New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-03-10
.sd,nt Gilman's Book on Johns
Hopkins University.


90.
,r.s both natural ana fitting that President
- on closing his twenty-five years asso-
o nth the university which he had guided
,,-th 20 honorable achievement and be-
IT, .r,ering actively upon his new RESPONSE
i o as head of the Carnegie Institution.
pp mace on record his recollections and i'm
s.uns OF the beginnings OF the very inter-
~. EDUCATIONAL experiment IN Baltimore. Ac-
.s.sv the articles which he wrote for
o-Tbner's Magazine" on this subject, now con-
s-shlv revised and extended. appropriately
~, she nucleus Of the present volume and give
!, re title. The appropriateness OF some Of
~. cher papers included is not so clearly ap-
-, They are mostly addresses delivered at
rs.rs important celebrations at colleges and
-,..-ss.Ies and. while doubtless containing
- ,sluable thoughts and suggestions OF gen
- snplicaticn. are. In the MAN. purely local
"a occasional that the only valid excuse for re-
.--,,ns them would seem TO be the expectation
r....,ehy attracting special interest to the book
-. ,be friends OF these institutions
- President Gilman belongs the credit OF nrst
.,r-scst,ng the need OF an institution IN this
-.r,+rv devoted primarily TO postgraduate
s.usv. or at least OF creating one, through the
s,,s.scuon Of Mr.. Hopkins. Certainly. he gave
-, srst impetus TO the enlargement Of the OPP
-...un,t,es for advanced education now so freely
ssr.-sd By Harvard Columbia. Chicago and other
s-.,, universities. To do this out Of hand. so to
...r 10 launch an educational bettleship-
- manned. prorisioned and equipped and
- 70 set san the moment it left the ways
-, feat as unprecedented IN the history OF
..roe,,ou as Il would be in the annals of naval
so,..-uction. II was q unique task. and he
-,-psheo Il Johns Hopkins University was
W. rrown Up, and Its later development has
a., m.-ely toward the strengthening and per-
..,snr O. those functions which IL possessed IN
he beginning
~. suggestion Of the university and the hos
-.sl founded by Mr.. Hopkins is said TO have
so-e from e wise friend, who thus advised him:
There are two things which sure 10 live
=, university for there viii always be the youth
q Train; and 4 hospital. for there will always
NJ the suffering 90 relieve" When DR.. Gilman.
.bs- p-esident OF the University OF California,
xss asked 10 take the headship of the educa-
,oual end OF the foundation he agreed. on condi-
inn that the university should be one In reality.
snd not merely IN name He had no desire to
resemble the gentleman OF whom he tells who
,-.-osuced himself TO President Day Of Yale
u. chancellor Of a Western state university.
How large q faculty have your" asked Dominic
70, any" was the answer.
.ifssvs you any library bufldings:"
Not yet: replied the visitor
'Auy endowment"
Zone" came the monotonous and saddening
what have vou2" persisted the Yale president
The visitor Frightened as he saio we nave a
vcy gooo charter
President Gilman had not only the charter. but
he endowment. and he then proceeded to select
liz faculty. wisely postponing the erection Of
rrsable Buildings until the peculiar needs Of the
Institution should in time be developed. The
University was entirely undenoninauonal and
uEaaged BY Iaymen. which. even SO short time
E was considered 3 dangerous departure from
the honored custom. When Professor Huxley,
ar on q visit 70 the United States. Was in
net 10 deliver the address ct the opening OF the
Institution. 1t aroused q storm Of protest and
brought down food Of condemnation on the
new undertaking.. The moment was OPP
perfume" writes DR.. Gilman. 'for informing the
public. through the speech Of the master. in re-
Eeot TO the requirements OF modern medicine
and the value Of biological research. / DO not
suppose" he adds. that any one connected with
The university had thought Of the popular hos
tlity toward biology" It existed then, however,
and made itself felt. "The fact that some
nIturslists were considered irreligious filed the
would be handed over TO the Evil One" Pos
slblg the troubles that speedily overlook the
young university, through the depreciation OF
ths stocks IN which its funds were invested
were by some well meaning but medieval
minded persons regarded direct and retrio-
utive interposition Of Divine Providence IN
American railroad management. DR.. Henry
Newell Martin was brought from Cambridge
h. oss1E q YYOfess0r
o. the distrusted branch OF science.
Two distinguished English mathematicians,
Professors Sylvester and Cayley. became orig
iL members Of the faculty. giving occasion to
tie comment by q prominent British educator
that Baltimore IS q seaport which exports corn
and imports mathematics" Equally distin-
gakheo in their lines. or 10 become so. were
cone Of the American teachers. as Professor
sL0ersleeye. n Greek. and Rowland. IN physics
Rowland was as enthusiastic IN his pursuit Of
tpoft as in that Of science. When chided for his
'ssh horsenanship IN following the hounds he
declared You should think OF the fox and not
o the ditch" II was the same Characteristic.
winch regarded the end rather than the obstacle
Iai carried him 10 q foremost place IN his pro-
'sssion A. the start the university secured
temporary Judgement IN two private dwelling
houses All want" said Rowland. lis the back
~chen and solid pier built up from the
eVlho" AS usual" remarks DR.. Gilman, he
w what he wanted" adding. however. though
nast be said that his requests were not al
Nsss SO restrained" Many delightful anecdotes
Ss recorded q the brilliant. eccentric and iras-
Gst Sylvester.
a., 9nElsined that the members OF his club
gssehh. mn dull. and the passers in the street
y r., -.H queer, when the truth was. as ne toIo
y - lie activity OF others around him kept
NJ S9.aln active and enabled him carry on his
x1-.seAtctuhl abstra ctions. Sometimes. however.
re- ssik absent minded. For example, he ar
~ t'h.la phla a late train and walked
nsfTesSSueo 70 his hotel The next morning he de-
iJss-.' us hat ano insisted that IL in the
vas sna Then he could not be persuaded that it
isgseTIoss stolen. until telegram from Washington
R.bree. ne fact that the hat had travelled in the
r<ansn car % WASHINGTON Once he told