New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-12
IN MEMORY OF VANDERBILT.
A STATUE OF THE COMMODORE PRD.
SENTED TO THE VANDERBILT
UNIVERSITY.
THE GIFT OF THE CITIZENS OF NAsHvILLE-AA

THE GIFT OF THE CITIZENS OF NAsHvILLE-Ah
ADDRESS MADE BY CHAUNCEY NJ DEPEw.
Nashville Tenn, Oct. 1l.-An immense and en-.
thuslastlc audience packed the Auditorium at the
Exposition this afternoon, TO listen to the speeches
attending the presentation Of lfe-size statue Of
Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt to Vanderbilt Uni.
yersity. This statue which has been one OF the
notable figures on the Exposition grounds is the
gift of citizens of Nashville to the University john
W. Thomas president of the Centennial Exposition.
presided and presented the statue to the Unver-
sty Chancellor Kirkland made the address ac-
knowiedgng the gift on behalf OF the University.
thanking the citizens for their gift and their
ognition o. an institution which Is doing great
work In the cause of liberal education
President Thomas then introduced Chauncey NJ
Depew amid cheers and college ycils. Mr.. Depew
spoke In part as follows
Commodore Vanderbilt Is conspicuous example
81 ahe eoSSons ana father was small farmer
with large family. and 1t became necessary ior
ordna he Gek H@t '9 would have
until he could take little farm tor ninsei , run
to pay OF the mortgage. But he knew of some
and and read of h0 the H. ws heaR;
and strong. His mother had confirmed MN IN good
sa and
At sixteen. borrowing 500 from his mother. ne be.
in the world, with the reputation of having made
more money than was ever before accumulated ~
courage and common-sense His motto was simple
and straightforward; like every act In the wonder.
other men have done | do" was the MAIN
spring OF his cxertons.
The sS could and
millions made with few thousands, the farmer
mortgage were lifted could pay the principal 70
his G ogg he Gould mot met whose he bsanG
was straylng away. but Who could hold him to =
life had nearly out and the young one who
the church or college hopeIessIy in debt: the gir
whose future happiness would be wrecked unless
niture for Housekeeping; honest men and women
frauds fools and cranks-all needy and unable 70
n the world~appealcd to hun. lie never answered
h na you'd so To and tho
C 1D !sas i lie ws sypsss
nor sentiment but had formulated a theory Of
give man Chance 1T might g be very
humble and very hard chance but II tho. man
sistng AS proof Of the value Of this principle in
true Philanthropy he would point to the president
man at one OF his ferries
cathedrals and grand churches did not impress
him. His mind always reverted TO the little
Moravian meetne-hous where his mother wor-
mS By TIME Hsa h
years OF bitter strife; Every one have ever met
M%G II ali to aa the and
straining hand OF a sainted mother. He went
congregation made up of tho, clerks, statesmen.
bockkeepers and porers IN the big wholesale stores
hemselves.'' he said and sent the pastor pr
Deems. $1,000 Unlike most self;made men he
and emphatically amented his own lack Of II:
during the civil War he Was deeply Interested in
harmonzing the sections and Developing the south south
PRESENTATION of the enormous benefit OF university
in the South he gave n hospitabe hearing
s snI rGaSaqn eSs yO " e an Il
learning in the line OF his motto OF hsping
Vanderbilt University with sl.0C000o. II the good
Bishop and his ASSOCIATES foresssins the lu'ur I
they would have received IT. 49,.
the dangers threatening property ana vested rign,s
are greatly augmented by. The neglect OF TIER ,,s
] D have no sympathy for the who avoid this tho
caucus and stay away from the polls ana then
prsctical and eaicient. lie revered Washington
'' The period period Of the active lie OF Cornelius vandsr
BIZ hs srs OF THE civil War ' and rapidly
ceed!ng inventions and discoveries called i9r nvn
IN them mre nneSampled opporunites produced in
Grant and Lee in statesmansh,p t;somnTruoasm
Horace Greeley. in oratory Charles sumne,r, ard
Wendell Phillips. AexandSr d step hs n the hen in
dustria and business world men VINO nave the
Their marks syeH for stars arge @ Enterprises and
vas; fortunes were frequent in the miS ih up
hcavai occasioned by tho destruction OF Old netn-
eds and machinery and the redupcation "i .uu.e
N the aupication Of steam and invention OF powerI
The rapid settlement OF States and creation OK
cities Such conditions cen never occur as sa,.
~ ~ the men who ruled like sovereigns IN the'r
respective spheres were worthy types OF Amerieain
manhood But the Commodore chief or them al
In the success of his undertakings and IN the con-
tir,ling Victories Of his campaigns, was IN his
nuh,c spirit his sterling integrity his hdeli,y 70
his a associates In the great enterprises he buit up
and his rugged PATRIOTISM. the best representative
OF the self-made man.
Mr. Depew ard his party. consisting OF MISS
p.uIiina Miss Struthers r. y. Van Cortland and
Mr. and Mrs II. W. McNickar were entertained
after the ceremonies by Chancellor kirkland at
reception at his home which was attendsd ~
nromneut citizens and the faculty of Vanderbilt