New-York tribune., 1902-02-20
THE PASSING THRONG.

President Eliot Of Harvard University was IN
town yesterday to attend the meeting Of the Arbi-
tration Board He registered at
NEW the Manhattan. The continued III
PLANS FOR health OF Mrs. Eliot has made II
HARVARD necessary for me abandon the
trip that I vas TO make through
the West this spring" he said Mrs. Eliot has
been i'll for six weeks now. and her condition does
not admit that I should Ie9ve home for so long
a time The chief effort At Harvard Just now is
directed toward completing the new medical school
for which funds have already been generously given
by Mr.. Morgan and Mr.. Rockefeller. The new
school will srl be in Boston. but nearer BrOOkIine
buildings All 6e1artrnents Anofber new nroiecr is
the Emerson Hail. for the different branches of
with Seayer Hail II viii house under one roof All
those branches Of phil0sophv that are now scat
educational branch; for at Harvard men are taught
70 teach philosophy. \ preliminary meeting was
held in Boston the other day to arouse interest
for its construction President Efot's vet car
Tied with il the impression that the cornerstone Of
Emerson Hall would be aid before very long, as
IS hoped by its promoters.
The Count and Countess C A wachsteustein Of
Paris. are at the Gilsey House. We have been in
this country for over two months
ADVISES now" the count said yesterday,
AMERICANS and have enjoyed ourselves great
TO KNOW Iy. We came for pleasure. and
THEIR OWN have certainly found It. We have
COUNTRY been in California the South.
WashingtOl. and have hnaly
reached New-York. We sail soon now for Gibral-
tar. must confess that DO not find New-York
the most beautiful the most interesting part Of
your country. California easily carries OF the
prize as the finest section OF the United States
have been surprised at the number Of Americans
VINO 90 not know their own country. surprised De
cause so many Of them do know Europe. There
are plenty OF Europeans Who do not know the
otner countries OF Europe, but then they DO not
know America. either. Americans are good trdv-
not see their Own Country rst thnk that the
French, English and Germans are every year COM
m and MOI 70 co Ifya fHlr hal
much to learn from the United states and are
the tinted states should he a 1art Of a EuroDea1's
education. But II should also be part Of an
J. \. wtTcutt the junior member OF the noted
New-England firm of builders. who built the
larger part Of Memorial Hall at
HOPEFUL Cambridge. the Harvard Archi-
FOR tectural Building, the Hotel SOM
FUTURE OF erset. and other we'll known
MUNICIPAL structures. is hopeful of the future
ART. for municipal art in this country.
1t is perfectly true that the
present time the outlook sometimes seems hope
less he said at the Imperial last night. but am
not one Of those who. with Professor Norton, have
no hope. New-York is ugly at almost every turn,
and in Boston what might have been made one IF
the most beautiful squares anywhsFe TO- be IouRa M
was allowed TO be seriously injured artiStlcaIy oy
the erection OF building that dwarfs every one
OF the spIendld structures around C9p1Iey Sq-tI7
Not only Richardson's church; but MchNin, Mead
q Nhites library are Injured To- an t, eX{5nL Z Lnt
of the way such things are managed in Paris. But
7 have always the memory OF the Capitol at wash
in-tOn Crow1iug PennsyIvauia-ave, one Of the
noPesJ 6udlagS IL M In one 9I ,d ne & nI0sS 5y f @
as a nation like individual who has been
working so hard TO attain wealth and position and
a firm footing in a community that he has not had
time TO think IbOUt art. When he has gained
his desired station ne looks about him. sees that
certain things beautiful and desirable, and sets
about getting them At last We nation are
now near that stage. l a sure. soon shall
realize how much missing of beauty and Of
pleasure to the eye, and will set about making
good