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YALE ALUMNI DINNER
PROF PHELPS CHIEF GUEST
CHEERFUL VIEW OF COLLEGE
Greetings From Princeton and Har-
vard Men a Feature of the Even
ing at the Nayasset Club.
Sons of Yale to the number of 60 gathered
at the Nayasset club in this city Saturday
night for the annual meeting of the alumni
association of Western Massachusetts and
made the evening merry with song and
good fellowship. The Yale glee club
quartet, consisting of H. Wilcox, E. M.
Bostwick, W. H. .Jessup, Jr., and R. Pal
mer. was present and aided materially
in the singing of the college songs, while,
the guest of honor was Prof William
Lyon Phelps. 1887. There were also
present as guests Robert K. Clark of
Princeton and Harry G. Chapin of Har
vard. both of the class of 1882. Charles
W. Bosworth, 1893. Sheffield, was the
toastmaster, and he presided in truly
"Socratic” fashion.
Prof Phelps brought a message from
their alma mater and told of the exceed
ingly good condition the college and the
university are in. He said that the ath
letic condition of the college was not as
bad as some of the old graduates would
have it appear. As a matter of fact, it
was lea Uy in as good shape, if not better,
than ever before, and the teams and the
undergraduates have the finest spirit. One
great reason for the apparent change, he
added, was that the activities and inter
ests were becoming multifarious and
varied, there not being the concentration
on sports alone as was formerly the case.
Yale, he said, was Spartan, but has now
become Athens. This elicited from Toast
master Bosworth the remark that in its
going from Sparta to Athens he hoped
that all the old vigor had not been lost
Mr Bosworth also referred to this matter
in introducing Mt Chapin of Harvard,
when he said he had noticed that Har
vard had abandoned all its traditions and
come out of the gloom to a region of
bright sunshine and success. He hoped,
he said, that the speaker wou’d tell the
Yale men the formula for this remarkable
cure, that they in turn might pass it on to
the Yale coaches.
Mr Clark of Princeton said that John G.
Hibben was the most popular professor
at Princeton and was elevated to the presi
dency. and he predicted that history would
repeat itself in making Prof Phelps the
most popular member of the faculty at
Yale, its president. Prof Phelps in reply
to this said that nothing could make him
accept the presidency of any educational
institution in the country, if offered to
him. for he considered his life as a pro
fessor too valuable and too happy to sur
render.
Dr David F. Atwater. 1«39. the oldest
living Yale graduate in this vicinity, was
unable to attend, greatly to bis regret, and
the club sent him a message of regard
and the bouquets of flowers from the ban
quet table as a token of their esteem.
At the business meeting officers for the
year were elected as follows: President,
Alfred Leeds. 1887; vice-presidents. C. A.
Bowles, 1883, W. R. Moody. 1891. and
J. W. Hagar. 1905, Sheffield scientific
school; secretary, W. Kirk Kaynor. 1912:
treasurer, H. E. Church, 1908, Sheffield
scientific school; member of the alumni
advisory board, Richard Hooker, 1899:
executive committee, Thomas Dyer. 1895,
H. IV. Baker. 1891, Sheffield scientific
school, Thomas Jefferson, 1904. C. C. Wal
bridge, 1896, Sheffield scientific school,
and E. M. Porter, 1913. Thomas Dyer
and W. Kirk Kaynor were appointed a
• ommittee to confer with similar commit
tees from other colleges on the advisability
of forming a university club in this city.
The joint committee will meet at the board
of trade rooms on next Friday afternoon.
Ovation for Prof Phelps.
Prof Phelps received a great ovation
when he was introduced, and immediately
showed his loyalty and faith in Yale by
saying that he believed, outside of the
Christian church, Yale was the greatest
moral force in existence in America to
day, As a recommendation he urged that
all the alumni associations invite the
fathers of boys who are in Yale, have
been in Yale, or are contemplating going
to Yale, into their associations as bona
fide members.
He said that the present condition of
the college and university was good. Yale
has the largest number of men undergrad
uate students of any such institution in
(he western hemisphere, passing Harvard
some five years ago. This in itself he
added, shows the faith of the people all
over the country in the institution and
their belief that the undergraduate life
there is sound. More than that, the grad
nates who go to do graduate work in the
universities stand up with the best from
the other colleges, and in many cases lead
showing that they have a solid founda
tion. The academic department and the
Sheffield scientific school are particularly
good, and the other departments are also
excellent. Wo now have what is probably
the best divinity school in America the
iaw school has been revolutionized by re
quiring a college degree for entrance and
adopting the case system, and although
this immediately cut down its member
ship two-thirds, it is now building u p along
solid lines.
The medical school is good in qualitv
ranking with the best, but it is small in
numbers and represents a heavy expense
to the university. The forestry school is
in excellent condition and the graduate
school has undergone changes which have
been decidedly for its good. Our univer
sity library contains 950.000 volumes be
ing next to Harvard's in size and in qual
ity its equal. Ibe collection has been verv
materially benefited by recent gifts of spe
cial collections, among these being a com
plete collection of Henry Fielding, which
18 very much superior to that in the Brit
ish museum, and the best Goethe collection
in America. Our Elizabethan club, which
is an association where students and pro
fessors meet informally for intellectual
discussion, has a library valued at S4OO,-
Never before has there been such a high
type of intellectual life at Yale as to-day.
It is a multifarious and varied life, this
being one reason why we can't expect a
long line of athletic victories any more,
rhe graduates, as a matter of fact, have a
profound misunderstanding of athletics at
t ale. They point to the palmy period as
that of some 25 years ago, when the great
period was from 1901 down to about 1908.
Athletically the college is all right and there
is ,iust as much sand in her athletes and
her undergraduates as ever before.
