s account of our new scheme ior UNIVERSITY
o,,snson. which was telegrspheu iroh No"ioiA "
ca r.aoc,sco papers. The details 1t gave were ~-
ssh ". have had the plan under consideration
ou'" .., years ia fact since the beginning
-. movemcnt in England TOT ia"
" ave-. that IT was quite in line with our EFFORTS lot
a., dignsion Of higher education. We delayed action
sInnlv that we might be sure Of the approval ana
aror, Of loading men. But committees have now
been appointed, as The Tribune announced meet
ing win probably be held within few days 10 'aho
h srst active steps and shall hope 70 SEQ the
plan In practical operation this fall
This Is really the only important new departure
=, nresent contemplated. one Of my pet projects,
call q dream Is the establishment of an After SCHOOL,
that Is school for those who have finished the
rorular college course in which six weeks. say may
he devoted to study of subject Take geology
Cor instance would bring the talent of both hemi-
nbers here at any price for lessons and Lectures on
that one science and spend the six weeks In the
After school in discussion of II alone. There Is not
an institution that would not spare its professor as
a teacher or a student for the period named. Am
convinced of the feasibility of the scheme? Well
after Chautauqua we think that anything is feasible,
you know"
"Do you intend using your college charter" the
Bishop was asked " for the permanent organization
of a university on the grounds ?"
"Wel we have been found fault with, from time
TO time, for having procured the charter many college,
men thinking that we intended to confer honorary
degrees and damage the cause. That is an error;
we did not mean 10 lower the standard of education
nor Immediately 10 start college, but simply to
procure a title and place, that II in the future
an endowment should be raised, we may be Ado 10
provide the best kind of education for the younger
generation of the immense constituency OF men ana
women students have created throughout the iahd
Bishop Vincent is man of striking appearance.
His athletic physique he nheris from his father, ana
his fine head sits erectly pair OF shoulders That
Atlas might have envied. His kindly gray eyes are
full of the quiet shrewdness that Indicate the scholar
and the man of the world and his bearing IS dig
nifty itself. But when he speaks, the secret OF his
power is revealed sitting this afternoon in the tent
ike vestibue of his unpretentious cottage on the
lake front he told the story of the greatest educa-
tlonal success the nineteenth century has known and
his modest tone and deprecatng references
20 his own share in the work explained
a little of the affection and even reverence with
which thousands here regard him 1t Is popularity
believed that modification at his own lack OF college
training was largely responsible for the Chautauqua
an1h his
While a mere boy and Just fresh from school he was
persuaded 10 enter the pulpit at once abandoning
his college opportunities: but he frankly confessed
al soon found l had made mistake. College
training helps a man In three ways: First, II gives
him mental discipline; secondly, it enables him to
take a general survey of fields of kno Wedge and
thirdly II brings him in contact with living minds
and active inteecs. college graduate is not man
who knows but a man who knows how to know and
where TO know and as soon as became conscious of
my own defects, l made up my mind TO Try 10 &C
quire these advantages to try to get the college OUT
look That was the origin of all our reading Circles
The four-years course of reading, forty minutes
day and nine months a year, were intended 10 give
his COLLEGE outlook To-day those circles are every
where, even in India, China and Japan japan mac
over 600 native members, and where they can't get
books covering the subjects in japanese, teacher
translates from the English as he goes along and inc
students take notes in their vernacuar. AS TO the
wear in the United States in Canada, in England and
in Cane Colony Besides these, there are what we
call the correspondence classes, whose scope
&c coextensive with civilization. We pro
fess to be Joint the Baptist 1or the
colleges Our influence will probably De grea'er vi
the next generation than on this, anc Always say
that If twenty five years from no" thele arc ho'
q, ner cent more students in the colleges OF the
limited states because of our work at Chaufauqua
all feel that it has been failure for when people
once embrace the idea, the benefit 10 their children
d even greater than themselves. Better DOCKS go
on their Shelves better pictures on ther walls anu
there is better talk at the dreside
"The letters we occasionally receive afford patheuc
,root of the efficacy of the work. A widow In WIS
consin who had become interested IN Ohau'auqua
lectures said only the other day 4 never knew that
Ito could he so interesting These lectures give me
something TO think about They take my MIND oil
my SORROWS and they give something to talk about
10 my children. If such person should come mere
To continue under the eye of competent professors,
the studies so prosecuted at her own home' she cou"
end Al the same time recreation and instruction for
her children; for one of the strong points Oh 'he
system is mat 1t promotes domestic unity. whole
.anu can find intelligent amusement without stray
inc off the grounds and parents and children can go
10 school within few yards of each other
The Bishops account Of his own boyhood IS
interesting His father would never permit him
10 waste his time on hgAt h"rd
ture Even scott's novels were iofDndeh'
Civil and Political History of the United STATES Koi-
Ems History and Gibbons Rome were the staple
articles of his mental Diet and he never made use
OF On ineegant expression unreproved To this Day
the Risbop continues a Jealous student Aside
nom The enormous amount of work lac performs in
with the epscopacy and MS dule hefe-
duties which bv the way his intelligent views on
the theory Of the division of labor have consider
ably lgbteued-he has always special study IN
hand He never works al night, His method of
the eloquent and fOIcible sermons whlch
lave him enviable repute is unique. lie selects
a subject and thinks IL out morning walk or a
hurried trip by rail, and when he gots his feet
10 speak the thou ts cOthe themselves in words. The
Bishops elevation in the church has involved n
interference with his work here. lie receives no
salary as Chancellor OF the Assembly, has steadily
opposed any proposition TO give him one, and
refuses TO accept testimonials from those most bens
fted by his labors and those who have heard Dr.