New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-07-01
PERSONAL.

At the Roxbury Latin School commencement
Governor Wolcott of Massachusetts delivered the
address in the course OF which he said; believe
in the country which your fathers founded, keep
your ideals high and do not De pess'inls'c VI '"e
country's future
St Lawrence University has conferred the degree
OF IL D. on Colonel William Lamb. OF Norfolk
Va and the degree Of d d. on the Rev RI t;,.o ~
Couden chaplain OF the House OF representatives,
DR. Theodore L.. Flood of Meadve, Penn. who
will retire from THE Chautauquan' and all Chau-
tauqua interests in September tells the Interesting
sorry Of his twenty years an editor In the July
number OF his magazine. In 1871 the Chautaudua
movement for popular education was young ana
steadily involving its promoters In DEBT But at
that time Dr. Flood then young Methodist pas
tor, formed the plan Of establishing magazine
at Meadvllle remote from the publishing centres
OF the plan Dr. Flood says: 1T was rather Doid
undertaking. because. Ike my predecessors in the
ministry was without money. and had no rich
friends who were ready to invest money III ths
publishing enterprise undertook to make a
magazine for Chautauqua. which itself was ne"
and had no wealth to present to IT'S eutTsb mo-
venture" The result of his foresight has been
that from the profits reaped from The ohau'a ,n
summer sessions OF the assembly; from w. me
Chauauquan published monthy' and I hoohs he
has paid into the Chautauqua treasury over $Zo,VN,
thus furnishing one OF Chautauqua's chet sources
OF revenue From Intellectual point OF view
DR. Flood says that the publicato have pro-
vided Chautauqua proper with good literature az a.
lower prices than obtained in the market as II
existed when he began; they have furnished or
gans which fifty represent the Chautauqua ldea.
and they inaugurated propaganda OF the ne"
movement Continuing he says: "Chautauqua has
successfully exploited some ideas which were ying
dormant I'm many minds. One was more fraternity
among people of different sects. The great
EST idea Chautauqua presented to the world was
for twenty years has devoted himself exclusively
to Chautauqua work; This ! have done as edi 10
of its periodicals. | have believed and do now pc
lieve that Chautauqua Is the grandest christian
educational movement of popular character that
has sprung up in the nineteenth century,
Professor Million Updegraf who for the last eight
years has held the chair OF astronomy In the Uni
versity OF Missouri. has accepted appointment as
professor Of mathematics in the United states
navy with rank and pay for senior lieutenant.
He will be stationed at the naval observatory near
Washington The appointment Is one held IN high
regard by astronomers being FOR IRE a, coF n
scientific research Professor CpdegraH VIII re-
sign his place in the university, prooaoy 10 take
effect on September l.
Professor Nicholas II. Mcguire. at one time prin-
cipal ~ the Central High School. Philadelphia. and
for twenty-four years connected with the Horace
BInney School as principal and supervising prin-
cipal died I'm that city Thursday night lie was
born I'm Burlington. y. j., on september Il 1914
He was educated at Mount St. Marys college,
and after teaching in private schools was chosen IN
1885 professor of bees-lettres In Laurel Hill COL
lege Philadelphia an Institution having brief
life In 1912 Professor Mcguire became principal OF
tho Coates Street now the Hancock School. ana IN
1855 became principal OF the Central High school
where he served eight years. From 1870 TO 1879 ne
was principal Of the Horace Kinney combined
school From that time until his death he occu-
ped the place OF supervising principal over al the
bubble schools of Philadelphia In the period coy
cred b. his long term of service In the puDnc
a,Ion of children probaby twenty thousand boys
having been under MS instruction.