New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-28
BISHOP POTTER AT UNION.
PRAISE FOR DIR. PARhH URSI.
EXERCISES OF THE ONE-HUNDREDTH
COMMENCEMENT.
CREATIONS DELIVERED. DEGREES coNfhh"Ep
AND PRIZES AwARDED-A LIFE

AND PRIZES AWARDED-A LIFE
TRUSTEE ELECTED.
Schenectady. June q (SpeciaD.-The l"th com
mencement exercises OF Union University were "''
in the First PRESBYTERIAN Church here to-day hun
dreds of the graduates OF the university were pr re-
on, IN witness the graduation Of the class Oh 1879
and TO listen TO the fine address OF the Right rev
Henry C. Potter. Bishop Of Ncw-iorK inc "o"o'"''
chancellor and centennial orator OF the unVefs"F'
4 procession was formed on "'e coilege campus
about 10 O'Clock in the morning. OF the graduates
DISTINGUISHED visitors and professors OF the "iNe'S
and headed by the Rev. \. '. V. Rayinohd prs
dent Of the university The members Of the process
sion marched to the church
ORATIONS OF THE GRADUATES
The Rev. Mr. RAYMOND presided while the follow
ing nrocramme was carried ont: Orations-Amerlca
for Humanity" by william Allen. OF Cyde' ~ -
..The Evolution Of Great Men, by Iheouore
Bayles Of West Kortright. y. y; An f+iuca'o''",
Hass for Suffrage" by Frederick NJ. Eames' oil
Albany: THE Study Of Literature as Related 20 a
Liberal Education" by Loren c. Guernsey OF has'
CohesSu ~ " "rhe Benehcent Results OF 'he
French Revolution" by Frederick Klein, OF GioVers-
VILE " Y; "The Advance of Man. by horh'o W.
Pollock Of Schenectady; 'The Influence OF feuna'-
ism on the Formation OF the state by George L.
Sireeter Of Johnstown. y. Y; "lhc lhn''p"" anu
society" by John y V. Nedder. of schenectady
Potter OF Chenille. y. y.
The university celebration followed IN the sam
church. the Rev. Or. Ellphalet Mott iot'er' prs,
dent OF TIobar, College and president OF Union ,o'
lege in ls7iA presiding. lie introduced b'shop ROT
tor IN the audience Bishop Potters highly interest
ing address was deeply enjoyed, ana no part NOR
than tina, in which he praised the Rev Dr. fa'N,
hurst for his crusade against THE modern AhaD OF
Ta,nmauv Hail. as he termed IT. and that part also
IN which he eulogized Dr Parkhurs- io' the PACK
nres'' which he has started to burn up the rubbi'h
Of hossism."
BISHOP POTTEES ADDRESS.
Bishop Potter spoke in part follows:
There are between sixty and seventy millions u oi
wrould be anite safe to say that not 1--WE IN -
ever vii BE- college grnd an,,oi1x have
larger proportion OF them VIII uhiouy'',iiS -,
hal the rudments OF common scnool ,u"'", ,ry
and very moderate proportion Oh tn, e.i con-
10 the pressure Of daily events, the HisaD''le
dliions Of their surroundings ana o'h', M ~
circumstances. VIII carry have faien o eun,he en-
habit Of reading any other nan ,n' inosS and
ana often mentally dchiliiailhS nl.lh'u H.. ani
through the grave social political nnn persona sn
questions which challcng" on" almost ha,.y ~ ~
mi ,o ynanv and which from others. viii
provok. impatient and cont"mptuous u'li"', -,
,rU be- said for instance. that the average OF IN
telligcnce among the American poop, .be c"sr
than anywhere else IN the, worm snn. 4. CON.
FINALLY demonstrating Itself IN It's sinsualH VII,
erring instinct for the night IN sf,h nv a. ~, 3D.
large and less cultivated majority "a AT All repre-
scntiis an ignorant European r'hsan'ry N d" h,,
s ii1 ,r @ no less hat the anueaes q sigcssd
upon men who are pu' pdS,'s"' and is les.
has never been create ina" 'o''"'' "'''
"n f ,his = he cas- le, mo ada. Just because
our average American citizen who !, no' a ,,''.o
graduate. while often unequal 20 p'vlo'm' ~, ~.
original thinking j.. neyeriHsles,, 'cgsrac,srsilc.
an "'''n f. Ia increasingly Influenced ~ them.
