New-York tribune., 1907-01-20
OHIO SOCIETY Dimes.
EDUCATION DISCUSSED.
about 100 Members and Guests Hear
of States Colleges.


Waldorf. Some four hundred and fifty former resi-
dents Of the and their guests present to
hear about "Ohio in Education" the topic OF the
evening. Senator Foraker unable TO be pres
ent.
Colonel John J. MocOok president Of the society,
presided. and grace was pronounced by Bishop
Leonard, OF Ohio. the society's chaplain Senator
Foraker 10 have spoken Education the
Safeguard OF the STATE" The speechmaking
started by James r. Garfield. Secretary OF the IN
terror, whose subject was Education and Citizen
ship"
Then the Rev. Or. Charles F Thwing. president
OF Western Reserve University. spoke 1.-THE
Relation of the Higher Education 70 the State"
William F. Pierce. president of Kenyon College
told Of the work Of the small colleges in Ohio
The Contribution of the College 10 the State
the subject allotted 10 the Rev. DR. Henry
Churchill King. president of Oberlin. The New
Wooster was described by the Rev. DR.. Louis
Edward Holden. president of the university. The
last two speeches We're Western Civilization" by
James H Garfield. librarian Of Columbia Univer-
sty and Reform and the Speed Limit" by Wade
H. Ellis. Attorney General of Ohio.
Colonel MoCook, in his Introductory speech, said
that the success OF the Ohioans in the metropolis
had been pronounced and great almost as II
had in filing the White House with Presidents.
and other prominent officers OF the government
DR.. Thw1ng said, in part:
The state first makes the university. the uni
versity then makes the state and. following this
mutual creative process, both state and university
The State of Ohio has conferred upon the cause
Of ifs higher education at least three paTticuisE
system The hFst university founded in the North h;
gS T5s 5 TbS 5t also % as o Ohio
University. 1t was placed IN Athens-a name most
The Foundation thus laid was extended to OK. Ok,
seT9nyge eT a yeaTs. blessed the Community and
after long Interval 10 the great HniyeTTsIty e.
sS tenn oaRS Ras % sue S has sprss
1 han NJ he Z
Golden Gate
This state however. has not been contented with
founding a state system OF higher education. 1t
has given form and substance 70 the denomln,a-
Sty fI cosge These % fouF types Of the higher educa
ton exist in great prosperity in Ohio
Attorney General Ellis said. in part;
We are stu fighting in this country. We are
administration OF public affairs. for higher stand
old painting back in Ohio tonight It Is marvellous
20 reflect that only one new generation has come
the nation alto In England IT took more than hun
statue Of Charles end olver Cromwell side BY
side IN Westminster Square But tonight while
Not 6or @ & Is I %o Is @
garded in Ohio as too young for any really Ssy. r.
the birthday Of Robert e Lee, and the orator Of
hero of the Confederacv is Charles Francis Adams.
of Massachusetts. Massachusetts, and Virginia.
days started TO talk about. The serious Ques-
ton is whether or not we sometimes try 10 go too
dulun. They tell the pendulum is going 20 swing
PACK ana Ihat al tnese retorns @ nv i,S
don't believe the pendulum will ever swing far
adultersted foods a favorite prescription for the
sick ROOM railway rebates and determinations
sacred right, or corporate greed and lawlessness
protected institution of society But II anything
going TO make the pendulum swing back IL will be
m a II s hesi to @ fsr fopsPS ~ saY there{or
let beware of the ultra-rsdicais who would right
Let us avoid too much new legislation either in
state or nation. Let US test the efficacy Of that
which have. Let not risk the great achieve
ments OF today by premature struggle for the
gait is Just as fatal TO virtue as IT is 10 vice
should like 20 see the speed limit respected on the
speech our splendid President ever made was when
| he denounced the muck-rakers.
The greatest danger OF this country is that re-
form win become extravagant and fantastic as
TO appear ridiculous. Once get the laugh the TO
an alliance between the demaRogues and the po-
tical reectionaries. Each is anxious to egg the
the agitation of evil and the man who would like
to see a return 10 the old evil days are playing
hand in hand The Teactionary furnishes the dem
I agogue with argument. and the demagogUe fur
! nishes the reactionary with hope
After a standing toast to the President Of the
United States had been drunk, Commissioner Gar
field spoke. He said. in part
Many after political hOnors. but few
who have rendered efficient service 70 their coun-
Try can & tell i2 how to Obtain them Many men go
that the ward politician knows more about poli-
who believes that our forefathers had no vices,
hut they knew hOw-to solve their problems, and
their forefathers and that too. will solve our
The time has gone by when the essentials of edu-
cation 70 be taught in the schools are only the
three RS" We must give instead broader and
practical lessons IN citizenship lessons which were
necessary a few decades ago We hear to-
e '9G a9Sn dns TRe horde II %
and their children take pride in individuality and
think OF little else than their right 10 riches and
political honor.
4 Tr,o bo Ja hoe 10
political rights unless he has performed the duties
citizen.
When President Pierce arose to speak small
group Of Kenyon men got up and cheered and
then sang their college song
1T looks well for the small Ohio colleges" he
said, when think Of what who were
trained in them have accomplished We need not
! be ashamed of our small colleges They have done
/ good work"
Il used TO think" said President King, that 1t
would have been a good thing had all the colleges
Of Ohio gathered into great universities
| Now however, when I review the work of the
small colleges and think of the they produced.
glad that almost every Ohio boy has a col
| lege within a stones throw. In number We have
! a constellation. and not one great SUM-
The list of speakers did not comprise half OF the
! well known persons present At the presidents
! tablo were General Henry A. Burnett and Colgate
! Hoyt. both e1-presidents OF the Ohio SOoety; DR.
! William NJ. Polk. president Of the Tennessee Soci-
/ ETY.: Chancellor MacCracken OF New York Univer-
sity. the Rev. DR.. Alfred Tyler Perry president of
/ Marietta College; Robert F. Ogden, General Gren-
! willie a. Dodge president OF the Iowa Society; Con
/ eral James II. Wilson. Major General James f.
/ Wade, Ex-Governor Myron T. Herrtck OF Ohio;
4 Professor Herman A. Schumacher. Kaiser Wilhelm
| professor OF Columbia; Harlan p. Amen, principal
| OF Phillips Exeter; the Rev DR.. Herbert weloh,
! president Of the Ohio Wesleyan University: Gem
eraI Thomas II. Hubbard. commander OF the Loyal
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