New-York tribune., 1896-05-03

smbled is proof of the deep and abiding Inter- ni.s.1.
which the city of New-York has in the ma! mn ssps
ing place of an institution which as n.n orts ~
10 show. has contributed most largely 10 Us ,sn1
Is the most striking monument OF its pvsss ,ron.
must be It's guide In the deyeopmfn " wIe tss s
Among all tn peoples OF the worsi 70 ,Srs uys he
the opportunity been SO propitious for waSns rns On
conflict between right and wrong. for eaI!,s e!,~s a
the struggle between ignorance and knoweasss' -.
in this land Of ours. which seems 10 have vsm.nt v
served under the providence OF Coo s ior Sss iof
by men who were dominated by single laes' sni
which they were prepared TO sacrince nmy noi hod
comfort and wealth and all that men usSash uSsuh lie
dear The idea OF personal liberty wnys w,,v IN IN
land and the only land in which no o.Erosa ar,s
racy had ever existed and privilege was rssioa
They were educated men who came 70 to,sr no
where there were no prejudices TO M MencouS ~ freV
abuses to overcome. no traditions 10 te,e h rsh 70
worship God according to the dictates OF sa.S m
science they held this right always suooru"''
the individual liberty OF the citizen s,endence upos
education were recognized in al OF a, ans College
colonies. Massachusetts founded farVa'Sy y.Is s!y
years. and Virginia founded Willam, il,. aSr any pts
sixty years before New-York had made ars ars thls
vision for higher education. Her youth VIZ. ~ thef
gain to resort for education to these nstus,%us: tus%s:
which We're afterward denounced oy 'nr nnrroy,ded ia
OF freedom as nests OF sedtion.' Il Is ptome con.
the will of the father OF patriot, whose o,sas nst
sttutes one OF the chief glories OF our the colony Of
Connecticut for his education. lest ne S xnIch
bbe in his youth that low craft and cunning ns,rons
they disguise under the sanctifled garb oi fe'e
EDUCATION WITHOUT SEcTARiAN''~
And yet, to the cadet OF a New-io'A -, con.
graduated at Yale. we owe the fundamer,sd ID
dtion in the charter OF Kings College 81 n any
1854. that tests shall exclude any pe', ,sbery
religious denomination whatever from ~' IN ths
and advantages OF education" Moreo'e', ',.a the
lcng and bitter controversy which p'es'.',s aoxs
granting OF the charter the principle wAs Gas ~
for the first time In the colonies that zion Of
duty OF the State to provide Tor the ssctarian
ligous influence. The ideas mus p'opS pstfSt
William Livingston. the statesman ,anSs,atton y
have all been Incorporated into the GO Length y
the several States of the Union, anu SSsw-York y
IL made a fundamental provision tna' any edues
money shall ever be appropriatea ~ anv religious
tional institution under the controi oi ""'
denomination. -, an insttutpe
The delay in the establishment Oh dm ams howsvsf.
for higher learning In NewYork was ,,,on uus, a. :!
not SO much 10 Indifference or TO opposu.isv and
the extraordinary variety in the nation,;nn New'
religious belief Of its inhabitants. 4, crsed or u
England. 1t not homoseneoSuiss Sisrsnt 70 Language
race II IL said that eighteen aine'en ,nre certainI
were spoken in the colony, and there weteN eNsw-Yorl
thirteen different churches IN the Ss ssr at lengtl
prior TO the Revolution. When, howe.i W. leading De
the college came TO be chartered the hoard o
nominations were all represented 10 sne concerned
Trmstees and so far as instruction was as abso
mike The colleges OF New-England, ~ y" colIeg
IuteIv unsectarian Nevertheless? ME- nd an
was the special care Of the Church OF ,Son condl
its site was the gift OF Irin,iy iways be q CON
municant of the Church OF Englanda ,hst its graQe
n howeyer II were thus expecteu en srIes Of -
ates would be less devoted to the p,insnvvsrnrasbt
divduai liberty and the rsnt %