New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-18

HISTORICAL MEMORIES AT EVERY TOwN-THE
SCHOOL OF APPLIED ETHICS.

| HISTORICAL MEMORIES AT EVERY TOWN-THE
school. OF APPLIED ETHICS
Plymouth Mass. Aug. Il (specaD.-How many
New-York people know the claims Of Old Plymouth?
How many happy descendants Of the Dutch settlers
have sought these haunts Of our P grim Fathers
a change from Newport or Saratoga. restful
and interesting contrast to Tuxedo or Bar Harbor?
II requires only few days in this hospitab.e town
10 become convinced that almost everybody here.
II anybody. Is less connected with these
good Old Plymouth families. Not to many travellers
in the Northern States Is it given TO niger in spot
40 quaint 30 beautiful and rich In historic
citation az Is Plymouth That which strengthens the
continuity Of human life. enklndng the magma
ton and enrlching the memory, b,esses this peace
ful cd town In abundant measure The names of
the streets cal up pictures Of the past. The very
bearing Of the people hints the dignity of their
traditions. ard In their manners Is the sweet sug-
gestion OF the earnestness. the simplicity, and the
high-mindeiness OF their ancestors
Plymouth Is full OF happy surprises. To be
dropped down here at I o'clock of a midsummer
Monday morning and find the hotels fu.i of
guests and Of philosophers in attendance at the
School of Ethics. might have been perplexlng But
instead Of that. II only proved opportunity. and
TO become promptly ensconced In OF the most
interesting hooks OF this very Interesting town.
Just opposite IS stately row OF ,lndens, brought
from England slips in a tobacco box; door
IS q house framed In the Cd country In the last
ctHAuy anu tTeCleu Dy some O1l mistake upside
down. AZ is shown by the upper story being higher
between beams than the story below; and close by
IS Plymouth Rock Hsef
The house just mentioned. with It's broad halls
and carved stalrcases, its beautifully wrought panels
and pillars. has one room Of unexpected interest
the room where Emerson was married The ex-
quste beauty OF the harbor Is another surprise.
There is certain element In It OF a personal or
intimate nature. There Is n frendlness OF aspect
In It's peaceful beauty which is most endearng
Clarkes Island and Gurnet Light shelter one part
OF the harbor. and from neigh oring point
out the narrow bar OF land inside OF which the
Maynower must have remained at anchor. on the
rorth three miles away, rises the Standish monu-
ment, and breaking the southern horizon is the
picturesque headland Of Manomet Back from the
shore and from the town many woods OF oak
and pine and scores of pretty ponds The inhab-
tants say with pride that they number 200 within
the township. Their banks fast becoming ia
vorite places OF summer residences for city dweers
II IL a great piece OF good fortune to be shown
the places of especial interest by the distinguished
historian and antiquarian OF Plymouth. william r.
Davis. The first thing to be done WAS Of course
10 visit Pilgrim Han. where preserved many Of
the relies Of the earliest days of Plyr.outh-letiers
and documents. portraits. furniture and utensils
The National Monument. designed by Hammatt
Billings and erected In 1852. stands a hill nearby.
overlooking the harbor and the town The principal
stand on the spot close by Plymouth Rock. conse-
Grated to the ashes OF the little band who died in
tina; hrst winter indeed 10 bring those fearful
days very near. Half of that immortal hundred
were buried there and their graves evelled. AT
time only William Brewster. Miles Standish
and five other hardy ones were about and able to
minister to the wants Of their companions Surey
brewster spoke truths when he said 1t Is not with
US as with men whom small tlsigs can discourage
The site % the common house. where al
passed the most OF thai Glreful winter; Is just
round corner from the sAri'"t burial sround
rising from the water and cannon placed here in
such wise a. 20 command the nelsh6orhooI val
ieys and plains By The end OF their frs; summer
from which 20 the harbor Jed a village street, with
Sven houses finished ana others going up Ihis is
were cleared and plentiful harvest
a day OF THANKSGIVING Town meetings had already
been he'd and u f,w laws passed the history OF
Mr. DAVIS declared that We need waste sym
PATTY over ne pilgrims lack OF food IN those eary
Nw t,ny,an. apyniv,r sarv dInnrrs In, our Sora
fathers could hardly have missed that which they
woods were fuli OF deer Wild turkeys and hares:
SON erectei near Fortress Hin when was then
used as a burial ground. and that hill commanding
enchanting view Of the harbor and the great
bay as far away az Provncetown. Is place OF con
s;art pilgrimage.
This Is the fourth summer OF the School OF Ethics.
last summer being skipped by reason OF the Chicago
Exposition. The great success Of this school has
been shown In every way. There has been par.
ticularly strong programme THIS year. and the Mt
tendance has been larger than ever. There
three departments. Economics ethics and the his
tory OF religions. Felix Adler Of New York. is
dean this year: Professor Henry C. Adams OF
the lecturers the New York men Professors F.. RI.
Gldlngs. Mayo smith and J. " Jerks, are promi-
nent Other distinguished instructors OF the faculty
this year are Dr. r. Il. L. Gould. OF Johns Hopkins.
John Graham Brooks and Or. Nash Of Cambridge,
and Professors Palmer Toy and Ashy OF Harvard.
IN. latter lately from oxford.
Tho opportunities which the Plymouth School OF
Applied Ethics offers for stimulus and instruction
by the ablcst In their respective departments
s hers and professors In colleges
all the country. but perhaps not understood
bv the general public IL should be. An assOcia-
iOn mas been formed those WHO attend the school
10 aid in promoting It's influence There is hope OF
establishing the school on ground and I'm buildings
OF its own in the near future and the cooperation
Of lie pupils and friends Will be warmly enlisted for
this purpOSe