The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-06-29


Especial Telegram to the Dispatch.]
University of Vnginia, June 2s.-The
meeting Of the Society of Alumni to-day
was one of the largest which it has secured
since the war. Lieut.. Gov. j. l.. Marye.
president Of the society, presided. :
A number OF new members were elected,
Major Green Peyton, from committee
appointed last year, made a number of
practical suggestions by which the alumni
could promote the interest of the Uniycr-
sity. Among the more important were the
following:
FIRST That the time of opening the session be
changed to the goth of September, and the COM
fixed on the goth of June.
second, That the Board of Visitors be petition-
ed to establish a number of schoIarships TO bp
filled by the local alumni club.
Ihtrd, That application be made to the Legis-
versity as to require three members of the Board
OF visitors to be elected by the Society of Alum
Eoa,th, That application be made to the Legis-
ture TO double the annuity.
fVth That some means be devised to establish
a closer relation between the University and the
public-school system of the State.
After a full and free discussion. during
which several speakers maintained that
three of the Board of Visitors ought to be
elected by the Alumni, three by the Facul-
y, and three appointed by the Governor.
IN motion Of Hon. Willis p. Bocock.
lieutenant-Goyernor Marye and three 9th
RS were appointed a committee to secure a
,harter of Incorporation for the society: and |
mother committee was appointed to secure
he changes in the constitution suggested so |
oon as the charter has been obtained.
ADDRESS Of Mr.. Hoyt Before the Literary socie-
Ties of Richmond College.
DELIVERY OF MEDALS.
The brilliant audience who filled the Sc
ond Baptist church last night enjoyed a
reat which few expected, Notwithstanding
he reputation of the distinguished gentle,
nan whose address before the literary So
ieties of Richmond College claimed their
ttention. The speaker was the Rev. Way-
md Hoyt, of Brooklyn, N. Y. Having
cen introduced to the audience in a few
complimentary remarks by Mr.. Meredith,
resident OF the Mu Sigma Rho Society,
lr. Hoyt began his address by the quota
on of the remark of Sir Humphrey Davy
n being asked about the number and order
his discoveries in chemistry. Going
trough the shining list he immediately add
!, ''but the greatest of my discoveries is
[ichael Farraday.o 10 find man is to ,
nd something better even than science {
this sense the speaker applied the an {
yer of Davy, and remarked that for any ,
lie of us the discovery of large and no 4
e soul either in life or literature is a dis Z
very the greatest possible. And nothing I
N help life like life.
10 gaze into some fair and crystal char (
ter-to understand the principles which n
We 1t shape, the forces which control it. /;
d become entranced with the beauty v
lch peryades its to give ourself the s
st chance of transformation into the like \
SIS Of. 1t. Life, too, must get its liberty O
d glory Of achievement within laws-not +
tside of them. What, then, are these q
'ces--what are the laws which shall make a
issue In success, permanent, noble, and W
nmg? This is a practical question, and e.
S hour cannot be better spent than in
dying specimen of manly literary life, o.
liant with the best success-than in ana n
ng and considering some of the laws
ch were at once the means and the IN
son of that success. The man to whom if
speaker referred was DIR. Arnold. of s,
gby, England, and his topic would be cl
on,e Of tie taacs of success as illustrated n,
The l1e Of this real man." m
The interesting remarks, thus fcebly out Ia
ed, constituted an introduction to an adj m
IS, of whose great originality and force gi
would be impossible to convey an accu- el
G idea in the brief space allotted for this
ort. We can only say that the laws of w
cess brought to the notice of the young
n in a manner so striking that they cd
I'D not fail omake an impression upon m
minds Wara the law OF Inrapaittinoe | n.