Mr Clark of Princeton was reminiscent
apd also took occasion to refer casually to
certain athletic contests between Yale
and Princeton, which seemed particularly
worth recalling. He referred to the fact
that when he was in college he belonged
ro o literary club, and he held just one
debate with a student by the name of
Wilpon, who is now making history. Wood
row Wilson, he said, is one of the finest
men this country has ever produced, but,
he added, in the midst of great applause,
there is another man who didn't make
much history while he was president, but
who has made a lot since, and his nntne
is Taft.
Mr Clark said he thought the honor
system was one of the best things about
Princeton, and he predicted that it would
eventually go into use ail over the coun
try. To this Prof Phelps said that Yale
was going to have it. He then referred
to the old spirit between Yale and Prince
ton. and said that this spirit which was
first cemented in the old days, has con
tinued and will never be destroyed.
Mr Chapin referred to the increasing
friendliness between Yale and Harvard
men, saying that the Harvard men saw it
especially in the western cities when they
went to meetings of the Harvard affili
ated clubs. In reply to Toastmaster Bos
worth's statement that Harvard had re
cently come out of the gloomy shades into
a sunshine of prosperity, he said that he
could not tell the reason, but he could pre
dict that it would last forever.
YALE WILL GET ESTATE.
University Ultimately to Become Chief
Beneficiary Under Hotchkiss Will.
Py the decision at New Haven, Ct., last
week of a superior court jury in sustain
ing rhe will of Mrs Mary A. F. Hotch
kiss. Y'ale university will ultimately be
come the chief beneficiary of the estate,
which is valued at $750,000. Mrs Louise
Thorndyke Goodno. a granddaughter who
was not mentioned in the will, brought
action to break the instrument, and the
trial extended over two weeks. The case
came into the superior court on an ap
peal from the action of the probate court
at. Madison, where the will was admitted.
In her action Mrs Goodno alleged that
undue influence was exercised over Mrs
Hotchkiss at the time the will was drawn.
Under the terms of the will the greater
part of rhe property will go to Yale on
the death of Marie Oaks Hotchkiss, a
daughter of the testator and executrix of
her mother's estate.
Foresters Leave Yale.
A class of 21 was graduated from the
Yale forest school last week, the men
leaving university life and entering field
experience at a camp in Bogalusa. La.,
where they will work in yellow pine for
ests. In June their sheepskins will be
sent to them. President A. T. Hadley of
the university presided yesterday, and' the
guest and speaker was Dr Bernard E.
Fernow. dean of the forest school of the
university of Toronto. Ont.
“Shes” Professor for Hawaii.
Prof A. L. Dean of the Sheffield
scientific school. Yale, has accepted the
call to the presidency of the college of
Hawaii at Honolulu, tendered him recent
ly. it was announced at New Haven, Ct.,
last week, and will take up his duties
there next fall. The college was founded
in 1997 and graduated its first class in
1912.
AMHERST COLLEGE BANQUET
OF THE NEW YORK ALUMNI
President Meiklejohn Among the
Speakers at Gathering at the Wal
dorf hast Evening,
Special Dispatch to The Republican.
New York, Friday. February 27.
More than 200 spiritual descendants of
Lord Geoffrey Amherst got together to
night at the Waldorf to renew ac
quaintanceship, sing the old songs and
hear from President Meiklejohn what is
being done up ar Amherst college to keep
the old standards flying. The class of
1906 was there, stsong in numbers and
voice, and took away with them the cup
which '77 presents each year to the class
having the largest representation at the
annual dinner.
Collin Armstrong, himself a member of
’77 and the president of the alumni asso
ciation. was the toastmaster. He coun
seled discretion in the use of the cup and
urged that its virgin lips be not smeared
with that which “biteth like a serpent and
stingeth like an adder,” but rather ‘‘with
peace-inspiring juice of the diplomacy of
to-day.” His benediction included the dove
of peace and sobriety. Maurice 1,. Far
rell of the class of 1901 delivered a prolog,
picturing the shade of Lord Geoffrey prais
ing those who work in his name and the
good repute which their influence and
achievements have brought to his name.
In introducing President Meiklejohn,
who entered upon his duties a year ago, Mr
Armstrong said that “The youngsters who
have succeeded us are beginning to know
him and understand him and are develop
ing a genuine affection for him.” Dr
Meiklejohn discussed the kind of men that
are wanted as professors in an institution
of Amherst’s kind. He declared that the
little pedant and the huge philistine are
alike dangerous to the cause of liberal
training. The kind of man needed is one
who has been made a big man by means
of intelligence. Only such a man. in his
opinion, was fit to lead boys to great living.
Other speakers were Burges Johnson,
Alfred E. Stearns, principal of Phillips
academy at Andover, and Henry E. Jen
kins. Among those at the tables were Su
preme Court Justice Isaac N. Mills, Col
Alexander B. Crane, Herbert L. Bridg
man of the Brooklyn Standard Union,
Charles H. Allen, former governor of
Porto Rico: Dr Talcott Williams, John B
Stanchfield, Justice Henry Stockbridge of
the Maryland court of appeals. Rev Al
fred De W. Narple, editor of the Christian
Intelligencer: Lawrence F. Abbott, pub
lisher of the Outlook; Supreme Court Jus
tice Arthur P. Rugg of Massachusetts.
George B. Mallon, associate editor of
Everybody's; District Attorney Charles 8.
Whitman. Charles D. Nerton, George D
Pratt. Edwin P. Grosvenor. Trnmbali
White and Henry T. Noyes. Jr.
Amherst UnderKradnate* Favor Snm
mer Baaehall.
By a vote of nearly two to one, the un
dergraduates of Amherst college expressed
themselves in favor of summer baseball in
the straw vote taken Saturday. This
vote was in no way official in determin
ing the policy of the college on the ques
tion. and was taken merely in order that
the student council might ascertain the
student sentiment concerning summer ball.
