New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-20

decd 6ur charter Itself prohibits religious 0sw
from ever being applied student or professor No
man, either student or professor, Is oSuaciseu w
cause he Is progressive, neither Is lie oeriueu VIZ
ired M because c Is conservative Neither orthoooS
L,so,ry nor liberal intolerance finds home In
Princeton App,ause) Princeton IS the most dem'
ocrstic and truly American OF our great colleges.
social distinctions and distinctions OF wealth couhs
for nothing A man stands absolutely ana soieiy io'
who he is and hat he does (Applause)
The name OF Princeton carries us all back to that
ouet peaceful scholastic em-bowerd village on mo
hill "A village where trade and commerce nave neVo
INT rlded where learning SITS entlr1ned as undispu'c"
sovereign. other colleges may be more weaithy' OF
even more learned, more ancient and more famous,
Int none has q greater hold upon the afef IONS OK
her sons than Princeton Br 'thers, Use ana Wins
the health Of our Alma Mater. give you inc tsase
OK Princeton ,
President patt-n responded for the university
Among other things he said;
81 think that the Princeton Club. OF New i0fa' mas
ont grown the mere idea OF good fellowship
The members Of this club believe that there Is an
imuortant work for them do in developing the pest
interests OF Princeton University. To be sure the
alumni feel that they have an interest III tue ties'
organization, but IL IS company WHICH pays 10 wv
dpnds and confers no favois. There Is no gain ana
little glory for that matter, IN cohheeuo" VII" ue'N
b.rship In an alumni assocla'iOn
,,,, 7 NAV say also that the time i coming when
m very natuul reciprocity OF feeling the colleges IN gen.
era, and Princeton College In particular Will Do i~
devils. means for fuller recognition OF the RELATION SUD-
isuc between the college and its alumni In spite OF the
evils connected forms OF college puonc senu
n,ent simple membership IN the social imcrocosm OF
college community is itself liberal edueaNon VIII
20 further, and Notwithstanding the weitmeah'
Criticisms Of, some OF friends, make
,old n saw that there is an intellectual
and moral side athletics that is not always understood
Men learn lesson, orethougt ard sefconrol OF se'
sacrifice and public spirit which VIII make hep IL ue
sion calls for IT, ready 10 DEFEND the nag OF thetf
country as they are work for the glory u their college,
(Applause
We are not making specialists STUDYING professions
In our 2cadcnc curriculum We soek to discipline students
mowers and teach him classics and mathematical We
70 broaden his Intellectual horizon and accordingly
introduce him to the generalization that explains
the physical universe and we grain him the
three fundamental phil sophica concepts thSt under'
lie all political and al! religious philosophy
We wish students 10 be coed SCHOLARS, but we wish
them more especially he sooi men, We are not par.
,,s,n, In rclslon We are not sec:ariaDs in politics.
rnt VIZ wish every VINO +, born a Christian whso
asked why he remains Christian, ana every man who 70
ho,, a citizen OF this county whcl asked why 10
elories In It, Dr. oo!e 70 give reason ~
the faith That is In him. We are dorG our
wo X under circumstances OF encouragement but mus
m frank and say that need help in order that we NAV
peet the demands already made upon We need two
nav d,rmlarlcs "a lecture and recitation hail.
new gymnasium. and additions TO endoyments for
ro,cssorhps felowships scholarships and library Who
will com, to help We are setting our faces toward
,sor when We hope celebrate huDdredth end
on,.,h Anniversary. And from I'LL then. II
.nsred I expect lit mp my voice and say ~ mo
end OF liberal education say 10 YOU tonight Prince
ran h,s her name int the history OF our Political
,.,tu.Ions has sent her sons into the forum and
Oh. she has contributed science and she has
written chapter religious thought she has served the
Church and she serycd the With her hun
ded and ATTY years behind her she not be trustees
ia unnl 10 Of hef rtsOl
VIII you not friends ond bicther l-ten to her aopesl
and In hcpng hcr serve the OF Christian paotsmv
Following Dr. Patton tie speakers to tho ot''er
toa Is rs previously gwen