The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-11-19
STUDY To HELP DEVOTION
THE CLASSICAL MODELS NEED
LITERARY FORMS.
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ORGANIZE
President Alderman Returns From His Nor h.
ern Trip. He SPOKE on the Stupendons
Power of The Urban Life of
tie North.

Chapel Hin, n. c., Nov 1S.-(Special.)
Rev. Dr. Thos. Hume delivered the
regular faculty lecture last night in Ger
rard Hall to large number of students
and townspeople. DIR. Hume in his own
charming way lectured on the ''Relation
of the Bible to Literature" His lecture
was highly instructive. In part his
thoughts were these:
THE relation Of the Bible to lib
eral Education was shown from the
amity of mans nature and the depend
ence of true culture on the just co-or-
dinati0n of the intellect and the heart.
This modern view of 'the whole MA y
is Biblical. The scriptural morality is
essential and permanent and the Chris
titan ideal supports morality as evolution
airy ethics cannot. The dogmas of the
Bible fructify the mind gand incite to
progress, for they are not metaphysical
formulas like the human creeds and the
inner eye Of faith sees and knows the
love of Christ and the character of God
which pass ordinary knowledge. The
Messianic ideal is the key to history and
to the perfect commonwealth. The hope
it gives is the secret of political liberty.
The doctrine of Immortality underlies in
dividual and national progress. There IS
no collision of science and the Bible, bur
of science with science. The study of
oriental and Greek philosophy cannot
complete our development, for they DO
not satisfy the thought or the feeling.
The classical methods used the COM
plement of the unique literary
Al
ence of the Book on English
style, its translatableness into every lan-
guage, its marked inspiration of Shakes
peare, Tennyson, Browning, We're elab-
orately presented. The lecture closed
with illustrations of the newer methods
of literary study of the B1ole and an in
spring appeal for such study as a help to
devotion.
President Alderman has returned 70
the University after an absence OF ten
days or more in Northern cities He re-
ports very interesting and profitable
visit. While in Washington he attend
ed meeting of the committee appointed
by the National Educational Association
to discuss the ACCESSIBILITY of the estab-
1ishment OF National University. The
committee. consisting of fifteen members,
universities and superintendent of the
leading city schools, Were all present
with the exception of two. The com
nittee spent two days in the discussion
of the question, and final report was
submitted to a subcommittee consisting
of DIR. Harper, of Chicago, DIR. Butler,
of New York, and DR.. Curry. of Wash
ington The general results reached were
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function of the government to aid and
encourage education, it was not
now wise to establish at Washington a
statutory University of the type of Har-
ward or Yale, but the coanmttee was
empowered to use "a. endeavor to CO.
ordinate the opportunities for instruction
now existing at Washington and to unite
them to the colleges and universities of
the country in postgraduate connec-
ton. 1t was also submitted as a possible
scheme that the establishment of school
for Consuls and those in the Consular
service would be a wise movement on
the part of the Government. The COM
mttee was accorded many courtesies by
the authorities in Washingtonand very
handsome entertainment was given them
by DIR. Curry at his elegant home.
IeSlutHt bODh SlEpo NutiN
in New York to organize the alumni Of
the University now living in that city.
There are over seyenty-five students OF
the University residing in the limits of
Greater New York. The president found
Judge Van ,yck to be the most enthu-
siastic Chapel Hill man of the whole
group. full of enthusiasm and desire to
serve his alma mater. All of the Uni
gersity men in the great city were found
TO be doing wen and forging ahead in
their different lines of work.
The University continues to grow in
numbers, and great enthusiasm is mani
Tested in its internal life by the entire
body of students.
President Alderman spoke in the Cha
pei ON Wednesday of the stupendous pow
er of the urban life of the North, but
remarked that it was to be noted that
those who controlled and directed the af-
fairs of a great citWwere those who had
put OH their armor and had received
their training in the stiffness and quiet
of such academic spots as the University
of North Carolina.
A forceful appeal was made to the
young men to prepare themselves for the
industrial changes coming In our life.