The fate of summer baseball at Amherst
rests in the hands of the student council,
which will pass on the question within
the next few weeks. Before definite ac
tion is taken it is expected that the coun
cil will make an attempt to learn the at
titude of the alumni.
THE AGGIES’ NEW FIELD.
Estimated Cost |. sl2,ooo—Gridiron,
Diamond and Track.
The plans for an athletic field at the
Massachusetts agricultural college have
materialized sufficiently so as to start the
actual work of construction when the
ground is in condition to allow it, and to
push the work as rapidly as possible to
completion. An athletic field has long I
been discussed nt the college and various
circumstances have always prevented one
being constructed until this year. A recent
grant of land by the trustees of the college
gave something tangible to work on and
the undertaking of raising funds was be
gun.
Plans that were nt first tentative and
later adopted as final were drawn up and
the cost of the field estimated. With stu
dent labor for most of the grading it is
expected that the cost of the field will be
about $12,000. Labor is an uncertain item,
however, and for this reason the estimat-
THE SPRINGFIELD WEEKLY REPUBLICAN: THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1914.
ed cost may be exceeded. The campaign
for money started in December, and has
been pushed vigorously with pleasing re
sults. It is expected that a former cor
poration. organized in 1909, to build a
field, will turn over its contributions of
about SI7OO to the present committee. If
this is done there will be a total of over
SBOOO paid in or pledged. Over half of
this amount has already been paid in. It
can thus be seen that two-thirds of the
desired amount of money has been raised
and this amount will permit of the grad
ing and preparation of the field itself. The
remaining amount necessary is confidently
expected before it will be heeded.
The piece of land selected by the trus
i tees is on the southern part of the campus
and comprises several acres.
I COUNTY LEAGUE BOOSTS CLUBS.
—
I Committee Appointed to Supervise and
Help Interest Towns in This Work.
A meeting of district school superinten
dents and representatives of school com
mittees in Hampden county towns was
called together by the Hampden county
improvement league Saturday afternoon
at its headquarters. O. E. Morton of
Massachusetts agricultural college and
Secretary J. A. Scheuerle discussed club
work for schools, including the subjects
of gardening, corn contests, poultry rais
ing, civicc work and the like. It was de
cided to form the Hampden county volun
teers to get all the clubs united in this
■work. A point system will be established
and those winning the most points will be
come automatically the club officers. A
committee to supervise this work was ap
pointed. and consists of Superintendent
Warner Gashue of Ludlow, Mies T. F.
Kinney of Brimfield, H. F. Hinckley of
Agawam, Superintendent Mary L. Poland
of Wilbraham, East l-ongmeadow and
Hampden, and F. A. Wheeler of Monson.
Alumni Day at M. A, C.
Saturday marked the first alumni day
ever held at the Massachusetts agricul
tural college other than at commencement
time, and was a great success. Over 50
alumni were back and they all took a great
interest in the activities of the college, the
college itself and the advances that have
been made since their college days. A
sturdy crowd ot 12 men represented 1913.
the youngest alumni class, and made good
their plans of bringing the alumni and
undergraduates closer together. Many of
the alumni were from the earlier classes,
and 1871 and 1872 both had representa
tives These two classes are the oldest
alumni of the college.
IN MEMORY OF PROF PIERCE.
Prof Gardiner and Prof Warren of
Princeton Give Addresses at Vesper
Service.
The vesper service Sunday at Smith col
lege was one in memory of Prof Arthur
Henry Pierce of the psychology depart
ment, whose death, a little more than a week
ago. came as a distinct shock to the many
who knew and admired him. In spite of
the very disagreeable weather, a large
number of the faculty, students and
friends attended the service to pay trib
ute to one of Smith's most deeply loved
professors.
Prof Harry Norman Gardiner first spoke
of Prof Pierce from the point of view of
a colleague and intimate friend. From a
deep friendship of over 14 years Prof
Gardiner characterized Mr Pierce as not
only a great teacher, with self-controled
conscientiousness, a love of truth, clarity
of thought, sobriety of judgment, open
mindedness, sincerity and balance, but
also as an attractive, winning and sym
pathetic personality who had a genius
for friendship and always remained loyal
and helpful to his friends. And with his
gentleness of nature he was one of the
most manly of men, hating the low and
coarse and striving always toward high
ideals.
Prof Howard Warren of Princeton uni
versity then spoke of Prof Pierce as a
colleague in the psychological association
in very high terms. He said that as a
member of the association and as the edi
tor of the Psychological Bulletin, Prof
Pierce proved himself invaluable, always
showing thorough conscientiousness in his
work and proving a harmonious influence
in the association, although modest and
unassuming in all that he did. And he
honored him not only as a scholar, but as
a friend, whose spirit must always live
on in the lives which he influenced and
enriched.
The service was a most impressive one,
and the music was in accordance with the
solemnity of the occasion. Edith Ben
nett, 1914. of Concord, N. H., sang Men
delssohn's “0 rest in the Lord.” and the
choir gave “Lift thine eyes,” by the same
composer. The postlude which Prof Sleep
er played was Gounod's “Sanctus.”
Miss De Long Speaks on Work in the
South.
Miss Ethel De Long. Smith. 1901. of
the Pine Mountain settlement school of
Kentucky, spoke at the Christian associ
ation meeting last week Tuesday. Miss
De Long presented a vivid picture of a
region iu which the people are still living
in the 18th century. Isolated as they are
by creeds which are wont to “rise on
you,” they preserve the primitive speech
and point of view of our ancestors. Among
these people there was established 12
years ago. on the forks of Troublesome
creek, a settlement school, which was des
tined not only to give industrial training,
but also to be a social center in the com
munity. The idea of its founders was
to transfer to the country the ideals of
the college settlements in the city, and the
influence of this Hindman school was so
beneficial and demands for more such
schools so imperative that Miss De Long
and her associate. Miss Pettit, determined
to establish another school. They held a
mass-meeting on Pine mountain. 47 miles
from Troublesome, and there discovered
ways and means of founding a school.
