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6 THE BROOKLYN CITIZEN, SATURDAY, DECEMBER ,11, JS03. LL si- i 1 1. -1 sible for it. whnterni. iciY cos tl v.

vi in liOBLE KOKIIT. which enabled fhe Institute rri survive thi long period of inactivity that supervened, fu one cause and number, between the act.ivi ties of its early years and those of the pre ent time. Hiring this interval the endow ment provided for by Mr. (ahnm was con staidly eireuniulating tbrouirh the wise PHr, ocE asked Foa ornsioiT, Gives a Grupblo Description of Ilia Ideal Woman. Mothers Plenso Note.

6I-MHA1. TO US UDT SRADEB0.J la response to a question asked by lady, the great Napoleon replied, a diffuser of knowledge for generations to come. It will also stand as nu evidence of what can be accomplished by the persistent effort and energetic work of one man who is thoroughly consecrated to the cause he represents, and, while earnest! striving to carry out his understands how to eulist others in his splendid work. While tlis city has no university, she has what is far better for the majority of the people the best Of public schools for all their children. Brooklyn's private schools of high rank are uneqnaled else-Whore, both in educational facilities and nnntber of pupils.

The erection of this i new museum will fitly crown the system. There, will lie afforded here many aoV vantages desired by teachers for their pupils and by parents for their children who are pursuing their studies. This Museum of Arts and Sciences, under the auspices of the Brooklyn Institute, will rank with happy remembrances of our later municipal history that in the spring of 18811 opportunity came to the then Park Commls-sioners appointed by His Honor Mayor Chn-pin, after full consideration and a careful report by a special committee, to unite in securing the reserve from sale of fhe more than sixty acres before us, with their pei-msnent dedication to nses for the city like this whose near completion to-dav makes our pulses beat quicker wi(h gladness and hope. The Mayor of that day was most cordially and effectively in sympathy with the movement, ns was afterward his successor, as has been our present honored Chief Magistrate, one of the felicities -of whsp two years of public service it has been to carry still further toward completion what had been planned. His successor, we may be sure, will count it his privilfge to follow in the path so broadly opened, as will those in turn who shall cinie after him.

The city's will and the city's welfare are what must here govern: and every future Park Commissioner, whether or not lie shall equal the present one in the variety and breadth of his plans, and in the (Continued from First Page.) project is due, delivered an interesting ad-drws on "The Purposes of the Museum." Professor Hooper spoke as follows: PROF. HOOPER DEFIES THEPRIN. CIPLES OF THE INSTITUTE. Mr. Mayor, Mr.

President, Citizens of Brooklyn. Ladies and Gentlemen lu laying the foundations of any great public the value of it to succeeding generations will depend largely upon the broad and comprehensive conception of its purposes aad upon a clearly defined policy in shaping its initial steps. An adequate view of the situation involves a knowledge of the history of the same institutions iu the past, the policy of the institutions doing kindred work in the present, and a wise anticipation of the needs of the people hi the future. The principles upon which the Brook lyn Institute of Arts and Seieuces is founded have their roots deep iu the common life of the people of this city; deep in the nature of the-free democratic institutions under which we live; deep in the history of the development of mankind in the past; deep in the history of nrt and science and of learning in all ages of human experience. If the museum is wisely Scanned it will take into account all known uman history, the infinite capacity of man to act, to think: and to love, anu tne many departments of science and of art which he has developed.

Through its collections in the arts and sciences, and through its libraries, it Should be possible to read the history of the, world so far as it has been revealed to man. The world progresses upon the basis of what has been and what is. Hence an epitome of the world exemplified in the collections and libraries of a great museum will afford an opportunity for the generations that are to come, to base their actions and to guide their lives by the instruction which the museum will anora. The purposes of the museum include, first, means for the -education, the reiine- iuk AWotim and ftin pniftvmpnl of vill be freely onen- to aft who seek in struction and encouragement from its All people cannot go to nature to be inspired by her, and (bus the museum 1 mm WwFWmm history was laid' in that building m( ept from the city by the push of the Bridge which unites us with the Continent, and before the tramp of whose relentless iron pillars all tliat would limit it has had to go down. Many of us are grateful for the pleasure and instruction which We found in that building.

All of us must honor it as having really settled the foundations for the statelier pJifiee to which we are now permitted to look forward. A more suggestive example can hardly be presented of the tendency to permanence, and to appropriate continuing increase, which naturally belongs to a well-conceived institution, planted with effort and courageous self-denial, and designed to meet mental and moral needs in a growing community. Names change, plans are reshaped, forms of organization are variously modified, PRESIDENT HT5ALT. but the- life goes oii. and the future repays for" the early struggle.

