New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-10-23
CONVOCATION OPENS
DR.. Mex eI5oay GiUes address OF
Welcome-Dr. Schurman Speaks.
rRv telegraph to The Tribune. ]


Albany Oct 2-In opening tonight in the Senate
Chamber the annual covocation OF the University
Of the State OF New York St Clair MckeiWay'
vce-chancelIor cautioned those present that while
the approaching elections were borne IN mind tney
must be left of account In the deliberations OK
the co7vocation Dr. McKelway said in part:
BY your coming here catch the spirit OF
the educational leaders and workers Of the state
whether in universities and colleges OF In al tne
other more diffusea departments Of learning
throughout the commonwealth. Your help TO US
is far greater than can be ours TO- you the state
whole and the nation as whole are nov IN IN
ducational hut which would he or should be all
un6e here There is nothing more instructive ana
on ao than Presde T election one the Mus
trtions Of popular edueatic1 o ana JnTough pOpu
and whcn is broad-b basel upon the peoples will
nent Imde- which we live and this convocasion Is
the product directly and indirectly OF that state IN
The regents and the convocation. however, can
ne1,brance realize that the nearing elections them
selves while thy are borne in MIND must nsLs -
never knows politics in its action or in its policy
None Of the forty-sx convocattons wnlcn nave
has been published and spread broadcast by the
authority Of the state has ever discusses P9 99
all parties and all denominations In tnis state
the equal friends of education and tnaI an
educational occasion in this state are aosoIutely
free from political or partisan or theological pas
or preferences or prejudices think II not IN
Fortunate too that the time OF the meeting OF this
convoCatton should he the end OF a period
of political contention this date is
Whether as citizens paItisans. our candl-
dates and spellbinders have said their say ana We
their followers or as mutineers against I,lsi ~, a.
are prepared to do duty. at the proper Tune. IN
the proper way AMI in the proper place, NeI.t t
the shade nor the shadow Of partisan eontep 9
falls hearts d1sturBS our minds or alIects
deliberations here
DR.. McKelway then went over the programme
and called attention 20 the speakers and their sub
jects-
Dr. McKeIway then introduced President J. G
Schurr1an of Cornell University. who spoke on
THE Adaptation OF University Work 10 the Com
mon Life of the People"
Dr. schurnan in his address dwelt at length ana
with minute detail the history OF universities
He said that the essential work OF university
must be done the university that unlvefsi'y
was place for serious and properly trained
students for the highest intellectual cultivation
for the advance Of science and for strenuous pro
fessional training but that II did not follow 1IaO
the work OF a university complete even Wnen II
had discharged all these functions. The stiH IN
solved problem Of the universities was the intel
lectuaI elevation Of the whole people Dr- ochuE-
man declared
There was a good attendance to-day sessions
will be held tomorrow and Saturday Tomorrow"
the main addresses will be delivered by PROFESSOR
William H. Burnham OF Clark University; regent
William Nottingham Of Syracuse; President Edwin
T Sharks Of PENNSYLVANIA State College, and Dr-
Frank Wood. Of Hamilton In the evening tL7
members will attend the seni-annusl dinner q NC
Hudson River School Masters at the Hotel zen zen
- n NcKeIvvav President Albert Ross Hin
of the University OF Missouri and HoheI roiAs,
president Of the State Probation Commission. VIII
speak TEL,
The convocatfon will end Saturday morning WIN
an address by DR.. Edward J. Goodwin, president OF
Packer Institute, Brooklyn