The people were intensely eager for
"learning,” and Uncle William Preach, a
pioneer from the headwaters of the Cum
berland, gave the land for the school.
The first money received was 45 cents
given by the Bible class at Hindman.
Last April the school was started with
a trained nurse, a scientific farmer and a
five-room house. The sites of the 15 pro
spective buildings have been carefully
chosen so that they will take their proper
places when there is opportunity to build
them. The trustees are men and women
all over the country who are interested in
extending the college settlement idea to
rural districts, and that this school occu
pies a position of tremendous importance
is evidenced by the fact that within a
radius of seven miles there are 800 chil
dren. Miss De Long is to speak again
The Next Art Exhibition.
The latest' special exhibition at the
Hillyer art gallery at Smith college
opened Sunday, and is a showin of
paintings from the recent exhibition
of the Philadelphia water color so
ciety. It comes to Northampton through
I the American federation of art, of
which Robert W. De Forest is pres
ident. The federation makes such ex
hibitions possible to small galleries ell
over the United States by arranging for
them with the different associations which
hold annual exhibits. The exhibition prom
ises to be a pleasant variation in the series
for although not so important as that of
the Lyon paintings, it brings to North
ampton examples from the studios of a
number of well-known artiste. The me
dium in every case is water color,' and
this fact alone senes to make the pictures
of peculiar interest Among the artists
exhibiting are Susan Hinekley Bradley,
Charles M. Eaton. James Petersen, Frank
Schoonover. Taber Sears and N. C. Wyeth.
Jules Guerin will exhibit “The House-
i tops of Nazareth,’’ familiar to all readers
of the Century, and two other oriental
subjects as well. Walter Palmer is repre
sented by some of his well-known and
happy snow scenes. The exhibition will
last until March 24, and like all the
others is open to the public. Open week
days.^9 to 1, and 2 to 5. Sundays. 2.30
to 4.30. No admission is charged
FINE SCHOOL FOR YOUNG MEN
LECTURE BY ROBERT W. NEESER
Pictures of Life on the Ocean Wave
Seen by Germania Club.
A stereopticon lecture full of most in
teresting local color was given by Robert
W. Neeser upon "Life in the American
navy,” in the banquet hall of the High
land hotel in this city Saturday
evening under the auspices of the
Germania club. Mr Neeser considers
the navy such an excellent training
school for young men that he would favor
giving all such youths a course aboard
Uncle Sam's warships. The lecture was
illustrated with 140 slides of exceptional
beauty and value, for Mr Neeser. as guest
at various times of the commanders of
battleships of the Atlantic fleet, has had
a wonderful opportunity to take pictures
much out of the ordinary. Mr Neeser.
who is a graduate of Yale, is a recognized
authority upon naval subjects. He has
published two books upon naval subjects,
one a “History of the United States
navy,” and the other “A Landsman's Log."
Julius Tuckerman, head of the modern
language department of the central high
school and president of the Germania club,
introduced the speaker with a few brief
remarks. After the lecture refreshments
were served. There was a large attend
ance of members of the club and their
guests. Mr Neeser's address was as fol
lows :—
The subject upon which 1 have the
pleasure of speaking to you this evening
is one that to me is especially congenial,
for I have a very great affection for
the navy, which it has been my privilege
to come to know so well. Some time ago
Rear-Admiral Chadwick, who. as you
will remember, was Admiral Sampson’s
captain and chief of staff in the battle
of Santiago, spoke of the navy as the
greatest of professions, as the most pow
erful instrnment of government, and as
the greatest of universities for its officers
and of public schools for its men. It
is a profession that combines the knowl
edge and management of the mightiest
and most complicated of machines, the
battleship, along with astronomy, steam,
electricity, the study of war, of strategy
and of tactics. And added to those are
diplomacy and international law, for, as
is well known, navies carry on much
of the former and make and execute most
of the latter. And finally the navy fights
the country's battles on that gieat field
of action, the sea. The 50,000 men of
the service form an unequaled body in
discipline, character and efficiency, and.
from what I have seen of the service, I
wish, and that wish, I know, is that
of every civilian who really knows the
navy—that every American boy could be
passed through a four-years’ enlistment.
He would then know, more thoroughly
than he does now, what discipline, com
mand and obedience, respect for superiors
and thoughtfulness for inferiors and sense
of duty and obligation mean.
A Great University and School.
1 have stated that the navy is the
greatest of universities tind of public
schools. It is more. It is a splendid
national manual training educational in
stitution. Much of the opposition to a
powerful navy arises from the belief that
the navy is an extravagance—but if only
the persons responsible for that statement
would look into the matter before thus
committing themselves they would realize
that in this respect: the navy is not an
extravagance, but an economy. The mod
ern ship-of-war is" not merely a fighting
machine—though that is, of course, its
ultimate end—but in every sense a man
ual training school, and a splendidly
equipped one, too, where men are en
gaged in a score of different occupations
that . specially fit ' them for careers
in civil life. While preparing them
for national defense, the navy gives each
of its 50,000 men a thorough practical
training in useful trades, such as those of
electricians, bakers, boilermakers, cooks
coppersmiths, carpenters, pharmacists, ma
chinists. plumbers, sailmakers, stenogra
phers, painters, wireless operators ami
bookkeepers. And in doing this the navy
is, in the essentials, carrying out a policy
of industrial education such as the com
monwealth of Massachusetts not long ago
adopted after careful and authoritative
investigation. It is the kind of practical
education that will bring out all that is
good in a man, that will develop him and
make of him a man.