That seemingly iusigniti caut "Appreuticea' Lihrary," organized by ten or twelve men, with no n.i,.APn nno honse. rtiei at first, by the hands of its trustees, to transport thitn in wheelbar rows, occupying a basement room in a cheap building opened only on Saturday afternoons, wtHh by reason of poverty could not be retained when a few years had passed that has been the root of the stock from which has crown to its rich er maturity this great institution. The root did not die in the ground. Watered bv later successive gifts, and having in it the vigorous life of an admirable nuroose, it budded, and bronght forth boughs like a ant: and each coining year is uudoulit ellv to nourish its strength, and to give its fruitful and sheltering branches a larger reach. Other men labored, and ye are entered into their labors;" and we may know beforehand that in.

matters of this order we are never to despise the day of small things. When any institution of nohle design is started by us, or is neipeu at its weak becrinnihz. it ismmensely to ontlast will, protect generons instincts of otners will assist it; it will be broadening its oower, under the infhienw of our bennm Christian civiliza tion, it will be stimulating others of like character with itself, until vast popula tions shall rejoice in its1 benefits, ana tne usefulness and the fame of it shall become a part of the city inheritance. ETHICAL WORK OF THE INSTITUTE. We trace back onr history to these humble beginnings, and are glad and grateful that we And yet, in a still deeper sense, it is not even in those remembered institutions which preceded our work here that the cornerstone is found of the vast eontemnlnted en arcement of former and familiar buildings, into this coming palace for the mind, this noble and endunng cath edral of learniug.

Yonder and shapely block from the quarry, in a physical sense, completes us foundation, represent ing typically those earlier institutions. But not upon it, not even upon them, nor on anything material, is the splendid superstructure hereafter to arise. It is upon that resolute and progressive spirit in the people, to which every library heretofore among us has continually ministered, with every other institution doing wholesome mental, ethical, Christian work. Here, as elsewhere, the moral governs. The things which are unseen are the things which are eternal; aud the intellectual aspiration and purpose of the community around this lofty center form the real force, genetic and governing, which is to mould, exalt, sustain the vast institution for which we look.

Behind each layer of stone, as it rises, will be that force, cementing the courses, opening the gateways, lifting the arches, crowning the edifice with its dome. That spirit it is which has moved the city, by corporate action, through its authorities, to open to this institution this noble site, and to furnish the needed pecuniary means for the present commencement of the ultimate Museum: and the spirit is one as strona- and as tine as it is also general, in spiring in its influence, wnose potency ana promise we may know will sot fail. As a popular spirit it is not one, of course, which incites the multitude to the profounder researches of science or history, of philosophy or of art: but it is one which makes the more thoughful and self-respecting in our swiftly increasing population desire readiest access to the best thoughts and the Inrgest attainments of instructed minds, in the past or the present; which aims consistently to bring an Influence from such minds into common homes, schools, churches, into all the forms of social organization which are here honored and loved. It is not at all, therefore, an inert institution, which is here to be builded a mere repository of books, or of objects of art or archaeology, however rich or rare in themselves, but from which proceeds no constant vivifying energy to act upon the popular mind. Such repositories are fsmiliar and famous in the cities of the Old World, giving to those cities attractiveness and renown.

But they could not be duplicated, if we would, on our shores. They are sought by those who find their way to them largely through the Impulse of a natural curiosity, and they put certainly slight influence into the common thought around them. It is of interest to the foreign mind to see the rich collections of jewels in the Green Vaults at Dresden, the exquisite carvings in ivory or gold, the rubies, emeralds, sapphires, pearls and inestimable diamonds; to see the royal and imperial Tegalia of Great Britan in the Tower of London, gnarded in the cage of iron and crystal; to see the historical and ethnographic memorials in the Ambras Museum nt Vienna, where the armor-suits of the Duke of Parma and of the Prince Maurice, his greater antagonist, stand peacefully near each other; where cups cut from precious stones mark the highest glittering foam-crest of luxury; and where the tomahawk or battle-ax of Montezuma is in instant comparison with the ponderous swords, lances, plate-armor for man and horse, of the Crusaders. The scholar loses himself in charming reverie and delighted contemplation amid the collections here and there shown of medieval manuscripts, missals, Books of Hours, of early uncial or later cursive copies of the scriptures, or amid the earliest printed book, with their ink still black as at -the first, and their imprint as fresh as when they came from the primitive presses; while to the sensitive tasle of the artist, and to his trained eye. no product of human skill, one might almost say no objects of nature ar so inviting, so fascinating and memorable, os are the collections of paintings, sketches, wonderful tapestries, exquisite or mighty marbles, which give almost, an earthly consecration to the famous gallerir-s in which they are assembled.

But all these must remain on the other side of the sea, and we have not th power, if we have the desire, to rival them here. What the prevailing temper among ns seeks and demands, what it huiMs this stately structure to secure, is an Institute which has life in it, and s-htHi will radiate that liff through all dftails of its a-dmiuistrati'm. It may ttln and it must cthir, far and as -fat as is pos- vancinff and nrouliJ www of or of or are yet for a mantling, in the werk of other times, or of our own; in the reevrds ot that work, or its worthy examples. It must furnish, as far and as fast as it can, attraction and reward for the most minute and exacting students. It must put instruments of research into the hands of those who can use them, and aim to increase the sum of knowledge, as well as to preserve and present what already has been reached.

