New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-23

thursday. DECEMBCR z
as the absolutely genuine. limitations are hHe,y "
be exposed at first sight unless they are caretury
ornamented. Too much establishment gehe's'y
covers a blemish In the construction IL therefore
happens that tho rst-rae Invariably rejects auo'h
ment and the second-rate invariably puts II on.
The difference between the two qualities can De us
covered easily enough at short range. ana safety
from exposure lies only In imperfect examination.
II the vision is clear and the inspection carelui
there Is no chance for the sham ever 10 DC TAKEN
for the genuine. Those premises estabiished oy tue
expericnce OF many ages. recognized uniVersay'
and among the many forms OF activity IN this very
active age none is more marked than that OF the
hrst-rate to be found out and OF the second NOT W
be- This struggle Is not confined or even modihed
by wealth, position or surroundings. IL uepehuS
upon n principle further back, when the thing was
made or the born. 1t Is easier 10 conceal
what a thing is than to prove 1t TO DC "ha' II 70
not one only requires concealmeht' the ot"e'
demonstration. Sooner or later the truth VIII DE
revealed Some time the decoration Will iall on
and then the blemish will appear greater because
OF the surprise OF finding 1t.
These reflections are suggested TO me by TINS
occa sion. which brings together the natives OIL Ne"
England ANA their fricnGs. The annual gatherings
of this society have always awakened interest," io'
among It's members nre many VINO eNehplls '.e
worth and Independence o. fearless cnarac.er,
For the last fifty ytsrs In Sew,h0Ek , cr nS ,nId
efforts which have pushed 1t 10 the 'front.' ana He.u
r. there would suffer Il marked decrease without
New England aid In all Its pr" c6iTen of New
England have been among ,hc leaders. In pro'eIS
slonal life their names have been GO lspcu0u.. IA
ihat enormous volume which makes her business
second in the world they have touched eioo"s VIZ.
army there must he rear line. but New Eng
land mother will ever search Tor her chi ~ n,ord
ApPlauSeJ 30 proclamation has attended ' he.
advance and tncy have not been consumer ~ tau
,hoi- ,aitte b. paCe1
liant soif-rcspectins seldom self-ndugent; desery-
ing ne bc r'1 nsse IF hy SGd This
pride OF every son o. pertis,cnt
courage will always make its way and thousand1ss
who are proving this IN every ro CoT wbo N@wEng
land borders from which their inspiration sun ,pS q
draw ,b soG nn tHs That viii bear inspection
unadorned and Sow stronger as the kno"ieokk go
woWI3 narion mo n my first impulse brought me
here 10 search among the sons ana haugh'eIs ot
New-England ApplarssD
ADDRESS OF PRESIDENT ELIOT
The president. after Mr.. Black had sat down.
called attention to the fact that Governor Black
Was OF New England descent. and them taKlhB
I'D some OF the Governors remarks said tnat' IN
the recent city election. one Candidate. Oeherai
Tracy was one OF the most prominent members
Of the Brooklyn New-England Society ana an
other. Seth Low. OF the New-York Society MI
Beaman then added: while Governor Black was
PLAYING marbles as a small hoy In Maine was
a sophomore at Harvard AMI one OF my tutors
was Professor Eliot" Then. after telling al eG-
periencc OF the classroom with President bilo''
which caused much laughter. Mr. Beaman INTRO
duced him to the society. President Eliot spoke
In part as follows:
socicty; observe that almost all OF you have LETT
New England Perhaps your fa,hers Or your t'a ma
fafH l,aFf S,Us-
Syelics, part OF our country yourself Now. have
sayGd nsT hS S p' sfSb az Rave cd there
! should Xix" 20 take TINS occh'ion 10 per so ON
testimony TO you about the ew-Engiand ot to-day
as the o6sprlIS OF the Pur!;an, in New, England.
Dr Abbott says that ne pilgrims dil not SUI
thSocrssy. lie is TiFht hgi The puritaps and IN;
erms dit some'aing whish lasted and they had
testify is that there has been steady continuity
IN New. England OF The Puritan and Pilgrim spirit
And that IN spite OF sFcat changes o. the popna..
tion. OF the somihs IN o. masses OF pope t M,
OF a profound transformation In some respects o,
tac people 0, Nc.- Enflagd nat iae Paron sp,tn,
same kind Of things that the Purtans did and are
uphOliing the same ideal standards.
TIE FIRST AMERICAN COLLEGE.
Now We al know. to come down TO facts, that
the Puritans established the Drst American col
lege two hundred and .!x;y years ago; they estab-
lshed tho nrst grammar schools. TO ~ boys for
college and those acts proved fruitful and endur-
Ing and have their descendants ceased 10 do the
Ike acts? Let thu doing OF New-England IN TINS
century testify that me spirit and purpose Of the
Puritan survive. Who introduced sixty years ago
normal schools into tho United States? New-E Eng
land. The nrst normal schooi" "cir iouiocu ~
Massachusetts. md that WAS sNiy years ago, ana
We have net been content with the workinT ana
Two yeara ago. Massachusetts, by legislation, put
The state and said pupil. must 20 through the
high schoos before they shall be admissible to
OF the shoe! purposes Of the Purltans-thc Pur-
tans OF two hundred and sixty years aso-and that
o, the country as The foundins Of Harvard College
had. or the Boston Latin School or the RoN-
Eliot Grammar School Ia RoShury
Tho descendants OF the Puritans have precisely
the same faith IN education that the Pgr,l@ns hSd
and even deeper and more convinced taith. "ld
nac,y Of the Puritan IDEAL OF public duty and pub
New.England. Never has New England and never
has any country on the face OF the earth sucn
endowments OF education. libraries art museums,
natural history museums and al tGosc institutions
within the last generation Al this evidences CON
tiuuty Of tho Puritan belief IN educatl9n IN r.
culcans In youth the deals when should icah we
community. our purpoSc nam the sam ~ STte
tud i'm occupat6ns Of New land the dcnscst
popu.ntion by far OF The United state, But TINS
docs not mean mat the PURITAN idraIs nave uhucf-
Tho ,heoiogica conceptions Of the Puritan. are as
Dr. Abbott mas testified. almost extinct. We have
relieved ourselves IN New England OF those horrible
~nsn were inc m hanSS
evovins-but We syn cling 10 g., one OF ne main
You would advance The moral and intellectual Inter-
ests OF a community you must deal with the young
with children. with young persons. Hospitals and
asylums arc but pniiltivcs OF developed evil. They
are necessary palhdtives and none have more amply
provided them than the people OF New England hut
they only pa liatlves whereas churches schools,
museums. gardens. gymnasia are Instruments OF
moral ard In ellcctuai construction md It IL that In
which tho Puritan believed 1t is that In which his
desccndants believe. Your noblest charity in this
great city. the Childrcn's Aid Society. estab-
shcd and developed by Connecticut minister
THE PURITAN FAITH SWEETENED.
But have said that the Puritan ideals have been
developed evolved. Their conceptions OF life were
painful. dismal. JoyleSs. II please. but those
captions have swec;ened and broadened steadily
throughout the century drawing to close
The Puritan believed that lie was duty he felt II