New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-04
REED AT GIRARD COLLEGE.
FIFrIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE INsTI-
TUITION CELEBRATED.
AN GRAFTON DELIVERED BY TIE SPEAKER OF
THE HOUSE OF MISREPRESENTATION
PRESSES BY MAYOR WARWICK
AMI OTHEl


DRESSES BY MAYOR WARWICK
AND OTHERS
Philadelphia. Jan. 3.-Girard Cohese eeieordteu
its Hftieth anniversary to-day WIKI an e'oo'a
procramme OF exercises. Addresses were 'hauo '"''
evening by Mayor Warwick Congressman D'o
ard ocias of the institution. and there was VOCAL
- INSTRUMENTAL music by pupils. The feature OF
the celebration was the Grafton delivered to-nish'
by Thomas B. Reed. Speaker OF the h0uso u IVY
resentatives. who spoke as follows ...
Six hundred and fifty or six hundred ana seventy evenly
ya a noariS seven centuries has been the rich-
est nation on the face OF the glooe began 10 Che
sn me g, he Gam and the Isis have sent forth
great scholars and priests ara ,,,,'r,' and
aa hns. a.cds have been part of the history 0i
every land and sea During all afv voars before
a was even dreamed that this great c iNvinqin,
istec before the world kne" IN s,,r kings and car
finals mobiles and great Churchmerl the lo aIa
and the pious, began best9w,ns ui 'nd money and
re continued their benefactions down 10 our
i'm Vhat these universities. with az 'nSr h Gu1
isars and halls tceming with scholars for SIX nun
dred years have done Tor me pShee evening could
noi begin TO ten Even your imagination cannos AZ
this moment create The surprls,ns pStt of Won are
or have been pupils is at the eeginnns o ana their
with which hose sTesi n vain for the palm
% he greatest usefulness the race OF man
One snss n fact n w erea %ase Of
product of that boastfulness which AInerieah Inv
s%se day AND feel es hs'J poss6y Which has the sane
tion Of mathematics as well as OF hope hope Of regal
prnceIy and pious donation have been poured mo
the purses OF these venerable S,1s 70 affords
an endowment income equal 10 that OF ean
versy. and when the fuii century , n TO the
income Of both When time mas zone uis 20 M
work stephen Glrard. mariner and merchan haS
no To
the long procession OF kings ana cIqhTv in their
own days. but who are only n t cHeee ~ or
oblivion. well aware va, ms fnder REQUIRES
phans wherein the wisdom OF the iouhe a.. Words
facts and things 10 be taught rather than WosoS
and signs as yet make no Ga, TO nrosress Of
learning so essential 10 the ultimate pIoei.nd a
the world but has mission , as gTe ore 1 nearly
with the practical elevation OF mahhih"'
THE LAW OF UNITY AND PROGRESS.
Whether the overrulng Providence Of which we
talk so much and know so little has each OF us IN
His kindly and keeping we shall peter KNOW
when our minds have the broader scope "hlch lit
mortality will make possible. But, however me"
may dispute over individual care. His care over the
race as a whole fills all the pages of human history
Unity and progress are the watchw9Ius OF tne 10, ~
vine guidance and no matter how hsISn mas az mem
every great event series OF events mas been IoT
the sood OF ie SsrSd wars ought 70 be
ished forever from the face Of the earth-that pes
lences-and the time is coming when they 100 VII VII
be no more-that prosecutions and inquisitions-an
liberty OF thought IS the richest pearl OF nie-'hat
ali these wars pesjences and prosecutions were put
helps TO the unity OF mankind. All things. lncjIud-
ing our own natures bind us together toT det S
and unreenting purpose Think What we Sn , 5e
who are unlearned and british If the wise me
learned and the good could separate themselves
from were free from our superstitioA ana vague
and foolish fears. and stood lofily by thgmseIves,
wrapped in their own superior wisdom Therefore
has il been wisely ordained that no set or men OF
our race shall get so far above us that we sha oe
ma they VIII not fear our reproacRes or so mighty
as 10 be beyond our reach II The lofty n and the
But unity is not the only waJGhword there must
progress also Sine BY "a law we cannot aq to
eress we must do it all together. and nobody must
% e 4shnd TIE is 9 pr %aT % Of Gd pn6
Mft all ever lifted any If let the poison OF NTH
knocks al h pace ne gates # We s
the greater horror Of Ignorance any portion OF our
race. the consequences Of Ignorance strike US an,
and there is no escape We must all move eq Ioa we
guard comes up that the vanguard can go on
STEPHEN GIRARD's FORESIGHT.
Stephen Girard must have understood this. He
took under his charge the progress Of those who
needed his aid. knowing that If they were added 10
the list OF good citizens TO the catalogue OF moral
enterprising and useful men. there was just SC
much added, not 10 their happiness only, put &c
the welfare OF the race to which he belonged For
founde; also understood what education was. Mos
brought up as he was, on shipooard ana or
cared for learning at all would have had for learn
ing uncouth reverence such as the savage has fo
the unknown. This would have led him to establish
university devoted to out-of-the-way learning ne
yond his ken link his name 10 gories 10 Wncl
vessels after the great French authors OF his ag'
and from his own laoorious ana succesStu ire ma
orphans an entrance into practical world Will
such learning as left the whole ned or learning pc
fore them II they wanted H. with power TO maxi
strange to watch the sISwth e into fame an S
plan o. comforting benefaction upon the city an
the people whom he loved has slowly unfoded itsel
before their gaze. The generation in which he live
seldom understand the really great man. w
He takes on the century in which he lives and
hundred years after he has passed away; n
shine OF the ana a1a $50 s m1 MIX be oe
hnho me- GS h greatest merrSant OF his time wit
.he noblest ambition q them all Was 50 TeSout
in ali his endeavors that he seems to have uncoy
cred 10 few or 10 none the generous purpose Of HI
Worthy TO write MS first biography, but who wa
forced 10 bless when he had gone forth to curse !
nv life" ne said. ana Of his life not one momen
was wasted Facts and things faiaeTT th s WORD
No wonder he left the bd9 that hi
bounty into whose faces he was never TO look
THE TRUE GREATNESS.
The vas. wealth which Grard had was OF itsel
alone evidence OF greatness. I have not forgotto
the epliaph OF Colonel Charters. who died rich an
Infamous that you could see what God thought q
riches by the PEOPLE He gave them TO. Fortune
nay Be made ana lost Fortunes may be inherited
These thng1 mean nothing. But the fortune whic
has given US all surroundings tonight wa
made and firmly held in haLd Of eighty year.
Tha, meant greatness. But wien the dead nan
Tor life over si< thousand boys in the haf-centur
which has COVE and thousands In the centur.e
10 come that means more than greatness.
Mr. Girard gave more than his money lie pt
into his enterprise his own powerful BRAIN an'
IKE the ships sent 10 sea, long after his dea I
the adventure came home laden. not with the r.
suts OF his capital aiore but OF his forethOugf
end his genius He bu,lded for many years ths
the stars will, be cold before his work is finished