New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-06-25
PRESIDENT GATES INSTALLED.
DISCUSSING POPULAR EDUCATION IN ITS re-
UATroy To THE HIGHER TRAINING

| DISCUSSING POPULAR EDUCATION IN ITS RI
LATroy TO THE HIGHER TRAINING
| Amherst Mass. June % (speciaD.-The Dody Oh
alumni which witnessed the inauguration oil t'eSN'eh'
Gates today was by far the largest uiat has o.e'
returned to Amherst. Invited guests Ho" o',e.
colleges were also conspicuous. At ~ a. ILL., ."o
Alumni marched in body TO College Hall to attend tne
inaugural exercises Tho seating capacity OF the buiil
ING was taxed 10 its utmost The exercises were
ouened by the Rev. DR.. Richard S. Storrs, Oh ti'e
| board of Trustees Ex-President Junus Ii 10y.
with few words delivered the charter Key a''u '0d
OF the college into the hands OF his successor "ele
upon the Inter was formally declared president oy
Dr. >torrs Following this President Gates dehVereu
his inaugural address. lie said in part
Practically and manifestly to-day the question Oh
popular education Is the Imminent quesu9, oces Of
Inc world The people sovereign. Ana the eau eau,
cation of the people mus acquires az tat nsed
10 attach 10 the education OF the heir 10 the tnroo:
The sovereign people must be educaleu' VI SOW
know all the evils Of living under an lghorant son
the higher education of the colleges ana &
yantaces Of the university to those who cannot 90 to
the univertythese themes properly Ill large Pni0c
in The Thought of onr time
one manifest outcome of this close connection be,
tween the thought of the laborng soers with the hao
and the life Of higher Institutions OF learning
seen in the clear apprehension Of the truth that an edu
cation must DO worked for. Educated men must nay
been oerS before they gained on edncauGn r anu ioe
laws on every educated man the sacred obligation, by
virtue Of this noble gift no6 to serve his evsien
has laid hold Of the popular consciousness that
higher education far more OF teaching force than they
can spare without injustice to their own nnderern
mates It is familiar principle t 81 iGEc o tat Of ntsn
ton decreases Tho more you dlfuse gwen amouhI
o T e ef fSe ri ehsT SS and It's interests in
America there should arise an earnest appeal 10 our
centres Of higher learning that along with h5 WORN OF
| mn tor-itv pxtp
university intention we'll for intensity OF ehOrt
for sngeness Of aim for stress OF VII tnat aIng All
life NAV not be dssipaed the integrity OF LOFTY scho
To demand high standards OF scholarship IS not to
be blind the practical results of liberal education
Nowhere else in tne world has systematic education
received much attention in Germany for the last
| three generations. And no people IN the world Is
Itself s so practical tma in n nG
manufactures. trade and commerce. In war, in the
aG Win ana aare h pps Of
ton. have mastered the theory are the men VINO exce
the a 6 OF do & and ef be e word they
rists means "one who sees distinguished from one
who goes on e9d e6rT only Dd ts % R p wG4
| intelligent and effective.
Immediately after the exercise Of inauguration, the
alumni marched TO tic Pratt gymnasium. Henry D.
HYDE Of Boston, acted as POSTMASTER and called upon
the following speakers 7. II. Hitchcock, President
Gates ex President Seeye the Rev. DR.. StOrrs, Pro-
fessor W. S. Tyler Ex-Governor Andrews, Of Connecti
cut; NJ. F. Dickinson, and the Rev. DR.. Fullerton.
The following additions during the last year the
college funds were announced 100000 from the
Fayerweather bequest; 100000 from D. Willis james,
Of New-York the Newton beQuest Of $4,000 for the
Mather Greek proessOrshp. fellowship OF $3.50 In the
physics department, and the Amherst Sermon Fund.
which will supply the college pulpit with eminent
preachers.
After the dinner the alumni ball game ~ and 30
against $50 and 'ss, was played on the new Pratt
field 81 and 80 captured the banner. The glee club
gave its commencement concert in College Hall at
30 and at $50 President and Mrs. Gates received