New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-03-12

this work to proceed (ApplauSe.l , -, o,.
universities Of this vicinity who have left their re
sponsible stations 10 testify their interest IN our oT -
men. i, object lesson calculated TO emphasize the
importance OF the enterprise. 1t also deHQhs'rdte.
the cathol!city Of The movement in which the gIeat
universities unseln-hly combine TO secure the ed!te
| good. A. President Gilman. Of johns Hopkins M
vcrsity. recently said to some OF us VINO are h,r,
tWrc can be no rivalry among 'sholar'. II az si liz
universities TO accomplish the greatest posi-
work and achieve more than the widest hopes had
IT, then. this movement Of university extension
receives. believe i Will receive the coilN Su
port of this community. Io'h IN moral couhtedcc
the contribution Of the requisite means, greai E%e
VIII result to rs all For what ai,er a nacia, II
panacea for human ILL: material potica; soClaI ,t
j. education. What will soonest beaic the Opprc,yu
in siberian bondage redeem from say aSery re wiz
| hcathendoml Education. What will bring lsace 10
unhappy Ireland: harmony TO revolutlonlzcd 99m,h
cation And 10 come nearer home, what will lii orr oN Il
city of NewYork out Of the degridation tnat so a
limits f., prosperity. sweep away the saloons eesae
the social Ella purify politics. and give Us honest
and economical government Education; gaa a
make these statements without adding' tor my UMt
part tha, they are made with the reservation taat
religion and education must 90 nand in nanf ana th@ at
in that way most cccually Will the reign DC euCu VI
| snobbery and ignorance tApp!au'e'l
WHAT DIR. DWIGHT SAID.
| After the applause which followed Mr.. Neyanders
| speech had subsidized lie introduced Dr. Dwight VINO
addressed the audience upon university Extension
The address, which listened to with TIC deepe''
| interest, in part as follows
Inc purpose OF university tANNl'i'" - ~
some Of lie advantages of the univcr'ity-aS many
indeed As po.Iblc-in the way Of education ana ana
stimulating influence beyond the borders OF tlc UNI i,
verslty Itself persons who cannot enjoy nc IN IN
| privileges which II offers. We know Una! Ic ILL.,
| live within university walls. But we desire tlal
| what may be given should be given 10 all VINO may
be able 10 receive il. aud thus that somewhat oi u~
which /, within ma. be sent forth without Tor th'
rthcrancc Of what i highest and best in the cduct
The University Is ike the truc home In this reglrl
Those who outside of il cannot apprelend or Iin@
into their possession all that i inside OF IT, le
| NAV have many other things. and many other good
| things but they cannot have the whole OF ihls. W.
| thi, fact-gvc ourselves to any movement Inc 0D'
| cct Of which would bc 10 turn ASIDE any from thc
university career. Nothing could be further from our
! Thought, than TO diminish the number Of tho'c VINO
would seek for the education Of the hIghcNt ''m3'a,
or 10 say 10 any questioning or doubling person. whom
/ we ,houd find hc,ltatlnC Is he drawing rear
the gate, that he might better 20 backward than 20
We hope that for the best interests Of the corrtry;
and Of individual live- many more ~ ,ie iu", Md.'
and trust that the gr'1te't work Of or rniYe'il''
| for their own membership i, vet to b. done.
| Eu, while we believe this and must bchcy" H. We
believe al-o that the Influences ur educated me- VINO,
have their >ource IN the nFcr,f, may thr
which they rve-and no n,snlica4t Pnm-m may Eo
pa-.d in its rcGc,, to m Y To al igdrG Int t.
'| ~. i,, tGc f,tn.,. dcprivc ar-c number, of the
| pryilrcc 10 large numbers howcycr-and douhtlc =
increasing numbers. - time moves forward ne prNi
nc, eos, So ri,c, and our thought il give II. our
Wv rr ~, frr, ~ lTrai one aud because the oppor
unIty giving It widely presents t'e ae IL a' nos
Tie progress Of ideas with respect t" cdncation
within the lat quarter OF century ii' p~cn very i
| uarkabc The movement Il thought I'm iie regard
la, been away from limitations. ~ far a, nmort' 3
concerned. and toward wide extension II ma an
ind vidual. Education =, not for the Few onN or Tor
those alone who can move ON to the hig,t nolIa
time for it. for ho>c who intend to Use II IN .'
| special line Of working. Moreover II nred liol
/ d.
those who cannot move with the utmost freedom mt!
he broader sphere beyond them. lie G%r - ,IS
| We have learned and the better day !, da"ninf -,
The revelation ha~ com" and !, COMING tnlt ~.
time and possibility ar 10 be- found where We lau p'
thought Of finding them. do not see pow any III
~ thought without appregatng all th>. Inc 'tlIIi
Of mind Is c1cry whcr'-to the LAYING hold upon t'e avn
books and teaching and every means fo' br-iu- ~.
| IN" individual ic. widely ~ po >lhl', h'"" -
| and thiulia; power The making oi may u'" ~, H.
