Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-03-15

that the United states has en-
tered upon the last and high.
est or intellectual stage Of IT.
development It's physical resources
have been exploited and developed
with unprecedented rapidity and ON a
scale never before known in the worlds
history. It's commerce has reached
out to the uttermost parts of the
earth There is now a relluent wave
Of development by which America
turns about and applies the mere
ment Of its natural resources to tn,
cultivation of intellect, IT. as the poe
said long ago, the proper study o
mankind is man so likewise IL has lat,
terly been recognized that the greatest
product of the centuries is man. TC
produce the highest type Of mankind is
the laudable endeayor Of our educators
today, and II is to the everlasting credit
Of our race that when such appears he
is given universal acclaim
From the present intellectual recep-
tiyity Of the world in general optimistic
philosophers argue that the time is
ripe, or nearly so, for the appearance
of the consummate flower Of our civil
llzation in the person Of some one in
dividual who shall surpass every other
Of his kind. To this end all our edu-
Gators have been laboring in the past,
and there Is probably no one man who
has done more TO bring about the de-
sired result than Dr. Daniel Colt Gil
man, president elect Of the projected
Carnegie institution.
In reviewing what he has done for the
Advancement Of his fellow men, Dr. Gil
man cannot, Of course, be considered ly
himself apart, and no one would more
freely than he acknowledge the debt he
owes TO society and TO the influences
among which he was born.
No man stands for himself alone, lso-
late and independent In himself he
represents conditions and environment
In short, the status Of the civilization
of his time. So II would seem in a
measure inyidious 20 write of this great
educator without referring TO the form
alive influences that affected his ca
reer, and especially the men who made
his great achievements possible Most
prominent among the first named We're
DR.. Gilman's ancestry and the institu-
lions OF the section In which he passed
his youth. lie is descended from Coun-
oilor John Gilman Of Exeter N. H., an
Of English birth who came
10 America In 1898 He was born July
J. 1881. pursued preparatory studies In
he city Of New York and entered Yale
'ollege, from which he was graduated
n 1859. The three succeeding years We're
devoted to study and travel in Europe |
where for awhile he was attached to the /
United States legation at st. Peters /
Durg and later was a commissioner to /
he French exposition OF 1855 In which .
rear he returned to America and ac-
epted a position as librarian at Yale. !
Between 1856 and 1872 he was professor
4 physical and political geography at
lis alma mater secretary Of the Shelf
Ield Scientific school, q trustee Of the
Winchester observatory, visitor OF the
'ale School Of Fine Arts, for short
line city superintendent Of schools IN
Few Haven and secretary Of the state
GARD OF education.
In 1872 DR.. Gilman crossed the contl-
ent and became president OF the Uni
ersity Of California There he first
lsplayed that rare breadth Of view. in
light into the best university methods
nd absolute genius In executive ability
hat made him celebrated Or Gilman
ad been called 10 California In 1870.
nd az the first president Of the uni
ersity gave great satisfaction 10 It's
agents and added strength TO the insti-
ition, He founded several chairs and
REQUIRED their endowment by wealthy