Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-03-15
DIR. DANIEL COLT GILMAN, PRESIDENT
OF THE CARNEGIE INSTITUTION.

| gious influences which corporation
can at best lmpcrfectly provide, but
which may be abundantly enjoyed In
! the homes, the churches and the pri.
| yate associations Of an enlightened
| Christian city
! What DR.. Gilman accomplished dur.
| Ing his long presidency was shown
when Johns Hopkins university cele.
brated It's twenty-Afth anniversary, at
which the notable feature Of the occa-
sion was the attention paid IT'S then
/. president emeritus by the assembled
| presidents of an the great colleges "
the land, BY az least five OF those col
leges he has been honored with the de-
gree of L. d., and his renown has eN-
tended around the world
! And this Is the man, already success
ful as the first president Of two great
universities Johns Hopkins and Cali
fornla. 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 1t shall cooperate with an
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 Sl0.OOO,0OO at
their command, to be used absolutely as
they may elect, the trustees Of this lat
est Of American colleges viii have the
opportunity for unlimited effort In the
direction not only Of the higher. but u
the highest education In his address
conveying the deed Of gift Mr. Carue-
gle said Gentlemen, your work be-
gins, your aims are high, you seek 10
extend known forces and 10 discover
and utilize new forces for the benefit Of
man. Than this there can scarcely be
greater work wish you abundant
success and venture 10 prophesy that
through your efforts In cooperation
with those Of kindred societies IN our
country our contributions to the adj
vancemrnt Of the race through research
will compare in the near future not UNI
favoraby with those Of any other
land"
That President Gilman has filed
many important positions Is already
well known, one Of the most onerous
being that of United States commits
sIoner on the boundary line between
Venezuela and British Guiana. lie has
been commissioner OF awards nc the
Atlanta exposition Of 1895, president Of
the Slater fund for the education Of the
freedmen and q 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 Civl
Service Reform league As speaker
he Is forceful and elegant, and as an
author he is wen known by his "tife
1f James Monroe" University Prob
ems ana Life Of James D. Dana"
AZ an age when most men are seek
ng relaxation Dr Gilman accepts
rust $50 vast that the mind OF ordinary
nan can scarcely grasp its details. but
which his capacity for great enter
lrises win doubtless send forward to-
ward q successful contamination. In
imately linked In the minds Of coming
win be the names Of Johns
hopkins, the Quaker; Daniel Colt Gil
nan the New Englander and Andrew
'ancglr, the ScO,chman. whose COM
lined efforts were directed toward rails
NC American educational institutions
D the highest plane. Their fame viii
Increase as the years roll by
ROGER p. BARNUM.