50 GARDINER GREENE HUBBARD 



the work and the workers must sadly mourn the loss of a leader 

 and a friend, one clear of vision, strong of will, and kind of 

 heart. 



President Bell : Mr Hubbard, as a Trustee of the Columbian 

 University, took, as we all know, a great interest in that institu- 

 tion, and I shall ask Dr Whitman, its President, to speak to us 

 on its behalf. 



President Whitman : Dr Hubbard was exceptionally happy 

 in educational work. The Columbian University does not speak 

 for itself alone when it emphasizes this phase of his influence, 

 but it is able to speak with unusual emphasis from the fact that 

 Dr Hubbard was an active member of its board of trustees. His 

 name had an honored place on other boards of like character, 

 but Columbian has been so situated that it has been able at all 

 times to take advantage of his time and strength and influence- 

 This makes it peculiarly proper that Dr Hubbard's educational 

 work should be represented in a tribute from this particular 

 institution. 



The preparation of Dr Hubbard to serve educational interests 

 was large and varied. His own academic and professional train- 

 ing made him familiar with general educational principles, and 

 continuous service through a long and bus}^ life kept him in 

 touch with the progress of educational enterprise. His well- 

 known intimacy with prominent educators both at home and 

 abroad, his recognized standing as a patron of art and science 

 and literature, his well-known leadership in the business world, 

 gave him peculiar fitness for dealing with educational problems. 

 This fitness it was the good fortune of the Columbian University 

 to enlist directly in its service. 



Two sets of ideas indicate clearly the services of Dr Hubbard 

 to the University. 



On the one hand there is a group of ideas — thoroughness, pru- 

 dence, progressiveness. Dr Hubbard always insisted upon the 

 obligation to go to the bottom of things, whether the matter under 

 consideration was a course of study or a purchase of real estate. 

 He always urged the importance of knowing just what the facts 

 were ; this, however, was simply part of his great habit of pru- 

 dence. He was never an obstructionist, but he was never will- 

 ing to go faster than conditions warranted. It was thoroughly 

 characteristic of him that when a few days before his death he 

 sent for a representative of the University that he might be ac- 

 quainted with the progress of a movement looking to the radical 