But its main concern must always be with what is needed for enlightening and educating the popular mind, and with the menns by which what it gathers 'may be used for this special mid noble purpose. In its records aiiditsproducts the Science is here to he at home which probes the earth and sounds the heavens, which indentities the microbe and measures the seismic shock of earthquakes, which regulates the angles of which diamonds niny be cut, uncovers the flora in ancient cenl-beds and assigns them their places in geological time, which searches the mystery of life in the insect on the bending grass-blade and interprets the sublime constitution of the suns, which has the universe for its field, and the march of constellations for its silent chronometer. History here is' to unroll its thronged and dazzling panorama of events, in crimson and gold, of buttle and statesmanship, of oppression and sclf-sacrl-fieV, of the tyranny and treason which so often have sinitten.llberty. and of the heroism which has' cowouered in death. Here the eloiiueuce.

thet-poetry, the large phil-soophy, in which superior spirits have spoken, are to have their proper and permanent heme; with the trophies of that progress in mechanics and engineering which is moulding the continents, multiplying their wealth, bridling the lightnings, and abolishing the seas; and here, iu the end. are to be, we trust, the creations of those of the modern time, if not of the ancient, who have made the canvas illus trious with the lucid splendor of their conceptions, who have turned the marble al most to life bv the touch of the chisel, who have given example and to aspiring students by the 'lordly, height and' rhythmic harmony of noble architecture. It is no narrow or meagre plan which we have in mind. We would gather to this educational, center, as far as we'may, ami as rsnifllv. whn-tsopver is finest, grandest.

most animating, in memorials and fruits ofj human thought ami Human worn, ana would make it affectionately songnt ana THESE LIBRARIES ARE FOR, USE But, after all. and above all, our purpose is practical. These libraries are to be libraries for use. not for ostentation or proud The galleries. and collections here to be gathered are to give continual training and incentive to student' minds.

By classes for instruction, by manifold lec tures on suDjects coming wnnin its ran (re-, the institute is to distribute the influence of which it shall become the seat, as yonder reservoir distributes its waters, to all who desire or who will receive. In. the truest and largest sense, it is to be an instrument SETH LOW. for extending university education amonsr us; and its aims will not be realized till the whole city has received from it a healthful moral and intellectual immilse. It is not alone the enthusiasm of its director which contemplates this; it is the very genius of the institute itself.

Here is its hold on the general mind, and not merely on the minds the elect few who are only to be content. with tne rarest attainments of human cul ture, tlere is to be its hold, hereafter, on those who shall follow in long succession when we are gone. The people of Brooklyn are fond and proud of their multitude of homes, whether these be humbler or statlier, more modest more sumptuous; and they expect a sub tile influence rrom this institution, fully developed, which shall make each home into wnien it may enter more delightful and more rewarding. They are fond and proud their schools; and they know that there will not at last be one of these schools, of whatever higher or lower rank, whether public or private, which shall not, directly indirectly, be enriched from this emi nent and abiding center of instruction. Thev fond of their churches; and they know that every pulpit in the city, if occupied by one thoughtful and studious, is in its instructions to be lifted and enlightened, to become finer in its force and larger in its range, through perennial impulses proceeding from this height, while all true learninar shall be, as it has been, a friend to the faith, which purifies and which conauera.

Th people of this city sre prond of their jour nals; ana iney are assured tnat into these will come an increase of nower. and of power for good, as the community which they address becomes more exacting more responsible, more alert in thought. better disciplined in mind by more various studies. At the same time those are always henceforth to be numerous among as COMMISSIONER SQUlER. who desire for themselves immediate access to whatever is most recent in the knowledge of the time, most recondite in lis research, as well as most inspiriting in its fancy and thought; audhe whole community would facilitate their quest for this which attracts them, and impressions from which' they are afterward glad to distribute.

So it comes to pass that the people of the city, through the wise, energetic, unquestioned action of the civic authorities, erect the Institute this superb building, having openi to it this unsurpassed site, now supplying the moneys by which it shall be amply builded and equipped. It has not been sudden irupule of civic gf-nerntiity by which this result bos been achieved. More than one of our recr-nt H'lmitiNfntions hns co-operfitol for it, and ground was m-t apart, in pnr'we and rtlin, more tltitri ix y-esss ago sh this in tie. It is amug the Ml of It of of in in of T' ity of the trustees. The city, also, grew stead urn) accumulated the sources of powei Hhl-'h ultimately might be made to tlieiusclvfs in the larger life of the Institute.

Tlmn, as I hare said, came the fortunate choice of a leader, and the result we luve before us in the achievements of the present nnd in the significant promise of the future that is revealed to-day. That, I take it, is the descriptive outline of many another enterprise that may yet be entered upon for the benefit of this, city. First, there must be the men of aspiration and the willingness to give for the support of a cause that is believed to he worth while. Then time must develop the strength and the power to expand the small Beed into the large tree; and, finally, there must be the leader who can develop the seed by bringing to it the elements of nutrition and of growth which abound in every community. 1 seem to see In this survey encouragement f.ir the day of small things in every really worthy undertaking In the public interest, and new and lnrge courage for the day of greater growth.

