The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-02-18
,,.non Dudieyss Lecture.

Iqs, evening Bshop L. " bu"'N!
,..,,cd q lecture in the regular course a.,
,o-.,.rbu,,b, in the Guild OF st. Mlcnaei :.
IN ~ .,h;"r, was The University OF VIZ
', The lecture was Thoroughly eu-
-.,,iIe onc. II was composed oil the eet''a''
,.'~a,, rcn,lnisrcnces OF an old student. re-
,,., nr;,b The iollity of student days ana the
t:,-o,I qt&.ciiopate remcmbranceS OF the
.'',, ''.,,ah hiolrf noble University. The charac'
..,..oc fh, lecture and lecturer was 0o"'
..'..;.s01 freedom from dryncss OF any sort.
,,',-,r..-lnr lnr,nre on q subject like this should
,,,q, .urh as the bishops was-an ac-
u,.r. in cheerful. unprptentiouS way OF
49,. 1-nivcr.irv Students hte, OF the nttie
.,,,',. ord the great things, with wise
,..,,,,sr.rrr ciycu to the little things. IL is
NO wants 10 know about the matter
,sr,,hc University men eat, and sleep, ana
;.,,., and iohs. what fun they see, ana no"
,.,-- hghj,s are III their societies, ana Walks,
."I .g,s.. Other matters-important mat
,,-.-,r,n Ne found in the catalogue.
pi.hop Dudley did not neglect the Vltal
,o.,tor. either. The University course, she
",'r,ly slcr;iyc system. the perfect freedom,
~, ,i,oro,. examinations, the diplomas
,,'.,,,b had n he s,riven for and Obtained,
r,, hy nny number OF years employed upon
the .1bicct. but by proficiency 10 the orsncn
demonstrated by passing an honest eAauina'
finn the wOrthnc>- 0i profeSsoTs-aii tuis
rnrriy,I dur notice and attention. But the
main eyccIicnc" OF the lecture was
T.. rr,.suminy presentation Of the every
d,r matters that interest The young
,.I,.,oiL,ra.. and recalled to the old
,.udrn, the memories Of the days long past,
of the studies he had pursued, OF the lee.
,rrc.roo,a, where he bad sat and suffered or
prioyed himself, OF the things that had
hre6 difficulties 10 bim. Of those at which he
had smiled. and It which his friends-dear
hcqr,S-had smiled with him, OF the chat
around the iirc. OF the smoke, and the jest,
and the laugh. and all, over which breathes
row only the aroma Of q melancholy yet
Ile4sed remembrance.
The lecturer began with the Journey on
,br train, took the young student through
the various dey0;s right 10 the gates OF the
University. inducted him into the prlnclpafs
Office, and thence to that financial magnate
the proctor. He showed him what the Uni
ypr.iry buildings are like, what his room is
like. when he breakfasts, when be attends
lectures. Talks about the lazy fellows and
the hard readers, about the fun and the
Games, and the societies, secret and not so !;
STOUT the aspect Of religious matters, about
the professors, and in fact about the throb-
blny lie OF the little world. He concluded
n> lecture with An urgent call upon some Of
Us q, hentuckians, in the prosperity and
wealth Of our State. TO found some such in
>ti,r,icu. pon-Sactarian, free, Of unimpeach-
as}r standard, and worthy Of all respect and
lsrc.
In the course Of his lecture the Bishop
thus adv-rts 10 the distinguished and able
gentleman, Professor b. l.. GildersleeVe, who
wa late professor OF Greek ut the University
u Virginia
lie has conducted the new student into
the creek lccture-room. The professor
stands before you. II is the greatest Greek
scholar Of America who stands there, though
hi> byard is still black and glossy, and
h" is not yc, fifty years Old His books are
conned now by the boys in your High
School, and no greater evidence do | need to
hr hrassured that the classical scholarship of our
Hsb-ScnUol professors Is real, substantial,
thorough. Alas. that his poverty and not
his sill. | make bold to say, consents that be
Shall abandos the chair that he bas filled so
long, aud The University to whose fame he has
added 50 much. and 10 away to what must be,
fear, the successful rival Of Eirglnia's re.
no"D, the University at Baltimore, to which
the DYING Hopkins left SO large an endow.
mcnt.' He adds further deserved notice
o! the excellence of this professors course.
Without space to say more of the lecture,
We may say this, that it was an agreeable and
pleasing presentation of what some would
make thoroughly uninteresting educational
matter. The lecture should find it's way
INTO the RACES Of "I The Home and School,"
L0Nt>ul!ie Courier, 18th.