New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-04-13
UNIVERSITY FEDERATION!
CHANCELLOR MACoRAoKEN's ADDRESS.
lie DISCUSSES THE INTERESTS OF coLuMBl'
AND THE CITY UNIVERSITY.

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Tho word university has a fascination like ina,
which belongs to the word universe IL i. IS tIc one
that while We believe that there are li tnnd There
is no agreement to what mas be COMP n croup OF
Or , cS%noG Ssvoso to aR PsSer orSr
tho direction OF single corporate to be the
| milton accepted by Trubner, w h0D pHccordlngy he
Worlds Yearbook Of Universities. NV I,dc' Of
admits into his volume from BY some over
sight in this first volume he cEcdII - Trvcrsity Of
the city Of New York No It VIII be ro cSqTe1 ,,
IN the second issue Columbia ohsciisiS mines ro-
S Yea and IN hTT ionoo 81 ass micns NewYo INT
verslty enrolled in her underSIluua'e cUo1 eIerrlmg
seminary ZEN ana sfsG Eo Students Under the common
definition therefore, New York possesses "u'' WV
Congratulate NcwYor that she has and Is eyer
likely 10 have these two tci'nIn5 u,'irin- and de-
giving central corporation or H9t In' sub
matter IS thing Of compaiWWc rp'i Is however by
NO means thing Of Indifference. Inc PIP 'u'' 80
onco - two 1or,el corporations provided theS
Su, ~ % he The glory Of Ncwlork among an inc
metropolitan cities Of hSs worm" come as an accident or
the wIim or monument Of single mind II w0uu i nm
otherwse b9t f SndeHey II thought In regard not
only TO education but also 10 ponCs 'lH ,,,, Zcy,
Ynrk The two universities stand Tor W9 n'o@, 'ii IKE
denotes Of the human mni-tlg If ,ciicb l. GOD.
Ud the anxiety prove all things even at the lN VI
needless ah1 Nnson in standard history to the uni
vcrsIty movement in New-lork CITY IS In Ihe iDio ~
volume Of Bancroits n1gi S,ai''' wa, tettlcd
cb,"rv nv Calvinsts, yet the English Churcn Wa
favored BY h~ ,noI I5 n ,1e fooWin: An act Of
fne prcr5g,tive which limited the 7eoiloh vi o,rn
preSmr"' r gt the Church OF Encaud agtand me
public mind and united the IH''ub cIllh' III 10
% yc r 10 he Year s5i and nnd the following veT
Of the transaction Of l754 from re pen % pR XIII,
m KEITH in a pamphlet entitled The Duty 81
toumbia College to the Community ne y, IN -
certain candidate 10 a proe-sorhip, In 3lAte OF us
Inrarianlsm. lie states the case rs !, tls Ill., p
her charter. which restrictions were removed rs iaf
| as possible. BY the amcnd9i cllItcr VI H., -,
which nevertheless, he regarded rs perpetual DJ T;L,
Of the conditions In the decd Of lands ihlm IN" lIlN
| corporation lie says: The EpscoliuHil,,1 Ol ''I
however been secured only by the charter' Du1 W
express conditions contained IN inc % ,, ha
hrreioig t.S', ~ rpunonaI authority to dispense
with these conditions; and. for one, trust ti n5
IpcIr lair moral obncltlon ana vii honestly perform
tben I'm their true intent and purpose without am
muon or evasion. | hope that the president WI
always be an Epscopalan ana iat te R i'p0nd
! that contend that neither the Legal nor l' mo-
an ncho name Therefore. ~ indicating he historic
ia Ro1 p history the decd 4 gift from Trinity
! Church and the statement of Mr.. Rusgle' In l7o4
| tnrn now 10 The genesis Of the New York Uni
yer,lty me effort of citizens outside the English
Church IN 1904 I, modify the charter Of Tire College
failure, but they dd not accept the cV;tse a.
their educational representative During tho RevoIu
ton they We're too busy 70 try 10 found c0lIeSe'
| After thc Revolution some effort was made at ulDn,
AS appears from the following statement Of trustee
| Of Columbia College. published in 1890 lie says
| Il was In contemplation u apply % Trinity Chucl
condition Inserted In The deed Of tho lands, IN order
to the introduction into the presidency oil ihAt eminent
scholar and prcsby terrain divine. Dr. Mason bat
ho a,Jcs on TO sly that the trustees decifed instead
Of This to make John Mitchell Mason their provost.
| 1hs proved but temporary cAP'd dent ana IT, ,'p
! minds oi some resembcd what Mr.. Rugses calal an
evasion or dimnuuon Of the original cohllt,0l,,; $500
| When the Revolution and the war Oh IoL- VIZ VIZ
past and the completion OF the canal system bTonsh.