The true meaning of the term education
is often to-day lost sight of. It is not a
mere scheme of imparting school-room in
struction. It is a system of bringing up
the youth of the nation, and not with the
aid of books alone, for the part it will have
to play in the national life. This role the
navy pre-eminently plays. It teaches patri
otism and reverence for the flng and for
everything the flag stands for. It instils
m the youth a respect for duly, constituted
authority—a trait sadly lacking in the
American character of to-day. It teaches
the young citizen bow to live healthfully
and how to take care of his body properly.
It gives him a broader view of life by
training him in a career in which he will
be capable of manual self-support; and by
teaching him something of other nations
by foreign cruises and service in the Pa
cific and Asiatic fleets it makes him ap
preciate what his country is and what its
place should be among the powers of the
world.
The American Bluejacket.
The American bluejacket is a man of
whom we may well feel proud. And he de
serves all the praise that can be given him
w? Americans, alas, too often do not suf
ficiently appreciate him, but the inhabitants
of other countries do. and we need but
read extracts in his praise such as ap
peared in the French newspapers last fall
to realize how high his standard is. If we
are doubting Thomases, the recruiting fig
ures should make us believe. For there we
will see that out of nearly 80,000 appli
cants for enlistment in the United States
navy during the past 12 months only 17,-
000 were accepted as coming up to the
standard required of candidates for the
service; 63.000 were rejected. Surely
these figures are impressive.
So much for the enlisted man. Of
the naval officer as much can be
said, and more when it comes to
his readiness to undergo hardship, incur
risks and sacrifice life itself in the per
formance of duty, in time of war or at
the call of humanity in time of peace. Out
of the thousand instances which crowd
upon the recollection we need only men
tion Richard Somers, who calmly met his
fate in the mysterious and awful explosion
of the ketch Intrepid off Tripoli; Tunis
Craven at Mobile, whose ship became his
coffin because, in the nobility of his na
ture, he could not help stepping aside from
the ladder which led to safety and saving
“After you, pilot;” John Talbot, "who
sailed 1200 mile* in an open boat to sum
mon assistance to the shipwrecked crew
of the Saginaw, only to perish in the surf
at Hawaii; George De Long, whose tragic
end established n standard of Christian
heroism which few may reach and none
may surpass.
OmnHatMn and Fidelity.
The Imdrock of our navy has been ita
organization; its soul, honor; its demand,
courage; its inspiration, love of country;
its crown, glory. But its keynote, its
foundation stone, has been obedience,—
and that also has been its ruling impulse
in practically every instance of fortitude
and self-denial, with which our naval an
nals abound, obedience to the letter, and
when the letter fails to carry the man |
deeply enough into the dangers and trials'
which beset the path to his goal, t«e let
ter disappears and the spirit takes its
place as the guiding principle.
When Wadleigh in 1881, was looking for
possible survivors of the Jeanette’s crew
it was this spirit which carried him in a
wooden cruiser, the Alliance, beyond
Spitsbergen—above 80 north latitude —far-
ther north than any Vessel of her descrip
tion had ever been before, and much far
ther than sneh a vessel should go, unless
| justified, as Wadleigh was. by an over
whelming if mute appeal. Says the
chronicler of this extraordinary expedi
tion. "If the ship had been nipped, she
and her whole complement of 180 men
would have disappeared from the face of
the earth without ever making a sign.”
The same fidelity to a lofty ideal of obe
dience joined to sympathetic humanity ac
tuated Berry, when his own vessel, the
Rodgers, sent to De Long’s relief, was
burned to the water’s edge in Bering sea.
Hearing from the Chukches the rumor that
strange white men had landed somewhere
on the northern coast of Siberia, Berry
started out with a scant native escort
and tramped over lIMHJ miles along that
bleak shore, in the winter season, hoping
against hope that he might arrive in time
to succor.
Nor can the historian recall a finer pic
ture than H. B. M. S. Calliope, steaming
out of the harbor of Apia, in the teeth of
the frightful hurricane of 1889, and, as
she passed the Trenton, the only vessel
beside herself still afloat out of that large
assemblage of shipping, receiving the
cheers of a crew gallant and generous in
the very face of death?
When Greeley's fate was shrouded in
mystery and the whole country trembled
between hope and fear of tearing aside the
dark veil, upon the navy it. called to do
the impossible. And, by it the impos
sible was done. Leaving far astern of
them old, experienced arctic voyagers,
Sehley and Emory forced their way in
gales of wind, which opposed them with
cruel, demonaic fury, through snow and
ice to reach Cape Sabine not only greatly
in advance of any previous record, but at
the very last instant when their coming
could avail. Evon 24 hours later few, if
any. of Greeley’s party would have been
alive to save.
Services tn Pence.
Happily the achievements of the navy
during peace are not always so tragic and
gloomy. Oftentimes they are humdrum,
unheralded, overlooked, almost unknown.
And none the less valuable are its many
services of this kind. In order that the
navigator may plow his way along our
shores in security, the navy mapped the
dangers visible and hidden and sounded
out the safe passages front Calais to the
Rio Grande, from Tia Juana to Cape
Flattery. That a succession of able su
perintendents of the coast survey have di
rected this work does not detract from
the credit due the officers and men of the
navy who until 1898. in season and out of
season, sounded and took angles and kept
their parties busily employed gathering
the facts and figures upon which the art
tograpliers have built their worth.v and
enduring monument. And the same thing
is seen all over the world to-day. When
ever a ship is not engaged in drilling and
firing at a target, her officers and crew
rest themselves by making surveys of re
mote and uncharted waters..
