New-York tribune., 1907-09-26
coLUNR[A'S WELCOME.
rs-rrEDES DR.. LECNH4RD.
R.oss-slt Professor fror BresfaH
4tfends Opening Exercises.

-. 7--,,e-s;tv's 15.tn academic year was
.Il, opened yesterday afternoon by exercises
80 ,n the gymnasium on MofnlnEsloe heIsi .
,asa..sso- james RignaT Wheeler. dean OF the
-. ~ 47ne arts. made the address Of the at-
- -. sneakinC or The Ideal Of College and
Q. University -, 1o.,,1+,-
prominent among the members OF me lae1its >
-, ~ the exercises was Professor Rudolf
s.o-hare dean Of the faculty Of law OF the Cii-
.srsitr OF Breslau. Professor beonhard Is le sec
"a Incumbent CT the Kaiser Wilhelm professor
sht, Of German history and institutions WLleh
corresponds TO the theodore Roosevelt professor
chin OF American institutions in the University ol
pe-,in which was held last year by Professor J.
y Burgess OF Columbia Professor l-eonhaTd
-go-e the robes Of a doctor Of Roman law and
.y-,sprudence ard was easily distinguished from
lis American colleagues
President Butler made q brief address In winch
he welcomed the students and commented on the
return TO his duties at Columbia OF Professor Bur
CESS. he continued:
We welcome also with all possible cordialty the
dean OF the faculty OF law in the University Of
Freslau, who. incumbent for The year or t@lt @
and institutions in Columbia University joins our
ranks as colleague and friend ,,,,.
WITHOUT slgnihcanee that b9th ProIsssoT T I1.ics
II GERMANY anG ProLessor I-eoilI%sro ar a. and
expouno ana interpret some oI ttS - -
eubilest phases Of the institutional NE 81 - -
university in particular. venture 10 commend l9r
the coming year the study OF the INSTITUTIONAL me
We are surrounded on every side by ec9nornigg
forces ana TloTeents of Tnlo1G @ nobie rs;sed ~
these new forces and movements InuSl DC os I,r,r
without oyerturning the work of the ages upon P
-zhicf as Foundation our nation and every CIV Il
tzed nation rests We must not attempt 20 Ne
must have care that We understand clearly what
the past lessons OF our history Ieac9 T This
done. the Of to-day can go feTNa,o Mor 1c17i,
1Tobienls by which they are faced Without ttl9 =.
knowledge as preparation we stasl5 st1;c ~ rT73~ass
rrnr, which extricstjon viii be difficult indeed, alla
continuance IN wren VIII mean 55 S Sf the com
T5anify 1a5aSf!l,s '--1 --0--'~
Professor Wheeler. in opening his speech CO.. Con,
s11ente6 or the work OF the college OF foIty Eeai
ego He briefly compared the work Of the od COZ
Iaya end the modern institution. Containing, ne
said:
There is taking shape before our eyes one o. ef
most interesting pictures IN Ine 81 $40" rgsized and
tangible form OF some Of the highest heeuS ass es
aspirations Of mans nsIg5s5 n cider countries
80 v-ile We nav have Inherited much from Eng
te form which our universities take must
OF course. be in accord with our oNa o s;,-sre,y
Nor need ne expect that their present olNetSi'9
vii disappear in The process Of development
In zneaking Of the ideal Of university Professor
Wheeler said;
,oa the essential ideal OF the professional school
IS hirh as YOU will make Il that OF dlshIeTe@stso @
es-Tjfe - the life Of mankind. and not yet have
you found all that may enter INTO ne eS s-,rs -
It must also embody recognition OF man mans IN n
s---lc+ze search for truth OF his eternai desire 70
erisrra the bounds of knowledge. II is the ele-
rnent which should permeate the whole instltt
given instances Il De rePrest
Nv , sensrate organization not It has been
more exclusively emphasized at the Jonns HOP
T-frr than AZ a,v other American university. ana
lis ideals lie at the basis Of the Carnegie 1hsl-
tuition
comes thereby a university. and without II me
1,rfrersitv viii lack what Plato calls me power
IF the wing 10 soar aloft Among The surroundings
Of our vigorous industrial life may sonnet ms IS
feel trpatent that this idea seems 70 grow SLOW
and 10 find q too limited popular sympathy bl'
that IL has made great progress IN comparatively
fezr Years is pretty evident. We must expect that
q viii often manifest itself c1udely and that tere
FSeuslO--esezrch well 1S5udO-cultlITe,
but the immortal Of the spirit which seeks
for more light cannot Do sainsaid-
This promises TO be the largest year that Colun1-
bia has ever known. Already this years reglstra-
1ion shows an increase Of $50 last year. and
81 is expected that when registration closes the
total enrolment in the university viii be over five
thousand.