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Reynolds^ masterpieces and is an ex : j
tremely attractive work, changed hands j
at Christie's auction room nine years. ago
at $55,000. • Mr. Morgan Is now said to have
paid $110,000 for it.
Reynolds painted It in. 1780 for. Lady
Delma, .who was a sister of the then Earl
of Carlisle, and a great beauty... Reynolds
got S1050 for It. ' _ • .-
Editors; En Route to San Francisco.;
. MONTGOMERY.; Ala.. June 21.— The A1-*
abama State Press .-Association after ;'a i
two-days' session, adjournedt to-day and
to-night; a party of /ninety, started "on an
excursion to'San' Francisco/.
the country. l y\
WASHINGTON. June 21.— Officials of
the Japanese Legation were shocked when
Informed of the assassination."' Mr.
Hoshi's service here as Minister lasted
from 1S96 to 1898. He is well known in dip
lomatic and official circles. Before-com
ing here he was prominent in the politics
of his country, and on returning to Japan
he became a member of the Cabinet, serv
ing as Minister of Commerce. -
His official life in Washington arid at
home was marked by vigor and decisive
ness, and "these characteristics brought
YOKOHAMA. June 21.— Hoshi Toru, who
was Minister of Commerce In the last Ito
Cabinet, was stabbed to-day at a meeting
cf the City Assembly and died shortly
afterward. Hoshl Toru was Japanese
Minister at Washington and was formerly
President of the House. The assassina
tion is supposed to have been due to poli
tics.
The assassin of Hoshi Toru Is a man of
about 50. years of age. occupying a good
social and public position. ' He declared
the blow was struck In the interests of
PIEEPONT MOEGAN MAKES
A GREAT, ABT PURCHASE
Pays §110,000 for a Famous Por
trait Group by Sir Joshua .
R eyno 1 f 5 . s.
NEW YORK, June 21.— The World has
this from London: J. Pierpont Morgan
has made another great art purchase. He
has Just Acquired Sir Joshua Reynolds'
famous portrait group*. /'Lady Delma and
Her Daughters." He bought the* picture
from thei dealer, Charles Wertheimer.,
This portrait, which stands high amongr
, "The . marriage / between '; Miss ;; Vivian
Sartoris '. and ' Mr./Archibald:Balfour) will
.not.take'place."// _ 0/ *;./.¦; . '
\ London 1 , society . is '; . completely,'' myatifled."
Nobody. knows: the meaning/of, the sudden
notice and many refuse to; believe' It/ true;
Paidi Announcement .Conveys; Infor
v'mation .That -the \ Engagement
'Is Broken^ -/ •'
' '¦ NEW , YORK,; June . 21.— The.Wbrld . has
this from London: Among /the' paid an
nouncements-in the Morning Post of- to
day appeared this notice:
MISS VIVIAN SARTOEIS
NOT TO / WED B ALFOTJIl
¦ ¦ • ¦ . . . ¦• -.- ¦¦¦',.
him much enmity in certain political cir
cles *of Japan. This resulted '¦ in charges
affecting hi3 integrity, as a member of the
Cabinet, and rather than compromise his
associates by the controversy; he tendered
his resignation and began libel jjj s*ults
against 'his detractors. : Feeling 'ran high"
over this affair, and it Is probably due to
this that the fatality "occurred./ , ;"
't Mr. Hoshi :' is survived'by a witfow /and
one son, the latter nine years old.' 1 He was
48 years/of age.'and besides^his: promi
nence" in politics was a student and a man
of literary accomplishment. '/"
Hoshi Toru, Former Minister to Washington, Is, Stabbed at a
Meeting of the" Yokohama Assembly.
JAPANESE STATESMAN MEETS HIS DEATH
AT THE HANDS OF POLITICAL ASSASSIN
I • NOTED EDUCATOR WHO SAYS
' AMERICANS ARE"? LACKING
j IN INTELLECTUALITY.
¦ Parent was willing to answer . all ques
tions; put to him. and begged that /the
r character • of - Miss Van Ornum might? be
; spared, and also requested that no men
tion be made of the residence of his wif»
.'and 'family.-:-' Parei-t's statement was as
follows:
"I am a mining man ana real estate
dealer. 'I^formerly lived in Seattle and
came to this city six weeks ago. I first
; met Miss Van Ornum In Seattle. We cor-
Parent "Willing to Talk.
