New-York tribune., 1890-01-11
OF ETGEET.

LEIIIhN 0I EitFiI-i.
Prominent anon. tie decorations of the room
Was "a portrait of the Rev. Dr. Wal.aud, who was
pres. .dcut Of Brown for uauy years bclolc t4r
war lie wos one Of tie foremost of Aucr!., .,a
cdurators the most famous pfc,idcut thai brown
ever bad, and Tie Uau That list Drought d. !1I"
National prominence.
IN t.c course Of tie evening letter, OF tc-ic.
for iu.bi!It, o. bee present "cfc read from d.
HobIuson DR. William II. Watson, France, NaF.
land. She LcN. Thomas Eut-'>,. j. .. iaI"r,.
Professor j. L. Lincoln, Colonel john Has, -.
v kcNcu and Richard ). llowlaud.
Dr. Robinson. c>-picsidrut % thc miyrr>iir
wroic that other cnetacmuts made II impossible
'or him 10 attend. lie added IL always rfcS
.uc great pleasure 10 meet and greet thc alumni
a Brown, especially those whom have known
as Students Brown niNcfsty,' once said a
Boston ollmnus las been remarkably fort lnai"
IN the kind Of men who hate rcsoIlcd 10 IT 'N
Students iiay she never bc less fortunate in the
kind Of men who Shall Hereafter desire to DE
counted among her sOrs.
Andrew j. Lincoln wrot" in part: " II IS 81
great disappointment to me that on account "i
lll-hralth cannot accept THIS IntIl1l1u "u' j"ih
with NY New lork brothers in tie festivities of
their annual dinner and i'm dolre honor 10 our
ucW President. comfort myself 10 J
recall that paradox of Cicero IN his " De Ami
citia." that SO united and one are true friends,
that the absent are nevertheless present 'h'
SO YOU Will please count me- rs Shall myself. as
one with YOU ~ the I;rauonan table on ih" even
inc Of the tenth | am with Nou also ct' D. "hcl"
and always in honorng President Andrews aud
in asserting my confident mlih Ih inr eur'c,o "i
his administration In pIomollue lLr ltm' am"
usefulness Of Our COLLEGE, and $50 lci inc I'VE You
"Niyat HoIcotquc BruuOnI3, Preside Audfr"a'
Franci, NaNland sent the following lct'cr
Dear Nr. Lincoln: As you are aware. / fully c,
pcctcd 10 hc "ltn Won u m'i'"" .N'Iht Iu' A.
sun iu tho clutches ~ the pr'hiin. compliant a'o
NY physician sa), If i- q ci''r ca.c "i ir r.'' ",
no co." u b. q great disappointment To- H'. I"i J.
iicuarv desired 10 joa n doing honor q" 0n ur"
president elected so tnanim'i iF I' o"'p'I'..'
and welcomed -o cuillu.ia ur1IN N lrN "i' ~"
dcnt,. lie has already made % powerful nup' -Ion
mon tlc university, and looi forward c'n'dcnl' f."
,,,d,,tir,. r1--c. thc letters T.. s. VIII moan mot
only Bachelor Of trts, bat also lIcnjam" And.c'..
This is in part the letter Of william II. Watson
Of Utica:
Denied the pleasure which had anticipated o.
uicr. me the alumni oi Brown D., unusual p'-.ui" %"
proc-- onal engagements, ana itl n'i'INI o. 'i'.
Horizons mcmOrc, of my aim" mater '' ,I'" '.'''
rom -cudlne It cordial greeting and from dwelling Tor
70 single moment uIon tht '"u'' ,'I H t., J.. 'I'"
prc-cut instructors. Permit me-, hi-i "i HI' l con
tt,tulato tine assembled soils 0t Brown upon lic "'
oc..iou to the pr-dcncy Of that cmhrht -'n'hf "N"
educator. Dr. Audie"1. loud "pIn''I 49,,
In All rr- pcct, ut successor oi NaN"ih ana 'l'
other distinguished picsidthl7 'i j,i""lii H. &
most au- pc that he come, from cornell th'i F'
university Of the Empire slate, lh H'h j. VIZ
served n the fuluc-, of time Tor Ezra como. '''
stral l-htforward sincere ana eafac.on' man 81
hy h. wealth and iIrcpr-- -blr cncr-N ~ Afford Dr
widest cxcmplincation which the world ha. -"'l 81
TIE carrying out t. IT,, most prHect o',J,op.,", % q"
tcm.7 Of which Fraucl, Wayland va the earliest ad
vocate. Like Wayland, comparatively l"uns man
when called 10 the presidency Oi Brown, DR.. Andrew,
brings % the university not 0nlf the lrhi7 oI TPo
scholarship a commanding force Of character, com
bncd with enthusiastic love Of study, which cannot
fail 70 evoke the earnest cooperation Of all inielA
gent young Applau-cI
A few years since ! stood in the library at Fox
How. the home Of that great teacher Of Youi lhoma
Arnold, and later visited tie school at Kueb, which
lie made 50 rcnovn ned, and gazcd AZ the licllNe
portrait Of tiat lNnstrous educator, ara noird lue
finely chlscllcd features. the clear ana penetrating
eve. the firmly compressed lips and the spiritual cN
preston Of the face recalled the Of that great
and good As | stood before the picture
Of Arnold my thoughts wandered across the Atlantic
and in memory revisited that famous recitation room
In University Hall at Brown, where more tlan thirty
years before had sat at the feet Of other d-tin
gulshed instructors Of youth. before me the