The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-22
the FATE OF SETH Low.
IL His Pnbiic Career A 'nroHchinz nm Endinr. :,
IL II to ir uonorabIei

IL n to br Honornbiei
To rHE Error OF The SrN-Sir |, il ,o-
evident that Mr.. Seth Low will eithcr di.,,,o,,
! from the canvass wholly or will be an .n, ~ q
cant figure in II. ! cannot conceive il r,.,..,,
that he will remain to aggravate tho grrs, ia.
jury he has done already 20 his reputation ,,a
to Columbia College, or which has icon i9,,.,
him and 1t by malicious spirits who s,,,,,
through him to vent their mglGni,y.
As you said last SUNDAY, ne has u5,y ,r,..
him tho opportunity Of his life, and hv IN. ~,
or neglect o; IL he will dctermi Q The .fa,H.,,
he is TO have hcnceforward in the pubic c.,r,,,,
ton. He cannot remain as he Is now ai,,,r,
FORGETTING the respect Of the ,outhn.. ,,.,.
community over which he p]rcsiu,s. Au.o
President who has made himself a tars,i 400, ,m,
ridiculo OF youth. more especially. ht, .u.t Al
hope OF provoking the yencralion va. b y.,
dignity and influence to his on e. l... ,,
natural assumption OF the conscqucn rr..,,,,i
TO leadership will be derided by l,r.,.-,,
youth ms vain posing. The reputation ~,
Lows boomers. foolish almost; To- i.. ..,,
idiocy. have given linn among 'hn g ...r
OF the town as a ",humr' j., I... .H.,
influence in the college miyroco.t4. fN... Iy
a college boy in Columbia in The r.. ,.
days when It stood in College place. a..... +,
sight Of THE SrS windows. Cha:. ~
President. Hc was equity ami hr..s us ..n.
tain temper at tunes, but he wa IS ...H.s-I
gentleman who always commauu.. I'd. a...,,
and even admiration OF the mo-. .-rr,...,,
youth as a courtly and di-n.fei e.. -. fine,
succeeded DR.. Barnard. who, pco5rar. a.. y.,,
deaf, and n deaf old man does n0' u........ IL.
spire the reverence o sound and v~lsa...s.,H
But there was In DR.. Barnard IT,, -.., -
which belongs TO genuine nat4rs- u. .e ....
type and to true and mellow E. nnl t.-.
quired in the sing,e-hearted p.-, =, ., .-...
and knowledge; and no one coui. fo.. e.. r,,,s,
It reverence. Genuine gold alv,rss ...
rent the world over and obtains .r- f. ,..ty,.
lent every where. When Mr.. Seth low .r,
ceeded DR.. Barnard as Prcs!icu: o. Ca,.a.,
seven years ago, he took his place "a, The head
OF a college table at which - r.4. ..r.d.i
men who had been his preceptUrs a !em g,,
before, and whose distinction extena.. :.-,r,A,
out the world OF science and learning. I,w,.a
difficult place for him to I'LL. AID / -A,.. ro..v
that he has not filled it: lie certainty A.- IN.
fused the hustle Of activity into Column, Nm,
1t opened him to special criticism, py..;.r. AMI
comparative, in the college world. Ecte-Le.
was a college President who could u,t afor5.o
rest under the shafts Of ridlcule au6 rc.r9.,rs,,
which have been drawn on Seth Low. te.,t.
man. When he enters Columbia a, !-. o-.,.,,
at its new site on Mornings!de Heights. ~. An.
tumn. he will appear TO the students als 20 III.
faculties in a new and a very untavO.at.e .,t.
II the cloud thrown over him by hi avs..nr
the last summer has not been G.ssipA.es G4.a,a
In the Citizens Mon were included az he h.
ginning some sober and sedste and .a-s..o7,
men. but they have all stood ASIDE a.5 "a. IN,
course to be determined By hot-heaaeq yorrb
and Anticipated senility. II has co-e o., N
entire forgetfulness Of the insurlo-r:at,.
fact that there is such a thing a. ours,
nature. and that II movements depe1E.ac for
l their Eurreaa nm rnpr1ar s.-.,--,s-
steered with artful and even instructive .e.s-
ence TO it they are bound to come 10 sa:i week.
The fundamental proposition OF that fac: and
Hateful concern was a provocation 10 rese1tne.,
In human nature. II was that the pas;ssr..!p
of the few is inherently better than the pa-,..s2.
chip OF the many; that the Citizens Ua:ou ,s,.
tisanship Of q self-selected company o: mutual
admirers is obviously superior to the Republican
P1d Democratic partisanship by which he whcls
PEOPLE are divided with intensity O: iee!as and
conviction. You might as well try TO msEeA
non-partisan Church go as TO put lie INFO
political party without the partisanship which
belongs inseparably 10 human nature. W1ylo,
give up patriotismi Why not retrcera:e al
p1re sentiment with freezing superc.-5a,.e:i
The grounds on which Seth Low was re,e
orated and glorihed as the leader were lot less
orensiye 10 human nature 4 MAJ j. nere.
made popular by the attribution 10 hin O.
superior and transcendent moral e~oo:1cs.. Ns
is made TOO good for human natures CAY ZOOS.
Saints are not canonized until the larse o.. cer-
turtles gives them q shadowy charsc.e-. We
are all miserable sinners. and there Is 10 health
In US. W>do not love monsters OF Lu:.Aa a.3
mortal perfection.
Thus it has happened that the !as.sc-ce,
agents of Seth Low have made him an o+ers.vs
personality in the eyes OF the people. n. ;as
nearer the actual campaign approaches he
more absolute becomes the impossibil.,y q MS
election: the certainty that his cana..ary even
VIII lose all serious significance AMI make q
him only a ludicrous figure in the CANVASS I
don't believe that $4,000 people would a~c,.a,y
be brave enough 10 vote for him on the :: o.
November. no, nor 10000. The sou..e nom
which the movement in his behai! had is or-.a
and the influences by which IL WAS p-nge.rI
gained for it considerable favor in the Protestant
religious community; but that fave. -oS,
teebler daily. and little OF it would hc q; "
November II Mr.. Low remained in he canvass.
Nowhere is the spiri; OF political par. ,i->a.p
stronger than among the members o. ta.--.ts.
and nowhere is there so keeu an app-cy.a' 30.
the need OF organization; yet tbs l!..c1s'
lhion movement was devised primarily 10 A-aak
u ppohtical organization. and leave soc..:ya..hs
mercy OF the whims and capriccs o! III, MOI
The principle is thoroughly vicious, AID IN.
PRODUCTION at this time when the spirit az ,a.l
REORGANIZATION is SO rife must soon be r, rar.ei
as dangerous by every refecrins man.
To re urn to the point with which | ,a.,ei.
the My salvation for Seth Low is Ia sap ua'ot
the dwindling Citizens Union proc,s>.nr.
NEW YORK, Sept. II. MAsnk..AN.
Foreign Notes or Real Interest.
Eileen Rowena Victoria Diamond JuD.l.r ,a.s sri
Sueen'e Victoria Williams are the name. r. UatA