The wife and little son of Popper were
not at home when the officers called at
. the , house, , j and were : thus mercifully
spared being witnesses to the traglo
affair. ./ • , , '-' . ,
"Parent, the companion of- Miss Van
Ornum, was taken to police headquarters
yesterday afternoon and detained by or
. der of Captain" Seymour. The man felt hla
position' keenly and wept bitterly when
questioned. After being examined by the
.'chief of detectives Parent made a state
ment to the newspaper reporters and was
released by Captain Saymour. after being
warned not to leave the city. .
commenced ; a- systematic search of tha
flat in '.which; Popper resided. It did not
Jake butV few/ minutes to discover enoagh
evidence/ to . show that Popper>had been
engaged in his unlawful practice for many
years/-'//- .'?¦'".• v
; Popper, maintained a stolid silence while
the detectives were searching his house,
but 'when confronted with the positive
proofs of his -.work, he exclaimed. "Well,
you have the incriminating evidence
against me."
Suicide of 'Accused Kan.
l.Under the pretext of getting an instru
ment: from a small bureau. Popper threw
the detectives off their guard. He stooped
down, . and, as he arose, he exclaimed,
"Well, I've fooled you all." Popper had
drained the contents of a bottle labeled
"carboliaacid," which he had taken from
the inside pocket of his coat, and as ha
sank backward Into a chair, ha threw tha
vial at the feet of the officers.
¦ While; some of the detectives sought to
aid;Popper others hastily telephoned for
a -doctor, /and : finally Dr. A. B. Grossa
answered the call. He administered anti
dotes to Popper, but in a few minutes tha
man who' had feared arrest was lying
dead 'at the feet of the representatives of
the law. For the first time in his career
Deputy.' Coroner Meehan witnessed tha
suicide of ' a man .whom he was destined
I to remove In the morgue wagon.
found in Miss Van Ornum's room, had
been prepared by" him. but defied the de
tectives .to arrest him. The detectives at
once placed Popper under arrest and then
PRINCIPALS IN/THE .TRAGEDY IN WHICH A -WOMAN DIES FROM
USE OF DRUGS - AND THE | MAN ACCUSED OF ADMINISTERING
THE SAME ENDS HIS LIFE. FEARING ARREST.
. fore the End. ' /'
; VICTORIAr B.;C., 'June 21.— News was
brought by the steamer. Victoria, -which 1
sailed from .Yokohama on^ June : 8 and ; ar
rived to-day. ¦ of -the death of ' Hugh Tevis
of San Franclsco'f there on \ June , 6. / With
his.wife he was* staying at the Grand Ho
tel' arid ¦ was taken - ill T with/appendicitis.
He - suffered > considerably ; " a 'doctor/was
called in and it was decided after consult
ation .with other, physicians to operate, but
the operation proved : unsuccessful .'and
Tevis succumbedr../,/^, V* :"/•-"'/¦ - ¦
. Mrs.' Tevis./who; ; with/, her jate ; husband,
made many • friends in the^ Japanese * port,
was prostrated."/ She was to" leave by. the
next San Francisco-bound steamer ./taking
the' remains : of ; her husband to San Fran
cisco. The /Yokohama : papers contain . ; no
detailsof Tevis 1 . illness. ' ..
: ... Million Dollars /for. Churches.
/CHICAGO,^ June' 2L-f Ori-the Rockefeller
and 'i Carnegie l ; plan of colleges
arid Z> libraries ,¦;./ a • -Western , ' benefactor,*
whose 'name*: for_ the ; present is -withheld!"
has * placed /. in ? escrow ; in 'a Denver J, bank
$1,000,000 iirilsecuri ties ; f ori 'the purpose/of
establishing- tpeo'ple's 'churches through
out '. the' country. '.-;/' ¦ / : "/
Late '; San Francisco Millionaire Said
to Have : Suffered Greatly Be-
STEAMER .BRINGS/ NEWS/ ;;^,
OF THE DEATH OF TEVIS
VICTORIA, B.C., June : 21.— News was
received; by the, steamer Victoria,' which
arrived to-day, that plague is becoming
violent in Hongkong,, where up to. the
end of May from the beginning of -the
year 529 Chinese, six other Asiatics and
eight Europeans had • been : attacked , and
495 Chinese had died, as' well as four other
Asiatics and five • whites. •
The China; Mail says it is "Impossible to
deny that the outbreak ; is in/ a virulent
form, arid ; one of 'the serious facts con
nected with/ the" epidemic is. that cases
are found in every part of the "country.