In this country the appreciation of these
labors is confined to the few who interest
themselves in such matters, but abroad it
takes the shape of generous publie recog
nition. For example, his compatriots
only know Sigsbee as the captain
of the ill-fated Maine, but across
the ocean he is a man whom kings delight
to honor and to decorate for his notable
improvements in deep-sea dredges and
sounding apparatus.
These investigations of the ocean’s se
crets are not always free from incon
venience and misinterpretation. When
Pillsbury was measuring the width and
depth and strength of the gulf stream he
anchored the Blake'one day in some hun
dreds of fathoms by a grapnel and a U^ht
wire rope. A. coasting schooner passing
that way, her skipper's curiosity was
aroused by the sight of a vessel apparently
stationary in spite of wind and current,
so be tacked under the Blake's stern,
hailed Pillsbury and asked him what he
was doing. “Oh. nothing important.” re
plied the latter. “I'm just anchored.” The
voice of indignant skepticism came boom
ing back over the sea, “You're a d <1
liar!”
The world is indebted to the late Prof
Dana for his scientific system of mineral
ogy which encountered little difficulty in
displacing the more empirical forms by
which it had been preceded. But Dana's
view of things was broadened by his
years spent on board a man-of-war in
Wilkes’s exploring expedition, and the
navy,or at least the opportunities which the
navy afforded may rightly claim even a
slight share in placing the laurel wreath
upon that worthy brow.
And the navy."too. furnished a painstak
ing philosopher who wrote that enoch-mak.
ing book, the Physical Geography of the
Sea,‘ which told the sailors of these United
State and of every other civilized power,
bow to navigate the oceans abroad and
the waters that wash their own shores.
Tr it not pertinent to inquire what it would
cost the nautical world to erase the name
of Maury from history's page?
The Panama Canal.
And lastly there is that great engineer
ing feat the construction of the Panama
canal. And in no other connection are
facts—bottom facts—so imperatively essen
tial. For it was the navy, by its faithful
and laborious study on the spot of the
many suggested lines across the great
isthmus that collected the information and
supplied the necessary data for this colos
sal undertaking.
Can it be said, in the fact of such a
record of achievement, that our navy has
not earned the gratitude df the American
people as a civilizing force during times
of peace? To the average citizen, this is a
new point of view. I quite appreciate this,
for it is not generally possible for the
civilian to see the navy as it should be
seen in order to fully understand it. Only
when the warships are in port lias he the
opportunity .of treading the deck of a bat
tleship, and then his visits result only in
a confused impression of guns, machinery
niid cramped spaces. Of the ways of the
service he has seen nothing.
My talk to you this evening will there
fore aim to show you what those ways of
the service are, and what the daily life and
the day's work of the thousands of blue
jackets who to-day man the fighting ves
sels of our navy at home and abroad.
MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE.
Record of Mtaslonarie* From Classes
From 1888 to the Present,
An illuminated manuscript book has been
prepared in which are inscribe^ the names
of Mount Holyoke alumnae, from tne class'
of 1888 to the present, who are or have
been under full appointment as foreign
missionaries. The 24 classes from 1888
to 1911 furnish 79 names. The class of
1905 has the largest number, eight, in
cluding two nongraduates. Only two classes
before 1912 have as yet no missionary
member, and of the two, one is honored
by the name of a graduate student of
that year, which leaves only one page bare
of names. The bronze tablet in the library
records 178 names of foreign missionaries
from the first 50 classes. 1837-1887. This
bbok, like the tablet, gives m informa
tion except the class, the maiden name
and the country of service. One page is
reserved for each class from 1888 to 1937.
The exquisite beauty of the manuscript is
the result of a plan which was made by
the late Prof Louise K. Jewett and car
ried out by one of her pupils, Amelia E.
Rockwell, 1915, of Fairhope. Ala. The
lettering and water-color designs were
done on parchment sheets. Miss Rock
well designed and executed a heading for
each class from 1888 to 1911. using Gothic
letters and numerals on a background of ;
the class color, and the class flower or
emblem. There, was a wide range of class
colors in the earlier years, so the designs
have great individuality as well as beauty.
The colors glow on the shining parchment.
, The personal names under the headings
are also In Gothic letters made with India.
' ink. The workmanship throughout is
iof a high degree of excellence. The book
was bound in Paris in creamy parchment.
The corners of the front and back covers
are decorated with geometric designs in
blue, gold, green and pink, and are con
nected with each other by lines of the
i same colors.
j EDUCATORS IN CONVENTION
i
SESSIONS AT RICHMOND, VA.
Schoolmen From Various Parts of the
Country Discus* Educational Ques
tions—Cincinnati the Next Place of
Meeting. /
Correspondence of the Republican.
Richmond, Va., February 26, 1914.
Southern hospitality has opened its doors
to the educators of the country this week,
when Richmond is entertaining the super
intendents’ section of the national educa
tional association. There is an attend
ance at the meeting of about 2500 people,
most of them active members of the asso
ciation and including the superintendents
of all the large and many of the small
cities of the country. Men from Massa
chusetts and New England are meeting
friends from Montana and Texas, and all
are having a fine time learning how the
other fellow is carrying on his schools.
The program Is full of interesting things,
and there are too many sections for one
man to take in all of them.
The headquarters are at the Jefferson,
a fine palatial hotel at the upper part of
the city. It has been crowded since Sat
urday night, and indeed all of the hotels,
large and small, have been filled during the
week. To add to the crowded condition
of the elty, there is the session of the
Virginia Legislature, where several im
portant matters are being discussed, and,
as one southern man put it, “they are
watching the Legislature.” By vote of the
Senate and House the visitors were in
vited to attend certain sessions. The
northern people present have been visiting
the capital building to see the fine Houdin
statue of Washington and all of the col
lection of things that make a city like
Richmond famous. The historic “White
House of the confederacy” has been visit
ed by hundreds during the week, and a
place more filled with relics would be hard
to find. Here are collected the mementoes
of the South and of her great men. and
the people are proud indeed of the entire
lot.
