Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-15

social questions and political sciences. Our
ignorance of such sciences and of foreign
countries had been one of our weak points,
and he determined to try and remedy
this.
THE beginnings Were very modest l we'll
remember the poor little school, established
in a narrow street which has since disap-
peared. 1t was quite a private undertake
ing; -fhe state gave no help but the idea
was so fecpnd and the crea ton answered
such need that the success was most sur
prising Shortly after the opening of the
school the best citizens, the greatest think
ers the most useful sons of France were
to be met there with others, either as
teachers or as pupils, and sometimes in
both capacities. Mixed with a troop of in
significant youngsters Zone of whom l was),
such men as Taine or Leon Say were seen,
never missing lecture, and taking notes
like the rest of u.s.
Revered by Frenchmen.
Nowadays the 'Ecole des Sciences Poll
tiques' is known the world over, and mil
lions of Frenchmen bless the name of the
good citizen who, out Of nothing, in the
hour of need, created it-Emile Boutmy
Twenty-Five years after the foundation
medal was struck to commemorate the
event. and the inscription on it is the best
recompense its creator could aspire to:
'Scholae in luctu publico. spe indomita,
conditae, vfrorum civium que nuctriei
fdlEld UleHlOr. Inc diploma winch mat
school gives to its successful pupils has a
recognized value; for those of us who have
received IL, the fact is now recorded s7in
their official biography in our foreign office
list From that school come every year the
majority of the young men who enter the
various branches of French public service
open by competition to all candidates At
that school, as In many others in Paris
young Americans are to be seen and need
not say that they are most welcome
"A friend and guest of this town. and. of
this republic, 1 form no better wish Tor
your university than this: May 1t be sas
successful as the .Ecole des Sciences Poll
tiqueS' has been in France. May we soon
see the day when young Frenchnlen, re-
turning their American friends coinpli-
ment. will come here and study yoiir great
country. her organization and institutions
at the George Washington University
famous then the world over
Institutions in Germany. -
After hearing from France Commissioner
mcfarland introduced Andrew D. White
as one who could speak for Germany. and
referred to Jefferson's ambition to found a
university which in Cornell DIR. White had
accomplished.
In beginning. Mr.. White alluded to the
fact that university at the national capt.
tai had not only been proposed by Wash
ington and Endorsed by every President
since his time, but that it had received a
widespread support among unbiased schol-
ars throughout the entire country such as
had been obtained by no other educational
effort In the history of the country.
He next dwet upon the special character
istics which make the federal city the best
possible seat of great university, and
spoke in part as follows:
Consider. first. the great scientific enter
prises and organizations which center here
the coast survey, the Smithsonian and
Carnegie institutions, the Department OF
A. ~t,tt fGa arfFx aafat- .1f ffn
terror. with its bureau of education, and
the long catalogue of other bodies associat-
ed for the highest special purposes which
a great university would include.
Consider the beginnings of universities
already SO nobly made-the George WasiI-
ington University, with its splendid career
thus far and its admirable plans for the
future; the Catholic University. founded by
one of the noblest and most farsighteJ OF
American educators. Archbishop Keane; the
Methodist University, founded by that emf
nent American scholar, the late Bishop John
+, Hurst, and by no means least among
these efforts, that which has been made so
Bobiy and with such seif-sacrifice. through
out so many years, by John w. Hoyt in
behalf of a governmental effort TO aid IN
the creation or university
Libraries, Museums, Laboratories.
Consider the libraries gathered here
with their vast collections in every field OF
human thought--the Library of Congress
the libraries OF the departments, the Car
negie Public Library. the library of the
Geographical Society, the special libraries
of various organizations.
Consider its museums, from the great
National Museum down, in their various
stages Of development ali directed and per-
mested by earnest thought and devoted
purpose. -
Consider It's laboratories, in every scien-
tific field, directed by some OF the most
eminent scientists of the world. and allied
| with eager investigators
.ConAider what Is greatest of all Ia select
! ing university canter-the men here gath