The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-22
REGENTS VOTE IL. D,
10 EX-SENATOR ROOT
Honorary Degree Will BE Con.
ferred T0-night-Whitman
Makes an Address.
EULOGIES OF McKELWAY

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Of Regents Of the University Of the stat.
Of New York. The degree will he cor.
ferred on Mr.. Root in person at the clos.
ing session Of the present annual rn,.
versity convocation tomorrow nigh.
Mr.. Root will be the twentieth .
cipient Of the honorary degree LII. D..
the last n having been conferred q,
February ., 1898. The first degree VA,
conferred upon Robert r.. Livingston on
March 10, 1872.
Gov. whitman personally welcomed 10
Albany tonight several hundred educa.
tors from all parts Of the state. who ar.
attending the sessions held In connection
with the convocation Of tho University o,
the State Of New York. The Governors
address dealt with the broad subjec, of
education and TO a large extent was his.
torical. He had this to say of the Sta,es
expenditures for education:
The task OF dealing with the States
finances and Of directing Its expenditures
is perhaps the most difficult which tho
Governor II called upon to perform. He
must, of course. insist on econ )my. but
he must at the same time not cripple the
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by an economy that thinks not 81 The
morrow OF the State.
when II was my duty las. spring 10
examine more than 5000 Items appro.
priating the money OF the State, looking
by veto to save where money might b.
saved without harm. I felt Justified 10
passing Savorably upon appropriations,
for educationa purposes asgrega,ins
nearly $40. 000. 900, for ] knew that with,
out this practical support by the Lesls-
lature and the Governor. our children
and the State itself would be immeas.
urably the poorer.
THE State has here erected n beau.
tiful building TO the good service o. free
education and the bounty OF this pro.
vision will Measure for all time the gen
erous support which should be given for
its non-partisan intelligent use. The
greatness of the State and the highest
good OF all the people require that the
cause OF public education should be gen.
erously supported In the future as II has
been in our State from its formation"
81. Clair Mckelway EuIosised.
The first session Of the convoca,ion,
which was held this afternoon, was de-
voted largely to speeches in memory
OF the late Chancellor st. Clair Nickel.
way, editor OF the Brooklyn Eagle. Ex
Chief Judge Cullen OF the o Of Ap.
meals. delivered an address which was
in the nature of n personal apprec,a
ton Of Or. McKelway's qualities. His
address formally opened the convoca
ton.
Oswald @. Willard and Regent che.
ter 8 Lord deIivercd eulopies ON the ,a,.
Chancellor. Mr.. Wizards address was
on the tonic est. clair McKelwav. the
Journalist" while Regent Lord smoke On
..St clair NcKelway the Educator"
OF DR.. McKelway's personal skill No
newsnaner uork. MIR. Willard said
w, nn,x cnviSi w. msn,oy,zs .r,c',
after reading it over two Or three times
, but II is related Of him that af,,,
"A dinner. he wrote from memory sN
solid columns for the Army aud NGD
Journal. reporting. without having take
any notes. the series of offhand sd'
dresses with faultless accuracy. Tho'
this there could he no more striking
proof OF the benefits of the severe me-
tai discipline which Journalism ar
lords 10 those who b DAM
for it and know how to honor 4,
Few. or course can aspire to su'h
achievements as Dr. Mckelway s. nlt
unquestioned penents 40 come rom
uaiiy "leiolhg OF the pen 10 thoSe VINO
can pront IN any uesree by i's ceaSeIes'
anu rlsIu ScHooiiiE. EtWspdP"F mf
cannot iorset 'hat Dr. McheiWaS t"le
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Mr., Iord's Addreas.
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Cur iI'eiio' tne ia'e IHahCeilo'. VA
rascliIa.eu III ms youth d! N.'t'Ta"
n.,Ia'uIe' very many or ms axe IN.
puI,es we're INSPIRED ny II, ana VIZ" )"
cay "ah"oou ne eea MS ne"SpApeI
career ne received additional stimulus
from the great euitors OF that Gay Win
many OIL Whom ne mad persona &C
quaihtance.
II was IN such environment that o.,
,liehu spent ms youth HIS stldE '
literature continued through Hfe. no
was a constant reader and his entire ne
was a IKE or study. He deNoufed DOORS
or biography and OF history and ~ Ia"
Possibly more than In anything else VAS
he Interested in diplomacy and states
manship and public affairs. He krew a
] great many nuhli., man and Ia rrpt'e1