New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-12
,s Many Collegians Be-
y, ,,eyed Demoralized by
One as the Other.
HISTORICAL SERMON
' pi,PVEACHED AT BROWN
y, raunee Begins l5oth Ami
yersary Celebration at
Providence.

Z. AZ breNn Nh'St ~
- " President Faunee with q ser,
@ =" in the historic First Bapt'S'
nm House. He noted the impulsion
Nesl"i1 IA 70 the founding Of the colo
Fi'' .Nsres IN America, and then
rs. So 20 20 The changed conditions Of TO-
ay ia arrival" he asked. worthy
~. L;,b hone with which the vessel
"a. INTO Whist have our colleges
Sl'- either deliberately or un-
one - Continuing. pr. Faunce said
iss.': serious matter that the col
lin started amid national pen
9sS .ys come into an era Of ever eN'
ail ,stional wealth. The colleges
'AlD'- s-oUn with the country they
'AN 49, and change Of size often
". subtle change Of quanty and
1 ..J II Socrates, IN his old lronlC
'as we're 10 visit US, would he cry
.os"' .rsjr: How many things there
...I DO not need.
certainly the Institutions that we're
- tested by poverty are now being
oas. - nv = luxurious civilization
80. - them. In the last ten years
n ..S.Slv IS msry students IN American
..g.,.s have been demoralized by the
49,. .ss.."'Sobils IS by slcohol. The dazzling
' .....,;or, Of luxury loving sge con-
'3,.,, the greatest possible danger TO
,-,-icsn educauon.
I'D our teachers are also being
..,,,5 We sre tempted 10 forget that
=. ~,sstsSt discoveries have some
-, rore out Of the shsbbiest apol-
49, icr an intellectual workshop.
The Christian Ideal.
III. colleges are also coming into
...rsr and broader interpretation OF
"a 3bristian faith il we were shut
Z, i the cabin Of al ocean steamer
- The founders OF our colleges, we
mid ard those men speaking in an
..s,r vocabulary, dwelling IL a thought
80 largely shaped by John Milton
"a John BunyaN. innocent OF all we
,.v mesn By scientific method. But
:, are forever united with them IN
,srO,s, in intellectual and spiritual
deal
IN. university IN thus declaring its
,s.,r.,ee 10 the Christian relig
5o,s not and cannot subscribe to any
irr,r erreed. The true Christian col
l,ss must be autonomous, as were ana
,-s al the nine colleges founded be-
io,s he Revolution. But just because
is autonomous SC realizes lis solemn
esponsibility for promoting the Chrls-
n, deal. This Christian ideahsm hu-
rsnirss all study end makes u vital.
We see to-day the Christian IDEAL
,-,sgcni1ed, il not suppressed. by
vhe!s sections ~ the modern world, ny
tie perverted philosophy OF force, by
no lncgsnt militarl,m Of Europe, by
theories that would base sll national
rss.sss On Drsa6uouGhts and battal-
ion, Be Il ours AZ time when clvlli-
isasn itself is shaken by adherence
. ihillog PHILOSOPHERS and belated
issls. BE Il ours 20 bow in new al
ligsacs 70 the itealism OF the fathers
wi,h gave freedom and vigor TO the
,slsaial college and 10 American life.
B. j, ours TO AFFIRM again our faith IN
',t spiritual meaning Of the world.
hen oil the future Of our colleges
hall be a progressive entrance into
80 unfolding thought and purpose OF
Cod"
Colleges Due TO Religion.
Dwelling on the religious origin OF
us colonial college, how the great alm
q colonial education TO extend
TIE isitA among white men or Indians,
. rOgrish It by sound learning and 70
'lglp Il with a competent ministry Tor
My New England life was religious
. the core Dr.. Fsuncs deplored the
e'yesion Of religion into sectarlan-
81 and then dlscussed Brown UniveI-
St. He said
The Brown University charter
Tssas With the accent Of those VINO
nd surveyed the past and were plan
ing " the ages 10 come. When 'HO-
"a was esteemed dangerous word /
u still IS IN some Quarters-the
carter applied that word 70 the col
'ss that was 70 be- When catholic
7" esteemed sectsrisn sppellation
S' charter claimed the word and fear
aay described the new college as
Sa liberal and catholic-terms which
'hlnk no other college IN America
~ ever used 70 describe itself.
when science-at least in the sense
nJ'leal science was esteemed hos
Is 10 the Bible and TO morals, our
as''ef calmly announced: The pub
Raching shall In general respect
N sciences When In one colonial
~usge every teacher was obliged 70
1--WE MS orthodoxy by subscribing %
Sayorook platform, and i'm another
V teacher must sign the thirty
articles before entering any
Ss''ioom, our charter quietly insisted
gre shall never be admitted any re
soas tests, but all the members
a.H shall forever enjoy full. free
r1'e' uninterrupted liberty OF con
Brown Was Free Born.
nus did the founders speak witt
accents Of great men living in I
era. The denomination chiefly
.Sstaed IN the founding had no &c
uesl machinery by which &
F,i.g me college. even If 1t hsC
we ANAOAkUOuL OQl IVA
r! no ecclesiastical body has evel
,,Ip'ed 70 choose our teachers OF
80 r our teaching or direct our pol
Nshy colleges have obtained Thu.
IA I'm ~. with great price; but Brown
=, BON. AS Rhode Island gave
In =. me colonies an example of free
y ~ conscience within d civil state
g''1h gave 20 all the colleges one
:s y, earliest examples of full free
r.sSS,, teaching within a Christian in
Co.. before Lehrfreiheit was pro
r.. .a, IN Germany 1t was advocated
I, y-!o!hed on Narragansett Bay
\ s,sl rest phrases of our founder,
10y 10y be used IN any charter tina
ar.Sfnt write to-day We hav,
Az. hs dangers Of freedom. anC
e,.. oOsy with safeguards and de
~, rssinst abuse. But our father.
VI zen sssh IN the midst OF the struggl,
,,.o'ope. Freedom could be guard
,h.v must be asserted al once
=, Of mace IN The name Of religion