The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-10-15

teration of spasmodlc effort and of rest | but a satisfactory accomplishment in | all directions of what was undertak- | en-"
 The ease with which he passed from one field of service to another, which we seldom find among eminent men of other countries, and which, indeed, the structure of their society renders inn possible, was characteristic of him, even as compared with his own coun- trymen. His intellect never seemed jaded or strained. He worked rapidly, but he rarely gave the impression of being hurried in his intellectual work, and never of being tired. He had light without heat, althought quite capable of lofty enthusiasm and deep affection, as witness his eulogies on Hancock and Devens.
 He did his work with a quietness which concealed it's power He was not little, rattling steam engine that goes pulling and smoking and splitting along with the clang of machinery and the smell of oil. His was an electric cur rent. It was conveyed by a slender and almost invisible wire, exerting it's force without heat, or noise, or odor; but it never failed to do it's work and to carry it's load.
 Every one of these offices he admins tered with signal success. You cannot find an instance of any duty undertak- en by him which was not faithfully and thoroughly discharged. You cannot find an instance of bad or superficial intel lectual work He received more honor ary degrees, in this country and abroad, than any American left alive when he died
 His work was done in Massachusetts, and in Boston, and that means that he had behind him as generous and liberal community as ever existed on the face of the earth--a community espe- cially alive to the value of institutions like this. General Walkers title to gratitude is that in his time this insti- tuition grew toward the zenith as well as toward the horizon. It is that while the number of the students grew, the efficiency and fitness for the lifes work to which their diplomas certified grew in like proportion. It is that the per sonal character of the president ex- erted an ennobling and enlarging in i Iuence on the character and intellect I or the pupil. Never, if we may trust the testimony Of those who know best, was 1t surpassed in this country, unless possibly in the single instance of Mark Hopkins He understood every need of the institution. The school felt his l touch in every nerve. He brought his great administrative abilities to bear | In smallest detail, as will be seen if you read his reports. He was a lover of young men. He sympathized with them in their studies, in their athletic sports; he had a kindly tolerance for their I folbles and faults The pupils and the younger teachers of the Institute of Technology loved the president, and the president loved them.
 President Walker demanded for the School of Technology place as an l equal by the side of the great universi- | ties of the world. He felt the denial of | that as personal affront to himself. | This is no small vanity nor petty am- bition nor vulgar self-assertion. It was l claiming for his associates their right full place and rank among the nobility of learning. It was claiming for the school the right to summon the best l intellect of the time to it's service. It l was setting the mark of personal ac- 1 complishment for his pupils high up in 1 the sky.
 He knew well the secret of academic education. That secret is, so far as it I forms character in the individual per sonal impression of the mature man upon the youth. This is power which even our best colleges did not always
 understand when they had it, and which I nope they are trying to save now, as with their increased numbers they are in danger of losing. It is wonderful how much of it Walker ex- ercised, notwithstanding the great num- 1 Der of his pupils. It is said that he
 There are other things we can say l without fear of contradiction and with out fear that we may ever have to qual- fly them or take them back. He was a great inspirer of economic thought
 There was no rashness about him. He discussed the economic problems for
 which his generation was ready. He boldly took by the throat the delusions
 which had gained a strong hold upon the thought of men who went before him. His training as a statistician had
 taught him always to keep close to his l facts. To use his own words in giving advice to a scholar, he kept himself superior to partisan dictation, and tG the seductions of theory.
 I He rejected the doctrine of laisse2 | faire. He held the state to be mora
 being. It was meet that it's great
 forces should do what the individual
 cannot do for himself. It was not only
 that the state should be great in wealth
 and empire, but that it should produce
 a noble growth of men. Every eco
 homie law was lacking in comprehen sion that left this out.
 To him political economy was an ap
 piled science IL was science to b'
 applied forthwith for the benefit of hi
 own generation, and his own country
 There was no alteri seculo about him
 He was not content to keep a might. : magnet in his museum, holding it weight till a later generation shoul'
 accidentally discover and make usefu
 the resources of it's power. Still les
 could he tolerate for an instant tha
 rrogant and disdainful spirit wit
 which some men who undertake, wit
 little title. to represent science in thi , country. sheer at any attempt to mak use of the forces she reveals to us 10