New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-27
IGNORING OLD UNION.
<o>,r,N11Ar1oN OF THE CENTENNIAL
EXERCISES.
SENATOR WARNER MILLER TALKS OF THE
RELATION OF THE COLLEGE TO CONNER
c1AL LFE-ADDREssEs BY EXMINIs-
TER SMITH AND OTHERS.


c,AL LFE-ADDREssEs BY ExMINIs-
TER SMITH AND OTHERS
~..r.c,adv June % (SpeciaD-Th!s has been
,,ar,oria! Day at Union College and also the day
:, 20 LAWYERS and the day for the celebration OF
~. .em-centennial OF the Engineering school OF
~. college The day was begun on the campus by
- ,aror,al exercises. They had for their subject.
.rha College in Patriotic Service General Dan
-, pu,,erded. LII. D., 40. presided. There was
. Aae-raising accompanied by artillery saIu'e'
I'd then an address followed from Major Austin
Yates "a Later those in attendance al the
celebration gathered in big tent on the campus
80 listened 10 addresses from W. II. II. Moore.
"a. J. Newton Fiero. late president or the New
York State Bar Association; the Rev. Dr. Ieunis
q Hamlin 67 and Major John Van L. Hon. United
states Army, IL Mr. Fiero. in his interesting ad-
arsss smoke OF the eminent services 10 the state
- LAWYERS OF John Savage. Samuel A. Foot. Will
,ar, II Seward. Hiram Gray. Philo T. Ruggles,
Jobn A. Lott. Senator Ira Harris. Amasa j. Far
Tor Judge William F. Allen. Rufus w. Peckham.
George F. Porter John *. Porter, George F. Dan
,or,h Hamilton Harris Judge Robert Earl. John
~ tIoNman Samuel Hand and Alfred Conkling.
Tho alumni banquet followed In Memorial Hall,
Senator Amasa j. Parker. president of the Alumni
Association presiding
EX-SENATOR MILLERs ADDRESS,
The celebration of the semi-centennial Of the
Engineering School of Union College followed.
President Cady Staey. 65. OF the Case school OF
Annlied Science presiding. The chief speaker was
ex-senator Warner Miller LII. d. o. VINO sPoAe'
in part as follows:
The subject allotted to me. The College In Com,
mercia and Industrial Life Is one seldom discussed
n %de times. when education was confined to the
few. the college instituted for the purpose OF
nroducing doctors of law, doctors of medicine and
doctors Of divinity The business man was pro
dpced Sy f an ys in the many in hoves
The few were clothed in purple and fine linen and
clothes or skins of animals and fed on black bread
The few were the masters: the many We're SAVES rs
To-day all this is ehanged me paar n ,s st
exist the h hoy have B6me Of an the m
In free America on gala days the capitals, ana 'ne
their dress The food of all classes is gathered from
the temperate. the tropical ana polar regions me
10 the comfort and adornment of man. The college
and the university no longer confine themselves TO
divinity' but cover every department of human
tnoTsdge all art ana Tb coef" "ft oay
gives the preliminary training Tor every cdl.Ins OF
pcomeises the education and sends the student
ready to undertake the active work OF life.
EDUCATION ESSENTIAL IN ALL PURSUITS.
Not long ago a most distinguished and successful
man stated that college education was not neces-
sary but injurious TO the young man who was to fol-
low business career; that 1t was better he should
commence by sweeping out the office and polishing
The doorknob than waste his time in learning Greek
verbs and moral philosophy. The statement was at
once controverted and inquiry set on foot to deter
mine the truth or falsitv Of the proposition. IL
was shown that large part Of the men controlling
The commerce manufacturing and transportation
Of the country were either educated in our colleges
or in the scientific or technical SCHOOLS cohnecteu
with our universities. Why should IL not be so
Is there anything the nature OF sweeping ONCE
floors and polishing doorknobs which would give
one an insight into the laws which govern trade and
Anance? True one should commence at the bot
tom Of his profession or business and learn 1t IN
detail, but he should bring 10 his work Well
trained mind stored with all Information possible
II thoroughly educated man will not make more
successful business man than the uneducated then
education is not the important institution that mas
been held TO be- and government can relax ls rl o
man succeeds in any important work who is un-
educated; he may not have studied In our schoo's
much more aborious and unsatisfactory way ne
has labored at night without me alu o. ~ sbn ad
vantaees TO be derived from schools.
the intellect as 10 enable it to work Ike perfect
piece OF machinery when power Is app.sa 10 ., ~, -
reason correctly from any premises or facts pre- pre-
sented TO IT, then hs sdn6Afs1 man that the
piete and perfected compound steam enslne OF 10
Sa sde has bs S watts ff the animal
Cd only as a newer of wood and drawer OF water
only: II the office boy is never to do more than TO
sweep the floor and water the sugar ana measure
calico he need not be college educated
IRRIGATED LABOR THE MOST EFFECTIVE.
II is well-established fact that the labor OF the
hest educated nations is the most effective The
,o,or IN our manufacturing industries is from . TO
80 per- cent productive than the same CLASS Vi
labor In Europe and 100 per cent more pr99-
the acknowledged authority in statistics n an
article In the last number OF Inc No,,h u
err Country says "The United States in 1895
Possesses by far the greatest productive Po~eI, IN
h.C
iss Using from q to 1873 mlards Of foot tons
daily The result he attributed largely 10 me gen.
srai dnus,on OF education among the masses. re
Surtber SAYS THE census OF 1880 showed that o.
cent cent, Of a the ao 5Sta we ii may be- earessy
serted that in the history Of ne human rae M
ton ever Er"pean States have certainly made efforts
70 duse popular instruction ana ana WIN WIN n hehnd
O. generous and wise-minded expenditure on euucd-
Education is power which increases IN tb
rafio as II ascends from the kindergarten 70 ,ne
university The college produces n nny be
fu lawyer doctor and preaehe oa and hf nyenve
an,fac,,rer and the farseeing protector builder
and manager Of great systems OF ranroafs am,
80 ,nferrnai commerce The successful rnercha an,
Of today must know the markets OF me wVb' dis
tne IN the race If would handle whea, Win
assurance Of profit he must Row ioe Xrgentine in
fnda and Russia well as IN Englnna. ,br@e ,s
and GERMANY he must b demanGs OF the world
~ ~ shor,aee The cotton and wooden nhiu u =,
turer must equally Informed as 70 bpe e Of the
Inventions and Improvements IN me pro hssnIt
machinery which ne uses or ne WIZ formed mne manu-
unable TO compete with the oe''e'
{acturer .,
STATESMEN AMONG HER SONS
"rhe College in craftsmanship and foh'cs ""'
Oh. theme of the speakers at the First
church tonight Charles Emory smith, eA-
IN Russia. gave interesting ADDRESS o" .'e ~
ord OF Union College In those uep' ',aoa ar,du.
',u ~ .,s account OF Unions distinguished gradu'
ates Mr. Smith said: wu,am n
pr, there remains the greatest OF an: w and ,hs
Seward was at once the most ni"n' He was
t mos, ~ Dr Mott he often sought tne tvnGed
20 his old master; and he eInboaiea Union i'm