New-York tribune., 1901-10-23

mo Nesi A. 4 nave no hesitation in saying that
no denomln, lloi5S, U.s. - ,bst Is better fhan
\ arsn 'prssdent Eaton is a graduate OF one OF
~ aaJlse 10 speak OF these colleges. not be-
haF M men were 10 be found i'm their faculties
\ Il ise lae Hr rnsnv colleges all over the country
i her as =" named to-day Of which the same is
s-tut DeeauS Mi as deyeloDed bv Yale influ-
10 GeSt, u, ti,efr career they have largely affect
" ne aIo l,.f-r ~ OF The great Northwest. all of
II 4 he cnsIdcs,, esta bshed most opportunely hy
IN hasnsSce within the territory dedicated |"
ysR nm ln md education and religion lay the ordi-
tn ., ~.
NOTABLE EDUCATORS.
u, ,,.s oor,ideration of institutions
i 49, "a reproduce Vale. 1 come next 10 CON
Il sssaeS work or reW men who have heen
siao.e a. % be classed with Horace Mann in con
lotLa;, ~ Of the originality Of his plans and ~"
exienaeu, of 80 who closed his long career o.
il ne 10 IN This hTst year Of the twentieth cen
l - man who's influence upon me schools ana
i -s seoonaay educ. non ~ lht country WIS 80
l he sgsS that the largest educational couVen-
lI.l ID he year. With as ten thousand teachers
% ol % su osrts OF the country, ntlY paused IN ltS
Giialst5rs Gil 81 10 celebrate AT one entire session
os,1srkable achievements OF this distinguished
5y.sfor He was man OF orlglnai ideas ne ot-
o1.ss - nrogress. He never rested satisfied with
sIS 1ost M OF the world was ready 10 accept as the
We, sI-.ste attainment. For him ihere was always
lIla.bing better further on; ana the great army
sshs--afors good and bad alike. were compelled
~ n follow his leading And he Is not the
Il as ne Who has gone out from Yale and has don.
A5S-oaSer educational work than mat outlined 10y
DfoagTj+ gTj+tonal policy Indeed fl may he confident
ter tfal.s +bef ~. work done by Yale graduates
> 'oSnestOrs outside OF New-HaVen, in recent
e euO Sss shown a much less close conformity
az Conservative ideas OF Yale than that done
~ first half OF The century. Too much honor
ue ~ ~ given no Daniel 9 Gilman OF the class
:. mn gS frst president of Johns Hopkins. He went
y, from Yale 10 assume the presidency or the
DIVERSITY OF California. and after some wears o.
.ST nurpose and life 10 that university he was
Sled 10 take uD new work il Baltimore. Dis
y1,rr he SET himself 10 the task Of building
\, smother rival college fer undergraduates, nut
-ssuates OF the best colleges % tho land could ad
T,roe in knowledge beyond the limits OF al the
alleges under distinguished FOR their original
tvestgstions and Tor thslr great atiainmenfS IN
- subjects which they undertook TO teach. HOW
Tsai ms s9,--Ss VIZ ~ a. hlJM - -" il,t.CIi
ne ola colleges a.f il-etlyu !" iii!h l"F : new
impulse and f0r his grand leadership in creating
lgy well know; and how great service he reil-
agei 10 the country can be witnessed by hosts OF
hight graduates o. johns HOPKINS filling most i'm
pgant positions m many or me leaulns coIeseS or
ts country and orngine 10 their work a rev
hslration derived from great teachers and new
methods o. scientific inveStieati0n. And among
he great men wnom Gilman gathered around him
Eih q Judgment thar WAS almost faultless we arc
proud TO name one of yesterdays orators. Or.
William II. Welch. N" most distinguished pathol-
cyst and 0acteroioEist in the country The d-
M influence unOn the colleges OF our country
Gated by Johns Hopkins. planned and admin
sisred by Or. Gilman can hardly he oVeresti-
usted The methods Of study and the learning
heinz ,.-~o,I,,caf
Atlantic 10 the Pacific in every institution that mas
Money enough 10 secure graduates of Johns Hon
kns for its faculty. number Of American coll
rfsssed them and have exnande5 iIto eenniae ~
VsFsities. But il Daniel Gilman who led the
way, and every man who cares for progress in
educational work and FOR the highest learning viii
acknowledge that the United States owes a debt
q gratitude 10 Dr. Gilman for the work which he
has done outside ~ Yale. President Gilman has
cen doctored by more universities and colleges
man any other graduate or Gale-indeed. any coll
lge that has not conferred the doctorate on Gill
stI in excellent health and is even now ready 10
iake up and 10 carry forward successfully another
Isy important educational work director OF the
Washington Memorial Association at the capital
". T HARRIS AND ANDREW D. WHITE.