In some of its aspects. I think the work curried on by, the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences during the last few years has been the most successful and the most interesting work of. popular education that has been done In the country. There have been simplicity nnd directness about it that are worthy of all Var this ren-i son It has commanded at once my admira-l tion and my interest I am glad to be able to say here, nnd on this occasion, how highly I value these activities of the Institute in their educational aspects. I bring you.

therefore, to-dnv. from the nniversitv thnt have the honor to represent and I am sur. I may s.ay from ill the educational interest of the city of New York, the warmest con-: graduations npon what you have alreadv accomplished and the heartiest good wishes for the fortunate completion of vour nresent plans. At the close of I'resident Low a address "America" was sung by the united con gregation. The exercises were brought to a close with the prayer and benediction.

pronounced by the Rev. Svlvester Mnlone, THE' MUSEUM'S HISTORY THUS 1 FAR. The 'project of establishing a great mn-seinn of arts and sciences for the free use of the people of Brooklyn was conceived by the Brooklyn Institute several years. ago, snd at once met with favor from thei leading men of the city. At a citizens" mass meeting, held Feb.

5. 1.S89. active aid was promised to the Institute in its efforts. An endowment fund' was begun and legis- i lation obtained authorizing the city to sell bonds to the amount of 8300,000 for. the erection of the first sections--: i Mayor Schieren consented early ih1 the present year to moke' the 'requisite bond issue, and the site on Institute Park, east of the Prospect Park reservoir.

was sur- reyed during the slimmer. The. breaking of ground took place in September last. The first section will be completed Dec. 1, lMXi.

WHO-MADE "THE MUSEUM SIBLE. In the early days of the institute the persons prominently identities with its work were Augustus Omlinm, Joskih Dow nnd Mr. father of tjenernl John B. VCoodward. Among the trustees opnointed in 1843 nnd who held office until 1MK) were Isaac H.

Frothiiighnm, Crawford 0. Smith and S. Warren Snellen. The gifts from Augustus (irtihnm from 1824 to lSTil amounted to upwards of J100.000, the gifts by' Mr. and Mrs.

William Cary to $10,000. More recent subscribers to the Endowment Fund of the Institute are the Hon. James H. T. Strnnahnn, tTcneral John B.

Woodward, M. Edwin Mr. Joseph C. Hoagland. Mr.

Joseph Knhys. Mr. A. A. Low, Mr.

Eugene G. Blackford, tlnrll H. De Silver, William Cary Snnger. Hon. Charles A.

Schieren, John B. Ladcl, Franklin W. Hooper, Richard S. Barnes, John S. James.

Henry Sheldoii; Jnmes McMnhoii, Hon. David i A. Unody. deorge M. Uleott, Henry Ileutz, Mark Hoyt, Ahrnm Abraham.

Robert B. Woodward, Henry W. Maxwell, Alexander i K. Orr. John Loughrnn, fieorge F.

Tea- i body, John Good. Hon. Felix Campbell, Alexander White. AV. Boocock, Jouli D.

Jones anil Henry D. rolhenins. Among those who have contributed to the collections of the Institnte are William Calverly and Dr. P. H.

Van de Wede. i Among those who have been particularly active in advancing the educational work of the Institute in later years are the lute RVv. Charles H. Hall, D. Professor Charles K.

West. BI. Dr. Truman J. Backus.

Dr. Leander T. Chamberlain, Professor (leorge W. Plympton, Dr. Kos-sitfr W.

Raymond. Professor W. I Conto Stevens, Dr. Joseph H. Hnnt, George Morse, Oeonre M.

Honkins, Walter S. Carter, Dr. James Cniikshank. Professor William H. Goodyear.

Dr. Charles R. Emery, James Hamblet. Rev. George D.

Hulst, Professor John Miekleborougli, Professor Brainerd Kellogg, Iter. J. Znhriskie. Cyrus C. Adams.

Garrett P. Serviss, Hon. John A. Taylor. Hon.

Frank Sqnier. Dr. William H. Maxwell, A. J.

Merwin. as well as presidents, secretaries and other officers of its several, depart- ments. The present Board of Trustees is as fol- 'lows: Messrs. John B. Woodward.

John liOiighran, John B. I.add. Henry T. Chsi-man. Robert K.

J. Kimball. Richard S. Storrs. D.

IX.D., James MeMahnn. Henry W. Maxwell. A. A.

Iow, Willism Potts, A. J. F. Behrends, D. John Oood.

Howard Leonard Moody, Pavid Boody. Charles R. Baker. Richard S. Barnes.

John E. Searles. William II. Maxwell, Ph. fitewnrt Jj.

