New-York tribune., 1901-10-23

erty has very wisely been assigned 20 a distin-
Class OF IS Judge Taft has done 50 Well what
ever he has undertaken 20 do, and has aireaay SO
far succeeded bringing order out Of chaos IN te
Phiippines as 70 inspire the utmost confidence la
his uitimat" complete SurceSS sue "e b NO No at some
conscuusnCS IN tnS nation t',' itF he RS
time. he called % MI higher position th''h nc s
\ very respectable number a Na!e graduates
have been Senators and ftePreSen;a'Nf5 IN On "a
mention OF tie Senators it Will be SuIflcieni 10
Truman smith Roger : Baldwin and Jabez W
Pennington, OF Connecticut; John Davis; Ju!ias J
Rockwell and Henry l. DIwes 81 MassaI "a Di
wa-.; William NJ Evarts ana ChaunSey N, DTg5~ ,ST"
OF New-lo orb: George r HaHSs[ ot -\o''H yyarn
lima Randall /. Gibson, or Louisiana. Mtliaii Ta
bois. of Idaho. All OF these have exerted posi-
tive influence on either the pohucs or tne leeISla
of CONNIE udiug influence in the Seuat.' ana am
glad to say in the languaFe OF aHothfr IN n al i0 0l
stance have they betrayed the trust repo~ed III
them"
ATTITUDE ON PUBLIC AFFAIRS.
But the real history of country is Ho the record
rather AN account Of the development aad progress
OF the people snd eSPeS@"s @ orG - 4, and ultimately
does govern and v-nere the wisest leaders before
hopa of the country is moi i'm the astuteness and
ability of its great men but IN the yiFtWte, W NJ, IN III
aence and good sense Of The great oSNy on iI ne
pie. An ins;ttutl1u "f ie@tnirs Wh9Si' t1lue.iCt, ,
mass ~ the people in all parts Of the country. ar
frcting alike their ideas, their mode of thinkns
itat m. irf2 ~ PATRIOTISM and OF religion. has
impressed itself upon the character o. tnT hIISn S
reaching results than an institution WA4Se Cl'e'
ProEabiv th,. man q. real genius never owes his
success entirely 70 his college Ihy sLf @ l ~
the werld hatG not get thtr mSplrfSCu 'oi Some
ese. and some nave "tyn Ereat III Sll''h h, % sbssi
trained college The sloy "ngA niS Otei i,, sii1
aeS% . tnyti NmI 11 e In}yesy did 10, make PTesi-
irr
Webster. nor did B1wdoiu make Nathaniel Iiaw-
thorne. nor Gid Vale make John G. calhoun. These
men would have been men OF note no matter %heie
they might be grqduatcd The splrl5 o. man ,Id Ia
them was candle ~ the Lord and 'Ney touiu
aar ""ss has snSTa Sr f been o9s Of prde against
impending mist axes and dangers rather than one
own The college has criticised regulated, warned.
rather than originated aad led II has M, never & been
good deal like that Of the late Rey Or L%onard
Ways Ways voted the Wig or Republican ticket He
a% a vote 1S ' fh of DemSSrac k ard So emphasizs
his views on t4e tarn en! the pepoGrats tS SswdSS
st been good dean i IKE thf Voting one ticket
while wanting TO vote the other. because its con
servatlye critical attitude led II TO emphasize pa y
confidence in tn gener9 excellence OF party policy
od b hive & g Whfh 9e asans
in no doubtful manner; ard Taylor Silinaan;
her sentiments. The college was no less out
spoken for freedom and union Mhen both were ere en- en-,
economic teachings of Yale. like those Of all the
coIeges have been at variance with the prevailing
policy OF the country. On no important question of
national policy has the influence of Yale been
greater than the financial question, which In
one form another has agiJated the nation for
dental elections. The sturdy fidelity 10 what the
colleae regarded rs s9Urd principles contributed In
no small degree 10 the national verdict that
question But the OF Vale in public life
divided upon that subject As they had been on the
Rebellion, notable leaders ON both sides being fur
n,shed by Yale though in both cases the great ma
has furnished the country with number of dis
;inFulsEed diplomats. OF whom Eugene Schuyler.
or the class Of 80 though not the most prominent
or dis ,insuiShed was. think the most distinctly
representative. Edwards lhvrrepout. of the class
%r ~ r. and Wayne MacVeash and Andrew D.
White, both OF the class Of ~. among
5.,ost distusui shed cf Yale rep-esentatives at
foreign courts.
RELATION 70 EDUCATIONAL GROWTH.
! pass On now to consider Yale's relation TO the
educa tlohal development Of the country. HeTedity
oI 6Iood is much less complex than heredi,y OF