New-York tribune., 1908-02-12
PLEA TO CITY COLLEGE
FOR RELIGIOUS TR1fNiNG.
Il. VI. Shepard -fppiouded bg Large
.4ssembiage an Gr6dt HdH.

- ,ssr.x. 70 .,,,-tv-ave hundred students and
their friends at their first formal sssehOiass IN
-he great hail Of :he College Of the c1fF oil New
York Yesterday Edward II. Shepard, Chairman oi
,be hoard Of trustees made strong plea for re-
reiors training in public schools. after which ne
MAS vigorously applauded He said in part
II any one be heard to say that the state has o. o.
dained that the education which the city gives het
,o,fh and Young manhood through this. ne chier
of her institutions must be s9diess or smaT
schools and primary schools. through which most
90 sforbidden a." sentiment then against that thing
wherever and hy whomeyer said this great raIi -
and shall be an lc enduring bs teme protest
from the American peore It comes oIarnnent laprn mt
i.stionai and state. from their laws and customs
and SeepeS, is ano nnscions or unconscious
Tho address was delivered after the student
body the seniors in cap and gown at me mao "a
the column. had marched into the hail. i'o ns
ressor Rastus Palmer. chief marSift- roh'9
Mr. Shepard the first public organ recl'a' was
given by Professor Samuel a Baldwin on 'he 'e"
-,; II
Al one end Of the hall is a-paint'ng oY f'u"tn -
R,ashfsld Mr.. Shepard paid glowing tribute -
tho genius Of the artist who. he SAID I'D" Nl
.idly internreted the sentiment which was Gun
-, :, ,ba concention OF the Great Hail The
central figure Of this mural decoration is sfaou-
ate in college gown. He has Lighted ms 'o''h o.
tho altar before which IL stands, ana is A'o"'
e,s,t o., his voyage Of life. At his side STANDS
seated figure Of Wisdom. which Nils 'he ce"'te -
The lunette.
Al either side OF Wisdom are seated ieilae "s
scs Symbolizing the great universities OF the past
l:eow and at either side Of the lunette are groups
Of men representative OF different branches OF euu
cation philosophy. law, medicine, chemistry e~
Tseloxr again on the left young men present
ing themselves TO become students whiie on '"e
right are students in college gowns In the SKY aI
the right and left of the figure of Wisdom are
laF
open book and the right side a retort
After saying that certain fundamental religious
ideals are permissible schools and colleges sup
ported by public taxes, as well as TO those which
are denominational, Mr- Shepard continued;
And what are these religious ideals? They are
The larg. and ne1al conceptions of the relations
OF man 10 God as they appear IN uie ne neO ~
sgain expressed in the New Testament. OF Chris
tan dispensation. and which the great bodies or
Christians have inherited from the jewish people
When Chief Justice Kent. ninety-sx years ola:
pronounced The opinion OF The supreme i OUT oi
This state, that the Americans are a Christian stan
people the Jews in this country We're
priety and accuracy consider most OF tie IeIeiI
ences the Christian religion by our courts and
public authorities including no religious beIlefs
or ideals which do not equally belong 10 the jew
ish faith.
He quoted parts, of the Declaration Of Indepen-
dence the Constitution. Washington's Farewell
Address. the Notification Proclamation and the
Emancipation Proclamation, showing the religious
fervor that Pervaded those documents In refer
ring TO the Presidents recent act in omittng the
words In God We Trust from coins the speaker
said:
on July = 1864. the Congress OF the United States
during the bloody days OF the Wilderness campaign
asked President Lincoln TO summon the American
people TO convene a their usual places of wor-
Ship IN order Ito impore the compassion and for
1ren9e Ruler of the World He would not destroy
us as a people" And al almost the same ne, tIas. &
crBment put upon our coins these words. In God
We trust which to-day generation later, when
ha ra-tftp T.
removed-whether rightly or wrongly. 90 nor
ing trial and anguish Of the nation when the words
were pUt There
Mr. Shepard said lie was graduated from the Col
lege Of the City of New York in 1865 when it was in
2Sl street. lie spoke Of the present building as
follows:
rejoice 10 be among those who submitted. three
or -four wears ago. the guardians Of the mu-
io,5sh the ccst were great that the city should
this Great Hail bui,d for Itself IFS most stately and
1hat 10 il are signlfed and summed up supreme
Ian Cantraller t;ro11t Controller Metz President
T-ornes ard President Mcfiowan and their ass6
Tor 1heir wise iji,eraiity in permitting our
Great Han 70 its structure within ana Wi5hoI1 a1@
10 the faculty TooF1 that true C"un'li .lanl,1er :"
1he collees, generous illagniflGence m c2nrlsa ,
spacious buildings.
The organ is said to have four thousand pipes.
from thre. quarters of an inch 10 thrty-two feet
IN height Seven flights OF stairs have n he
climbed reach its highest point Professor Bald
win will give recitals IN the Great Hall on alternate
FRIDAYS ard Sundays In March. April and May
following the next recital February 1s. He
eJciteJ much applause yesterday by his rendition
q seven numbers which The FIRST. concert
piece in ( major. composed by him and dedi-
Gated Mr.. Shepard.
With Mr.. Shepard the stag Holm n.
Finley. president or the college. James ". Hyde.
Parker II Handy snd Adolf LeNfeohn. of the
board Of and the members Of the faculty
George e Post. the architect Of tho building was
also present
Commission Robert " &C Forest presiding de-
Signs were approved for Eatcways Of the College
o. tie City Of NV York harmonize with the
group - new buildings The gates 10 be con
etruCted of similar materials. native stone. and
terra Gotta trimmings. The estimated cost Is sa Gl