Woodford, William J. Coombs. Clarence W. Sea-mans. Cai ll H.

De Silver, George C. Brin k- i ett. Joseph Fahvs. David H. Honghtaling, William Dick.

John Clnflin. Franklin W. Hooper, Alex. K. Orr.

Felix Campbell, A. lAugusiiis IIily, William Cary Snnger, Tnmes S. T. Strantihnn. Ahram Ahrahun, 'Charles Moore.

Chirles L. Woodbridge, R. Bowker. Frederick A. Sehnwvler, Henrv 1C Sheldon.

Joseph Hoiiglainl, the Hon. Joshua M. A'un Cntt, Robert B. Woodward. George M.

Olcott. Jacob (4. Pettiner. John S. James.

Joseph C. Hen- drlx, Thomas T. Bart-, and K. Le Grand Beers. The Onrsici! Is ns follows: Messrs.

I.r-man Abbott. D. nresident: George Ash- i bv, Elias H. Bnrtley, I.ymau A. Hint, Fliinicn Candler, Walter S.

Carter, Oliver D. Clark. James Crniksh.ink. Isaac Ditmars: Charles F. Emory, l'h.

IX, William H. (Jnodyenr, M. Jnmes Hamblet. Franklin W. doner.

J- Frederick Honkins. George D. Htilst. TK Bmincrd Kellogg. M.

James S. Kcinn, Char'cs I. I.nrkiits. Wn'lace Good son. S.

C. 11.. John 8. M-Kny. Ph.

hu Micklehorongh. l'h. 1' re.iencK hom. M. Garrett P.

Serviss. Hiifua Sheldon. M. Frank Siiiner. John A.

Taylor and Miss I-ltnma O. Conro. A Hnch Traveled Check. A merclmnt nt Ionia. naid a due a Detroit merchant with check on the.

Firrt National or Ionia, lie iieirn-t ro'-r-chtint deposited the check in bis Detroit Nhik, which unopened to have no Innin cr-re-men li nt. The Detroit bank si'Pt it it its Chicago corrcMtondcr.t. The Cliiturv bank sent it to a Muskegon bitt-k. its neir-cst correspond. -nt to Ionia.

The gon hank sent it tn its Grand KupMi- The Grand Rapid buck bid no lutiia i-orrcspivi'fleut. but tiw tint 's Ih'iroif iiir intent wits the d-eitt of th- Fir Nntiopal Tt.uik of lotii-i. on which the cheek was drawn, so it it nir.rn to Detroit. The Detroit hank forwarded it to Ionia, i's di-stiiwtinn. payment.

This clu -k passed tbcniah 'v batiks, beinir iu trant eleven 'liv traveled Mtii miles, T.ikiitsr int the post'icro paid twelve I tti hy iMffTent linnlss. the nt.itioiierv ui by iu doini? hf it wnnld that if Iho-i f'-lt" r''T Hill of rlle--k'i he 1 )t. i-ny tn ii. If hi Itcen tli-iri' h'lve in its eiii.r-y, 1 in- r.hfin-1"- r. jay Ideal woman is not the beautiful-featured society belie, whoBO physician tries in vain to keep her in repair, nor the fragile butterfly of fashion, who gilds the tortures of disease with a forced smile.

No! my ideal is a woman who bas accepted her being as, sacred trust, and whp obeys lie laws of nature for the preservation of her body and soul. "Do you know, my knee Involuntarily bends In homa ere when I meet the matron who reaches middle age in complete preservation. That woman is rendered beautiful by perfect health, and the stalwart children by her side are her reward. That's my ideal woman. To grow to Ideal womanhood the girl- hood should be carefully guarded.

Mothers owe a duty to their daughters that in too many cases is neglected. Nature has provided a time, for purification: and if the channels are obstructed the entire system is poisoned, and misery comes. At a mothers' meeting the wife of, a noted New York divine said to her listeners: "Watch carefully yoardaqh- assisted, if necessary, to perfprmitsjjfHce, 1 and keep their daughters wen miormea as to matters concerning themselves." Irregularities, from whatevercanee, are sure indications ot organic ireuDie. rv iu irregularities come disturbance of the stomach and kidneys. I Violent headaches often attack tue victim; pains shoot everywhere.

Ex-, treme irritability follows quickly, and then utter despondency overwhelms the already over- bur-. dened life. Unless the "obstrtictlon is removed 'at once, your (laughter's whole future will bedarkened. Lydla E. PinfcAam's Vegetable Compound will accomplish the work speedily.

It is the most effective remedy for irregu-Vr or suspended action known. a dull uniformity of contwif and medioc rity. Emulation is not wanting the universities for the It will not bo want ing in institutes for the many. The natu ral ainerenccs wnien arc uoa-niaue exploit and assert themselves everywhere. Abolition of unnatural opportunities and man-made obstacles to the nroeress of the aspiring will not arrest their rise.

