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

CalIfornians, assisted IN securing IN,
Lick observatory and early acquired
that confidence Of business men whicl
! was subsequently Of such vast benefit
| to the cause of educaton
But 1t Is on account Of his great worn
In connection with the Johns Hopkins
university, a work in which his genius
was displayed during a quarter centu.
| ny, that he Is best known This unver.
slty, one Of the latest to be- founded In
the United States, but which has be,
/ come a giant almost In infancy. Owed
| It's inception to the man whose name Il
bears Johns Hopkins, a Batmorear
Of good old quaker Nock, who In 1856
associated twelve prominent citizens
! with him as trustees in the incorpora-
! ton Of an institution Of learning to
which he pledged his fortune Nothing
was done toward the carrying out OF his
| design until after the death OF Mr.
Hopkins, which occurred in December,
1873
After providing for all his near rela-
lions this eminent philanthropist who
deserves to rank with George Peabody
and others Of his kind gave by will TO
the two institutions which now bear his
name-the Johns Hopkins university
and the Johns Hopkins hospltal-prop-
erty valued at that time at $1,000 600,
Included in the gift 10 the university
was the Hopkins estate at Clifton a
suburb Of Baltimore This consists Of
$50 acres Of land and was doubtless IN.
tended by him as the site Of the future
university He left the trustees abso-
lutely unhampered however, and they
later established the university In De.
tached buildings In the heart OF Balti-
more. which fact has probably operated
adversely to the Conference of the insti.
tuition and the preservation ~ tradi-
lions which are so dear to all cole.
gians
Vast as was the scheme Of education,
resulting In one Of Americas foremost
universities, II was broadly outlined in
President Gilman's inaugural address
delivered in Baltimore twcnty-six years
ago In the first place ne said What
are we aiming at?
AN enduring foundation. a slow de-
yelopment; first local then regional
then national influence, the most liberal
promotion Of all useful knowledge the
special provision Of such departments
as are elsewhere neglected IN the cOun-
try, a generous atiiliation with all other
avoiding interfereuces and
engaging in no rivalry; the encourage
ment Of research and the Advancement |
Of individual scholars, who by their ex.
cellence viii advance the sciences they |
pursue and the society IN which they |
dwell
What win be our agencies?
"A large staff Of teachers. abundance |
Of instruments. apparatus. diagrams,
books and other means OF research and .
Instruction; good laboratories with an
he requisite facilities. accessory innu-
.nccs coming from Baltimore and /
funds so Unrestricted
'harter 80 free. schemes so elastic that
IS the world goes forward our plans
win be adjusted TO It's new require
nents
What viii be- our methods?
Liberal advanced instruction for
hose who want Il, distinctive honors
or those who win them. appointed
curses for those who need them. spe-
.ial courses for those who can take no
'ther a combination Of lectures. rect.
ations laboratory practice, field work
nd private Instructions the largest dis.
retIon allowed 10 the faculty consist
mt with the purposes In view and
nally. an appeal to the community 10
Increase our means, 10 strengthen our {
ands TO supplement our deficiencies
nd especially to surround our scholars :
Nth those social. domestic and reli-