New-York tribune., 1906-10-26
SEES FREE UNIVERSITY
DR.. McKeI1cay at ConUocation Pre-
diets One for Ne5C York.

Albany. Oct. 25.-The forty-fourth annual con-
vocation OF the University of the State OF New
York opened in this city tonight and will con-
tinue until Saturday. Prominent educators from
all parts of the state are attendance. The
sions, which will be held IN the Senate chamber,
will be devoted to 4 general discussion OF many
educational topics, principal among which will be
The Practical Administration OF School Affairs
IN this State"
DR.. st Clair 1rcKelway of Brooklyn vice-chan-
cellor Of the university. delivered the chancelors
address at to-nights session. the feature OF which
was prediction that free university education
would ultimately prevail in this state.
DR.. MKELWAYs ADDRESS.
DR.. McKelway said:
Ny Friends-The change in our time of meeting
will be the first thought in your minds. The Con-
That council comprises representatives Of great
educatonai interests In relation with the state The
midsummer meetings, the memory Of many OF
other educational occasions Which made attendance
upon Convocation difficult, and which rendered the
presence OF not few eminent educators impos
sLbe Our numbers even at midsummer were
ing to US was sometimes extreme.
TT The change Of date is, of course, an experiment
pertinent, and we all hope it will There are no va
e1I Us confrontlng US BetWeen now
time for to deliberate here and depart without
sure an election Of Significant strenuosity is at
nand, out the issues and the candidates TO come TO
Judgment at the polls are we'll known to the people
ana pear no relation whatever TO the work in which
BepaItmeqt OF Education nor the record OF the
system nor f6e or 1a9 GolGton s Ion e & our sGoqI
ILe1t enters INTO any platforms or nominat atoms
han hands Of voters. We have no right to apprehend
tenn from any result at the polls in this oonm3n
wealth in November next, and we certainly have no
then to be passed will engage our attention as
e aafag hS h9 Present pres msetng g
eno8g haoTT 9sem "a be said to have
and confidence Where there We're two boards
ts fe2e ff noW IS but o one MheTe there were two ss
mere was conflict there is now concord. and whers
Advantages can be suggested larger 1st than these
M Inc state has unified its educational system From
Scheme which the paFsnt as in view For Tie CHA
gewned, it marches to graduation, is the scheme
think thnk that this simplicity and progrsssivsnsss
TGG nave been a PTodsd at the start such H.
the people from the top to the foundation from
original Scheme Of edaoation Contemplated oho 6io
sen few rather than the people as WHOLE 94a Uni,
common school education. But common school
ali enghtened Republics and the pro9sion Of It IS
the bulwark and the glory Of the oonstitutions Of
held b, our common school system, That system
hend the edgcation Of the child from the beginning
TO- o the % end nd Of MS Sc Ss 9dr life have s no
as broad as long and as thorough as that l can
theology which any new state could not well take
in charge, and to which any older state. such es
New York. could not safely adjust It's educational
economy.
FREE UNIVERSITY EVENTUALLY.
Of this York & Of IS g n + fnd ss2P99
wisely be 9HsS more hoSpaBie spit than hostile TO the
antclpate it, We % Would not antagonse private
G but we or 0k @ 6r0g Is 70 bdse ts
in younger commonwealths, and we can coma:
which the conductors are embarrassed and in debt
cone This R TonIa do no yoJe1oe To sbeciag or
70 private Initiative The state is SO strong that It
t6at private wealth can provide nSt55ng 70: ts
csRnet tsef provide for the peopIe as Whole
The free school the free academy, the free college.
the latter in parts of our commonwealth We al
ready have The free university, with a full com
have & ana have long had and this state VII M eyent
f. H but naH Us 6a i've en % eReh Ye m re
5 IT. and r+a,, not few Of aIn6 uo hope VIII live long
The trend Of our state toward professional edu-
cation is a surety and prophecy of this. We allow
but only bv state examiners and BY state courts
tns1tutions to send up to us students in dentistry
Students Of medicine and Surgery are similarly edu-
Gated under private auspices or under chartered
institutions. allowed by the state, but the medical
boards. before which they must finally appear.
and by which alone they can be qualified to Prac-
B Board OF Regents as you all well know All this
these neids, 0''0 u
When I first became a member Of the Board Of
any relation 10 that board that board to them.
The progressive course which the state pursued
brought all these professions under state control
in the ultimate and in that fact is the warrant
that the state will provide the power to affect
these professions at the initiative The will
care of the matter Both can be trusted to @ assuTe sure
their work. and those of who may indicate
Justify our temperament and conviction,
quicken nor stay the forces which in events ara
as inherent and as indicative as character in the
think that our present state system OF educa-
nisrn. which harInoIlzes interests, and which ar
ticulates the Educational Department with all the
OF all the people, making that department as demo-
cratic and as representative as the people are
and progressive results which It has accomplished
or with which 1t has concurred, and will be so
vndicated for as long as our government shall .
endure among men.
ELMER z. BROWN SPEAKS.
Elmer z. Brown. United States Commissioner Of /
Education, at to-night'g session spoke "A Ma |
tional View of Education
The State Board of Regents to-day perfected the |
personnel Of the state board OF examinations which
IS have charge in the future OF the preparation /
Of the question papers for the State Regents ex-
aminations The appontees are representative of /
the colleges, the secondary and the elementary |
schools. They follows:
ColIsges-Nicholas Murray Butler, president Of |
Columbia University; Rush Rhees. president Of the |
University OF Rochester James p Day, chancellor /
OF the College OF ST. Francis Xavier and A Y. Y /
Raymond. president Of Union University, scheneo- |
Secondary schools-Edward L Stevens associate /
city superintendent, in charge Of high schools New
York City; Walter p. Gunnison principal Of Fras- |
mus Hall High School Brooklyn; Frank Rollins
principal OF stuyvesant High School Manhattan.
Frank D Boynton. principal Of the Ithaca High
School ithaca, and l. F. Hodge principal of |
Elementary Schools-WiIlian Henry AIexweU Su