AVinjts are not all the same. The flights they take are not all the same. The right of a bird to wings and the inclinations of birds to use them agree with, every variety' of power among the travelers of the air. The huiigcer of every mind for some knowledge creates its claim to a seat at the table of truth. To force it to fight its way there, or to compel it to starve in ignorance because it cannot bent its way there, is inhuman.

When permitted freely to come to that table, it will vindicate that democracy which is vhe eannlity of opportunity and of nothing else. The inequality of endowment and of, resultant achievement, will then he revealed without the reproach of partiality and injustice to the nation or to tne race. From a believer in the wpancfulneKs of the use of the taxing more than elementary educational facilites, I have grown into a believer of the duty of the use of the taxing power for all educational purposes for all tn people. The right of the free school holds in it for me the rijrh of the free college, the free university and the free institute. There is none so rich as the state, for the state has a workable lien on all riches.

Wealth, therefore, has no greater right or greater duty to throw open tne neia ot Digner education to its warns than the state to do so for its own chil dren. I rest and limit the argument no longer on the theory that, since a minimum of knowledge is necessary to keep people from that ignorance of low which would extenuate its transgression, a minimum can, therefore, be supplied. I advance the argument to the plane that the state has no right to permit to wealth any monopnfj-J and, most of all, a monopoly of the higlu-B instruction. The solicitude of the state) should be for its people, not for its plntxvJ crats. for its millions, not for its million-? aires, except ss they are a part of its peoplej That solicitude should insure a well educated citizenship.

That citizenship would in turn be an Insurance against the perils which still make elective rule a doubtful experiment. This institute is a powerful aid toward a well-educated citizenship. It is a hostage to liberty regulated and pret served by law. The care of the higlie education which It Incites is the function of the State Board of Reirenta. Thn hrir of representing that Board here is miiid- to-day.

Therefore, with nil nw heart, I say of this institute! "May it be pVrnetuai; May it ere lone be free. (Jrenr ns hna i.u.n its progress from its foundation until now, may its progress lie even greater from now to the consummation of nil its intents and And may this structure proceed from cornerstone to top-stone with the praises and prayers of all the people it Is meant to bless and with tliclr shmiHun- of 'Grsce, grace unto it." PRESIDENT LOWS GREETINGS. President Beth Low. of Colnmhin V-ri- lege, who was the next speaker, said: Mayor. Ladles aud Gentleman It is singular pleasure to mo to take nnt-t in the ceremonies of this occasion.

I need ot say to this audience that 1 reioi. In everything that helps to tnnke'Brooklvn a better place to live in. Neither need I ili- late upon the evident value to the city of the-Brooklyn Institute of Arts ami Sr-i- eucek. As the president of Colombia Col- t- -1 cue iu in-vi oi xurK, i am gi.ni to ring to yon tne greetings of your sister city on this huntu- mrs. sion: and especially, on behalf of the colleges of New York, I am gl.ul to recnguixe ne greot value ot tne services of the Brookl yn Institute of Arts and the cause of public education.

The historv of this institute seems to me to lie replete with instruct'-m and encouragement. Kor mnnv years after its initial activities had died way. It lay dormant so much so that it is oubtful whether any considerable iinmlier the people of Urontlyn could have told hat the iirookiyn institute was, or what it as intended totlo. in the fullm-H of I'm owever. a man with vishn was found, ami.

a happy moment, be was made the practical exei-utive of the Institute. Then it speedily began to appear what the Institute could be. Few men in KrocUlrii now are ignorant of its existence. we sre gathered to celebrate the Cimimcinvmt'nt of the building from which, as a headiinarterst. is hereafter to conduct the a-Mivities of its new and enlarging lif I nsk yon to notii-e briefly the elements that enter into this in-tM-cylirtg and sueir-stive history of the Brnnklyn of Aris nnd S'-ien w.

I-'irsI of nil. iu the day of stiwill lit this cmnmutiilv th'TC iverp The men of pin -i tiir were 1 of t)r. rI1, A ui. 4 other institutions of learning ot tills city, founded and sustained by the generosity of public-spirited men and women. Brooklyn has become famous all over this country as a city with the best educa tional advantages.

ine people 01 ini city will ever be grateful and remember their benefactors this regard. ADDRESS OF DR. STORRS. The main address of the day was delivered by the Rev. Dr.

Richard S. Starrs, pastor of the Church of the Pilgrims and vice-president of the Board of Trustees of the Brooklyn Institute. Dr. Storrs said; Mr. Mayor, Mr.

