New-York tribune., 1909-10-07
DR. LOWELL INSTALLED
DISTINGUISHED GATHER
ING SEES CEREMONY.
Harrard President FGUors Men
Learning One Thing We'll and
Something of EUerything.

Cambridge. Mass oct. 6-with the symbols
., his Office in his hand Abbott Lawrence Lowell
seated himself to-day in the presidents chair Of
Harvard University. from which he proclaimed
his policies and conferred degrees OF the
university upon thirty Of the many men Of
ie,tsrs who came from various parts Of the
,,-ld 70 attend his inauguration. The ccra-
monies took place beneath the elms Of the col
ward before an audience Of more than five
thousand persons. Later in the day the alumni
rcdged their fealty 10 the new president and
gave an inspiring and enthusiastic godspeed to
charles William Eliot. president emeritus of the
university. who as head OF the Alumni Associa-
zion. delivered what was generally regarded as
his yaledictory
No leader OF a great educational institution
ever received greater homage from his fellow
men of learning. and no new aspirant for intel
lectual leadership ever began his career with
rrors loyal inspiration
In outlining his policies President Lowell de-
cla-ed himself in favor of men learning one thing
well and something of everything. He placed
himself on the side Of intercollegiate sports as
ne only striking occasion for the display Of
college solidarity. he declared his belief in the
segregation OF the freshmen and Of the drawing
together Of the ties among upper class men, and
finally lie differed radically from some of the
policies OF his ium ediate predecessor.
The two great leaders-the old and the new
marched side by side in the afternoon to Memo
risi Hail and there DR.. Eliot said that the occa-
sion was one of confident expectation. of ex-
altatlon If the memories OF the past and of as
sured hope Tor the future He commended
Pres. dent Loweus policy Of learning one thing
Wen and something of everything as the key to
che iudiyidualstic doctrine OF the university. and
indorsed many OF his successors statements as
a great augury Of the future and Of the oneness
u the cause Of higher education.
PARADE AN IMPRESSIVE ONE.
Although these two men-the new president
and the retiring leader-doninated the inaugural
celebration. the parade Of scholars, guests and
alumni through the college yard TO the stage in
the morning. and the massing of the variegated
hoods and gowns on the stage in Memorial Hall
in the afternoon gave briliancy TO the scene
which win last long in the annals of Harvard.
The parade was impressive. headed as il was
hy Ambassador Bryce Of Great Britain and sew
eral other English scholars in their scarlet
gowns. while behind them came the scarcely less
subdued academic garbs Of the German, French.
Austrian. Danish and Cuban scholars. Ameri-
can universities and colleges were also well rep
resented.
sheriff Fairhairn. of Niddlesex County. wear
iry his official sword. called the gathering 10
order The alumni chorus sang "Laudate Dom
tuum~ Following an Invocation by the Rev.
llr ". W Fem. dean of the divinity school.
lester Burton Struthers. member OF the senior
class delivered an oration in Latin.
II IS forty years since the yellow charter, the
silver keys and the gold seal Of Harvard Uni
ve-siry have been brought out into the sunlight.
To-day they had a special significance when ex-
Governor John u Long. as president of the
board of ozerseers, handed them one by one 70
r and in
alce with the ancient custom. as vested with all
tlc powers and privileges Of the new Office. He
said:
Abbott Lawrence Lowell: You having beer
duly chosen t. be president of Harvard College
] do now. in the name of its governing bodies
and in accordance with ancient custom. declare
that YOU are vested with all the powers and
privileges OF that office. i is great trust. but
j. is laid YOU in fun confidence that you viii
discharge il in the interest alike Of the college
we love and Of the democracy il serves de-
liver into your hands. As badges OF your author
trE- the college charter, seal and keys God
bless YOU
In accepting the trust President Lowell ex-
pressed the deep sense Of responsibility. and
cTered the prayer that he might obtain wisdom.
patience and strength 10 the development Of
true manhood and sound learning. The inaugu-
RAJ address follows:
Among his other wise savings Aristotle re-
it Is iu order 10 develop his powers social
AZ
- the undergraduate department is not 10 pro
duc- permits. each imprisoned in the cell Of ms
own Intellectual pursuits, but men fitted 10 take
fEer places in the community and 1--we IN contact
with tlei~ fellow men
The college Of the old type possessed solldar-
1-r which enabled il 10 fulfil that purpose wei
enough ID its time. although a narrower scale
and lOWer plane than aspire 70 al the preseTlt
day. 7 was so small that the students We're all
Well acquainted with another. or al least with
their classmates They We're constantly thrown
together chapel IL the classroom, in the dining
ball. In rle college dormitories. in their simple
fNf-ns of recreation. and they We're constantly
measuring themselves by one standard IN their
common occupations. The curriculum, consisting
mainly ~ the classics, with little mathema tics,
philosophy ana history. the same for them
a.|- designed. II was not only a. 4 preparation
for rHe professions Of the ministry and the law,
Ucst1cI
IN the course of time these simple methods were
o-tgroHr President Eliot pointed out with un-
aEsRersb.e force that the field of human knowledge
mad long been too for any 10 compass,
and frar new subjects must be admitted 10 the
sc-eECe - instruction, which became thereby 50
large that no student could follow il all Before
erallv recognized and election in some form was
introduced into all our colleges. But the new
methods brought divergence In the courses Of
Eflcv pursued by individual students intel
lect-sl isolation. which broke down the old soil
csriry In the larger institutions the process has
nesn fastened by the great increase in the num-
bers, and N many cases by an abandonment Of the
policy of housing the bulk Of the students in col
eEe dorrcltOTies. with the result that college life
haF shown z marked tendency 70 disinteRrate. both
intellectually ana socially. To that disintegra-