The morning times., 1895-10-29


No. 105 + street northwest, and after
wiring regrets 10 the faculty and students
| of the university determined to fssue a
call for Il public meeting of the Washing
ton alumni and niner friends OF the irs,iiG-
ton, which will be held at Willard Han
on Saturday evening.
| There are at Washington 100 Virginia
| alumni, and the total number OF alumni
| is, approximately. 10000. There is II LII
| tional orya aniZation, tie Officers uf which
| are: sJoseflh Bryan, Eiclsoond, president;
| George Perkins, first vice-presideut: Alex
| ander Z. Humphreys sscoud vice-presi-
| dent: f. T.. Huntington, treasurer. and
| Frederick W. Page, secretary. This na
tioual association holds but one meeting
annually, during commencement week, but
a stroiE effort will be made 10 have
adopted by the various miEor alumni ASST
| ciatioHs and the national association a
| plan for concerted work f'tr The restoration
| of that part of the university DESTROYED
| by lire. ,.s....--
MUCH MONEY REQ UIBED.
1t is estimated that 5000, 900 will be
needed to- restore the buildings, while the
loss of the library is We'll nigh irreparable.
| The Washington society is devoted in its
loyalty 10 alma mater, and will spare no
labor in its effort TO accomplish the de-
sired result.
The first act of the executive committee
after having been called to order last
evening was TO send a dispatch to the
faculty and students, tcndcrmg the syni-
pathy of its Nashin gton sons. Then
pians were developed for the meeting
to be held on Saturday night
The gratuitous use OF wizard Hail was
permitted by the Messrs. Lewis. Secretary
Herbert, WHO is president of The LEGAL
association, VIII preside, and after few
explanatory remarks, will Introduce Posi-
master General Wilson, WHO will he fol-
lowed by Solicitor General Holmes Conrad,
Rev. Randolph MckinI, and Leigh kohin
son.
Then the work of raising funds VIII
begin. 1t is likely that the fund which
the association has on hand for the erection
of a monument to the confederate alumni
. who fell in the late war, will be trans
ferred to a rebuilding fund.
Those present at yesterdays meeting
were: E. 1. Rcnnick, W. D. Cabell, L. II.
BlackfOrd, George Byrd Harrison, E. l..
McClelland, L. W. Glazebrook, c. q.
Lee, r. L. Preston, Thomas Nelson Page,
Clarence Thomas, and Taliaferro Clark.
OFFICERS OF THE ASSOCIATION.
The officers OF the home association are:
President, Secretary Herbert; vice-presi-
dents, Prof. william D. Cabell, POST
master General William 1. Wilson, E. /.
Reunick, L. W. Blackford, and DR.. 6. b.
Harrison; secretary, E. P. McClelland;
treasurer, DR.. L. W. Glazebrook. The
executive committee is: C. G. Lee, chair
man; Thomas Nelson Page, X. L. Preston,
Clarence Thomas, and DR.. Taiiaferro
Clark.
Early in 1779, upon the first revisal Of
our laws, after the separation from England,
Thomas jefferson, in conjunction with
his co-revisers, Messrs. Pendleton and
wythe, following the example OF Frederick
of Prussia, sought to incorporate into the
code OF The infant state, even amidst the
waste of the war OF the revolution, a
general system of education, which should
do justice to all classes. This system was
founded on the principle that the education
OF people is a proper subject of anxiety
and care on the part OF government. This
plan ncomprehended first, elementary schools;
| second, general schools; third, a unlver-
sity. This plan was not considered by the
Legislatures till 1796, when It failed.
When Jefferson retired from the presi-
dency In 1909, he began again to labor
on this plan. In 1910 literary fund
was formed, and in 1916 the directors
| thereof were instructed to report to the
next general assembly a system of public
education to comprehend university, and
such additional colleges, academies and
| schools as .'shan diffuse the benefit of
| education throughout the commonwealth. ~
ENDOWMENT OF THE UNIVERSITY.
II being obvious that a complete system
| of education was impracticabie, Jeffer-
| son succeeded, in February, 1918, in OBJ
| tanning an act of Assembly, appropriating
| $4,000 year to endow and support a
university to be styled THE University
of Virginia"
The organization of the university, its
| government, discipline and methods of
| instruction were virtually left TO be pre-
scribcd by Mr.. jefferson. They retain the
| impression derived from him, and in many
respects bear the stamp of his characteristic
| traits.
The government is vested in a rector now,
| W. {. N. Randolph, and visitors appointed
| by the governor for four years, every Goth
Of February. They are nine in number,
| two from each grand division of the State,
except the Piedmont division, in which the
| university is situated, and from this di-
| vision the law directs three to be ap-
pointed.
| The visitors elected a rector from amongst
| themselves, and meet at the University at
least once a year. They submit an annual
report to the legislature. The affairs of
the institution are administered under the
general direction of the board, the chair
man, faculty and other subordinate agents.
The chairman is selected annually by the
visitors from among the professors and
| discharges most of the functions of The
president OF the university, being for the
time chief executive. To this republican
feature OF rotation Mr.. jefferson attached
not little Importance.
In respect to discipline the policy has
been TO institute a government of laws,
and not of discretion, and yet TO have as
few regulations as possible and none inn