Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-16

bian University during the tnter-regnum
succeeding the death Of President yelling.
Their appearance was the subject of loud
and continued applause and cheering. which
lasted until long after they had taken their
places at the front of the platform. 1t takes
a good deal OF noise to down the Marine
Band, but there were times when not a note
could be heard a hundred feet away, try
hard as the musicians might.
The exercises of the evening were opened
by Dr. S. H. Greene, who made brief but
happy address Of welcome, and afterward
introduced the different speakers. The in
vocation was delivered by Rev. r. H. Nc
Kim the rector of the Church Of the
expressed thanks for the great blessings Of
education and knowledge, and for the fact
that diligence and earnestness on the part
of students are crowned with success He
asked blessing on the assembled multi
tude and upon the institution Of learning
they were there to honor.
DIR. Grecne's Address Of Welcome.
In his address of welcome DR.. Greene ex-
tended a cordial greeting to all the great
assemblage. For three-quarters of a CEN
fury, he said, Columbian University has
stood up for all that ID best in the higher
education. Her alumni have achieved note
worthy success. and have earned fame and
honor for themselves and for their alma
mater in many fields of opportunity. Her
faculty has contained many of the most
iilustrious members of the community,
while her presidents have formed one un-
broken line Of great and noble men. He
was glad that the line h1pshown no signs
of breaking, but gives iIpromise Of keeping
on as 1T started andpha1 continued through
all the years of the university's life
I'VE welcome with fuf hearts," said DR..
cultured and devout. under whose leader
ship Columbian win go on to new useful
ness and continued success"
DIR. StrOn8's Address.
Rev. A. H. Strong. D. D., the president of
the Rochester Theological Seminary, then
delivered beautiful address on the subject
Of the religious aspect Of university train
irg.
DR.. Strong began by paying a high tribute
to the ability and character of the new presi-
dent Of Columbian University. He brought
with him welcome and congratulations to
DR.. Whitman, and expressed the confidence
that, under his able leadership, the UNIVERSE
ty would continue In Its march of progress
and be still more potent factor in the edu-
cation of the young men Of the land He then
SPOKE at some length of the relation that ex-
lists between religion and university educa-
ton. Christ Is the truth and the only truth
of God, and there can be no truth Isolated
from God any more than an electric light
could be isolated from the great central
dynamo. AS an inference from this, he said
it devolves upon us to strive to realize all we
can of the great truths Of the world, for God
is not only the head Of the church. but also
the Lord of the universe. A problem that
confronts us today Is to harmonic the
teachings of science and religion, education
and spiritual truth. This can only be real
lied through knowledge of Christ. The
Christian church has always been the true
friend of learning and is rightly called the
mother Of universities. Referring to the
matter of higher and lower education, he
said that the conception or belief that the
higher depends upon the lower Is a mistaken
one; the relation is just the reverse. Higher
education Is not to be compared to the apex
Of pyramid, but to great reservoir from
which flow all the streams which run
through The city. In conclusion, Dr. Strong
said: II rejoice in the glorious future that
opens before Columbian University" This
expression Of confidence occasioned ire
Eendous applause from the students, so that
the selection of the Marine Band THE Sun
ny South" could scarcely be heard at all.
President PattOn's Address.
Dr. Patton's address was very able dis
sertatlon on the subject of university train
ing, especially in this country. In begin
ming, he said that he had reason to feel very
much at home in Washington. and. looking
at the hundreds of orange and blue flags
from a little distance, 1t was very easy to
imagine that he was surrounded by crowd
of his own students waving their orange
and black. 1t was curious. he said. that the
colors of Columbian come nearer the orig
inal on which Princeton's colors were based
than do the colors so intimately associated
with the college Of New Jersey.
II come" said Dr. Patton. Ito bring the
salutations and the congratulations Of the
university over which l have the honor to
preside. 1 am not altogether stranger
within this city, nor can 1 forget that the
honored man who presided so successfully
over Columbian was a graduate of Prince
ton, and, while loyal to Columbian, never
forgot the reverence and respect due TO MS
alma mater. ~
a,,fif ,,l md ali
auent tribute to the memory of DR.. yelling
and the place he filed In the world of edu-
cation. Reverting to his subject he SAID
that were Dr. Whitman novice as college
president he would seek to give him some
conception of the nature of the position to
which he was called and what he was ex-
pected to do and to be. A college president
in the general conception is reconciliation
of paradoXes, at once saint and man OF
the world, scholar and successful man
of business.
Columbian, said DR.. Patton. is a uni
versity of co-ordinated faculties. There
are various kinds of universities and va
rious ideas Of what a university should be-
There is the college in the town and the
college in the city. For those who regard
a college career as four years spent among
pleasant scenes. literary and educational
environments, and blessed with the advan-
tages that accrue from intimate associa-
tons there Is much to be said for the col
lege in the town. There is much to be said
in the line of postgraduate and scientific
studies. But. there is only one capital Of
the nation, one Washington, and no one
could question him when he said that this
city should in the very nature Of things
be the seat of great institution of learn
| ing. In point Of fact there are more than
| one here and all he asked for either or all
of them was that they should be amply.
abundantly and adequately supported and
endowed. Speaking of the true aims of
university training, DIR. Patton said that
| the old-fashioned college with Its four years
| of Latin, Greek, mathematics and kindred
| branches was a pretty good sort of col
| leGe. and is a pretty good sort of college
| today. for 1t has sent into the world some
Of its finest and best men. America has
developed about the best sort Of college and
university to answer her peculiar needs.
The most serious question before the edu-
cational world today Is not whether we
can supply specialists in chemistry. engt-
| neering. law or medicine, but whether we
can meet the demand for heightened, high
| souled Christian men.
The audience, at the conclusion Of DR..
Patton's address, sang America" under
! the leadership of N. Dushane Coward. Be-
| fore beginning the song, DR.. Whitman an
nounced that he held in his hand a manu-
script autograph copy of the hymn, written
but few weeks ago by its eminent author,
DR.. Smith, and Dedicated to the new presi-
dent of Columbian. At the conclusion of