New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-21
DE. LOOMIS'S PTBLIC SPIBTT
CHANCELLOR MACohA'KEN TELLS HOW HE
AIDED the NIvEEslrY or THE
cry or NEW YORK

CHANCELLOR MACohA'KEN TELLS HOW HE
AIDED rlE NlvEESTN or THE
CRY or NEW.YoRK
At The dinner ON Tuesday n!rht OF the alumni Of
tho medical department of tur University Of the
CTS of Nen-York. Chancellor Henry NJ Mac
Crackcn delivered tribute 10 the late Or Alfred
/. LOOMS which WAS as follows.
Four years ago last February We announced tn
advance movement of thc New = ort University at
an invited meeting OF prominent citizens. We
ties To speak. n" representative 81 the li'ul! %.
medicine was Or. Loomis. lie became from that
evening ardent helper OF our new departure.
In this family gathering tonight think II NJ
to tell few inside facts respecting Ipr looms
relation to tac raising OF money Tor the university
| am to speak OK him as m educator next month
at tnc Academy memorial meeting ana VIII say
nothing upon thai greater subject THIS tFthihH
1t the Stuart meeting. in l"i,. pr LOOMS SAD i
'"Th"r" ~ not AN institution OF I.arhnu6 III ta',s
country that has "a bright "A record IN the past
Institution IN the country t"a can looH 1ot "'iu ~
the futur" with higher aspirations. IL Is on Il
university. 1T is university II c'uIh onS ri"T
You feel what I have felt FOR twenty years IN
make YOU half "a enthusiastic a. am IN TINS MATE
you would make up your minds before soing nome nom
To- maxi another appeal Tor money" This in
1891 He was that year leading the now departure
IT'S scmi-ccntcnnial lie had a happy fortune;
which Is enjoyed by very few educators. \ iriHti
who had much generosity as he had Wtath'
and as much breadth and wisdom OF taousht as
he had generosity Joined him In dcy.sinS ana . gHc
This friend urged Dr LOOMS 10 the tmmcdhadtSS
adoption OF the new scheme of instruction, "uICiii
is now bearing such good fruits under our myi';i
faculty. This announcement was made carry III
lSg, ,..,.....,,,.
Iiy that time had discovered hNetstN
Heights and had secured pledges of about i utn'c
Of million of dollars for grounds ana pui'nSs;
Although mis- was only half OF what We hau nahc'
the Stuart meeting II encouraged rs to go h',',
Times we've then beginning 10 be ADVERSE nav
been worker for the public since TOOK my
Bachelor of Arts degree before WAS seventeen,
bu; never did so hard work as IN rlnklhB thS uuoi
bells of New-lork men Of wealth IN lS-, anu Deg
cling them not to be worse than inldTIs ny c1ti-
tlnuing To neglect their own university noustnou'
which for two generations had proved such bless-
ing At this Juncture the man IN tiiS Hietiopo-
lis who came 10 me and said, 81 Will take upon me
a part of this toll of soliciting subscriptions, was
Dr. Alfred l.. LOOMS. 4 member or our committee
said to him, But do you not fear putting yourscii
where you Will give right ~ Others 10 ASK OF you
in return DR. Ioomls replied Il shall take so
much from my neighbors that 1t viii be Impossible
for them to secure from me an equai amount III re-
turn" lie secured several subscriptions Tor the
land at University Heights, the largest OF these
being his own.
In 1898 he offered 10 circulate subscription for
of the new buildings the Hall or Languages:
lie went about this earnestly a. II MS livelihood