New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-17
IN COMMENCEMENT WEEK.
CHAUTAUQCA MAKING HISTORY hAriDLi :
STATISTICS OF THE COLLEGE OF LIBERAL AXIS
DR. GUNSAULUs ON PURITAN ELoooTN
PROFESSOR ELY DISCUSSES SOCIALISM
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PROFESSOR ELY DISCUSSES SOCIALISM
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| Cbautauqua, y. v, Aug. 1G.-Chautnnquu '"".s'
history faster than II can be recoiueu "''e na
mencement week. Tomorrow Is hecos'i''o a.,
| wlen the entire day VIII be- given 10 eAc'''
honor OF the graduating class oil the Chau'auf"" ~,
er,ry and scientific Circle. THIS Is the great o'Nu
..no,, holiday. and the general platform programme
u, he su,pended The class OF '92 last evening "e"
| . .,rial meeting and received 4 handsome p'""
from Mrs J. L. IIurbut, and SIX nag "ho n,'" ,
| vincent had carried with him on trip arou". .e
| world This evening is given over 10 le'.p'
| overy closs from 's2 to 80 receiving TIER i'sn
| The new class OF ~ no" iori'"s' wiz ~ Vs.
the class OF SO. -.
The term OF the Chsutauqua College OF Lbera "'''
,d.d TODAY Appropriate closing exercises "ere
held I'm College Hall President Harper psesiuhs'
,b,s term the total number Of Individual stuueu' "
rolled Is 423. Twenty eight took preparatory "ce
colege Greek, lO6 preparatory Latin Ia cohese A'
| q German 80 French, 30 Latin, 20 ge'ios! am nun"
| 10y e5 Mathematics, 81 chemistry ana physics -
| no,tcal economy and IA history Two huhore~ ""N
forty OF this number are teachers nine Vi 'ne' p
| c,uals and supcrintendents. oculsts' mlh's'e''' ~
v.rs wood -carvers music -teacher ana pusihess NV"
! ar- among the number. The frespy'eriahS VI.
resented BY 30 students and the Methodists Ds o.
| -, ,,,orsootionallsts and Eplsc0palians folO"
| 80 aft.ep other religious denominations are rcPic
| .r,rd THIRTY four states enrolled from Nor'"
dakota " Florida, and from Diane W Noo
| Canada sends four students. VI tlese 'n''u'"f
cocptates IA are students in universities 1" !" '
,sg,s and I'm high schools; IL are teachers III UNI
versities % in colleges, ID In normal acnoo', ",a
| ~ I'm high schools 80 hold the degree vi W. 49, "
| :, ,,d "a sre members Of the &. L. c.
| Dr = w. Gunsnulus, OF Chicago. lectureu '"'s
morning His subject was Recent r''on
port,anIsm, lie said among other things mat r"i'-
! tanism was naturally inspiring 10 every p"""''
Of true oratoy; 1t strikes the S0"' both
ma. with such influence upon DOM
,n.r.,, and feeling that Just as it made poet OF
,ohn Milton. so in ancient times 1t strung the harp
-, rs.,sb sbope through the tears OF Jeremiah an"
! n,.,.A IN the fiery utteinnce Of Malachi. Abrah"n''
Noses and John the Baptist were greh, r"f'''"o'
| Their spirit incarnated III 'hiS 'o'o
ut Antioch aud savonarola IL. ',nan
John Pym. sir John Eiho'. ""u u,r,.n
mad. pur,,anism eloquent In 1920 1hat f"rn''
ae, and ideal cume partially out OF the great 's'on
% tho soul which Bacon shakespeare ana the minus
NJ the aae OF Elizabeth created. The reao'ns Vi ""
! tume gave man a nObler hea OF his own r's". w,
himself These abolished the idea OF 'he n
| right OF Kings and the d"y VI 80
| ,s..,s institutions built upon Mro"s,
noxsvsr venerable they might be. Thls sp'r'' "''u
,d.., crossed the sea with the Pilgrims ana uie"
washlugt.ns sword ut Cambridge. ihes '"a,'e
Adams and otis and Warren great or''o'''
avg That PuritAnism ruled the hour ans auo'eu '"p
don When Webster spoke at Plymouth ana n"nAe,
Hin and in reply TO liayne, II was '.e
,,n,,.n,sm When Webster defended tue F"s'"'0
,, ,ar tho Puritan had surrendered. Then sprahg
., the front the three greatest orators vi rui''"
Phillips as the ogitaor, SUMNER a. '"' ' =, ,na
Heechcr A. the prophet. The great ''e 49,
uves OF these orators were gwen. many ihc'uen's ~
, ca,e,rs were reproduced and the audience stay
m . the dinner hour responding with their applause
