The organizer. (Oxford, Miss.) 1845-18??, 1849-08-18
A D D r E S S
DELIVERED
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI,
By
REQUEST OF, THE TRUSTEES,
OF THE SOCIETIES OF THE UNIVERSITY
JULY TWELFTH 1910.
by HON. ALEX. NJ. CLAY TON,
BY HON. ALEX. NJ. CLAY TON,
IrsiSsnt Of Board Of Trustees.
(COnclusion.l

Other governments have abored for the diffusion Of learning
among their people, Scotland Prussia Germany and France
and many States of Unon have made legal provision
for the education Of their children. They have acted upon the
wise principle that is the extent Of territory the fer
ty of the SOIL nor number of population which make up thy
wealth and strength of State. All these but accessories
The virtue and intelligence of the people constitute the true
greatness of the State.
Two of the first people that entered upon the system Ocom
mon school educaon Scotland and the then infant Colony
Of Massachusetts than centuries ago. Those cOun
tries by cod barren and inhospitabe But they
have reared shrewd hardy ingenious of often Of
capacous intellect and comprehensive knowledge They have
the most universally educated population in the world The
have made their bleak and rocbound hills bloom the gar
dens of Italy They have chOolmastes the globe
Some telling Dr. Johnson of the noble prospects, and
magnificent scenery of Scotandthe sturdy old Engshman
replied "The finest prospect Scotchman the
high road London" This at high praise TO the
efficiency of Scotch education and strong English
neglect this particular He had often that road lead
the ScOtchman fame and fortune And thus often
sec the enteprisng Yankee formed in the Yankee school
house. bearing away midst the richest rewards from the
moro luxurious and ndoent Of the South The South
produces the staple which the workshops the machine
~ the merchant fleets, the commerce of the world But its
riches take wings unto themselves and flee away They find
their abiding places in the marble palaces and granite
rooms Of The merchants Of the East and Ofhe lords ohe loom
and the SPINDLE What England could not do in the days of
Lord Chatham by force, brethren do "by nsinuaon
They scarcely let make hob nail for ourselves The cause
of all this lies in the Yankee schooh0u They out calculate
u.s. To battle them successfully stand upon the
platform, and use the weapons We must build school
houses In the days of Charles H. gentlemen rarely learnt
Arithmetic; that of gentlemen fear still have descen
ants living in the Southern portion of these United Saes
But trust that day and that fast drawing close
and thatthe dawn of better era is now appearing.
You've GENTLEMEN OF THE Pm SIGMA HERMAN
SOCIETIES -
THIS the close of the first session of the Institution. No
ancient surround you Nomghy spirits ofhe past
guardian geni Of the place watch you. No haOwed
reeOlscOns Of other daysOi former trials of former tr
umpbs cluster around you. You have past look to,
beyond the exercises of the present occasion. These show
that you have begun noby but this is enough is the
end which the work The future is all yours. Re-
member your position and the responsibilities which attach
YOU You the trainers OfyOur fortune and rePuta
iOnand not Of your own alone. he University long
bear the character which yOt IT, At the time you
circulated its history was blank from that time its history
is record Of your acts.
The members Of University pioneers in tn field Of
science They expected explore the beaten path Of
hose who have gone before them and to extend still further
he sphere Of knowledge They fall below the stan.
lard which this age of une1amped activity in every depart
nent Of literature and learning exacts. They must be
pared all points, stand their ground in the great contest
or intellectual distinction among Your societies formed
or mutual improvement valuable auEiaes to this end
These socee clubs associations have been avOre modes
of intercourse and instruction, with literary in all ages
Great ideas Oen generated in the study the closet but
hey have 70 stand the ordeal ofhe world They best pre-
pared for his trial BY the scrutiny Of Ows-ohOse who
are engaged in similar pursuits and similar invesgaons.-
IDEAS cOmparedconcasons are tredther accuracy
abished their flaey exposed The judgments Of men rel
upon opinion regard to most suecis and wisdom is,rsis
deductions until confirmed BY The decision Of others
Associated wealth often aocOmpshes what beyond the reach
II individual means, and associated talent umuases to the
highest e1erOns Of intellect and the production Of the most
perfect creations Of the human mind Il il Ibis truth which
leads nations form deberve assemblies, consider and
provide Tor he common veal.
Il il frequent remark that Of genius appear clus
sra TIE Aurusian aee-the Elzabeihan sgeihe age eli
oussn Auns-snd Revolution have aF been eel
DRAFTED us sras fruitful in talents and learning. The
vous Ths great Of the are rshsc light around hs
rhsy ingsoF, sach ehse cosise sns oo'icu FrOdaos