The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-06-15
Mr.. CARRIERS ADDRESS.
a Splendid Tribute to the University
and Her Wise Father.

ana brought down the house. Iney were
encored and responded with THE Good
Old Song OF Wah. Who. Wah" and end
ed with the College yell
DIR. Barringer, in a few words, intro
duced the Hon. James o. Carter OF Rev
YORK Mr.. Carter was heartily welcomed
by the vast audience.
Mr.. Carriers subject was 1.-THE Univer-
sity Of Virginia and its Father Thomas
Jefferson He said in part:
The lives Of institutions. Ike those OF
individuals, have their vicissitudes. This
University I'm whose honor we are gath
cred together to-day. has not been an ex-
ception. 1t had a long struggle even for
existence. JOY and triumph followed
when, eighty years ago. It's first corner
stone was laid with pomp and ceremony
in the presence OF a distinguished COM
pany which included three illustrious men
who had filled the office OF President Of
the United States. a long succeeding pc
riod OF growth prosperity and happiness
was rudely interrupted by the desoating
storm OF war-war raging with fury
around its own temples. and driving even
its own peaceful children into the grim
work Of destruction and slaughter. But
even war. which spares almost nothing
yet spared the walls with their precious
contents. The heart Of the soldier will
still melt before the sad pleading Of the
Muse.
Lift not thy spear against the Muses.
bower
The great Emathian conqueror bid
spare
The house Of Pindarus. when temple and
town
Went to the ground. and the repeated
air
To save the Athenian walls from ruin
bare
A GREAT PURPOSE.
"'rhe dawn Of peace found the Univer-
sity weak and exhausted, but not dis
heartened. The people Of Virginia who
had learned TO cherish IT, IT'S sons who
looked back to It with fond affection. the
warm-bearted and open-handed friends
of learning in distant places came for
ward with liberal help. The MUSES. re-
turned and re-peopled their haunts and
new era OF prosperity stimulated by the
new national lie. began its course.
but another stroke Of adversely await
ed it-this time fortunately. not from the
hostile passions OF man, but from the
rage OF the elements. less savage indeed
but not less Unsparing. Its very walls
were left I'm ruins and their precious
contents wasted But II any evidence
were needed 10 show the extent 10 which
the University had increased m power,
in grandeur. In usefulness. and in the
esteem Of the people OK Virginia and the
friends everywhere OF the higher educa-
ton, It would be found in the undaunt-
cd spirit with which this disaster was
faced. There was an immediate resolve
that # should rise from its ashes in yet
fairer proportions, more worthy of the
spirit in which It was originally founded,
better equipped for the great work 70
which II was originally dedicated. and
more glorious monument 20 the great
name forever associated with IL.
This great purpose has now been ac-
cOmpushed. and we are gathered together
to-day 10 celebrate its completion. The
scene before me and around Is the best
evidence of the interest Of the occasion.
The sons Of the University from near
and far have returned 10 the bosom of
their Fair Mother 20 rejoice together
over her happiness. The representatives
of the great seats Of learning through
out our land are here 10 offer their con-
CALCULATIONS The venerable Common
wealth is here in the person Of the Chief
Magistrate and principal officers Of state
to manifest her own interest IN an in
stitution which her bounty has cherished
and which has given back in return the
support upon which alone free Com
monwealfh can rest
PRINCIPAL FEATURES.
"It IS the custom on such occasions 10
make provision for deliberate utterance
OF the thoughts which they are calcu-
lated to excite. and the authorities OF
the University have thought IL suitable
10 invite TO this Office. not, I have been
made TO feel. an entire stranger but a
friend from a distance. whose occupa-
tons have been such as not to permit
close observation OF the history and for
tunes Of the institution. Profoundly
grateful for the honor thus conferred
upon me. I cannot help feeling how in
adequate am 10 its due performance. I
cannot speak Of the University Of Vir-
ginia with all the affection which the
graduate cherishes for his alma mater
nor with the fun pride which the Nir-
ginian alone can feel; but TO those who
regard this institution as their own. who
have control over its destinies. or have
been reared within its walls, view OF
It. as Il appears TO outside observers may
not be unwelcome. or wholly uninterest-
ing. We are sometimes enabled 20 correct
our own conceptions OF ourselves and
qualify ourselves I'm some degree for the
better performance Of our own duties, by
learning what is thought Of US and what
is expected OF us by others.
Let me then occupy your thoughts
for q brief hour with a delineati0u, very
rude and imperfect, of the principal fca-
lures OF the University of Virginia as
they appear TO the world at large and
of the political philosophy associated
with her origin; and to this l may edd
statement of the place she has come TO
fill in the provision made In America for
university training and culture, and OF
her opportunities and duties in the great
work of the moral. intellectual, and civil
development OF the republic.
Her origin offers a strong contrast
with the beginnings Of our principal |
seats OF learning which preceded her
Yale, Columbia, and Princeton |
began as mere schools for humble colo |
MES with no provision OF the great des-
TIMES which awaited them. Their macs |
tic proportions have been developed and |
shaped. during long periods OF time, oy |
many different hands and many varying !
influences.
THE WISE FOUNDER.
1.-THE University OF Virginia sprang |
into life in full panoply from the concep-
ton OF single man, Thomas Jerer-
SON."
Referring TO Mr.. Jefferson the orator |
said: "He had few OF the qualities that
make the great military chieftain, the |
conquerer, or the dictator, but what flg- /
ure In the gallery OF American renown |
can point to such a catalogue OF paclnc |
the abolition in his native |
State OF the laws OF primogenitire and
entail the Virginia statute Of religious
freedom the Declaration OF lndepend-