New-York tribune., 1890-06-27
HARVARD PHI BETA KAPPA.
GRAFTON By BISHOP pOTTER-ODE By H. W.
GLIDER
HONORARY MEMBERS CHOSbN-r'"r1O--
oFFbcERs-THE ANNUAL DINNER.


oFFuCTRs-THE ANNUAL DINNhh'
Boston June o6-The annual meeting OF tne mar
ward Chapter Phi Beta Kappa was H0'" ~, oI
Harvard College The exercises hcluueu '"U So -
busincss meeting the Grafton by the Rev ~ men.
Potter OF New York, and the poem oS "' , si,or
Glider in Sanders Theatre. ana INC anna -
., Massachusetts, Hall. The exercises III tle ,iO
- onen IN the general public. Mrs Cievelahu "d
rresent with Mrs Glider. The annual hco."e
h.,d in the forenoon Colonel IIigginson III 'ic o''
The following honorary members "cro - e,
p W Glider of Now-York; Leslie stephen Oh ho'uV"
,ho Rev. Brooke Herford, OF Boston stephen 'anS-
burv A. b. '56, Ii. b.. 1861; tp"a'" i-
n ~ Pm. D. rs: Silas NJ. MacNane'
The following officers were chosen fresueii', Con 49,
nal T W. Higginson: vice president Professor W. ~
Goodwin; secretary, f. w. Lane o
Al tbe adjournment of the meeting al noon d P
.s.s,on formed in front of the hail. under the cadeSp
90 the undergraduate committee marcheu 'iou7 ''''
quadrangle TO the theatre. Ai'ef all i""o
.,n annr,nrate 10 the day, the oratlot was
sn,.rsd nv the Rev Dr.. Henry {. Potter, PrieN'ahi
Episcopal Bishop of NcwYork. His topic w;S " IIe
scholar and the state" and he spoke in part as follows
The scholar is part of larger whole, iaI;er liini
commercid professional. into which he passes ',s nc
soes ont from college walls. Does 1t ever Occur 10
day as to What he has done that larger nay for
us who are American citizens tiat arset a"r MnVID int
He is the child not only Of this. his Nina Ider; pL'
also of a great republic; and the privileges "Ion,
whether here or elscwhers he has ei3{eG 'S m % t6eir
existence and maintenance which come te MN lroni
the state -, 90 hoor,r
bmCht or freely gven-what has been Iur return
IL wOnd be mOnstrOus conception OF lehnlhE II any
one of us to esteem 1t only as Nolsh WeaPon
with which he was 10 carve his way To PERSONAL fame
and fortune. Even ii there were no sens OF ptiSoha
Indebtedness coward that wide cncompa>Sng institution
which has al sheltered and nurturei those other
Institutions such this which have grown great ana
think that there must needs be at least an lntegent
perception of that constant and neverdecreasng deDt
which the educated forces in state owe, iiS s pctr
equipped element, To the state Itself. For a. the
scholar has his learning not merely tha he may serve
so not least if not most he has II thaJ he may serve
To hold ones self aoo not alone from but
from questions which immediately coIcern thr Punnc
wefaTe Is temptation to WGh S .b ief nnr se cam Of
some personal contest for place or ro%er ne peSe Se
lie beyond. To awaken interest IN these. to secure
even intelligent appreciation OF them ne ma l0uuu
ago abandoned it in dcspair. And Vet. here. i am
profoundly persuaded j. pIeemnent vocation IS O uS
scholar IL our time. There are those VINO would
despair Of the people; but American who remembers
HIS cOuntry's history Will dare to do tlat For ne
many Of us here have lived. when the destiucs OF the
Republic Iembled in the ,ctle that was some mighty
the voice and hand of the people that turned that
scale on the side Of duty and OF honor 1t was =
gave 10 this Nation in ItS supreme hour of danger
that he was % sensitive 10 this and. believe that
in which under God he trusted. Will not fail rs now.
But there was never time in national history
when what / may call the national a opposed To
partisan or sectional. personal sentiment. more
urgently needed be not alone recognized and ap-
pealed 10. but educated We are graphing today with
familiar and to many more at first glance only par
italy Ineligible. The remOter issues of policies which
full Of specious appeals l. personal nieict T.
the sentiment Of national gratitude. to the triumph,
Of men and measures long associated IN many earnest
and honest minds with much that is nohle>t IN our
hlStOry-tneSe
recognized at ALL graveN misunderstood And herr
Is the place in our day for the patriot who scholar
And so. always and everywhere CARVING a he
sacret trust all heSt knowledge and all tried wisdom
II is the vocation of the scholar who youd discharge
whatever agency that is legitimate 10 his calling and
his opportunity. 70 make himself felt as power on |
sesrS ,es a0s for s i'af HsS l2S oh mem @ my boc
Th' n ysSs sT SS osr and amCns
human nature without knowledge Of which no
Iap at carry seyMh With ny ySa the % Ggr T spear @ M Of ares
challenge with which genuine culture will not fail
The world and above all Western world. waits |
for the voices of men who have learned 10 love the
country she bids you to remember that all You have
and are. you hold as a trust for her The great |
,be ,fea people and for the people she Bid; yc
never TO forget can find it, worthy realization only |
rstene Mesh rs peop 1Ge By mprs and Snrradd en
rooted in the high purpose OF loyalty 10 duty and to
full what sacrifice too costly! once not 50 long ago.
she called on Of her tO dr. for her. and
she calls upon all of them not to die but to live FOR
her-winesSing " whatever cost OF ScOrn anf OfOQuv
for all things pure. and true. and honest, and Of
good report
Tie ode by r. W. Glider was then read its
cudng stanzas were
Ye who bear on the torch Of living art
in this new world,-saved for some wondroqs fate
Dream thai ye have come, alas. too late,
But haste right onward with uLfslling hesTti
Ye shall not be fOrorn,
Behold, now, the morn
Rises In splendor from the ofiCnt sea,
And the new world shall gree; a divinity.
Shall greet. an who say nObler face
Than rom the.foam Of C-thercan seas:
LONELINESS lovcller; mgItier hagmonies
OF song and color inteIser grace:
Beauty thai eSdure
No single thought iup,re:
Spirit solemn like the starry night,
And full as the Triumphant dawn Of golden light.
Both the Grafton and the poem were closely
listened to- At the conclusion OF the exercises the
procession marched Massachusetts, Hall. where the
animal dinner served. 1t was private. as usual,
THE CLOSING DAY AT DARTMOUTH.