Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-07-03
TIE UNIVERSITY.
eoux pors rRon ONE or THE OLD
BOYS.
The orcun Dc and Baildinss-The Endow.
ment- The stanasrd-xorai
and Religious Tone.

Your correspondent Vulp ma
sent yon . full repor. Of the Universit.
:. commencement" but there are q fe'
.dcts " which 1 should be glad to give
THE GROUNDS, &C.
AS affequent visitor to the Universit.
for tho past thirty.iive years, hav
never seen the grounds more beautiful
than at present, and have never beef
more deeply impress with their suscepti
bility Of Improvement. The State, o
liberal friends Of the University, should
BY al means afford the opportunity
OF employing landscape gardeners
and expendipg on the grounds
the money necessary TO make
them TO the stranger, as they are now tC
the eyes of an old student, the loveliesi
that the sun shines on. But to one who
recalls at every turn sweet memories Of
other days and other forms and voices
the University is I" hallowed ground, y
and each spot about It bright with
memory and consecrated by hope.
The buildings erected in later years
have added greatly 70 the comfort and
convenience Of the University, but
there is pressing need that the neS
chapel, In its beautiful design, should be
finished and other necessary buildings
erected.
GIFTS TO THE UNIVERSITY.
The gifts to the University prior 10
the war outside Of the States annuity
only amounted 10 s66, 100, the general
sentiment seeming to be that as it was
= State institution the State must sup
port it; but since 1869 gifts have
flowed in from various sources until
they aggregate the very handsome sum
of 1881, 100. The annuity Of $4,000
from the State added to the revenue
from all other sources makes the an
nual income Of the University about
ss9.l74. This would seem to the
upiniiiated a very large aud amply
sufficient sum, but one has only to ex-
anime into the matter little to see
that this is far from being sufficient,
AND that men of means who desire to
"inyest in immortal mind " could not
do better than to make requests to the
University.
Among the more liberal benefactions
10 the University since the war are the
following: W. w. Corcoran, 100000
Lewis Brooks, Of Rochester, n. Y, for
the Museum Sos, 200; Leander j. Nc
Cormick, dor telescope and observa-
tory), 100000; William II. Vanderbilt,
s25 5000, and many friends Of the Uni
versity, $50, 900, to endow the director
ship Of the observatory-s75, 900 in
all; bequest of the late Isaac Cary, Of
Richmond, $1,000; contributions to
erect chapel, els, 900; bequest Of the
late Arthur W. Austin, Of Dedhsm,
Mass, mot yet available about $780,
600; gift of Samuel w. Miller, OF
Lynchburg, 100000 for Department
in Agriculture; gift, by will, Of the
late Douglas II. Gordon, of Baltimore,
$4,000.
MORAL AND RELIGIOUS.
II was gratifying to hear Of the gen.
eral good conduct Of the students
and the high moral and religious tone
among them. About one hundred and
twenty-five Of them were members Of
the Young Mems Christian Association
this last session, the attendance upon
the chapel services Of DR.. George b.
Taylor had been good, three mission
Sunday schools and number OF
praSer-meetings have been maintained,
and the library and readiDg-roOm is one
Of the best to be found.
1t was very encouraging to note the
very decited religious and evangelical
tone which pervaded the addresses OF
both Colonel Breckenridge and Judge
fenner, and to witness the emphatic
approval Of both faculty and students.
In the alumni meeting the chaplain,
DIR. Taylor, lin seconding the nomi-
nation Of a brother preacher for orator
next pearl said 81 do not favor him
because be is preacher, for | want no
better preaching than we had on yester-
day ard to-day" (alluding to the adj
dresses Of Colonel Breckenridge and
Judge Fenner.)
BY the way, | heard some very plea
SAINT things said Of the ability and
efficiency Of DR.. Taylor in the chap
laincy which he is now filling for a
second term.
STANDARD OF SCHOLARSHIP.
Not even our own people, in theil
praise Of the richly-endowed colleges
at the North, appreciate the extent aud
thoroughness Of the course, and TIT
high standard Of scholarship required
in the graduates Of our noble Uni
yersiiy. I" Honorary degrees are for
hidden by the laws Of the University
and the man who bears off diploma
here has to accomplish it by hard worh
and high attainments. There is no
another institution on the continent
that requires more Of its graduates.
II was very gratifying to see tn
high stand taken by several of GU
Richmond mon. Mr. Archer Ander
son, Jr., son Of Colonel Archer Ander
SOD, graduated on what is now calle
"tke Green ticket"--Latin, Greek
and mathematics. In ante bellum day
"the Green ticket" was Latin, Greek
mathematics. and two modern lar
guages, and Colonel Archer Anderso
graduated on this ticket the first sessio
be went to the University; but Ii
boys claim, and no doubt justly, that
10 much harder now than then.l MI
j. ii. o. Bagby, son Of the lamente
DIR. George w. Basby, graduate
in Latin, French, and mathematicl
and took . distinction on Greek. MI
Wallace +. Brown graduated on Lat
and Greek, and took distinction {
general chemistry. Mr.. ]. r. A. Ho'
son graduated on mathematics, al
took q distinction on Latin. NJ
Mathew r. Maury graduated on las
and DIR. Julian Cabell graduated
medicine.
II was very pleasant to note that
very large proportion of the gradual
were sons Of alumni. Instead
the fathers shall be their children"