The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-09-21


other similargreetings of JOY. The boys
were gathered in full force and theil
meeting was the first chance they hav,
had to renew the old friendships anc
render accounts Of their summers pleas
ure or labor as the case may be.
At $40 the chapel bell called all to the
devotional exercises and in addition tC
the regular student body were many of the
citv's interested patrons of learning. The
balcony was reserved for visitors and in a
few minutes WAS well filled, while the
faculty chris were all occupied, a hap
pening which will probably not occur
again this year.
A quartette consisting of Messrs Llew-
ellyn, j. l.. Casey, Cham berlin and Wal
theirs rendered Lead Kindly Light"
after which the regular exercises were
carried out. A. their conclusion Presi-
dent Andrews arose to give his opening
address and to announce the acade-
mic year begun. He took for his subject
Greek Nationalism and Home Rule in
the fourth century Is. Co." and said in
brief
II propose to discuss the Democratic
theory and while In many respects at this
time the subject may seem dry and unin-
teresting, yet think IL good one for us
TO study and profit by. Demosthenes'
brilliant oratory is apt to lead us Off from
the real scent and in many cases we fall
in with his opinions as a.matter OF course
but am led to ask, WAS Philip of Mace.
don opposed TO freedom or did ne have a
broader liberty In view, and was he In the
true sense of the word a patriotY
"The Athenians held that tho success of
Greece was bound up In the rise or fall of
their native city and acted accordingly.
Philips purpose, however, was to fuse all
Greece into one state which should be
firm, united and strong. Demosthenes
In his love for Athens forgot Greece, and
in his schemes was mistaken in every
point when his course Is viewed from the
present time. Philip had his bad quail
tiles but he saw the advantage of unity
and he undertook to first, unity Greece;
second, make Greece independent of
Persia Careful study sanctions more
and more this course and condemns at
every step the track upon which Demos
themes travelled.
Neither Athens nor Rome gives any
example of fiscal policy to be copied by
modern nations. The government was
OF Athens. had no voice whatsoever in the
management Of the sta'e. This con.
silently. kept alive . petty jealousy among
all. and none could see that unif1cation
was for the benefit Of all.
THE supporters of tho Demosthenic
theory trace all evils from Philips vic
tory Mt Cheronea, but the evils which be-
fell Greece were not those prophesied by
Demosthenes. like to contemplate what
would have been the result had Alexan-
der lived twenty years longer. To mymind
it seems clear that three results would
have followed. Greece would have been
bound together moro firmly, Greece would
have been free from Asia and probably
ruled Asia and Greece would have ruled
Rome Instead of the reverse
Let US then learn the danger of petit
ness, and to take our patterns from the
biggest and best attainable and so avoid
the rocks upon which Greece foundered."
At the conclusion double quartet rem
dered Alma Mater, the members in addi-
tion to to those already mentioned being
Messrs. Field, Hinckley, Sharpe and
Adams.