Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-06-28
CLEVELAND'S VISIT.
HOW HE WAS RECEIVED AT THE UNI
vBRsITY OF VIRGINIA.
Awarding the Diplomas-The Meeting OF
the Alumni-Address Of Captain
NcCabe
lsnoeIal telegram to the pI.pateh.l

OF conveyance were 10 De seen eNtIFHutIe'
The people were collecting st the University
ct an hour much earlier than the opening Of
the halls there. and 1t is related that so eager
we're the people 10 secure GOOD seats, from
which TO view the President q sixty mil
lions Of people that the public bali was pretty
well filed several hours before Cleveland's
arrival The presidential train arrived on
time with his Excellency, Secretary BaYard,
Secretary Villas, Senator Barbour, and Con-
gresham O'FcTrsll on board.
The party took carriages, the first carriage
containing the President. Lieulenant-G0y-
ernor Marye rector OF the University Colo
mel Vonable 'chairman), and Mr.. Parkinson;
the second Secretary Bsysrd, DR.. Clhell, and
Mr.. X. A. IlobsOn; the third Secretary Was,
Senator Barbour, Professor John Is. Minor,
and Mr. H. O. Price; the fourth Congress
man O'Ferrall, }. II. Boogher, and MIR. -.
w. Houston, snd other carriages followed
With visiting alumni. The party was con-
Quoted 10 the public hall Of the University TO
witness the closing exercies OF the session.
CHEERS.
They were followed by the cheers OF the
people until and after they were seated on
the rOstrum.
On the stand besides the presidential party
were the Hon. John GOOde, Senator Daniel
Acknowledgement Ayers, Speaker Cardwell,
ex-,peaker Hanger, and many Others.
The diplomas were awarded with some
difficulty owing 10 the great audience which
crowded the building, and the higher
acldemicS-degree men received their di-
pomas from the hands Of the president
ALUMNI MEETING.
After these exercises were concluded the
Society Of Of the Alumni met, with Judge A..
l.. Richards, first yice-president, in the
char. The president OF the society, Judge
Howell +. Jackson, Of Tennessee, was I'M
able 20 attend on account. Of business en-
gagements. In introducing Captain W.
Gordon McCabe, the alumni orator.
Judge Richards alluded 10 The hleh
stand the alumni Of this Institution have
always taken in The world, and said: "This
society was formed more than half a century
ago, but never has it met under pleianier
Circumstances. We have had with ms an
Orator whose reputation Is national tNoor-
heesl, but above all, we have TO inspire u
bin who has taught by hi, immortal pre-
cent and illusirious example that public
Office is public trust" THIS produced
great cheering, waving Of flags and ban
danas. while the studeHt-ycll, an innovation
which mystited some Of The older alumni,
was given with great gusto by the students.
CAPTAIN Meade.
CAPTAIN McCaDc's address was a bistori-
cql review Of the .tite OF education in the
colonies. which Afforded him excellent OPP
portunlies Tor the portrayal OF certain pc
cuHar characters. such as the par,on and
the tutor. a functOnary whose relation 10
the employers family was that OF favored
mcnial. The speaker showed how The very
conditions OF life especially the one condi-
ton Of being dispersed against the IN
PRODUCTION Of primary schools, and how, as
a last but safe resort, this part Of ohlld's
training was turned over to the mother.
wONAN's POST.
The women OF that dsy were IN most cases
eminenty fitted for the post Of tutor. They
were generally well acquainted with Shak-
speare. TIllOtsOn, and the Spectators, and e>-
pecisly capable Of teaching the lost art OF
reading. CAPTAIN McCabe devoted much Of
hi, time to a careful and iudcious estimate
Of The great teachers, Frederick ". Coleman
and his nephew Louis Minor Coleman,
creditipg them with giving new and a
better turn 10 the method. Of teaching.
THE LUNCH.
The alumni addrc,, was followed by q
lunch, which was spread in the library, 10
MUlfl ABOUT llilft IUil'ilfu -ii~lN III N'N N
after grace by Bishop Gallaher, Of LouI'i-
ana. The President, Governor Lee, and
Secretary Was sat at the same table
The President of the United States
was the fret toast. to which President
Cleveland responded a. follows: 81 first
have to thank YOU for clectiug me a
member OF your society. ! hope your cali
inc for me so soon after have become one o.
YOU is not intended IS foretastc Of what you
intend 10 DO with me. Your orator sad to-
dav that a friend ~ his enjoyed himself
taking. am not that sort OF man. \
noted Nirsinian-nOt Thomas Jefferson
said 10 me Yesterday that the best thing 10 do
in A predicamcnt such a. ! find myself in
was 10 excuse yourself and sit down. The
latter part Of the advice is easy 10 take, hut
the first part is not. II is something ike
PLAYING the iiddlc-it looks easy, but u isn't
NO EXCUsE.
Ihayeno excuse; Icannot plead i'll health
nor a previous engagement. still / im
ashamed that have nothing to say. | be-
thought myself that your institution is the
work Of a man who in his younger days es-
tablished a government which be afterwards
managed, ana IN the maturity Of his power,
laid the foundation Of this great seat Of learn
ing. 1t was hi, purpose at the beginning TO
place the politics aneng The students which
he thought should be pursued here.
suppose that the politics that he referred
TO were very different from the politics that
we are accustomed TO to-day. ! wonder how
much attention Is paid TO politics here by
students and alumni. We hear a great deal
about the students in politics. As to whether
il is a good or a bad thing depends much on
the student. | should say that II be were a
t.,1tffs5 xr.ffII lao "A yar
thing. Every small boy in the country ex-
poets to 5e a President. An experience OF 4
little more than three wears does not make me
feel very kindly towards oilice-seckers.
still the ambition is a laudable one.
| should hope that every student
would want 10 be President, and desiring TO
encourage the aspiration | ought not to say
much on the subject. ] don't want 10
dampen their ardor by telling too much
about 1t. While the perplexities OF the
Office are great they are the perpleXities Of
the highest place in the United States, and
the confidence reposed in IT. occupant Is that
of the greatest people on earth"
MI. TAYARD.
Secretary Bayard. responding TO toast.
said that as he could catch the wording Of
the sentiment it was that this country was an
asylum for the oppressed OF other lands.
When he saw in the chair Of the Chief Magis-
trate the face Of a man who Is friendly
to all sections he felt sure that Americans
could expect TO get justice everywhere. II
had not always been so, but, thank God, II
was so now. Now that we are all safe at
home and have a President OF the United
states and the States united, We should be
willing to turn our assistance 10 Others.
But that assistance can be offered only on
certain conditions. We cannO. make the
weak strong or the fool wise, but we ought
to be able 10 offer them equality OF oppor-
tunity- secure an equal chance IN the strug-
Gle for Justice and equal rights. There Is no
law so sovereign and general as the law Of
taxation. 1t Is no greater in an autocracy tban
il is here. We confer it freely, but It shall
never be exercised except for public end,
otherwise we part with our own freedom ~
a wretehed mockery. II we permit this It is
useless 10 talk about this country being an
asylum for the oppressed OF other lands.
Secretary Villas, Senator VOORHEES, aud
Governor Lee responded TO toasis.
GOVERNOR LEE.
TIE last said, alludDg TO his election to
honorary membership in the Society OF the
Alumni: 81 won't make a long speech
I'M lam little more used 10 II, have not
been informed whether lam expected 10 pay
any dues, but | know IL is fashionable now
to keep the money in the hands OF tbe peo-
Iae. We welcome 10 our hearts to-day a
man who has brouOht the American Govern