New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-30
THOSE WHO WERE rrEsENl

M. r,1, ,e IN. THE ADVANCE OF EDUCATION AND
SCIENCE DURING THE LAST TWENTY YEARS
THOSE WHO WERE PRESENT
vi, ,,,,,,f ~ the johns Hopkins Uni
vcrslty gave a reception last night az the ho'o'
Rru,svi,k 10 Dr. Daniel G. Gilman the presi"eh'
az the university. There wei" doo"' d huI'"I'I
Johns Hokirs graduates ana guests present anu
although no set ceremony or iormahtE marNed '"r
n~,coodines there was lacl, Of sincerity IN dem
onstrfip- "ihc feelings OF honor, respect ana az
tecon " ne ono speaker expressed H. in which Pres
don't Gilman is held Walter ii. Page. the presi-
dent Of the Alumni Association. n Il few we'll
chosen words cordially WELDON ! President Gilman
in the name Of the members
After returning thanks to the alumni To- tn kindly
nature Of The reception which had beer acror led
hir Prcslcn; Gilman proceeded 20 deliver an al
dress upon The Inside View Of University ut
III. outset he surveyed the aspects Of the country
and Of science during the last twenty years an"
af,erward the relations of the Johns Hopkins I'M
vcrsity to the problems of higher education. lie
spoke OF the wonderful impulse that has beeh gwen
to university work by the munfcent gifts Of indi-
viduals and by the appropriations Of legislatures
especially in the Western States lie spoke "a
length also upon the holiness of the reforms in8'
tu:ed in one Of the newest foundations Corhell
University under the leadership Of Andrew -
White. and in the Oldest college. under the ieo'r-
ship of Charles W. Eliot. More potent than money
or than leaders. he said. has been the progress %
science. the effects of which are felt in every
branch of learning. He continued:
With increased endowments the great i2TIonaI
apparatus and methods Moreover me car oouite
unknSwSS to the nrsvioTs gHneraon and even II
athletic exercises are maintained with eNGest. 80
the most censorious observer must adin' ma ,Crc
ter habits of exercise. diet ana sleep are no" "i''e
In The colleges more or less freedom in CHOICE Of
studies has suppanted the 9ne fnfr rred ins,ur
hay been
education in law. medicine and theology proceeuS
by new and improved methods. Denominatonal
and sectarian distinctions in collegiate work are
evanescent. though vigorous efforts are put iorth
for the foundation Of ecclesiastical ana
the higher education has been promoted. Atten-
ton is given in increasing measure TO the STUDY 3i
which the young men OF this country are deyo,ins
shows love of our political constitution and de
sire to understand the problems of society, which
in these days Of bad legislation obscure economies
and entangied finance augurs wei for the future.
Those present were Professor Walter II. Page
Professor James H. Hyslop, Professor DAME! w.
Herring Charles W. Boston. Morris Putnam Ste
ermore, the Rev. Thomas Dixon Richard Hsrding
Davis. Professor D. A. Murray. Dr. r G. Sihler'
npp FToess0r Henry A. Todd professor Henry A
short Professor Edmund b Wilson, Albert shaw.
lessor Woodrow Wilson. Professor Arthur L. Froth-
ingham, Professor \. b. Woodford Or. George i.
Arthur D. McLaren. Samuel II. Suggenheimer; Wal
ter c. Brigham, w. Benton Crisp Cary I; hutch
Woodruff, o; W. Zeigler; N. X. Hyttenbers. j. F.
Kraft. the Rev. G. W. de Lyon Nichols, Professor
Nicholas Murray Butter. Henry Morton. Henry b.
Rowland. W. B. Hornblower. Edward King. James
Abbott. Judge Roger a. Pryor, DR. Henry NJ Mac
Cracker, Daniel Greenleaf Thompson. DR.. Rudolph
August Withaus Or. Charles inslee P9rdee, Dr.
r. NJ. Prudden. the Rev Wilton NJ. smith the
Rev Henry van Dyke, William Allen Butler. Rob
EFT Bridges. DR. Warner l. Hervey, Dr. HERMAN NJ
Briggs, J. G. SChurman, Horace White DR.. Eman
Abbott Edmund Clarence Stedman. Carl SchurZ.
Austin Scott Charles s. Hastings. Dr.. Edwin Y.
Brendon, Professor Frank \. Erwin and secretary
Uerhert. Of NAVY Department.