The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-24

uH,,A June .. Cornell University
rn-lay hrstowei 40 first degrees in is
annual commencement and si1ty-ninS
.l,anrei degrees, making 10 diplomas
-. lsi out on the stage at the armOry
.Utushlll Last week sixty degrees
v.r, gwen to the medical school graduates
. >sv York city. making a total Of rs
"a, Ue graduating output Of Cornell for
r.- resent year. Cornell gives no hon
.Hrg egrees and 30 the diplomas we're
.,. 4-ruaI students.
I1i, was the forty-sscond annual
r.mmencement % the university. The
Exercises we're held a. usual In the armory,
..s- 20 the famous Casca1illA gorge.
an really the meeting became more
r memorial TO the memory Of
tho ate Goodwin smith than university
c"mmsrcement. The usual iormalities
rr showing degrees were gone through
with hut they were q small matter. The
cn~Uencement simply resolved tFelf
rr- q memorial tribute 70 the eminent
SCHOLAR Who has just died in Toronto
a. who was one Of the founders Of Cornell
'rlyersity
r-esiient SchurmAn devoted hts entire
rsss TO a review Of the work and in.
4 '1cs ~ Mr.. Smith. He declared that
~ smith for the last two generations
hal heen the best embodiment Of vigor
an ~ clarity In the art Of writing Enaliah
rrose indeed the greatest living master
in hat field in the world for the last forty
wears He pAi1 . high tribute 70 Mr..
smiths scholarship In various fields
All 70 his wonderful insight into phi
ln,o0hy and other zelda Of lofty mental
s-7rirement. and declared that he reached
hls highest strength and glory In the
tn1.-ect political inHuences that he eu-
srt"t upon the Anglo-SaHon mind.
Referring To Goodwin smiths dream
n Ultimate union between the Unitei
STATES ard Canada. President Schurma1
saIl that Il Nouli probably rever he
retliyel In the form which Mr.. smith
hopei 70 wouli assume But he said that
real reunion was tAking place betweea
no peoples 81 the two countries, a broai
1eea sympathy Of Advancing progress.
a bond Of union that ultimately wOuld
Ir'lIie all English speaking peoples ~
mo world and that IN time wouli make
ior he neace Of the entire globe
NJ SchurmA1 de1oniratsl G,ldwi1
smith ~ the modern Socra,e5. He said:
What Vas Goldwin smiths highest and
nonles' service to mankind9 In trying
10 answer that question ! have been re-
n nded NJ Plato's arcount 81 Socrates
To- dheFent dialogues sentiments appar-
'E'' different are put ~ tho apvre~i-
alive pupil INTO he mouth of his reyered
r"s' ner In the Apology, he makes So
Tates say N ludtCrnus hgure ~ Speech
hat hs - a sort Of gadhy given TO the state
bt cd ard ths state IA like great and
Noble sived VITO - tardy IN he mot IONS
Ovmg to he very size and requires Ia no
stirted into life And he goes on N SAY
hat h- never became a POLITICIAN hecauss
he vho will really dght for the right "
~ ould live even Tor little must have a
IriNat- station and not public one
on fh" other hand. Plato makes Soc-
rats- say IN the Gorgias- I think am
the only NJ almost he oE'y Athenian living
Nho pra'tices tho true srt Of politics.
am The only politician Of my time But
noCrates then proceeds to Justify this lofty
claim. 10 IL. he says. because when !
'
and that ! look ~ what i hest and no,
TO What Il most pleasant. and again. all
this ! do Tor the sake NJ Justice and with a
view TO your interest. my judges and Of that
only
with these passages before ~ do not
hesitate 10 call Goodwin smith the Socrates
Of ihe English speaking world Socrates
indeed spoke and Goodwin Smith wrote.
Bat this i only a superficial and accidental
difference between them. The point h
uat The writing of the one WAS Informed
With lhe same spirit a. the speech Of the
other LAY that Gold~in smith was
lie Socrates. The bravest and most heroic
politician % HE time. There are those
sho advocate war with all its horrors to
t'ep alive In men the virtue Of courage
Fu' he courage Of the warrior u q mere
3D. seal instinct II leads him 90 con
tenn perils and death a. even the brutea
Do But the man 81 moral courage faces
D defence Of a righteous cause attacks and
U.IoIuy which are bitterer than death
WIN al the world against him he stands
Inmoysbly for truth and Justice.
President Schurman summed IL up In
thus sentence.
Not socrates himself in ancient Athens
vas a more sublime figure than Goodwin
smith in London. In Ithaca. In Toronto;
--rsnsly devoted 90 the championship
nf unpopular cauges-a championship
ne persistent and incorporating a.
o. ras able. resourcsful and intrepid
President Schurman spoke with great
energy and with some emotion and his
{. dress affected profoundly all thoss
.-on' He said that Goodwin Smith
. nls deqtnbcd recently had told him
% g. hon he sometimes felt lik = dsspairing
y. i"rrCr-a;ir institutions and their future
r %" United States he always recalled
b To- ARRIVAL b. tie late COS ~ tho little
age = Ithaca. he founi there two
o.. zen. tc,n Of whom had made their
10Y and sct their start IA life through
ms 81 .lbcr. One was Ezra Cornell. tho
,r... a. John dcGraw one founded the
il..-,,,ty and tho oths- endowed II
. ON Mr. smith said a thiTd rich man
.H..r MO tho village. His money had
.rr. ~ Inheritance. he had never
.rs, ans work 10 earn money. Bit 10
30 boz n.oncy and his labor and all his
t.." 90 ne University He Was Andrew
I. Ah,'e Iis first president.
... -sfr-rnce 70 DR.. White evoked !
.. '1I0us applause. DR.. White sat
.. .r .a'iOrm and Tor several minutes /,
.. .lr fIsm ran unchecked.
.rrnan then said that a fourth |
80 rlras 10 the town. He was q /
.... man. and ne too gave bis time I
-uf.on md money 20 Cornell Uni /
The NINA vas Henry ". Sage |
. ~ .nE survivor nov Of the original