Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-05-12


OF any organized democratic State. The
citizen Of the South who had reached
manhOOd's estate in 1869 and was living
to-day had lived in two worlds. The world
| OF his youth was analysed and described.
as was the silent revolution which in the
\ last generation has transformed the en-
| lightened mediaevalism Of the old days
| 10 an industrial democracy. II was de-
clared that the ancient. fOrceful. and
unique civilization bred into the brain OF
| the people was going down before the
| strenuous influences OF innovation and mo-
| dernism. and whether there shall issue
something really better than the old
/ blending it's lovableness and charm with
the vigor and freedom Of the new Is the
| task set for this generation OF southern
ers. Surely. there has been no such in
| spring call 70 youth and noble public
service since Stein and Fichte lifted
bleeding Germany from under the hoof-
prints Of NapoleOn's army and led her
] radiant and pros @eaus into he family Df
nations. a new social world is being
! built.
The speaker then declared that the raw
material for citizenship and growth ex-
| listed abundantly IN the South. whether
| il issued out OF the old family stocks.
sObered and brOadened by poverty and
! fOrtitude. or whether il issued from the
! ranks Of the plain people who fought our
battles for US, who inherited the English
| consciousness, and whose fOrefathers
reaped liberty as a reward OF sacrifice in
a hundred battles.
COMNON-sENSE PATRIOTISM.
The speaker spent some time in analyz-
| ing the need OF cOmmOn-sense patriotism
and in preaching the duty Of educated
men 10 take a hand in the rough work Of
/ democracy. in conclusion he said:
| THE Yankeeized southerner will not
stand the test. indeed cannot: the peo-
| pie will recoll from him as from allen
! leadership. for they have a feeling in
their hearts that the South has some
| thing high. precious. and distinctive in
/ manhood and leadership TO contribute 10
/ American civilization. II cannot be mere
| fond dreaming 10 believe that IL Is the
| hereditary right Of the South 10 bring
/ forth out Of her travail and her agony
/ something fair and good, Of her own
| likeness and pattern. the old refined gold
/ which disaster and defeat could not tar
/ nish. beaten by fiercer civic forces into
finer. subtler form-something born out
Of the tutelage Of self-denial and re-
nunciatiOn. the inheritance OF integrity
and steAlfastness and conservatism and
| the environment Of freedom and danger
/ and opportunity The spirit of his fathers.
I brave and simple men. who held fast
and did not compromise. ought 10 BE- IN
I him and shall be in him. S0rdidnes- and
cOmmcrcialism will not submerge him
/ and wear away his fneness. He will
\ love honor more than life and loyalty
more than gold. He will reach mems
| hearts and control mems wills not as
| Richard Croker does. or Thomas Platt.
| or Mark Hanna. Or Quay. but by the
strength OF integrity and the magic Of sin
certy through faith In his words.
AGE OF MORAL WARFARE.
"And so when the age Of moral warfare
shall succeed 10 the age Of passionate
| gain-getting. as succeed II must in the
| movement TO higher forms; when blind
economic forces have wrought their tan
gle Of inequality and injustice Of hatred
and suspicion: when calculation and ma
chinery and combination can only weave
| the web more fiercely; when the whole
people I'm some hour Of national need
/ shall seek for the man Of heart and faith
| and truth. and who will not fllter. nor
/ lie. nor steal. they shall turn hitler for
succor IN their vaster peril as they once
turned 10 a simple Virginia planter 10
! free them from a stupid king and a
stubborn parliament. And they shall find
HMM the sweet justice OF God-in the
land where once for conviction sake his
J fathers Stunned nothing. compromised
nothing. reserved nothing until the SUI
biime struggle wore TO a close at Apo
mattOX"
DR.. Alderman was loudly appIauded
when he concluded. Rev. Mr. Guthrie pro-
nounced the benediction.
banquet at the Jefferson.
After the curtain had been rung down
at the Academy the doctors repaired 10
the jefferson. where "A sumptuOus ban
quet was served. After the menu. a de-
lightful one. had been fully discussed
cigars were produced and postprandial
talks were enjoyed. Dr. W : Gordon
acted as POSTMASTER and introduced
the various speakers OF the evening IN
the happiest Of manner.
The first toast was the UNIVERSITY
College Of Medicine" Dr. Hunter Nc
CURE the speaker said had been ex-
pected 10 respond 10 this. but In his alb
sence the duty devOlved upon his son.
Dr. Stuart Mcclure. Or. Mcclure was
particularly happy in his remarks. He
told a nImber OF anecdotes. and then,
growing serious. paid glowing tribute TO
the college and 10 its faculty and stu
dents.
DR.. Charles L. Steel spoke on Den
tistry" He made seriou. and highly
practical talk 10 the graduates impress
ing upon them the TACT that the college
had merely laid the foundation for them,
while IL now devoived upon them to rear
the superstructure.
pharmacy" was assigned Mr. r. w
Powers who made a strong address. dis
GUESSING the relations between the physi-
clan and the compounder OF his prescrip-
tons.
DIR. J. C. Hall was presented TO re-
spond for 1.-THE Graduating Class" and ne
made an exceedingly humorous talk. illus
trative Of the life OF a medical student
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