I recall another name worthy to be mentioned
i,. ~ VIII espSglal hohor the name or a man not
aekng N hrllhsncy. but whose career has been
wrought out by such patient and faithful work
o lss no man ought to feel anything but joy ar the
ags rg9ess whG4 ne has attained refer to the Hon.
William T Harris. Of the class OF IS the accom-
Elshsd United States Commissioner OF Education
& !ne mghest educational work o. the country is un-
aouoiedly done in the colleges; but the greatest
Nok Is done In the public schools II is in these
lg Sgos that ne great body OF citizens of the
puonc are being trained, and the future of the
1ssnuy SO Tar az respects its peace and order and
.1ousu1al prosperity Is dependent on this work
a more than on Jne work of the colleges except
. isr as the work Of the colleges tells on the work
y lne schools. The teachers IN these schools are
-lnoered by hundreds OF thousands And tht, man
@ sao esn teach the teachers, giving them alike new
ehceptions Of their work nd new methods 90 do
ag their work. that an along the line from one
end OF the country TO the other there shall he ;
pedagogical revival with deeT,ened interesg 81
study on the part OF the millions OF scholars ia an
csuonal general. and III 10 be comma nder-in-
chef and William T Harris is The MAJ He Is n
I gIanOsopner He founded and has edited The
journal Of Speculative Philosophy the first iour-
40. a. ot the Kind In the English language n the
~ s-ess Ol phhosophN can properly be called Eng
& nm, ana yet he did not LOSE his common sense h?s
is @I way OF stating things his power of suggest
ssIlns them our oC the ruts nor his ability 10
Aboye the rosr IN IN teachers for their work
ne s0slcai learning with which our country is be-
ca supres.i' '4ls GEAR good sense and philosophi-
ne understanding OF teachers and 10 prove most
xsrs ysu 10 20 then Ills views on education arc al
h bIs sDshe. he. ana the great multitude who listen
N. sL ssL greater multitude make his Influence on
i'm Be hOHored as r. %go,e 9esees 9eyenq &c Calculation et
Waehsna sna what be IS doing The government a,
\ Hsr+s5s o = honoTeo Itself when fl made william
ever .is -. COMMISSIONER OF Education, and what
bs ne sae party in power he should be retained in
cause 20 olce as long as he Is able 10 the
pssf euacsuon as well as he has done in the
dfcai ai's5ew az w d White Of the class of SO, it is
a wria- % say whether he is more distinguished as
see o snd thinker forty years in adVance OF his
as the a. olpiomatist eminent for his services
of Russo HlatlNe OF his country at the courts
,hs r-sr aho Germany. an educator blending
edussf;angg OF land grant college with the broad
and sIrac.tl lueas cf Ezra Cornell and establishn
insftT515ecu successfully for years that unique
Cess IN snv ~ nets IhlFerslty Certainly his sue
Gent M 1ie o. these directions has been sufi
pFtsiaep. "a astlsIy the ambition of most men. As
theo-is. u NoFIleH ne did much 20 promote new
sducstis,O O education and 10 enlarge the scope of
crtsiss b institutions. The institution which he
uaks I'D hau ltte resemblance TO Yale, but Il is nos
Th1 sse leaoing State universities OF the West
IN is-ot OF the endOwments were doubtless
one Er,se oesree responsible for this though no
hans g2oSSss mat Dr. White. IL given a free
lhses 's-u nave attempted 10 reproduce a Yale at
0iginsi , 1onhe tnlng new and far possible
such IN anust lust De the outcome OF his iabors and
he W. Judgment OF the Yale faculty at the
siauuons SSle SSie outcome. As the years go on, in
soon Sross' nAs men. learn from experience, and
aeW on Sp on their unpleasant features and assume
history ~ tnat are desirable. This has been the
gree Ssr = SsoIleil ard without losing in any de
uoav tlouality She has az last fallen prac-
q the eO inc with an the successful universities
sone % .tl ~ Dr. White gave 10 her services
eenslder.iie nest years Of his life and not an in
ao'e part OF his fortune