DIR. Richard 7. Ely, OF Wisconsin 'h'erSi''' NJ"
uember OF the Chautauqua faculty Tor hVe years
has inst begun II University Extension course Vi
Ice ,r.s on Socialism In the study 81 what 'oca',
r,alIx proposes Dr. Ely advised the reading oi "orns
written by Socialists. and named those Vi 'iaiN'
Gronund Kirkup Bellsmy and Miss ha'heri"e re,"
son Woods The speaker defined socialism as an ID
,,I svst.n concerned with the organization OF the
t,c,ors Of PRODUCTION and with the distribution OF
wealth For the "capitalistic system OF P'oo"'"'"
n different method OF gaining nVehhooa Is p'op
Socialism In broad sense Is distinguished iro" III
s,v,d,ulI,m The indivIduaist claims that unVer>a'
welfare is 10 be- obtained through indivmuai acuo"
o,on. The socialist In this broad sense Claims 'he
din. subordination OF the individual; that society IL
NOT COMPOSED OF warning atoms. but OF memoirs
that II l. nm organic whole and that the parts cannot
thirty. unless the wlole thrves. SOCIALISTS III 'n''
broad sense would proceed In their reforms ana niSo
In their ethics from the whole ~ s'ar'ins
noint rather than from the Individual. NnVo"
was I'm this broad SOCIALIST Hi"
~ have been most OF the great '""'i
upon political and economic topics SOCIALISM, III INC
| narrower sense which Il simply scheme OF ihuus"i
,.form embraces the common ownership VI III" III"
. ,.,i.I ,r.trmrnts OF production common manage
u.nt OF these Instruments distribution OF lhco"o "
onuo, authority and OF private property In the
LARGER proportion OF income. DR.. Eiy then pro'eepeu
ia contrast Socialism with paternnlism WIN ah'''S
= with voluntary cooperation, with iaho hauo""i'I
md the Gle tax and with social reform or pos'ish
Ths modern Socialist claims that Socialism Is neces
italn AL HrNP
not something xrtincialy created BY men AMI es''o
, ush.d Nv them but growth which may be directed
vblch NAV pernps be accelerated. but which cannon
Inv any possibility be stopped Unless we conceive VI
socialism as evolution, We cannot uhaers'ahu ~ u
4 IA moaern forms re Is alleged that the breaking
down of the competitive System Is seen In the neon
. peency Of captains OF industry to command the HI
. a,s,1aI army ~ modern workingmen are not aito
gsthcr inappropiately called. Increasing frequency OF
crises and long ntinued industrial depressohs af
d adduced rs IA sign that the present SOCIAL oruer
>. passing away Finally the moral rottehness oi No
ciety as seen In entertainments and defncaons ana u
, uo,ca life IL alleged to BE- the evidence OF needed
Industrial revolution such as Socialism contcmpates
rs socialists claim that all modern political ecohon,
o | 4, limited By the prevailing plutocraey
= Leland T. Powers OF Boston, held an appreciau''
audience OF 5000 for nearly two hours this A'ter
/. | noon. lie peopied the bare platform WIN Nihs
characters each impeI sonatng In "The Shnughraun
N | bavlng u us'uct huNiu"Hh'y'
:, morning her lecture Eggs ana omeie's' sa''
y that our National monetary loss from Improperly
u cooked eggs is $4,000 daily She gave minute
instruction In the correct methods OF boiling trying
scrambling and stirring eggs and also III mning
variety Of oInelets. Her lecture this afternoon wa
| devoted to pies; while putting together varou
$ specimens Of the article, she Informed her auaienc
d hat scientifically made pie II eaten at proper times
l. as nutritious and healthful ~ any other article
diet The Glasses Of the ChautauqGa COOKING schooo
hive always been popular and largely attended
\ chldrcns party was given at the hotel TINS AFTER
N mans were Frank blossom and Alice Ormsbee. Ism
- Leila Vincent Edna and Marian Rainey, Paul Harper
" W,d.eine and Charles Edison and Alice and kober
~ Miller The ChautuuQua baseball nine met their mrs
RS defeat to day. the West End team OF Bnlalo scor
"A airy world OF the lake city. The hotel Gotta ges
~ i~ns and marks me lsy,hly decorated with cJOlct