10 NewNork new prosperity The movement On 9Snan
tionaI representative took growth. and that from
many quarters that no one can n@InS rs nn ArJ
| author. Nluc gentlemen In To-, " IN P,o1 -
meeting and THIS meeting In january, $50. ls,leu
f,n"G'pg nf n new university 10 compare small
| hings Vith great / would say Of that date what
, t All Fr,m that Gay dates The corporate
| cxi,ic-.o of two parties. The distinction that was
must cXlst For it has its origin in divcrSues Of
temper, OF understanding and OF interest, when are
| found In all lceiics and which viii BE- found M
tll, human mind ceases 70 be drawn III opposite
direction, by the chain, Of habit and by the charm
Tho inst plank Of the new university platform was
that person, of every rrll rs d"non'fuoh -haI Dc
Dr." ouhd.u"h, rms H N' , 'r,s, . i ,r.n. ~ ta
Ther' sun rcnaa.n I'n ",' r. D
Two pEno OF their PIX, io.m illustrated .is PopnlT
-Irit and tendency u the m}ysmehl ter'a NH con i
entirely. They were accused II being ircs.ouN. be-
cause they made no provision IN the charter Tor rlis
Lon, teachlnC. one writer Of 30. says: For all
that say, uidel or an atheist NAV have access
| 10 every professionally in the Institution" But
soon IL, the sub,c hbers hal elected thirty two hcor
| namely two nantist. two Dutch two Episcopaan and
tw" Prcsbyterinn Immediately the university was
declared TO he Oo RELIGIOUS. In The Ey"nln; Post
Of 1880 writer cXclalms " II was solely bee aii@c
| bin vlLs Sub>erNiant
bar church that 4 wac 1ot SUPPOSED CAPABLE Of ,1t~
| Is councl-sIsht names With the pEoix Of Reverend.
rcsret 1t as most insusraclo.,s crcumSane,s. II
pcTs ~ It /, Gdtc cnodsh thai these mea arc
nllt,d together by TIE bond Of particular religious
| sympathies." Far removed We are fOm these con
| ncts we can pnhy that the spirit Of the uni
| vcrsty movement dcldely Puritan. though not
| In any narrow >ense denominational
Hut why could The two elements Of the immunity
have joined in 1880 In Il single university The mat.
ter was talked or IN the very month Whcn the hrNt
subscription was obtained for The new enterprise.
leading subscriber said 1t IS the object Of The pro
iectors 70 aggregate such institutions q, exist IN Ae
| city IN u respectable university. of which Columbia
College become the brightest star In the constca-
Collcee and tho University were invited T. meet tho
! CITY council In regard to II line property which some
| thought would be the site OF great university. lt
Wa In the rear Of the present city Hall. The Uni
stated their READINGS to unit" upon terms that should
be equitable and practcahl,. The columbia Committee
they Should be heard from On the part OF Interested
| citizen, II was proposed thai the common Council
should ave the properly IN inc hNt OF inc tltN Han
tho two bodies II they would unite that the Integrity
| Of Columbia College should not Dee distributed that the
| University Council should also remain and that the
| city Council, corresponding 10 our present Aldermen.
should be the controlling power over both Institutions
! note that In spite of the many recent suggestion. i
newspapers about tho Grafton OF Columbia and
the University. that no one has made any suggestion 80
| radical hN which offered 90 1880. that "A CON.
soldation or federation of The two should take place
under Che Board OF Aldermen.
There was no lack of extended discussion Of tie
university question Ia NewlOrk at that period. The
| ulOughtulnc,, of Mr.. Charlie, Butler has placed a.
my II flaNttf
| Statements | lind publication, on the side OF the
| University by "Acadcmi,t," 10y "Icno." Candor."
| mpaHality' ana by Ilcbs.S and on the side u
| Columbia by Jurlsconsultis,' Freebooter" and
"Civls" and Mechanic who Pays Taxes besides
| and Careful Observers" | lind, rs was natural
that there quite little stirring Of feeling not
inmnnr In refernncn % the nmnallnn MLeinr