New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-09
THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY
CONFERENCE DELEGATES DISCUSS THE PRO
POSED INSTITUTION.
ADVANTAGES OF THE LOCATION AT THE Ma
TIoNAL CAPITALIZE NEED OF HIGHER
EDUCATION IN THE METHODIST
CHURCH TO BE MGT-THE
PRESIDENTS ADVICE

PRESIDENTS ADVICE.
iBY 1ELEGRArH TO TkiBUSEl
| Omaha Nav s-De.rate n violent ranstorm. 1000
faithful Methodlets met in the Exposition Hall this
afternoon to hear about the new American University
| at Washington, which is starting under Me'iouisI
| auspiccs About twenty years ago." said Bishop
John F. Hurst OF Washington. who presided, In ont
| lining the present state OF The enterprise BISHOP
Newman. then resident at Washington approached
| bv Dr. F. O. IIaven the secretary If cur Board OF
| Education and Bishop Ames who wanted to select
a site for a great university under the auspices OF
the Methodist Episcopal Church. Ninetytwo acres
OF land Vert. bought last November for s1"O,OOo, III
the northwest heights Of the city. About three-
four+hs of The sum has from Pro'estants not
Me,hod,sss and $4,000 OF It from a Roman Cathoh''
whose name l dare not mention. We have also
fund OF about $4,000, beginning. merely toward
q, endowment The rare combination OF sciehu"o
co,cci aos In Washington was strong lnduccheht w
the location there OF the university. Mayor JOHN
" Powell Of the Geological Survey, "lu u
the other day that the original Government in',o .
ments for these in Washington alone '"o"no
q, about ago 600 OOO and those are precisely Tie
collections that university with purse large onou.
might TO furnish to the student OF inc '"c"
century. These collections are DIVIDED Ill ,a'".
follows: Library Of Congress. So,3ooooo -"'o"''
Museum. &c 500 OOO Patent Office. $51oo'ooo a '
30 Fducation 900, 600: Bureau CT EnomoloHs. -
Denorment OF Agriculture. S3,OoOOoo; flSn I'm,
mission 81 100000 Botanic Gardens @l,-'o'
Coost and Geodetic Survey, $l.jOo,ooo' "cooso"'
survey 81 100000: Naval Observatory Ei'oo .'',o
This is exclusive Of the Smithsonian i"'
These sums and the annual approprlauons i'p r
, Government investment Of s6oooo'"o' ",
roys has lust passed bill, which We preSen'ed' al"
s,es, A.. presidents has probably signed by this imc
ordering the superintendent of all 'he'e ",ant
-. ,hrovr their doors open to students our oolo.
now is to make no frantic appeal 10 ''o -,
for funds vet not to sleep. We wan, an e" -,
~ S. 900 900 before buildings or iuo"i'S VIII ~
thought Of ,,o, 1obr p
.Tbe American University" said Bishop JONI
>orman Of Omaha had It's genesis III "eorec ""'
,,or Alexander Hamilton drafted comprene"
,o Milan for National education with an ms'i'""
T., washington Both conceived the IDEA anu Soue"'
10 lay plans to carry II ont But 'he cry " - -
izat,on and the Jealousy Incident 10 u'o S =,
STATES rights prevented IT, fan'i'o"' 49,, ,ts
1877 induced the New York Legislature " ~ md
scheme: and I'm 1880 that Legislature ''' Ut,
orIarcod the mower OF the Regents so rs ~ p''
-, A.. .on,,, The charter OF any educational lisu'u
Ito, Congress has no control over the ed"o"uon -
Tho children OF the Republic. so that partisan p' III
onv state Legislature may fix he school year az NV
DAYS or five months and appropriate 81 Vi Si'o
These things now this country heeuS'
.,nn.1 svstem of education under the "ehefa "oN
arm
sorry system OF education In every st''e anu i |
tory and no appropriation by the Nation OF ps WY
state or municipality for any scctarian school III any
mart OF the county, ~
Our great need now In the Church' s''' -
e H. Payne of Ohio L" is leaders; and whcfc can Wv,
be trained except in the schools OF our o" ~
In this country. said Bishop Charles H. fo"ir,
q With is 500 universities. 1000 professors anu
g, "a 600 students, we clearly need to Tx Il hsn
to,dord IN hold our own. In every age the 'iiu'''
has CONQUERED by taking the weapons OF 'he c"o"!