The transport \ Kintuck . and j the steamer
Empress of China are " i quarantined at
Nagasaki, : a Chinese fireman havirig died
on the former, which has 180 United States
soldiers and six" officers "aboard.
¦No particulars were received of the Em
press, but cable advices received here re
port that she /will 'be released on the 24thi
antine Because; of a Suspi
, . , • cious Case.
United States: Transport Is in Quar-
DEATHS FEOM PLAGUE
INCREASE IN' HONGKONG
; NAPIER, Nebr., June 21.— Seven yives |.
were lost in a tornadohere last night, The
killed we're members of trie r Greening. 'arid
Anderson 'families. Thel'casualties are: /
JACOB : GREENING, aged 40, fatally
injured. ; ' v
1 MRS.' JACOB GREENING,' still living,
but riot expected to survive.' ;..;•
.GRACE GREENING, aged 14, seriously. |
Injured.
MARGARET GREENING/ aged ; 7,
killed.'' , : / . ; V • • : ¦
•MAGGIE GREENING, aged 9, killed.
; JOHN GREENING, aged; 4.', killed. - V
JACOB GREENING, aged 2, v killed.
Out of the' Anderson family, of six two
children, Ida and Clara; aged 'respectively
7 and 8. were killed/ and. the' mother and
her. daughter Bertha and son /Theodore,
aged respectively 10 and^ 12 : years/ were
injured. One of these children has' since
died/ August Anderson, the father, was
away- from home at the time.
Carried Long Distances.
Mrs.' Greening's shoulder is, broken. and
she is injured internally. /Grace Greening
is very seriously, hurt, but may survive.
The father of the Greening family :was
founda quarter of -a mile from the house,
badly mangled. Both arms and legs. and
his back were broken. :/ .
Little^ Maggie arid Jacob Greening were
found :C00 yards from where the house '•
stood/They were stripped v. of all their
clothing, but -were not disfigured. The
other, two were close to:the
: house and /were in full view of /their
mother/ and /eldest sister, who, /both" fa-'
tally injured/could see them but render
no assistance. //. ./¦•" t .' : ' V/:- -£'^
sun vwas." shining. ''.iThe* storm' cloud' ap^"
peared at about • 5 • o'clock '; and /traveled
down the KeyaPaha River. ;| It seemed
to rise up and^miss^some houses arid then
swoop down and demolish everything.
The tornado ,was. preceded by a severe,
hailstorm. Stones fell that measured ten
Inches in circumference. • -«- ;..
1 Babe Torn . From ' Her Arm's. .
Mrs. Anderson took* refuge under a> bank
near her home with three children. - : ; '
;• "Iisaw the cloud -coming," she; said^
"and I; grabbed the,'- youngest child r and
took two with /vine:? When the. storm
struck the house rt took it right Into the
air and that was, the last of it. I hurried
to my. children,' but the storm took two
of them away from' me and killed them.
I laid down and -held riiy baby. The/wind
also ' took . it away from me. A-tlriitier
struck me and broke my shoulder./ After
the storm "all my "clothes and. my shoes
and stockings were gone."
The big wagon bridge 'across the Keya
Paha River". was completely, destroyed.
¦ . *^^*"" '» . ¦ .:
: sf*^ NB- of the. most sensational trage
fi II dies ever' enacted . in this city ; oc-
'curred yesterday when* Miss -Viola
Van '.: Ornum/, -a' pretty, nurse'
.whose' home" was -in ¦Chico. "died : . at; the
City Receiving Hospital from ;the iise of
medicines taken forlan unlawful purpose,
her death being followed, by .'; the - dellber-';
ate suicide,, in .the presence of ''detectives ',¦
of , asred >."Dr." -Victor' 'Popper/ who was ,
accused of : prescribing the drugs for the*
unfortunate woman. ; ._¦ • •
v C, H. Parent, a 'real " estate dealer and
mining man, who has an office in. the Mills
building, -was. exposed -by. the' tragedy as
having, led_ a^b^fel.e JJlfe v ** .WJjil^h^^wifg
arid^ i 'residing r ln Los^Arigeles"."
