New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-07-26
MEN OF CHAUTAUQUA.
THE FOUNDERS AND DIRECTORS OF THE
GREAT SUMMER SCHOOL
BISHOP VINCENT AND MR.. MILLER-DR. HAIR
PER, DIR. ELY, DIR, ADAMS AND OTHER MEM
BEERS OF THE FACULTY-DB. BoYEsEN,
MIR. ST. &c AND OTHER EMF
NuNT VISITORS.
trRoM A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE rRrRuSE.l

! MIR. ST. &c AND OTHER EMI-
NGsNT VISITORS.
! frRoM SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIRuyE.l
Chautauqua July 24.-The one thing which con-
stantly mpresses the student of Chautau-
qua Is its excellent personnel. Both Mr..
LOWS, Mr.. Miller and Bishop Vincent are
admirable managers Of men, and their num-
erous staff has been well selected for prompt and ef
Gent service and harmonious co-oepradon to gven
end Nearly every important step since the founda-
ton OF the institution educational we'll as fnan
cia they have jointly decided on. The efforts OF
each have been directed solely TO one end-the deve
opment of Chautauqua-and neither has ever allowed
any other idea to interfere for moment with Its nc
complIshmcnt In the interesting history OF the
movement published year or two ago, Bishop VIM
cent bears emphatic testimony as TO Chauauquas
obligations to Mr. Miller and Mr. Miller in his turn Is
generous in recognition of his able associate
Mr. Miller is a welLbult solid looking gentleman
with a gray beard and a jovla face The BRIGHTNESS
OF his eye and the cheerness OF HIS tone ana manner
make him the friend of all with whom he comes IN
contact while the energy and decision of his motions
betokcn meptal activity and acutonos that promise
well for tho fnturc of his charge Whom socn last
night he busy drccng gardeners as TO alterations
I'm the park before his cottage, previous to hurryhE
off on a late train 10 Ohio.
az am we'll satisfied with the present outlook he
said when the worhmon had boom dismissed. The
institution ncvrr IN n moro pip'PctOus Oon""oH
than at present financially and in every other respect
II YOU could have what the place looked llKe
when the Bishop and first came here sixteen years
aeo Won would understand the satisfaction we feel
now I'm looking around at these of pretty cottages
and the trim and all those electric lights AS
YOU see all the additions VIC are making now
meant to STAY | have several plans for improvement
which will probably soon be fully discussed We
think Of building arcade for the curiosity stores
and Others be placed the cottages on the lake
'front.' so as interfere with the present view and
the whole postoce block may DO replaced before long
with a solid edihco IN BRICK
TWO MEN WHO WORK WE'LL ToGETHE H-
1t is curious fact that neither OF the founders Of
Chautauqua Is colege-man. Mr.. Miller was born
at Greentown Ohio, about fifty ine years ago. His
father was a carpenter. Beyond common school
and academy education he owes all no has
acquired TO himself He learned the trade of
a machinist, and learned it so quickly and
so well that at the end OF three
years he had invented Of the most remarkable
of modern laborsavng devices-the celebrated BUCK
eye mower Since then he has taken out patents
for at least hundred inventions. mostly related to
the floating bar and machinery carriage principle In
the mower His latest achievement in this direction
is the eahet system. used in connection with chill
dren's reading books, by means of which beginners
are taught know words as soon as they see theHi
and TO review the work OF months almost at glance
Mr.. Miller is quite enthusiastic this ingenious
device. He delights to explain its beauties 20
sympathetic listener and talks eloquently Of the
facility with which by It's aid child can master
tho pecuiaritios of 5000 English words before the
age of ten. HIS interest in Sunday schools has never
abated since the time of his first appointment as
superintendent, thrtyeight years ago. and for many
years he was in the habit of bringing TO Chauauqua
from his home al Akron his entire class OF forty
scholars and defraying all their expenses during a
three-weels' stay. In 1856 Mr.. Miller was made
president OF the Eoard of Trustees of Mount Union
College I'm Ohio. which institution has prolted largely
from his various acts of munihcence, and ne con
tinles to fill the office. His daughter. formerly
Miss Nina Miller is married to Thomas a. Edison,
the inventor Mr.. and Mrs. Edison sail for Europe
on August 3, and the disposition of their baby con-
sequently possesses present interest for Chautanqua
The work of the two founders is intimately as
ISOLATED that it is npossble TO assign credit Tor any
particular part. In general way however, Bishop
Vincent may be said control the mmcda ale working
of the educational department and Mr.. Miller that of
the financial. George f. Vincent. the acting chan
ceor has relieved his father of many details Of the
chancellorshp since the Bishop took lawn. He Is
of the most popular people on the grounds, ana
introduces lecturer successfully as he Or
ganzes a social celebration arrangs the items on
twomOnths programme His energy and activity are
amazing to those who have never met his father,
whom he greatly resembles in manner and voice.
Mr. Vincent IS a graduate Of Yale and has travelled
extensively in this country and abroad
/ SKETCHES OF SOME OF THE PROFESSORS
DR.. william r. Harper of Yale, who has been so
much talked about of late, IS the principal OF the
Chautauqua College OF Liberal Arts. lie IS round
faced blackhared and smOoth-shaven, wears gold
trimmed spec aces, and looks not unlike theological
Mr. Pickwick His vlgor and enthusiasm are bound
less A tremendous worker himself he infects Others
with deslr q him. and
know him best the anxious TO retain him as
friend. Nobody tel exactly how many languages
he knows and it is believed he has never stopped TO
count. lie always has several books in the press,
and is almost able author as teacher. DR..
Harper Is still in the thirtles.
Among the faculty there are many scholars of dis
tinction. Dr. Richard T. Ely, of Johns Hopkins.
lecturer on political science, is another appallingly
learned young man. lie was born at Fred0na, y.
Y. lie is voumnous writer, and his
works taxation and political economy
are accepted as standards. HIS latest production
IS social Aspects OF Christianity" the prOoshees of
which he correcting and which will be published
in the fall Dr. Elys theory Of instruction In his
speciality is moro liberal than that of many other
teachers Instead Of persisently advocating the
dogmas any particular school, he drills his classes in
works which favor tsrif reform and protection with
absolute mpartialty so that tney become intelligent
observers and learn all about both sides without inn
bbing any special bias. DR.. Ely's quiet and unos
tentatious manner indicates constant preoccIpaton
with weighty IDEAS and his enthusiasm student is
intense lie is d member of the Tax Commission OF
Baltimore He has charming wife.
WHY DIR. ADAMS TOOK TO HISTORY
Dr. Herbert b. Adams the lecturer history is
compacty built practical looking gentleman, with
black mustachc. He is a graduate OF Amherst has
studied abroad and took degree at Heidelberg. In
speech the other day he told the story of his adoption
of history as specially. lie said The president Of
Amherst once said class History is the grandest
study in the world That Is about all he did
say on subject, but 1t impressed me so profoundly
that IL determined my career in life thought that
the rrandest study the ] wanted 10 pursue
A little later Professor Dreusen in Berlin defined his
tory 10 me a. 'the self knowledge OF humanity l
thought that pretty good definition and that and the
other have since tried TO live up to- DR.. Adams is
I,th In DALI ITo l.