and using Them and that is what we must 90 ho"'
aTo realize all these fair visions OF that great
university seid Chaplain G. c. McCabc, we Shaii
need to have money But that will be forthcoming
and II the rich don't ehdow 1t, contribution OF
rnnnv q dav from every COMMUNICATE OF Methodisin
will raise $4,000 900 in year. II IS easy ior even
heather 10 believe in our theology. We have neVcr
had controversy about II, and although thec are io
missionary societies and only six OF them are Meth0
isl one third OF all the heather converts peohg 10
some branch OF the Methodist Church. In this new |
,,or.,tv vo want TO teach our missionaries the |
customs and dialects Of the heathen TO train them or
efficient missionary work. propose that the l-ooo
Nctnodist preachers shall give raise the hrst slooo
OO0 ~ the endowment. Then the rich VIII come 10
our help and perhaps before the next General Con
ference the whole 100000 will be secured
"MethodisIn sprang from university" SAD Ut |
Frank NJ Bristol. OF Chicago, and Harvard, Yale,
Dartmouth and Princeton were founded by preachers
When the first Methodist preacher plunged on horse
back into the Wilderness lie carried three books In his
historic saddlebagsthe Bible, 'Wesleys Hymns ana
the Methodist Discipline The preacher has raised
the demand for higher culture, and nearly s4O,OOoOo
worth OF educational equipment now belongs to the
Methodist Church. Now let pledge our utmost |
power and influence to the establishment Of this uni
versty We stand BY the little rcd schoohousc
but the spread Of ralonasm and maicralism requires
us to protect the postgraduate courses from which
the widest enlightenment is 10 spring
"Ony 0ne-ffth Of 1 per cent Of our population,
eaid Dr. John w. Bashford president OF the ONO
Wesleyan University at Delaware, Ohio, are college
bred vet 80 per cent Of all Congressman. 40 per
cent Of all our Senators, 80 per cent VI our vice
Presidents, GO per cent Of our Presidents and more
than 20 per Of Federal Supreme Court Judges
have been college men. secular education Is, how
ever, at the BEST narrow ard onesided because II
negects spiritual science In 1853 the Church schools
contributed to the colleges IS per cent Of the students
In 1883 the proportion was 70 per cent OF these
percentages the Episcopal Church contributed In |
1853 and 5 in 1888; the Congregational, and IL
the Baptist, and ID the Methodist, and 49, That
fact is full Of encouraging Significance
John E. Searles, jr. OF Brooklyn, spoke as
the representative Of the Board Of Trustees.
He said that the charter required that
two.thirds OF the trustees should be members
OF the Methodist Church. and that they must be con
frmed by the General Conference. The chancellor
must also be Methodist. He added that the new
university was an absolute necessity for the pepara
ton Of the Methodist teachers.
Bishop j. NJ. Thoburn, the missionary bishop TO
India said lie believed that it the mission Of Eng
land to patrol the world and keep 1t in order for It's
evangellzation by America. In this world, education
must necessarily hold conspicuous place. "Wc give
notice." he added that from this time forward Meth
odlsm will occupy a front rank In culture. In India
saw, years ago. hglicaste Brahmn yOutIs prcpar
ing for college under the tuton OF the Of con
vered scavenger. We have Il student population Of
more than Is 900 young men in Calcutta and have
been feeling that the chief drawback Of Methodist
missionaries that their education Is sufficiently
complete. / hope the day viii come when shall |
send students from Calcutta and Agra take post
graduate course at Washington
DR.. David ID. Moore Of Cincinnati, and DR.. W. +. |
Mouton, the British Wesleyan delegate, also spoke.