New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-25

Ams Mater and who forgot her teachings
more than give to the nav World f'f its Horace MANN
all the labor that has been put forth and the
been abundanty JUSTIFIED No one in the Ssory Of
education IN this country has given such an i'm;
Horace Mann And are p ss
some of the younger graduates do not know all that
hight places: You have contributed to the public
service se' from the list Of your alumni one acting
qSaicerss, four United states Ministers. nineteen
United states ortyye mem'ers Of
sixteen sSSa, Governors Of States judges Of
IS os to h d4e Of the OF
tuition IT has distributed throughout all the States
FEE men, WSo have stood for the
good the right and the beautiful in Hfe
public schools of New-York 1t has been my priv
ege to serve on the Board of Education in this city
disbursement. but never without hopefulness. /
feel now that a new morning has dawned for our
point back to the April Of isss as the date when a
great step forward taken in the cause Of public
now now in the hands Of the Governcr believe that
the Mayor has attached to his adminstration a
good things that he has done have been forgotten.
The trustee system in our city. which will have
days. has long survived its usefulness. and was, in
the opinion of most men qualified TO judge. en-
incubus upon and obstruction to the elevation of
the standard long since set up In the school sys-
tens OF other cities. Your Horace Mann condemned
this very system forty years ago. and no educator
who would be quoted for one moment has ever
spoken in praise Of 1t. The opposition to the bill
visions. / do not hesitate to say that within year
Of the time when the bin goes into operation not
less it is the wall Of the politician lamenting the
fesh-pots that are no more
JUSTICE VAN WYCK'S ELOQUENCE.
President Lawton next presented Justice A. s.
Van Wyck. who. true TO his instincts OF Southern
education. produced perfectly astounding effect
thAr, rrsol
after another and causing President Andrews to
leave off his soberness and shake with the con-
tagion of laughter. His first recollection. Judge
Van Wyck said with a twlnkling eye. was of the
name of Brown No name had been more deeply
impressed upon his childish imagination unless 1t
be the name of Smith He had found the men
from Brown always temperate set OF men; tenn
perate in appetite. not rivalng the miracle OF the
er. eat five thousand loaves and seven thousand
fishes, and filed twelve baskets with the bones the
miracle being that they didn't bust lie made a
expressed his firm belief that the Union which had
soeees justice Van Wyck was oowed by Pro-
fessor j. II. Appleton. who simply told the Dogs n
the gift of continuance which he hoped they would
preserve in regard to their doing OF good deeds for
Brown.
DIR. JUDSON TALKS ON BASEBALL.
The president then presented another choice spirit
in the person of the Rev. Dr. Edward Judson.
si,y DR.. Judson said that he had been Instructed
TO relate "reminiscences but he felt himself Tar
too young to do so successfully. That was task
for COLLEGE presidents and veteran professors TO
undertake. When man trusts to MS memory IL -
liza Ole TO get mixed with his Imagination. ana ne
keeps telling a story which. Originally begun u.
memory. has wandered off into the ina: nation ano
one tells that story often that he finally comes
believe 1t himself He could not trust himse;;i
on this line, but there one thing he dd LOOK
back upon with pride and that was the fact mat ne
had organized the first baseball club at Brown M
versty They played tame sort OF game; Ihey
caught out the first bounce AID taings
like that, and the ball tossed 10 the batter not
pitched, az K Is nowadays.
He felt. even at that remote day. some premoni-
ton OF his ministerial preferences for he could very
ably tell others what to do and how to DO H. vastly
better than he could do II himself. While he could
direct. and while he msde the captain OF TINS
He remembered that. and he also remembered, ne
said how they beat every other nine IN the neigh
borhood until they struck Harvard And We beai
Harvard" he went with deep enthusiasm. u?
TO the sixth inning Then she began 10 cree? up
and up and felt at once the need OF gymnasium
our BOYS could not stand thA strain" This led him
II speak OF physica; training In institutions OF learn
ing Better thaa all other things which come from
n university education Or. Judson felt 20 be the
power Of self-controi 1t gives &c man This enect
O. an education is 81 us r!rest Dressings 70
men He felt that here In the great. busy ely OF
New-York the men OF Cd Brown were standing Tor
sef-control Dr. Judson was followed by president
y I Whitman of Columbia University.