Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-09-16
PRESIDENT GILMANs ADDRESS.
Letters, Science, Christianity, ana
Politics the WatchwOrds.

President Gilman, in opening his ad-
dress. said:
al bring TO the State of Virginia cor
dial salutation from the State Of Mary
land: to Washington and Lee, the con-
gratuations and good wishes Of lnstitu-
tions new and old, her elders and her Ju-
niors on the other side of the Potoiiidc'
With you we rejoice that, in beginning
second century, with the hlustilous
names that form your title, you associate
the name of one upon whom the plaudlts
of the present generation have been pc
stoWed-a scholar, who brought INTO INC
forum the discipline and knowledge ac-
ouired by study; a statesman, VINO re-
turns 10 academic lie with experience
and wisdom derived from pubic ne;
scholar and statesman, whose rare aplity
has been concentrated, without momen-
tary halt without partisan reward oI
financial gain or selfish antlclpdtions,
upon the advancement of those principles
which were TO him the hShest interests
of his cOuntrymen.
He then alluded TO the installation Oh
President Wilson as crlucai pellou,
when a new commander taxes ms pace
at the head OF a regiment OF scholars,
and a fter stating that the true university
aid not depend on "cloistered alsles, or
a beautiful campus nor upon ilstru-
ments of precision, nor upon EXAMINATIONS
and degrees, Dul OH Nit toiASi NiiNN' A''~N
to face of mind and mind, continued:
All was A little country college in east
ern, France where Pasteur 5 life was be-
gun: il was a little country coileSe at
Metz where Toceuevilie received tlla. tia
classical discipline which preceded his
Studies OF American democracy. 1t was
a little country college, away down East
which at one birth gave 10 American
literature its most popular poet ana It's
greatest master OF English prose; A. was was
col
hills from which Americas foremost
nhiloloeist came forth. III was the unde-
veloped little colleges Of the day Whicn
contributed 10 the formation OF our Union
Washington, Adams. Jefferson, Hamilton,
Madison and Marshall. In a country
law school. on hilltop of Connecticut,
.Iohn c. Calhoun and hosts OF the leaders
of the bar, in the early part OF the CEN
tury. received their training lt was
Yarmouth, which drew from Daniel
Webster before the Supreme Court IN
Washington. that familiar and patheuc
MASSAGE: ut is, sir, as / nave sala,
small college and yet there are those
who love it," Here. says Lodge, MS lips
"nivered and his voice was choked.
rrhe sneaker declared that the four
,yatch-words Of the University were let
ters. Science. Christianity. and Pohtics,
dwelt at some length upon the opisalions
~ the University to the Commonwealth,
ana concluded his address as follows:
Inetitutions of learning are like the
heacons and life-saving stations OF the
coast They concentrate the knowledge
of the mast upon the perplexities OF tno
,resent propose relief to those In peril
pprociaim the facts Of history, and sug-
gaSt the methods Of dealing with those
ssectsl-so that the people may, add know
isdee 10 their intelligence and wisdom 70
tha7r Knowledge The keeper OF hsn, s-
hns,s. Snes IS not responsible for the fogs
wbicb hover about his beacon ana M .he
stnrnas which fercely howl; nor Ior tne
action of the pilots, nor FOR the cha,,s,
comnasses. courses. or cargoes OF s s,ie
sbins that are passing in the night; put
he &c the Indicator OF reefs ana M rochs.
The Greater the tempest the more essen-
,,ai n is that his light shall burn IN Sc
ss,,a siai c,aarness 10 guide the mariner ih'o
,sne tsn haven Of safety and peace; ,s
Defore / close let me congratulate tnio
university that It's name perpetuaiiy p.e-
s'an,s ua 70 It's students, as examples ana IN
eentives ideals Of lofty personal cnarac,
80 Roth washington and Lee pecame
s.no,ants OF the government under wnicn
tpsv Mad lived, but the one has received
sroy, The subjects or the Crown, ana the
n,per has received from the defenders OK
M irnion. abundant praise: The breath
~ s,an nder never soiled their reputation,
wh.le " u the purity Of their motivsA ~