New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-13
IRGENT NEEDS or IINI;y NI:D- LIBRARY.

lRHENT NEEDS or IItE|NID- LIBRARY
TO the Editor Of n" Tribnn"
ar The annouu' rni.t mad" lat w""iS 81 an ~Nori
ia" part Of ia" nn'l"r.ra"Hni.. Of Harvard I'M
yri-i;y to RAJ" among thcm>"iy">. aud from The
"!:I graduate VI H." r"llr.r. than 1000 fl
uuuihcr. IL" l"e, lau ,ICn 900 +" ~ 1000 Il"
.,dd what uic",iI' +" thu iaeIl!i lc'
accominod"r', 81 Tie Harvard n"raN. "nph to ,tlI
the int .r,,t .pi only 81 iiar, ard men ~ wealth bui
Of ofhrr. not iIar,ad graduates. IA" have III" IN an
ard d. position "a pros dr "ncrou,iS for learning bhd
i,'''"re III America.
had occasion lately to look up the origin 81 YAH
and Princeton and "~p"ri.y struck With the ~
which boih Of tho" f'unfai"1S w"r" III" worn
+ Harvard men. Whn JOAN Harvard gay"
hi book, toward tl. starting ri college"
- wlch III nam" W later Siv"n. h" r!'nt"f bette"
ilaq y" Lnsr Ln' on, for !.tnr' un.vr' IL E"rr
In-t,u bu' i,r other ,,a'. oi h='rr >tldy. how
:an.,u. anon. the g"a; uaN'r,ii.', Of th' VOL
he d-i Of Val" rp r',l!y aad oi Princeton. T. liar
vai .h"nd hr hoid' ackn"v he'd god. When III
81! hest plans for coll - Of N"w Ici'"v W"rr ~ hand
per" wcr' d." irnairt "Ir I" 50 HON" ~ Eng
land" and the Other I" - t. l","u.' 10 -"rh lrd
The men who earned ont these plans were mainly
Harvard men. and tn ideal Of ih"ionch l"ainIns. 4,
well y, Gospel real. which moved th'm. Wa a l!aivah
ldral Ilar' AID. NaIr aud Princeton were tie three
steps bv which the hell"' l"arrlng undertook = pro
,ld. clergy AMI -choIa, or 'he entire Allinn "oa :
and The .taI.a.d 1t from Harvard. AZ Fiirr"
'on c-pc tally a." lower mral Of "tI" Log t"i"Gr
would have governed ilr" foundation bat for >rmii-
t.rri ~ Harvard. aud M d-Lt f. Harvard ha-
hr,ridrnrd with Ani"rnan development. 10 IN" "N
,nr limits OF rW4iiirH, that wherever an
.nr.. p!rl.rus seat 81 culture j, found. tlcrr men %,
ia,c,cr lulnc are i.;ip,ug fuI = Harvard -oNins
{ rnG
hal. tl"u. "rnd br more ju.t. well IL finely
gracious. than that of tin clrci, Of American
wealth aid muniiccii"c sol, of whatever college, or
-u'> Of no college all. eject grateful fo
he kindly light Of refined culture that lm, gone ont
from Harvard College, should tate orca>on by the
n"cd> Of the Harvard library 10 mali" commemorative
return for benefit, received By all America from oar
most ancient and most richly fruitful college :
rne sun that the Harvard undergraduates
have Undertaken 10 raise Ia meet urgent n"c"~-"S l.
not more than iilth part Of the amount at could
with advantage to every part # America he "Apnd d
,, tie Harvard library y whole ro,in! million wohd
no more than supply udng ard DO lis 10 tn stan aid
the iarvaid If the twcnt eth crnmry, IN found
ton already made Half Il that would no IN re
Than replace with q tit temple The earlier taberari"
that has hc n made T. answer un 10 tho prs III III .
=; daily and hourly risk OF cXtHctiOn by any cha GO
park.
If any man, or men or woman: or women. 'nle r-t,l
to In >pert the situation, wants Z, study the ~oLe n
which a thing Of this lind may he properly me, y
.im in .pcct The vast structure iult hy tie N"nnrc
,ga,,lz 10 complete re ma c"m o. co! par"tv 70 y
u hi, inhers friends with the aid Of Massachusetts
II T., only u guest" If getting the morey iirrc Is
absolutely no possibility of getting too much. Ana
A. great fortunes now stand. IN number and amount
Of accumulated wealth Harvard ought before the cen
tury goc7 out to he richer for library purposes ny
No only does the university stand historically a,
plan, represented by Mr. Justin WIn.Or. who did enf
Service for the Boston Public Library before he became
tns %rysrd S,r sois 1r@Ip S al
c9ualed However great the means put q tns 0s'