New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-18
DIR. FAUNCE'S INAUGURATION.
NEW PRESIDENT OF BROWN UNIVERSITY
FORMALLY INSTALLED IN OFFICE
HIS ADDRESS.


inauguration Of DR.. w H. P. Faunce as president
Of Brown University occurred to-day with nothing
10 mar It's success. Corporation. faculty and
students united IN their enthusiasm for him,
who. as the ninth executive head OF this venerable
bic institution begins an administration full OF
promise. From the students meeting In the morn
ing. through the formal exercises OF the afternoon.
10 the alumni reception in the evening. the whole
day has been one OF rejoicing
The prevailing feeling was expressed by Dr.
Faunce in his address 10 the students when he said
that the great number OF leading educators present
would prove to the world that the universities Of
America are not competitors but co-operators Ex-
pressions OF personal esteem for the president.
which might have been impossible a formal
occasion. uttered before the students by Presi
dent Harper Of Chicago DR.. McAllister OF Drexel
Institute. and Bishop McVickar Of Rhode Island.
Governor Dyer and Mayor Baker both testified 10
the cordial feelings existing between the university
and the city and State in which It located
In the history OF collegiate education the day Will
ever be memorial bic. No single utterance he
quoted Of so radical a tendency the ad-
dress % President Harris Of Amherst yet 20 those
who were anxious.y waiting 10 learn what would
he the policy Of the successor OF a reformer Ike
DR.. f. BENJAMIN Andrews. II clear that
steps would be retraced but that the liberalty
which extends the elective system and the enieht-
eminent which demands that the classics and
mathematics shall stand on their intrinsic merits
mark the new administration.
DR.. FAUNCEs ADDRESS.
II his inaugural address Or. Faunce spoke N
part as follows
they founded their cole ges deep IN religious faitn
adT c i9 S SHs as n S d ;on ts "a 5s e
with many other churches 10 the higher hfe ~
~ aeic,a o ~ ag ors ht as o sri
Of - fgEe vic
tan spirit essential 10 the perfection Of human
ar5 ijnsN.ervirelv rtehteous is tho eos ~ -
human education.
II is the duty Of the president TO preside. and 20
never degrade his Office by becoming merely bust
ssrewd rnanpulatoT Of men Always he mus
think more OF the creation OF personality than the
The duty Of the professor IS TO be both discov-
erer and teacher Research and tea nlns are rya.s
The teachers OF American colleges must map out
cate system Of admission II retained must be made
system as now 4 Is not. Originating az pr9-
from examinations j, has proved to have abuses
OF lis own. and . remedy those abuses demands
hazaras to 9reserve his intellectGa candoT and
freedom He must keep IN close touch win ne
q; - - t-si- students lnto such independencs
a. Judgment. such clear intelligence. such sound
ness Of reasoning. such loyalty to truth and rev
tbsy hold ,heT sSan hold them honesty defend
them bravey and incarnate them IN unsllled ives
No parchment or microscope or siu1ed specimen
can serve as substitute for the living personality
OF the teacher and 70 him We may say Win
Emerson What you are speaks so loud l cannot lT.
hear what you say This university has curing
all It's history been rich in powerfl. qeTsonalleS'
men who lead not only 70 the tree OF. knoVI-
edge but the tree Of life. But school or Noet;1.
culture must surely believe that all sincere slIlt
deserves recognition. and that any real pursuit ~
ruth whether be the search Tor .ost fragment
Of Sappho or the meaning OF a BaoYohldh CH4
inder or the Path Of a flying projecule OF .He
orb, OF a distant star, may minister 10 ne 80
cation Of the truth seeker ana the permanent en-
richment Of the word
INSTRUCTION OF WOMEN.
A proper breadth 0: horizon will lead The uri-
versitv o. the future 70 ma ke ample provision
~ t-s-ructiou Of women a century from no" X
viii seem incredible that the great univ ISL! 'l
80 ana laboratories and museums OF the word
,,era once closed 20 One-haE % humanity. i'-l;
,obafeyer NAV be true Of the West. Nt"-fns ItNt
C -0- r.a Az FOR complete cO-ecucti on. pe1la 5
ra-er will be- our college started differently IN
New England TO introduce women !nto VIA "hs
hon tor 2 century mems college WIN 70
cSarqe IN customs and atmosphere 20 a4oW tnen
link that the adoption OF masculine Ira 4llloN 5
eeserfial 10 feminine emancipa uon-this Is 70 II
lcI ,Drrovis,ors u hich the world rightly demands
sor' women may he found IN our Eastern states IN
me organization. within the university; %. women
alleges where she may be- oNeieQ t4-t'
s.anfsrds examinations opportunities. Hegre'...
flit distinct social lie org rzed around "'''a-
60 have attained. When the colo Siate ne ~
orrer &c LEFT free 20 organize Itself. free from
tor~ed exclusions Of the past and tors inc:4sl,is
=. .ba nresen il will create its own icea N ln.s
Tealrn imitation IS fatal such Is ne recon We
are seeking for the Woman's College IN h'o""