"a
c, irN INA, today every German p'nsAn'
who buys penny PAPER ,r g1'' . h'g aaa f,r,
ana Aspirations 'hfonsh iis 'e'' =. ~ Guide
a.. Nn'.o n,~rIra he larger slgnincance o. What
T.. roads as To make 4 him "a better ei'i1'n am =
6e,er ma mat The once - 'hc scholar az
uears You may cNclnlm Af'hhi S'.''' '"' -
sonal Inequalities. as you please
kNOwLEDGE l. POWER
III. tim. vii never come when man who has
.,, ,r,r.iv learned certain chemical combinations
90 cha, ~. can manufacture fertilizer. or certain
mathematical combinations 80 that be- can hnih
r,llroai but has also learned what Wa'" "'''
ponln-ula In the Adritc the mistress 81 ne r
or no" Ron1n r, "a" or how the fail OF en-
iirr. was f1rcahhloWei iu Do" k'iuhi, OF me-
or ,n' ' brought about the transformation ~
modern Europe. the ini' Nil, H,''I .,"i'm.. -
f.rr,t-.Ik. learning. but Ia tho longh AMI br'Nt'n
nf their vast and enduring sgnincan," WIZ nov ~ w.
mn, uo may not be- A. rich. - alrolt rs "fsIes-
rlye or a. apparently elc''sFiNi ii' innr ~, oi,ro
.1Dked ana forgotten IN ID" mal f'ihnp'" ',i IL,
,r ,,wcr OF ln the vulgar epit'nions 81 l"hN.al
conventions But sooner or Ih'I VII '.,'' ,,,.
~ ,hr i,n"fnnrc viii ho compelled once. AMI nsan
10 listen - Lincoln. Efalnii" oi d. nn,,,,nk lad
,,,c laif from the hour when "a .nnRl hhshhp 40.
H., lay before the nre IN his hthcrs cabin. ren1ns
hy he ght 81 pine kn,i a., ~. "ay yd ' .r,lcnt
reader AMI thinker nnl seer az Wen 49,. ga,
Hnd thns. j conceive, are prepared TO see ,hr
flt .Dl 81
inrn,,,V ,,.I,v and me Influence which thos" VINO
,' IVA IN A. should exercise II should be re
,rtu,ny school not merely % lc.rrcrs but 81 mink
err. ana the men whom II graduates shoul1 ." We
leaders not merely n '9coe,r'n ,In s6nder iea
o. civic ami aocia. ana moral orier. oi wn'' ~"
create. nations have 80, 80 ms'h ~ amons No
~ - , ,natiencc Of hi. criticisms, OF which as.
n"r ' nninas am mistaken. you have here had
oulf~ unsiinte1 expression on occasions similar -
. bn the echoa happiy Tor ,sS pr,rse oic .,
holders happen to Nc - persists ~ oDa"ns 'p
ser into politics as i9t9 a. J,mc antnsn 81 ruth
nnon PARTISAN .eadcrs and pacemen with elHhl
and searching importantly
TIE SCHOLAR WANTED IN POLITICS.
Have you ever thought what would become o. vs.
n he dil not? Have you ever dhr"' 10 S' "o"
and imagine what ignorance and cup.dity' mated
., o, ,,,..runulous lust ~ power. would do With
the pcrublic II II were not for some clear voice OF
warning which from time 10 time" HIS ItS pe"''
trailing note names the insclcnt dcher OF Inc
,,or,,l cruitics naints the infamy o, his condu.t
q ,t ,,,rs,ira hi,, with relentless dcnuncaton! We
have had our modern Elijah lately. IN thc 10
metropolis yondcr facing the modern Ahap o. ,n,
many Hal a. he snccTc1 ART not th'n NJ wa" IA,
,rouil.th Israeli and answering as or on
have not troubled Israel but ,hou ana ly na',s
ho,,s.i" And We sleep easier Ia New. ofk b'c"us"
OF his brave and splendid crusade Docs an pons
mink that that crusade was "A less cHec'i.e one
because DR. Parkhurst was college Hiau"nt"
Nav docs not every Intelligent man KNOW tha'
i'm, / hone The back nrcs' that VIII burn up
ali the rubbish OF "bOssisin throushvu, the ,"'r-
does not every one know thai ms rear
loss leader waa just much better eIuppc1 LOT
his treai task because OF his wider reading OF ms
,orv nd the finer training o. all his mental powers
Never Indeed was there when the stat"