The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1896-06-20

sequence was that many young men, IN.
Guiding a number of my companions, one
of them a most amiable young man and q
dear friend of mine, fell before the temp
tation. When at school I often saw stag
gering along the streets the most gentle
manly farmer IN the neighborhood, the
largestmanufactur and the village black
smith and carpenter. Every here and
there were parishes in which the minister
was apt to join in the festivities, and had
to be helped home by his people, '
Apropos of the foregoing, DR., McCosh
says: Il knew case in which the people
gathered at a funeral and drank SO hard
that when they arrived at the burial place
several miles off, they found that they had
forgot to bring with them the coffin and
corpse
In commenting upon Scotch immortality,
DR.. McCosh attributes it largely to the SEE
cret;veness of the Scotch characters. What
ever may have been the morals pf the
Scotch lassies before marriage. DR. Nc
Gosh says that their life after marriage.
sswas In general kept absolutely pure. :
There was no healthy public sentiment on
the subject of morals. The drinking men
genial. "The falls of young men and
women were readily excused. The Kirk
session exercised discipline, but the rebukes
on the Guilty school were Of coarse de-
script:on and tended rather to harden the
character" DR.. McCosh found it easy to
understand why Burns was so easily led
astray by the fffax-dresser of Irvine when
he went there to live. H%
DIR. McCosh was sent to Glasgow Univer-
s!ty at the age of 13 with the intention OF
becoming a preacher. Later DR.. Chal-
mers was the magnet that drew the young
divinity student to Edinburg. 81 en-
braced every opportunity OF hearing him, \
says DR.. McCosh. 81 was more moved by
him than by any man ever listened to. .
DR.. McCosh tells an anecdote of a GER
tain professor upon whom he called once
and whom he overheard saying to his SER
want, "Did not tell you was not to be
interrupted, and you let in that impudent
fellow?" and he imperiously threatened
the man that If he ever again did such 4
deed he would be instantly dismissed. This
incident had an effect upon the character
OF DR.. McCosh, for he formed a resolution
then and there, never again to call upon any
one unless he had business with him. This
gives the doctor an opportunity to say
something in favor of the much abused
interviewer.
II believe our. American interviewers
are often led astray in this way. l be-
Eeve that our famous men often pOse-that
is, assume attitudes-When waited on by
strangers, who do not, in consequence, get
correct view Of their character. be-
lieve 1 have carried my independence too
far, and have avoided persons who would
have treated me kindly and have been Of
use to me.'' &
DR.. McCosh knew Gladstone when he
was a young man. He describes the first
time he saw him:
Zone day passed on the road scholar
ly-looking gentleman, evidently not belong
ing to the district, walking thoughtfnllY
along the public road At the: first farm
house / came to asked VINO this gentle
man could be. Oh they said, 'that@is Sir
John Gladstone's clever SON. The. people
of the place had already. discovered his
ability. My father-in-law, Dr.. Alexander
Guthrie, was the consulting physician OF
the family and often spent days at FasQue
when there was serious illness in the
family. He described William Gladstone
as spending a great part Of his summer in
reading Blue Books and marking passages
carefully to prepare for the parliamentary
work of the coming winter. He was as
tonished to find Sir John explaining his
business to his son William when yet boy,
and seeming to take his advice"
Sir John Gladstone was reckoned one OF
the shrewdest merchants of Great Britain.
It was said that when he bought shares
in company it went up per cent and
that when he sold out it went down 10 per
cent The story went that he looked sharp
ly after both worlds. He would play at
cards until 8 o'clock at night, when he
ordered all cards to be put down on their
face, then summoned the servants to
family worship, taking care that no one
was absent When the worship was over
his company took UP the cards and finished
the game.
DIR. McCosh' most distinguished ser.
vices to philosophy were as an educator
and his most distinguished services as
an educator were given to the College
of New Jersey. He had passed his 57th
year when he established himself al
Princeton. @
Says Prof. Sloane: Exceptional in his
energy and enterprise, he was still Wig
crous in health and young in feeling
eager for wider fields of influence than
any which had so far opened to him;
blessed with a wife whose views Of life
and duty were as large as his oWn--a
true helpmest, who, with the indomitable
energy Of her race, and the refinement OF
her gentle blood, was fitted to further
their common interests by her tact and
her poweT-he was doubly strong for any
undertaking, however enormous" BE-
What DR.. McCosh did for Princeton is
a matter Of history. The college was
more dead than alive when he assumed
control, and he galvanized it into life by
the touch of his strong hand. Donations
flowed into it's treasury, and the whole
character of the place was changed, new
recitation halls and a gymnasium were
built and the undergra duates, spurred tc
enthusiasm by the new order Of things
took hold with a will, and worked for the
honor and glory of their alma mater.
j "I have often been asked" writes DR.
McCosh. 'ssHow do the American col
leges stand comparison with the Eu-
ropean ones?' I believe / can answer
that question. The scholarship Of the
great body Of the students is as high in
America as in Europe, but they rear in
Great Britain and in Germany body 5o1
ripe scholars to whom we have nothing
equal in the New World. This led me te
propose that we should institute fellow
ships in Princeton College,
And they were instituted! While the
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