he, was Hying* with Miss Van 'Ornum at 107
Taylor street. ;•" . '
./Popper/ who committed suicide. on learn
ing'of the death of Miss Van Ornum,' had
evidently contemplated ' self-destruction
for" iriaYiy. years, /judging by the : letters •
foundin'his home after his body was re
moved to the Morgue and* by an irony of
fate, placed on a" slab beside that of the
young woman whose death > was laid at
his door. ,: v : . '
Captain _of Detective3 Seymour ; and, the
men. of 'his office * had; but little difficulty
in securing all the eviderice laid bare by,
the tragedy. Although two of the princi- .
pals had met violent deaths, Parent, the
third actor in' the affair,- was 'induced j to
tell J all -• he"? knew. ' Further ¦¦ investigation ;
furnished the missing blinks in ; the sa*d'.
drama of real life.': /
gJ^3^n^Re^e^inJcili^ ;
Viola Van Ornum was a '* resident .of !
Chico and was a graduated nurse from a
hospital. year ago,' while engaged in I
her . prof essional -v^ork in the city of, Se
attle, she made the acquaintance' of, C.H. ;
Parent, a 'mining .• man and . real -estate
dealer. .Parent is a man about 50 years
of age and his wife resides in Los Angeles
on account of^ the state ' of her^health.
Parent ana Miss. Van Ornum became ;Very
friendly ' and when the" woman returned j
¦from the north the . two ; maintained a.
steady correspondence.- . - ; - •. • ¦'
Some weeks I ago •. Parent visited Miss.
Van Ornum . at ChicqVand \ then he came
to this city, ; intending 'to settle here : in
business. When Miss IVan^ Ornum came
to this city three" weeks^ ago Parent 'met
her at the Ferry 'depot and; took j her. to'
his rooms 'at l67 Taylor' street, where he
introduced the . young womanas! his wife.
For almost, three weeks Parent and i Miss
Van Orriurii- passed as husband and \ wif e;
until the grim reaper stepped in arid sud
denly ended their illicit .?elatftms;
A few : days\ago Miss Van Ornum;in
formed Parent that she was worried as to
herJ conditlori and that she intended to see
a doctor. ¦¦"¦'.Understanding well ,the serious
nature of 'the .proposition.she made, ¦ Par
ent claims that ¦ he warned her against
such a proceeding.
- Sought Aid of Popper. .
. Parent claims that a few days Miss Van
Ornum" informed '¦ him \ that ¦ she had : called
on "Dr." Victor . Popper, at 1514; Devisa-"
dero street, -and had, secured a (quantity
of drugs to -be -used for her, relief.;.; Par
ent • insists 5 that f he ; again ,. .warned } her
against 'the use of the medicines, and that
Miss • Van i Ornurii • agreed " to return .them
to the man she^had' purchased them _f rom. :
Parent asserts Popper then had 'as
sured Miss Van Ornum that his medicines
were 'i harmless arid [. that'-. they Wre used
by thousands of ..women. ¦ Parent told ¦ the
police ; yesterday, that Miss /Van ; Ornum
had informed him that Popper had shown
her testimonials from hisi clients and; also
his" express company's books in order; to
prove'' to : her';- that ¦ he \ was doing, a '¦[ big*
business arid: that his remedies were well
thought of. {$Gh£9bS"P "-''-'-"-* • '
¦ : The 'drugs furnished by; Popper to ; Miss
Van : Ofrium Vere : therefore/, used ; byy the
unfortunate ; woman ? and ' herj death * adds •
but another riarrie to: ; the large list" of ,vic-.,
tinis of those who thrive by^ this u'nlaw'
ful practice. ',':/"¦/¦': . . ;
?'•. Thursday i*"inornins . Parent -left ; his ¦ room
with/Mlss;Van Ornum "and r to6k;breakfast
iri-'a^ restaurant - on" Market /street. He
parted. '. from" her * and /downtown ? on
buslriessVagreeirigto meet her inhis rooria 1
In/the; afternoon//' /' . >./: - ; -' ; . j >: : ;. . ¦
¦ : AtT2:30 p../m!'. vThursday.JjMlss ; Van Or
jium" was i: found * by ;' the ; landlady .'of the '
house. at 107. Taylor; street -lying on .the
floor^bf the room she occupied with Par
ent. . The : landlady ; had been attracted by
screams, ' arid when she discovered Miss
"Van Ornum - the latter was writhing in
pain and'unable to talk. The police were
'called and fan .ambulance was summoned
from the V City Receiving -, Hospital, y Dr.
