The Savannah morning news., 1900-10-24
ADDRESSES At VANDERBILT.
ANNIVERSARY ExERCISEs WERE
QUITE INTERESTING.


President uadIey OF Yale spoke On
The Direction OF American Uni-
Vcrsity DeVeI"pmcnt"-tIc Discuss
eel the Dangers of TruHts-Mork of
Colleges and universities an Great
ihE Healthy rueItc sentimeas--An
Address h. Chancellor Kirkland.
Nashville. Tenn. oct 8-Intc est1g
exercises IN celebration Of the twenty
nnh anniversary OF Vanderbilt University
weno held to-day IN oospe. Tabrrnac e
Members ct the faculty and board OF trus-
tees students and graduates q the uni
Verslty formed IN procession on she
grounds aud proceeded 20 the Tabernacle
Representatives OF many other oo,lox,s
and universities ana friends OF Vanderbilt
were present
Addresses we're delivered ~ President
Arthur 4 Hadley % Yale aud Chanc. /
Tor Kirkland q Vanderbilt The preseata-
ton OF Kisssm Hall. the Eift o, ". X
Vanderbilt. followed An elaborate must
cat was rendered
President Arthur T. Hadley. LID. Of
Yale University. delivered an address en-
titled The Direction OF American Uns-
vcrsity Development" lie said. In part
Among the many distinctive features
Of American life there Is none more dis
tinctive than the great movement ~ the
last forty years toward the private endow-
mcnt Of free educational ntuthons-thst
movements which has resulted IN the 80
tablishmeut OF Cornell and OF Johns Hop
kins OF Chicago ana Of Leland stanford
that movement which in the New south r
led by NandeThit University m Nashville
1T was coandently expected that ths
results 81 these cndowments would show
themselves IA one OF three ways. either
hy an increased p.opuinr,zat.on % learn
ng. which should make the university
thus founded a vast lyceum: or by a
development Of new facilities for techni-
cal training which should equip the ssu-
dent Co make a hotter living by modern
methods than he could by old once or,
nually. that they should serve as places
fer the endowment OF scientific research
and discovery.
Not one OF these three idcnis has been
realized. The mosisrh American univers-
ity. has IN a profounder capacities Tot
public service chan would BE- furnished by
Of technical schools however practical
OF by any aggregation ~ scientific sE'e
cialistH. however dislntercsted "a theiF
devotion 20 their several pursuits
Training of the Voter.
1.-THE founders o. the nation saw tina,
free men must have the knowledge neces-
| sary 20 enable them to use that freedorl
20 the public advantage But mere in
tciigence on the part Of the voters how
ever great. Is not sufficient 20 secure wise
administration OF the affairs Of the coun-
try as n whole. Each change in indus.
Trial and political methods makes u clear
cr that they must have also "A sense of
| trusteeship. and tho training 81 this seues
OF trusteeship Is at once more difiicui'
ana more important Thing than the De
/ vcinpmeut Of mere political intelligence
our great organizations ~ capital. and
| the organizations % labor also. are trusts
len sense which was not dreamed 81
when thar word was first applied 20 them
| Their dangers can be effectively met only
when their character az trusts f. recog
rized. only when there r. sense Of
honor in conducting them and a true pub
ilc sentiment in dealing with them suct
public sentiment does not exist 10 any AIDE
quate degree II must he dcveloped o.
! Size VIC must lose our Industrial liberty
and rravitate toward n dictatorship.
There has been a similar development
IL mutters political The doctrine thai
each citizen and each district should get
an that u can out Of the general treasury
/ Inevitably results ia a sacrifice % the IN.
forests OF the whole 20 that % the parts
The only protection for us and even NOR
Tor the territory just annexed. whatever
i's anal destiny lie- In the development
Of the sense ~ political trusteeship.
The task Of creating such a seniimsn'
Is 80 great that the cooperation % mans
| agencies Is required 60 give II effect Bul
| there Is no one part Of our national lifs
where there are 50 mony opportunities r..
ita DEVELOPMENT as IN our colleges and
universities"
Chancellor kirksRnd'a Address.
Chancellor kirkland spoke on Twenty
| five Years Of University Work" n,
sold IN part:
twenty-five years 0g0 notable gath
ering assembled IN the university chape
on the Vanderbilt campus Al that time
| Bishop McTyeirc. president % the Roar,
Of Trust. delivered 20 Chancellor Garlans
the keys Of the university. AMI inducies
into Office the faculties OF the literary
| Biblical law and medical departments
Ample grounds had been purchased ans
| improved One university building has
been erected. and fair equipment II