In a measure, the meeting is a continua
tion of the session at Philadelphia of a
year ago, when efficiency and measure
ment were at the front. There has been
a report of the committee on standards
and tests, of which your Dr Van Sickle
is a member. The report will be printed
in a short time for the use of members.
Sex hygiene has been up for discussion at
several meetings, and particularly In the
session at which certain resolutions were
adopted. Mrs Young of Chicago made
herself felt at that session by moving
and carrying an amendment to a resolu
tion relating to teaching the subject. Mrs
Young is not as strong as she was a year
ago, but the proposition that she made
was good and it carried. The resolution
demanded that the teaching of sex hygiene
be individual and not in classes, but the
word individual was stricken out by mo
tion of Mrs Young, seconded by Mr Pearce
of Milwaukee and others. A resolution
praising President Wilson’s success was
adopted, and, in a way, the association
patted itself on the back because he was,
or is, one of them.
The work of the association for the week
stands for improvement in the health and
teaching standards of the schools.of the
country, and after each session, many of
which have run much over the time as
signed, the members have gathered in the
lobbies of the hotels and talked further.
One of the best features has been a talk
by Principal Boyden of Deerfield acad
emy on the measures that he has intro
duced in his school looking to a bettering
of the social conditions as well as the
intellectual conditions among his'students.
It has been praised by some of the lead
ing men present. William Orr. a former
high school principal of Springfield, talked
before one of the sessions on science teach
ing,.and Dr McCurdy of the Young Men's
Christian association college is down for
a talk to-morrow oil “Health education.”
One of the prominent leaders in the dis
cussions has been Dr David Snedden, the
state commissioner of Massachusetts. He
stands for vocational training as usual,
and has had to defend himself’against the
attacks of those who believe in certain
definite work along liberal or cultural lines.
At a session yesterday Dr Snedden said
that he found himself differing not ma
terially. except in definition, from a state
ment made by William C. Bagley of the
university of Illinois. Both men were well
received, but the audience found itself
somew-hat mixed up in the matter of defini
tion of features that these men propose to
instil into the education of our youth.
Goy Stuart of Virginia talked before the
association yesterday morning in a short
address of welcome. One strong element is
the representation of Teachers’ college of
Columbia university. There are about 200
men here who have been or now are at
that institution, and they held a dinner
at the Hotel Richmond Tuesday evening.
This college has been making itself felt in
educational matters for some years, and
it is bound to be a big influence of the
future. To-day the party from Teachers’
college has gone to Hampton to see the
famous institute founded by Gen Arm
strong. The institute is the Mecca of
many a man who comes from the North
or West and who wants to know how in
dustrial education is being worked out.
It is the best school of its sort, and has
been the pattern for many another.
For next year the department, will go to
Cincinnati, 0., at the invitation of Super
intendent Condon, formerly of Providence.
Detroit was the only other city in the
running. Superintendent Young of Chi
cago will claim the honor, as she spoke
first for Cincinnati in 1915 ond for her
own city in 1917. The officers elected are
as follows: President, Superintendent H.
Snyder of Jersey City, N. J.: vice-presi
dents. Superintendents D. W. Horn of
Houston, Tex., and E. C. Warriner of
Saginaw, Mich.; secretary, Mrs Ella Car
lisle Ripley, assistant superintendent of
Boston. Mass.
REPORTERS IN THE MAKING
Columbia School ot Journalism U«es
Moving Picture*.
Motion pictures as a means of inslrnc
fion have been introduced into the Colum
bia university school of journalism. Three
reels of Balkan war pictures were shown.
From these pictures the students were to
write stories as if they had seen the ac
tual events. In this way the faculty hopes
to train the students in accurate observa
tion and in reporting events as they happen.
In explaining the reason for adopting
motion pictures to train students in jour
nalism Dr Taleott Williams, director of
the school of journalism, said:—
"In adopting this new experiment in
education the school of journalism hopes
to overcome its greatest obstacle, that of
giving the students practice in reporting
actual events and at the same time mak
ing it possible for the instructors to know
how accurately and thoroughly the work
has been done. Formerly when n student
was sent out to get a story no one knew
whether he omitted important facts or ex
aggerated what he did get. unless a story
of the same event happened to appear in
the daily newspapers. With the motion
pictures, however, the instructors can be
come familiar with all the facts and thus
be able to check up the students' stories.”
Vocational Training Baals.
The fundamental distinction between vo
cational and liberal education was definite-
ly made by Dr David Snedden. Massa
chusetts commissioner of education, iu an
address at Richmond. Va., last week
Wednesday before the department of
superintendence of the national edu
cation association. The position of
the speaker, strongly nnd clearlv
taken, is that those two forms of
education cannot be blended. To attempt
tms, he says, "is to defeat the aims of
liberal and vocational education.” Tha
reason for this is that “one of the essen
tials of genuine efficiency in either liberal
or vocational education is a considerable
degree of concentration on the part of the
pupil on the one type or the other, so far
as regards the expenditure of his time
and energy in any given time.”
1914 CHAUTAUQUA FROGRAM.
Preacher, and Lecturer* Who Will
Appear on the Platform—Mr Bryan
Not There.
