New-York tribune., 1901-10-23

notice of. He has fought no battles ah VII take
PGa5d R1 g5en6 Pd2 parties f7 r To- ysOry H has outlined s
even wIitJea book But the influence of Gs dssIss no.
life was ended here ana the Wilson Soe when
day %ill carry 10 heir graves the memory - 81 hs
have done good work in life they @ Win Il amy ny, Of them
s1d 1 ~ @ Il IN m no small degree 10 his teasbss
Two very eminent Yale men who have had -
in a certain wSv are Noe5 1rb S-Jn IN this country
et i'!s and Joseph Z. Worcester of The I nIass slass
H oIe american people who are at all parriS1,s
aooGt taelr spt erh have been accustomed To r.s
schools in former times of Websters s5eIT InGe S IN
2hc MS disappearance in these later Javs 0oeS %
syuGeats IN these days There is nothing ssss ULsSss
tne secondary scaOOis need so much as a wIlea
lished statements respecting the defciancS pun
cents IN the elements of Englsh-a defeSsssu- ssu-
IN English literature after students enter coIeses
] Ine great educational work done by Yale is =.
course the direct work OF training its Nv, : OI
cents WIKI few exceptions the grqdyIates 80 y1- s1-
- Iec9sAized the training they received as va1
ItDle and nave been grateful TO the college fI va
ability that the same cbair 9b bs Hl,ea @ with equal
always with uniform ability that some profsed saed
nave oeen 5etter teachers than scholars and s
ers,,f 90rs b tn2n teachers and that the under
5y 6acdiy was Individually and collectively .vs- s
cannot be doubted that the work done here se
centuries has fitted men well for the strugrIses e
lie, and that of the graduates of tbs @ ssis
have been respectable and respected in ' A. eoless
munities where they lived and have - basn sne con con
nized as men of influence. But who can tan Inscss
story of their lives? In the Trie1niaT HtI tsI he
OF Yale the names of about 22G09 graduates aug
corded OF these about 500 have held positsa,fs
Yale or some other college about $3.50 bsvs @ a
special record for PUBLIC office or work and sSas
1Sl"V nae no record beyond their acaden,c ~
gree Who can tell how much the country :, s ss
World owes to these Z2d00 men? The numS.rIs Is
very small compared with the many millions y
people who have lived in the two cenfIrsss s 10 Or
gone And yet do not doubt that in soula .s ss
tended. through these 22OCO graduates n las ss s
'IieN ideas or their principles or their lives
YALE IDEAS AND METHODS
1t would be invidious TO mention the pa,a, :,
distinguished scholars who have conTribnta5s ibes .,
build up the educational work of Yale and To.t
IL the potent factor il has been in the edcs,,Ss aSs
the country because ii would he i,onlen 1uoeauon q
name all. You OF former generations and vou y ',
men vino by their learning vigor and cuItnra nsq s
much more for you than merely instruct The h,
IS long and noble one, of which no YalensIan esr
fail 70 be proud. Though great men have a. Saa
great men have been found to take their psrss scs
son with the faculties Of other days ''ADa'r
nero Inc rolI OF presidents is a famous one but how
ever much w" may admire the former presidents
ot Wh9m the men in this audience have had pss,
sonaI knowledge Day. WoOlsey. Porter Dwight ~
T. Hadley, son and intellectual heir Of he sy- y,
o enoeIed James Had!ey, is az Least the uesT
Most Of the Yale men who have engaged in IN.
NIB Mosh GI edGcatlon have had on them all their
HXeS; ne stamp or Yale College and have cher
lsned the Yale ideas and have followed the Val.
4lrtIouS- NO otner single word de5CrihsS
sheSe are SO Wei IS conservatism They have hell
Iast 10 what was good and have been slow 10 en-
the past had succeeded in giving men power @ ba az
seemed 20 them good enough for the future and
discipline or culture without power AS A rssT5
the manliness. force and independence which bar,
reproduced throughout the country by the pernsaf
ing influence OF Yale training A boat race" said
a newspaper correspondent last summer SIS never
lost by Yale till the race IS ended" He meant 5y
i erted DV Yale n the last +Ta
race would finally be won II il were possible as h
| generally is. II is that resoute determinaton 10
| DO ones best i'm a manly wav everyTbers in i,s
without afectatiOn snObbery or parasfticaI ".
