New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-10-01
LILLE ENLTERS[TY'S WIZ LITE.

THE UNITERSTTY'S NEW LIRE.
Amonc thr most agreeable features Of daily
news during the last few weeks have been the
! announcements of rcopcnings Of schools and col
Icgcs for another year Of study. We have had
| perhaps more than the usual quota ol 'r''i'S
and follics: depression Of business has continued
with little relief: strikes and rumorS oil strlkeS
have aboundcd: and all those phases Of lifcs
turmoil which give rise 10 WEAKNESS al n'Sh
and spir, have been unfansly in evidence"
Day by day. however, the establishments winch
have to do with the higher interests Of the in
dividuaI and of society have resumed their work.
with general condition of prosperity most
chnoru, to behold While the common schools
are throngcd as never before. the colleges ana
universities also report increased attendance
sometimes actually ovcrtaxing their ability To
accommodate it. Nor do these armies OF young
men and young women come only from the
CLASSES" in which hard times have been com
parativcly little felt. but from the masses rs
WELL where privlion is being endured a. al
most never before but where there Is "A sturdy
discrimination 10 let no material burdens d"
drag upon Intellectual and spiritual progress.
Economy may have 10 be practscd, but it VIII
not begin at the brain
cant detail of the college year is the establish
mcni of the University Of the City Of New" ORR
in its new home mt Fordhan Heights. This is
something more than the beginning of Il new
college year. or even than the tranSfcrrcnc" Of
A great institution from one site 10 another "
marks the approach To full frjIiton Of one Of The
most notable movements in American ednca-
tional history. and the opening Of new era
n &c .I,. At,.,r i,.Du init a
There are now living not mauy men who can
remember the beginning II that work. and how.
two generations ago ana seemingly in advance
If all demands. an epoch was marked 10y III"
founding of a University on the true university
plan Of post graduate instruction aud research
in all departments Of human knowledge, Ia
promoters believed u To- h" ia" first American
institution II learning founded on such II pan
i'm which. ~ another great friend Of learning
said Of another great university in after years
ANY person can lind Instruction in any study
IndlSpujablo II j. that the organization "i ms
University and thu pronunciation "f IL dl>ilnr
tive principle powerfully aided in qnckcnng
the life If other institutions aud IN 'X'rndnS
their scope and thus gave an almost imn"a>ur
able impetus To- higher education In America
Equally iudi>pulablr j. il that the University
Ion. failed t. fulfil th" expectations Il h, found
crs The causes ~ this failure were beyond III"
Inivcr,iiy's control. ana in No. wis" r'n'r''l
upon +. io it, disorrdlt Hui Tor many years II
seemed to anguish In material affairs With
a succession Il faculties unsurpassed in scholar
shin. win a steadily Increasing body II alumni
we'll comparable in mental equipment AMI prlc
teal achievement with those OF any other col
lc.r and with distinguished discovery ana r."
search To mari, is progress. il yet halted.
dwarfcd AMI >uutod EndowmcntS were not
forthcoming material equipment was pitifully
m,qgro the concrete fulhlmcni of it> founders
plans wa. Indefinitely postponed. ana il ifti"ih
year found il pot much advanced beyond lis
first
lis recent history has. however. been marked
by "A salulary change Not only has lis manage
mcni become NOR, aggressive In a business way.
hut the general public has awakened 10 Il NOR"
lust appreciation of it> merits and lis claims
for favor and support. A. result. III us reopen
ing to-day. II i enabled 10 approach within
measurable distance Of the fuliilnrnt of the
vision of sixty years ago. Some Of is depart
nents remain in the old places. though in new
and vastly better quarters. The main body of
the University enters upon new ana larger
lie in Il new and larger place. where. for The
first time the ideal conditions Of a great nj
vcrsity are possible. As shown In Il descriptive
article elsewhere in this impression. II Will hav"
ample class and lecture rooms. library labora-
tories and all equipment for study and research;
adequate facilities for the physical culture nrcrs
slry 10 mans symmetrical development; and in
the dornIitory and college community system,
that intellectual atmosphrr" ~ college life which
Is one of the most bcncicrnt features Of The true
seat of higher learning. Amid such circum
stances. il * prudent 10 expect vastly Increased
prosperity for the University. and fitting 10
congratulate This city upon the possession OF
IN institution ut once SO eminent in achievement
ana 50 vigorous In further progress.