Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-09-18
LONG PUBLIC CAREER
OF SETH LOW CT OSFS

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ne carried the municipal administra
ton IN Brooklyn TO such high noin,
"I eh1ciency that he was almost mi
Nersaiiy praised. He was remarkable
Seli-r"liant and fearless II Is sai1
mat when he was elected Mayor II.
demanded of the men whom he named
'or the most important heads of tho
departments pledge that each would
mold his resignation momentarilv sub
Jcct to the call Of the MAYOR. II was
an unprecedented demand. and IL IL
iustrated his high sense of responsi
hiiity during his administration.
brilliant ADMINISTRATIONS
As HEAD OF COLUMBIA
ON IN" expiration OF his second term
IN Brooklyn, Mr.. Low spen, several
years in European travel and s,udv
lie had always been !. mos, lovaI and
interested alumnus Of Columbia. anc
had been on the board of ,rus,oa.
since 1881. In 1890. in his fortieth
year lie was rendered the presidency OF
me university. He made no prcten
SONS OF being an educator in the tech.
meal or professional sense bur he de-
cided TO accept the call His admin
lStraton was brillian; one. A stu
cent or men. rather than OF books. he
WAS notably man OF great executive
ana organizing ability and hnancier
OF Keen insight and sound Judgment,
II was during his Administered ton thu.
me university moved from downtown
10 its present commanding site, COW
crine four city squares on Morning
side Heights. Through his influence
many large gifts Of money were at
lr""tcd 10 the university ana he him
self gave Sl.o0oo0o for the erection
~ III" stately library building which
IFS q memorial TO his father.
He brought about the co-ordino,io,
Of the various schools that now max.
un the university. and founded The
university council. which mad. the
sphere of university influence include
nearly 5000 students and nearly 5,na
names on the roster OF Instructors
Asked what he considered tho great
est need OF American colleges and uni
vers!ttes to-day. Mr. Low once SAID !:
Each college has It's specific need
When was in Chicago. urged the
university In that city 10 become sr
authority on railroads, since il was
SITUATED ia the greatest railroad CEN
Ter III inc country While AT Johns
Hopkins. said that university should
give It's attention to the negro proh-
lem. for which its geogra phical loca
ton makes il particularly fitted 7
believe the University Of California.
similarly. should devote itself 10 tho
.\siatic question As for Columbi,
situated in this city believe its at,
tention should ne turned to finance
and on the human side OF il should
attempt TO become an authority upon
that subject 70 which It's geoGraphical
situation makes il best adapted"
In 1901, Mr.. Low resigned the presi.
dcncy of the college. but he continued
as trustee until July 1914. when his
resignation from that board ended q
connection OF thirty-threc years.
MAYOR OF NEW YORK
ON RT:FORM TICKt;r
Mr.. Low was nominee OF the Citizens'
Union for Mayor OF New York I'm 1887
but, as there was no fusion i'm IN,
campaign. the Tamnany forces de-
f"atcd both General Tracy. the Repub.
! lean nominee. and Mr. Low. In 1900.
! Mr. Low ran again on reform ticke,
| ana was elected. He gave the CITY a
clean and progressive administration
| "lon" the lines which he had so sue
ccssfully introduced Years before in
Brooklyn
/ In addition to the public service al.
ready noted, Mr. Low held innumcrable
tduaa'pubHc Offices. such aS the prcs!-
H"Nvy OF the National Civic Fedora
| loh ana rs delegate 10 tho Peace
conference AZ The Hague In 1888 lie