New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-17

exercises that marked Dr. MayIa1 ar test teacher
haa Appause !; may Ge 4ogstheT co 1r
sstentiy believe that the class work Is a siii
hard. and OF the kind that grlPPs ~" here never
was a better class Of teachers thar those OF that
time, and there never VIII be 'app,s anfher earnest
purpose and good empers, and tnl1k naI mere
is falling of from the old heiieys
AS the same old high moral standalu' .,U ~
that It is also maintained intact, Il T HTI viii find
hat char EXPRESSLY 81 f fobas that sha
impress upon the mind Of any a,tsnpt to do that
would be cashered; and i should be Appia,useo
But the charter says that eaSn moral standard
is maintained. There must be no ihG' b
high Christian type try ana ron n,i harder each
Year 20 we Ho get ore student MANY Of them are
think that we are living np to the standard ana
long God gives me the strength 10 Gn,ec OUT
Now the statement has been made hat nat we are IRE
straining after university S,at and demand this
or that class Of study Thus we nave me eIdru dr
Will never be drain on what can ine o.u plt"t
eyed askance We have no desire to compete with
the womens colleges all over the c9un1tE. s wa
that confronted us. daughter In looking around
we saw that there were about 1000 HirI IN e anu
around Rhode Island who wanted collegiate e e
cation. or these not more than one out OF iour
G SoH hoSe TEal and no Of the
sexes In the Sradn n, in f ,b@ ,odrrsraduS
Ts are are 'd Seren Su for ech Ths is The
Yale and University Of Pennsylvanis system: am
bound to say that girls noble set 81 Young
women and their scholarship is phenomenal, Ap-
plauseD 1t is better than II VIII be ten years hence
entered our 2 school aiey dd 50 under peculiar cir
eumstances and with peculiar zeaioqsnfss' Inc, nhey
ashamed TO say tduyins the last year the excess -
Brown is in excellent financial fortune. Next year
up the college and strengthening me departments.
Il is a pleasure to know that the men who have W.,
life still think of her with love and respect pro
longed cheers)
DIR. PEABODYS POINTS
Mr.. Lawton then said that he glad tha;
President Andrews had enlightened him the
woman question and that he would let II "a. and
supposed that the would be in the
/ alumni TO speak for themselves In introducing the
next speaker. Mr.. Lawton borrowed card phrase
me- YOUR best. and he presented Dr. Francis g.
Peabody. of Harvard. Dr. Peabody said that while
ne did not understand the phrase, he supposed it
Il am rather bewdered ana d. startled whom Try
to.reason out what my academic ancestors would
SAY they coud S Sse me IN ks hs
leave to withdraw" Gaughterj Like student
from college by saying that me and the facuity
sort O. drifted apart" daughter Roger Williams
sort o drfted apart from Massachusetts We
stood for a church unrealized. Rhode Island stood
for separation. Yours was the theory that could
could make it ourselves. O.aughier) These ques-
,ons Of religion were he inteTSolleFaie sports OF
athletics that downed mar in his tracks and in
wrenched ankle OF te-day are nothing. The grid
iron of those days had under Il. least for
doctrine and where the referee OF today calls
Time" the arbier of those days cried ETERNITY"
Both our COLLEGES have grown up from almost
nothing; Whatever growth they have had has been
upon basis of spiritual liberty and unseciarian de
votion. But today cond tions are not As hey were
hn an e hat is h@ S %R Efa & ISoem to-
lines this question closely drawn. never the
bitterly airayed against Zach other The most
pathetic side of the question IS the Overwhelming
economic laws and principles. j once heard labor
ceron GsS@ sa sec ia c he r {n hp
critic. That ignorance finding ifs way out IN
vicious utterance Here . field open - the college,
and universities Of The country I'hs COLLEGES mu;'
have the wisdom to stand aoo from III" petty detail
and grasp the situation IN Droad-mihHed ana ao'"
manner. tAppauSeD
Mr. Lawton said that ne hal expected - have
the pleasure Of introducing TO the Alumni Charles
J.. Colby, but that he detained by Illness Mf.
Lawton then said: II wish 10 speak OF another who
is dear all l mean Osborn r. Bright. and
wish that he was here with us tonight" He then
took up the cudgel against Dr. Peabody in defence
OF Roger Williams. saying that Williams was
grandfather OF his about seven times removed, and
he would see the oh gentleman insu.ted.
daughter
LITTLE RHODYS GOVERNOR ELECT
The next speaker was Governor-eect Charles ".
Lipptt, of Rhode Island Mr.. Lppitt said in pari:
believe that Roger Williams did drift away from
Massachusetts. but since Massachusetts, drfted
away from him they have been pretty good set.
daughter But 1t took them POO years to learn tn.
lesson / believe that the reason why Brown Uni
veIslty came to Rhode Island because she could
get more liberal charter there than she could IN
any other State in the Union.
The lesson taught in Rhode Island FOR men
to respect the religious beliefs 81 their neighbors
even as they wished to be unmoitstei on" OF the
worked out on the coast OF Rhode Island At the
crisis Of the American Revolution in New-Jersey -
Country TUNED the tide and saved ,he fate of ne
part t' in the BATH and Genet@l Washingon shook
hands with Colonel Hltchcock, and thanked him
al Yorktown. captain Steven O'Nsi. Of Rhodc "a
and. led the forlorn hope that planted the Ameri,
think that We vii all hail Nathaniel Greene as
the savior Of the south ApplanseJ Rhode isl1nI
on the bood-s'ained decks Of the Lawrence. after
either killed or disabled. accepted he surrender Of
the English and secured control OF the great North
to the front With General Burnslde at their head
applause / think can safely say, IN tscdlnns
who have lived and died in her cause. "Duce ct
decorum Tatrae mort
DEAN MURRAYs WIT
The next speaker was Dean Murray. of Prince
ton who said in part:
Il that am down for talk on u NC ,hc "ih
schools and the new Is this question Of sneD,
ogyH II stand IN rear OF tHe a.
bfv TO be held IN Ptttsburg next month. u-aigh-
teri Then | say, Is It politics? Again J am III
da nper for ! expected to encounter the Atlorhcy-
General OF the / nited States here tonight. ana !
would be in a bad fix OaughterJ Is II manners!
There is an Old and school OF manners DC
tave Thanet tells Of going into a churcl in Ar
Kansas on one side % the chancel was "A mOtto,
'.The Lord win provide" ON the other was
sign Don't spit on the noor ;angmer ,b im nd
and new schools. and will say that am q men,
Der Of the old school come from me I'as h, 81
that the colleges OF those days made broad minded
men with deep and earnest Views ana Wei'.dls-
ni,,iincd characters. / member or the new
school toe. ] think that the Weakness OF ms
new school is n tendency TO specialize 100 greatly
y have lately received n number OF treatises upon
subjects from specialists II was asked what
,hoHcht az these men | would say that De
uaveS they belonged to society for the dsseulna-
Ion ~ useless knowledge. Uaughter) me tfou-
begin SpecinnZe YOU unIlt lnc