New-York tribune., 1908-02-15
MAYOR TO RUTGERS MEN
alumni Hear Him Praise Small
COLLEGES.

Two hundred and fifty members Of the Rutgers
College Alumni listened TO speeches by Mayor Nc
Clellan, Governor Fort of New Jersey. W. H. ..
Demarest, president of Rutgers College. ana tiie
Rev William Rivers Taylor, Of Rochester at tne
Hotel Plaza last night. Robert f. Farley, presl-
dent of the alumni presided. Thirty members Of
the faculty came to the dinner from New Bruins
wick in a special
Mayor Mcclellan praised the small college for
its work Of preserving the love of the humanlues
against the spirit Of commercialsm he SAID:
Our country entered the period of the Civil War
poor ana emerged from it one OF the richest On
earth. Our people dazZled by the uhaccus- @
toned national wealth that for time the great ma
jority forgot all else in mad struggle Iot q siits
Some Of universities were not aItogeIhei rb e
from the prevalent spirit Of commerclalsiil 1Aes
We'd with each other in teaching every & u lin
Thev annually turned loose upon the world thou
sands of little half baked, SNUG lnnul M i tb ace
for the dollar. all guaranteed to possess @ d,na
that university ought to give except ai
During the late eos and the 7Vs when most Amer amer
leisure to acquire the culture Necessary for its
sane enjoyment the lamp OF .t .esrts nv the small
colleges of the United States such DIS
It was once the fashion in this country to sneer
the college professor as hopeesstbS, p bS, 1gav on
the oor CT the Stock Exchange and be quite ol1 o
able to organize a chain OF sillah Nhii>'
Yet the little groups Of scholars scat{egee Hbe
and there in the weak ana are entitled to
Just as much of the nations gratitude as are me
great captains who have organized our inU us'--e7
Commercialsm in private and in pupmc pdi ton i1,e s
bsd bsdo5d snoWgn %grds bHt eploFables o9meroaiS
Because Of the 81 tb for which they
were founded there is scarcely uTlVefSIty III tIs
e4Hng ta5 To- the tfa Humane as Ge letters As long
country continues TO possess ph9s9pnee }es. Scholars
like Wilson and West and Finley: college Presl-
dents ike Eliot Schurman and Demaresl, @ anu @ nlet
re
taught his countryrnen to know and love me pe<o
tifuf. there wiz be no danger of the c4iese & pro
fessor. know him. giving place 10 the eouca-
tional commercial traveller; +. so-,o,s danger or
decadence that preserves its moral tone. mat nat
some individuals may say the people as whole
have always been true TO our naiiona. taa Ius ~ ~
business honor higher; no people are more honest
than we are.
Governor Fort said that the development OF in
dividuaI character, Of men OF courage and IN
tegrity the greatest need Of the country. we
have put too much faith in the form OF govern
ment and too nttlc in men" said Governor Fort
eve must not only hold UP our system for ad-
mration the best, but must live 1t out IN actuai
life. We have been singing the song OF the re-
public the song OF constitutional form OF gov
ernment but the system is not ALL We must nave
men TO carry 1t out" He continued:
Too many men of character have been leaving
ecution Of which lies the perpetuty OF our country
this form OF government and without your acting
as individuals in the best light God gives you
this Republic cannot stand No action on your part
is bad wrong action on the part OF the otiier
fellow. -, /. .. :;
We are coming a time when TO succeed IN
politics will have TO staIo 1or VIA ne
Ieves to be right and convince the public that ne
is honestly doing so.
other speakers besides those On the programme
were Judge Willard P. Voorhees,, OF the supreme
C,o,,r+ or New Jersey and DR.. Austin Scott, pro-
fessor Of constitutional law al Rutgers
These officers were elected: The Rev. Henry L.
C-obb president; John W. Herbert, vice-presldent;
Drew W. HageInen, secretary ana Charies l.
Pattison, treasurer.