New-York tribune., 1900-05-20
DEPEW EULOGIZES GIRARD
ADDRESS AT ONE HUNDRED AND FIF-
TIETH ANNIVERSARY OF BIRTH
OF FOUNDER OF PHILA-
DELPHIA COLLEGE,

15Oth anniversary of the birth of Stephen Grard.
Philadephia's great philanthropist, was cele-
brated to- day at Girard College. the famous edu-
cational institution for fatherless boys which he
founded. The exercises were held indoors. owing
to the incement weather.
The guests of honor were General Nelson A.
Miles and United States Senator Chauncey NJ.
Depew. In General Miles's party Mrs.
Miles Captain and Mrs. Frank Michler. Mrs.
Hichborn and Captain H H Whitney. The Wis
itors met at the Pennsylvania Railroad
station by the Reception Committee and
driven to Girard College. The women of the
party and the members of General Miles's
staff alighted at Building No 1. the residence
of President Fetterolf Senator Depew arrived
shortly before o'clock
Although the ceremonies began early in the
day, the first formal function the reception
at noon to the alumni Luncheon served in
the great dining room of Building No. 8. The
anniversary address was made by Senator
Depew.
SENATOR DEPEW's ADDRESS.
In his address Senator Depew said:
The civilization of antiquity. its art and litera-
Th are as Gear to US as the events Of Yesterday M
Upper Nile records discoveries among the monu.
dynasties ruling the country ive and six thousand
6efore RE the Christian ne sr4 The social and in
to us as contemporary reports in the press make
comparatively ignorant of the dark ages which fol-
lowed, and the. rise in the eighteenth century Of
qom II Of thf
sorT n fqay a4t ns n d bnan m of sS
ment which has uplifted the human race, The
an academic discasslon among French PHILOSOPHERS
to amuse jaded arisocraGy IN Loo and io4n1 @
patriots in the English colonies in America.
the qn YEARS ann o his @
learned much Of the greater privileges Which pre-
asa IN WITH 5se he
tRs denial q Law jgsIss for 5bS the
practical slavery Of the masses I became am to his
%R the qd Rspac ofd az the he his
The names he gave his first feet of american F AN
life e'sn and the SSs development and fuon this bene
acteg in be rs fe b oHes oa h Fo of their
builders. More Frequently they proudly car carry over over
of wife or sweetheart next of favorite heroes and
then of places connected with boyhood memories.
wh loo sse to saSr thing nm
safety and his home. Her speed: her movements;
her idosyncrasies her varying temper In storm and
find their counterpart only the woman he adores
the seas as seaman and master He was self
taught He had become an American citizen during
ton and keeniy appreciated his membership in the
fortunes of the young Republic. He had a wife and
ehurch m and Geyo9ed to- his family He intense
iauhRched Rp@i We're the finest and fastest afoat An
ordinary man would have chTistened these pets
patriots or from his birthplace at Bordeaux.
hf this Tnma o aiS and as
he describes himself in his will called them re,
Helvetius
REGARDED AS FRENCHMAN's FREAK.
To his solid, broad brmmed contemporaries of
he was BY Gd
aversion, this act was the freak OF a Frenchman.
vorte delusions of Americans has always been
that frivolity and France, are synonymous The
ings of the four Philosophers of Grards adnira-
to him. He and experienced the practical eff
fleet Of their m in tine 5g bg b eew c a9a
zens in his sdpPted country Naturally his mind una
sessions at Liberty Hall TO the works of Voltatre
republic as the pupils and disciples of his idols
t hive @ nd Bers wc Thf have a 1
tionized the world Voltare was the pre-eminen,
century the In h youh his 6sney and Wit
m him b wh the u his
At a dinner at the Duke of Sullys, where were
taire, usqel was urged TO talk. To these dssi.
S s s o9p e6e in of the the peope an st only Gf
superior to the rest of the common mass a per-
fGs h feows The de- RoRan nterP%png
SAID Who Is this y2gng man & Who s o SO
great name. but do credit to the one he has"
CheValler,
which the mobiles then had over the people, and
from which genius was not exempt mad NoitaIre
tainers. and when Voitaire recovered and chal7
lenged him to duel he caused him to be arrested
airy Of the age of Louis KY H when mi mind d Ths Ths
events which changed the destiny of Europe. Vol
taire bent all the marvellous powers of his un-
equalled genius against State and Church The
merged in the French Revolution. State and
Church condemned the encyciodedia of Dderot and md
his associates to be burned copy came into the
moss of
s1e5ng at as o the Of her she sent
for her secreted copy of the encyclopedia. There
RG Sny haf the eGs eneay of oy de-
cree permitted the publication of the work The In
Veaied in this monument Of iearning was aroused
to eager inquiry. II found guide and !eadershp IN
The enlightened people rose in revolt. They broke
the cruel bonds which had SO long enchained body;
wrong thew rushed into such excesses that from the
rouge of the frail favorite grew the revolution
streets Of Paris with the best blood of France The
principle policy and practice of feudalism divided
We're the bearers of burdens the classes booted
and sPuTTed to ride them & rights e Of S
recognized and enforced the truths which jefferson
men are created equal; that they are endowed by
their Creator, with certain unaenabe rights; that
happiness
GIRARD IN PHILADELPHIA.
Stephen Girard settled in Philadelphia in May,
1776 His adventures on the sea had prospered, and
tne ma1iner @ f Nome bmt hn deliberateiv risEed
his riches and cast his lot In the hery furnace or
the AeGan M b 6e eeppas ones of
humanity in It's upward march to liberty. Wash
and George III and his Cabinet were concentrating
all the power and resources OF Great Britain 10
mental Congress, then in session within a stones
throw of Girard's new home electrined America