Thrasher arrived with the'ambulance and
removed 'Miss -Van '\ Ornum to J the hospi
tal, -i It is claimed that . Police Officer > Joy;
who had been- -first .: summoned ; to the
house, positively refused to assist the hos
pital, people in removing. Miss Van Ornum •
from her room to "Ihe ambulance',' and his
actions will be investigated by ' Chief Sul
livan. . •, .
yT. Died at' Beceiving Hospital.
At the Receiving Hospital Miss Van Or
numSwas treated 7 by Dr. Morgan. ;He :
found her unable to speak and in an hys-.
terical state. Suspecting <hat she 1 , was
suffering from .poison, the stomach pump
was applied, but the patient showed no/
signs of rallying. She was so violent that',
it was necessary to strap her to a cot. ¦
"When Parent arrived \ at. his . room on
Thursday afternoon he was surprised to .
learn of what had happened to Miss .Van-
Ornum. He hastened 'to - the Receiving
I Hospital and gave certain information ¦ to •
the doctors. AH that was .possible was
done by the physicians for the' suffering
woman,, but she 'slowly 'sank and died at
6 a.~ m. yesterday, Parent having remained
by; her side -all through the i night. ;-;V T
:•- As soon as Mis3- Van Ornumfdied [ the"
Coroner, was notified and Deputy Coroner
Meehan s was" sent out. to secure the body
of , the dead ' woman and also to make an
.investigation. ; Parent told the .Deputy •
- Coroner his story and showed'- him the
bottles of jnedicine used by Miss Van Or
num.' In ¦ the ; dead woman's pocketbook
the deputy found a" card 'of Dr. V. Popper.
Detectives Confront Popper.
/Accompanied by Detective T. Dillon,"* the
• Deputy Coroner.' proceeded to the ' house
fof Popper at 1514 Devisadero street.' Pop
•' per ; was told ¦ of, thie [death of Miss : Van
i Ornum,' but he declined' to give anyjnfdr—
mation. .He desired to speak to.the;Dcp
,uty Coroner alone; .but • would not do^so
in the '<presence of. Detective Dillon. The
•actions of Popper caused Detective Dillon
to, ask ;the Deputy Coroner, to telephone
• to jCaptaln SeynTour, and the latterat once
; sent ;" Deteptives "Wren and Baileys to .the
house with instructions ! to 'arrest' Popper
arid bring him to police headquarters.
/-"While Deputy Coroner Meehan was, tele
phoning to Captain ;¦ Seymour,*: Detective
remained by the side of Popper ami
: was ; with ; him . when .'the other officers ar
rivedlat the ; house.^:. r
• Af ter^- a : number of '¦ had been
.put » to Popper he . adrnitted . that the,bot
'.'.tleaVof ¦: medicine and ' the • labels on'thenC
ances, let us also recognize the 'far less
pleasing- fact that in letters, science and
iphilosopliy we occupy at the present' time
a position distinctly inferior -to., that: of
European countries, and in all our :' his
tory have no name to compare with their
greatest. ¦•/¦/•'
. "In all things material we are the win
ning empire of the world; in things of in
tellect we still live on the bounty - of Eu-
talitles of our educational work. Nay.
the product/ so far as general average is
concerned, is also a subject for congratu
lation.
?'The Indictment lies elsewhere. It is
that, while in the industrial sphere we
have developed, world leaders, in the in
tellectual we are content to be underlings.
In art. in literature, in scholarship, in
science, we are a long- way behind Eu
rope.
— — « : . ' . .-.'.,,¦:
Asserts That While the Western Hemisphere Leads in All Things
Material It Has Yet to Produce a Genius Whose Name Will
Shine With Those of Raphael,. Shakespeare, Goethe and Darwin
Nebraska Torn ado Car
ries Death to Many ;o ,
/Persons: ;-¦:-¦: ".';: ! .
Victims Are Hurled.LongDis
" tances From Wrecked ¦
/. •.¦:;¦:.'• Dwellings." : ;
GALE BLOTS
OUT HOMES
AND LIVES
PRESIDENT OF CORNELL UNI VERSITY
SAYS THAT AMERICA IS FAR BEHIND
EUROPE IN HIGHER INTELLECTUALITY
VOLUME XC— NO. 22. <
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY,; JUNE 22, '1901.