President, Members of the Brooklyn Institute, Ladies and Gentlemen The occasion by which we are assembled is one of interest, and of animating significance, not only to us, but to all who loVp this beautiful city, and who desire its noblest welfare. It ennnot but ne ot peculiar interest aud of special significance to those who remember the earlier efforts and patient struggles which prepared the way for this institution, now coming to its amplest development, and to be hereafter magnificently housed in the building whose foundations are before us, whose ultimate structure' already rises in Tnajestic proportions before our happy expectation. We are here to-day to lay the cornerstone of this future building. But let us not forget that in doing this -we hut distantly repre sent those who wrought toward the result hpfnre our time. The nrimarv cornerstone neveuij years iiu, x-uiuiu 1825.

when what was known as "The Apprentices' Library" began to have a house prepared for it oq the corner of Henry and Cranberry streets a house regarded at the time as spacious and elegant, for the use of a society incorporated in the previous year, whose purposes are sufficiently described in its title. Eighteen years later, after a varied experience success and reverse, the building first occupied by the original library having been sold to the city, the society was provisionally provided with rooms in the Brooklyn Lyceum, belonging to an association which had been organized in 1833 "for the promotion of intellectual and moral improvement" among the citizens at large, whose well-remembered building on Washington street had been completed at the end of 1830. In 1843 the two associations were legally combined, nnder the corporate name of "The Brooklvo Institute;" and to the directors of this institution. of July. 1S48.

the granite builihi)0 feet by 55 feet, three stories in height, with library, reading room, museum and a commodious lecture hall, was transferred, bavins- been freer! from by the wise generosity of Mr. Au gustus wranam, whose only condition of the gift had been that "neithei the lecture room nor any other part of the building should be ned for any political purposes, or any exhibition, or any lecture on any subject having an immoral tendency, but that the whole building, and the income thereof, should be use! to influence the moral, social and intellectual condition of the readers of the library and the community at large." Subsequently to this, on his death In November, 18.11. Mr. Graham left to the Institute on endowment of $27,000, for the maintenance of free scientific lectures, for the support of a School of De- DR. LYMAN ABBOTT.

sign, for the purchase of specimens in natural history, and for the Sunday evening lectures ou the wisdom, gooduess and power of God, as shown in His works. He eonlcinpUteJ, also, the deliverv of an animal address on the evening of the birthday of Washington, on the character and the work of some eminent benefactor of the nation; and in all these ways he gave direction as well as impulse to the work of the Institute, of which he had been president since 1840, whose value as an educational power he keenly felt, aad for whose future he had an expectation which time has justified. It is upon those early efforts and gifts of men who desired the kirge and continuing well-being of the city, that this Institute, now honored by stands to-day. We lay the cornerstone of its grand enlargement, and of its extundr-d future work. But the true-coruersuue of DR.

STORRS, energy and skill with which they are pursued, will undoubtedly be ns ready as he has been to do what is needed for the Institute: as were his predecessors of seven years ago. whose minds were agreed, whose hearts were eager, on its behalf. It is to be, in a special sense, in the coming years, the happy nnd grateful ward of the city, whose spirit it shall at once represent and educate, whose expanding physical area Its home on these heights wljl always surmount. The temper of public enterprise and courage In the city at which has been here so notably expressed, is not to be impoverished or in any way enfeebled by what has thus been planned and done; it is rather to be renewed and reinforced, stimulated to yet -larger effects ip the future. Therefore the building now to be erected is not designed to meet present needs only.

but. by successive and at en as they shall be called for, to he eonsl to a future of vast proportions. When "The Apprentices' Lihrary" was organized the population of the town was liberally and roughly estimated at "about nine thousand." After the Lyceum Building had advanced toward completion the number of the inhabitants, as ascertained by the census, had risen to the aggregate of 24,310. The present population of the rapidity. After sixtv-one 'years of ineor- noraie lire me city is oniy in lis -cmiuaooa and those find in it their pleasant homes are surely ere long to be reckoned in millions.

We mean that this Institute shall front the coming years with no con-scious inadequacy to their just demands that it shall supply what is needed, witnit its general scope and sphere, for eenera. tions to come; that its aim shall be single, but its power and resources he alway augmented, as the decades pass. It is i noble plan and hope, which others hereafter must fulfill. ut the present is ours, and ours to rejoice in, for its accomplishmon and for its predictions. It is ours to know- that however far the city may extend, the spacious and splendid structure on this height, from which one's eye sweeps the horiaon, from the river and the bay to the unresting sea, -will still continue pre-eminent in it: and that the fact will remain, to the lasting honor of this Queen City of the Atlantic slope, that ny iis authorities, 'witli 'cordial consent or all its people, in spite of whatever financial pressure, inde- fennently ot all political differences, the nstitnte is henceforth here established, in a majestic nnd fitting home, to make the city more rich in attraction, more wide in fame, to be to it.

to the end of its history, an ornament and a crown. And may the future tuinii. ail nope; MR. M'KELWAY'S REMARKS. An address was also delivered by St.

Clair McKelway, of the, Board' of Regents of Mew York State, who spoke as follows Mr. and Friends The Insti tute is the best testimony of the Nineteenth Century in Brooklyn. It is a witness aeninst the vulgarizing influences in con temporary civilization. Its founders, its recreators and its constituency a larger constituency than any other moral or educational organization in either of these cities br me sea reeard what a man knows nnd has done as of more account than what he has made or inherited. Wealth is not worth by institute standards unless worthy.

