New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-17
TRIBUTE OF THE TRUSTEES.

In accepting Dr. McCosh's resignation as prcsi-
dent in 1883 the trustees adopted series OF reso-
buttons placing record their sense Of the dis
tnguished service which he has rendered To the
college. and the signal success which has in every
respect marked his administration Of It's affairs
and adding:
While ;he sole credit for all that has been ac-
cOmplished in his administration cannot. OF course
be claimed for Dr. McCosh. his has been througnou;
the organizing and directing mimi. and mis- activity
has been untring. He has lived for the college. AMI
its advancement has been the one obec; upon
which all his thoughts ard efforts were centred.
The genial and kindly Offices Of the estimate and
sion will be held in undying remcmbrance'
IN sermon preached in the session Of the Gen
eral Assembly in Philadelphia in 1870 pr. McCo.h
suggested the idea of a presbyteri9n Alhanc@. A.
the ter-centenary celebration of the Reformation
in Scotland. held in Philadelphia. November ~ lS72
ne presented scheme for such an ORGANIZATION lie
London and organized the Alliance in July. 1870 He
semby held in Philadelphia in May. 1855 Upon sev-
crsl occasions he wrote strong letters upon different
DR. McCosh did not start out as an author in early
lbed pa, b GSm @ to v the present TIE he R ah
chiefly to religious. moral and phiosophlcal sub
jects. Several Of them are used as textbooks in
as we'll rs in this country. His Introduction Of The
Mind Inductivey Investigated" dS6oD established his
reputation a metaphysical writer. II explains
what intuitions properly are. which Of them are
moral convictions and how they are related to the
system OF philosophy which Dr. McCosh expounds
in IN. his c works on ih1i snbjeei is paT OF the Srpi
prominent writer: Its conscious influence in the
history of American thought has already been great,
us unconscious influence greater Resides the
important works on The Divine Government' ami
The Intuition OF the Mind 10 which reference has
already been made. the following his principal
publications: Typical Forms and Special Ends in
perna tural In Relation TO the Natural Os62D: FIX
animation OF Mills Philosophy Being Defence OF
Fundamental Truth Qs66); The Laws of DscursiNe
Thought Being Treatise on Formal Logic O@D.
which Is used in many colleges and uppcr SCHOOLS
"Chrstis nifty ana Posi;ivlsm'' OS1D: The Scottish
Philosophy. Biographical: Expostory; critical from
Overlooked by DR.. Tyndall' $50: The Develop
ment Hypothesis: Is 1t Sufficient ds7sl; The
Emotions 0SSO; "Criteria Of Divers Kinds Of Truth
Opposed to Agn)sticism'' dSS9; ENERGY. En-
,adc a" F 'T " and fTay'sr dssl: Locke..
0~D; "AgnOsticism Of Hume and finN,ey. with
Notice Of the Scottish School" $50 criticism -
the Critical Philosophy" GSsp: Herbert Spencer
Philosophy as eliminating IN HIS Ethics ana Ine
the Cognltive Powers" ana J'sycho.Ogy IN" Motive
Powers Oss6 which two works arc extensively
Aspects OF Evolution" Gsss. Dr. McCosh alec pub
lshed a philosophical series, discussing the I'M
portant problem Of modern philosophy no" com
binei IN two volumes. called Realistic Phllosophy,
the TILE under which Or. McCOsh printed THIS ms
philosophical views.
In personal appearance Or. McCosh was tall. Of
a commanding men. win snow whit ioch. ana ~
him for any time without realizing that h. Wa
talking to a scholar who had a keen sense Of hunor
and VINO a thorough ScJtchman Mrs.. MccJsh
husband was associated In ms early PASTORAL
Brown University honored Dr.. McCosh with the de-
gree Of :. T. D. in 1865. In the same year harvard
and Washington and jefferson colleges conferred
upon him the degree Of IL D., which ABERDEEN hal
given to him In $50 Queens University In ireland
gave him the degree Of ID. Lit