The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-10-22
Special to the Jersey cstu Neus.

PRINCETON, Oct. %, 1S96.-The sesqui-
centennial anniversary of the granting of
the first charter of the College of New
Jersey was celebrated his morning in
Alexander Hall. This is the anniversary
day proper in the celebration programme,
and many distinguished men who had
been unable TO attend the other exercises
of the sesqui-centennial are present to-
day. Alexander Hall was crowded TO its
utmost capacity by those eager to do
homage to Princeton University in the
hour of her glory, and also to hear the
address of President Cleveland. After
the academic procession had filed into
the building prayer was offered by the
Rev. DR.. Theodore CuyIer of BROOKLYN.
DR.. Patton in making the -nnouncemen of
the University title, spoke of the pleasure
II gave the trustees that no change in
the chafter of the College had been made
necessary IN changing the corporate
name. lie said:-"From this moment
Mhat mas heretofore been known as the
SoAege OF New Jersey viii be known in
the future as Princeton University At
Ter the cheers had subsidized he invoked
the pressing of God on the University and
on the men in charge of its various de-
partments- President Patton then spoke
OF the success of which had attended the
EFFORTS towards increasing the
OF the University. Although the com
stL PACpdItu he announce
ed the founding of the Mccormick Pro-
lessofship n also the partial endow-
rnent OF the McCosh Chair of Philosophy.
The gift of 5000, 900 for the ubrary wss
announced, but the name of the donor is
sun withheld. Another gift of $3.50. 600. for
a purpose not specified, was also ac-
KhoWiedged from an unknown source. The
total amount obtained I'D to the present
was given as 81. 1858, 900. Professors Shields
Young, Sloan and Murray then presenfsd
names for the Doctors degrees of men
a~lsllngulshed in the department of phiI-
osophy, science, education. history. noIifi-
art. "Ha
Dr- Patton then read a congratulatory
eaDle message from the Right Honorable
Lord Kelvin of the University of elias
gov, who had been given the degree Of
LII. ID. in absentia.
President Cleveland was then introduced
ana took the platform amid a tumult Of
cheers and enthusiasm. No more hearfv
welcome could possibly have been accord
"a anyone than was given TO His Excel
Aehcy. Ills address was as follows:-
Mr.. President and Ladies and Gentle
men,
AS those in different OCCUPATIONS and
with different training each see most
plainly in the same landscape view those
features which are the most nearly re-
lated to their several habituaI environ
nents; so. IN our contemplation of an
event or an occasion, each individual
especially observes and appreciates. in the
iisnt his mode of thought supplies. such
OF its features and incidents as are most
in harmony with his mental situation.
Today, while all of us warmly share the
general enthusiasm and felicitation which
pervade this assemblage, / am sure lis
various suggestions and meanings assume
9 prominence in our respective fields of
mental vision, dependent upon their rela-
rion 10 cur experience and condition.
Those charged with the management and
direction of the educational advantages
of this nobl institution most plainly see
with well-earned satisfaction. proofs of
ITS growth and usefulness and its en-
nanced opportunities for doing good. The
graduate Of Princeton sees first the evil
dence of a greater glory n prestige that
nave come to his alma mater and the
added honor thence reflected upon him
self, while those stin within her student
Halls see most prominently the promise
OF an increased dignity which awaits their
graduation from Princeton University.
But there are others here. not of the
family of Princeton, who see, with an in
ferest not to be %outdone, the signs of her
lump on the fields of higher educa-
fion, and the part she has taken during
her long and glorious career in the eleva-
qion and betterment of a great people.
Among these I take an humble place:
and as I yield to the influences of this
occasion, ] cannot resist the train of
thought which especially reminds me of
the promise of national safety and the
guaranty of the permanence of our free
institutions which may and ought to ra-
dlate from the universities and colleges
scattered throughout our land.
Obviously a Government resting upon
the will and universal suffrage of the
people has no anchorage except in the
peoples intelligence. While the adyau-
tages of a collegiate education are by no
means necessary to good citizenship. yet
the college graduate. found
cannot smother his opportunities TO teach
his fellow countrymen and influence them
for good, nor hid his talents in a napkin.
without reereancy to a trust.
In a nation like ours, charged with the
care of numerous and widely varied in
~terests, a spirit of conservatism and tole-
ration is absolutely essential. A collie
giate training, the study of principles un-
vexed by distracting and misleading In
fuences, and a correct apprehension of
the theories upon which our Republic is