Riches are not an honor unless they are a public trust, aioney is not a merit unless it is the almoner of the humanities. This building will be a monu ment to learning, not to lucre. It will be bishop McDonnell. an incentive to study, not to sordidness. The collection of structures of which this will be the pioneer the stores of nature, art and of learning which they will contain and the words of knowledge, appeal and counsel to which they will resound will be a moral and intellectual expression and power here, let us hope, forever.

llrooklyn needed such a witness, ft was needed to preserve and to augment the dis tinction for sound culture which Brooklyn early won and bas never wholly lost. It was needed to protect the homogeneous and Americanised million here soon to be millions from the contagion of cupidity and the worship of mammon, which grow more instead of less just across the river. was needed to add to the repute of a city of churches nnd of homes the desirable fame of a city of the sciences and of the arts, so that here shall be for all the benefits of advanced education which else where are the monopoly or the opportunity the few. This is to be the center and fountain head of a temple of knowledge by the people and for the people and for none less than all the people. the credit is not small of the deathless great who have broken the bars of poverty and ienorance and climbed the heights of life.

But the credit is not lnrge of the times or systems that made hard the wnv the deathless great. Cromwell did much for 1-nglsnd and is immortal. But Kng-5ind took Ion immortality throuch. Ow W'ii-klifTes, her Shakespenres and her Croni-wells, not through the obstacles she pnt their path. Our Lincoln.

Franklins, fiarrifons and Whittiers have made our Republic grand. But our Republic should sorrow that she long stoned her prophets and persecuted them who were sent unto h. If, in a sense, its self-made men are the glory of a nation, they are also its shame, for helps should bave been theirs, not hindrances, and they should have found leveled roads to learning, without having to scale or to tunnel the mountains their course. The fnith that will remove inch mountains here has Dowered into this institute, whose solcndid resources will yet be brought within the free reach all who cannot pay for them, brought there by endowments commensurate with their needs and with its own ever widening scope. i A great nation is better than a saving series of great men in it.

A scboob-d people is bettor than an aristocracy of learn- i. i inn, r.iim it i.isi iw uuninereil witli.life, liberty find the pursuit of happi- lipsK among the h-nn tile rtirnls or man. institute is a tnwnrd tkc recent. of this frrt'h. Nr equal of ly will iU ir ihe race to 't'r'fii 0V: i in it will bring to them the beauty in the truth in nature in such form as is possible.

All our people cannot avail themselves of the great lessons to be learned in the art museums of the world, and for that reason we would here in our midst create such a museum of art as our love, enduring zeal and fortune may be able to command. In the second place, the museum should prove of inestimable value to other agencies for education and inspiration in our midst. It should make every home in Brooklyn a brighter and happier place, because the inmates of each home have been led a larger life as they have observed the myriad forms of nature among her treas-uraa. As science and art are the "hand-TtsJfcyV religion" the museum should have 't ksfiiivnce in strengthening every religious Organization in our city, and deepening the religions life of every human soul. Through the historical records which it will contain it should have its influence on our city life and tend to create that higher form of citizenship which prefers truth and right above all lesser aims and purposes.

The museum should have its iutluence upon other educational institutions in our midst, upon those public, private and parochial schools in the city that are the bulwark of our democratic institutions, and are the abundant source of intelligence and righteousness of our people. To improve the courses of study in our schools, the appliances of the school room and the quality of teaching is a work that commands the attention of every lover of his country and of his kind. The proposed museums and galleries shall therefore be free to the teachers of our schools to refresh, to instruct, to encourage and to inspire them. To museums and libraries teachers go as artists to nature for inspiration in the things that are true and enduring. Moreover, the museums should be sources of material for use in instruction for each and every school child in our midst.

The third great purpose of the museum will be encouragement to the specialist, either as an investigator, discoverer in the sciences, or as a creater ki the arts painting, sculptnre or architecture. Opportunity to men and women of talent or of genius to avail themselves of the resultB of the labors of others in a great treasure-house of art and science, literature and history, will be abundantly provided. Finally, we shall have sought legislative authority for the incorporation of the institute: we shall have laid the foundations of this building, and we shall have reared Its superstruction in vain if we have not 11 of us drawn our instruction from some adequate sense of the fundamental relations which exist between man and man, between man and the universe that is spread ont before us, and between the soul of man and all the created things and the all powerful, all wise and ell loving Father. LAYING THE STONE. Following Professor Hooper's address ranie the climax of interest in the exercises.

Mayor Schieren. wielding the trowel, stepped forward to the big stone amid S-plausc nnd pronounced it laid straight aud true. Around him were gathered the president and directors of the institute, the architects, Stanford White and William R. Meade, and the builder, P. J.

Carlin. The Mayor spoke as follows: MAYOR SCHIEREN'S ADDRESS. We are assembled here this afternoon to the enrnt r-ttone of a grand buii-iine, when ompli'tod. will be fhe pride of and fciaml as a nobie munti-mem f.r and devnud to art and It will be a educator and.