The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-08-28
Editorial Comment
President Eliof
New YORK llmesl


Time takes that stately and beloved prcsenc. ~.
lcr all ms funcss Of years, his spirit and his in
tecc were SO strong, his interest in all things hu
man 50 ardent. that it hard to think Ct him AS
3D. save IN wisdom. In him the nation loses an
accumulation OF its impondcrable and nobler wealth
MS singular bravery Of opinion raised IN hosts Of
opponents, but the bitterness Of those controversies
mas been assuagcd. It was his good fortune living
70 see himself regarded as princcps rel publicae
the foremost American citizen. Public office he re-
FUSED. His was the higher office Of stimulating in
tcliigcnce, Of broadening tolerance of advancing
aot merely elementary, high school and college edu-
cat'on. but the education Of the individual and ma
t'ohal conscience to sOundcr convention ,f In,
| nestic and international duties.
II some Of his experiments at Harvard were mn.
successful IN his forty years there he was not only
the founder Vi the new Harvard university but the
nsp'rer and leader of that movement of college and
University reorganization and growth still going on
prodlg'ousy 10 take but single instance. the as.
'oc'atlcn OF American law schools, comprising. we
oeevc, fifty or more, may be said to spring directly
from Mr. Eliot's appointment of CHRISTOPHER c.
Langdeil as Dane professor of law in 1870. The
raised standard OF our best professional schools in
crcd'oly low within living memory, is due to him.
ne gave the impulse and set the example. As the
chancellor Of Vanderbilt university said in 1924.
he has been an honorary member of every college
faculty. and his counsel has helped to solve all ed
ucational problems
PRESIDENT Goodnow Of Johns Hopkins gave what
Is perhaps the most authoritative evidence Of Mr.
Ei;ots fruitful influence in education:
When nearly fifty years ago, its first presi-
dent Dr. Gilman. was entrusted by those an
pointed by Johns Hopkins to make use of the
great gifts he had made to higher education
with the organization of this university. it was
20 you that they and he turned for advice For
the counsel which you then gave we shall ever
De grateful For such service as this institu-
ton has been able to render to the cause of
american education We recognize that we are in
large measure indebted to YOU
Splendid and far-reaching as had been his achieve
ment at Cambridge, Mr. Eliot, at 75 began to rest
by means Of continuing labors. Freed from rou
t'ne' ne became public man without place, "a
great public character" as Lowell called President
quincy. On social, educational economic HUMANE
TARTAN national and international questions he threw
the hght OF his crystalline thought and expression
Accepted or contested his opinions always stirred
ana often persuaded These last seventeen wears
nave been not the least memorable Of a life benef
'cently used and lived with constant zest He was
simple and benign. OF his mind and language one
cn'nks . OF his commemorative inscriptions that
nave the relief of the choicest Syracusan coin MANY
WIN remember. Harvard men Of the CLASSES amonr
wnsch the qutnquennal star Of death Is falling fast
- van remember best, the music Of his voies.