/ cophancy or the undue worship OF ancestors tbsr
IS the characteristic mark OF Yale men and thar is
\ sure to appear wherever Yale men teach AMI
/ whore have they not taught? North South EasC
\ and West Yale educators have been work found
/ ing colleges and academies and schools. formulst-
/ the policy Of States more liberal even than
/ that of the mother New England stimulating pub
lie interest IN new methods and building up graded
/ systems of popular education, with all the varied
institutions needed for its perfscti9n The earlier
| tempSs 20 establish in new territory colleges
/ mouth and Hamilton may be taken as examples
/ The first three presidents Of Princeton were Yale
/ Jonathan Dickinson. Yale 1706 more than to the
efforts OF any other man, are due the founding ant
/ work ~ Aaron Burr. the second president, Yale
1886 confirmed the Yale tradition in Princeton. and
/ dent Yale. 172o according 10 Halleck contributed
/ more 70 tho fame of Princeton on the Continent
other Official connected with its history" The hrsy
Dr. samuel Jdhnsoa Yale INA He was the only
| EpiscOpalian clergyman in Connecticut. Was hgnN
/ esteemed hy Benjamin Franklin and was urged BY
him to become president Of the institution founded
I by him in Philadelphia. afterward the university
/ of Pennsylvania. When Kings College was reof-
1 ganized as Columbia William Samuel johnson
! Yale. t344 a distinguished United states senator
/ the frst president He was the first graduate Of
Yale to receive an honorary degree n LaW ha.s ,-
been made Doctor OF Civil Law by oxford = -, a.
Z Dartmouth College had for its founder and and nIs
president DR. Eleazar Wheelock Yale lEs - ms
Conn. The story OF his work for the Indians ns ana
the devel@pIlent OF MS Inaan ] 9C 90 5 e re1eition
here The Yale stamp has always been on pSr
heu'o; bI rd S"I i n5r niike Hamilton CoiIege was
tabFshed by charter Of May Is lS,2 ~ was l.u I, =
CIasS Of 1-sS VITO drew his Inspiration from Elsa1af
Whee'ock of the class Of l723. presloent o. Ia ar
I growth cf CErtstian work for the Indians FL
fifty years cf its existence practically ~ ny W. we
I vale graduates. Among them we're 1I7.7 some men
eminent that they will not soon be forgotten
IN THE GREAT NORTHWEST
The ordinance Of 1881 providing for the goysrI
I contained, among other remarkable arue!ees d NJ ~
qggsment, Of R9f PF2TlIh 6Sstv lST and
ing necessary to sood government ana ' oS e91ca.
/ tiOn shah forever BE- encouraged -, q, NJ, .havss
That ordinance has been most faithfully ooesTy pew
state carved out of the territory having MADE nUO
provision for public educat0n from J+ tf stab
school 10 the university ohio JnIverslt!' $3.50
lished at Athens Ohio. in 1850. bears ne yIlVts5
distinction OF being the first college IN lns s, he
States founded upon a land endowment rom 5asf
rational government. and also OF being lie Ssb
/ roIIsge in the Northwest Territory" DIT Nanas7sa
! cutler was the Father Of the University ,,js.
| was Vale man. Of the class of no ana q ANE Es
/ ter of the gospel pastor in Ipswich, Mass az az
drew up the plan for the college ana hlae hl;sisturs
much like Yale as he could out the - lSs. q, the
modified his plan and assumed large powers ~
! election Of trustees. that Ohio Ciusenrns.
/ though a child of Vale. did not ultimately I'riry Ieiry
/ Yale as much as IL resembled state rhsd
But that was not because Dr. Manasssn CI'S ~ hsd
forgotten the character of his Alma Mater " -srr-
broken away from his Yale CONSERVATISM y ~. fOr
pIy because other Influences were 700 sSose s-st 10
start higher education in the great nor sf
rttnr,- and h. Institution founded bN (utfl -