The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-03-17
DIR. DANIEL COLT GILMAN PRESIDENT
OF THE CARNEGIE INSTITUTION.

gious influences which a corporation
can at best ilnperfectly provide, bur
which may be abundantly enjoyed IN
the homes. the churches and the pri-
vate associations of an enlightened
Christian city"
What DIR. Gilman accomplished dur
ing his long presidency was shown
when Johns Hopkins university cele-
brated it's twenty-hfth anniversary, at
which the notable feature OF the occa-
sion was the attention paid Its then
president emeritus by the assembled
presidents OF all the great colleges OF
the land BY at least five of those col
leges he has been honored with the de-
gree of Ii. d., and his renown has ex-
tended around the world.
And this is the man, already success
ful as the first president OF two great
universities, Johns Hopkins and Cali
fornia, who has been selected by the
trustees of the recently projected Car
negie institution as its first president.
This institution is TO be established at
the nations capital, where it is in
tended that it shall cooperate with all
other institutions Of learning and be a
sort of advanced or postgraduate uni
versity, carrying on work along the
lines projected by President Gilman
many years ago. With S10.0O00oO at
their command, TO be used absolutely as
they may elect. the trustees OF this iat-
est OF American colleges will have the
opportunity for unlimited effort in the
direction not only of the higher. but OF
/ the highest education. In his address
conveying the deed OF gift MIR. Carne-
gle said: Gentlemen, your work be-
gins: your aims are high you seek 10
| extend known forces and to discover
and utilize new forces for the benefit or
man. Than this there can scarcely be
greater work | wish you abundant
success and venture to prophesy that
! through your efforts in cooperation
with those OF kindred societies In our
| country our contributions to the ad--
/ vancement OF the race through research
will compare in the near future not un-
/ favorabiy with those of any other
land"
That President Gilman has filled
many important positions is already
well known, one OF the most onerops
being that OF United States commis-
sioner on the boundary line between
Venezuela and British Guiana. He has
been commissioner OF awards at the
Atlanta exposition of 1896, president of
| the Slater fund Tor the educatlon OF the
| freedmen and a trustee of the Peabody
educational fund. executive officer OF
the geological survey Of Maryland. d.
rector of the Johns Hopkins hospital
| and president OF the National Civil
Service Reform league. AS a speaker
he is forceful and elegant. and as an
/ author he is wen known by his Life
OF James Monroe" University Prob
lens" and Life of James ID. Dana"
At an age when most men are seek
ing relaxation DR. Gilman accepts a
trust so vast that the mind OF ordinary
man can scarcely grasp its details but
which his capacity for great enter
prises will doubtless send forward to-
ward a successful contamination. In
timately linked i'm the minds OF coming
generations will be the names OF Johns
Hopkins. the Quaker: Daniel Colt Gil
man. the New Englander. and Andrew
Carnegie, the Scotchman, whose CONF
bined efforts were directed toward rails
ing American educational institutions
to the highest plane. Their fame will
increase as the years roll by.
ROGER Il. BARNUA.