100 tho" a-pect- 81 1t -cru' Ia be the WOE" Vi '"-
II Is hitting that the schools and the universities
| i.,ond their limit. anu -Icy beginning - DO
M a.. ,,. ..rr," nf tb, HIGHER educated lie.
! The outflow from their lie NAV 60 ou on cVrF sac.
IG ''" ,h ,,, hcrmr new lyins power in the
~ yirfin thrIr "wn walls, they may do another
yorI ,I.o fhoir un--ago may b.. I'm IT. measure, Ia
all learner. really Il, 1t must be IN IT. iulncN' /"
IN" Universities. however mast ay hold upon This
work %, they do by reason Of what 'iSy ere , IN inc
very idea Of, their cN',rasc upon al ' i rgron
which +, E, le secured. Cur pupo,' a-cordnGN ;, 10
-nro frth the helm which We may Tor those who have
Md. advance, toward and n the higher regions rather
| ila, tl,,,, who have remained in th" lower. We DC
' ,, Nh, v,,it- and need, of the large number.
| 1ho having moved on certain distance ha'r oe"-,n
' 't,,Yi.fs Of N,riou, .,r~. Elucltion j.
| Ike if. II must move on. or h die. n becomes
| cnrti"'uc f., L., -firrld ty ID, force.
ftff. 40 l .
| a. ". tlinh the nam" connected with II. are au--
l,@ted b, The name I,ci IT. !, plan ID "c,,Ia' ,
| method, of the university also. The work 10 o.
done is, a, already Unlimited To- BE- mat Nm,n -, J.,
uudcr The direction and guidance Of professors III th
| collegiate ana higher institutions II Is - open
| broad ono, Freedom. -, for educated MINDS II To
r given within tc>,n,blc bounds bat 1t l. to be the
a nnrp"c 'Thr ,rncnIc j. H. lead upward lower
~tage to higher ON ~ J, at,o /" ~, ~ ', I,'c
ami n meaning II D, not To nVOlV" simply the cicl. -
or even interested listening to some learned cr'urrr Tor
| more And Vet We de- not dcNI-e or suggest u plan
which must take. for the carving out "i H. al ilc
| time which the student within the university gNc>
| a. hl, work. We know for whom We are W"FhhE,
and that those whom our plan shall present ii,cii
| ciucaton which is offered there = to be only part
Of what they moving after, aud not me whole a,
De helpful 10 those FOR whom II H. intended this ""
bear constantly mindor it will be fruitlr9N 81 the
| What i, suggested and aimed at by Us j.. 10 brine
the ouportuuitc, of the hes, teaching and the b"st
| learning. together with the impulse and Inspiration
v,Icb fIc,c may bear with them. to those who desire
Larger measure, of knowledge in different lnc~ ana
10 do this to the Ncnt which may be- profitable WITHIN
| ;hc Limitation, of time and circumstance ""'" VIZ
! must in all cases recognize. 49, ,..-.,
mt we are answered that time itself becomes longer
| and more free from limitations when the WorhlnS -
of the better so and In accordance WIN tr MIaot
plan Time extends itself for lis Just in proportion. q.
We find ourselves able T. do more III inc houIN a.
mas II realizes for H. gratcr results a. we gam Nv
wight methods and make the requirements ana uiou-!t
| which come 10 our possession more cnccuNc pr t"
| attaining Of what +, beyond them Wlc We MAY IL :,
do the whole university work. nor attempt any 81, y
thing i'm any Of our efforts, for those VINO are oc9U'
| the university limits. we would do Il part Oh II w"
tvclv In This sense we would extend the uhlVc, ny
| unt In tlc peculiar life and gifts which must belong
only within itself but in the influence when may ~
forth from II for true learning and culture V'o
| lOngcd applanScD