New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-24
NEW JERSEY NEWS.
UNIVERSITY CLUB DINNER
THREE COLLEGE PRESIDENTS MAKE AID
DRESSES.
THEY DISCUSS THE UNIVERSITY. THE SMALL
COLLEGE AND THE TECHNICAL SCHOOL,
FLAvEL MGEE's PRACTICAL coNsID-
ERATrONs ON EDUCATION.

ERATIONs ON EDUCATION.
The University Club Of Hudson County had It's
second annual banquet last night in the Union
League Club house Jersey CITY The club has
made a rapid gain "a membership in the year. and
a hundred attended the dinner last evening.
The Rev Or. Francis L. Patton president u
Princeton University: Or. Austin Scott. president
of Rutgers College and DR. Henry Morton. presi-
dent OF Stevens Institute OF Technology. were the
guests Of honor The Rev George Brown. acting
president Of Seton Pell College. had accepted an
invitation to be present and speak. but ne sent a
dispatch stating thai sudden change in the con-
dition Of DR. Sinnott. now hopelessly Ill. forbade
his spending the evening with the club
JUDGE BLAIR's ADDRESS
After the dinner Judge Blair delivered the open
Ing address He said that age usually suggests
caution. and a glance at the programme admon-
ished him that he should conhne himself TO tho
strict discharge OF his duties presiding officer.
10 the simple announcement Of the orderly progress
OF the remainder Of the evenings entertainment.
He hen briefly told OF the clubs progress and
cOmplmented the committee as he faceuously put
coming He then alluded to the many young men
IN the club who have just descended Jacobs ladder
and could address their eliminates in Greek. but
Time ne sald would nrlng them on an epudlILy
with the members who had long since forgotten the
dead languages and the mysteries Of mathematics.
and would. like the older members. confne their
mathematics TO simple addition and subtraction.
described the power and force OF the educated
men, and urged the young ones TO apply that force
strive 70 better humanity society and government.
The Rev DR.. Francis l. Patton then responded
TO the toast The University in America"
ADVANTAGES OF SMALL COLLEGES
Dr. Austin Scott. president OF Rutgers College.
spoke to the toast THE Mission Of the Smaller
Colleges" He said in part:
The smaller college" is one whose numbers are
n cd hat fha ra1 rala fnpG uvht
essential in the training OF mind and character act
TO the best advantage; an institution Of general
etes can he counted on the fingers or one hand.
Whenever the personal relations between professor
and undergraduates cease to be intimate. prime
condition Of education has been sacrificed. When
exists that the product will he machine-made and
Hf b M ny d nn 1 '6 6e ssb
ject to the influences which flow from the cnarac-
eristics Of the crowd" which is ever tickle, IN
constant. ImpusNe' ratner than nist OF an red.
sOnable. The characteristics OF the crowd OF
especially pronounced In a crowd composed OF the
young .,,.,,..o,,a.,, -, ,r,,,a
ual responsibilities IS well a. rights - promote
by the personal training Of the smaller college
The modern movement toward consolation; or
sources educational we'll other. mas In J,
still an experiment Inc coIiese Ihe1 ""S i.a Z
done their share in making our land In Church
ana ga. via ~ - ,Iy So- IN tbe America a
all, OF the smaller college TOT IN ~ 80 80
college up 10 Our day the Influence OF mutual mt
personal acquaintance mas not Deet pNtl D'i ii'
bv numbers The college men In the Federal con-
vention all Of the chief Judges Of the supreme
Court the great lawyers and theologians the Pres
idents OF the Union when college bred nave oeen
men whose college associates and comrades nave
numbered scores rather than hundreds and never
thousands 81, <-..,, ,o..L
70 the Harvard graduates Tuesday whether,
iudging by the men produced ny the colese' lhe
new system is really better than the Old one
The men " no direct the destinies OF the Republic
to-day were produced in the era OF the small cor
eee The President 80 far as he had co
raining received II at a small college, the wee
president bears the imprimatur OF Rutgers tnt
chief Justice so highly praisedn recent Judlcous
| judicial work Is a son of BoWcon, ne coles'
men OF the Cabinet. the Speaker and ms cnlel CO.
| AUDITORS All were sent forth by colleges sInaI d
least In their college days. Inc same n9ias GOO
~ a american men Of letters No doubt other innu
! ences have contributed TO make these me meL
| thev have been or are. The fact OF the trainlns
~ 10 smaller college is cited for us leRlilIna II
yalne only The onus is upon the larger college &c
p%%oor IN ali his il ANYTHING claimed that does not
80 "a tho training Of young men IN the undct
orad,,,te wears The great Junction IN IN uI
sritT "a 10 be exercised IN the h!Enest tralhlks
W. ,rairing of graduates whose aim Is culture iol
tll' 80 sake or Is professional IN associate
uH oYs ~ theology. Of law. Of medicine OF PEG.
sCD ~ I'm the techno ogical or scienuhc scnoois
- - highest rank whose concern If pure ana aP
piled science