Among the preliminary announcements
for the coming season at. Chautauqua,
N. Y., the following may be mentioned:
Preachers include Bishop John H. Vin
cent, chancellor of Chautauqua and one
of its founders, August 2-7: Rev G. Robin
son Lees, vicar of St Andrew's, Lambeth,
tar D nf Dr Peter Ainslie, pas-
n^ r S la . n lemple, Baltimore, July
tu , Silai!er . Mathews, president of
ci L rVcouncil of churches. August:
h P r p°° r Ke W. Truett pastor First
of .Dallas, Tex.. August
John Timothy Stone, pastor
Fourth Presbyterian church of Chicago,
moderator I resbyterian general assembly.
August 23-29: Prof J. Hope Moulton of
Victoria university, (Manchester, Eng-
August 24-30.
Lectures will be given by Prof Francis
B. Gummere of Haverford college. Pres
ident Lincoln Hulley of John B. Stetson
umvexsity. and Dr William A. Coiledge,
piesident international lyceum association.
Prof Scott Neanng of Wharton school,
university of Pennsylvania, will deliver a
series on the cost of living, and Edward
Howard Griffis one on * 4 l)ranias of pro
test.” A series on the education of the
American girl is assigned to Earl Barnes,
head of the Chautauqua school of:
psychology and pedagogy, author of
“Woman in Modern Society.” Prof John
A. Lomax of the university of Texas, in
a series of lecture-recitals, will interpret
“American folk songs.” Dr Edwin E. Slos
son, literary editor of the Independent,
will give four addresses on “Modern phil
osophical tendencies;” and President
George E. Vincent of Chautauqua institu
tion and the university of Minnesota, will
give four on “The growth of social con
sciousness. ’ Raymond Robins of Chicago,
widely known social expert, will speak
upon “Christianity and the social order.”
Special addresses will be delivered aw
follows: July 11. Judge William L.. Ra
nsom of New York: August 1, Bourke
Cockran of New York; August 8.-federa
tion day address, Mrs Percy V. Pennv
backer. president general federation of
woman’s clubs: August 12. Woman's
Christian Temperance union day address,
xr Stevens, ' president
National woman’s Christian temperance
union..
Music plavs a large part in the enjov
'tatat and inspiration of the people at
Chautauqua. The resources are a large
volunteer chorus, an orchestra, a quarter
of soloists, tlie heads of the music deparl
ir.ent of the summer schools, and a great
organ in the amphitheater. The musical
work is in charge of Alfred Hallam, presi
dent New York state music techers’ asso
ciation. Drama is given recognition in
the organization of the Chautauqua play
ers, who will give plays on six successive
Saturday evenings. Illustrated lectures,
moving picture programs, recitals, and
reading hours are liberally interspersed
among the heavier elements of the pro
gram. In the week following,the close of
the regular assembly, the International
lyceum association, an organization of
workers in lyceum and Chautauqua fields
will hold its 12+h annual convention at
Chautauqua and conduct a unsf.season
program September 2-11. Their an
nouncements already include Dr Russell
H. Conwell. Ben Greet players. Dr Her
bert L. 'Willett. Prof E. A Steine-,
Montaville Flowers, L. Adam Bede and
others.
NOYES HAS PRINCETON OFFER.
Engl tali Poet Under*tood to Have Ac
cepted Professorship.
Alfred Noyes, the English poet, who is
in this country lecturing in the cause of
world peace, has been asked to join the
faculty of Princeton university and it is
understood that he has agreed to accept.
The position which Mr Noyes is to fill, it
is said, is a visiting professorship, with
lectures on modern English literature. It
will begin about the middle of next Febru
ary and will continue for several years,
from February to June.
HELP FOB SOUTHERN COLLEGES.
Dr Washington’* Strong Indorsement
of Their Work.
To thr Editor of The Republican :—
The American missionary association is
making a strong effort to raise $1,000,000
for the partial endowment of the follow
ing colleges: Fisk, Talladega, Tougaloo,
Straight and Tillotson, for the education
of our people in the South. They are con
centrating particularly on Talladega at
present.
I wish people might realize how far
reaching the work of these colleges is in
the development of the civilization of our
country. I am constantly traveling through
out the South and other sections of our
country, and wherever I go I meet strong
men and women who have been educated
at one of these institutions. The men and
women from these colleges are succeeding
as teachers and leaders in 19 other occu
pations. Many of the strongest men in
the pulpits of the large denominations,
such as Methodist and Baptist, have been
educated at one of these institutions. But
for the presence and influence of such edu
cated men and women It would have been
impossible for us to maintain the peace
and order between white people and black
peapie in the South during all these years.
If anyone wants to help in cnangiiig the
attitude of the white people in the South
toward the education of the colored peo
ple he cannot do it in a more effective way
than by contributing toward the endow
ment of these five leading colleges for our
race in the South.
It was my privilege recently, through
an invitation, to attend the meeting of the
executive committee of the American mis
sionary association, and I have never met
a body of men who were more unselfishly
devoted to the welfare of the South than
is true of these committeemen. I very
much hope the appeal which they are mak
ing to the public will meet a hearty re
sponse. Booker T. Washington.
Tuekeffte Inetitute, Ala., February 21,
19U.
Tell* of Present-Day Greek*.
Miss Stone of Athens spoke on "Present
day Greece” at the open meeting of
Greek club of Smith college last
week Wednesday evening. The speak
er was introduced by Prof Julia H.
Caverns of the Greek department and in
dealing with her subject Miss Stone first
divided those who visit Greece into two
classes —those who are contemptuous of
it because of its small size nnd in
significance and those who expect to find
in the Gryece of to-day a constant re
minder of the Greece of the past. Both
of these attitudes are unfair. The mixture
of population makes it impossible to see
the ancient Greek in the modern, and
yet they have many traits and char
acteristics in common with their ancestors.
The people of Greece are principally shep
herds and miiltoers. nnd the life of the
former on the ifiountameiJes recalls
Theocritus.