D R. VI CTOR POPPE R ENDS HIS LIFE
I N PRESE NCE OF DETECTI VES WHEN
ACCUSED OF CAUSING WOMAN'S DEATH
%',-¦'.' ¦ ¦'¦ , • ¦ ~' : .~- : - ' ' ¦ ' '. ¦¦: : •¦ .-*'. / ¦ ~^ ¦ . . . ¦ "'. ¦ -
Viola Van (Drnurn, a Trained Nurse,: Dies From Effects of Drugs at
Gity Receiving, Hospital, After Removal From the Rooms of
G. H. Parent, a Mining Man, Formerly a 1 Resident of Seattle
The San Francisco Call
6f Two i Families Nine Members Are,
Killed and the Others Badly , ¦/
¦'/"¦:¦.. *, Injured: ;// .^W
ITHACA, rs. T., June 21.— President
Schurman of Cornell .-University, in
his a.ddress to the graduatirigclass",
praised American millionaires, who
hold their wealth as stewards of the
people, mentioning Carnegie and < Rocke
feller. He declared, however, that, ', save
in politics and invention, America was
far behind the countries of Europe, es
pecially in the domain ef higher culture.
President Schurman said in part:"
" "Look at the gifts which Mr. Rockefel
ler and Mr. Carnegie are making for
churches, schools, colleges," universities
*and libraries— gifts which assume the pro
portions of millions of dollars for a sin
gle object. Mr. Carnegie, preaches the
gospel of wealth, which makes it a dis
grace for a man to die rich; and. if he
li\-es long enough to carry out his pur
poses, I doubt not his life will "illustrate
his teaching.
"That our richest men have come to re
gard wealth as a trust which they hold
for the benefit of their fellovr-men may be
regarded by the future historian of Amer
ican civilization as the most significant
feature of our day. The American habit
of giving to coileges and ' universities is
one of the two most encouraging features
of our intellectual life. The other is the
public school, In which the children of the
people are freely educated at the "expense
of the people.
Lacking in Higher Culture!
"Undoubtedly we may well be proud of
all the material egencies and instrumen-
"Let me speak with the utmost frank
ness. Apart from the domain of politics.
Invention and trade, America has • not
produced a single man or woman whose
name will- shine in the intellectual firma
ment with ; Raphael, Shakespeare, Coper
nicus, Newton, La - Place, Goethe and
Darwin. *f*
"While we congratulate ourselves on the
prosperity of the nation, on the benefi
cence of its rich men, on the multitude of
our schools, colleges and universities, and
the variety of excellence of their appli-
When questioned to-night regarding the
'statements In his commencement address,
President Schurman said:'
"It is undoubtedly true that An America
there „. have been first y class creative
productions, of the human mind like those
of -Dante, , Shakespeare, ."Goethe , and/Dar
'been- compellf^rto
be ¦ witrii- literary productions "of,
the' second class and with devefcplng to
the highest degree the mechanical or in
dustrial arts. The fact is, however, that
ioare living on Europe for the best there
is in poetry, art, literature and science,
and the great danger Js :that ;we • are apt
to-be content to go on living on ' Europe
and neglect to use our own . creative in
stinct^. Therein lies the greatest danger.'
The Chinese had the rudiments of science
centuries before Europe's greatest gen
iuses rose and gave them these rudiments.
The/ Chinese did not use their own cre
ative genius for higher development, and
therein lies the cause of their low stand
ard of civilization to-day."
"How, then, would you raise this stand
ard In America?" asked' the representa
tive of The Call.
; Where Lies the Remedy.
"Before any betterment can be expect
ed," replied President 'Schurman, , "we
must come to realize that we do occupy
an Inferior place in this sphere of culture.
"We must forget the fact that in many
things we lead the Old World, and this is
the hardest thing for us to do. When I
made this statement in my address an
alumnus of this university was so indig
nant that he said. to a friend who repeat
ed it to me that I had better go to Eu
rope and live there if I thought it so much
better than America. Realizing our posi
tion then, X would say that I believe that
the hope of the country is in its colleges
and universities. Education will- not pro-,
duco, genius, but it will /nurture and tend
to develop it. It is impossible to say how
many generations it would take to put
America in her proper position. It may
take fifty years or it x may take 500." '