Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-04-17
o,d Times ut the University

inc ,olo rso.. OF this city, was 10
J." reod M the recent he'"",
hs'' ,ro,verslty of Virginia Alum"
...oc,s,,on here, but was "''". so.a,ry
accornt Of the length OF 'he nub.
-, ~ the programme. IL u the
par the request OF severai Vi
49,, tvs" who knew of It's 20
Nv and OF MI williamss h"pp'
''on' -. treating such subjects
4 long. long time ago. " "a' ,ns nIoa-
,,,ol, for few years to e"'o' onr
sant company OF old and you"s ga.
,,,,vor,ity; 10 drink It's ' hsp's ,abors.
80 and 10 toll under its 49," -, IN and
No had many hard thinh' ,,,,,tine to
many things not the Hos' " ,eII as
NM away In our minus g nor TOT
stomachs. Per VarioS many and
',ss'',,,Ina renum--through Ha'' ovad
us ..,, III cbances and changes We "''''
..d our final examinations
~, ,oJ 10 learn how adVerps e,'" ''.
80, ~ adiectlves and prohou',s, -
~, now expla sions sprung rum "
s',,,"t and obsolete words. we "et a.
LII how exceedingly important /"
- ,h,t AT should be followed ny '
suhttnctiye or by the aoiause, ,'
80 necessary IL was TO opty ia"'
t,t,,. of Grammar accentuatioh, pro-
sndv or government. We were in"Ne
familiar with the length ana Hho' 'i,es'
~ syllabos, with spondeeS anu Ia
tvls and trochees and the divers rslhs
and falling measures oil breeA ""i
Latin song. among them was the Ahapaes-
tic tetrumster calalealec. tereoIo SP''
naI moninaltis had not then come about
sl al
,u,yen Lied: how the sweet warbliAl
~ the Troubndours was hushed and
Provencal literature drowned I'm the
blood OF the Albgeneses' and We were
! comforted when the unYaryng an
nouncement came, so far for to-day!
We served orr time with acids and al
| kalis with actions and reactions, viii
/ pondcrdbles and impOnderables, and al
/ the theories of light ana sound; AMI W.
! enjoyed all the sweets of the laboratory
| We were made familiar with the won
| derful transformations thai got the eartl
| ready for It's last and browning glory
/ It's human pair And we knew by hear
an the hard names OF archical animals
With our old teachers we fathomo'
the mysterlos OF mind. mounted 10 tn
seventh heaven Of invention. considcre'
! the theory Of thought and the che
! mistry Of m idea, and used freely al
the dircful and fatal lingo Of the LAM
| Of suhimatiops and quntescence-
where clouds forever exclude the lieh
OF nature-the snoblom Of science.
We marked the sun. the moon. an
the stars and put them and their or
bits into equations: differentiated and inte
grated them to our hearts content, an
followed force into iniintesimal atoms
Ia hn toy n
human knowledge and from that shor
peered and fshcd with hypothesis int
the abyss Of tho infinite beyond.
Well. what has become OF all that ele
CANT learning. ana what was the outcom
OF that intellectual glorihcaion ] can
gay. IL seems TO me that every partlcl
Of IL that came to me has been shaker
out Of me I'm the hurly-burly OF real life
| hone IL has passed into good bone an
muscle. God knows. Still there was m
other side 10 this experience. ana II
what We all cherish and hope to carr
with us forever. | mean the noble eN
amples OF those splendid me
who have made up our facu
ties: whose every name IL poei
in the hearts of all their old students
TO quicken us and make US familiar wit
a higher life Whose heart does not swe
with high emotion at the mention O
| Courteuary. or "Old Prof" Of DR.. Cess
nor Harrison. or cold Cess" or that pun
heart and mind, Staige Davis: that grea
pbilosopher. Or. McGulfey. or "Ol
| Cur Of the brilliant Rogers, or "Ol
BIZ or those excellent gentlemen OF IN
old regime Mr. Schele de We're and Mlno
and, II | may say so, that i. V. l.. /
and l.. V. Sgwr. king of men, whose pc"
err and dignity and courtesy and deVotio
II was impossible TO compress into pc
name-Dr. James l.. Cabell? The lates
speak for themselves. And who does nc
dearly cherish among the very best ref
sures Of his life the true-hearted, sterlin
men. our felow-students, whom thei
we found and whom there we can
deeply to honor and warmly 10 love fo
ever? We have with us tonight live ar
perfectly developed specimens Of eac
sort. and one especially who has illu
trated with great distinction the grace
and merits OF both student and profe
sor-as noted for the genter graces
the Christian as for knowledge and int
. lectual grasp-lovable and honorable
. both.
O. II Is this side: It is this eXperien'
OF our university life that is its best pr
yilege. 1t IL this that makes US love oil
Alma Mater II Is this knowledge an
experience OF real life and manhood IN;
dwarfs all other considerations; th'
makes Us look down upon book lear
ing. on all art and science. on all profe
sions and pursuits as but incidental
the great business of manly life. II
| grand and famous curl OF that goo
, | old man. whom We irreverently demon
. mated "Old Pop" is. after all. we mu
own the very sum of life: 1.-THE statu
) OF the soul is the true measure OF Il
: man" our education is to be COUNT
, valuable only so far as ii has lifted, pul
fed and enlarged our hearts.
So then, dear boys and fellow-student
I offer you this toast, which | think
worthy TO be drunk standing and hearth
TOAST.
Our excellent professors and sterlii
= good fellows Of the past and present;
? noble army, a goodly fellowship. n mo
| honorable communion May their stan
ards be always exalted above all change
their memory always green-in salcu
|. salculorum.
MAKING the Rest of the Campaign.